Chapter 81: Preparations Before Departure (1)
In the early morning, the strong sunlight of the western wilderness shone on Xiao Yi's face through the gaps in the curtains, and the high-pitched cry of the griffin came through the glass and thick curtains, and Xiao Yi covered his ears with a large goose feather pillow. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
He regretted that he had placed the griffon's nest so close, and the big birds liked to start patrolling their territory at the first rays of sunlight and chirping merrily.
After a while, Xiao Yi threw the pillow to the window in anger, and after the soft pillow bounced on the ground, it lost its kinetic energy.
Xiao Yi sat up, stretched heavily, and opened his eyes in a daze. The waiter who had risen early heard the movement in the room, gently pushed open the door, and placed the toiletries that had been prepared long ago on the shelf.
After pulling open the curtains, he stood aside, waiting for Xiao Yi, who was still confused, to come back to his senses.
Gradually, Xiao Yi came back to his senses, his eyes slowly adapted to the bright light, and he found that he began to get used to and like the world.
Without the urging of the alarm clock, working day after day, there is no paper at hand that can never be done, and away from the intrigue among colleagues.
That small company, the conspiracy struggle between twenty or thirty people, Xiao Yi felt that it was even more powerful than the conspiracy of the entire Azeroth world, if the Dreadlord of the Burning Legion went, it was estimated that he would be covered and left in a few days.
The days in the western wilderness are always so hot and dry, Xiao Yi took off the nightgown made of silk, and let the maid wipe his sweat-stained body with a slightly red face.
After blessing the "Brute Bull Power", Xiao Yi is no longer the thin little body, and the gradually grave muscles make the young maid's eyes blur.
Putting on a refreshing linen tights, Xiao Yi lazily came to the restaurant, where the Auston butler, who always maintained his appearance, was already here.
"How were our guests resting yesterday? Hopefully they won't be upset by the griffon's call, well, bring me a glass of warm water. ”
He felt his throat dry and itchy from drinking a lot of alcohol.
The housekeeper poured Xiao Yi a glass of water at just the right temperature from the cart in his hand, and there was a rare smile on his serious face
"Even His Excellency Antonis has gotten up and is visiting the castle with a waiter."
Touching his nose in embarrassment, Xiao Yi said with a smile: "Go and invite all the guests to breakfast, Christine will teach me martial arts in a while." ”
Ever since Xiao Yi was almost killed by the orcs, he had been thinking about finding someone to teach him how to use a long sword, but Edric and some of the guards said that swordsmanship would take a long time to practice.
And suggested that Xiao Yi could learn some basic swordsmanship and practice it slowly. At the same time, take the lead in learning the use of chain hammers.
Because although this weapon looks very dangerous, after a simple study, even the simplest horizontal slash can exert great power, and this weapon can not stop its attack except for using a shield to block, in close quarters.
Xiao Yi was going to take a trip to Lordaeron and needed to master certain fighting skills as soon as possible, so he followed the advice and recalled Christine, who was good at using the meteor hammer, to teach him martial arts. And Christine, as a guard officer, although his swordsmanship is not high, he is more than enough to teach some basic swordsmanship.
At the table in the hall, Viscount Winchester divided a piece of roasted golden pork chop, and gulped down this glass of warm milk, writhing from time to time as if there were nails in a chair.
Xiao Yi took a sip of juice with a smile, and the narrowness in his eyes made Viscount Winchester blush a little, he didn't expect that the maid of the City of Angels would be so ...... Wild?
Even the battle-hardened, well-known "knights under the moon" in the circle of Lordaeron noblewomen can't stop their small waists.
If it weren't for the servant still around, he couldn't wait to rub his sore old waist. Damn Antonis, why doesn't this stupid pig feel tired at all?
Viscount Winchester glared hatefully at the baron who looked at him with mocking eyes, he didn't understand, the terrible sound in the baron's room last night was enough to be called earth-shattering, but why was this guy still so calm?
"Is this guy a dragon?" Viscount Winchester bit the pork chop with resentment.
Strangely glanced at Baron Antonis, who was dining elegantly with a red face on his face, Xiao Yi had heard from Auston Butler that these maids were "absolutely professional"! Viscount Winchester's performance proved this, but Antonis, who seemed to be strong on the outside and capable in the middle, had no effect, which reminded Xiao Yi of Edric's reminder.
Gently tapping the cup with a spoon, Xiao Yi said: "Everyone, if you want to go out to play, please be sure to tell my housekeeper and let him arrange enough guards, after all, something bad happened yesterday." ”
As he spoke, he also glanced at Antonis, the guards brought by Antonis yesterday were found in an alley, if it weren't for the mark on the broken armor, no one would have been able to identify it, those two pieces of minced flesh were once two living people!
After telling Antonis, the thing only nodded to show that he understood, and he didn't have the imaginary rage, and he didn't shout for someone to hang, maybe the gold coins played a role?
Swallowing the food in his mouth, Viscount Winchester remembered the madness of last night, "What two stunners, I want to ask Falken for it, I shouldn't be refused." Thinking of the chest full of gold coins in the bedroom, and the fiery girl, the tired body actually reacted again.
After hearing Xiao Yi's words, he nodded indiscriminately, the first time he went out on a mission, the feeling of being treated as a guest made him feel that the power was really so good, no more than the royal capital of Lordaeron, which was full of great nobles, the city of angels was now heaven in his eyes, if Azeroth had a paradise.
Rather, Baron Antonis spoke, "Do you have any business to do?" Lord Falken. ”
Maybe it's the role of gold coins and beauties, maybe it's the friendship left at the wine table, Baron Antonis is surprisingly polite today.
Xiao Yi was a little flattered by such a polite Antonis, he secretly scolded his own dead bones, and said with a smile: "I plan to learn some martial arts, so I may not be able to accompany the two of you this morning." ”
"Martial arts? Aren't you a mage? Winchester finally woke up from his aftertaste, and he asked in surprise.
Without explaining whether he was a priest or a mage, Xiao Yi nodded slightly: "Before Your Excellency arrived, my army had some clashes with the orc army in the Elwyn Forest. The orcs sent an assassin to try to assassinate me, but because I was not good at melee combat, I almost let the enemy succeed, so I thought I still needed to practice melee combat. ”
This sentence made the two of them immediately prick up their ears, and at the same time they were surprised.
Even Sir Lothar, who was far away in Lordaeron, believed that the real reason why Xiao Yi and his forces were able to survive was that the orcs had set their sights on the north, because they had already received news that the dwarves had retreated to Ironforge and that the orc army had appeared in the heights of Ashila.
This statement is the most agreed among the nobles of Lordanlun, no one would believe that the orcs who destroyed the Storm Kingdom would not be able to take down such a small force, they felt more that it was the orcs who ignored the western wilderness to give Xiao Yi room to live.
But after hearing Xiao Yi's words, Winchester and Antonis suddenly felt that maybe the strength of the young man in front of them seemed to be much stronger than they imagined!
Xiao Yi looked at the two with a smile, he said this deliberately, although his army did have a conflict with the orcs, but it was a small-scale conflict, and the gap between the two was very different!
Looking at the two of them with satisfaction, first shocked, and then contemplative expressions, what Xiao Yi had to do was to make these two people unable to make the truth real.
And tell them very clearly that the main force of my family is no longer in the Western Wilderness, but is fighting with the orcs in the Elwyn Forest, how many people are there? You guys go check it out, anyway, there are no less than 10,000 people in the West Spring Fortress alone......
Moreover, with the large number of militia and the maintenance of the second phase of recruits, the entire Western Wilderness seems to be in order, and the formed recruits who are dispatched from time to time to exterminate gnolls and beasts also look very bluffing.
Xiao Yicai didn't believe that these people would not scout their true strength, since ancient times, the mission has the role of scouting the enemy.
However, Xiao Yi said that if he wants to check, he can check it, since the method of the All Soldiers Act, Xiao Yi feels that not to mention raising such a huge army of wasted manpower, and he doesn't seem to be able to afford it.
You know, the population of the entire Western Wilderness has reached an unprecedented 80,000 people one after another! Many of the refugees who had fled to the Valley of Thorns had turned back and joined Xiao Yi's command!
Of these 80,000 people, more than half are adult males alone! After all, in the face of hardship, men have a higher chance of survival, and the remaining 40,000 people, and more than 20,000 are women in their prime, who can also pick up swords when necessary, after all, there are many women in Azeroth's human army.
What should I do if I can't afford to raise it but let go of cruel words? Xiao Yi's head twitched, and he imitated the practice of the Tang Dynasty and issued a government soldier bill, we can't afford to raise so many regular troops, but it's okay to get some soldiers who are soldiers in wartime and farmers in leisure time and don't need military salaries.
Therefore, Xiao Yi reclaimed farmland in the western wilderness, so that every soldier had land to cultivate, so as to ensure their enthusiasm, and forcibly gave these soldiers a loan of a set of equipment that was not very sophisticated.
Therefore, as long as it is not a busy farming time, no matter where you go, as long as there are people in the village, you can see the whole village of men fully armed training.
Of course, these are all laws that were introduced under the threat of the orcs, and when the orcs are defeated and their sphere of influence can be determined, these all-soldier bills will definitely be repealed.
But Lordaeron's mission didn't know that if you could see soldiers training wherever you went......
I believe these two guys probably won't even be able to sleep! Xiao Yi said with a wicked smile: "Okay, I'm going to train, please take care of yourself." ”