Chapter 2: Crisis
Betty, this girl is Betty who grew up with her, and she seems to have taken care of herself for more than ten years! "Betty's sister got up so early!"
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"Miss Betty, you can go to the hall with him after the young master washes up, I'll go first......" After saying that, Ao Buli left the courtyard.
"You're such a big lazy worm, what time is it, go wash up! Betty took the towel and waited for Tang Xiao to wipe his face after washing his face.
Tang Xiao casually washed his face and took the towel: "Something particularly important, it seems that nothing major has happened in our Maple Leaf Town!"
Indeed, as a small town on the edge of the Babylonian Empire, nothing will happen in Maple Leaf Town, and the important thing is to pay tribute to the royal family every year, but even if you count the time, it is not enough time to pay tribute! Tang Xiao really can't think of anything important.
"I also overheard my uncle and housekeeper say that it seems to be about the life and death of Maple Leaf Town!" Betty looked serious, definitely not like she was joking.
The uncle in Betty's mouth is also the baron, Tang Xiao's father. Because Betty was picked up by the baron, the baron never had a daughter and kept Betty as his own daughter.
Is it about the life and death of the entire Maple Leaf Town? Tang Xiao was surprised! Nothing like this had ever happened in his memory.
To put it bluntly, Maple Town is a place where birds don't, so what's the danger if you can't go to the village and don't have a store?
"Let's go and have a look in the hall. ”
Tang Xiao walked in front, his pace was a little fast, after all, it was a major event related to the life and death of Maple Leaf Town, so Tang Xiao couldn't help but worry.
Although Tang Xiao has crossed over, he has completely inherited the memories of this body before his death, and he still has a lot of feelings for Maple Town.
According to the memory, Tang Xiao turned left and right, and finally came to the hall.
The Baron's Palace is very large, and the hall is in the front yard, which is the living room of the Baron's Palace.
When Tang Xiao arrived, there were already hundreds of people gathered outside the hall, from servants to maids, and of course, more soldiers in shabby armor.
There were only three hundred soldiers in the entire Maple Leaf Town, and Tang Xiao roughly estimated that about three hundred people were here today.
What was it that brought these soldiers around?
"Let's go, let's go!" Tang Xiao pushed away the crowd and pulled Betty into the hall.
"Your Excellency the Baron, give us an explanation!"
"Yes, Lord Baron, we are soldiers and we eat together, and now that we are going to battle, you don't even give us a decent set of armor, how can we fight?"
"Yes, Lord Baron!"
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Three hundred soldiers, you question the baron one by one.
Tang Xiao stood aside to observe the situation, and the baron stood in the center of the hall, looking to be in his forties, his face full of sorrow. Standing beside him was Obuli, and Barlow, the captain of three hundred soldiers.
This Barlow is the baron's distant nephew, and Tang Xiao still calls him a cousin in terms of seniority.
"Listen to me, it's not that I don't want to give you new armor, it's that a small place like our Maple Leaf Town can't get it at all. The baron waved his arms as best he could silence the soldiers.
"If the Baron can't give each of us a new set of armor, we'll flee here with our families, for no one wants to die!" exclaimed George, who was at the forefront.
This George, except for Barlow, who was the captain, was the most prestigious among the three hundred soldiers!
The baron seemed to be dozens of years old, and collapsed in his chair, covering his face with his hands.
While Tang Xiao pulled Barlow to understand the situation.
It turned out that in the morning I received news that the vanguard of the Einz Empire would be here in seven days, and the vanguard force had a thousand people, and the siege of a thousand troops was definitely not something that three hundred soldiers could resist.
So much so that now they are looking for the baron to ask for new armor, at least there can be some hope, right?
If the baron can't take out the armor, once these three hundred soldiers leave, when the vanguard of the Einz Empire arrives in Maple Town, Maple Town will be self-defeating, and the whole city will die.
There is no such thing as surrender in this world, and surrender is considered a disgrace! Even if the enemy accepts it, he will be treated as a slave, and the king of his own country will not tolerate the existence of such a traitor.
Now the baron is in a dilemma, the armor can't be taken out, and people can't keep it!
Tang Xiao walked up to the baron and patted the baron on the shoulder. "Father, is there really nothing you can do?"
The baron looked at Tang Xiao. "Truth my son, you don't know about armor, where do we get three hundred sets of armor in a small town?"
In Tang Xiao's memory, the baron has always been a very confident man, but today it seems that there is no confidence at all.
"Young Master, Lord Baron and I are going to go somewhere else to see if we can buy armor, this may be the only way!" Obuli took over.
There are small places around Maple Leaf Town, and the number of troops in each place is only 1,000 at most, and they are all some unpopular soldiers, and the baron can buy a batch of armor there? There are no small places at all, and even if there is, they will put on their own soldiers, who will take them out and sell them? If you want to buy armor, you have to go to the Imperial City, but if you go to the Imperial City, seven days is definitely not enough.
For a while, Tang Xiao was moved by his father's sense of responsibility. The enemy is not trying to run away at the moment, but is making a last-ditch effort.
Then the baron stood up, as if he had made up his mind. "Listen, give me three days, if I can't get three hundred armor sets in three days, you can leave, but if I do, I hope you can work together to defend Maple Leaf and wait for the Empire's reinforcements to rescue." ”
There was a sudden silence below, and after a long time, George stood up: "If Lord Baron can really get three hundred sets of armor, the lives of our three hundred brothers will be in your hands!"
"Okay, you go back to training and wait for my news!" the baron waved everyone away.
One by one, the three hundred soldiers left.
Watching the three hundred soldiers leave the baron was like unloading a thousand pounds of burden, and slumped back in the chair. "Truth my son, when you grow up, your father wants to go out to buy armor, and this home will be left to you to take care of, is it okay?"
Tang Xiao immediately looked serious. "Rest assured, father, the truth will live up to expectations. ”
"Alright, Obuli and I will leave immediately, hoping to buy the armor in three days!" the baron sighed and stood up and walked out.
Betty wanted to say something but couldn't say anything, and then followed Tang Xiao to see off the baron at the door.
After a while, a carriage stepped out of the baron's palace. "Father, remember to come back safely from the armor to the armor or not, the Baron's Mansion needs you, and Maple Town needs you even more!"
The baron glanced at Tang Xiao through the window of the carriage and said nothing, lowered the curtains, and the carriage ran into the distance.
At this moment, the man's blood was boiling, Tang Xiao didn't want to sit still and wait for death, everyone knew that the baron would definitely not be able to buy armor, and Tang Xiao pinned his last hope on the system.