Blood flowed across the side hall, and the strong smell of blood made people sick to the stomach. Dozens of naked flesh worms had turned into pale corpses.
Lorist sighed, and patted Josk on the shoulder, allowing the red-eyed archer to regain his sanity. Lorist's attack just now was just to deal with those men, but Josk was so red-eyed that he killed them all, regardless of gender. By the time Lorist found out, all the men and women in the side hall had been killed by Josk.
Lorist walked out of the side hall with a murderous look, and strolled in the newly built duke's mansion. Not long after, Terman came to report that the duke's mansion was under control, and all the servants, maids, and guards who surrendered And the servants, the steward, and the members of the Kobili family have all been imprisoned separately and have special guards.
"Let Yuri send a light cavalry scout team to be in charge of the four city gates, and another team to assemble and stand by. Order Mr. Tim to send four teams of soldiers to the four city gates to assist in the guarding, and then take the rest to the four city gates. Come here. Tell El to take his two guard squads to the Duke's Mansion to take over the guards, and then assemble your knight squad, and there's more to come." Lorist ordered.
Terman hurriedly sent someone to convey the order, and Josk came to Lorist's side with a bit of embarrassment on his face: "Sorry, I was too impulsive just now..."
Lorist glanced at him: "Joe, don't forget that you are a good archer, and a good archer must keep calm at all times. Don't let your hatred blind your eyes."
"I understand, I'll remember..." Josk nodded.
By the time El led the people to the Duke's Mansion, Lorist had already learned about the general situation of the entire city of Gerdos from several captured housekeepers. First let El send a guard team to take over the guards of the entire Duke's mansion, and then ask El to find a butler as a guide and lead another team of guards to take over the warehouses, grain depots and horse farms in Gerdos City. Then Lorist took Josk and Terman's knight squad to the barracks, disarmed a garrison squad and dozens of Lancers left behind, and then rushed to the labor camp where the slaves and slaves were.
For Lorist, the biggest problem now is the shortage of manpower. For him, Gerdos City is a city full of hostility. In order to make the city of Gerdos his base camp, Count Cobili arranged nearly 20,000 family members of his cavalry and guards in two newly built blocks. Although Lorist used a sneak attack to occupy Gerdos City, what he was most worried about was being discovered and instigating the more than 20,000 residents in those two blocks to riot, and then he would leave without food. So Lorist turned his mind on the more than 10,000 slaves who were building the commercial area of Gerdos City.
Solved dozens of guards, and Lorist successfully occupied the slave camp. Next, Mr. Tim’s hundreds of soldiers came in handy. They used to be commonplace. They used to belong to a lord, from the same village and town. , I have heard that more than 2,000 slaves were brought here by beating around the bush and having relatives.
Terman used to select more than a thousand slaves who looked stronger and pulled them directly to the arsenal that had been controlled, and each issued a spear, and then asked El to select dozens of veterans of his guards. , and these slaves with spears formed two squadrons of spearmen. One squadron was pulled to the city gate to replace the light cavalry scout squad and soldiers with large bags under Tim, and the other squadron was arranged by El to increase the number of soldiers. Warehouse staff guarding.
With two more squadrons of spearmen under his command, Lorist finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, he also knew that the spearman squadron composed of these two slaves could only put on an appearance to scare people, and it was hard to say whether they would be effective in fighting. But in any case, the addition of these slaves to defend the four city gates and guard the warehouse freed up Yuri's two light cavalry scout squads, and formed a mobile suppression assault force with Terman's knight squad, making Loris There is no need to worry about the riots of the residents in the city.
At present, the slave camp is guarded by Mr. Tim's 800 soldiers. There are more than 1,000 slaves who have been pulled over under the arrangement of Mr. Tim. They brought grain, pigs and mutton from the grain depot, and started cooking porridge and cooking meat in large pots. He was going to give the remaining 10,000 or so slaves in the slave camp a good meal, firstly to let them settle down, and secondly to fill the stomachs of these slaves well.
Al sent someone to report. After a rough inventory, he found that there were two squadrons of Lancers and a full set of guards in the warehouse where the weapons and equipment were stored. Only after asking the person who was in charge of the arsenal did he know that these were Kobili's weapons. The earl is preparing to expand his troops. El has now replaced the slave squadron guarding the warehouse with a full set of garrison clothes and equipment, and the guards who lead the team are also stepping up to integrate and understand the slave soldiers under them, and replace them with suitable weapons. Only the slaves held spears, and the rest were set up in longbowmen and sword shield squadrons according to the formation of the garrison squadron.
The purpose of El's sending people is to need Lorist to provide him with manpower. He needs people who can calculate accounts and write to continue to take inventory of those warehouses, and also need people to transport weapons and equipment to the slave squadron guarding the city gate. Some people were needed to handle some logistical tasks, such as making some meals to warm everyone's bodies and fill their stomachs. After working with Lorist for most of the night, everyone only ate some dry food at night.
Lorist patted his forehead and rejoiced that he was so busy working on the slave camp that he forgot that his subordinates also needed to appease and boost their morale. If El hadn't reminded him in time, he might not have remembered it until dawn. For this, Lorist really admired Fatty Shi. He managed all aspects of such a large team in an orderly manner, without any omissions. I can't do it myself. Apart from being certain about the big strategic direction, I always make mistakes when dealing with specific trivial matters. I either forget this or lose that. I can't compare with Fatty Shi!
Lorist called Mr. Tim over, and asked him to select dozens of slaves who could write and do accounts from the more than a thousand slaves who cooked porridge and roast meat, and another three hundred slaves were selected to take them to El's orders. , Let Yuri send a small team of light cavalry to escort. The selected slaves were very unhappy and reluctantly looked at the cauldron where the porridge and meat were cooked.
Mr. Tim was so angry that he pushed and kicked behind them and yelled: "Get out of here, I found you a good job, do you know? You have to measure the amount of porridge and meat here, and you can let go there." Do you know if you eat your belly? If you know, why don’t you go quickly.”
Lorist was amused by Mr. Tim's performance. At this time, Josk appeared out of nowhere: "My lord, come here and have a look."
Josk brought Lorist to a corner of the slave camp. The wall here was more like a fortress. Compared with the wooden house where the slaves were held outside, the prison cells inside were more fortified. .
"What's the purpose of this place?" Lorist asked.
Josk replied: "My lord, this is a hard labor camp. It is mainly used to detain slaves who have awakened their fighting spirit and their families. Most of these slaves are soldiers who failed and were captured in the territorial war. Earl Cobili imprisoned them and their families here. He just wanted to force them to submit and serve him instead. Most of the newly formed Lancer squadrons under his command are composed of these awakened fighting spirit slaves. As long as they agree to serve Earl Kobili, their families can transfer to a new block and start a new life. life instead of having to live a miserable life here."
"Why are you so clear?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, if you ask me, it will be clear. This is what the person in charge of guarding these slaves over there said." Josk pointed to a few people in guard clothes standing outside a stone house on one side. These people are nodding and bowing towards this side under the supervision of Mr. Tim's soldiers.
"How many people are being imprisoned here?" Lorist walked over and asked.
A burly man saluted respectfully, and then smiled flatteringly and handed over a thick animal skin roster: "My lord, there are 734 hard laborers imprisoned here, including 3,000 family members. One hundred and fifty-one people add up to three thousand eight hundred and eighty-five people."
"Why are so many closed?" Lorist said
"My lord, this is already a small number. At most, I have imprisoned more than 2,000 hard laborers who awakened their battle qi and more than 7,000 family members. Now the longest one has been detained here for nearly a year. The shortest is just over a month. According to the usual practice Even those who want to rely on the earl have to do three months of hard labor here, and the earl said that if these guys don’t suffer, he won’t serve him wholeheartedly.” Said the burly man.
"En." Lorist touched his chin and thought, this Earl Cobili really has a way of thinking about people. After three months of hard life in the hard labor camp, he no longer suffers for his relatives, except for working for Earl Cobili. There is no other way to go, no wonder his army expanded so fast.
Josk, on the side, became interested in the hard labor that the guard said had been imprisoned for a year and hadn't surrendered. He took the roster and turned to the last page under the guard's guidance. After reading the information, he suddenly realized: "So it's him, no wonder Unyielding."
Lorist was also interested and stretched his head to look.
Josk introduced: "My lord, you have to meet this man. His name is Zeno Farea, he is 31 years old, and he is a gold-ranked mercenary. He is very famous in the northwest region. It is said that his parents died young when he was young." , was adopted by a kind neighbor aunt, and became a mercenary when he grew up. He also married the blind daughter of the neighbor aunt and gave birth to a pair of twins. According to the data, Earl Kobilly’s cavalry captured the After the town, he began to plunder, robbed his house, killed the neighbor's aunt, and he killed more than 20 people. In the end, the two golden-ranked illegitimate sons of Earl Cobili joined forces to stop him, and captured his blind wife and The twins forced him to surrender. Count Cobili admired him very much and wanted him to join him, but he never agreed, and he has been imprisoned until now."
"Okay, let's go meet this Farea. Hey, take us there. By the way, what's your name?" Lorist asked the burly man.
"My lord, my name is Tagle." The burly man said.
While walking with Lorist and Josk, Tager complained: "My lord, it is said that he is being imprisoned. In fact, this Farea here is more domineering than me, the warden of the hard labor camp. He is the veritable boss of the hard labor camp." I, a member of the black iron rank, don't dare to take care of him at all. He beat up several guards who offended him, and the higher-ups don't care, as long as he doesn't run away. To be honest, if it wasn't for his blind His wife and two twin sons are here. He may have sought revenge from the earl long ago, but the earl still values him very much, and he doesn't want to kill the adoptive mother who is regarded as his own mother by others, and expect others to work for him. Isn't this something impossible?"
"Well, my lord, the one in front is Farea's cell, be careful, there are pits on the road here." Tager held up a torch and led the way very attentively.
While the flames were shining, a tall man appeared at the door of the cell in front, watching the three Lorists who were approaching vigilantly.
"It's me, Farea. It's been a long time. I'm Josk. We met at the tournament in Xedesburg two years ago." Josk greeted Farea warmly.
"Josker?" Farea, who was standing at the door of the cell, was taken aback: "Josker the Magic Arrow? It's you..."
Immediately, his face changed, and his tone of voice became gloomy: "You also work for Count Kobili now?"
"Bah! I can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood, and I will work for him? Go ahead and dream." Josk's eyes turn red when he mentions the earl of Cobili, and the blood feud on his back is Josk's deepest obsession.
"Oh, then why did you come here?" Farea looked at Josk very strangely. The warden holding a torch to lead the way is not the treatment of a hard laborer here, and it seems that Josk is not arrested.
"Tager, open the door." Lorist ordered.
Josk introduced: "Fareya, this is the lord I am serving now, Lord Norton Lorist of the Norton family in the Northland. He just led us to capture the city of Gerdos."
"The Norton family in the Northland? Roaring and angry bears? I went to the Northland a few years ago and heard about them. They are very powerful in the Northland. But how did they come here? They also took you to capture the city of Gerdos ?” Farea was puzzled.
"Let me say it." Lorist stepped forward and greeted Farea. Then he told about the fact that he led the convoy northward to inherit the territory and was attacked by the Lancers under Earl Cobili and had a conflict. He also talked about the current battle situation and the process of capturing the city of Gerdos.
"The situation is like this. Although we have occupied the city of Gerdos now, we are short of manpower. Josk saw your name on the list of the hard labor camp and brought us here. To be honest, I hope that Mr. Farea can Help me." Lorist said to Farea sincerely.
(I had a splitting headache yesterday, smoked too much and got angry, so I couldn't code quietly. I'm sorry for not updating.)