Chapter 92 The Village and the Den of Thieves
"If the team is long, then every distance—about forty meters—has a prestigious person as the core of this team."
"It is better to carry team adventure equipment, use horse carriages, faster speeds and less horses eat; but it is better to use ox carts when a large group of people travel, so the cattle have low requirements for feed, and the feed is easier to replenish, and can also be used as military rations if necessary."
"The wheels should be chosen as wide as possible, and there must be spare axles and wheels."
"As long as conditions allow, try to send a Pathfinder in front of the team. The Pathfinder should not be more than 100 meters away from the team, otherwise it will be difficult for him to get support in time when he encounters danger."
"When camping in the wild at night, be careful. Night is the most likely time to happen. The most reliable manpower should be arranged at night. If the manpower on the vigil is unreliable, it is likely to kill everyone."
"There are many requirements for camping. According to the number of people in the team, the camping site is designed differently. It can support each other, but it cannot be overly dense. If there are too many people, an emergency passage must be reserved."
While walking, Telligan explained the common sense of leading the team to Ender.
From adventure squads of several people to small mercenaries of dozens of people, to larger regular troops, how the team should move, how to arrange scouts, choose camp sites, common structures in the camp, etc., all taught to Ender one by one.
As Ender listened, he asked Telligan in a puzzled way.
Ender knew that this was because he had said that he was going to go to the capital Karanyuan and wanted to see the world, so Tligan passed on these experiences to himself.
It has been almost six years since Ender came to this world. Most of the six years, the three of Tilligans and the Reulter were taking care of him. Yes, most of the time Ender appeared as a well-behaved little animal.
Of course, Ende can also say that he has rewarded these people, but Ende cannot deny that without the care of these people, not to mention that he is a weak and has just recovered from a serious illness, even if he is strong, he may not be able to grow up healthily to this point now.
Practicing martial arts requires nutritional supplements; if you want to read (the text of this world), you also need someone to teach you.
These were all thanks to the care of Reilt and his wife, Telligan and others, so that Ender had the time to learn and grow.
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Time passed quickly, and everyone stopped once in the middle, made a fire and cooked and ate some food casually. Then the people sitting in the carriage took turns to let the rest of the people get down and walk, and some people go up and rest.
The horses were fed and the horses were given water, and they were freed from the carriage, so that they could rest as well.
It took about an hour to complete these rectifications, and we set off again. We walked until it was dark before we found a place to support the tent and set up a small camp as a resting point.
Trigan and Corey taught Ender a few more lessons about building a small camp, combined with the examples in front of him.
The next day, everyone continued to set off.
"Is this Wilter's Corner?" Ander asked in surprise as he looked at the road in front of him.
Crossing the low hills that serve as the dividing line, the road led by Werte was revealed before Ender.
The road led by Leicester is paved with gravel and soil, which can accommodate two carriages in parallel. Although there are some bumps, it is not too serious. Even if the wheels are stuck in and the horse pulls it hard, it can drag the car out.
The shrubs on both sides of the road are cleaned regularly, and only some weeds grow.
The road leading by Werte in front of him is a pure dirt road. Some weeds have grown on the road, and the grass on both sides is even more knee-high. The entire dirt road is only the width of a carriage. There are deep grooves on both sides of the road, and there is a bulge in the middle, probably the marks pressed out of the wheels of the carriage.
The various potholes on the road can be seen directly from the hills - some pits are very big, let alone wheels, even the entire carriage can be trapped in.
Even the country road leading to the Ender territory in Wall Village is stronger than this road.
"Yes, this is the road led by Wilt," Cory said.
"Uncle Cory, what's going on with that big pit over there? Didn't this break the whole road?" Emilia walked forward, stood side by side with Ender, and asked at a big pit in the distance.
After a day and night, Emilya had become familiar with Telligan and Corey.
Emilya claims to be Ender's housekeeper, which surprised Telligan and Corey.
During this period, they were busy selling trophy, receiving territories and purchasing agricultural tools needed for development, and they really didn't care much about Ende's territory.
Suddenly a beautiful butler popped up next to Ander. It was impossible for them to have no guesses in their minds - isn't Telligan's butler also Telligan's lover? And he is about to become a regular person.
Since there was such a conjecture, the two of them looked at Amilia differently and were particularly kind.
"That was a trap dug by thieves. It seems that this trap has been used, but no one has filled it in."
The Leicester family unified the four northern leaders and had a lot to do, so they didn't have time to sort out the road.
There is a big pit on the road that doesn’t really matter. Just go around from the side. Anyway, the road is not much smoother than the grass next to it.
After walking along this bad road for more than an hour, the first village led by Werte was right in front of me.
From a distance, you can find that this village is different from the villages in Leicester.
For example, in Wall Village, the guardrail that protects the village is two meters high and the fences are different in thickness, and even a dog cannot get through the gaps between the fences;
The village here has a wall of guardrails built with messy stones, less than one meter high, and children can climb over it.
The village is not small in size, but the buildings in the village are even more dilapidated and simple.
Most of the houses in the village are walls made of several wooden pillars and some adobe bricks. In the adobe bricks on this wall, you can also see straw exposed outside. As for the roof, they are basically paved with straw.
Looking from the place where Ande Station, you can only see four or five families in the whole village owning wooden houses, and the others are all shack-like houses.
"This is what the village led by Werte looks like?" Ander was a little surprised.
"What's so strange about this? It's pretty good. Many villages in places are not as good as here." Corey said unsurprisingly: "No matter what, the four northern leaders have been guarding each other for so many years. The lords have tried their best. Most of the leaders can still survive. If you go to the central and southern parts of the kingdom, some people in the noble territories will be worse than death."
Ander and Emilia gasped.
One of these two people has never left the Leicester territory and thought that the living standard of the Leicester territory was the average level of the world; the other is simply the eldest lady of the Locoway family. Although she has managed some affairs, she will naturally not let her deal with the real dirty and sinister places.
I suddenly heard that even the dilapidated village in front of me could be considered a good place, and this young man and woman were naturally subjected to psychological impact.
"Uncle Cory, is this true?" Amilia asked in disbelief.
"Well, you haven't been to many places, so you know less about such messy things. Think about it, the north is dry and cold, and the crop yield is much lower than the south. Why are there four northern leaders still open up? Why are there people leaving good days in the south? But come here to live? It's because many people can't live in the south!"
"Aristocrats can become guests of honor wherever they go. It is not too difficult to be successful in making a name for themselves. But it is not easy for civilians to survive. Otherwise, why do we want to become nobles even if we fight our lives?"
"Look at this village, there are houses to shelter from the wind and rain, and guard walls to block wild animals. If you are lucky, you can also go to the grass to catch some rabbits and foxes to eat meat. This is not easy.
In some noble territories in the south, even rabbits belong to the lords. In many territories in the south, the people who are in charge of marriage have to pay a heavy tax. If they cannot pay the tax, they cannot get married!"
"That is, Leicester is wise and wise. Leicester is so rich. To be honest, in terms of prosperity, Leicester is certainly not as good as the capital Karanguan. However, when it comes to living standards, most people in the territory are not much worse than the living standards of the civilians in the capital Karanguan. Of course, they are incomparable to the wealthy people there."
While Cory was talking, several great men came out of the village. They were extremely respectful: "My lord, who are you?"
Behind them, many figures can be seen poking their heads behind the house.
Telligan was riding on the war horse, holding the whip with the iron gloves, gently tapped the shoulder of the leading man with the whip, and said arrogantly: "I am Telligan, a knight who was enfeoffed in the village of Bilans. After passing here, I went to get me some water and forage, and asked for the best forage and the clearest well water here."
"Yes, yes, Knight, wait a moment, we'll be fine soon." The man quickly agreed, then turned around and ran into the village and shouted: "You bastards, have you heard the Knight's orders? Go and fetch water quickly and prepare the prepared fodder, so that you don't have dew!"
Behind the team, Corey explained to Ander: "A village like this is obviously a village that works as a robber. Boss Tligan must be particularly strong in order to avoid trouble."
As he said, Corey pointed to several places: "Look at the corner of the wall over there, there are traces left by crossbow arrows; there is a broken knife over there; and there should be a trap over there."
"Now you know the boss's difficulties - the Bilans Village he was granted is even more sinister than here. Maybe even the thieves' group's nest is a little bit too. After the matter is over, we will take people to help the boss, and we must conquer the Bilans Village."
"Of course." Ender nodded.
This is a matter of course, and there is nothing to say.
While talking, Ander suddenly noticed that Corey was frowning.
"What's wrong? Uncle Cory?"
"It seems something is wrong. There are too many people in the village, and we are in trouble." Keri looked at the villagers who were starting to run in the village and whispered to Ander.
In front of the team, the strong men who had come out did not appear again. Another thin man walked out of the village and came to Telligan's horse and said flatteringly: "King Master, you and your subordinates have worked hard all the way. Please go into the village to rest. We have the best pie and ale here."
"We have to prepare to do it." Hearing the thin man's words, Corey walked to the side of the carriage and took out the axe.
When Corey took out the battle axe, Tligan also swung his sword quickly and chopped the thin man standing in front of the horse to the ground.
As a walking around, I have seen many sinister veteran adventurers. How can I hide this trick of asking you to get into the trap?
Generally, villages are extremely alert and will never invite strangers to enter - especially teams like Telligan, which seem to be very combat-oriented.
The previous strong men were obviously the leaders of several thieves. Most of them, after observing Telligan's team, went back to discuss and thought they could eat up the thirty people led by Telligan, so they changed their minions and tried to lure Telligan and others into the village - naturally, they had to do dangerous things.
Seeing that the matter was exposed, there was a sudden shout and scolding from the village, and the crowd rushed out from all over the place, holding swords, guns, sticks and sticks in their hands.
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Leicester's leadership unified the four northern lords, which is a huge event for people living in the four northern lords.
The same is true for the thieves.
In the past, the four northern leaders were hostile to each other and committed crimes in one territory. As long as they fled to another territory, it would be safe and there was no need to worry about someone pursuing them across the border.
But now that the four territories are unified, there is no such good thing.
Although there are many idiots among the thieves, there are also smart people. Since they can't make it here, they'll be ready to leave.
But walking with both hands is not good, so you have to get some travel expenses for yourself.
The thieves survived, under the organization of those who were interested, and were preparing to go to Leicester to get a big vote while Leicester was in celebrating the victory of the territory war.
You should know that the wealth of the Leicester tribe is well known among the four northern tribes. If you break a village at will, you can make a fortune - at least everyone has the travel expenses.
The problem is that they had just assembled, and they had not even discussed who was responsible for the temporary commander-in-chief, and they heard that a knight came to Betis Village.
At the beginning, everyone thought the matter was exposed, but when they saw that there were only 30 people, the thieves were relieved. At least two hundred thieves gathered in the village. If knights were dispatched to encircle and suppress them, it would be impossible to bring only these few people.
Since the opponent is weak, he can naturally eat it - the knight armor on Telligan can sell at least 400 gold coins, which is a lot of money.
What's more, there are ten people behind who are wearing high-quality leather armor. These leather armor and the swords in their hands can sell at least one or two hundred gold coins.
(On the way, only a few people were fully armed, and most of them were placed in the carriage beside them. This was to save everyone's physical strength.)
Compared to robbing the village, the harvest of robbing this team of people is not necessarily much worse.
Chapter completed!