541. The girl who asked for help
Xia Xiao was telling the truth. Obviously, Youlan didn't want to conflict with Xia Xiao at such a time, so she just coughed lightly and interrupted Crimson's words.
"If you are here for that gun, Queen, then I can tell you, rest assured, our apostle is not here to target this gun."
Xia Xiao narrowed her eyes, as if asking, and as if curious: "How do I know if it's true?" ”
Youlan was silent for a moment, as if she was making a decision, and in the end, she chose to speak.
"Our purpose is only to defend this city, and we have nothing to say why we are defending this city." You Lan said this, looking at Xia Xiao's expression, and added: "So the best proof is that not only us, but also the apostles that may appear in the future will not leave this city and the places within thousands of miles around it. ”
Hearing Youlan say this, Xia Xiao was thoughtful.
It was a few more moments before she looked up.
"That's no problem, but go back and contact the person above your house, and just say that I have something to talk to him, not now, after the things in this world are over."
"I'll get you across."
Seeing that Youlan agreed, Xia Xiao didn't say anything more, waved his hand, and left Noorlist.
It wasn't until Xia Xiao's figure disappeared that the crimson tense nerves relaxed.
"Scared the hell out of me."
Hearing her sister say this, Youlan just smiled, but began to guess the purpose and reason for Xia Xiao to come to this world.
The war between the Commonwealth of Travania and the Holy Roman Empire in the southeast, another three days passed. Although the three major orders of the Holy Roman Empire all participated in the war, and on the local battlefield, the Holy See also invested a certain number of ascetics and adjudicators of the Inquisition, as well as priests, and occasionally a small number of two-winged angels participated in the battle, but for all the members of the Hades team who were all engaged in the battle, as well as the three demons of the Commonwealth of Travania, they were still defeated.
After all, even the iron-clad and strong-willed fanatics can't withstand the powerful individual forces and human armies attacking Travania during the day and the elite vampires running at night. In this way, there is hardly any uninterrupted attack. So the Holy Roman Empire was almost defeated, but in a few days, the southeastern territory of the Holy Roman Empire. I've already lost more than half of it.
But relatively. Offensive of the Commonwealth of Travania. It also slowed down slightly, although it seemed to the outside world to be a sign of need for rest and exhaustion. But in fact, it is waiting for the arrival and attack of other forces to form a trend of encirclement of Jerusalem, after all, according to Xia Xiao, all powerful individuals must be concentrated in a certain area to inspire and lead the spear of Longinus.
So naturally it slowed down, and from the vampire's point of view, they needed more time to digest the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, and only by completely exterminating the overly devout believers and priests in this area could they talk about conquering and incorporating these cities into the territory.
So in all respects, it naturally slowed down.
And Zhou Chu and Gao Ming, who didn't really want to make a move on civilians and low-level powers, were naturally a little idle, and on this day, they were still squatting on the walls of a conquered city, watching the vampires hiding under the cloaks, and the human vassals of the vampires, doing things to suppress and pacify the people.
"When are those guys coming, you say?" Gao Ming squatted on the city wall and asked Zhou Chu like this.
"Maybe it's already here." Zhou Chu said that unlike Gao Ming's squatting, he was sitting on the edge of the city wall, facing the inside of the city wall, "and it wasn't necessarily coming for us, maybe it was on the other two roads, it depended on who could meet it." ”
"If only it were on our side." Gao Ming squatted, "I've been bored lately......"
Zhou Chu just smiled and was about to say something, when suddenly there was a commotion in the distance.
Gao Ming and Zhou Chu's eyes immediately looked in the direction of the noise.
When their eyes turned away, Zhou Chu and Gao Ming also saw a young girl who was being chased by several soldiers, who was panicking and desperately coming in the direction of their side, and behind her, there was a group of soldiers chasing her.
Zhou Chu and Gao Ming glanced at each other, and then jumped off the city wall.
As soon as she landed, the girl crashed into Zhou Chu's arms, and was about to struggle to run away again, but Zhou Chu held down her shoulder and whispered.
"Don't move, it's fine."
Hearing Zhou Chu's voice, the girl was a little panicked and hesitated, but still didn't move.
Gao Ming, on the other hand, frowned, raised his head, and looked at the few soldiers who ran over.
"What's going on?"
"Your Excellency!" The captain of the soldiers at the front saluted Zhou Chu and Gao Ming, and then replied, "There have been notices in the city prohibiting theft and robbery, as well as murder and arson, but when we were patrolling today, we found this girl stealing someone else's wallet. ”
Hearing the soldiers say this, Zhou Chu lowered his head and looked at the girl.
Seeing Zhou Chu's gaze, the girl gritted her teeth and said in an inaudible voice.
"My mom was injured and couldn't get out of bed, she hadn't eaten for days, and I couldn't grab food......"
When Gao Ming heard this, he was about to scold those soldiers, but he was given a look by Zhou Chu.
"Alright, I'll take care of it here." Zhou Chu said to the soldiers, and then after the soldiers left, he said to the little girl.
"Where is your mother, can you take us to see it?"
The girl raised her head to look at Zhou Chu, hesitated for a moment, then nodded and left Zhou Chu's embrace.
"Bring some food."
Zhou Chu said to the soldiers next to him, and then after the soldiers brought some food, he handed it to the girl, and then gestured to her.
"You can take us there."
The girl nodded, and then took Zhou Chu and Gao Ming, as well as a team of soldiers, and walked towards the city.
In the process of walking, Gao Minggang wanted to speak. But I saw Zhou Chu's hand, on Zhou Chu's own side, tapping gently and rhythmically.
Morse Code!
Zhou Chu didn't have a long time to tap, and there was no sound, if it wasn't for Gao Ming to keep watching, it would be easy to ignore the past, speaking of which, this is still learning from Gao Ming, although there are not many things that can be learned and used, but they can express some simple tactical terms and meanings. It's enough.
The sentence that Zhou Chu's fingers tapped out was: Don't discuss important and confidential things!
After seeing this sentence. Gao Ming's eyes narrowed, then he laughed and said.
"I said, when are we going to start a full-scale attack?"
Zhou Chu was stunned for a moment. But then it came to pass. So he replied casually.
"I'm going to have to wait a little longer. But tonight, we're going to concentrate and cross the Canel peak. Strive to be able to take Tyre City before dawn. ”
"And when are we leaving?"
"After dark."
The two discussed, and followed the girl to an area of the city that was messy and dilapidated, full of pitched tents, guarded by soldiers, and patrolled back and forth on the perimeter.
"Lord Cadias!"
The soldiers who followed them walked briskly.
"Ahead is a resettlement area for displaced people and diehards, I'm afraid there will be danger!"
The resettlement area for the displaced and diehards is the area that will appear in every conquered city after Zhou Chu and the others discussed with Lilith. For the vampires, after they occupied the cities of the Holy Roman Empire, they had to face not only the papal and religious commoners and nobles, but also other people who were strongly hostile to the vampires, who might admit that they were defeated and accept the rule of other countries, but would not compromise with the vampires, and among these people, some of them resisted, killed or died on the spot, and some of them may choose to temporarily submit, but secretly encourage others to resist, Or what's planned.
The vampires' solution to these large and uncertain suspicions of possible rebellion and conspiracy is to set up such an area in each city, and manage these commoners and nobles who are not sure whether they are reliable for the time being, as well as other displaced people who have been displaced by the war.
Although this is not the best way, it is the safest way, after all, if you gather people and use a certain number of soldiers to guard the surroundings, then even if you can't know if there is anyone plotting something in this area, the turmoil will not spread to the whole city at the first time, and there are a certain number of soldiers around to be able to fight back at the first time.
In a sense, this area is a mix of makeshift semi-open prisons, camps for displaced people, and slums.
Naturally, there may be dangers.
But Zhou Chu just smiled, glanced at the girl, and said.
"It's okay, I'll just go in for a while, you guys stay guard outside."
After saying this, Zhou Chu sighed with Gao Ming again.
"It's only in this kind of place that it is possible to commit theft and robbery because of precariousness, and it's really difficult for them."
Saying this, Zhou Chu said to the girl again.
"Take us inside."
The girl glanced at the soldiers behind Zhou Chu again, and walked towards the chaotic area without saying a word.
Zhou Chu glanced at Gao Ming again, and also walked in.
Filth, filth, messy, messy, hell on earth.
This is the feeling of Zhou Chu and Gao Ming after they walked in, but there is no way to do it, sewage and mud, rotten food and fishy smell, yellow-skinny refugees on the side of the road, wearing luxurious robes but already in tatters, sitting in wooden sheds, down-and-out nobles with malicious eyes, and I don't know where to go, the occasional prayer.
Zhou Chu blinked, suddenly stepped cautiously over a piece of sewage that he didn't know what liquid, and frowned.
Gao Ming was a little confused, but soon, he also reacted, and when he passed a corner, he unceremoniously kicked away a strong man who seemed to be blocking the way, and cursed and said some dirty words in his mouth.
The girl still led the way in front without saying a word. (To be continued......)