In the snow

"Report to the chief, the situation over there in Shuangfeng Village has been clarified, and Shuangfeng Village has indeed been occupied by officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers not only occupied Shuangfeng Village, but also many villagers from Fesdena also followed, cultivating cultivated land around Shuangfeng Village, making Shuangfeng Village and its surroundings boiling, so lively! "The man talking in the snow cave is the same snow robber who escaped from Safin that day.

As soon as the leader heard that the officers and soldiers had occupied the Twin Peaks and that a large number of villagers had moved to the hump, he was even more convinced that this was a stronghold set up by the officers and soldiers in order to exterminate himself, and immediately sat down on the stone chair and was speechless for a long time. As the so-called thief is cowardly, this is not unreasonable. The other snowfield bandits around saw that the leader was so depressed, and then they realized that the situation seemed to be not optimistic, and they all became nervous unreasonably.

"What are their defenses, and how many soldiers are there in the cottage?" After a moment, the leader relented, then asked in a forced calm.

"Back to the leader, when I was wandering around Shuangfeng Village a few days ago, the wall of Shuangfeng Village was still just a simple fence, and there were several sentry towers around it. But the wall is still being built, and I think it's about strengthening the defense of the cottage. As for the soldiers in the cottage, the soldiers patrolling the village on weekdays are all five in a line, there are about three or four teams of patrol soldiers, plus a few soldiers standing guard, the total number may be about twenty. Strangely enough, for some reason, these soldiers were unevenly equipped, some of them were dressed familiarly, like the hateful caravan guards of the Riwa Chariots, some were dressed in regular soldier armor, but some were dressed only in ordinary coarse cloth clothes, and only wooden spears were held in their hands, which was incomprehensible. I didn't dare to go too deep into the interior of the cottage for fear of being recognized, so I just lingered around the gate for a while and came back. The robber who went to investigate answered the chief's question truthfully.

"I think so, the nobles of Fesdena have just spent a lot of manpower and material resources to exterminate the bandits in Shuangfeng Village, how can they use the main force to target us again! It seems that they are also just a group of patchwork recruits and mercenaries, and their combat effectiveness needs to be improved. Besides, the defenses haven't been repaired yet, God help me, as long as we launch a sneak attack now, there will be no follow-up worries! The leader of the Snow Plains bandits made an analysis on his own, and decisively decided to take the initiative to attack him, attack him unprepared, and even directly drive him out of the stronghold of Shuangfeng Village.

The other snow robbers saw that the leader was so confident and strong-blooded, and they were so heroes of the rivers and lakes, and they were also infected by the atmosphere at the moment, and they all echoed and expressed their willingness to follow the leader to level Shuangfeng Village and avenge their dead brothers!

Fesdena Fortress

"What's going on with taxes lately? How can you collect less and less, let alone have a surplus like this, even those soldiers and servants under your hands can't afford to support them! Okasha sat in the hall lord's chair and yelled at Cass.

"Lord Okasha, do you know that it is rumored that the tenant farmers in the village are extremely dissatisfied with the high grain tax you have set, and many of them have fled from Fesdena overnight, and the population of the village has been sharply reduced from 1,800 to 1,300 in the past month or so, a drop of nearly one-third, which is jaw-dropping, and the grain tax has also been seriously affected." Although Cass was extremely dissatisfied with the Okasha woman's rule, due to the authority of the family and the loyalty of his soldiers to the Boyer family, he did not dare to be presumptuous, so he had to explain patiently.

"What a boldness, these dogs who eat inside and out, if our family hadn't provided them with land to cultivate, they would have starved to death in the gutter. Fortunately, I only mentioned a little bit of the tax, and they forgot about their past kindness and bit their master. Listen to me, Cass! I want you to get them all back, and I'm going to build a beast arena where they can fight the beasts with their bare hands! The words spoken by the cold woman Oksha really made Cass tremble. Since the deaths of Warisi Enpoye and Maligapoye, there is no one in the fortress to restrain this poisonous woman, and her true nature is increasingly revealed, doing all sorts of incomprehensible and gruesome things.

Cass stubbornly explained: "Lord Oksha, it's not that I don't want to catch this group of Diao people, it's just that most of them have fled to Shuangfeng Village, and they have fallen into the grass and hijacked the passing caravans, and the number of people under his command is as many as a few hundred, even if only the combatants are counted, there are dozens of people, and their combat effectiveness is not weaker than the bandit force of Shuangfeng Village in the past." In addition, Fesdena's financial resources have been greatly reduced, and the villagers' dissatisfaction with the policy has also made it difficult to recruit troops, and it may not be feasible to recruit troops to attack Shuangfeng Village. ”

"I don't care what you say, since those dogs are in the village, they are bandits, since ancient times, soldiers and bandits have been incompatible, and there are many things about soldiers and bandits, and I can't find new soldiers, what do I use the soldiers I spend a lot of money on in the fortress? Won't you send out to suppress bandits? Oksha didn't know how to reason, and only cared about her own feelings, talking and doing things, which made Cass also blue and purple for a while, and she was panicked in her heart.

"But......" Cass could finish his sentence when Okasha interrupted, "I don't care what you say!" If you can't suppress the bandits, don't be the captain of your fortress guards, pack up your things and get out! Cass had no choice but to nod and go.

Joey had been following Cass. Ever since Joey took revenge for killing his father by assassinating Marigapoye, he took Witt's place and became Cass's personal bodyguard, following Cass ever since.

When Cass came out, he said to Joey, "Did you hear what the madwoman said?" The refugees of Shuangfeng Village are acting as bandits, so you can take a few people to Shuangfeng Village to find out for me, who is the leader in the village? If possible, persuade him to accept the offer, and I will guarantee his innocence, and reward him with glory and wealth. But if he insists on going his own way, then I can only forgive me for being ruthless, and I have to use my troops to exterminate them. ”

"The subordinates received the order, so they set off to Shuangfeng Village to convey the instructions of the adults to those rabble!" Joey replied categorically.

It has to be said that in the battle inside the fortress, Joey sees more and more clearly the dark side of the palace battle. Especially the vicious woman, every day for a little thing to beat those attendants and maids, its overflowing sex. Life made Wittur sneer even more. Over time, Joey has become more mature and more cautious and steady, for fear of being trapped, but it has also made his character gradually become cold-blooded and lose pity for those poor people.

"Go back and get ready! And your beloved woman, this trip is dangerous, let her know first! Cass said with a blank face.

"My subordinates have thanked Lord Cass!" Joey bowed to Cass and stepped back and headed straight for the room in the hall.

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