Chapter 276: Hicked and the Slave Camp

Caimen lived up to Lorlist's expectations, he quickly organized the slaves gathered on the docks, began to set up camps, sent slaves who were familiar with Nubit Harbor to lead the way for the Norton family, occupied warehouses outside the city, and began to collect slaves, and also organized a dozen young and strong slave teams of 100 people, armed with wooden sticks to maintain order, responsible for guarding and guarding. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info let the old and weak women and children among the slaves bury the pot to make rice, boil water and deliver soup, and made a great contribution to the logistics and supply of the Norton family's armed forces.

As a slave trading market known as the continent of Guelinthia, Port Nubit is also a metropolis and has expanded very much. Its inner city is not large, and the port of Nubit has never been attacked for nearly a hundred years since the founding of the country, so the slave owners and merchants of the Haneyabada Kingdom have long lost their due vigilance and precautions, and they have expanded outside the inner city on a large scale, with mansions, manors, warehouses, and trading houses, but now everything has fallen into the hands of Lorist.

Countless slaves gathered happily, and the newly established camp continued to expand. Seeing the doors of the warehouses being opened, and large quantities of supplies and grain being sent to the slave camps, the slave owners and slave merchants who were still standing at the head of the inner city watching the enemy were like knives, and the voices of wailing, crying and cursing continued to come.

At about 3 p.m., the defenders of the inner city began throwing torches outward, setting fire to a large number of houses built in the immediate vicinity of the inner city. Perhaps they wanted to burn everything outside the inner city with fire, but Lorist reacted quickly, ordering and organizing a large number of slaves to assist the family to build a fire barrier outside the range of the inner city defenders' crossbows, so that the enemy's attempts were frustrated, and the steel crossbows fired suppressive fire on the inner city walls, causing heavy damage to the defenders.

Towards evening, a group of family soldiers who had gone out to search brought good news to Lorlist, who had found the missing clerk of the island of Hilovas, Hickede.

Lorist was overjoyed. The newly built slave camp now has nearly seventy or eighty thousand slaves, less than one-third of the slaves that live around Nubit Harbor, and the number of slaves will increase exponentially in the next few days. There were many people and many things, and Lorist was very busy with this, and he was not happy when he heard that he had found Hickde, and there was a candidate to deal with these tedious affairs.

.. When Hilois Island was attacked by those slave traders and slave catchers, Hicked could have evacuated to Farama Village first, but just when he left White Bird Town, a group of slave catchers caught up, and the mayor Hugo's father brought a dozen young men to resist, and Hicked organized the panicked townspeople to evacuate, so he was delayed, and was caught by another group of slave catchers, and was captured and became a slave.

The only thing that made Hickid happy was that when he heard the idea of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce to attack Hilowas, Hicked sent his family to the Northlands, so even if he was caught and became a slave, at least he didn't have to worry about the safety of his family. On the ship he was sent to the kingdom of Haneyabada, he had seen many human tragedies in which his wife was separated.

In Hicke's view, the members of the slave catchers were all brutes, jackals in human skin, they were not human at all, they did not have a trace of humanity. Not to mention the massacre of the old and maimed in Shiratori Town when they left, in the ten days at sea alone, except for a few young girls who were singled out to be brought back to the slave owners, they spoiled all the remaining women, at least every day women committed suicide by jumping into the sea in disgrace......

As luck would have it, Hickid's former slave owners soon discovered that he was different, and after learning that he was originally the clerk of Hiroas and a former top student of the former Clison Empire's Mopal Academy, he did not treat him like a slave who sold coolies, but made him work as a clerk in a trading house in Port Nubit, responsible for registering and sorting out the mess in the storehouse.

When the Norton soldiers, led by slaves, appeared in front of Hicked in front of him in warehouses one after another, Hicked was dumbfounded. He had thought that Lorist might send someone to ransom him and the knights of the family who had fallen into the hands of the slave owners, but he never thought that the Norton armed forces would come to the door in the next two or three months.

During the day, Hicked stayed in the warehouse to sort out the clutter, and did not know the situation outside, and now he saw a team of Norton family armed appear in front of him, and after coming back to his senses, he quickly announced his identity loudly, and in this way he quickly appeared in front of Lorlist.

After a brief greeting and comfort, Lorist immediately assigned a new job to Hickde, looking at the stacks of papers on the desk, Hicked felt his scalp tingle, and at this moment he even felt that it was better to organize the clutter in the warehouse.

"My lord, you have been talking for a long time, and it seems that I am responsible for everything, so what is the point?" asked Hickde.

Lorist then remembered that it seemed too much to blame all the affairs on Hickd: "In this case, you are mainly responsible for the affairs of the slaves. Our family's attack on the Kingdom of Hanea Bada this time is to search and rescue the captured family knights and you civil officials. The second is to retaliate against the attacks of these slave owners on our family territory, and the third is to loot the property of the Kingdom of Haneyabada to solve the problem of insufficient funds for the development of our family territory.

To put it mildly, in fact, our family took a great risk by sending troops this time, except for a few of our high-ranking officials, everyone didn't know that we only had seven days of extra food and grass supplies except for the logistics supplies when we came. In other words, our fleet will not even have enough food and grass to go back except for coming, and if we encounter a storm or something at sea, our tens of thousands of people will probably be wiped out.

Therefore, from now on, all the logistical baggage of our family's armament must be supplied from here, and the key to this is to get the help of the slaves. We claim to be here to take revenge on the slave owners, and to free the slaves here and set them free. But only if these slaves are organized by us, otherwise if they lose control, they will soon make a mess of everything because of revenge, and it will turn into a disaster.

The kingdom of Haneyabada had more than 400,000 slaves, of which more than 100,000 were in the plains near the city of Hamidas, more than 100,000 in the 27 neighboring islands, and the remaining more than 200,000 were in the perimeter of the port of Nubit. Today, our newly established slave camp has collected more than 70,000 slaves, and more slaves will come in the next few days......

"My lord, I see, I will take care of these slaves. Hicked said.

Lorist shook his head: "Hicke, don't treat these slaves like outcasts, that would be unflattering. These slaves could not be allowed to stay in the camp, the key was to keep them from idle. My greatest fear is that when these slaves are freed, they will indulge in revenge on the slave owners, and if they can't find anyone, they will set fire to the manor houses, which is very likely to cause disaster......"

Lorist took out a document and handed it to Hickid: "You see, these are two warehouses of seized linen cloth, and I have ordered that they be transported to the slave camps, and that they should make new clothes for each slave. The purpose is to increase the goodwill and confidence of these slaves in us, and to convince them that we are sincere in our efforts to free them, not to deceive them.

Another purpose is to let these slaves have something to do, instead of staying in the camp and doing nothing, which is easy to breed right and wrong, and even give some ambitious slaves an opportunity to take advantage of the pole and gang up in the slave camp to claim the king. Once the climate becomes a climate, it will bring great trouble to our family, you must know that there are two or three hundred thousand slaves here, and our family is only thirty or forty thousand armed forces. ”

"There are a few things to keep in mind when you go to manage a slave camp: First, set up a craftsman camp and select the craftsmen from the slaves. Second, set up several garrison battalions, select honest and reliable young men from among the slaves, and be responsible for guarding and maintaining order. Third, the slaves were screened, among which those who were flamboyant and usually relied on currying favor with the slave owner and the power of others to oppress other slaves were all singled out, and those who had no lives were spared, and those who were imprisoned in another camp for hard labor were the most likely to bring chaos......

In addition, all captured prisoners must be strictly guarded, I will give you two heavy armor barracks and a one-wheeled steel crossbow battalion, what they have to do is to take care of the captives and the storehouse, and there is also the prevention of the slave camp, in the event of a riot or riot in the slave camp, you must immediately use these three battalions to suppress it, no matter what, the slave camp must not be out of order......

I have ordered the Maritime Legion to sweep the islands that have been around the country, and they will bring back captives and slaves, and the population of the slave camps will then be more than 300,000. It's September, the harvest season, and we can't afford to waste the food that is about to ripen on those islands. You can organize slaves to go to the harvest, and if there are slaves who want to settle in the archipelago, we can promise them a share of the land, and they can become our people who live here in peace and enjoy freedom and happiness. ”

"Your Excellency, do you mean that this will become our family's domain in the future?" asked Hickid.

"Yes. Lorist nodded: "I want to destroy this kingdom of Haneyabada, and this will become our family's overseas territory in the future." After you have screened the slaves, you can arrange for the slave families who have small families and are willing to live here to work on those islands, and our family will distribute them with living materials and give them land and houses. ”

"My lord, what are you going to do with those captives, and do you want them to do hard labor?"

"Hard labor?hehe, dream, none of them are qualified to ......" Lorist's face showed a hideous smile: "Ask those family soldiers, they have seen the tragic situation on the island of Hilowas, are they willing to spare those murderers? Let me tell you the truth, Hicked, I am not going to spare anyone in the kingdom of Haneyabada, whether he is a nobleman or a commoner, I will kill them all, and I will not ...... those who come after me."

Hicked shuddered, and the murderous aura exuded by Lorist at this moment couldn't help but make him creepy: "My lord, you should execute those slave owners, slave traders and slave catchers, and even those nobles and garrison soldiers can be said to be extremely evil, and it is not a pity to die." But the civilians, the women, the children, and the children are not guilty of their crimes, and you cannot be angry with them......"

Lorist smiled and shook his head, the coldness in his eyes made Hicrid tremble: "Hickede, you are a good man, but you have forgotten that this is the kingdom of Haneyabada, a country full of countless slaves, like those commoners, women and children, they were born here is the greatest sin. They may not have killed a slave with their own hands, but their usual enjoyment is still based on the blood, sweat and tears of the slaves. Now that retribution is coming, they can't escape......"

"My lord, there are many men and few slaves here, and most of them are young and strong, and we can use the captive women to build a camp of military *prostitutes* as a reward for those slaves who obey our rule, and in the future we can marry slaves who are willing to settle here. And the soldiers of our family's armed forces also need to vent after the killing, so I think it's better to give those women a way to survive and give them a chance to atone for their sins......" Hicked took a step back and came up with an idea.

Lorist was silent for a long time, and finally spoke up after a while: "You're right, Hickde, you're in charge of this matter, you can handle it." Remember, it's all about managing the slave camps well. ”

"Yes, my lord, I'm going to do something. Hicked stooped and bowed.

"You take the relevant documents here, and also, I will call Kaimen, who is now in charge of the slave camp, to meet you, he is also a slave, but he has awakened his fighting spirit, and he is a three-star black iron rank. He can be trusted, and you can appoint him as the commander after you have formed a garrison battalion with slaves, and tell him that when he is promoted to the silver rank, I will accept him as a family knight. ”

"Yes, my lord, I see. ”

Hicked stepped back, and he would be busy next. Lorist finally sat down with a sigh of relief.

War is not only about charging into battle, leading troops to fight, but also about the intersection of countless trivial matters, logistics and supplies, materials, food and grass, wounded and sick and killed, marching and stationing, and defensive vigilance, and these things will eventually bear the fruits of victory when they are properly handled. The 30,000 or 40,000 elite family forces are enough to sweep through the Hanea Bada Kingdom, but the organization and management of more than 400,000 slaves is related to how much the Norton family can gain from this war.

Bodfinger walked into the tent: "My lord, what you have commanded has been done. More than 2,000 heads had been cut off and embalmed, and the headless corpses had been dug and buried by the slaves. The bodies of our family's soldiers who died in battle were also cremated, and their ashes were collected. ”

Bodfinger hesitated: "My lord, I don't understand why you gave such an order, why did you ask for the enemy's head?

Lorist smiled and was about to speak, when he saw a guard outside the tent shouting that a messenger with a white flag had come to the inner city of Port Nubit and wanted to meet your lordship.

"You'll talk about that later, Borg, and we'll hear what the turtles in the urn have to say. ”

The emissary sent by the slave owners in the inner city was an old man who introduced himself as a viscount of the kingdom of Haneyabada, but without a fief, that is, a nobleman with honor. He was unlucky enough to win the red lottery and was forced to come as a messenger.

In the big tent sat Lorist and Bodfinger, and the old man trembled and protested against Lorlist's unprovoked attack on the Kingdom of Haneabada, which was an affront to the peaceful Kingdom of Haneabada, and they brought blood, fire and war to the prosperity of the place, and caused the nobles of the Kingdom of Haneabada to suffer heavy losses, all of which were unforgivable crimes......

Lorist laughed and stood up: "I think you all know in your hearts who we are, where we come from, and why we are here. The Ming people don't say dark words, since you have the courage to attack my family territory, then you have to obediently accept our revenge. Don't tell me that you are willing to compensate, to be honest you can't afford to compensate, unless you can make the innocent and tragic deaths of the island of Hilowass appear alive in front of me......"

Lorist patted the old man on the shoulder of the messenger very kindly: "We are very reasonable, as the messenger, I will not touch a single hair of you, although we are now in a state of war, we will still treat the messenger well, you don't have to be so afraid, we will let you go back." Tell the people in the city to have a good meal and enjoy yourself, you only have one night. It's better to take another shower so that tomorrow our soldiers don't stain their weapons when they get their hands on it......"

The old man trembled and tried to show his strength and unyielding, and he shuddered a sentence: "I, we will not give in, we still have six, six great sword masters, and we can hold on until the ......arrival of the king's Janissaries, the Guards, and the Legion."

"Well, you're right. Lorist said happily: "I only killed three great sword masters in the morning, and I didn't enjoy it at all, I hope you six great sword masters can hold on for a long time and don't let me down." As for your king, don't worry, he will be with you soon. ”

The old man of the messenger broke down and went back crying with tears and snot.

"Borg, now you take someone to the front of the inner city to sort out a clearing, and then put the embalmed heads in a pyramid shape for me, and the heads of the four great swordsmen are stuck in front with sticks, and light more torches, so that the pyramid of human heads shines a little brighter......," Lorist said.

"Your Excellency, ...... you"

"Don't ask, you'll know when you're done. ”

Just a hundred meters in front of the walls of the inner city, Bodfinger cleared a clearing and began to swing people's heads. This is the place where the crossbows and longbows of the guards on the inner city wall can shoot, and the guards on the city wall were still shouting when they first started to clean up the site, but no one on the city wall dared to stand up in the face of a round of firing of a hundred uniwheeled steel crossbows in the distance, anyway, the enemies below did not seem to be preparing to attack the city, and the guards on the city wall could only cats and look down from the jagged gap to see what was going on.

When a few wagons brought in a large number of heads, and a dozen brave soldiers began to set up the pyramid of human heads, the walls were silent, and Bodfinger even felt like he heard his teeth chattering. In the hour between the beginning of the installation and the final evacuation, not a single arrow was fired from the walls, and not a single sound was heard.

It turns out that this can make the enemy frightened and demoralized. Bodfinger thought self-righteously.

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, a guard rushed into the big tent and woke up Lorlist, who had just fallen asleep......

My day, I put up a Beijing view and scared the enemy away...... Lorist thought depressedly.

...... (To be continued.) )