958. Stalemate

At dusk in the town of Takkale, several dark gray countercurrents appeared in the orange sky.

The Ganbu plane is like a broken tile floating in the star sea, this plane is so small, according to the map of the Ganbu plane, there are only two Bena provinces here, and the Ganbu plane is long and narrow from north to south, narrow from east to west, low in the south and high in the north.

There are no indigenous people on the Kanbu plane, and all the inhabitants of the plane are immigrants from the province of Bena, and these immigrants are mainly from the Tarapakant region.

During the period when the Ganbu Plane was first discovered, countless landless Talapa Darers poured into the Ganbu Plane.

Although it is close to the countercurrent of time and space, it is a land of abundant water and grass, and the biggest specialty of this seat is the several oil and stone mines on the plane, and there is one of the largest oil and stone mines in the dry cloth plane twenty kilometers east of Hatangada Town, which belongs to the MacDonnell family.

Small reserves of lapis lazuli and turquoise mines have been discovered elsewhere, and the name 'Takale' is a homonym for 'turquoise' in Greene Chinese, but due to overexploitation in recent decades, the turquoise veins here have penetrated deep into the ground, the mining cost has increased significantly, and the production has decreased year by year.

Even so, the dry cloth plane with a pleasant climate is still the first choice for young people to start a business in Tarapa.

Now the town of Takkale is engulfed in flames......

……

Surdak walked out of the Void Gate and couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose with his hands.

The smell of burning pine smoke wafted over the town of Takkale, and several houses in the town were on fire.

On the street outside the house, there was a group of lord's private army walking by, the sound of the rubbing of armor and footsteps made people feel a little impetuous, several stragglers of the security brigade were catching strong men on the street, and some young and strong townspeople were forced to form a temporary army, and they were escorted to the front line of the battlefield unarmed.

After a lot of noise and shouting in the streets, only women, old people and children remained, and they didn't even know where they were going.

Many people sat on the side of the street tiredly, and some people regretted that they shouldn't believe those news, and ran through the battlefield from Nancheng District to the quilt, thinking that the nobles here would break through the blockade and leave the town, but they didn't expect to be arrested here.

Some people hate the rebels because they destroyed the town of Takkale.

Some people hate the town's security team, thinking that they usually wear black iron armor, and when they really fight, they are not only incompetent, but also capture ordinary townspeople to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

Others just squatted silently, holding their children and crying helplessly.

Some people were so tired of crying that they even fell asleep on the grass.

The mansion that Wizard Avid had just bought was not stocked with any food at all.

Surdak went to the market yesterday morning, and bought enough food for the two-headed ogre, and today Surdak returned to the village of Wall, and just brought back some vegetables and frozen meat, and baked wheat cakes from there.

There will be no shortage of supplies for the time being.

Everyone gathered on the villa terrace for dinner, and Surdak prepared some grilled meats, vegetable soup and baked wheat cakes.

It was already dark, and there were no lights in the yard, and Gulit sat intently in front of the barbecue, staring at the sizzling skewers, the smoke wafting far away with the aroma of the barbecue.

Samira sat on the stone railing of the terrace, clutched an apple in her hand, and silently nibbled on it.

Avid lay on the balustrade of the terrace, peeking at Thea lying in the pool reading a book, Thea was surrounded by a lantern that looked very dim, and the light emitted by the lantern stained her beautiful face with a yolk.

Surdak slice a scone evenly into eight pieces with a dagger, and was about to bake it crisp on the campfire, when he saw Samira turn his head to look at him.

Surdak looked up, followed the direction of Samira's point, and saw that there were several children on the western wall of this courtyard, and there was a row of dense palm trees on the side of the wall, which almost blocked the courtyard tightly.

It was precisely because of these palm trees that Surdak did not find these children peeping into the yard in the first place.

Shaded by the trees, those little eyes blinked, as if they were looking over the terrace.

Surdak glanced down at the baked wheat cake in his hand, and decisively took out a few more wheat cakes from a wooden box and cut them into eight pieces on the square table.

After thinking about it, I picked up the vegetable soup next to the barbecue, which is actually a mixture of shallots, cabbage and tomato sauce and stir-fried in butter, and then a lot of water was added, and this vegetable soup is very popular in Wall Village.

In the winter, there are no tomatoes in Wall, but the tomato sauce boiled by each family is enough for everyone to eat all winter.

With a stack of sliced scones and a bucket of piping hot soup, through the vestibule pool and green grass, standing in front of the children squatting on the wall, the older children were so frightened that they hurriedly jumped from the wall to the street outside, and the younger children wanted to jump at all, but found that the wall was a little too high, and they were a little afraid to jump for a while.

A few older children stood in the street, shouting to the children, "Jump down, run!" ”

The children were so anxious that tears were about to flow out of the wall, and a little girl squatted on the wall, and in a hurry, she stepped on the air and planted her head down from the wall.

With a large hand firmly supporting her body, Surdak lifted her against the wall again, and just as the group of children were in a hurry, Surdak handed over a triangular wheat cake and asked the little girl, "Would you like to eat something?" ”

The little girl cowered and did not dare reach out to take it.

Without waiting for her to answer, Surdak shoved the baked wheat cake into her little hand, and handed out a piece of scone to each child on the wall.

Samira came up from behind, holding a stack of white porcelain bowls, and helped Surdak distribute the vegetable soup to each of the children, reminding them, "Does anyone want another bowl?" Hey, be careful, don't break my precious porcelain......"

In fact, Surdak did not prepare much dinner, far from satisfying the civilians who came from the south of the city on the street, and could only share it with a few children.

When the older kids, who were about to run away, turned around, the wheat cakes and a bucket of vegetable soup were quickly divided.

He didn't bring out any more baked wheat cakes, and Natasha had prepared only a few large wooden boxes for him, and if he wanted more, he had to wait for Aphrodite to arrive in the city of Highlandsa.

The homeless people in the street did not gather here because a few children had begged for a little dinner.

And when many people leave home, they also bring some dry food.

Everyone was just frightened by the forcible arrest of the strong man just now.

……

On summer nights, even the grass on the side of the street is not so cold, and the only sad thing is that some mosquitoes are infested, but these people have been nervous all day.

At night, many people curled up and fell asleep on the grass on the side of the road with a strong sense of sleepiness.

The fighting on the southern edge of the aristocratic quarter also subsided.

At night, Samira slipped out of the courtyard under the cover of night and walked outside, and the second magic pattern on her body had the ability to conceal, which became stronger at night, and as long as she remained motionless and hid in the shadows, no one would notice her.

She ran back from outside and said to Surdak: "Except for the five streets of this aristocratic district that are guarded by the lord's private army, the security brigade tried to recapture the town hall near the central square at noon, but was broken up by a rebel army, and now there are still many corpses on the side of the town center square, and the rebel army is asking some residents of the town to move the corpses there, they have not lost their minds, at most they have robbed some rich merchants, and ordinary townspeople will not be disturbed for the time being as long as they hide at home." ”

"It has not been able to capture the town of Takkale for so long, and this rebel army is estimated to have little strength...... "Surdak said: "I can find out which rebel army did not have it, what is the strength of this rebel army, and what is the purpose of attacking Takkale Town?" ”

Samira shook her head, she just went out for a spin, and it didn't even occur to her to arrest a rebel fighter for interrogation.

Besides, it is quite possible that even the fighters of the rebel army could not say anything about Surdak.

"Well, we don't need to pay attention to this, since this town has not been cleaned, it seems that these rebels can still keep their sanity in the battle, then we can also properly help the townspeople outside who can't go back home for the time being......"

"Tomorrow, I will find a way to prepare some food, at least so that everyone can drink a bowl of porridge." Surdak rubbed his forehead and whispered to Samira.

The magician Arvid also seemed to have a little idea, and at this time said to Surdak, "I can go to the magic union in the town to ask for support in this matter......

Samira glanced at him faintly, and said to Surdak: "Just now I passed by a trading house in the town, which has been breached by the rebels, and the warehouses are sealed, and I see that there are several granaries on the side of the trading house. ”

"You're saying we're going over there to get some too?" Surdak immediately understood what Samira meant.

Samira nodded.

Hearing that Surdak was going to take Samira to raid the house, the two-headed ogre immediately said:

"Boss, I want to go too!"

Surdak didn't want a two-headed ogre more than three meters tall to run through the streets and cause panic among the people, especially in such extraordinary times.

"Just keep this yard honestly, and don't run out of it so that you don't get into unnecessary trouble...... Surdak said to Gulitham.

"Got it...... Chief! ”

Gulit looked reluctant, but agreed.

……

In fact, it is really not technical to rob a house with a two-turn eagle eye like Samira.

She avoided the sentry posts almost all the way, and ran with Surdak directly to the roof of the granary in the backyard of the trading house.

At this time, the rebels' logistical vehicles had been parked on the street in front of the trading house, and many migrant workers were moving all kinds of materials from the trading house onto the wagons, and these rebels were like a group of beggars who had never seen the world, and even the tables, chairs, furniture, basins, and bookshelves in the house had to be moved to the carriage.

It was precisely because they wanted everything, and they didn't care about the granary for a while, that Surdak removed more than a hundred bags of wheat flour from the granary, and the problem was that his magic fanny pack could only hold so much......

However, this night, Surdak and Samira made three consecutive trips back and forth, almost emptying a granary before they closed at dawn.

In fact, Thea didn't sleep much all night, and she looked at Samira with envy, fantasizing that one day she would be able to become Lord Surdak's assistant.

Surdak slept until noon, when he got out of bed, and the fighting continued in the town of Takkale.

Probably the rest of the country has basically been pacified, the main force of the rebel army gradually began to gather towards the rich area, the battle on the side of the alley mouth intensified, and the private army assembled by the nobles suffered heavy casualties in a day.

Many aristocrats had already begun to prepare their vehicles and pack their belongings in the manor, wanting to sneak out of Takkale at night.

In the afternoon, the gate of the sorcerer's estate was slowly pushed open by Surdak, and the townspeople who had gathered in the open space in front of the gate stood up in a large area.

Surdak stood at the door and looked at the crowd, selected ten women in a row, pointed at them and said, "Come in, you guys, I have a job for you, one silver coin a day, and three meals a day for the whole family......"

Several women in the crowd hesitated to look at me, I look at yours, and then a stout woman boldly stepped forward, pulled a child towards Surdak, stood in front of him and whispered timidly, "My lord, you hired us...... What needs to be done for us? ”

"I need you to cook cereal!" Surdak said.

"My lord, I am willing to accept this job...... "The woman said bravely.

"Very good, then you will be the captain!" Surdak nodded slightly.

Afterwards, Surdak continued to say loudly: "The magician nobleman Lord Avid is willing to give some food and silver coins to help the townspeople who have been displaced by the war, yes, he is you, but he doesn't have enough servants to make these cereal porridge, so he needs to choose from among you who are young and strong, and the best ones are good at cooking, well, I will decide who to choose first......"

Hearing Surdak say this, the women around him realized what they had just missed, and they all said that their cooking skills were really good.

Surdak was entangled in this, and immediately took the chosen women into the courtyard, and their families could come in and rest in the garden in the front yard, but no one could spend the night in this courtyard.

It didn't take long for the first pot of cereal porridge to be brought out of the kitchen by two women, and the hot cereal porridge was still topped with some green cabbage leaves and oil flowers......