On the third day after leaving Skyfort, when the road began to become uneven and even cracked, Tianyang knew that they had entered the Blackstar Fort.
before.
There is also a clear warning sign nearby.
but now.
Black Star Castle no longer exists, so naturally no one knows where the warning sign is.
Once you enter the Black Star Castle, you can clearly feel that the atmosphere in this area is no longer as peaceful as that in the Sky Castle area.
From time to time you can see scavengers in groups of three or four on the road. They are refugees living in nearby settlements. They often come to the road and wait for passing vehicles to drop something, which they will pick up.
However, if the passing vehicles are too few and there are not many people on board, the refugees will often turn into a mob.
They would try to overturn the entire vehicle, killing or maiming the people in it, and then it wouldn't be long before the vehicle was broken into countless parts that would flow through different channels to other gathering places.
Things like this had never happened during the Black Star Fort's rule, because if the refugees dared to do this, the Black Star Fort's army would march to their doorsteps.
After the Black Star Castle disappeared.
For the time being, Skyfort didn't have the extra energy to deal with such matters. As long as it wasn't a major incident, it would usually be handed over to the family that managed a nearby mine.
The 'Bison' that Bai Yinglan drove from home, even though it was not a chariot, was noticeable by the huge ramming horns in front of the vehicle and the heavy artillery on top that did not look like a decoration.
No refugees dared to approach.
They would watch from a distance until the car was far away, and then they would gather again on the road.
"It seems that the situation here is worse than I thought." Tianyang left the window, picked up the tea that Xiaoniao had just brewed, and took a sip.
Across the table, Xiao Niao, who was sitting on the sofa, also said, "Now, the fortress has only taken over a dozen important towns in the Black Star Fort territory. For other places, we can only rely on families with businesses nearby to manage them on our behalf."
"This management method is very loose and ineffective, but the fortress can no longer allocate more personnel. If too many people are deployed, the operation of the Sky Fortress will be in trouble, and we will lose more than we gain."
Bai Yinglan nodded in agreement: "Although we have been prepared for this Fortress War, we lack sufficient experience. After experiencing this war, Fortress has paid attention to the training of management talents in the past few months."
"Unfortunately, even so, it is impossible to provide enough personnel for the occupied areas in a short period of time. Therefore, for a period of time in the future, at least for the next five years, the order in the occupied areas will be relatively chaotic."
The Skyfort is a young fortress and has never experienced a fortress war before. It has almost zero experience in the aftermath of occupying the opponent's territory.
All we can do now is to firmly occupy those dozen important towns and ensure that the important strategic resources of Black Star Fort are in our hands.
For the rest, we can only wait for time to solve them.
"Quinlan and I will be on duty tonight."
In such a place, it is natural that one cannot sleep peacefully. As night walkers, one should be vigilant, and the young man is not lacking in that.
At this moment, Kun Lan, who was in charge of controlling this monster car in the front cab, said, "Come and take a look."
Tianyang and his companions left their original seats and came to the spacious cab. Because the cockpit was high, the view was good. In the cab, one could see the scenery far away.
Following the direction of Kun Lan's finger, Tian Yang and his companions soon saw a thick smoke and flames rising from time to time under the black smoke.
"Let's go and take a look." Tianyang said immediately.
The cloud of smoke was not small in size, and it would take a big enough fire to produce such a result.
If it happened during wartime, such a fire would not be surprising, but now it is suspicious enough.
"give it to me!"
Kunlan had already fallen in love with the big car he was driving. He yelled and slammed the steering wheel, and the monster car rushed off the road and crashed into the kingdom of gravel and long grass.
The powerful power of the Bison came into play at this time, and nothing could stop it from moving forward. Whether it was rocks, long grass or anything else, they all had to bow down under the eight huge wheels that were almost as tall as an adult!
The giant rushed across the wilderness, leaving behind an extremely clear track. The track was twisted, but it always pointed to where the fire started.
When Tianyang and his men arrived, they saw a settlement burning in flames. Women were screaming and children were crying, but they desperately brought water from wherever they could get it, using boxes, basins or bottles, and then poured it in vain on the place where they depended on for survival.
Obviously, this method cannot extinguish the flame.
In the end, the people in the gathering place finally gave up. They moved away from the fire, knelt on the ground, and cried bitterly.
Tianyang and the others looked at each other.
"Let me think about this area. Oh, the Xiao family should be nearby. I'll contact them right away." Xiaoniao jumped into the co-pilot seat, picked up the communicator, and started to get busy.
Tianyang patted Kunlan and said, "Open the door."
Kun Lan pressed the button on the console, the door opened, and Tian Yang and others jumped out of the car one after another.
Looking around, there were twenty or thirty people gathered upwind of the fire.
There were only women and children, not a single man.
How is this going
"Bring out some water and food." Tianyang said.
Bai Yinglan and Qianhong quickly took out some supplies and, together with Tianyang, sent them to the people who had just experienced the disaster.
After being comforted by water and food, the child finally stopped crying, and Kunlan took out a few tents for the wild. It was getting dark, and these people could spend the night in the tents and wait for rescue.
At this time, Tianyang found a woman with a softer look and put the last piece of bread in her hand: "What's going on?"
The woman took the bread, but couldn't help crying: "Devil, it was those devils who did it!"
"They captured all the men and then burned down our gathering place!"
Tianyang was stunned.
devil
This is obviously not the black people in the adverse world running out, but some kind of metaphor.
He squatted down and said, "Please tell me more details. Perhaps I can help you find your husband or father."
The woman's eyes suddenly lit up and she grabbed Tianyang's arm: "They arrived three days ago, and they call themselves the Blood Wind Mercenaries!"
... ...
It's not complicated.
Three days ago, a mercenary group named Blood Wind came to this gathering point.
They delivered food, cheap food, and promised it would be free.
Brought along with food
, and a batch of clean water.
It turns out that people in the gathering place believed that water was also a kind of food.
But after they drank the water, the Blood Wind mercenary group told them that water would be charged extra.
Moreover, the price is ten times higher than normal, or even higher!
The gathering places simply cannot afford this cost.
So today, they came.
The man was taken away as payment, and the gathering place was burned down, which led to the scene that Tianyang and the others saw.
"They did it on purpose!"
Kunlan from the wilderness immediately shouted, "These despicable guys came for the men in the gathering place from the very beginning."
"They want to capture those men and make them into laborers or slaves!"
Tian Yang nodded: "I think so too. We can't just ignore this matter. Otherwise, the prestige of our fortress will be greatly reduced."
Little Bird joined the discussion: "After the Fortress War, we began to attract attention, and more and more people came to our fortress, or the Bay Area."
"Gold diggers, adventurers, and mercenaries. This is undoubtedly a good thing for the fortress. The fortress and even the family can hire these outsiders to make up for the lack of manpower."
"But on the other hand, these people are mixed with good and bad, and there are inevitably some bad elements mixed in. Just like this 'Blood Wind Mercenary Group', they are definitely not legitimate mercenaries. I'm afraid they are just using the name of a mercenary group to engage in the slave trade!"
Bai Yinglan shouted, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's catch up now and give these evil villains a wake-up call!"
Tianyang crossed his arms over his chest and said, "I think so too. As a member of the fortress, we have the obligation to maintain the prestige of the fortress. Okay, Tianhong and I will catch up first and leave marks for you along the way."
"Can."
Xiao Niao agreed, "The Xiao family has already sent someone over. They should be here within half an hour. After we hand over to them, we will chase after them. Don't force yourself. Don't act on your own. There are only two of you."
"I know."
The boy looked at Qianhong, who nodded slightly, indicating that he was ready to leave at any time.
And just like that, they parted ways.
The Blood Wind mercenary group left obvious enough traces for Tian Yang and his companions to easily lock onto and track their movements.
They probably thought that the fortress currently did not have the extra energy to deal with the trivial matters of the gathering places in the occupied areas, and no one would notice if one or two gathering places were missing.
But they never dreamed that because they set the fire, they would attract Tianyang and his men.
If they only arrested people and didn't set fire, they might not have been targeted by Tianyang and his men.
Tianyang moved quickly, and after discovering that Qianhong could keep up with him, the boy gradually increased his speed.
Although he promised Xiaoniao that he would not act rashly, the boy still felt that it was necessary to take action if the mercenary group wanted to leave the occupied area.
And this possibility is not small.
As long as the leader of Blood Wind is not a fool, he should know that after doing something like this, he should move as soon as possible.
But when night fell, Tianyang discovered a camp.
The boy couldn't believe his eyes.
Could it be that the leader of Bloodwind was really a fool? Why didn't he leave overnight and stayed in the territory
Is this because he thinks too highly of himself, or does he not take the Skyfort seriously