Chapter 35: Come Prepared
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In the evening, when Lord Xia Rui's guards finally entered the camp after a bloody battle, the more than 4,000 people who set out at the time of departure were less than 2,600 at the moment, and more than a third of them were killed or wounded, and most of these people who survived were wounded.
Lord Xia Rui lay in the tent with a pale face, the wounds on his legs had been treated, and there were several pieces of finely chopped carrion in the basin on the ground, the flesh was black and bloodstained, and there was a fishy smell that made me feel sick.
Yi put the mashed herbs on the wound and bandaged them with a clean cloth, and then took the iron basin on the ground and walked out. The instructor who was standing on the side and was silent finally couldn't bear to slam a punch on the table at this time, and said:
"It must have been the devil of Will, who stole our spoils, and then his army gave up their defenses and fled, and if I continued to pursue the adventurers, I would have met these orcs, and I couldn't believe it. Also, if we don't give up the loot by the lake, we will probably be flanked by the orcs, and in that case, we will probably never come back. β
Lord Xia Rui moved his body slightly, his face suddenly twitched a few times, beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead, he snorted coldly from his nostrils, and said:
"It's obvious, Will's kid has always been at odds with me, but I really didn't expect him to dare to stab us in the back at this time, and now that he has lost so many brothers, this breath must come out. β
"How do you get out?" the instructor squeezed his fist fiercely, but then let go, and said helplessly:
"We are already very different in numbers, and now our strength is greatly reduced, and it is definitely not possible to fight hard, and besides, we will not be able to kill soldiers in public, otherwise you will be stripped of your title and we will be considered treason, and even if we are not hanged, we will be sent to the camp of criminals to be used as cannon fodder. β
Xia Rui also sighed heavily and said: "It's really hard to swallow this breath, since Will and his army can't move for the time being, let's take the adventurers first, since you dare to rob my guards behind your back, you must have the consciousness of being killed, from this matter I found that the prestige of the guards has declined a little, it's time to take advantage of them." β
The instructor nodded in agreement, and Xia Rui paused and continued: "Let Aina's demon team be reinstated, and also, to recruit sergeants in other demon teams, we need to replenish personnel." β
After Lord Xia Rui explained something, the instructor was about to leave, when Xia Rui asked again: "Is there any news from Ota? This kid is a lifesaver for both of us." β
The instructor shook his head in frustration and went out without saying a word.
"Hey...... I hope he survives and comes back alive, or I don't know what to do with Aina and Avril. Xia Rui also sighed helplessly.
After only a while, the instructor who had gone and returned came in with a grim face and said, "This Will still has the face to ask for a third of the loot, so it is better for me to take the opportunity to kill him." β
Xia Rui shook his head slowly and said, "Let's put up with this breath first, let's let him in." β
After a short time, Marquis Will walked in with six nobles, and explained his intention after a little concern for Lord Charity's injury, and when Charity angrily scolded him for betraying the agreement, resulting in heavy casualties among the Guards, Marquis Will also replied with an excited face:
"In the agreement, I only assisted in the defense of you, and I was not obliged to defend your guards, and I wanted to kill all my sergeants with only one-third of the booty, so what kind of peace do you have? In this way, my sergeants also killed and wounded more than 140 people, and now you tell me that there is not a dime of the trophies, just because you voluntarily gave up, it is your own business and it has nothing to do with me. β
Then Will sneered contemptuously and continued: "If you can't hand over the spoils, you will take gold coins to compensate my dead and wounded brothers, and the rule in our army is that those who die in battle and are disabled will be compensated with one gold coin, and seventy silver coins for the wounded, as long as you pay me one hundred and thirty gold coins now, we will pay it off." β
"What?" the instructor on the side shouted, "Why don't you go and grab it? One hundred and thirty gold coins can buy a piece of territory for thousands of miles, and besides, the pension in the army is fifty silver coins, how can you double it......"
Lord Xia Rui waved his hand, interrupted the instructor, turned his neck around and relaxed his neck bone, and said with a scoundrel look after the quack sound stopped:
"Gold Coins...... No, you say what's going on. β
Will said unhurriedly as if he had expected it: "You are a nobleman, you should know the punishment for not abiding by the contract, as long as I report this matter to the consul and ask him to judge, whether your territory and the guards can be kept are two words, what do you think?"
Xia Rui squinted at him for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "I don't see any results for four or five years of this kind of, if you want to play, I can accompany you." β
Marquis Will was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Xia Rui to answer himself like this, but the next moment he smiled confidently and said: "You may not know, just today, the Three White Kings Medicine Store has been stationed in Xiluo Village, although it is impossible for the people behind it to come to this poor mountain and remote place, but you should know my relationship with him, as long as I send a letter, I believe that under his influence, within three months, your Xia Rui's territory will be deprived, and the Guards will also be absorbed by the army of the city-state, do you still want to play now?"
Xia Rui was stunned for a moment, and muttered to himself, "Three White Kings Medicine Dealer...... You mean......"
"Yes, you should know that he and I are both from the Noble Academy, and I am also his senior, so he naturally deliberately befriended someone with a military background like me for the sake of the future, as for the relationship...... Hehe, I don't mind letting you see my relationship with him as long as you want to play. β
The latter words are naked, naked, naked, but Xia Rui at this time can only bear it, because others don't know, but he knows that the person behind the Three White Kings Medicine Store is actually the three princes of the current royal family.
I heard that although this person is not very old and only looks like twenty-one or two, he is quite scheming and ruthless, and he deliberately befriended some young nobles with aristocratic colleges and military backgrounds, and his purpose can naturally be seen in the leopard.
At this time, Xia Rui can't believe it, even if he doesn't care about the title and territory, he can't use the brothers of the Guards as a bet, once he is really absorbed by the army, he is likely to be pushed to the forefront as cannon fodder.
Xia Rui sighed and said helplessly: "Then how do you say how to solve this matter, I don't have loot and gold coins, if you have other methods, I can consider it." β
Marquis Will showed his usual smile, stretched out a finger and waved it, only to see a man emerge from his euphemism, not tall and young-looking, it was none other than Lenny.
Seeing that Lanny had a piece of paper in his hand and put it on the table and retreated, Lord Xia Rui picked it up and looked at it for a while, pouted and smiled, "It seems that you are really prepared...... Well, I promise you, the newly carved land is yours, and all the spoils in it, whatever are left, will be yours. β
"As for this one, it is not allowed to enter unless there is a serious threat...... Don't worry, even if our guards die outside the camp, they won't go in. There is also this one, which is subject to a 30% transaction tax on all business activities...... It seems that you can't make my money, because I won't arrange for people to do business in the past......"
Marquis Will listened with a faint smile and didn't say anything, until Xia Rui was about to sign it after reading it, and then he said slowly:
"By the way, there's another thing that isn't in this agreement because I don't think there's any need to add it. After the arrival of the Three White Kings Medicine Store this afternoon, the steward in charge of the 'Kurgea' city-state area came to me, saying that he had taken a fancy to a location in this camp and wanted to use it to deal with their new alchemy potion...... You can guess. β
Lord Xia Rui only felt anger blocked in his heart, gritted his teeth, and finally endured it, and said, "You mean the location of the blacksmith shop in the middle?"
Will nodded politely, snapped his fingers, turned around and walked out, and said as he walked: "And it's free, if you are not satisfied, you can go to the steward of the Three White Kings, he is in the tavern with the woman in his arms, and I am just informing him." β
After hearing the sound of snapping fingers, Lenny hurriedly walked out, picked up the paper signed by Lord Xia Rui, and turned away.