26. It's just money
The armor of the soldiers of the Verte Empire is all silver, just like those soldiers in the city of Fit, and the army in front of them obviously does not belong here.
So Ash was only stunned for a moment, and then he sensed that something was wrong, if the other party was a soldier of an enemy country, quietly crossed the city of Fett, and appeared in the territory of the empire, what would be the intention?
Sure enough, before he could ask, Nana on the side lowered her voice and whispered: "Sea blue armor, the other party is the army of the Lawrence Empire!" ”
"Lawrence Empire?"
Hearing this, Ash was slightly stunned, in the few days he had spent in Fett City before, he had also learned some information from Kazik more or less, so he immediately frowned.
The Lawrence Empire in Nana's mouth, located in the east of the Verte Empire, is a huge country, rich and powerful, and the military level is also extremely developed, in addition, the Lawrence Empire has been controlled by the Lawrence family for generations, and has a peculiar system in which the family is above the country, and because the head of the Lawrence family of this generation, that is, its emperor, is a complete war maniac and careerist, so he often sends troops to attack other countries.
And because the Verte Empire borders the Lawrence Empire and the national strength is relatively weak, the former has become a bone next to the vicious dog and has become the most frequent object of the Lawrence Empire.
Although it is common for the Lawrence Empire to invade the borders of the empire, what is worrying is that the other party will actually appear in this hinterland at this time, and there is no shadow of the emperor's ** team, what does this situation mean, Ash and Nana are like mirrors in their hearts.
Perhaps tomorrow evening, or this evening, thousands of the inhabitants of the empire will be decimated, and the bustling cities will be razed to the ground, and countless women and children will be turned into slaves......
"They're heading west, in the direction of the city of Varose."
Ash looked at the army marching silently, his face was heavy, Nana observed carefully for a while, and then said: "The situation of Varoser City and Fite City is different, although it is more prosperous and there are troops stationed there, but the strength is not half of Fite City, the number of this army is at least a few thousand, and by this evening, at the latest tomorrow morning, Varoser City may not be able to be saved...... I don't know how stupid those damn border guards are to let such a large army in! ”
Hearing this, Ash was a little unconvinced: "You said that the city of Varosese will be breached?" But they didn't even have cavalry, so how could they break through the walls of Varosser? ”
"According to my estimate, they didn't bring cavalry, just because they had to walk through a path like this, and at the same time try to reduce the movement as much as possible, you must know that war horses are not like people, no matter how restrained, they will inevitably make some noise, as long as the number of horses is large, the movement will be large, easy to be discovered, less, and there is no big effect, so the other party is simply all infantry!"
Nana whispered, and then stretched out her hand and pointed in a certain direction in the army: "As for the city wall...... Look over there, the soldiers are carrying things on their shoulders. ”
Ash followed Nana's hope, and sure enough, he saw that in the middle of the team, every other section, there would be dozens of soldiers each carrying some large wooden blocks of different shapes, there were huge semi-round wooden pots, wooden wheels the size of grinding plates, and even some were directly heavy wooden strips, these people were scattered in the team, and at a glance, it was indeed not easy to find.
When Ash saw the items in the hands of those people, he thought about it for a moment and realized what they were all about.
"The ...... they were carrying Looks like a part of some kind of siege machine? ”
"That's right."
Nana nodded: "The military technology of the Lawrence Empire is a grade higher than ours, unlike the bulky big guys in our empire, their trebuchets can be disassembled and temporarily assembled, as long as you have that thing, how long do you think it can withstand with the good-looking stone brick walls of Varosser City?" ”
After saying that, Nana's brows furrowed deeply, as if she was thinking about something, and Ash couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to do?" ”
"Do what?"
Hearing this, Nana glared at Ash, and said as a matter of course: "Naturally, I am thinking about how to pass the information to the emperor!" Can we turn a blind eye? ”
Ash frowned, "Don't forget, you and I are both wanted criminals in the Empire!" ”
"We're just wanted by Mo Feng, not by the Empire."
Nana's tone was a little unkind: "Now, it's just that Mo Feng's bastard who designed to frame us and want to deal with us, the empire definitely doesn't know about it, as long as I go back to the Thunder God Department and tell my father about it, he Mo Feng will definitely not have a way to live." ”
"But before I can do that, I have to pass this information on to the military, otherwise I don't know how many people will die because of it......"
Listening to Nana's words, Ash opened his mouth and laughed, and said, "I can't imagine that you, a barbarian woman, are so patriotic. ”
"It doesn't matter if it's a barbarian or an Imperial."
I only heard Nana say in a deep voice: "I just don't want to cause countless people's families to be ruined because of my inaction." ”
As soon as these words came out, Ash had a slight change in his opinion of Nana.
Since that night in the vault seven days ago, Ash has known that maybe Nana is arrogant and arrogant, and she is about to snatch people's lives at every turn, but she is indeed a clear grievance, and in order to repay him for saving her, she also took the initiative to lead the way after leaving the secret passage.
And now, she has added another advantage: a sense of responsibility and a good heart.
It's just that the change is the change, Ash's own three views are not so upright, and the kindness that Nana showed at this time is the last thing he needs now.
All he needed was to return to the depths of the barren stone road as soon as possible, his base, and as for the life and death of the people of Valoser City...... Although the thought of this will make Ash's heart overflow with sadness and unbearable, but what does that matter to him?
That city is not the city where Ash lives, this country, not his Ash's country, and even this world, Ash has only been in this world for a few months, and it is not his duty to defend his family and country at all!
So, after only a brief period of sadness, Ash spoke: "My opinion of you has changed somewhat, now that I have left this forest, I think I can take my people and go by myself, so I might as well leave it at that, and good luck." ”
As soon as Ash's words came out of his natural words, Nana was obviously stunned, and then said in surprise: "You're not with me?" ”
"Why should I be with you?"
Ash replied faintly, still staring closely at the passing army, and by now, the end of the line had appeared at the end of the path, and it looked like it would soon be able to pass completely.
Ash's goal is also to the west, although the direction of the army is also the west, but as long as the road is far behind, with the number of them only nine people, it is not difficult not to be discovered, and when they reach the barren stone road, with their familiarity with the terrain there, as long as they get out of the road and drill into the ravine, then they will be completely safe.
Here Ash was thinking like this in his heart, but Nana next to him asked with a little anger, "Are you going to turn a blind eye?" Aren't you a resident of the empire? ”
"Please, I'm a smuggler, from another country."
"But countless innocent people are about to suffer, don't you feel sad and anxious at all?"
"What am I anxious about? It's not my relative. ”
"You!!"
In the midst of this question and answer, Ash's performance completely angered Nana, and in the end, she even forgot about the Lawrence army in the distance, forgot to lower her voice, and directly reprimanded angrily.
"Shh
Her performance startled Ash, and she hurriedly pounced on the other man's mouth, and at the same time nervously glanced through the gap in the bushes, and sure enough, at the end of the group, a soldier happened to hear the voice, looked back with some confusion, and only turned his head leisurely after a while.
"It's dangerous!"
Ash sighed softly in his heart, turned his head and scolded Nana viciously, "You stupid woman! You are crazy! Nearly killed us all! ”
Nana also reacted, her face changed, as if she was a little annoyed, but her brain suddenly turned, she stretched out her hand and grabbed Ash's arm covering her mouth, and said with a wicked smile: "That's right, I'm crazy!" Now I give you two choices, one, I am weak alone, it is difficult to succeed, you and your people report with me, and the old accounts between you and me will be forgotten! ”
"Two, you can also choose to be indifferent, but I'll immediately yell and get the attention of that bunch! When the time comes, with my skills, I will be able to escape into the jungle, as for you...... You can ask for more blessings! ”
"Idiot! What's in it for you? ”
Hearing this, Ash was so angry that the veins on his forehead jumped, and as he spoke, he glanced at Johnson and the others on the side, who all heard Nana's words, and were already ready to pounce on him to restrain him, but Nana chuckled, pulled Ash's body in front of him, and said contemptuously:
"As long as I want to make some movement, do you think you can stop it?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Ash, was speechless, and the two sides were at a stalemate, and the scene became unusually silent and quiet.
Half an hour later, seeing that the end of the Lawrence Emperor's ** team was about to disappear from the end of vision, Nana finally couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed Ash's neck, and threatened: "One or two, choose quickly!" Otherwise, I'll break your neck right now!" ”
Seeing this, Johnson, Aina, Aidie and the others were shocked, and they all stared murderously at Nana, who was still an ally a moment ago, but Ash waved his hand at them, and then sighed helplessly, compromised: "Okay, if you want me to help you, you can, but I have to have some benefits." ”
As soon as she heard the other party's promise, Nana's frowning brows loosened slightly, and the strength in her hand slowed down, and she hurriedly asked, "What benefits do you want?" ”
"It's just money."
I only heard Ash reply lightly: "Gold, one hundred thousand." ”