Chapter 1: Introduction
It had been a week since Qin Feng had come to this world, and the anxiety that had just arrived had long since dissipated with the passage of time. When Qin Feng slept at night, he would always look at the purple moon in the sky, compare the moon in his hometown in his heart, and then laugh at himself, he knew that he would never go back.
He doesn't know how he came to this world, was he hit by a car? Or was it struck by lightning? He had no idea why, as a traverser, he didn't understand why he was here, and why.
But he didn't have the heart to think about it, because the world was far more cruel than his hometown.
Qin Feng's identity is the only child of a small aristocratic family, it stands to reason that this identity is very good, even if Qin Feng doesn't have any idea of "saving the world", this identity will be able to feed him for a lifetime.
But in this chaotic world, this identity is definitely not a "golden job".
Half a year ago, the cold iron fortress in the north of the Zijin Empire was broken by the orcs, and it had been peaceful for a long time, and the loosely armed empire was not prepared at all. Having lost the lands of several northern provinces in just one month, the empire immediately reorganized itself for war, and his father, as a baron, rushed to the battlefield with his attendants, soldiers, and armed peasants, and finally no news came back.
There is a lot of gossip, but it is not good news, which makes the whole territory panic.
"Young Master, Young Master, it's not good," a hurried shout interrupted Qin Feng's memories, raised his head to look at the man trotting in, Qin Feng frowned unhappily and asked, "What happened?" Hurry. β
"It's the master, it's the master who is back, but... But sir, heβ" The man said with his head bowed and weeping, his face stained with snot and tears.
Listening to Will's intermittent words, Qin Feng's heart sank suddenly, "The baron has been on the expedition for a few months without news, how could he suddenly come back?" And looking at Will's expression, it doesn't seem like a good thing. "Will is the squire of the family, he was adopted by the baron since he was a child, and his feelings for the baron are definitely stronger than that of him, the imposter young master, I'm afraid something will happen.
"Call Lowell." Qin Feng got up and put on his coat and walked out of the door. Rowell was the army instructor of the territory, responsible for training the army, and was responsible for defending the territory when the baron went on the expedition, and he knew the situation of the army better than anyone else.
Sure enough, as soon as Qin Feng walked out of the Baron's Mansion, he saw a group of leaders surrounding there crying and shouting, Qin Feng took a closer look, and a trace of grief flashed in his eyes. As he thought, the only explanation for the sudden return of the barons, who had not been heard from for several months, was victory or defeat in the war.
But unexpectedly, most of the people who went there were sacrificed, and only a few scarred guards came back with the bodies of the sacrificed people. The bodies of the sacrificed soldiers and peasants were neatly stacked on flatbed wagons, and relatives gathered around and wept loudly.
"What happened?" Qin Feng stepped forward and asked the survivors.
"We were defeated, the Emperor fled with his troops, we were all abandoned, and the Baron led us to break through, and now there are only a few of us left," said a scarred man, who was the Baron's chief of guard.
"What about father," Qin Feng said in a low voice.
"Baron, baron he, baron he sacrificed." The head of the guard said sadly, and several other guards also lowered their heads, their faces full of grief.
Qin Feng was stunned, even if he had vaguely guessed it, he was still a little hard to believe when facing reality. Although he only came to this world for a short time, as an orphan, he rarely enjoyed this short time with parents, but he didn't expect it to be gone.
"Young master, young master, are you okay?" Seeing Qin Feng's sluggish appearance, Will hurriedly said worriedly.
"It's okay" Qin Feng waved his hand and took a deep breath: "Let Luo Wei come to the council room, and you will be together." Will, you will pay all the pensions, and each of the families of the peasants who died will have their taxes cut for two years, so go and do this. "Most of the townspeople have sacrificed their relatives in their families, plus the baron warriors, what is most needed in the territory now is to stabilize people's hearts, and must not love problems at this time.
"Yes, young master."
The news of the sacrifice of the expedition immediately spread in the territory, and the cries and wails of the sacrificed families were everywhere in the town, but with Qin Feng's handling, there was no turmoil.
"Knock knock...," there was a knock on the door.
"Young Master,"
"Sit down when you get there," Qin Feng said to them as he sat on a chair.
After closing the door, several people sat down respectfully.
"What the hell is going on? Hank, tell me everything you know. Qin Feng patted the table and said. Hank is the captain of the guard.
"Yes, young master." Hank thought for a moment and recalled: "After receiving the Emperor's order, the Baron took us and the armed peasants to the assembly place of the army, and then followed the army to the battlefield, but we met the orc vanguard halfway, and the Emperor sent cavalry to meet the enemy........................"
Time gradually passed, Qin Feng also figured out the ins and outs, in fact, the emperor's army was ambushed halfway, and the emperor was the first to flee when he saw that he was defeated, but the army saw that the emperor was gone, and their morale plummeted, and they were defeated by the orcs.
This kind of thing made Qin Feng speechless, and the battlefield was not divided into winners and losers, but the emperor ran away first, and in the end, he even affected the soldiers. Moreover, the old baron died on the battlefield because of this, and he was ordered to take over everything in the territory at the end of the day, and now the most important thing is to calm the hearts of the people and prevent the invasion of the orcs.
"Lowell," Qin Feng pinched his fingers and asked Lowell, "How many troops are there in the territory now?" β
"Young Master, the Baron went out on an expedition and took away a hundred soldiers, and these soldiers are all the combat strength in the territory," Luo Wei frowned and said: "But a few days ago, Young Master, you asked me to recruit another hundred recruits, but the time is still short, I'm afraid I can't appoint them." Luo Wei sighed in his heart, the old baron's sudden departure made him panic for a while, but fortunately, the young master also seemed to be able to preside over the overall situation.
"Is there enough ordnance?" Qin Feng sighed and asked again.
"The ordnance is sufficient, the baron just built a batch before the expedition, and the ordnance on the sacrificial soldiers can still be used under repair." Lowell said.
"Uh-huh!!" Now the situation is not optimistic, Hank and they can escape back, not how brave they are, but the distance between the territory and the battlefield is not far at all, although the territory is deep in the mountains, but it is impossible to escape the scouts of the orcs, only to delay time. Qin Feng thought to himself.
Time... Time....now the difference is time.
"Hank." Qin Feng shouted. "You take the uninjured guards to explore everything around the territory, be sure to find out the movements of the orcs, and come back and tell me immediately if you find anything."
"Yes, young master."
"Lowell, you are in charge of the training of the army and speed up the progress," Qin Feng said: "All the materials in the territory are temporarily supplied to you, and I must train that group of peasants into soldiers in a short period of time." β
"Yes, young master." Luo Wei hesitated for a moment, but after hearing Qin Feng say that all the supplies were supplied, he gritted his teeth and thought about it before agreeing.
"Will, you take a few soldiers and block the intersection of the territory leading to the outside world for me, no matter who it is, no one is allowed to enter or leave without my order."
"It's the young master."
"Alright, you all go down, remember my orders, and what I told you not to let anyone know, otherwise you will know the consequences." Qin Feng waved his hand tiredly and asked them all to go down, and said with a sigh.
As the sound of the door closing, Qin Feng sighed, he didn't know if his arrangements were useful or not, but now, it could only be like this.