Chapter 50 Peace and Peace (Part 1)
Just as Cons closed his eyes and wanted to fall asleep, he suddenly woke up Cons with a shout.
It was a cry that was often heard: "Sir!" But this cry is now full of panic and sadness.
Cons suddenly opened his eyes and saw the familiar face, full of panic, anxiety, grief, anger, self-blame, etc. It was his personal captain, Ida.
Ida felt heartbroken when he saw Cons's appearance. When he learned that there was an assassin's warning, he was the first to come to Cons. But he was still one step late.
"Why did I leave the head coach? Am I still the adult's personal captain?"
Ida blamed himself deeply. Although he wanted to pounce on it, he stopped in front of Cons in panic. He was afraid that Cons would leave like this.
Seeing Ida's self-blame look, Cons couldn't help but take a breath again. The air he was sucking in was cold, and the cold metal inside his body made Cons' body tremble involuntarily.
But he still pulled a smile on the corner of his mouth and tried to say in a calm tone: "No... don't worry, it didn't stab my heart..."
Before he finished speaking, his chest trembled because of his words. Cons suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell down weakly.
Ida woke up and held Cons quickly and carefully. He didn't dare to move the sword, nor did he dare to move Cons' body, because he knew that if he moved a little, Cons' life would definitely not be guaranteed.
He roared anxiously: "Call the military doctor! Call the military doctor!" As soon as he finished calling, he immediately shouted at the standing guards again: "What are you doing when you are standing there! Be wary and search for assassins!"
The guards who had already turned into stone statues jumped up quickly. Some rushed down the city wall, called the military doctor and captured the assassin, and some were all focused on patrolling and guarding the city wall.
This night, the city will be brightly lit, and it will be a sleepless night.
In the gorgeous government office, all the officers above the brigade were concentrated outside the door, and everyone walked around anxiously and irritably, only Ida squatted in the corner with her head in her arms without saying a word.
Twenty personal soldiers outside the corridor were nervously guarding, but they still moved their concerned eyes from time to time toward the closed door.
Suddenly the door was opened, and all the human body stopped moving and looked at the person coming out of it.
Ida even stood up suddenly, eagerly grabbed a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, dressed as a doctor, and asked anxiously: "How are you doing with an adult?"
The military doctor who was a member of the Cons army with the baggage troops wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "That sword stabbed the adult's right chest, and it miraculously did not stab the internal organs. The adult is no longer in danger of his life. He can recover after recuperation for a few months."
Hearing this, everyone seemed to be exhausted, and Ida held the military doctor's shoulder weakly, lowered his head, and said in a crying voice: "It's great..."
The personal soldiers who kept stretching their ears long, of course, also heard the military doctors' special volume increase, and their faces showed a look of relief. Only then could they really concentrate on guarding all around.
Ida wiped his tears before looking up at the officers and said ruthlessly: "The three killed assassins are the city defense forces in this city. I have filtered the whole city and captured several spies and spies hidden in the army. It has been confirmed that the assassins were sent by Kuode. What are your opinions?"
When everyone heard this, they all started to swear.
Not only did Kuode take all the food, leaving behind 20,000 people who consumed military rations, he actually sent assassins to assassinate his commander! How could he bear this tone? Everyone was shouting for revenge.
With Cons unconscious and Carlo away, Ida was already the interim commander of Cons' army, so he took the responsibility to command the army.
He knew that it was a critical moment, and if Cons woke up and the army took action, he would not know what the place would be like.
Ida said in a deep voice: "We can attack the city where Kurd is located under the banner of Kurd's murder. Even if the city that covers Kurd betrays Kurd, we can still occupy that city with shelter. But move quickly, and don't let Kurd transport all the food away like a city."
"Uh... Lord Ida, if we do this, will other cities unite?" An officer suddenly thought that these cities were very sensitive. If they were united, Cons would not have enough troops, and there were bandits eyeing them.
These words made all the officers with passion stunned for a moment, and calmed down and began to ponder.
Ida said coldly: "Don't talk about attacking Kurd, and there is no news of serious injuries to the generals. I waited until the troops came to the city before they attacked those cities, so that other cities would not be too worried.
"Didn't they all compete for who will be the main one after the founding of the People's Republic of China? Those people are definitely happy to help them solve an opponent, so we have to send people to explore where Kuode is hiding while training recruits."
"Train the recruits?" The officers were stunned for a moment. Are there any recruits in the army now?
"Hmph, the 20,000 people who eat military rations are all new recruits. We must pick out qualified engineers from it as soon as possible! Since they eat military rations, they must serve the army. Otherwise, we will use military rations to support them for nothing, which is not a loss?" Yida said gritting his teeth. His current appearance seems a bit ferocious.
The officers were stunned for a moment. Although they thought it was strange, they also thought that they would be soldiers after eating military rations. The 20,000 people were obliged to serve the army. When they thought that their subordinates could increase, they all nodded in agreement.
Although the Cons troops did not have new weapons, they seized thousands of usable weapons in the last battle with the bandits. Ida used these weapons to recruit soldiers, and the Cons troops once again became a 10,000-person force.
After receiving the report from the spy, the Lord of Rot City Sires smiled: "Haha, Cons really knows how to use waste. Even farmers who have not trained have recruited into the army. I think those people are not happy, but they have no choice but to rely on military rations to make a living. Haha... It seems that Cons's troops have really consumed half of their troops last time."
The news of Cons' serious injury was strictly blocked by the officers, and outsiders did not know it at all. Moreover, the spies did not find any strange contact with Cons' troops, nor did they find any signs of outbound transportation of military rations for opening a city, so Sires judged this way.
Sires stood up and looked at the map, pointed at the city around the city with his fingers. A charming smile appeared on his face as handsome as a beauty: "Since Cons likes to add soldiers so much, then give them all to him."
Soon, several cities near a city were looted by robbers. The city lord, the nobles in the city and all the food and grass were robbed by robbers. Many strong men were robbed by robbers, and only the elderly, weak, women and children were left in the city.
I don’t know what happened, among these people, it was reported that Kaiyi City had a righteous army of the Qihong Kingdom’s regular army. Not only would they protect them, but they would also provide food. Inspired by these rumors, these people who were closer to Kaiyi City rushed towards Kaiyi City.
Ida and the officers looked at the dense crowds of people outside the city in amazement. Conservatively estimated that there were at least 100,000 people outside the city.
When they heard that the robbers took away the nobles, the strong men and all the food, they knew that the enemy had a plan to let their side consume the food and the men who could serve in the army.
Ida looked at the hundreds of thousands of hands that were begging for food. In addition to the headache, she also felt that Carlo had a wise decision to be a robber.
"I hope Lord Carlo can grab the food as soon as possible. Now if the surplus grain in the army is distributed to these people, it will only last for a week." Ida looked into the distance and prayed. He did not drive away the people, and he could not do so, considering the people's hearts.
Carlo and nearly 4,000 soldiers were scattered in the mountainous area thirty kilometers away from the city. His target was Xingguang City ten kilometers away. However, Carlo still couldn't make up his mind whether to plunder Xingguang City.
It was too close to a city here. He was afraid of arousing the suspicion of the enemy, but the other cities were too far away, so it was very difficult to transport the snatched food back.
Just when Carlo was worried, the reconnaissance guards reported urgently: "Sir, Xingguang City was looted by bandits, all the nobles and strong farmers in the city were abducted, and all the food was robbed. Now the old, weak, women and children in Xingguang City are all moving towards the direction of Kaiyi City."
Carlo was surprised: "Xingguang City was patronized by bandits? Why did those people rush toward the opening of a city?"
The guard hurriedly said, "I don't know where the rumors came from. I heard that when I go to Kai a city, I can get the army's food supply and protection..."
At this time, a guard rushed into the guard and interrupted the guard's words: "Sir, the five cities around Kai Yicheng were plundered by bandits at the same time. Almost all the cities were looted, and all the nobles and strong farmers in the city were kidnapped by robbers! And the remaining people rushed towards Kai Yicheng."
Hearing this, the officers following Carlo knew that something was wrong. A brigade captain hurriedly bowed to Carlo and said, "Sir, this must be the enemy's plan. He snatched the food of the people, and then told them that they had food supply in a city. This was to consume our military rations!"
Of course Carlo knew what was going on, but he thought it was quite strange. Why did the enemy always use this weak offensive method that consumes military rations? With the power of the robbers and cities, it would be easy to destroy the Cons troops?
Carlo felt that the enemy seemed to cherish their strength very much, so he was unwilling to attack head-on, and it seemed to be delaying time.
Whether Cons' troops are defeated by the enemy or retreating due to food problems, the country will definitely send troops again - although it will take at least a few months to send troops again.
After thinking about it, Carlo only knew that the enemy had to delay time, but it was unclear why he delayed time for the sake of what he had.
Thinking of the little bit of food left in the army and the people who poured into Kai a city from five cities, Carlo suddenly ordered: "Check out the traces of the robbers who plundered Xingguang City, and the whole army is ready to attack!"
Carlo, who found the enemy's trace, looked at the nearly 10,000 people in a hidden position. There were thousands of transport vehicles inside. In addition to the robbers who were driving the way in the front and robbers behind the formation, there were also the nobles who were dressed in gorgeous clothes in the middle of the line.
These nobles did not have the panic reaction they should have after being caught by the robbers. Instead, they seemed to be on an outing, talking and laughing with their families, and the robbers were very respectful to them, just like their guards.
Behind the noble team, there were ropes tied dozens of people into a team of thousands of people. The crowds moved forward step by step with difficulty. If the movement was a little slower, they would be immediately beaten and kicked by the robbers behind the formation.
All of these strong farmers looked angry and looked at the rich people sitting in the carriage in front of them. It seemed that they already knew that the rich people had colluded with the robbers.
The convoy did not send scouts, so it was not aware of the encirclement of Carlo's troops following them and slowly formed.
Carlo smiled, laughing for the enemy's arrogance and for the enemy's stupidity.
In order not to increase the strength of the Cons troops, the enemy was willing to expose the collusion between the nobles and the robbers. Don’t they know that this would be impossible to win the people’s hearts? Or are they going to silence all these strong farmers?
Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Carlo's eyes.
He remembered that in order to falsely report his achievements, his former superiors killed all the people in several villages and reported them as enemies' corpses. He was also slandered and sentenced for opposing this.
If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Princess, I would have become a piece of loess long ago.
Carlo's idea was confirmed because the convoy stopped when it reached a depression.
The robbers behind escorted the thousands of strong men into the depression, and the robbers in front also ran back to help. The farmers seemed to know that their death date was coming and began to call for help and resist, but how could they be the opponents of the robbers tied up by the rope?
After the robbers killed him for a fierce battle, more than a dozen farmers who died were driven out of the depression.
The number of this bandits was about 3,000. At this time, most of them were surrounding the depression. One thousand of them took out bows and arrows and prepared to shoot. The remaining people held weapons and killed some farmers who had climbed up to death and kicked them down.
The nobles, with their families, stood in the car and looked at the fun. What's more, under the escort of the robbers, stood by the depression and admired.
Screams and laughter kept spreading, but they were either forests or wilderness around them. In addition, due to the chaos of robbers, the population of the entire million square kilometers of land was only a few million, and they were all concentrated around dozens of cities. The wilderness can be said to be extremely desolate, so the robbers were not afraid that the farmers' screams would be heard by others.
Chapter completed!