Xili suddenly left, leaving Zhou Qingfeng with no one to talk to. Although Kelly was willing to get in front of him, there was still a layer between them and they couldn't talk to each other. Not to mention that every move he made was...
Being stared at by Cyric.
Lying on the bed, surrounded by dead silence, Zhou Qingfeng thought about his day's experience. After discussing with Professor Zheng in his mind, he finally made a decision - thousands of hidden servants and ghosts rushed out of his body and pounced on him.
The entire Cold Wind City.
Early the next morning, Zhou Qingfeng left the city lord's mansion and went to the military camp. With the information network, no one could cut off his contact with his subordinates, and no one could block him from understanding the situation in the city. Audible reports and on-the-spot investigations are two different things.
Coldwind City was in extreme decline. Due to famine, the powerful sent slaves and soldiers to the streets to maintain order, and sealed the hungry residents into several small areas. Without any relief or management, they were allowed to die.
The streets were empty, except for the soldiers on guard, only the trailers carrying corpses passed by. Those who were able to squeeze up to the top of the city yesterday to watch the excitement were all the lucky ones, and they were the vassals of the powerful people in the city. The real bottom class was lying in a dark corner waiting to die.
Kelly rode a pony to accompany Zhou Qingfeng, pointed to a street not far away, and said: "That's where I received the inspiration of 'Dark Sun'. Cold Wind City was not so bad at that time. The street was quite lively.
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The halfling girl was referring to a dilapidated hotel. The street where it was located showed signs of fire, and most of the street was burned. Some said that the poor people caught the fire while trying to keep warm, while others said that the poor people set the fire in order to survive. In short, there was no one at the scene of the fire.
tidy.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves passing by, people from both sides of the street rushed out shouting and begging for food and drink. The soldiers guarding the street would stab them back with spears without hesitation, so the whole street was filled with cries and screams.
According to the investigation of the hidden servant, the city is full of starving people who are dying, as well as corpses lying on the streets without being taken care of. 'Quick Shadow' turned its head and glanced left and right. As a dead spirit, it sighed: "In this city
Living is more painful than dying."
In the direction of the military camp, the team from Harmony Village stayed tight. The small team stayed in the barracks and tried their best to eat and drink by themselves. They did not rely on outsiders and did not allow outsiders to enter easily. However, last night, something happened in the military camp.
Few things.
"Someone brought us food and drinks last night in the name of the Long Legs Family. We conducted inspections according to the regulations and determined that the food was deliberately poisoned." Luke, who was in charge of leading the team, met Zhou Qingfeng and reported the matter face to face.
Zhou Qingfeng already knew this last night. Looking at several baskets of wine and meat, he couldn't help but sneer: "Your Excellency Lehman is quite willing to spend money. He actually sent us so much black bread, and even bad wine and
Dried meat.”
The servants who came to deliver food last night were locked up in the small dark room of the military camp. If you scare them, they will all be attacked - as expected, it was the deputy city lord Lehman who sent them. It is a simple strategy, but very practical.
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Guest armies coming from other places often have no logistics and no discipline, and must rely on local dignitaries to provide supplies. Not to mention soldiers, even knights who are hungry will rush to grab meat and wine when they see it.
But Zhou Qingfeng brought his own dry food and even a cook in the team. He also brought Justen's disciples to serve as medical staff, and with the self-sufficient water well in the military camp, the team in Harmony Village was stunned.
Even the most junior members of the priests have mastered tricks such as 'detecting poison' and 'purifying food'. The poisonous food sent by the enemy can be safely eaten after simple purification.
Luke continued to introduce: "There were people walking around outside our military camp last night, and a team even came and tried to break in. The enemy probably thought that we should be poisoned and confused, and wanted to come in and kill them.
We held the barracks and did not go out, and the other party's plan failed. This morning, a large number of hungry and dizzy residents wanted to attack our defense line, numbering in the hundreds. We shot and killed a few of the instigators who were hiding behind, and they
Retreat."
The shot corpse was dragged into the military camp and identified by the people who delivered the food last night as the family members of Knight Harding, including his two sons and a son-in-law.
Such a simple plan was really obvious at a glance, but Luke and others were still frightened. Looking back on the dangerous situation last night, they all felt that if they had faced it with another team, the entire battalion would have been killed and wounded long ago.
"Retaliation between nobles is all done in this way, either by poisoning or by driving poor people to attack." Adrian is very familiar with these things. "Ordinary troops cannot control the soldiers at all, and there are very few people who do not fall victim to the attack."
Discipline, discipline, Zhou Qingfeng has emphasized it a hundred times, so it is better to emphasize it once with the help of the enemy. For the first time, his group of people intuitively feel the benefits of discipline - in the face of underhanded tricks such as poisoning and bewitching, it would have been easier to change to another team.
Just dead.
These situations were reported in real time. Zhou Qingfeng saw it with his own eyes and was both proud and frightened. He once again emphasized the role of discipline to all members of the team, especially the grassroots commanders, to prevent the troops who were finally pulled out from dying in unknown circumstances.
In addition to external affairs, there are also internal affairs of the army. In yesterday's duel, five personal spearmen successfully inspired the fusion of runes and bodies. Their strength, speed, agility and other attributes were comprehensively improved, becoming first-level warriors.
Zhou Qingfeng used precious 'healing potion' to save Alpha's life. The kid had a big meal last night and basically recovered after sleeping, looking full of energy.
This incident inspired the enthusiasm and loyalty of the entire team. They had a heated discussion last night, and even got up to train early this morning.
In order to reward Alpha for daring to face a powerful enemy and willing to die rather than retreat, Zhou Qingfeng gave him the 'Milt Monster Tongue Spear' that he had worn for a long time - this weapon had played a great role, but now it is a little outdated, so it happened to be
Take it and give it away.
Zhou Qingfeng took off the 'tongue spear' and gave it to Alpha in public, and the other guards' eyes were filled with jealousy. This soldier with a pariah background burst into tears and swore eternal loyalty to Victor Hugo and his descendants.
After dealing with this, Zhou Qingfeng continued to ask Luke, "Is there anything else?"
"Yes, in addition to the mobs who were bewitched to attack this morning, there is also a group of craftsmen from the city who came to join us. The leader is Wilson, the craftsman guild president of Cold Wind City, who has also cooperated with us in the Black Forest before."
Wilson?
Zhou Qingfeng originally led the losers from Black Marsh Village to rob the goblin transport convoy and rescued several Cold Wind City craftsmen who were kidnapped by the Bann Church. In the subsequent battles, the trebuchets and heavy crossbows commanded by these craftsmen played a great role
effect.
In the decisive battle with the Benn Church, Wilson, the leader of the craftsmen, was seriously injured. After the war, he returned to Cold Wind City and there was no news about him again. Following Luke's guidance, Zhou Qingfeng met his old friend again in the military camp, and the two sides felt like they were worlds apart.
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"Hugo..., sir." Wilson was originally a middle-aged man. Even if he was tortured by goblins, he would be haggard at most. But now I saw him standing up from the chair tremblingly and taking a few steps.
He fell to his knees with a plop.
"Master, please save us." Wilson was lying on the ground, his messy head kept hitting the ground. He seemed to be more than ten years older, and his whole figure was broken and out of shape.
Zhou Qingfeng did not immediately pull the person away. He only turned around and frowned at Luke and asked, "What's going on?"
Luke sighed and said: "Old Longlegs has ambitions, but the nobles in the city are unwilling to fight. The deputy city lord Lehman took the lead in causing trouble and controlled the food sales in the city, causing famine.
The nobles are fighting for power, and the poor at the bottom are the unlucky ones. A large number of people are locked up in the city, with no way to escape or get relief. Even these precious craftsmen can't survive."
"Search our own grain..." Zhou Qingfeng was about to give the order.
Luke quickly reminded in a low voice: "Sir, there are quite a lot of these craftsmen. They are more than the number of people in our team, four to five hundred. We are afraid that we cannot afford to support them, so we can only accommodate a few of them."
The distance between the two parties was close, and Wilson could hear clearly. He raised his head weakly, with only pleading and sorrow in his eyes. He had begged countless powerful people, but no one was willing to help.
Zhou Qingfeng still didn't look at Wilson who was kneeling, but he said clearly: "Take in the craftsmen and their families and bring them to the military camp. As for food, there will be some soon."
Luke was startled, and Wilson's eyes were ecstatic. Since the master said there would be food, there would definitely be food. Luke didn't care where the food came from, but he knew that his boss always meant what he said, and never told a lie.
When Wilson heard that Zhou Qingfeng was willing to take him in, he immediately choked up and cried. The man, who had lived for decades, howled like a child, as if he had been greatly wronged and was only taken care of by his parents at this moment.
Zhou Qingfeng only spoke calmly at this moment, and pulled Wilson up from the ground, "I don't take you in for free, I also need you to pay for me. Come, tell me about the recent situation." bdshare();