Chapter 18 There are no follow-up troops, there are so many people in total
Sure enough, the march to the northwest continued for less than half a day, and soon the Gobi replaced the desert, and the gravel replaced the yellow sand. The difficulty of the march is greatly reduced, and the speed of the march is greatly increased.
After another half a day, a little bit of greenery began to meet Hua Feiyang's eyes, and some Mengyuan-style tents appeared in people's field of vision sporadically, returning to human civilization, which made Hua Feiyang very excited. After all, whoever sees it every day blows away the yellow sand or sand, it's no wonder if it's not crazy.
Watching a tired but well-arranged, high-spirited procession walk out of the direction of the endless desert and pass by their own doorstep, the local herdsmen panicked.
Some of the old people took the children back to their tents. A few officer-like men approached the tent, and some of the women put behind them the children they had too late to carry back.
Hua Feiyang led Steven and a few others over, and when he saw the vigilant appearance of the herdsmen, he couldn't help but shake his head, it seems that it takes a lot of effort to win the hearts and minds of the people, the empire has forgotten this enclave for too long, 18 years is a generation.
Seeing an old man usher in, "How far is it from the 'City of Chaos'?" Hua Feiyang asked politely.
"There are still 3 days to go to the 'City of Chaos', but what are you doing in the 'City of Chaos'? you know, that place is now occupied by orcs!" the old man replied in surprise, and the content of the answer also made Hua Feiyang very surprised.
"Occupied by orcs?" this is something that has never been heard of in the Empire, "Old man, can you tell me what is going on?"
"Dare to ask the general, who are you ......" The old man saw that the young officer in front of him was still very kind, and he dared to ask.
"Bold pariahs!This is the newly appointed lord of the 'Land of Chaos' of the Rus Empire! Don't kneel down when you see it......" Hua An looked at the old man rudely, and hurriedly defended the dignity of his boss.
"Ahh It didn't matter if the old man knelt down, the surrounding herdsmen thought that the conversation had broken down, and some young men ran out with hoes and forks.
Seeing this, Hua Feiyang's personal guards drew their long swords one after another, and even the troops in the distance raised their guns and mounted their horses, ready to fight.
Just when the chickens and dogs were jumping, Hua Feiyang glanced at Hua An, didn't say anything, just pressed down the sword of his own guard, and then prepared to step forward to help the old man up. But the old man didn't stand up according to his wishes, and he still threw himself to the ground and couldn't knock for a long time.
Hua Feiyang was a little puzzled and was about to speak.
"Your Excellency, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for almost 20 years! 20 years, an ignorant child has grown into a sturdy boy, my lord...... The people without the lord are like children without a mother, do you know the suffering of your people......" The old man came up and hugged Hua Feiyang's thigh and howled, which made Hua Feiyang embarrassed and sad. Looking at the lives of the old man and these herdsmen, I believe that they will not live well!
"Old man, stand up and speak!" Hua Feiyang made a slight effort, and the old man was pulled up. "Tell me what you have suffered, and if you have any grievances, I will ask for it!"
"My lord, we are bitter, really bitter......" After some chatter, Hua Feiyang learned that this old man's name was Vidal, 68 years old this year, and he turned out to be the internal affairs official of the lord a long time ago.
When the last lord before Hua Feiyang died in office, for 18 years, there was no lord in the "Land of Chaos", and the entire territory became fragmented due to the gradual differentiation of power.
It wasn't until a few years ago that an orc army from nowhere entered the "Land of Chaos" that things took a new turn.
Even in the early days of the orc army, the forces of the entire chaotic land were not united, and they were often broken by the orcs, until it was found that the strength of the orcs had risen in the past six months, and the human race put forward the slogan of "the inside must be the outside", forming a formal unity.
However, all parties are also playing the calculations of all parties, and when there is a tough battle, the problem is either to pick and choose, or to drop the chain at a critical time, and the battle with the orcs is always less victorious and more defeated. In this way, another two years passed, and the strength of the human race was already weak, while the beast race was getting stronger and stronger, and all sides of the human race really let go of the selfish interests in their hearts, and under the leadership of Zhang Jianzhong, the son of the previous lord's military attaché, they condensed into a rope and united with the outside world.
"It's too late, it's too late!" Vidal said with a handful of snot and tears, "At this time, the strength of the human race is far inferior to that of the beast race, if it weren't for the barrier of the heavenly river and the danger, maybe the human race would have been slaughtered a long time ago!"
"Nima, this little girl of the Seventh Princess, is really a special red face and trouble, and it hurts people a lot!" Hua Feiyang was furious when he heard this.
Come on, no matter how bad the chaotic land was before, it was also the head of human beings, although many times people are ruthless to poisonous snakes and beasts, but most of the time they are still conscientious, and there is a whole set of human rules and morals to restrain them as a whole.
If the Terrans are still in charge, they may be able to rely on their ability to fish in troubled waters to regain power and make a splash; now they are the orcs in charge, and I heard that the orcs are all fists as big as their heads and eyes as big as peaches, and they can easily tear adults into two pieces, and then chew and eat them.
The 500 wounded soldiers in his belt don't seem to be enough to stuff the teeth of this orc army. Hua Feiyang's face was cloudy for a while, and his brows were tightly locked.
Seeing Hua Feiyang worrying about the territory like this, Vidal was relieved for a while, "My lord, you don't have to worry, just the front army has 500 people, and the empire's determination to recover the 'Land of Chaos' this time and the scale of its dispatch are really large...... Our Vidal family swore to live and die with the territory and the lord, and the whole family went into battle, saying that they would also make a contribution to the restoration of the great rivers and mountains of mankind...... "It's not a loss that I used to engage in internal affairs work, and the theoretical level is high!"
Hua Feiyang tried to interrupt Vidal's endless talk several times, but it didn't work, so he could only silently listen to the old man talk from family to individual, from history to culture, from glory to vindictiveness, so that it was a little drowsy.
I don't know when, just when Hua Feiyang was wandering outside the world, the old man was thirsty, picked up the broken porcelain bowl next to him and drank water. Hua Feiyang found an opportunity at this time: "Your old man thinks too much, there is no follow-up army, there are so many people in total, ......"
With a bang, the broken porcelain bowl in the old man's hand fell to the ground and fell into eight pieces......