Charles sat on the railing of the stone arch bridge, holding half a pancake in one hand and a cup of hot water in the other.

In the evening, the Duke of Beretta refused to provide food to the fleeing populace, arguing that the rations could not be tampered with.

Charles's men had to set up defensive lines on both sides of the stone arch bridge and the city gate to cover the brave men who had snatched a shipment of food from the city, barely enough to feed the nearly 20,000 people who came from the city and nearby villages.

The grain was shipped from the warehouses of several grain merchants in the city, and the churches of the gods paid double the market price.

It's just that the question of how to eat these flours is in front of everyone again, and firewood is not a problem, but where to get an oven for baking bread, and there are not so many pots.

Originally, they only wanted to get oats out to cook porridge, but who would have thought that in order to seek more profits, most of the merchants who led the team shipped out were flour, and some salted meat, and there was only a little bit of oats.

At that time, Charles pinched his brows, and then ran a few times to the city where the monsters were already running around, and took out a bunch of long swords, a few large barrels of olive oil, and a few cauldrons for dinner by relying on the storage ring.

Then he came back with a pile of thin stone slabs one meter square on a nearby hill, and asked people to build a stone platform out of the stones he had collected.

Then the monks and nuns took their swords and chopped all the salted meat into minced meat, and put it in a pot and stirred it into a batter with flour, oats, olive oil, and water.

Finally he taught the monks and nuns how to make slate pancakes on hot slates.

The smell of slate pancakes gave the depressed people a little spirit, and also boosted the morale of the warriors who blocked the monsters at the head of the stone arch bridge.

What Charles didn't know was that later, in order to commemorate this day, the people of Enna City formed the custom of making "Charles's pancakes" with meat foam, flour, oats and oil on the second day of the full moon night in September every year, and eating them with boiled water and barbecued meat.

This custom is the same as the Zhaozhou Bridge built by his ancestors at the foot of Charles, regardless of the change of dynasty, it has been handed down.

Charles, who had eaten dinner, looked at the team of city defenders and adventurers who were also not full, but had already drunk boiling water, and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Ready!"

The roar of the crowd reassured the people not far away.

Charles nodded, then jumped up from the railing, crossed the team that was intercepting the monsters at the bridgehead, and used a knife with countless lightning bolts to turn the surrounding monsters into smoke.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the fresh force that had just eaten dinner replaced the fighters who had been fighting for several hours.

After the change of the team guarding the bridge, Charles threw the corpses of nearby monsters into the distance to clear the place, and then retreated to the flank of the team.

Now commanding the battle is Bishop Rossi, and as a clergyman of the Temple of War, his status is enough for everyone to listen to him.

Now everyone can see that there is someone behind those monsters who commands, and the monsters failed to storm the supply team, and everyone changed their tactics after defending the bridge, and a dozen or twenty monsters formed a team to conduct a wheel battle against the team guarding the bridge.

If you're guarding the walls, this method really works. But now it is a bridgehead, and the number of troops required is not much, and the defending side can also be rotated.

And now the time is in favor of the defending side, just drag it until the reinforcements of the royal capital arrive. If there are no reinforcements, then Charles will have to reassess Antoine II's brains. Even if there are no reinforcements, it seems that the consumption will kill those demonic beasts at present.

Some of the people walked up to the bridge to replace the torches on the guardrails of the stone arch bridge, while Charles lit several fires outside.

Fortunately, there are mountains and forests nearby, and there is no shortage of wood.

At this moment Bishop Rossi walked over, followed by a young man in bright armor.

Bishop Rossi asked Charles, "How's it going?"

Charles said in a small voice, "Don't worry, everything is under control." ”

Now morale is the most important thing, and the Duke of Beretta on the mountain has been working as a turtle, which has greatly damaged the morale of the people at the foot of the mountain.

Now Charles and the rest of the clergy are trying to boost morale, and if morale jumps, they're doomed.

At this time, the young man behind Bishop Rossi said, "I'll go and find out the mastermind." ”

Charles didn't even glance at Louis Raybach, how strange the timing of this guy's arrival here by boat is.

If there is no early warning from Charles and blocking the road, the monster will rush into the agricultural area early this morning, and then besiege the city after some killing, then the arrival of this guy with a plug-in will become an important force to turn the tide.

It's just that now the situation has not reached the end of the mountain, and everyone has the mind to think about it, so the arrival of this guy makes people feel a little weird.

A beast tide of unknown origin, a neighboring prince who has arrived at a certain point in time, and this prince is still pursuing the princess of his country......

A bunch of people, especially the bards in the city, had already made up a hundred thousand words of poetry in their minds about a certain prince who would not hesitate to drive monsters to kill the people in order to gain his prestige.

As for someone who also appeared...... People are already "eight hundred", do you still want those false names, and they are not a prince who has been sick with a brain for more than ten years and was only cured recently.

And this prince is still from an enemy country, who will you not step on?

And Ru someone reported earlier, then blocked the road, and then busily prepared dinner for everyone, how to look at how to look at it compared to a certain prince who followed Father Rosie as soon as he came, and had no real action at all.

Then Charles said to Bishop Rossi, "I'll go and get some food for everyone." ”

Bishop Rossi said, "Go ahead, you don't need my consent to do so. ”

Charles shook his head and said with a smile, "That's not good, you're a commander, and if you act without your permission, you're going to lose your head." ”

Bishop Rossi knew he was asserting his authority and smiled and agreed to Charles's action.

Charles turned and walked into the moonlight, and Bishop Rossi said to Louis, "Your Highness, you will be in charge of the next here, and there will be two hours before the shift changes." ”

Louie's reaction Charles didn't know, he was now busy under the moonlight.

The elephant bird has been studied and can be eaten.

A pancake per person is not enough to eat, and the night is long, although there is enough campfire but not covered, such a night in the field is still quite cold, if you don't find something to do for the people who escaped, I'm afraid that something will happen later.

And what can not only let everyone have something to do, but also make everyone happy to accept it, is naturally everyone to masturbate together!

So Charles got busy, he picked up those wild boars and other meaty monsters nearby, slashed them in the neck and bled them to the side of the stone arch bridge, and at the same time he got some salt from the storehouse in the city.

Although there are no spices like cumin and chili, it is good for ordinary people to have meat to eat, and it tastes good with a little salt.

It is not easy to provide enough barbecue for 20,000 people, but fortunately, the attack of the monsters did not stop, and later Charles took a few elves to work together, so that everyone could eat the barbecue.

Exhausted, Charles returned to the stone arch bridge, threw down a wild boar, and then frowned and asked the small officer of the city guard who had just finished cleaning up a group of monsters, "What about the man in the new armor?"

The petty officer said with a dark face, "He said he was going to find the culprit, and then left." ”

Charles looked in the direction of Lake Pergusa downstream and said, "Leave him alone, just treat him as if he hadn't been here." The other side may be ready to do it, be smart. ”

The little officer also looked at the south side, and said calmly, "Don't worry, my lord, we are not scarecrows. ”

Charles smiled and said, "For the sake of the family behind you, work hard." ”

Charles, who had been busy all night, could finally rest, and as soon as he sat down at the rest point, Deborah, who had been beaten by him to work, came over with a cup of hot water and handed it to him.

Charles, who had received the hot water, suddenly raised his head alertly, and then said to Deborah with a smile, "You'll be able to see Genaro soon." ”

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