Chapter XVII. Preparations for War
"I'll join!" Giggs's loud voice echoed in the small room, and everyone's eyes were once again focused on Giggs, who was also looking at everyone's expressions.
Sir Thor's eyes were approving, and he nodded when he met Giggs's gaze. A smile tugged at Jim's face, of course he knew the danger of this task, but he had to accept it, his wife was still in yourtown, and he had been under Sir Thor for many years, enjoying different treatment than civilians, and it was time for him to reciprocate. When he heard that Giggs took the initiative to accept this task, even if he didn't know what Giggs had in mind, he had to admire his courage.
Allen's face changed sharply after Giggs spoke, and finally regained his composure, and said firmly, "I'm joining too, aren't they just some gnolls~ The people of our garrison are not afraid of them~"
"Then I'll join too, with our commanders rushing to the front, the fear in the hearts of the guards should be reduced~" Joe also chose to join, and gave a great reason.
"No, Joe, what you need to do is not to destroy the gnolls who are not in ambush, you must use the traps and bows and arrows in your hands to destroy those gnolls who have crossed the bridge, and then aim to kill the gnolls who have fallen into the water~" Jim refused Joe's joining, but gave him an equally important task.
"Yes!" Joe replied loudly with his feet quickly folded, his chest puffed out.
"Okay, then now the combat mission is clear, Giggs, Allen, you lead the first squadron, and the third squadron cooperates with Jim to encircle and suppress the gnolls in the rear. And Joe, you take the second squadron to be responsible for blocking the gnolls crossing the river, and in addition, you must try your best to make it impossible for the gnolls who fall into the water to go ashore, otherwise, Jim will be attacked from both sides by the gnolls~" Sir Thor saw that the battle plan had been basically determined, so he opened his mouth to make a final summary.
"Another thing to note, you have to draw a team to intercept the downstream of the river, lest some watery gnolls run away along the river~ And I, I will lead my guards to the upper reaches to block the jackals who may use the dive to the upstream, in this way, our plan is foolproof, and the next thing we need to do is to take out two hundred percent of the morale and combat effectiveness during the battle to eliminate the gnolls!"
When everyone withdrew from Sir Thor's room, Giggs couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, cheered up and said to the three Jims, "The training intensity of the next guards must be increased, and the battle plan should not be told to the team members first, so as not to make them more afraid of it~"
"Of course~" Joe continued. On the way back to the barracks, several people tacitly agreed not to discuss the matter of the gnolls, and turned the topic to the next training of the garrison.
At this time, Sir Thor also summoned the administrators of your town, and the orders were carried out by the personnel who were constantly entering and leaving Sir Thor's room.
In the following days, the guards carried out more intense training, and the constant drawing of bows and arrows made the guards tremble when they ate and released, looking at the more abundant food than before, but because of the weakness of their hands, they could not enjoy the food happily, which has to be said to be an unfortunate thing.
Because of the deliberate promotion of Jim and others, there were two situations in the training of the garrison, the first squadron and the third squadron were more trained in hand-to-hand combat with the squad as the combat unit when they completed the basic training in peacetime, while Joe's first squadron strengthened the training of shooting. Under such training intensity, every night when the guards were collectively organized to relax and knead their muscles, the garrison barracks would hear the howls one after another.
"Tap~ Al, don't just press your shoulders and step on your thighs, or I'll be in pain tomorrow and won't be able to walk~" Giggs lay on the bed enjoying Al's massage, grinning and complaining.
"Tsk, now I feel tired from the training of the combat team, but fortunately I am now in the medical team~ I don't have to enjoy these treatments~" Looking at Giggs's embarrassed appearance, Al couldn't help but laugh.
"Don't get cheap and sell well, learn medical skills well, maybe you will have to treat me after a while~" Giggs reminded Al intentionally or unintentionally, "I understand~ Giggs, you have to be careful~"
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and press your back~" Giggs interrupted Al's words and changed the subject.
Al pressed his hands on Giggs's grief, and as soon as Giggs's bones rang, Giggs couldn't help but slam his fist on the bed.
"Light!dot!"
There have been a lot of new rules in the town of your, and Sir Saul has given orders that no one should cross the Clear Water Bridge unless Sir has given an order to open it. The residents didn't care at first, but when some guys close to the Qingshui Bridge were caught by the guards and thrown into their cells, no one went to investigate anymore, after all, they can live without the bridge~
The craftsmen of the town of your are constantly busy every day, according to horses, arrows, swords, all kinds of equipment from the hands of the craftsmen, and then transported by Sir Saul's guards, the craftsmen do not know where these things are transported, they are all given a gag order by Sir Saul, and nothing made during this time can be advertised to the outside world.
The population of the town of your has been growing every day during this time, and some of the residents of the town who have been destroyed by the gnolls have gone to great lengths to escape the ravages of your, which is far away from their homes.
And Sir Thor took out part of the grain in the granary, so that these fleeing victims could exchange their labor for food, and the infrastructure of your town is constantly expanding, as if the invasion of the jackals has brought great development to the town of your~
Two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and the weather has become cold, and in winter, whether it is a gnoll or a human, they will try to reduce outdoor activities as much as possible, so the invasion of the gnoll is becoming more and more crazy, and when Sir Thor summoned Giggs and others again, Giggs also had a guess in his heart.
The Gnoll is coming!
And Sir Thor's words also confirmed Giggs's conjecture, "The gnolls have destroyed Breeze Town, well, Breeze Town is less than thirty kilometers away from our town of your in a straight line~"
"We're going to get ready for battle, we need some sentries to warn us when those gnolls are approaching the Clear Water Bridge~" Jim took Sir Thor's words.
"Don't worry, I've sent three guards to scout, and if the gnolls are coming, they'll set fire to warn us~" Ser Thor said softly.
"I called you here today to tell you that the war is coming~"