Chapter 414: The Great Battle (2)

In Han Dynasty, it’s winter. The lawns in the park are withered and yellow, but the trees depend on their gills. After all, the city of Neidel is not far from the sea. The wind blowing from the sea in winter has well regulated the city’s climate, even occasionally. There will also be a drizzle.
The wind is just a little bit cold, and the people in the city only need to add a thicker coat to resist it.
Pilianke sat cross-legged behind a small stall selling cheap ornaments, grinning nonsense with the peddler beside him, complaining about the city lockdown policy, soliciting little girls passing by, and talking in private. Comment on the past young women.
Pilianke's clever mouth made good things and mixed the oil with honey. He was very clever to start this small business. The stalls were constantly crowded with people before them. The girls in ordinary people were half here to buy things. Half of it came to see this handsome guy.
There are still people coming and going in the park, but except for these young people, everyone else is in a hurry. Even the soldiers of the guard who usually like to pick oil from the hawkers are all holding their swords and looking away. Walked down the street.
Upright, Tao Lex hurried into the park from the end of the long street.
He is still dressed in pure black, wearing a hat with a wide brim, and pressing the brim low, covering most of his face.
Piliank was dulling his head to negotiate the price with the little girl in front of the booth, and when Taurex walked by him, he didn't even look at it.
After Taurex walked into the park, he slowed down and looked around, rounded a small flower bed, and sat on a stone bench.
After about a few minutes, Taurex stood up again, dusted off his clothes, turned his head and walked quickly along the long street to the Throne of God Seal. He looked like a passerby temporarily resting in the park.
Piriank raised his head at this moment, and chatted with a hawker beside him. His eyes never leave the chair.
It wasn't until the sun went down and the sky became gloomy, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians in the park, and more and more cats came out for food, that Pirianke and the vendors began to prepare their stalls.
When he finished packing his things, when he left, an unobtrusive tramp beside him was already wrapped up in tattered looking, but in fact, extremely warm clothes squatting in a tree hole not far away.
After bidding farewell to the vendors with a bag of copper coins, Piriank returned to his residence first. Throw things away and light a fire to cook.
After doing enough cover up work, Pilianke returned to the headquarters of the venture capital company.
Piriank pushed open the door of the meeting room and called "General Manager."
Belen was holding a cup of hot tea and nodded to Piriank expressionlessly. Piriank could see that Belen had bloodshot eyes, apparently he hadn't slept for a long time.
The old man with the portrait next to him was also there. At this moment, he was holding a charcoal pen and writing and drawing on white paper. Seeing that it was Piriank who came in, he grinned at him and waved to him, saying: Little friend. come. "
Piliank obediently walked to the old man and the others. The old man took off the painting in his hand, blown off the debris and stuffed it into Piriank's hand, and said, "I'm here for you."
Pilianke took it over and took a look. The picture above was a naked bust of a young woman with shaking hands. Pilianke said with tears and laughter: "Master, you are my grandfather, we don’t Bring someone who despises so much. Good"
The old man rolled his eyes and said, "Look at you for what you are doing. A yellow-haired girl can't handle it. The old man, when I was your age, was already in the bushes."
Pilianke quickly waved his hand to beg for mercy, and said: "Okay, let's talk about getting things right."
Belen picked up the document in his hand and said, "First. Our people have just confirmed that the note left by Taurex has disappeared."
Pilianke was startled when he heard this, and said, "So fast!"
Belen nodded and said, "For us. This is great news. It shows that our goals are still there."
Piliank nodded and said, "After Taurex left a note, a total of nine people have been near the bench."
Belen hummed and said: "It seems that our people have not missed out. They have followed nine people."
Pilianke turned his head and said to the old man: "Master, let's start. The first one is a middle-aged man, about five feet tall, with dark skin, a long pointed face, triangular eyes, and bald head."
The old man nodded and solemnly painted on the paper.
After working for a few more hours, Belen took the portraits, spread them out on the table and waited patiently.
People walked into the meeting room one after another. After carefully looking at the portrait, the people who came in nodded to Gu Lun, sat down and started to introduce themselves to follow people.
Soon the meeting room was filled with people, Belen lowered his head and spoke to Mammoth in a low voice, and the others sat silently.
Belem knocked on the table suddenly and said loudly, "Everyone, you did a great job today."
The people below said sparsely: "Master Xie."
Belen sat up straight and said, "I know that time is tight and everyone is under heavy pressure."
Mammoth sighed and said: "My lord. It only takes three days to get a full plan. Sometimes it takes half a year to catch individuals. The eldest lady and the little grandpa are in front of us. The brother is afraid that we can't explain to the old man. "
Belen frowned and shouted sternly: "What are you afraid of? This is what we do. It is the least time to slash people with a knife. What we do is these trivial things, observation, recording, summarizing, and sorting, the last few days Now, we are nervous, these people hiding in the city are more nervous than us. Tension will go wrong, this is our chance."
"Yes, my lord, we understand."
Belen gave a hum and said: "Critical time. Every one of us can't make mistakes. I have identified the four most suspects, less." Eight then stared at the other five. In the next two days, most of the people's task was to take care of the four people in Dengjiaojiang. Understand? "
"Yes!"
"Very good" Belen nodded, then reached out and picked up a report on the table, and said: "Let's take a look at one of the first" warehouses, Guan Zhi..."
Adele pushed open the door of the office and walked in hastily with a cold wind.
She untied her long coat easily. Throw it on the sand beside him, and then greeted Catherine.
Catherine's long head curled up. Fix it with a crystal bodhisattva, the scorpion hangs slightly, staring at the document in his hand, revealing a long and graceful neck. If Lorraine is not here, he will pounce on it.
Catherine raised her hand and pulled the drooping head behind her ear. While approving the documents, she said without raising her head: "How was the meeting going?"
Adele is also dressed up as a mature woman, with a long comb and neatly draped behind her head, a dark long skirt, dignified and generous.
After stroking the clothes, Adele sat on the chair next to Catherine and said, "According to Angus's report, the residents within a hundred miles outside the city have been evacuated, and all the food and supplies that can be transported nearby have been transported. After entering the city, everything that could not be shipped was shipped upstream. Although many people objected to this, in general, it went well."
Catherine shrugged slightly and said, "It's a pity that the villages outside the city can survive this battle."
Adele followed with a sigh and said, "This is also a matter of no choice. The big deal, after the battle is over, we can allocate funds for reconstruction."
Catherine couldn't help but smile when he heard the words: Rebuild? It's easy to say, but which is so easy?
Not to mention the huge military expenditure. After this battle, the provincial government treasury in Nai An was empty. Where did the money go?
Even if it is raised, it is important to worry about whether the dog officials who have a conscience eaten by dogs take the opportunity to embezzle the money. When the time comes, the people will still have nothing
But if I do nothing, I am sorry for my conscience.
She rubbed her smooth forehead and said, "Let's try our best."
As he said, the voice changed, and he said: "By the way, Belén has just heard the news that they have a clue to track down the rape."
"Oh?" Adele was overjoyed when she heard the words, and said: "But there is good news. How are you preparing for that matter?"
Catherine shook her head worriedly and said: "I have been waiting for news too."
"Not here yet?" Adele said in a daze, "It's been a few days."
Then Catherine and Adele fell silent.
They all knew that the incident involving Lorraine's sentence was extremely important.
If used well, it can be tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Even if the half-orcs came with another 30,000 to 50,000, they could wipe out all of them under the city and keep the opponents to death.
But if the preparation has been poor, then the situation in Nydal City is not optimistic. You must know that the city of Nydel is now vacant. Although the city is strong, but few soldiers, it is simply a hot meat bun delivered to the dog's mouth.
Adele hesitated for a while, and suddenly said, "Why don't I go and see it myself?"
Catherine reached out and patted Adele on the shoulder. Reassured: "You don't understand this. What's the use of going there. Trust Lorraine. Since he said that, he should be able to do it."
There was a knock on the door, and then General Philip opened the door, walked in strode, and bowed to the two of them.
Catherine and Adele looked up at the same time. Looking eagerly at General Philip.
Catherine clenched her hands and asked nervously, "How?" General Philip said with a smile: "Master Lorraine has a good idea, and the person in front returns news. Everything is going well. The first step of the plan has been implemented."
Adele breathed a sigh of relief, and Bai Tan's little hand lightly patted her chest, and said repeatedly: "That's good! That's good!"
Catherine slowly leaned back on the back of the chair, and then took a long breath, and said: "Okay, then you can almost tell the people below, get ready to fight."
General Philip paid a salute and said in a deep voice: "Yes, Your Highness."
In the afternoon of the same day, all military and political officials in Nydal City were called by Angus for a meeting.
When Angus told the news that "more than 20,000 people and half-orcs will attack Nidell in three days," it can be described as a shocking shock.
The people in the entire venue were stupid.
The officers are okay. After so many days of nervous preparation, they have long seen that Neidel City is going to fight a big battle, but they don't dare to guess wildly until there is no definite news.
Otherwise, in this tense moment, play a smart boy. Randomly guess what you want, if you guess wrong, it's okay to say, this can show the leadership's foresight, bird raw fish soup or something.
In case Xue Yang Xiaoxiu guessed it right, and a charge of arrogantly arguing and shaking the military's mind was deducted, he would have to cut his head directly.
The civil servants were all stunned. Regardless of the time, it is customary for civil servants to be bold. Even Dafei said: Civil officials are not greedy for money and military officials are not afraid of death. The subtext is that civil officials can be afraid of death, military commanders can be greedy for money.
Even if the Ruman people use force, they are no exception.
Nydal City has not been at war for more than a hundred years, and most of the civil servants have been used to feasting, singing and dancing.
Usually everyone is corrupt, corrupt, corrupt or whatever, and have never seen what a war is like.
The biggest battle I have ever seen was a fire in my backyard. The eldest wife came over to catch the and got into a group with the mistress.
I thought that there were not many soldiers in the city now. On the opposite side, tens of thousands of ugly and brutal orcs will be killed. These civil servants were all anxious, wishing that there was a three to five million powerhouse around them to protect themselves.
They simply jumped up and yelled at Angus.
"Why do the orcs come over?"
"What did the Governor do in the South? That's tens of thousands of troops
"Let Lord Lorraine come back and support as soon as possible. Come on, maybe it's still too late."
Angus watched them making a noise there.
After they had screamed enough, Angus said with a straight face, and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness has already sent a message to the Governor, but the army is hundreds of miles away, and it will take at least half a month for the rescue to be returned. time.
In this half; within a month, His Royal Highness ordered to stick to the city.
All officials Ling must stick to their posts. Those who leave without permission are severely punished.
All rallies were cancelled, and the whole city immediately began a martial law curfew. "
He paused, looked at the faces of the civil servants below, and said sternly: "If you dare to disobey, you will kill no one.
All the officials were silent for a moment.
Angus looked at the silly look of the people below, cursed inwardly "scrap material", then stood up, turned and left.
Without a meal, the entire city of Nedel knew that the Orcs were about to attack the city.
Although the atmosphere in the city has been very solemn these days, in the eyes of the Neders, the war is still very far away from them.
Before that, they would never believe that there would be half-orcs deep into Nian's six or seven hundred miles. He continued to fight to the city of Neidel.
At first, the people were panicked, and the residents of Neidel who reacted gathered in front of the grain store to snap up food and various daily necessities.
Almost in an instant, the entire stock of Neidel's market was sold out.
When the common people asked again, all the merchants all agreed that "there is really no food."
Of course, Catherine knew what they were playing. At the moment, under the next order, it is strictly forbidden to hoard, drive up food prices, and arrest people immediately. Confiscated property.
The owners behind the grain shops are all nobles. Although they are very dissatisfied, martial law is ordered. The entire city is under military management. At this time, if you defy the order, it means violating the military law. The city guards, guards, and even the militia were caught by Catherine.
There are more than 800 imperial guards and more than a hundred magicians in the Governor's Mansion. If you want to dissatisfy, you will first weigh your own weight.
What's more, the people of Nydal City. I can see with my own eyes that Catherine has been in these days. A large amount of food was hoarded in the city of Nydal. At that time, the food convoy blocked the streets for two days, and now Neidel has enough food to last for two months.
Give an order, the tense atmosphere in the city eased slightly, and all the shops that were about to close or half closed were reopened again.
After the panic, the Neders began to become impatient and angry again, and even shouted in public, "That kid Lorraine grew up eating shit, and more than 20,000 orcs came and beat us like this."
There were complaints in the city, all accusing Lorraine of ineffective fighting. Although someone who understood the situation defended Lorraine, he was quickly overwhelmed by saliva.
But looking at the patrol soldiers walking up and down the street, these angry people still retained their sanity, and they dared to complain in their heads and shut up as soon as the soldiers came.
Unlike the civilians who can only hold back their grievances, the nobles and officials in the city of Nydel are using their brains at this time and starting to figure out a way to leave the city that will encounter war.
They first asked Angus and others about the details of the half-orcs, and when they knew there were still two days before the half-orcs could get to the city of Nydel, the gang of dignitaries began to jump up and down.
Because of the existence of internal traitors in the city, in order to avoid leaking any news, Catherine had issued an order to close the city long ago. Except for the soldiers performing the task, no one is allowed to leave the city now. These dignitaries all begged the house of Angus and other elders, and sent heavy gifts to ask them to open their doors. Intercede to Catherine and Adele from above and let them out of the city.
Angus roared at the time and said: "As a Nian, I have the responsibility to defend the land and the country. I see who dares to escape.
Thinking he was capable, he even went straight to Catherine and Adele, but they were all sent out by the Guards.
It’s not soft~EbookFREE.me~ These grandpa lords are hard-hearted, and take their family and servants directly to the city gate, and the defenders of the city gate are showing their status and paying a lot of money. In the end, hundreds of people gathered at each city gate, shouting around the guards.
All the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate received the above orders, and they dared to open the door privately, and engaged in military law.
Money and relationships are not as important as one's own life, and the officer at the gate coldly pushed the big men back.
Seeing the enthusiasm and the scene wanted to get out of control, Philip ordered the Guards to rush to the gates for reinforcements.
The Guards didn’t care if those people were hereditary nobles or wealthy. They looked at these fat pigs, and they even dared to resist the orders of Her Royal Highness Princess. The guards officer of the guards yelled: "Impact !"
The Guards rushed into the crowd with clubs and beat them. All the people who blocked the door were dispersed.
In a short while, the people from the venture capital company sent the list of the big names who made troubles at the city gate to Catherine's table. Catherine just sneered, drew a big red cross on the list, and said to herself: "You Wait for me."