Little Taylor didn't dare to raise his head, he was afraid to see his mother's reproachful eyes. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the first time he has decided on one thing by himself, and this matter is crucial!

Quietly, in the newly made fireplace, the burning wood was crackling.

Little Taylor couldn't help it, and he secretly raised his head to look at his mother.

Little Taylor's mother looked at him in a daze, her work stopped, and she looked at her son without saying a word.

"Mom, please understand." Little Taylor lowered his head, he looked at the paper in his hand, the blue seal on it was so dazzling.

"Dad, grandfather and grandmother all died at the hands of those monsters, and we hid in the woods for so long before we were captured by the gnolls. We were almost eaten by them, just like everyone else. If it weren't for the Crusaders, we might have become food for the gnolls. ”

"I felt like I had to do something to prevent these tragedies from happening again. We humans don't deserve to live so miserably. I want us to be able to move in the woodland with peace of mind in the future, and I also want to make your life better! ”

Little Taylor dug into his pocket and quickly pulled out a bag.

"This is the money that the crusaders sent me to compensate our family. After that, there was a military salary every month, and it is said that there was a silver coin every month. ”

Unlike little Taylor's happy face, her mother was silently weeping. She stepped forward, stroked her son's short hair with her hand, looked at the freckles on his face, and tugged at his sleeve as if he would leave her.

"But... You're just over 16 years old!! Taylor's mother couldn't take it anymore, she held the baby in her arms and began to cry.

Little Taylor didn't understand his mother's mood at this time, in his opinion, isn't it normal to protect the family and defend the country? Why is mom crying? With this doubt, Taylor could only wait for his mother's mood to improve.

After a while, Taylor's mother regained her senses, wiped tears from the corners of her eyes, and straightened her son's thin clothes.

"Mom lost her temper. Today! Let's go to Corek across the street and treat you well! Tomorrow, you will be our little hero of the crusade! ”

In his mother's teary eyes, little Taylor jumped up with joy, and he shouted happily as he circled around the house.

And my mother's heart was full of sadness.

She can understand her son's feelings for his family and country, and she can also understand why his son has to embark on this journey of no return.....

It's just that...

You're only 16 years old!

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Iva towns are full of soldiers in military uniforms buying goods, and as the town is built, merchants from all walks of life flock to the town, buying the best locations to set up shops, hoping to make the most of this new town.

On the town's main road, the dirt was leveled and compacted, and the sand dug out of the north-flowing shore of the Endless Sea paved the road, and people creaked when they stepped on it.

Every day, the army that went out to encircle the gnolls returned to the town of Iva. In the midst of them, groups of gnolls were watched as they walked through the town, under the white eyes and stones of the towns' civilians.

Some of the gnolls were attacked and tried to attack the human civilians who attacked them, as they had done in the past. As soon as they showed their grinning expressions, they were violently beaten by the soldiers who watched them, and the gnolls suddenly became honest.

They will be taken to a gnolls naturalization camp, where they will be given the appearance of the gnolls druid grayskins and the gnolls who first became slaves, and they will be educated in the supremacy of humanity and the ways and habits of a civilized man.

It's just that it's hard to say whether these things are used or not, and they don't necessarily use them. They would be sent to newly built quarries and mining sites, where they would be supervised by soldiers to dig ore and carry stones.

In the end, very few survived.

In the newly built town hall of Iva Town, Locke sat in the first place, listening to the new clerk, Bridget, report to him on the specific development of the town and the legion.

"This month, we have basically cleared all the gnolan camps around the town of Eva, and the big gnolll camps in the distance have also been taken to attack them. Several Wing Captains are discussing the plan, and they will report back to you when the plan is completed. ”

"This month, the town started to have trade income. Most of this income came from the sale of shops in the prosperous areas of the town, and the money was 300 gold coins. As for taxes, since you ordered that the civilians should not be taxed for the time being, we only taxed the shops and the original farmers in the surrounding area, which was less than 10 gold coins. ”

"This month, the residential area of our town has basically been built. Through word of mouth from soldiers and merchants, our town of Iva now has more than 50,000 civilians, and further afield, near Gilneth, civilians are beginning to migrate to our side. ”

"Law and order in the towns is starting to be a little erratic, in some remote areas. A number of vicious cases have occurred one after another. It is unclear who did it, and our new garrison is not able to solve these cases, and most of the civilians who are victims are women who live alone, and who have been subjected to inhuman torture before being victimized. Now, at night, most of the female civilians are afraid to go out. Captain Lubbers has stepped up the intensity of his night patrols, hoping that this will be useful. ”

"Recently, some former nobles came to our town, and they wanted us to help them, to get rid of the gnolls and undead, or fishmen, or something from their territory. They are now living in hotels within the town, waiting for your news. ”

"Our scouts report that the free-will undead in Lordaeron seem to have suddenly stopped digging the city on their own, and the next move is not yet obvious, and the scouts are intensifying their surveillance."

"As you commanded, the Scourge spirits of Thurberchel are under our watch, and those spirits are hiding on the top of the mountain with no signs of coming down."

"Tell me about the military." Locke interrupted Bridget's report, "We'll talk about that later, you have to know that the army is what we can keep this place stable." ”

"Good!" Bridget looked up at him, she tossed the black notebook in her hand aside, replaced it with a red one, picked it up and read it.

"Most of the recruits of our Fifth Legion have grown up after this month's training. Most notably, a squadron of 50 soldiers often pursued a medium-sized village of more than 400 men in pursuit of the Gnolls. ”

"Because the more areas we control, the fewer and fewer soldiers we have. Many of the camps did not even have a squadron of soldiers. However, these soldiers have to patrol a radius of hundreds of square kilometers, and they have to clear the gnolls above, drive away wild beasts, and monitor all abnormal behavior, which is very difficult. ”

"Our recruitment program has also officially begun, and in recent days, a large number of civilians have signed up to join our army. Many of them are just over 16 years old, and many are middle-aged people who are about to turn 45. Major Paul said that it would take some time to get these people to have combat effectiveness. ”

"Some of our officers believe that we should prepare a plan for the next step in the operation. They chose several targets, one was the fish-people in Lake Lordamere, the little things that occupied the most important freshwater lake. Not to mention the abundant fish resources there, the location is also extremely important, on the island in the middle of Lake Lordamere, there is the fortress that the Alliance built in the first place, and they are currently the best fortress to defend the free undead in Lordaeron, and the officers think that we should take it as soon as possible, and cooperate with the watchtowers and garrisons of the Tirisfard Glade to trap the Forsaken. ”

"Some of the officers believe that we should continue our march south of the Silver Pine Forest, clear Thurberchel's undead, open the way south, and liaise with the Kingdom of Gilneth to fight the Scourge together. This will also allow you to contact the Lordaeron of the Hillsbrad Hills. ”

"Other officers think that we should send ships to the kingdom of Kul Tiras, asking for their maritime support to help us build up our navy."

"Oh, go on." Locke nodded.

"There were some officers who questioned the oath of Inspector Shiloh's improved recruits to join the Crusaders. They believed that the soldiers belonged to the Crusaders, to Lordaeron, not to Locke's private soldiers. At this, Bridget involuntarily glanced up at Locke, who looked at one of the robes in his hand expressionlessly.

"Go on."

"Alright," Bridget shrugged, continuing to read the red book. In this regard, Inspector Shiloh insisted on her opinion, believing that here the soldiers needed a leader, a hero to lead them to victory, and to increase their confidence in resisting natural disasters. Many of the officers, as well as all the soldiers, agreed with Shiloh. The soldiers are very fond of you, Locke! ”

Bridget put down the red notebook in her hand, "You've done something that no one else has done, at least I think you're more popular now than the Grand Lord Mograini." At least here. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, let's talk about the logistics." Locke threw away the shirt in his hand, "We should be under a lot of pressure on logistics, right?" ”

"Big? It's not just big! That's just crushing people to death! Shiloh is already in a hurry! Brigitte scoffed, "Come and hear it." ”

Bridget picked up a white notebook.

"We have basically run out of food, and we have to feed 50,000 civilians, although it is not enough to ration them every day. The wild vegetables around the camp are almost gone. If we hadn't organized soldiers to hunt in the woodlands and fish along the coast of the Endless Sea, these civilians would have been stuck here long ago, pointing at your nose and asking you for food. ”

"It's been a month and a half now, and the goblins should be coming back."

"I don't know if he will come back, I just know that it's not a way to go on like this." Bridget said truthfully, "It's not a good idea to leave our logistics in the hands of outsiders." We need our own trade fleet, as well as caravans! ”