That night, before sunset, the cottagers had already seen that the ripe wheat in the wheat fields had been harvested, leaving only the empty fields exposed to the bright moonlight, and there was silence in the moonlit night, only the roar of the beasts was heard.

After dealing with the relevant matters of the former village, Bandeni came to the main village to report the situation to Witt: "The owner of the village, regarding the exchange ratio of wheat flour for the villagers, has been discussed with several representatives of the villagers, and finally decided that one pound of wheat can be exchanged for half a kilogram of flour, and no additional processing fees will be charged. But in fact, the efficiency of our machine is eighty percent, that is, to remove some impurities of wheat, one catty of wheat can actually be made into eight taels of flour (modern measurement of one catty is equal to ten taels), from which we can extract three taels of flour. ”

Wei Ting nodded his head in understanding, and then said: "You have to pay the villagers who work in the factory on time, and you can arrange other trivial matters yourself." Also, how well is the defense of the cottage? ”

"Back to the village, after harvesting the wheat fields, the villagers have all returned to the village, the gate of the village has been closed, and all other defensive measures have been prepared, just waiting for the arrival of the Fesdena army. Moreover, the bottle has already gone to investigate, and it is believed that tomorrow will bring the latest news of the incoming army. Bandney informed Witt of the situation.

"Who is the bottle?" Witt was a little confused.

Seeing this, Rum immediately echoed in a low voice: "Owner of the village, the bottle is the name of the bandit leaders who followed the tavern owner in Riwache a while ago. ”

After Rum's reminder, Witt was a little impressed, and then instructed Bandney to strengthen his defense tonight, so as not to prevent the opponent from attacking at any time at night, so he didn't say more. There was nothing to do that night, and the night was together.

Early the next morning, Witt inspected the village defense matters in Qianzhai. The wall of the former village is basically built, the inside of the wall is constructed of thick wooden piles, and then the interior and exterior are enriched by stones and clay, and the front wall is enclosed in a semicircle, and the back of the front wall is a cliff, leaving a chain bridge leading to the main village, so there is no wall. The top of the wall is about two meters wide, and there are special cottage guards standing guard on it. Although the original sentry still has the function of lookout, the completed arrow tower has replaced the function of the sentry.

Just as Witt was inspecting the wall, the Hump Forest stood guard brother suddenly appeared at the bottom of the peak, and hurriedly rushed to the wall, saw that Witt happened to be on the wall, and hurriedly replied: "Lord, Fesdena's army has arrived at the Hump Forest, and now it is estimated that there will be one or two kilometers to reach the peak village." ”

After hearing this, Witt immediately asked, "How many people are here?" How is it equipped? ”

"When I returned to the village, I didn't see the other party's outfit clearly, because the other party was numerous, I didn't dare to stay in the forest for too long, so I hurriedly came to report the news." The messenger brother gasped.

"Go down first! Report any news as soon as possible! After Witt's instructions, the cottage brother went away.

Not long after the messenger brother left, while Witt was pondering, the guards around him suddenly alerted another person to report the enemy's situation. Witt looked up and saw that it was the 'bottle' brother, and Witt immediately nodded and asked him to come over.

The bottle stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Lord, we have infiltrated Fesdena to investigate, and we have found out the information of the incoming enemy army. There were about forty enemy troops in total, and the leader was Kas, and half of the army was a regular army in the fortress, all of whom wore chain mail and held long swords, and their defense was very strong. The other half were forcibly recruited from the village, trained for a short time, and also wore simple animal skin armor, and weapons were mostly axes and wooden shields. ”

Witt knew the training of those recruits, and he knew the situation best when Fesdena attacked the bandits of Twin Peaks. It's okay to deal with ordinary bandits, but when you encounter a cottage guard, you can't beat it. But the strength of the regular army is different, the regular army is not only fully armed, from beginning to end with silver-white armor, but also rich in combat experience, once a head-on conflict, it will definitely be the brothers in the village who will suffer. But Witt was most concerned about the number of local archers, and then asked, "Is the number of enemy archers clear?" Can it be a regular army? ”

Brother Bottle pondered for a moment, and then said: "Back to the village master, as far as I can see, there are about more than ten enemy archers, and all of them are regular soldiers, and those recruits are basically infantry. ”

Unexpectedly, Witt was still a little worried. Vicchia's archers are notoriously ruthless, and in the worst case three arrows to one head. Witt told the bottle to go back to rest first, and then called Banderni and said to him: "The enemy soldiers of Fesdena are about to arrive, go and pour fire oil on the stone balls in front of the wall, and the archers will go up to the battlements with the arrows, spearmen, and foot soldiers, and only some of them will guard the gates, and be ready for battle." In addition, to appease the villagers, so that they do not panic, they can take refuge in the main village for the time being. ”

Bandeni took the order, and sure enough, it was not long before the long line of Fesdena's army appeared in the field, slowly approaching the Twin Peaks, and camping in the wheat fields not far below the peaks.

Now that there is enough food and water in the cottage, Witt doesn't want to go head-to-head with it, so it is the wisest choice to use the cottage defensive wall. When Witkas's army is stationed, it is presumably not necessary to attack the fortress immediately, but at least to make siege equipment. Shuangfeng Village is located at the top of the peak, if you want to attack the village, in addition to climbing ladders and siege vehicles, it is impossible to come up with the ladder, and the ladder is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is impossible to build easily. This is the biggest advantage of Shuangfeng Village.

Witt looked at the army that had begun to set up camp, and said no more, telling Bandni to keep an eye on their movements at all times, and to return to the main village to appease the villagers for the time being.

Kas came to the bottom of the peak, looking at the high wall of the Shuangfeng village, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, he only razed this place to the ground half a year ago, now not only the wall is rebuilt, but also the mud and stone structure, there is a protruding transverse arrow tower on the outside of the wall, if it is not known in advance, Cass also mistakenly thinks that this is a certain hilltop castle!

This mud and stone wall, the original fire attack strategy is unlikely to be effective again. With a frown, Cass ordered his men to start building siege engines, shields, and ladders in preparation for tomorrow's assault, and then walked around the bottom of the peak on his own, trying to find the weak points of the peak and defeat the bandits in one fell swoop.

Cass didn't know how many bandits there were in the village, and for the sake of insurance, he brought twenty regular troops this time, and he was full of self-confidence, thinking that breaking the village was a matter of minutes, but how to minimize the losses, and the best situation was to be able to surrender without a fight.

So Cass, escorted by a few shield-bearers, tried to stop at a slope in front of the cottage and shouted to the top of the wall, "Who is your leader?" I'm Kas, the commander of the army, and I'm going to talk to him! ”

"If only you had something to tell me." Banderi stood on the wall, watching everything, and immediately replied.

Caston paused, although he was a little reluctant, but then said: "You have no way to retreat, only you disarm and surrender, I can intercede with the lord on your behalf and let you live." If you still stubbornly resist, I will be powerless, and you will not be able to save your life and death! ”

Bandni said expressionlessly: "Thank you for the general's kindness, I will resist to the death, and I will never be a servant of a madwoman!" General, please go back! ”

Cass was very depressed, and before leaving, he left a sentence: "Tell your leader, after this point in time, I will pull out the cottage tomorrow!" With that, Cass turned and left.

Bandney looked at Cass's departing figure, unmoved.

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