323 Recruiting refugees

"Did you see the convoy, why is there such a large convoy here?"

A refugee asked curiously to the people around him.

"Of course I saw it, and this team actually has a lion flag, but it seems to be a little different from the lion flag of the Duke's family, could it be that the Duke has changed his family crest?"

"Fart, Lord Duke's family has been guarding the Duchy of Berry for hundreds of years, how can it be possible to change the family crest, is it a bit of a fake Otto family crest?"

In the face of this person's doubts, the one who was refuted before replied with a disdainful face: "I think you are giving up, this is the Duchy of Berry, the territory of Duke Otto, who is pretending to be the Otto family here, isn't that looking for death?"

Just when they were talking, this convoy had slowly come to the door of the refugee camp, at this time they not only saw the silver lion head flag, but even saw the fully armed knights escorting the convoy, their equipment was simply the same as that of the guards in the lion army, the shiny plate armor all over the body, plus the mysterious magic pattern, all showed the good features of this convoy.

Therefore, the refugees who were still talking about it before chose to shut up wisely when the convoy arrived, in case they upset the group of soldiers in front of them, maybe their lives would be gone.

The leader of the storm convoy is the commander of the second regiment of the storm army, Fei Duo, after the last battle, Allen of the first regiment of the storm army and Cassel of the cavalry regiment were seriously injured and needed to recuperate, unable to withstand the long journey. Relatively speaking, Fei Duo's injuries were much lighter, so the errand of leading the convoy to pick up refugees naturally went to Fei Duo.

Seeing that the refugees in front of him were gathering more and more, Fei Duo stood in front of the group of refugees on a tall horse at this time, and shouted at them: "I am the Storm Army from Storm Castle, and I am ordered by Lord Duke to receive you to live in Storm Castle. Once you get to Stormfort, you'll enjoy warm houses, allotted fields, and no more worrying about starvation and cold. ”

"And the lord is extra kind, as long as you are willing to go to Storm Castle, each family will get a gold coin travel subsidy!"

In order to lure these refugees to Stormcastle, Duke had already made plans before Fedor's departure, and even spared no expense in gold coins to lure them to Stormcastle. If it can attract 100,000 people, according to the calculation of three people in each family, it will only pay more than 30,000 gold coins. But the value created by these 100,000 people is far from being measured by 30,000 gold coins in the future!

In the face of Fedor's shouts, the refugees in front of them were indifferent, they were not from the pro-kingdom of Andorra, most of them didn't know what Storm Fort was, and even they didn't know what the Storm Army and Duke were about, after all, Duke went to the imperial capital as a proton at what age he was, and many people in the Duchy of Berry may not know that the Duke has a young son.

Seeing that these refugees basically didn't have any reaction, Fei Duo's face also showed a trace of embarrassment at this time, Fei Duo really didn't have any talent for such things as speeches and calls, and there were only two people in Storm Castle who had this talent for fooling, one was Duke himself, and the other was Carsman.

But neither of them is here now, and it is up to Fedor to find a way to bring these refugees back to Stormcastle.

After thinking about it for a while, Fedor suddenly understood the reason why these refugees didn't react, so he added: "Lord Duke is the son of Lord Otto, and our Storm Army is the army of Storm Castle, and this lion flag is the best symbol!"

After finishing speaking, Fei Duo waved his hand and directly asked the soldier to carry the box containing the gold coins, and then picked open the box with his long sword, revealing the golden gold coins inside.

30,000 gold coins, a full ten large boxes were opened in turn and placed in front of these refugees, which may not be a lot of them, but the visual impact is incomparable. This is like the bank card of later generations, no matter how many zeros are displayed on it, it is better to take out the cash and directly pile up a room to give people a shock!

When Fei Duo reported the name of the Duke, and this box of gold coins was placed in front of him, some refugees were instantly tempted.

The reason for the motivation is not just money, but because winter is fast approaching, and these refugees themselves are full of worries about their future survival. It is important to know that the Duchy of Berry is closer to the northern cold zone than Stormcastle, which means that it will be even colder here.

Duke Otto was not a mean lord, and in a sense, he had more people to the people of his realm than most of the lords on the continent. But now the Duchy of Berry is facing heavy military pressure, and the production of half of the Duchy is close to stagnation for nearly a year, and the longer it is stationed, the greater the consumption.

You must know that the opponent is three different empires, even if they have consumption, but they only need to consume one-third of the French Empire, this protracted war of attrition, the French Empire and the Principality of Berry, it is even more difficult to accept. In a sense, this is a continuous bloodletting of the Fran Empire, making this old empire, which has already gone downhill, become weaker and weaker.

Even in order to alleviate this situation, Duke Otto also made a plan to directly cross the border to attack and counterattack, causing a large number of casualties of the opponent's living forces by surprise attack, and finally forcing the opponent to retreat and alleviate the crisis faced by the French Empire.

It's just that Duke Otto's plan was directly vetoed by Emperor Henry VII of France, because if he wanted to counterattack, he had to concentrate a large amount of offensive materials, and even needed to increase his troops. Because whether it is a beast or a barbarian, there is also a Hans Empire that is not easy to mess with, if it goes well, it can still make them retreat, if it doesn't go well, if it triggers a full-scale war, it will be a worse thing for the French Empire.

There is a more important point, that is, Henry VII himself is very uneasy about Duke Otto, if he continues to give him supplies and troops, in case Duke Otto does not attack the enemy, but directly swings his army south and attacks the capital of the French Empire, it may be that the royal guards and forbidden army in the current imperial capital will really be able to stop Duke Otto's army.

And the command of the First Legion and the Second Legion of the Empire is already in the hands of Duke Otto, and the only independent command of the Northern Legion is the Guards Legion.

When the time came, he really handed the knife to Duke Otto, so in any case, Henry VII would rather have such a long bloodletting than take a risk.