“…… Xiling Town! ”

"Xiling Town has arrived!"

A small town surrounded by high walls appeared before the eyes, and the hungry and thirsty refugees had a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

Xiling Town is a semi-autonomous town, and according to the law, the Sir Sir family, who only occupy one-fifth of the town's territory, is not the lord of the town, so Sir Sir can only serve as the mayor of the town, and is not called a lord by most of the townspeople.

According to the experience along the way, such autonomous villages and towns are often much more tolerant of refugees than those with lords, and the refugees can get some food and, if they are lucky, a place to rest under the hood of their heads.

When they arrived at the town gate, the mayor did not agree to accept the refugees at first, and the militia who were waiting for the mayor's orders were relatively indifferent.

But after the hundreds of refugees gathered outside the town, the militia were a little shaken when they saw the tragic situation of the refugees, but under the order of the mayor, they still insisted on not opening the latch.

Refugees under the walls look up hopefully, hoping to find acquaintances among the occasional probing faces.

"Ham! Is Ham you? I'm Little Will! ”

At this moment, someone among the refugees suddenly shouted:

"Do you remember? When your mother was critically ill, Uncle Will's son who had borrowed two silver coins from your family! My father is in the back, please, open the door! ……”

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There was a commotion on the arrow tower, and a head quickly poked out from above:

"Little Will? Are you really Little Will? Where's Uncle Will? And what about the aunt? ”

"They're all in the back, and so are my brothers and sisters!"

I have to say. The refugee who shouted was lucky, and when he saw his acquaintance respond, he was overjoyed:

"I know that you are a militia in Xiling Town, and you came to you in front of you!"

As he spoke, some more refugees came to the town, including Will's family.

They carried the old and the young, and a boy lay on a plank with a dirty strip of cloth tied around his legs, and his calves twisted abnormally.

The Will family was not an exception, and some of the refugees called out the names of people they knew.

Most of the people they called were not militia members. But there are not many people in the town. There are less than 7,000 people, and there are more than 2,000 households.

Everyone is familiar faces, villagers for decades, and refugees shout a few names. It was easy for the militia to tell that it was Tom's in-laws. This is the daughter family of the Robin family. This is the eldest uncle of John's family......

Most of the civilians are relatively simple, and they pay attention to human relations with their neighbors, and if they don't know, forget it. But after knowing about it, you don't tell the neighbor, your relatives are in trouble, and if you are outside the town now, you won't be able to get along in the future.

The militia who obeyed the rules planned to go back to inform them after taking turns off, and the militia who were closer to each other simply called people nearby or the militia who took turns to take a break, and entrusted the other party to bring the news back, especially the militia named Ham in the militia team, and directly began to encourage others:

“…… Let them in, Captain! ”

"Little Lack, you also have an uncle in Hexi Village, maybe they are also among the refugees......"

"It's getting colder and colder lately, and after one night, we'll have to collect their bodies......

Quite a few people were shaken.

They are all countrymen, they have never left their hometowns in their lives, they don't have so much knowledge, and they can't see the long-term future, but just watching so many people starve and freeze outside, they can't sleep peacefully even in a safe and warm house.

Then the people who were told the news also arrived, and when they heard the shouts outside, they asked the mayor to open the door, and more and more people gathered.

The mayor had a terrible headache, but he was well aware of the danger of the refugees.

Because caravans pass by all year round, the town has always had the habit of stockpiling grain, and there are granaries in the town, which are enough for tens of thousands of people to eat and drink for a year or two.

But even if the problem of food is not considered, this large wave of refugees is no less than 500 people, and the sudden influx of less than 7,000 people into the town is a great impact on the safety of the town.

What's more, these refugees are just the beginning, and there will definitely be a steady stream of refugees coming to Xiling Town in the future, because Xiling Town is the only way to pass through the eastern part of the Red River Plateau.

At this time, the mayor realized the benefits of the White Eagle Knights.

They are outlanders and will not have these troubles.

Although they only left 50 people to garrison, and the remaining 250 cavalry continued to go deep into the Red River Plateau, these 50 elite cavalry are also an armed force that cannot be ignored, although the mayor of the town cannot have full command, but under normal circumstances, they will also obey the orders of the mayor.

If it weren't for them, when these neighbors surrounded him, these people wouldn't just beg.

The militia are all the children of the townspeople, and it is okay to defend against foreign enemies, and if you let them suppress the townspeople, they may rebel.

The mayor of the town regretted it at this time, he had known that these white-eyed wolves would be like this, he would not donate his family's leather armor and weapons to the militia, he should recruit private soldiers by himself, even if the number is smaller, but it can be relied on at a critical time.

Of course, he was just thinking about it, with their family's background, if they had the ability to recruit private soldiers, how could they only occupy less than one-fifth of the land in Xiling Town, and they would have become a real lord long ago.

The mayor was in a dilemma when a scream came from far away.

"Ahh——————!!!!h

The terrible scream was like experiencing the most painful thing in the world, and it startled everyone who heard it.

The militiamen hurriedly climbed up to the arrow tower, and when they looked around, they saw that the end of the sparsely dragged refugee line on the trade road suddenly became chaotic, as if they were shouting something.

After a few breaths, the chaos spread like a plague, and the refugees were seen pushing and stampling recklessly, their mouths wide open in horror, scattered like mice scurrying around with their heads covered, and only some of them ran in the direction of the town.

As they ran closer, the militia on the arrow tower finally understood what they were shouting:

"Demons!"

"The demons are killing!!"

"Demons!"

The mayor's color changed, and the sweat of a bean on his fat face flowed, and his voice changed:

"The demons are coming? How many ...... are there Ah! ”

Without waiting for him to finish asking, a strong force pushed him aside, and the captain of the White Eagle Knights, who seemed to be acting as a wooden man just now, said sharply:

"What are you waiting for? Open the door and let those refugees in! Gather everyone and get ready for battle! ”

The first sentence he said to the militia captain and the last to a subordinate behind him.

At the sound of the order, the subordinate immediately took off a short whistle from his waist, put it to his lips, and blew three rapid and sharp whistles.

I don't know what the whistle is made of, but even in a noisy environment, it is extremely penetrating, piercing people's ears like a sharp knife and spreading throughout the town.

"—Drop! - Drop! - Drop! ”

Washing horses, making beds, wiping swords, chopping wood for the host family...... More than forty knights dropped what they were doing and pulled out short whistles, and more than forty whistles rang out from all over the town.

Then they leaped to their feet, put on their saddles, put on their swords and spears, and their horses neighed and galloped out.

Bang bang bang! ……

Then, the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and when they converged near the town gate, it was already like rolling thunder.

The knights on the horses were expressionless, and each horse joined in, and automatically found its place in the ranks, and more than forty horsemen rained down their hooves and rushed towards the town gate like a charge.

They were not fully armed, and their horses were not armoured, only the long swords hanging from their waists and the tips of their spears reflected a little metallic cold light, but even with such more than forty horses, they ran out of the momentum of thousands of troops.

The chaos near the town gate was like a pause button that had been pressed, and even the mayor forgot that they were friendly troops, almost thinking that they were going to storm the town gate, and subconsciously shrank to the side.

At this time, the squad leader who was blocking him raised his right hand.

Forty Knights Qizile Horse.

"Woo ......!"

The horses under their crotches raised their front hooves and stopped almost at the same time.

Behind them, smoke and dust billowed from the mud-tamped pavement, and loess flew up.

"Dismount!"

Forty knights rolled off their horses, landed in unison, came to the captain, and landed on one knee.

"Report to the captain, all the members of the first squad of the White Eagle Knights are here!"

"There is an enemy attack, prepare for battle."

"Yes."

After the team leader finished speaking, he didn't look back, jumped two or three feet high, and jumped onto the wall.

The remaining forty horsemen got on their horses and stood neatly near the town gate, waiting for the refugees to come in.

Including the squad leader and the nine knights who took turns to assist in the defense, the others did not wear armor, because it took too long to wear armor, and in this secret mission, they did not bring their knight attendants as in the previous expeditions, and even the war horse was only one more horse.

But even so, the slaughter of these forty knights still frightened the mayor and the militia.

Not to mention the mayor, even the refugees who were let in after the door was opened stopped crying and hid to the side.

The entire vicinity of the town gate was quiet, in stark contrast to the chaos outside.

Seeing this scene, the militia captain was glad that he had subconsciously opened the latch according to the order of the knight squad leader, and turned his head to see the stunned mayor, secretly amused by his wolf bèi.

Now the refugees who are closer to the town gate have come in, and the remaining ones who are still hundreds or thousands of feet away have long been unaware of their direction and scattered along the trade routes.

Some of them rushed into the dense forest, some ran towards the river, and only a few rushed to the town gate under the shouts of the militia.

Behind them, seventeen or eighteen demons ran out of nowhere, like wolves rushing into the flock, tearing hands and kicking them, ordinary civilians had no enemies for them.

They drove the refugees in the direction of the town like a flock of sheep, because they saw the open door of the town and knew that they wanted to contain the civilians who had been hunted down and slaughtered.

(To be continued)(To be continued...... R1292