Maude glanced at it first, and found that Zhou Wen was not there, so he hurriedly said: "Lord, the cavalry has been in the past ten minutes, and it is estimated that they have already fought against the enemy." The Lord of the Pen and the Court www.biquge.info these are the leaders of the Rogue who have reported to you and are willing to be loyal to the Lord, and their men are fighting bravely against the enemy at the moment, and this time the Lord's plan can succeed thanks to their help. ”

Of course, Maude didn't dare to hide the merits of the leaders now, wasn't he afraid that they would shout to make trouble for himself?

"Oh, these are the Rogue Bosses?" Zhao Hu glanced at the leaders.

These leaders didn't know how to do it, but as if they felt Zhao Hu's gaze, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed and said, "See your lord." ”

"Oh, get up. Well, because of your help, I was able to lure the army of Bright Moon City out, do you have any requirements? Zhao Hu dismounted and asked.

"My lord, the villain implores the adult to accept us as retainers, and the villain is willing to swear allegiance to the adult!" The leaders knelt down and pleaded.

Zhao Hu smiled and said, "Get up, I promised." ”

He couldn't refuse, after all, people brought their men to sell their lives for themselves.

The leaders immediately shouted with joy: "Thank you, Lord for your love!" Then after jumping up, tidy up his clothes, and pay a big salute: "Your Majesty sees the lord!" ”

Zhao Hu pinched his eyebrows while waving his hand.

He couldn't understand why someone always took refuge in him and wanted to be his retainer. This guy is so hard-working, what does he want to get? Just a retainer? I don't believe ghosts when I say it!

Well, it seems that I have to inquire about the retainer system on the Southeast Peninsula, although I will not stay on the Southeast Peninsula for a long time, but these retainers have to be arranged, I don't know how to arrange the situation?

Zhao Hu beckoned to Maude, who leaned forward and knelt on the ground, while the leaders obediently took a few steps back.

"My lord, what do you command?" Maude asked respectfully, he was very proud in his heart, how was it?

You new retainers should know how much honor I am, right?

"Tell me, what's going on with this vassal system? Why did the rogues want to become retainers so much? And with your men and horses, you can take refuge in anyone, so why do you have to take refuge in me? Zhao Hu asked.

Maude was immediately stupid, and hurriedly turned his head to look around for a while before whispering: "Lord, this vassal system is actually a political system with the family as the link. As for our rogue's desire to become retainers, it is because we are eager to acquire land. ”

He didn't dare to let others hear that his lord didn't even know what a retainer was.

Zhao Hu was a little surprised: "Just for the land?" Are you strong and strong, and you don't own a piece of land? Does it have to be a lord? Even if you can't take it by force, you can buy it. ”

"My lord, the land in the Southeast Peninsula is not sold, and every place has a symbol of sovereignty, like the symbol of this land is Mingyue City, without the division of the owner of Mingyue City, the land we obtained is not legal, not only the civilians will not recognize our ownership, but also other forces will not recognize it.

"And after the lord seized Mingyue City, the land that was given to us will be legal, so that the commoners will take refuge in us, and our subordinates will also change from rogues to civilians after owning the land. Ah, also, after the land is divided, if there is no rebellion among his subordinates, the lord cannot take back the land. ”

Maude said the back, looking at Zhao Hu a little nervously, he was afraid that Zhao Hu would only give money to his retainers and not land. The first goal I pursue is land, and the second is money.

"How much land is the general feudal retainer? How many ranks are there for retainers? Zhao Hu made up his mind after knowing how to arrange it, and continued to ask.

Maude is a little dizzy, the lord doesn't even know the rank of the retainers? However, it is normal for people who don't even know about the retainer system, so they carefully explained: "It is generally divided into six levels: group leader, captain, deputy general, general, middle elder, and family elder, and the lowest level of retainers is also the group leader, and the territory is about fifty stones."

"The direct troops of the lord, that is, the flag book, also have so many territories, and the captain is between 100 and 200 stones, the deputy general is generally about 500 stones, the general is about 1,000 stones, the middle and old are about 5,000 stones, and the elders are generally tens of thousands of stones, and the more will be rewarded according to the merits made."

Maude said carefully, he was very shrewd, and deliberately said the convention of I don't know how many years ago, in fact, most of the retainers of the current forces only have the territory that symbolizes their status when they became retainers, and the promotion of retainers in the future is to increase the amount of money, that is, money, and a very small number of people who have made great contributions will increase their territory.

The main reason for this is that the masterminds of other forces are not stupid, who will divide the land cleanly? You must know that you can't get it back if you divide it, and it's still comfortable to give money.

"Stone? By grain production? Not calculated by land area? Zhao Hu said in surprise.

Judging from the fertility of this land, fifty stone is not many acres of land.

Maude understood Zhao Hu's surprise and hurriedly explained: "Actually, fifty stone is not worth a lot of money at all, and few of the retainers on the Southeast Peninsula live on that little food, and most of them rely on other industries to make a living.

"But the land is a symbol of status, and you can recruit a private soldier with five stones, and the retainers rely on the private soldiers to make meritorious achievements, and without private soldiers, they will not be able to obtain meritorious service and improve their status, because once the lord is called, the retainers who have the territory need to send troops."

"Oh, so as long as the land is divided, you can leave these retainers alone? However, according to this kind of separation, the land that is divided is the heirloom of the retainers, but what about the lord's taxes? Zhao Hu asked.

"Well, usually the lord will leave a piece of land as a direct collar." Maud said in a bit of a panic, he didn't dare to say how much this one was.

It's no good to talk too much about yourself, and it's really troublesome to say that the main guild is angry if you don't have it.

"Hehe, I don't know how many stones of territory you want to get Maude? Remember when you took refuge in me, I didn't give you any rank, according to the convention, it was the lowest group leader, right? Zhao Hu said with a smile.

"Your subordinates have no merit, don't dare to be delusional, and let the lord arrange it." Maud kowtowed in a cold sweat and said.

What he was most worried about was this, although he was the first to join Zhao Hu, but at that time it was just for a safe stay, and he didn't particularly care, and now he thinks that he is just a group leader! The lord won't give fifty stone each, right? Then how can you feed dozens of retainers who call themselves lords!

"Okay, let's talk about these things when we capture Mingyue City, and I will arrange them according to merit." Zhao Hu saw the figures of Zhou Wen and others in the distance, got up and said.

"Yes."

Maude secretly decided that he must make great achievements later, and now is not the time to pursue the position of city lord, but to decide how much territory he can obtain.

Returning to the battle in front, although the commander of the Bright Moon Army, who was in the rear, shouted when he saw the cavalry charging the pikemen: "Archers release arrows!" But when he drew his bow and shot out, the cavalry was already close at hand, and the only ones who were shot by these bows and arrows were the rogues who rushed in with the cavalry.

Although the archers were protected by swords, the swords themselves could not be protected, and the archers almost pulled the strings once, and then they were killed by the cavalry.

The archers, who understood that hand-to-hand combat with the cavalry was tantamount to seeking death, immediately scattered to avoid the cavalry's attacks, and the sword soldiers, who were still fighting, also joined the ranks of dodging after discovering that the commander who was jumping happily had been killed by an arrow shot by someone who did not know who shot him, and the whole formation immediately collapsed.

The cavalry team did not stay in the formation of the Bright Moon Army, and after running wildly for a distance through the sword and bow formation, they turned around, but this time they did not rush to kill, but put away their swords and guns, drew their bows and shots.

After shooting a few arrows in a row, the old knife found that those Mingyue troops had been disorganized, either dodging around or confronting the rogues in twos and threes, and had completely lost their organization.

Seeing this, the old knife stepped forward and shouted: "Surrender or kill!" ”

However, his words caused several low-ranking officers of the Bright Moon Army to shout: "Don't listen to him, for the sake of the lord, give me a fight to the death!" ”

Unbeknownst to the officers, their shouts not only did not resonate with the soldiers, but exposed themselves.

As soon as he finished shouting, he immediately let the old knife shoot him to death.

The old knife shook his bow disdainfully, and continued to shout: "Surrender and avoid death!" ”

Knowing that there was no hope of escaping, and that they could not spare their lives, and at the same time feeling that they were very weak, several archers immediately threw away their bows and arrows and shouted: "Don't kill me, I surrender!" ”

The old knife pointed to a nearby clearing and said to the archers, "Go over there and stay." ”

The archers immediately ran cautiously into the open space and cowered in a corner in terror.

Seeing that no one else had surrendered, the old knife waved his hand, and thousands of sharp arrows bit into the flesh of those bright moon soldiers wielding weapons again.

Then, dozens of cavalrymen shouted again to surrender and avoid death, and this move immediately caused hundreds of Mingyue soldiers on the side to surrender.

The servant soldiers from the grassland were very good at this kind of coercion and surrender, and they didn't care about the thousands of people on their side, and they persuaded thousands of Mingyue troops to surrender with the same big arrogance.

Under the influence of shouting at such an attack and the excitement of slashing on the side of the rogues, the Mingyue army, which had already lost their morale, finally surrendered after three volleys, and they were still scrambling to surrender to the cavalry, because those rogues actually did not accept surrender, and still killed and surrendered prisoners.

If it weren't for the little bosses who knew their boss's intentions to stop them, I am afraid that these murderous rogues would not only run to the cavalry to chase and kill, but even aim their weapons at the cavalry.