The battle ended so quickly that the Rat Village was wiped out in one morning. Basically, the first few hours were preparing, and it only took about ten minutes to actually launch the attack.

In just ten minutes, a few stink bombs made by the dwarf witch doctor drove out all the dozens of barbarians hiding behind the strong wall. One counts as one, and all of them are foaming at the mouth, and they have no power to resist.

The originally monotonous battlefield suddenly became lively, and victory followed. This sudden change made it difficult for everyone present to predict, even Wilson, who was controlling the trebuchet, did not expect that a few stink bombs would be so powerful.

The lords and armed attendants who acted as the main force watched the whole play, and only came in handy when the prisoners were captured at the end. After they happily caught Schroeder and the others, they were also a little afraid - if this stink bomb landed on their own village......

I can't stop it!

The wizard's apprentice Tambos quickly gathered around the village leaders, asking how to defend against this trebuchet tactic.

"In regular combat, the defender should have a wizard to assist. In this case, a Tempest spell can be solved. There is only one reason why you find it difficult to cope – you are too weak. ”

Tambos's words were so light that people did not dare to doubt his insight as a wizard's apprentice. After all, he came from Coldwind City, so he should know better. But he looked at Zhou Qingfeng himself, and he was faintly jealous in his heart.

One of the wizards' arcane is the 'Stinky Cloud', but this spell has traditionally been used in skirmishes. It's the first time I've heard of a similar stink bomb being used directly against a fortified fortress.

Even if the city lord of Coldwind City sent people to sweep these villages in the Black Forest, there would be no better way to do it than 'Lord Hugo'. The young boy single-handedly gathered the contradictory team, and won easily with the help of his genius imagination.

How to describe it?

Sagacious?

Great?

Or is it scary?

Schroeder and other people from the Rat Village were all caught, and their stripes were hung up, washed with hot water by the servants, and their foul mouths were specially brushed with brushes. These guys were yelling and scolding, and they were screaming at the hot water.

Zhou Qingfeng asked the old Borg to dispose of the stink bombs thrown into the rat village, mainly using some grass and wood ash to neutralize them, and also shoveling the contaminated ground and digging a pit to bury it.

A village was taken in half a day, and the morale of the 'coalition' team was raised again. The leaders of various families came to congratulate Zhou Qingfeng and show their loyalty by the way.

Zhou Qingfeng dealt with a few words without being salty, and continued to arrange the task and sent the person away. However, with such a victory, all the people gathered around him were greatly stimulated, and they felt that the superior should be calm with some arrogance.

"Rubio, you take someone to the Rat Village to count the population and supplies. From now on, everything in this village is our trophy. ”

"Wilson, have your men put away the trebuchets and horses, and go into the village to repair. Tomorrow you will lead the team alone, and I will ask a few leaders to run with you to take down all three surrounding villages. Move quickly, the enemy may fight back at any time. ”

"Luke, you lead the people to scout in the direction of Stucco Village. The Bane Church should have received word of our attack, and I guess they'll probably be sending troops in tomorrow. ”

The place where Zhou Qingfeng gave the order was in a clearing, next to the two trebuchets that had just wielded their might. There were no staff officers, no assistants, not even a table or stool, so he stood and gave orders to all kinds of people who came and went.

Everyone came and went, and Zhou Qingfeng was responsible for all the trivial matters. After a while, he felt that his head was big. There are too many stupid people under his hands, and his understanding of orders is strange, and this commander's job is really not easy to do.

In the afternoon, Zhou Qingfeng will lead the team into the village and station. Rubio ran to him in a smug manner, and whispered with a wink, "Master Hugo, you would never have guessed what I found in the village?" ”

"A lot of food?" Zhou Qingfeng asked rhetorically.

Rubio was stunned, "Master, how do you know?" ”

Zhou Qingfeng pursed his lips slightly, "I also know that the villages say that there is a shortage of grain, but in fact, there must be a lot of grain hidden, otherwise how could they be calm and let the goblins block the external passage of the Black Forest, and they are not in a hurry at all."

In the current situation, I can't think of anything else that deserves your special credit except food. I even think you've hidden a lot of your possessions, and the goods you sold me are just a part of it. ”

When Rubio heard this, he was about to scream the sky, but he was glared at by Zhou Qingfeng coldly, he could only laugh a little bit, scratch his head and continue to talk about the Violent Rat Village.

"I found a few stunned servants in the village and told them that Schroeder was dead, and they offered to tell me where Schroeder's secret cellar was.

I opened the cellar and took a brief inventory, and found that there was enough food for our own team for half a month. In addition, there are medicinal herbs and gold and silver coins in the cellar. ”

As he spoke, Rubio picked up a small wooden box and handed it to Zhou Qingfeng, "Master, I probably counted it, there are more than two hundred gold coins and more than three thousand silver coins." This is a lot of money, and it should be the accumulation of the Schroeder family over the past few decades. ”

The Black Forest is very poor, and it is not easy to accumulate hundreds of gold coins. Zhou Qingfeng grabbed the small wooden box, and his hand sank downward, which was quite heavy. He glanced at Rubio and asked, "How much did you take?" ”

"Nope." Rubio straightened his waist and waved his hands, "This village is now yours, master, how dare I take your money?" ”

'Detect lies', pass the verification.

Rubio, the black-hearted profiteer, actually told the truth.

Zhou Qingfeng was even more skeptical, and asked again: "Rubio, you don't want money, I'm very strange." So what do you want? ”

Rubio was suddenly cramped, and the thin old man rubbed his hands uneasily, and after a long time, he whispered: "Master Hugo, I now believe that you are really an extremely special nobleman. After this war, whoever dares to doubt it anymore is stupid.

I have never seen anyone so lenient with others, never before with such good command of more than 400 people, never before with such easy breaching of a village. Even the legendary cunning and murderous ogre wizard didn't have this ability.

But what about you...... you have completed this battle with only a group of untouchables, a group of untouchables who have never been cared about, or even abandoned. It's amazing, it's really amazing. You've done something I couldn't even think of.

I want to follow you, really follow you. But I know that a tainted pariah like me is not qualified to follow a noble man like you. But I have a son with a completely different personality from mine, and I want you to take him as a servant. ”

Rubio stepped aside, and behind him stood a young man in his twenties. With a thin figure like Rubio, he cowered a little before and after, his eyes flickered, and he seemed to feel great awe of Zhou Qingfeng.

"You're afraid of me?" Zhou Qingfeng asked. The young man was at least ten years older than him, but he was about the same size.

The young man glanced at Zhou Qingfeng, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Master, your greatness makes me dare not look at it directly." ”

Zhou Qingfeng sneered, I don't know if he was laughing at the other party or laughing at himself, "Are you literate?" ”

"Literate, he literates." Rubio smiled and rushed to answer for his son, "I have been attending school in Coldwind City for many years. ”

The young man lowered his head and said in a weak voice, "I studied in the school of Coldwind City for eight years, and I also got a job as a scribe. Reading, writing, and calculating are no problem. ”

"Then why don't you stay in Coldwind City?" Zhou Qingfeng asked rhetorically: "What's good in the Black Forest, I want you to come back?" ”

Rubio rushed to answer again, "Master, my son just wants to be by my side, he thinks I'm old, and I've always wanted him to inherit the inn in Black Pond Village." But if you're willing to take him in, that's even better. ”

Zhou Qingfeng did not agree with this explanation, and the 'detection of lies' did not pass. He smiled slightly, and looked at the young man, "Why don't you stay in Coldwind City?" ”

The young man seemed reluctant to speak, and Rubio was also nervous, but he didn't dare to speak on Zhou Qingfeng's face.

After a while, the young man explained to himself, "Because my grandfather was a sinner, and my family was an exile." I went to Coldwind City with my identity hidden, where I studied and applied for a job, but was eventually found out and driven back. ”

Having said that, the young man never lied.

Zhou Qingfeng finally smiled and asked again, "What's your name?" ”

"Seth."

"What's the last name?"

"Our family was deprived of the right to have a family name."

"It's a bit miserable. Well, if you can write, you can be considered a talent, and you can also be a scribe by my side. When you do a good job, I will allow you to revert to your last name. ”

Uncle Zhou said this casually, but he didn't see that the young man named Seth trembled when he heard this, and the light in his eyes was like a star, and even Rubio was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning.

It is a great kindness to restore the surname of the sinner.