There are rebels tossing inside, and strong enemies making trouble outside, this is already a headache for a male lord, not to mention that at this time, in addition to the orcs on the endless plateau in the south, and even the half-orc races such as pig-headed people and sheep-headed people on the centaur hills in the north, they also quickly went south to join the gluttonous feast of killing, becoming the biggest-stirring stick in this chaotic battle. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this way, Zigra was in chaos in the north, and rotten in the south. Even the king, who was known as "two million citizens and two million proud soldiers", was lost.

Those high-ranking officials and nobles who are high on weekdays are not as good as the civilians who are despised by them, and the civilians who are captured are at most slaves of the orcs, and those wastes that this guy can't carry on his shoulders can only become orcs' military rations! Even the occasional brave man stepped forward, but it quickly disappeared into the boiling water, like the ice floes in the great river that flowed through the Duchy of Canter.

Yes, the river does not freeze even during the coldest months of the region. Ironically, when Zigra IX decided to blow up the embankment to open up the ancient river channel that had returned to 300 years ago, it was to stop the kingdom of Rolando, but now the river has become a natural shield to prevent the orcs from advancing eastward.

In the surging river, countless refugees, called all kinds of boats, drifted with the waves. Some of them were able to call them regular wooden boats, some of them used the wooden method of tying trees developed on the west bank of the river, and some simply made a large enough piece of black devil granite to cross the river. The river is turbulent, and all kinds of fierce aquatic monsters loom in the river. Large and small ice floes also rise and fall with the river.

This river is not one of the rivers in the Kingdom of Zigra that has long been tamed by the locals. Whether it is encountering hungry aquatic monsters or accidentally loading auxiliaries from time to time, it is inevitable that the ship will be destroyed and people will die. Even if you get away with it, or if the boat ride is strong enough. But as long as the clothes of the people above are soaked by the cold and biting water of the river, and they are put on in the lack of space, I am afraid that they will inevitably freeze quickly and become corpses as hard as the ice floe in the river......

The Great River is located at the junction of the Reims Territory and the Gronholm Territory, on an inconspicuous ebony boat, Thomas? Wesley was still standing straight at the bow of the ship.

That's right, this person is the same Thomas who won a Baron of Zigra for Ciri half a year ago. In the past six months, Ciri has been on a steady journey in the army, from a mercenary to a count lord who commands a large territory. But what about Thomas? After escaping from Betnes City in fear for ten months, he and his family have been living a life of exile.

The money was spent, and he had to be forced to be a bandit and robber, surrounded and suppressed by the lords, and hacked by other bandit gangs. It was easy to save some money to form a mercenary group, but Zigra died again!

Do you regret helping Ciri and putting yourself in? Thomas didn't know either, he admitted that he was indeed impulsive that day in the main hall, but what happened next proved that he didn't help Ciri by chance, and the territory that originally belonged to him was not kept.

In fact, from the moment he left his territory town with three teams, his robber neighbors directly occupied his castle, and his women and children escaped safely with the help of several loyal butlers. The encroachment on his territory was premeditated, and it was definitely acquiesced by Zigra IX, otherwise those lords would never dare to be so rampant!

Now, he's got his revenge. Orcs are not as filthy as humans. The handling of the captives is also very simple. If you are a hero, kill it and make it a military ration. Those who are not inaugurated heroes and are physically strong, become slaves. As for those so-called noble human beings, it's just a few more pieces of tender fat on the dinner plate, that's all!

Knock -

It was familiar again, the loud sound of ice floe hitting the ship, and the desperate screams and cries for help. Raising their heads, the unfortunate ship was hovering in the river not far from their feet, and if it had just been uploaded, of course Thomas would have come to the rescue.

But now...... The mouth that had just opened was reluctantly closed again.

The Duchy of Canter borders the fallen Kingdom of Zigra only in the northwest. However, since they got on the ship, they have passed through the Zhenxi Territory, the Pete Territory, the Reims Territory, and the Gronholm Territory. During this period, not to mention the small fishing villages that rely on the river for food, there are as many as six large towns just passing through! However, the soldiers of those territories, without exception, expelled all of them, who had fled, to wear them.

Reason, Thomas already knows. For the refugees of the original Kingdom of Zigra, at the beginning, the lords of several territories still had the idea that the more the merrier. After all, although most of these people are ordinary people, there are also many wealthy people and craftsmen with special talents. Soon, however, they discovered that there were too many refugees from the northwest of the river. Continuing to let those refugees pour in, the hidden danger to the security of the territory is still a trivial matter, the key is that everyone does not have the habit of storing a large amount of food, once this problem occurs, they will not be able to eat and walk around!

Obviously, Thomas is facing this problem at the moment. Although, he is only a mercenary group chapter now, and he may recruit a few more people for the mercenary group, which is also a great thing. But when he got on the boat, it was not so strong, and if something happened, then even if he could get away with it, he would probably lose the capital to turn over forever.

"Don't blame me, blame me, just that Zigra IX, blame it, blame those murderous orcs."

Looking at the man struggling in the icy water, Thomas could only comfort himself like this. Coincidentally, his eldest daughter, Lily, who was only twelve years old, couldn't help but let out a childish sigh.

"Alas...... It's so miserable! Father, can't we reach out like those poor people? You see, our boatmen are so good at the helm. ”

"But that ship is bigger than the one we sat on!" Thomas lovingly stroked his daughter's hair. Reluctantly found a reason to appease his daughter.

"Is that ship a nobleman? Father, aren't we also nobles? ”

Lily looked up and screamed coquettishly. It's a pity that she is destined to not get an answer to this question. Because her father Thomas could not have told her that they were no longer nobles, and could only go with the flow like ordinary people who had little money.

Pity, this biubiu has so much capital in itself, but now, they are just a group of wandering mercenary groups that don't have a fixed station, that's all! (To be continued.) )