Chapter 201: The Longing for Home
"After the people are broken, the main force will go north!" said Ulani decisively.
This is an extremely tragic decision in desperation.
Don't look at the fact that there are more than 30,000 people, in fact, women and children account for more than 20,000, and there are only 10,000 soldiers and men who can really fight.
When the fire came, many of the Slingers, who were not part of the Blood Raven clan, foolishly chose to flee. Seeing that the wildfire was still far away, I thought that the speed of people could outweigh the speed of the spread of the fire.
Interestingly, most of these people were carried away by the men of the family.
They were the few remaining men of the four clans, unwilling to be swallowed up by Ullani's blood ravens, and they coveted their former friends, brothers' possessions, and women, and ran away with their families.
Ridiculously, they are all dead.
Those who were left behind were women who no one wanted or didn't trust them, and slaves.
The biggest headache for Ulani right now is the slave problem. I don't know when, after the female slaves of the four clans lost their masters, they gathered on the side of the Blood Raven Clan.
Lacking food, the fleeing men of the four tribes, fearing that Ullani would intercept them, turned around and threw the slave girls to the Blood Ravens. After all, in normal times, female slaves are also a kind of property.
The slave girls also calmly accepted this fact, perhaps believing that the female chief of Ulani would not kill them casually.
Or maybe they are simply waiting for the judgment of fate.
Of course, Ulani could have executed all the slave girls who had been captured from Bakaria or Rick. In this way, it means that the Bakaria knights behind him will be frantically pursuing the Blood Raven Clan, and they will really not die.
No one will forget that Bakaria is the land of knights. On the opposite side, a grand duke with a strong army could not have no cavalry.
This barren mountain, which has been scorched to earth, cannot be left for long, and the mountain cannot be overcome, and no matter which direction you retreat, you will have to pass through a large section of plain.
Where can two legs run over four legs on the plains?
The Slingers also had cavalry, but there were really not many, only a few hundred, which were stolen from Rick and Bakaria.
Looking around, Ullani saw fearful, completely disconfident eyes.
The owners of the eyes are all hungry.
However, where is there anything to eat in this charred and barren mountain?
"Great Chief, actually, as long as we eat those slaves......" One of the fellows had just proposed, and before he could finish speaking, a dagger had been shot through his head.
Under the frightened gaze of others, Ulani still maintained the throwing posture.
The female chief said coldly: "Perhaps in the eyes of those who claim to be civilized, we are barbarians. But we're not beasts at least! Even ordinary orcs can't eat people, let alone us!?"
Orcs don't eat people unless they're extremely hungry.
There is only one category of man-eating orcs in the Kaos continent, and that is the [Beastmen] who wander in the wilderness and have a physiology that is more like a beast. For example, the Minotaur, such a ferocious monster, definitely doesn't mind eating people.
"Now, pass on my orders - release the slave girls of Bakaria and Rick of all clans. Since the Bakarians consider themselves chivalrous, they will take in these women. At least drag their logistics. ”
"Yes!" the commanders agreed in unison.
Although everyone has a little pain on their faces, everyone knows that this is a helpless choice.
In fact, there is still a little food left in the clan, and if it is just to support the people of the Blood Raven Clan, it can last for about a week. If you give up the slave girls, you will have more food.
There's another reason, which Ullani didn't say, and that's that Martin didn't slaughter all the Slingers. In the beginning, she hated the traitors who betrayed their compatriots and betrayed their faith. But in a desperate situation, she doesn't know why, but she has a little hope - if she really can't escape, can she surrender?
Ullani wanted to throw this weak thought out of her mind, but she just couldn't control herself.
She alone would have chosen to be a glorious Slinger and die on the way to the charge.
When she carried the lives of nearly 30,000 of her compatriots on her shoulders, she felt breathless for the first time.
The other party is terrible!
Originally, there were more than 100,000 people in the five major Slinger clans in the wasteland, and two clans were disabled by sniping at one time, and nearly 50,000 people were turned into char in a fire.
That Martin Lorraine is the absolute devil!
Gritting her teeth fiercely, Ulani looked around: "What commander is willing to stay behind the broken queen!"
The ten commanders looked at each other, and everyone knew what it meant to be broken.
Several commanders squirmed for a long time before bowing their heads and shoulders down. Only a sturdy woman with orange-red hair, shaved her hairline high, and gathered all the hair on her head into long braids.
She knelt down on one knee: "Chief, if it weren't for your promotion, I would be at most a little woman who picks men with a knife dance." Giving birth to a child for a Slinger man is the destiny of my life. But Chief, you have changed me and given me another life and glory. Thank you, Ulani, so I'll do it when it's broken!"
The muscles of Ulani's face twitched, and she looked at the female commander who was like a sister, and finally only sighed: "Batoli, you go! If you die, I will engrave your name on the Heroic Spirit Tablet of the Blood Raven Clan." ”
"Thank you, Chief!"
Ulani hugged her commander.
It was a tragic farewell.
The Blood Raven's Broken Troops said their final goodbyes to their relatives and friends......
Half a day later, Martin received news from the scouts that the Slingers had freed the slave girls.
"Oh, that's a ...... Surprised!" Martin touched his cleanly shaved chin with a thoughtful expression, he turned his head and asked Kouden and Trist beside him, "Is there a precedent in history for the kingdom to save such compatriots?"
Both old knights looked embarrassed.
Trist: "Bakaria doesn't have the ability to cross the sea......"
"Fifteen years ago, the daughter of a knight of Bakaria ran away, stole a boat with a few female compatriots, and came back across the ice ocean. He didn't say any more, and it was clear that the women didn't end well.
Then, the two old knights fell silent.
Martin thought sideways for a moment: "Someone, call Her Highness Vivien and Sylvie urgently for me." ”
Nearly 10,000 women who were once slave girls are in ragged clothes, barefoot, supporting each other, crossing the scorched mountains and stepping towards an unknown fate.
They had no food, and they were so hungry that they had to drink some water in the relatively clear mountain stream.
It was as if many people were going to fall in the next moment.
The only thing that sustains them is the desire to return to their hometown.