Xili left suddenly, leaving Zhou Qingfeng's side with no one who could talk. Although Kaili was willing to lean in front of him, after all, there was a layer between the two, and they couldn't talk to each other. Not to mention his every move was stared at by Cyric.
Lying on the bed, surrounded by dead silence, Zhou Qingfeng recalled his own day’s experience. After discussing with Professor Zheng in his mind, he finally made a decision—thousands of hidden servants and ghosts rushed out of him and pounced on the whole Coldwind City.
Early the next morning, Zhou Qingfeng left the city lord's residence to go to the barracks. With the information network, no one can cut off his contact with his subordinates, and no one can block him from understanding the situation in the city. Audible reports and field investigations are two different things.
The cold wind city is extremely decayed. Due to the famine, the powerful sent servants and soldiers to the streets to maintain order and block the hungry residents in a few small areas. Without any relief, without any management, let him die.
The streets were empty, except for the guarded soldiers, only trailers carrying dead bodies passed by. Yesterday, those who could squeeze up to the city to watch the excitement were lucky people, who were vassals of the rich and powerful in the city. The real bottom layer is now waiting to die in a dark corner.
Kelly rode a pony to accompany Zhou Qingfeng, pointed to a street not far away, and said: "I was there to accept the'dark sun' call. Coldwind City was not so bad at the time. The streets were quite lively. ."
The halfling girl was referring to a dilapidated hotel. The street where it was located showed signs of fire, and most of the street was burned. Some said it was the poor who set fire to keep warm, while others said that the poor set fire to their lives. In short, there was no one to clean up the fire scene.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves passing by, people on both sides of the street yelled and rushed out from time to time, crying for a bit of food and drink. The soldiers guarding the street would stab them back with spears without hesitation, so the whole street was crying and screaming.
According to the hidden servant's investigation, there are dying hungry people everywhere in the city, as well as corpses who are dying on the street without picking up. 'Jiying' turned his head and glanced left and right. As a necromancer, it sighed: "It is more painful to live in this city than to die."
In the direction of the barracks, the team of Harmony Village could not get out. The small team stayed in the barracks, eating and drinking as much as possible to solve by themselves, not relying on outsiders, and not allowing outsiders to enter easily. But one night last night, a lot of things happened in the barracks.
"Last night someone brought us food and drinks in the name of the Long-legged family. We conducted inspections in accordance with the regulations and determined that the food was deliberately poisoned." Luke, who was in charge of the team, saw Zhou Qingfeng and informed him of the matter in person.
Zhou Qingfeng knew last night that at this moment, he looked at several baskets of wine and meat, and couldn't help but sneer: "Your Excellency Lehman is quite willing to pay for it. He actually sent us so many brown bread, and even bad wine and wine. Jerky."
The servant who came to deliver food last night was kept in the small dark room of the barracks. When they frightened, they all did it—unsurprisingly, it was sent by the deputy city lord Leiman. Very simple strategy, but very practical.
Visitors from elsewhere often have no logistics and discipline, and must rely on local power to provide supplies. Not to mention the soldiers, but the knight master is hungry, and when he sees the meat and wine, he rushes to grab it.
But Zhou Qingfeng brought his own dry food, and even had a cook in the team. He also took Jasten’s disciples to serve as medical staff, accompanied by a self-sufficient well in the barracks, and the team in Harmony Village was flabbergasted.
Even the lowest-level personnel among the priests have mastered tricks such as'detecting toxicity and purifying food'. The poisonous food sent by the enemy can be safely eaten into the stomach after simple purification.
Luke continued: "Someone has been walking outside our barracks last night, and even a team has tried to break in. The enemy probably felt that we should be poisoned and confused, and wanted to come in and kill a wave.
We defended the barracks and did not go out, and the other party's plot failed. This morning, there were a large number of hungry and dizzy residents who wanted to attack our defense line. There were hundreds of them. We shot and killed a few who were hiding behind and they retreated. "
The corpse that was shot was dragged into the barracks, and was identified by the food delivery gang last night as the family of Harding Knight. Including his two sons and a son-in-law.
Such a simple instigation is really obvious at a glance, but Luke and the others are all lingering fears. They recalled the danger last night, and felt that if they were to face it with another team, they would have been killed and wounded already at this moment.
"The vengeance among the nobles is this kind of routine, either poisoning or driving the poor ghosts to attack." Adrian is very familiar with these things. "The general team can't control the soldiers at all, and very few people miss the move."
Discipline, discipline, Zhou Qingfeng emphasized a hundred times, not as good as the enemy's help to emphasize it again. The first time his group of people intuitively felt the benefits of discipline-in the face of insidious tricks such as poisoning and bewitching, they would have long since changed another team.
These situations were reported in real time, and Zhou Qingfeng saw it with his own eyes, both proud and fearful. He once again emphasized the role of discipline to all members of the team, especially the grassroots commanders, so that the troops that were finally pulled out would be unclear.
In addition to external affairs, it is the internal affairs of the army. In yesterday's duel, five guard lancers succeeded in inspiring runes and bodies to merge. Their strength, speed, and agility have been comprehensively improved, and they have become first-class fighters.
Zhou Qingfeng used a precious'healing potion' to save Alpha's life. This kid had a big meal last night, and he basically recovered after sleeping.
This event aroused the enthusiasm and loyalty of the whole team. They talked hotly last night, and got up for exercise training early this morning.
In order to reward Alpha for his courage to face a strong enemy, he would rather die than retreat. Zhou Qingfeng gave him the'muddy tongue spear' that he had worn for a long time-this weapon has played a big role, but now it is a bit outdated, and it just happened to be used as a gift.
Zhou Qingfeng took off the'tongue spear' and gave it to Alpha in public, and the jealous eyes of the other guards came out. This untouchable soldier was crying for this, and swore to be loyal to Victor Hugo and his descendants forever.
After dealing with this, Zhou Qingfeng continued to ask Luke, "Anything else?"
"Yes, in addition to the chaotic people who were attacked by the bewilderment this morning, there was also a group of craftsmen from the city who came to join us. The leader is Wilson, the craftsman president of Coldwind City, who also worked with us in the Black Forest before."
Wilson
Zhou Qingfeng brought waste wood from Heizuma Village to grab the goblin's transport convoy and rescued several Coldwind City craftsmen who were hijacked by Bann Church. In the following battles, the trebuchets and heavy crossbows commanded by these craftsmen played a significant role.
In the decisive battle with Bann Church, the craftsman leader Wilson was seriously injured. He returned to Coldwind City after the war, and there was no news of him. Following Luke's guidance, Zhou Qingfeng saw this old friend again in the barracks, and the two sides felt like a lifetime.
"Hugo... sir." Wilson was originally middle-aged, even if he was tortured by goblins, he was haggard at best. But seeing it now, he stood up from a chair tremblingly, walked a few steps and thumped to his knees.
"Master, please help us." Wilson lay on the ground, his messy head constantly hitting the ground. He seems to be a dozen years old, his whole human shape is stubborn and out of shape.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't go to pull people right away, but turned back and frowned and asked Luke: "What's the matter?"
Luke sighed and said: "The old long legs are ambitious, but the nobles in the city are unwilling to fight. The deputy city lord Lehman took the lead in making trouble and controlled the sale of food in the city, leading to famine.
The nobles fight for power, but unfortunately it is the poor at the bottom. A large number of people are locked in the city, and there is no way to escape, and there is no way to get relief. Even these precious craftsmen cannot survive. "
"Sampling our own food..." Zhou Qingfeng was about to give an order.
Luke hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Your Excellency, there are a lot of these craftsmen. It is more than the number of our team, four to five hundred. We are afraid we can't afford it, so we can accommodate a few at most."
The distance between the two sides was close, Wilson could hear clearly. He raised his head weakly, only pleading and sadness in his eyes. He has asked countless dignitaries, but no one is willing to help.
Zhou Qingfeng still didn't look at Wilson who was kneeling, but said clearly: "Accept the craftsmen and their families and bring them to the barracks. As for food, there will be soon."
Luke was startled, and Wilson's eyes were ecstatic. Since the lord said that there will be food, it must be there. Luke doesn't care where the food comes from, but he knows that his boss always counts, and he never tells a lie.
Wilson heard Zhou Qingfeng's willingness to contain himself, sobbing immediately. The man who has lived for a few decades, howling like a child, seems to have suffered a great grievance, and now he is taken care of by his parents.
Only at this moment did Zhou Qingfeng calm down and pulled Wilson from the ground, "I don't take you in vain, and I need you to pay for me. Come, tell me about the recent situation."