The northern suburbs of the city of Hylanza stretch for nearly dozens of kilometers of mountains, these mountains are covered with a large number of oak trees, so this mountain range is called Oak Ridge by the people of Hylanza, these oak trees will produce a large number of gold and silver acorns every year, which is also the most famous export product of the city of Hylanza, almost the nobles of the entire province of Bena know that the acorns of the city of Hylanza are the best fuel for heating in winter.

Beyond the endless Oak Ridge is the Paglos Pass, known as the southernmost point of the Paglos Mountains, which is not technically the southern foothills of the Paglos Mountains, and is separated by barren land.

The distance from the Paglos Pass in the south of the Badlands to the Pusbag Mountain in the far north stretches almost the entire Badlands in a straight line, about 140 kilometers, and the village of Wall is located in a col close to the Pass, the main reason for the habitability of this col is that there is a spring in the upper reaches of the col, where the stream never dries up all year round.

If you want to live in the barren land, the water problem is the first place, and there are a total of 19 natural villages in the barren land, and it is mainly these villagers who gather around these 19 water sources to live.

Of course, in addition to these natural villages, there are also small villages of less than 100 people, which migrate from place to place during the dry and rainy seasons in the barren lands.

In winter and spring they leave the barren land to earn a living, and in the summer they return here to plant some crops, and when the autumn harvest is over, before the first heavy snowfall.

They didn't have a house or land, but each family had a four-wheeled shelter from the elements, and of course there were a few families who shared a magic caravan, and these people were not the natives of the Badlands, at least on the side of Wall Village, who insisted on calling them wanderers.

This time, the old village chief Bright took Surdak to visit ten natural villages closer to Wall Village.

This time, Surdak recruited private soldiers, and once selected, in addition to a fixed salary of thirty silver coins per month, the most attractive thing was that in the future, the families of the cavalry battalion could join the village of Wall, and whether the members of the cavalry battalion were disabled or killed in battle, the village would pay a pension, and promised to raise the children of the family until the age of sixteen to participate in the rite of passage.

It is no stranger to the lord villagers, and the city of Hailanza has hundreds of lords, large and small.

But the lord of the barren land, Surdak was still the first, and the villagers heard that Surdak's conditions were so lucrative that everyone, young and old, was willing to come out and join the private army.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the land on this side of the barren land is barren, and there is a long dry season every spring, so you have to not only watch the sky to eat, but also face the robbers on the other side of the desert.

It's not easy to survive in the middle of nowhere.

The reason why the villagers refused to serve in the military was because everyone knew that those young people who did not have any combat effectiveness could only be sent to the heavy infantry battalion as cannon fodder once they joined the army.

The lord's private army is different, the warriors who have been strictly screened by the lords to join the private army will not easily send the private army to the battlefield to fill the grave.

Moreover, a series of benefits obtained after joining the private army can almost make the family members worry about food and clothing, and even more squeeze the villagers in the barren land.

In just three days, Surdak had gathered two hundred men for the cavalry battalion, otherwise the current Vol Village could not accommodate more people, Surdak would have almost been able to recruit five hundred people in one go, and Surdak did not have more horses to distribute to other veterans at this time.

At present, Surdak has requisitioned almost all the Gubolai horses in the village, adding up to a total of about one hundred and twenty horses, together with more than seventy camels, which can be regarded as a mount for these two hundred cavalrymen.

As a result, the village road repair team completely lost the support of the four-wheeled carriages, and now they could not build a road outside the ash-covered area, so they had to follow the road in the direction of Pubao Mountain, enter the ash-covered no-man's land, and build a concrete road leading to the Great Rift Valley from there, according to the plan on the Surdak map.

Surdak's private army, on the day the mercenary group arrived in the village of Wall, just in the central square of the village of Wall.

……

After crossing the Paglos Pass, there was a desolation among the snow-capped eyes.

The leader of the Sea Giant Mercenary Regiment, Gabri. Gerry rode through the pass of the Paglos Pass on horseback, and the mercenaries behind him wore thick leather coats, and the cold north wind blew in front of him, and instantly felt that the barren land was much colder than Oak Ridge.

Captain Gabri is a senior mercenary group leader, it is said that his personal strength is infinitely close to the second-turn powerhouse, and his subordinates are also battle-hardened fighters who have completed the first turn, and the reputation of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group in Highlandsa City is very loud, and its reputation has always been very good.

Gabry. After Gerry served in the military, he joined the Sea Giant Mercenary Group, which was not famous at the time, and the mercenary group was not even ten people at that time, and now he is just forty years old after this winter, and he has been in the Sea Giant for twenty years, and now the Sea Giant has grown into a medium-sized mercenary group of thirty people, which is definitely a first-class mercenary group in a small mountain town like Hailanza.

Gabri also thought about leading the mercenary group to participate in the plane war, but none of the lords on this side of Hailanza City were that kind of leader-type figures, and they could not impress the head of Gabri, so he still mixed with the mercenary group in Highlandsa City.

This time, I received the commission to exterminate the desert bandits, which is the biggest business of the year.

If they're lucky, they'll be able to sleep all winter until next spring......

Hence Gabri. Gerry has done a very detailed investigation in the past few days, and he hopes that those robbers in the desert will not run so fast, a robber is worth hardware, as long as he kills a small group of desert bandits, this winter may become very beautiful.

From the Paglos Pass to the village of Wo has been paved a flat cement road, although there is still snow on both sides of the road, but the smooth road surface makes Gabry feel very good, he can see the col from a distance, in the distance can not see what the white expanse of the upper reaches of the col is, riding a horse closer only to find that there is a huge dam suspended overhead, this dam is built between the mountains in the upper reaches of the col, it looks magnificent.

"Commander, Vol Village has arrived!"

One of his men shouted as he pointed to a dead tree in front of him.

In fact, even if he didn't shout, Gabry knew the village.

The old village chief, Surdak and a group of villagers all stood at the entrance of the village, watching the thirty mercenaries come to Vol Village one after another, in addition to the members of the mercenary group, there are also people who continue to rush to Vol Village, Surdak and Gaburi. Gerry said hello, pointed to the townhouse at the entrance of the village, and said, "Gabri, you and your companions can temporarily live in the townhouse before entering the desert, and if you have any living needs, you can mention them to the village chief of Bright." ”

"Welcome warriors to Wall Village!" The old village chief said at the right time.

"When are you leaving?" Gabry. Gerry jumped off his horse, took the reins with one hand and asked Surdak.

"Tomorrow!"

Surdak replied with a smile.

Gabry. Gerry didn't say anything, and immediately ordered his members to hurry up and clean the temporary residence, the most important thing is to light a fire, so that the room is completely warm like a cold storage, and his members don't need his orders, they are busy with their duties.

"There is still some time before dinner, and tonight we will prepare broth and wheat cakes...... "The old village chief said to the head of the village, Gabry.

Gabby immediately bowed his head.

……

At this time, people continued to gather towards the village of Wall, and the merchants with a keen sense of smell once again set up their stalls at the entrance of the village.

"Squadron Leader Carl, they're here." Surdak pointed to the side of the mountain pass and said to the old village chief beside him.

On such a cold day, Karl and those reserve knights did not wear metal armor, they wore a leather armor and a thick fur cloak, wrapped the heavy armor and hung it next to the saddle, looking at the young faces beside Carl, the eyes of the group of young people were full of novelty about the outside world.

The old village chief frowned, stood at the entrance of the village and said to Surdak: "Did you leave those children in Vol Village, do you think they can take care of themselves on such a cold day?" ”

Surdak touched his nose and said to the old village chief, "I want to take them to experience, after all, it is rare to have such a good opportunity." ”

The old village chief Bright turned around, stared at Surdak with a serious face, and said: "Dark, not everyone is born a warrior with one enemy and one hundred, compared to your cavalry, they need more room to grow, you should also create such conditions for them, after all, you are their squadron leader." ”

Seeing that the old village chief was talking so seriously, Surdak also hurriedly said: "I know, with me and Andrew taking care of it personally, it will be fine." ”

The old village chief warned with a tiger face: "Don't underestimate those robbers! ”

Surdak smiled and said, "I didn't underestimate them, you see that for them, I spent a lot of money to hire mercenary groups......"

Gabry. Before leaving Hylanza City, Gerry saw this group of young guard battalion reserve knights, but he didn't expect that they had actually come to Wall Village, and he had already known that he would walk with them, and when he saw these immature faces, he couldn't help but think of himself who had just graduated from the academy and didn't know how thick the sky was.

Gabrie just glanced at it, and sighed slightly in his heart: Now there are so many wealthy families in the city of Highlandsa, who graduated from the knight academy and actually put on a formal knight's attire, it is impossible to come to the guard battalion to prepare these reserve knights, and if you pay out of your own pocket, you can't buy this without sixty or seventy gold coins!

Squadron Leader Karl entered the village of Vol with a group of young reserve knights, and the old village chief and the villagers hurriedly got out of the way.

When the young reserve knights entered the village, they whispered and secretly looked at Surdak...... The chief who was in charge of their next four years.