Chapter 223: The Fight for Slaves
The other natives were originally uneasy and hostile to Downton, but after seeing him save their people, they quieted down.
No human had ever treated the hill natives like this, so they couldn't figure out what Downton was going to do for a while.
"If you try to resist or run away, I will kill you. After warning the captives, Downton tied their hands with ropes, like a string of sugar gourds, and let Hu Tao pull them out of the woods.
"Your heart is too soft. Homer sighed, Downton had too little experience in warfare to kill a surrendered soldier who had no power to resist, and he was completely an idealist.
"I know, but I can't do it!" Downton was silent, he had killed so many natives, even a fool knew that if these captives were given the chance, they would definitely avenge their countrymen, but he felt that he was a warrior and should not have slaughtered these captives.
"Why isn't he dead yet?"
Watching Xiao Lori, who was riding an oversized war bear, walk out with a string of slaves, not only Campana was dumbfounded, but even the other militiamen had similar expressions.
"This guy is really big!"
"No, he couldn't have beaten those bear goblins back, did he?
The militiamen whispered, looking at Downton with eyes full of surprise and puzzlement, a hundred-man cavalry team was repulsed by the natives, how the hell did he survive?
"Does he have more Abomination Warriors? No, does he have an Abomination Workshop, how can he get a supply of troops? It should be that the enemy has retreated on his own initiative!" Jovic didn't believe that Downton had an Abomination Legion at all, and thought that ten of them were already up to the sky.
"Sir, hurry up and collect the captives and the heads!"
The adjutant leaned into Campana's ear and whispered a reminder.
Campana hastened to send a squad of soldiers to cut off their heads in the woods, but the chosen guards hesitated, fearing an ambush. It wasn't until he was whipped a few times that he hesitated to walk over.
Hu Tao proudly raised his little chin and led a string of captives back to the forest avenue.
The militiamen, who had been wounded and killed, could not bear it any longer, and picked up stones and threw them at the bear goblins.
The natives were very conscious of being captives, covered their heads, and did not resist. This only emboldened the militiamen, who fought harder, but no one dared to get close.
"Stop!" Hu Tao frowned as he saw the head of the native who was smashed by the stone and bleed, "This is the big brother's captive, you are not allowed to fight!"
The militia didn't care, they just wanted to vent, and a few of them even looked for spears and wanted to stab these natives to death.
"Stop. Who's fighting, I'll break his legs!" Downton roared, his cold voice like a cold current, instantly freezing the boiling atmosphere.
Swept by Downton's gaze, the militiamen all turned their heads away.
"Haha, Downton, well done, you have done a good job for our militia regiment!" Campana rode to Downton's side on a Frankian warhorse. Directly put the credit on the back of the militia regiment, and then waved his hand. "Come, take these captives down and keep them under strict guard. ”
Campana thought that his military career was going to be over, and he could not escape the blame for the death of so many people, but Downton's appearance changed all that.
There are captives. With a head, Campana could even describe this terrible ambush as a great victory, completely crushing a goblin tribe.
"I might even get a reward for it!" Campana was dreaming when he suddenly heard the screams of his men.
A guard who tries to get a rope is kicked over by Walnut.
"What do you want to do?" said Hu Tao, wary.
"Downton, what do you mean by that?" Campana's face darkened.
"I'll take care of these captives myself. I don't bother with the chief. Downton refused without humility, knowing that if Campana's men were to take the captives away, it would have nothing to do with him.
"You want to disobey the Chief's orders?" Campana was furious, and Downton was indeed a thorn.
"I'm worried that you won't be able to imprison the bear goblins and that they will run away. Downton's face was calm, "The facts just now have proved that the militia's combat effectiveness is very weak!"
The militiamen were dumbfounded, and the cavalry were no better, but they couldn't refute it, if it weren't for Downton, how chaotic would the situation be?
"Sir, the heads of those bear goblin carcasses have been cut off. ”
The guards came back to report, and Campana's face turned black into a pot.
"Count you kid in kind!" Campana saw that Downton didn't say anything, and was determined to go against himself, he dropped a cruel word and left, anyway, there was still time, he must let this kid know the fate of offending himself.
"Downton, your Lori killed my horse and broke my teeth, what are you going to do?" Jovic glared at Downton, and his words were out of breath.
"Hmph, a bunch of waste, hit it, what can you do?" Downton pushed back without showing weakness, even if Hu Tao didn't do it, there was no room for relaxation in the relationship between the two sides, rather than giving in, it was better to keep being tough.
"What?" Jovic thought he had misheard, he thought that even if Downton was stupid, he would probably hand over some collection and prisoners, and make a good relationship with himself first, but he didn't expect him to save face at all.
"Are you deaf to the natives? Do you want me to repeat it again?" Downtown paused and made a stunned gesture, but he probably couldn't fool the other party.
"You're looking for death!"
"How do you talk to the chief?"
"Beat him!"
The cavalry surrounded them, drew their blades, and roared at Downton, if you don't defend your boss at this time, then wait to be put in small shoes!
Downton's answer was simple, releasing ten Abominations.
The atmosphere on the forest avenue froze all at once.
The militiamen are hiding far away, for fear of being affected, and they are not used to the style of Campana and Jovic, not to mention the defeat of the beaten, and the military exploits of others, it is simply shameless, but Downton is also a little reckless, he is a civilian, and he is always weak.
Not surprisingly, the 100 captains of the nobles were all on Jovic's side, hostile to Downton.
"You're going to die!" Little Grandet was in the crowd, still jealous of Downton's showmanship, but he was happy to see this scene.
"You pay my war horse, it is a pure-blooded highland horse, worth 30,000 gold coins. Jovic's lips were blue with rage, and his vocal cords were almost torn with a roar.
"What compensation do you take for those who died because of you?" Downton changed the subject, and hit the nail on the head, and Jovic's popularity with the militia plummeted.
The two sides parted unhappily.
Probably due to the heavy attack of the Downton Legion, until dusk it joined up with the two thousand regiments, the logistics team was not harassed and attacked again.
In the makeshift camp, bonfires were lit like stars, but there was no laughter at all from the previous days.
The regular army was also attacked, and a hundred men were killed and as many as 200 were wounded, which caused the morale to plummet rapidly.
The three of Downton gathered around a bonfire, roasting a hare from Walnut, and were extremely lonely, as the other militiamen had taken refuge.
If he didn't look at Downton, he would definitely lose to the thousand-man chief, so in order not to be implicated, he could only maintain the relationship, and even the soldiers who were saved by Downton did not send a word of thanks.
Downton didn't care, anyway, he was here to make military achievements, and he wouldn't have led these militias all the time, otherwise he would have used other strategies.
"Hey, you guys, come over and eat!" Downton looked at the bear goblin captives curled aside, opened up the war space, and took out some bread, honey, bacon, and fruit.
The bear goblins were still hesitating, but they couldn't help it anymore as they watched Hu Tao spread the yellow honey on the bread and sniff the fragrance.
When a bear goblin had the audacity to grab a piece of bread and swallow it, the other natives saw that Downton was not beating people, but really wanted them to eat, so they all rushed over.
"Delicious!"
A bear goblin eats a mouth full of saliva, as a hill native, their three meals a day are dried meat and wild fruits, and often do not eat enough, where has it tasted human bread what is the taste?
They are notorious bear goblins, and human traders never dare to choose them for trade for fear of being killed and then eaten as jerky.
Downton was the chief engineer of the Dagger Mine, a position under one man and above more than 20,000 people, and his supplies were prepared by the restaurant.
Those chefs dare to be perfunctory, all of them are prepared with the most haode flour and the best skills, and some of them are also garnished with cream, dried fruits, etc., which are not much worse than those pastries sold at high prices.
For the first time in their lives, the bear goblins enjoyed this delicacy and almost swallowed their tongues.
The nearby militiamen glanced at Downton's campfire from time to time, swallowed their saliva, and then looked at the potato soup on the plate, and turned to their stomachs for a while.
Not a single diced meat could be found in the soup, the potatoes were cut into very small pieces, and as for the black bread in his hand, it was the cheapest food, which was rough and hard, and it was full of sand, and even the esophagus could be worn out.
"I'm Emperor Polo, our food is not as good as a group of bear goblins, I'm really angry!"
One of the militiamen smashed the bread out of his hand, and it was hard and the stone made a sound.
"Come on, people eat Downton food, if you're not afraid of offending thousands of people, you can also eat it?"
"It's good to have space equipment, how many things do you think he brought?" Watching Hu Tao peel off a fresh pineapple and cut it into pieces to feed Downton, the militia was envious.
"No matter how much you bring, it will soon be owned by someone else!"
Jovic's dinner was eaten at Rockel's military tent, during which he did not say much bad about Downton.
"Uncle, I saw it, the Dwarven Hubble Telescope, the Sherman War Bear, and those abominations, all of them are good. Jovic made no secret of the greed on his face, "You must get your hands on it!"
"Don't worry, let him be proud for a few days, kill some more enemies for us, and then slaughter him when he is fattened. "Not to mention Downton's superb equipment, just because he is a close confidant of Dophonk, Rocker has to kill him. (To be continued......)