Vol 3 Chapter 175: Rapid expansion

Said to be welcoming, in fact, there is not much difference with alert.
The carriage stopped in the middle of the mountain. Through the door, Tang En could see several soldiers in light armor walking down the hill in the distance. In the woods on the top of the mountain, there is a faint reflection of the light.
Although it is such a battle, they are certainly not pirates. After all, no pirates are so stupid as to show up from such a distance.
Mi Xiu jumped out of the carriage and stepped forward to talk. Return a moment,
"Boss, they are scouts of the Fourth Army and are ordered to monitor this area."
"Fourth Army?" Tang En was a little surprised.
Of course, he knew the military establishment of the Grey Army. To be honest, the establishment was a bit confusing. For example, there were hundreds of people between the regiment and the regiment. It was normal, and there was no battalion under the regiment. … But anyway, as far as he knows, there is only one army in the Grey Clothing, which is unified under the command of General Oumen. Where did this Fourth Army come from?
Mi Xiu has always had a delicate mind. Obviously, he has also asked this, and recounted: "I heard that because there have been more brothers recently, the military establishment has been re-planned. There are now four troops."
Tang En casually asked: "How many people are there in an army?"
Mi Xiu's face was a little weird: "Uh, ten thousand ..."
"What, ten or ten thousand?" David widened his eyes and gaped.
"How much, how much?" Tang En was also startled, exclaimed silently.
No wonder they were so shocked that Josiah, who didn't know much about it, was a little hesitant. Counting silently with fingers, one army is ten thousand, aren't the four army more than 40,000? You know, when they first set off from the station, the number of people just returned to the standard before they were hunted down-25,000. But in just ten days, it has already expanded its force by 15,000? This Nima is going crazy ...
And this is the result of the township propaganda. If the city propaganda is later opened ... Uh, Johia ’s mind is a little confused and her thoughts are messy. However, one thing she can confirm is that the spring of the gray army seems to be coming, and the future is bright!
After a moment's snoring, Tang En came back for the first time, took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and calmed down the shock.
Although this result is unexpected, it is actually reasonable. The predecessors of the Lord and the Knight were mostly meritorious soldiers, and after being retired, they were seized by the Empire and the Lord. This kind of knighthood cannot be inherited, and belongs to a hammer trade. So after they have the power of a place, basically what they do is keep searching and accumulating wealth. Correspondingly, the people of villages and towns are naturally the most oppressed. Now when I see resistance groups, they naturally join.
Touching his nose, Tang En sighed. In some ways, this kind of aristocratic rule of the empire has also gone downhill, even if there is no gray army now. If we go on for a long time, there will also be similar organizations such as the Green Army, the Red Army and so on.
But anyway, in the current situation, the speed of the gray army is really amazing!
With this shocking and inexplicable mood, Tang En's carriage set off again, and many scouts came out for investigation along the way.
Tang En's storm of killing a large number of Lords and Knights has not yet passed, coupled with the constant robbing of armaments. The lord soldier still kept clearing the bandits and bandits outside. The Gray Army is now in a period of rapid development, and naturally cannot let these things ruin the overall situation. So although there are still more than ten miles away from the station, there are still a large number of scouts spreading warnings.
Just walk and stop, half an hour later, Tang En went around the mountains and turned into a hidden trail. After coming out from here, the distant buildings burst into the eye.
The first is a black-grey city wall that stretches for several miles. Although there are many gaps in the corners, above, and other places, it can be seen that many have not been repaired, but this will not affect its towering situation in the slightest. It is even more majestic because of the ant figure above.
The pale daylight, the dull metallic luster, and the city gate opened in the middle ... In Tang En's eyes, what kind of wall is this? It is clearly an ancient giant who is holding on, or with his mouth open ...
Josiah and David raised their heads and stared distantly into the distance.
Tang En's mood is more complicated. As a modern man, he is used to seeing all kinds of extraordinary steel-reinforced concrete buildings. After crossing the world, he has also seen many exquisite and magnificent aristocratic manors and castles. He thought he was rich in experience, but the unformed city of pure military use still shocked him, and even faintly felt awe ... Such behemoths were actually completed by the smallest human beings of?
From the moment the city was established, it was destined to continue to experience war. So in the mood, Tang En's eyes seemed to appear like this, a row of soldiers carrying ladders rushing towards the city wall crazy, and the people above rely on the height of the rain, the rain of arrows rushed ... Among them, only the icy city stood still, watching all this quietly, and let these tiny creatures change their new clothes with blood ...
"Ahem ..." After clearing his throat, Tang En's tone was hoarse, "Let's go."
Josiah, they finally came back, looked at each other, the atmosphere was a little dignified, and the carriage started again.
As the city walls approached, this dignified atmosphere slowly dissipated, replaced by a burst of excited discussion.
Everyone naturally has reason to be happy, because this is their city, and they will always guard them like a barrier in the future.
A moment later, the carriage came under the gate.
Looking closer, it's a busy scene. The people in the gray clothing called out the horns and lifted the logs and boulders up to the city wall. There was a special person to direct them to disassemble or arrange them ...
"Well, Miss Johia is back."
"Miss Josiah!"
...
At this point, some people also recognized Johsia and waved greetings. Of course, there are more unfamiliar faces, but they must have heard the name and learned to wave their hands and take off their hats.
Josiah looked very excited, her eyes were reddish, her smile never faded away, and she kept returning gifts. As more and more people greeted, they finally bowed and saluted to the Quartet.
As for Tang En, they are completely reduced to supporting roles. Although there are a lot of people who know them here, after all, the name of the previous hero is there, but because of the influence of subsequent events, it will inevitably give people a feeling of not being well-connected.
"Say something!" Tang En suddenly said to Josiah.
"Well?" It was too noisy around, and Johia turned her head blankly.
"I mean, say something to them!" Tang En repeated loudly.
Josiah froze, then looked at Tang En's gaze and kept pouting. Looking around at the lively people around, he took a moment to turn around and stepped on the roof.
The purpose of Tang En's move is very simple. Since Josiah is the hero of the future gray army, such a scene should not be missed. There are a lot of people who are familiar or unfamiliar here, it is necessary to make an impression. Then, after her work in the city spreads, her prestige will surely rise to another level.
Dare to face the propaganda of thousands of strangers, Johia naturally will not be stage frightened, bowed, and her hands pressed slightly. Like the conductor of the orchestra, the surrounding sound immediately became much quieter and slowly calmed down.
"Hello everyone, I'm a head of the propaganda department, called Johia."
Pointing at the wall next to him, Josiah's smile is very bright: "First of all, I must thank you. Thank you for building this magnificent and far-reaching city. It will be our gray army The first stronghold of our company is also our warmest home. Thank you! "
Straightened, her gold hair dangled.
Poppy ...
With thunderous applause, everyone had a high head and a proud look.
"Maybe some of you don't know, when I left here more than ten days ago. The walls weren't like this ..." Nodding his head, Josiah thought playfully, "Well, it was so riddled with pain The holes are like, like, cheese that has been eroded for a long time. "
"Haha ..."
"Oh, forgive me, I really haven't eaten cheese for a long time."
"Haha !!!"
"Come to come here, Auntie, Auntie will make it for you!"
"Haha ..."
Tang En raised his eyebrows and looked at Josiah, who was in full performance above, but could naturally stimulate everyone's emotions, and gave a thumbs up secretly.
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Josiah's speech didn't last long, just a few minutes. But the effect is unquestionable. From the moment they leave, those people are still praising and praising, which can be seen very straightforwardly.
After entering the city gate, except for the excessively wide area, the city did not surprise everyone. It was still a few simple wooden houses at the time of departure, but now there are more. This made everyone who had just seen the majestic city walls feel quite a bit out of the golden jade.
However, this is understandable, although the project is advancing rapidly due to the increasing number of members. But of course, everything must be based on the city wall. After all, everyone knows that it is sooner or later to be attacked by the official Bran according to the mission concept of the Gray Clothes.
Before walking far, Tang En was stopped by a young man in gray clothing. The news came that Lothar and the ministers were waiting for them.
………… (To be continued ...)