"Check the height again, and everything below the height of this stick will also be included in the women's camp." The search and rescue team gave the order again.

The soldiers carried out again with sticks, and there was another noise in the ranks, either because of father and son, or because of brothers...... Not to mention this era, even if it is the earth, it is always unsettling for a family to be separated in the face of adversity. Moreover, the women who are separated are the weakest women and undeveloped children. But the pros and cons of the sub-camp, the search and rescue team also made it clear to themselves, and this kind of thing, only their identities as a few "divine envoys" are convenient to implement, if it is only handed over to those lords, I am afraid that the only result in the end is that the lords take the opportunity to make a fortune, and pocket all the pepper and gold coins that were scattered yesterday, and then a large number of people will be beaten with military sticks, and even have their fingers cut off.

Today is the first day of the official implementation of "military management" in the royal city of Elis, and many policies need to be personally supervised by Wu Xiaoqing, among which the policy of sub-battalions is the focus of it.

Most people's so-called "joining the army" is actually just a habitual desire to continue to eat free bread. In fact, the so-called army is not a real army, neither will they be issued weapons, nor will they be sent to the battlefield, at most they will be asked to help carry something. Only the strongest young man will issue a spear as a weapon of self-defense before facing a battle.

Fortunately, several of their divine envoys have been positive and tall in the eyes of the people of the Kingdom of Elis, especially those who have eaten cookies, before they dug well water in the city, bought rich people's houses for women and children to live in, and also won the favor of many people, so now when the camp is divided, as long as Wu Xiaoqing stands here, he promises them that they will not hurt their relatives, and everyone can eat cookies normally, everyone accepts it.

More troops in the city were still rushing out, and after Wu Xiaoqing finished the screening of these phalanxes in front of him, he contacted Shen Changwen by radio: "How is the situation in the city?" ”

"It's not bad," Shen Changwen said, "there are more people in the recruitment office than expected, and everyone is a little too busy, and many people can't make it to breakfast today, maybe enough for lunch." ”

"Do you want me to arrange for someone to bring the bread into the city?"

"Don't," Shen Changwen stopped Wu Xiaoqing's enthusiasm, "If you don't eat for a day, it won't hurt them, just right, it also makes them sober and sober, knowing that if they leave us, they won't want to eat bread in the future, which will help us in our work." Wang Youquan, remember to give priority to the carts carrying grain, so that the people outside the city can eat first, so that the people in the city will be willing to go out with them! ”

"Got it, Professor Shen! Mission completion guaranteed! "Wang Youquan probably watched too many anti-Japanese dramas at home, and now he has a little power, and he speaks with the flavor of the company commander of the Eighth Route Army.

"Xu Yan, what do those grain merchants in the city say? Won't they sell? ”

"They are probably still waiting," Xu said, "maybe they think there will still be a food shortage here after we leave." ”

Shen Changwen came back this time, it can be said that he has brought enough currency, in this era, spices, mirrors, sugar, etc. are the same as gold, and can be used as currency. In the past, when they were buying grain in the city, many grain merchants in the city valued the increase in grain, so they deliberately quoted high prices and made up their minds not to sell grain. Xu Yan also paid a lot of deposits at that time to stabilize these people. But when Shen Changwen came back and Xu Yan asked these businessmen to fulfill the contract, they changed their minds one by one.

"Do you want to wait a few more days?" According to their plan, it will take another week or so for the team to really set off, and everything is only in the preparatory stage now.

"Don't wait," it was the voice of the search and rescue team, and he gave the order directly, "Raid the house." ”

About half an hour later, Xu Yan reported again: "The grain has been copied, what should people do?" ”

The search and rescue team said: "According to the old rules. ”

The old rule was to hand it all over to the king, and Elis's patience with punishment was notoriously simple and crude, but he was creative.

Wu Xiaoqing supervised and screened personnel outside the city and worked almost all morning. According to the statistics of the search and rescue team, the number of people who have passed through has exceeded 6,000. The spectacular sight of more than 6,000 people eating bread outside the city made the tens of thousands of people queuing up in the city even more anxious. Many people who had not planned to join the army and followed the king south also began to consider their choices again amid the protests of their stomachs.

The grain stores in the city are basically taken over by the lords now, and all the grain prices are forced to be unified during these 7 days, ensuring that everyone can afford to buy it and not starve to death, of course, to ensure that the lords can make some money. But after all, this is to spend money to buy food, compared to the previous stage of free bread, and now outside the city, continue to eat bread for free, these grain stores are not attractive to everyone, neither the flour itself, nor the price. Most people are still willing to endure hunger and queue up, thinking that even if they are hungry for a few days, when it is their turn, they can eat enough again.

After Wu Xiaoqing's demonstration and supervision in the morning, the work outside the city has now entered the process, and Wu Xiaoqing's focus of work has naturally shifted back to the city. At the request of the search and rescue team, he first went to visit the lords who were still imprisoned in the palace.

According to the recordings, the hostility of the lords had all but disappeared after yesterday's "entry ceremony" and "pre-war mobilization", and a few of them even asked to write more letters for their families to join the expedition - many did believe that there might really be spice producing areas in the south that they did not know about. Most people's worries about their lives are gone, and many are just afraid that if their families refuse to fulfill the terms of their letters...... So these people are also writing letters, urging their families to act quickly.

In addition to the spices and gold coins that their men had robbed at the welcoming ceremony yesterday, King Elise also compensated the lords with their wealth according to the number of people they had marched on and the size of the supplies—pepper and sugar, of course. Before receiving the compensation, the families of these lords were still in close contact with each other, and even went to the prince, but when the compensation was received, all the lords' families happily held balls and feasts one by one, because they could finally be sure that the king did not have any ill will towards the lords who remained.

Before nightfall, another elite army of lords arrived at the royal city of Elis, bringing with them more than twenty carts of food and weapons, in addition to hundreds of knights and squires, as well as thousands of strong men. That evening, the lord of the family was released from the palace and went to the party. And his son, the commander of this armed force, was summoned by Wu Xiaoqing to discuss the matter of going on the expedition tomorrow.

According to the predetermined plan, the cavalry vanguard needed to travel four days in advance, and they should have set off now. Obviously, the troops of the Guards and the Dukes needed to stay behind to protect the Chinese army, and the vanguard troops could only choose one from the subsequent lord's armament, and the scale could not be too large or too small. This family with a spear as its family crest was the first group of formed armed forces, and in terms of scale, it met the requirements of the search and rescue team.

"Honorable Divine Envoy," the young marquis's son knelt down on one knee and saluted Wu Xiaoqing after entering the palace gate, "Knight Chief Lance sends you my sincere greetings. ”

"No need to be polite, Chief Knight, come and sit down," the search and rescue team said straight to the point, "tomorrow we will depart, I have read your reply to your father, saying that you know the terrain from King Elis to Citor Fort, come, talk about your thoughts." ”

The knight chief began to speak in front of Wu Xiaoqing.

To put it simply, starting from the royal city of Elis, about two days later, you will come to the border of the Kingdom of Elis, and enter the first Kingdom of St. Louis in the south that believes in Xiaoyangjiao, because of different political beliefs and neighboring countries, this country has long been at odds with the Kingdom of Elis, and on the most important southbound passage, there are a total of 8 castles in this country, the smallest of which can accommodate hundreds of defenders, and the largest is even close to a city. They are the first strong enemies to face in this southward journey. Failure to uproot these castles meant that their vanguard units could easily be cut and surrounded. And to attack these castles, it is obvious that with the strength of one of their families, it is far from enough, and if it is necessary to carry only cavalry, as the search and rescue team said, it is even more impossible.

It is well known that in front of the thick walls, the heavily armed cavalry may be less useful than a peasant who can dig stones.

"Don't worry about the city wall, God has already found a solution for us, keep talking, continue to go south?"

If you continue south, you will need to enter a narrow valley, which is the most worrying terrain during the march. The entire valley is about a dozen kilometers long, surrounded by dense forests, and it is easy to place ambushes in the middle of summer. At the end of this valley, and the narrowest and most uncomfortable part of the terrain, is the location of the Citor - according to the messenger who sneaked back from the Citor, this opening has now been completely blocked by the Holy War of the Little Yang Sect, and they have now begun to build a city in that location. When they arrive, they may have to deal with the strong defenses of the jihadist army.

"The current strength of the Xiaoyang Sect Holy War Army has exceeded 20,000, and it is still increasing......" Lance looked at the location of the Upper Tooth Fort on the map, even if he felt a little tricky, "Maybe we can take a detour from the northern route instead of taking the southern route......

The northern route was the first time Wu Xiaoqing left from the volcano and came to the direction of the King of Elis, which not only had to take a long detour, but also was desolate along the way, and Wu Xiaoqing couldn't even find a place to eat at that time, let alone a group of more than 100,000 people to pass by.

"God has already arranged everything," Wu Xiaoqing's expression combined with the words of the search and rescue team, which made the young knight chief feel greatly encouraged. Wu Xiaoqing handed the knight an order with the king's seal and said, "When you leave, take this to the Minister of Finance, receive two thousand gold coins to reward the soldiers, and tell them that we will leave tomorrow at noon." ”

"Elise will win!" Hearing the astronomical figure of two thousand, the excited knight slammed the armor on his chest.

"The god of the land will win!" The search and rescue team replied, and Wu Xiaoqing waved his hand lightly, letting the knight chief leave first.