Chapter 67: 【Village】

In the evening, on the trees on both sides of the road, a few crows made a soft "ahhhh" sound, and then a cloud of dust rose in the distance, and then the earth seemed to be shaking, and the dense and silent sound of horses hooves broke the silence of the evening , Several crows fluttered their wings and hurriedly flew away from the branches.
Roddy had already replaced the dazzling silver armor on his body at this moment. A lightly armored leather armor covered most of his upper body-this leather armor was brought to Rand by Nicole before the expedition. This is said to be something from the Tulip family. Nicole's father wore this leather armor to fight on the battlefield. Roddy really doubts how much protection such a light leather armor can play, but for the purpose of rushing on the road, the dazzling and heavy metal armor is of course impossible to wear on his body. This leather armor is replaced. Later, it's a lot lighter.
The clothes inside Roddy's body had long been drenched with sweat, and he felt a hot pain on the inner thigh, and he was bumping on the road for two consecutive days, which really made him overwhelmed.
In the past day and a half, Roddy took 10,000 elite cavalry men of Thor's Whip and kept on rushing without leaving the saddle. When he was tired, he would rest immediately. When he was hungry, he would eat dry food and drink water. Moving forward, every cavalry has changed horses twice at this moment. The horses that every soldier rides and the spare horses behind them are exhausted, and some horses have even spit out foam from the corners of their mouths. It seems that although the horses of the Central Cavalry Corps are the best horses selected in the entire empire, they can't stand it after nearly two days of endless running.
The soldiers had tired faces all over their faces, but the wolffang army led by Zieg truly deserved the title of "Thunder God's Whip". Although every soldier was exhausted, his facial expressions were still firm and tough. People left behind or complained loudly. The mighty cavalry team only heard the sound of horses' hoofs, and there was no noise from anyone.
"My lord! The scout cavalry is back!" The messenger beside him suddenly patted his horse and felt Roddy's side, and immediately saluted and said loudly.
Roddy glanced at Qige beside him, and Qige nodded and said, "The order goes on and the whole army slows down!"
In a blink of an eye, the messenger conveyed Zieg’s order, and the officers conveyed the order one by one. Under the order of the order, the cavalry slowed down from the front team, but the whole team still did not see the slightest disorder. Obviously, Zieg is very strict with his troops.
The scout cavalry reported that there was a small village in front of it, and it seemed nothing unusual. It was already close to the front line, and I heard that there were often small groups of scattered cavalry from the Great Moon Kingdom around, but the village in front didn't seem to find any traces.
Roddy sighed and said in a deep voice: "Order, rest in the village in front of you for a while. You can't hurry like this anymore. Even if people don't rest, horses should rest."
Qige nodded. He came from a cavalry, and he naturally understood how important the strength of a horse's feet is to a cavalry.
When night fell, the Spike Army finally approached the village. Roddy ordered the whole army to stop at a distance of two miles outside the village, rest for an hour by the river, and then entered the village with two hundred people from Zieg.
This is still the territory of the empire, but because of the remoteness of the area and the distance from the town, a few villagers at the head of the village were obviously panicked and surprised to see such an army.
The soldiers found the head of the village. The head of the village was obviously an honest farmer. He stammered and couldn't say anything when he saw Roddy and Zieg. Roddy asked the two of his men to divide 50 people into the police station at the entrance of the village to the north of the village. He and Zieg followed the village chief back home. The village chief did not say a word, but led the way.
As soon as Roddy walked into this simple little courtyard, he immediately felt something was wrong. He frowned and looked around. The village chief had an indifferent expression. Next to him was one of his little daughters, a beautiful girl who was only fifteen or sixteen years old.
When he saw the pile of uncut firewood in the yard at a glance, Roddy knew it.
"Just the two of you here?"
"Yes, my lord." The village chief lowered his head, his voice still very steady.
Roddy didn't say a word, walked to the corner, and suddenly raised a foot to knock over a wooden cabinet by the wall, revealing a big hole in the back. This sudden change made the village head pale with fright, and the girl also let out a horrified scream. Several soldiers next to him drew their scimitars and rushed up, dragging a young man out of the hole.
The young man wore a simple civilian costume with a pale face and a desperate look.
"What's going on! You are actually spies!" Qige's face also sank.
With a plop, the village chief knelt down and hissed: "My lord! He is not a spy, he is my son, not a spy from the Great Moon Kingdom!"
Roddy waved his hand and asked the soldier to let go of the young man. The young man didn't look like a samurai walking, and Roddy wasn't afraid he would resist.
"Say, what's the matter!"
Seeing that all the soldiers around had pulled out their scimitars, the young man immediately said loudly: "My lord, it has nothing to do with my family! You can catch me and go back. I... escaped from the front..."
Roddy heaved a sigh of relief and nodded: "It turned out to be a deserter." Qige's face also looked a little better, but he said solemnly: "Are you from the Northwest Army?"
"Yes!" The young man nodded and glanced at his father: "I turned out to be the defender of Trier Castle not far from here. After Trier Castle was occupied by the Great Moon Kingdom, we were dispersed. I fled back..."
Roddy hadn't spoken yet, Zieg grumbled coldly, and said lightly: "Then the empire's military orders, do you know?"
"I know." The young man's face was pale: "Splitting away, cut."
"No!!" The girl next to her suddenly screamed, trying to rush up, but was stopped by two soldiers, she cried out: "You don't want to kill him! Why are you killing him! One of my brothers has died in battle! Now, are you going to kill my only remaining brother!!"
After all, Roddy was the first time to lead the army. He was so young that he couldn't help feeling soft and sighed: "This is the military order of the empire. If everyone is a deserter and is not punished, then who else will fight for the empire!"
The girl had a stubborn face, a face full of tears, facing Roddy without fear, and loudly said: "Desert! My brother is not willing to be a soldier at all! You guys tied him away! One of my brothers three I was by you a month ago and died. You came and abducted him again last month! We don’t want to be soldiers at all! We don’t want to be soldiers! You are going to leave our food! Do you want us to die? Do you want to give it to you!!!"
"Wait!" Roddy waved to the two soldiers who were about to drag the young man out. He turned his face, looked at the girl with a gloomy expression, and said solemnly: "You said, your brother was forcibly to serve as a soldier?!"
Ignoring that her father winked at herself with horror on her face, the girl stared at Roddy, gritted her teeth and said: "Yes! You tied it up! My eldest brother was ruthless by yours because he didn't want to be a soldier. After a fight, I took him away! My second brother didn’t want to, but your guy beat my father and forced him to go with you! Now the battle is over, why not let it My brother is going home!"
"There's such a thing!" Roddy's face was pale, and he glanced at Qige. Zieg frowned. He has been in the army for most of his life. Naturally, he has heard of such things. In many places, the defenders lacked sufficient military strength during the war, and they often recruited strong men temporarily. However, recruitment is generally used to pay military salaries based on headcount. But now, according to the girl's statement, it was mostly the defending officer who swallowed the salary for recruiting strong men and used violence to force people into the army. This kind of thing is the most common in those places with no-name defenders.
As soon as Roddy looked at Zieg’s face, he knew that this incident was probably true. Zieg is the one in the army who is most familiar with, and he doesn’t even speak. Then it seems that what the girl said is probably true. .
"Let go of him." Roddy sighed, not knowing what it was like. He wanted to rescue the Northwest and defend his homeland and country, but seeing that even the civilians of his country looked at the soldiers of the empire with such hatred, he didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment.
Zieg wanted to say something, but thinking of what he had just heard, he closed his mouth. Once the young man regained his freedom, he immediately rushed to save his father and the girl.
"The village chief, you go get us something to eat. Then help me find something to eat in the village, my soldiers are hungry!" Roddy has no thoughts to pursue the family. He winked at a soldier, and the soldier immediately took out a few gold coins from him.
The village chief looked at the money in the soldier's hand in surprise, but shook his head in horror: "My lord, it's not me... there really is nothing to eat..."
"why!"
"A few days ago, an army from the Great Moon Kingdom came here, and they... all the food was searched...now we only have a little ration, there is really no more food."
"What!!" Roddy slapped the table, stood up, and shouted: "There is the army of the Great Moon Kingdom nearby! Why didn't you say it earlier! How many people are there! Where!"
The village chief was horrified and pale, and he couldn't speak. The young man replied: "The last time they came there were not many people, probably only a few dozen cavalry, but it seems that they dispersed the army in the nearby villages to search for food."
"Huh!" Qige's expression was bad: "Why didn't you say it just now!" He was extremely angry, knowing that they are on the road so desperately now that they can feel the Watt Fortress unconsciously, and found it in the Great Moon Kingdom. They had previously joined the Northwest Army. If the Great Moon Kingdom knew that they had sent troops to intercept them, at this moment Roddy and Zieg had only a mere 10,000 tired men, which would be very dangerous.
"What else you didn't say!" Roddy motioned to Zieg to sit down and looked at the young man hard.
The village chief opened his mouth and didn't speak. The young man's face was pale and his eyes dodge. Roddy felt bad in his heart. Before he could say anything, Zieg had already said fiercely: "You are a deserter and I don't need to pursue it. After all, there is a reason for it. Since the adults have let you go, it's fine. But if you conceal your military situation and don't report it, then you are guilty of the same crime as the spy!"
The girl gritted her teeth and stood up and said loudly: "They came two days ago and took all our food and took a dozen people away. They left a message and asked us to inform them if there is an imperial army. Pass by, just light the straw, and the smoke from the chimney will float out...If we don’t do that, they will kill those who have been captured!"
Qige's face changed slightly, and he ran out the door a few steps, and he saw black smoke from the chimneys in the surrounding farmhouses...
"Where are they! The army of the Great Moon Kingdom!" Roddy shouted violently at the young man. He may be able to sympathize with his being forced into the army and not pursue his desertion, but they actually did such a thing and made Roddy angry!
The girl was taken aback by Roddy’s sudden rage, she shrank back and cried,
Every time they come in from the north of the village, I... I didn’t burn the straw... After they left, my father also let him The other people don’t help Dayueguo, but they don’t listen to my father...I really didn’t burn the straw...I really didn’t..."
Suddenly, there was a rush of bugles outside the door, a warning sound from the hands of the village north!
"Leave a few people to watch them! Kill them if you act rashly!" Zieg rushed back to the room and drank, then Roddy followed him and ran outside...
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