The soldiers immediately pricked up their ears like wild wolves, and the word "village" seemed to have magical power to attract everyone's hearts, and they knew very well what these two words meant.

Food, supplies, or the hope of survival.

"My lord, lead the team over! I have just circled the village several times, and there is no garrison around it. The sentry urged excitedly, his stomach gurgling, but he didn't have time to be ashamed of it, and his eyes glowed green in the night like hungry wolves.

The officer's heart also trembled violently.

The appearance of this village is undoubtedly a lifesaver, and there will definitely be farmland and food water in areas where people live.

It seems that my time of death has not yet come.

The officer spat out the grass roots between his teeth fiercely, "Lead the way!"

The soldiers formed a long group and set off again, but it was clear that the morale of the team was very different from before, and the soldiers swept away the original decadence, and their eyes were shining and they wished that their parents would give themselves two more legs, for fear that if they arrived one step later, they would lose their own rations.

The officer, while leading the equally tired horse, thought that the soldiers must not be allowed to rob them of food, and that in such a moment of survival, the character of man is the most prone to degeneration, and if there is no discipline to restrain them, the soldiers will become robbers, and when they are notorious, their own troops will not be able to move an inch.

......

When the group crossed a low hill, they were confronted with dozens of simple houses made of wood or bricks, and on the other side of the hill were farmland that had been cultivated, where soybeans and millet were grown, and the village was flickering with lights, and a few wisps of cooking smoke wafting in.

"I bet it's the smell of grilled fish!"

"Nonsense, it's obviously the smell of barley being cooked!"

"Don't argue, it's obviously pepper......"

The soldiers began to discuss it in a babbling manner, and their saliva flowed all over the ground.

"Don't be noisy!" the adjutant scolded.

"Let's go. The officer paused, and ordered, the soldiers were already dazed with hunger, and the sooner they could get food, the sooner they could fill their stomachs.

......

When the officers and soldiers entered the village, they discovered that the village was so rich in grain that almost every household had a drying field in front of their house, on which corn, soybeans and barley were placed, and in the corners there were shelves on which dried fish and dried meat were dried.

"It seems that we have come to the right place, this is located on the border of the Void Ancestor, I didn't expect that there is such a village, and the reserves here are enough to support us for a week. The adjutant smiled, and he looked at the grain that was completely unguarded and dried in the open air, as if he had seen the most beautiful lover.

"Order the team not to steal these dried grains without permission. The officer frowned, "We're not thieves. ”

"But ......"

"I'll pay the inhabitants in silver. The officer said seriously.

When the order was issued, the rioting ranks quickly fell silent, but many soldiers still had difficulty taking their eyes off the food.

Perhaps he heard movement outside the door, and through the faint crack in the window, the officer saw that the lights were lit in the room, and then the sound of the door being pushed open was heard.

A dark-skinned fisherman came out with a steel fork, he dozed off, he had heard that foxes had been eating dried fish at night lately, and he wanted to see if the movement was caused by that kind of beast.

But he was soon stunned.

In the dark night, hundreds of figures in tattered clothes stood there quietly, looking directly at him.

"Oh God......" the fisherman suddenly felt his legs go limp, "Thief!

The fisherman's terrible cry instantly resounded in the night sky.

......

"Please don't be nervous, we are the garrison of the Void Ancestor, and we just want to buy some food from you. The officer looked at the residents with nervous expressions and steel forks and hoes, and explained helplessly: "Our army has been scattered, but this epaulette can show my identity." ”

"Who is the leader?" the officer asked.

Perhaps seeing that this group of people was indeed not as fierce and unreasonable as the thieves, a fat old man walked out, "I'm the mayor of the town." ”

"Hello, this is my epaulettes, a subordinate of the First Division of the Former Void Ancestor Garrison, the brigade commander Valen. The officer handed his epaulettes to the mayor, "We were separated from the large army in the Battle of the Void Ancestors, and we hope you can sell us some food." ”

"Void Ancestor Defense, are you the army of the royal family?" the mayor looked at the golden epaulette in his hand, which was stamped with the royal mark, "Is His Majesty alright?"

Valen's face turned pale.

"His Majesty has returned to the sea of stars. ”

"This ...... What's going on?" The mayor was shocked, "His Majesty is such a good person, but he is actually ......"

"The Crusaders invaded the capital and killed the king, and they are a bunch of treacherous villains," Varyn grew angry for no apparent reason, but he quickly calmed down, realizing that he had said too much in front of someone he had never met.

"The enemy is the Holy See, I can already see that they are not at ease!" the mayor scolded angrily, "The tax law formulated by His Majesty the King can be easily completed, but I heard that after the intervention of the Holy See, it was immediately increased by two times on the original basis, what a group of vampires!"

"You need food, right? No problem, I'll have someone prepare it right away, I just hope you can reorganize your army as soon as possible and drive the Holy See out of the territory of the Void Ancestor!" The mayor of the town readily agreed, "Grain, meat, we can provide it." ”

"Thank you!" said Valen, who was surprised, he didn't expect it to go so smoothly, "We pay at the current market price." ”

"No, no, no, it's just a little food, how can we ask for money if you are desperately resisting the invaders?" the mayor shook his head and refused, "We are all farmers, we can't help at all, we can only rely on this little thing to support the kingdom's army." ”

"Your Excellency......" the lieutenant stabbed Valen from behind, "We don't have any silver coins......"

Valen was silent for a moment, and then took out a pocket watch from his bosom, the gold shell was delicately handmade, all showing its value.

It was a gift from his wife when he got married.

But now that he was forced to leave Xuzu and his wife disappeared in the chaos, this gold pocket watch was his only thought.

"Your Excellency, please accept this pocket watch, it can be sold for dozens of silver coins," Valentine paused, "and think of it as money for food." ”