Chapter 18: An Unexpected Accident!
Life is always full of all kinds of accidents that you can't imagine.
The enemy can't think of it, and often you can't imagine it yourself.
A few days later, when Yifeng rumbled the excavator to the wooden battlement gate of the Toulon outpost, ready to knock on the door, the accident happened so naturally.
In fact, there is no need to knock on the door.
Because almost the moment they saw the Yifeng excavator, several heads on the outpost looked down and let out a heart-rending howl.
"Monsters are attacking!"
Then the soldiers of the entire outpost dispersed in a hurry!
At that time, Yifeng had a very strong uneasiness in his heart.
Especially when Maginot slapped the wooden gate, only to hear a loud bang, and in the midst of everyone's stunned eyes, the gate, which seemed to be several inches thick and made of strong oak, was surprised to have a large hole the size of a palm.
This feeling of Yifeng is getting stronger and stronger!
Damn it!
Can't your gates be made stronger?
This is the gate!
This is an outpost on the border of the orcs!
What about the ones who said they were well defended and guarded by heavy troops?
For such a scene, Princess Irabella also did not expect it.
At that time, her face was a little dark, and she laughed dryly.
"Maybe we're too scary! Let's go in and see! Maybe it's not as bad as you think. ”
It's not as bad as it seems, only worse!
Although he was fully mentally prepared in his heart, when Yifeng unceremoniously broke into the door and drove into the outpost, Yifeng couldn't help but scold his mother!
It is a typical military town-style outpost. The wooden arrow tower is stuck high at the pass of Rocky Mountain. In terms of location, it is indeed a dangerous place where a husband and a wife cannot open it. As long as a thousand troops are deployed here, it is enough to prevent tens of thousands of troops from moving forward.
When you enter the gate, it is a place that looks like a small town. The barracks are built against the hill, and the warehouse is on the right. The stone-lined road is potholed, and on both sides of the road are rows of wooden houses or bunks. In the center of the town was a square, a lone well, and the crank was still shaking. Presumably, the master ran in too much hurry and forgot about the bucket, and a wooden bucket was crooked to the side, gurgling with clear water.
Yifeng wanted to scold his mother because this was a town that could accommodate a thousand people, and since Yifeng and they stepped in, they didn't hear any movement for half a prayer, not even a dog barking.
If it weren't for the door that didn't have time to close, and the still steaming fireplace in the house, Yifeng would have suspected that he had arrived in a long-abandoned ghost realm.
No welcome in the middle of the road, no warm hospitality.
Everyone was tired, and Yifeng rubbed his numb buttocks.
"Let's all rest in place. Find some water to feed the horses, and get some food! Looks like we'll have to wait for someone else to come to the door!"
............
And by the time someone actually came to the door, it was already afternoon.
A fat-headed, big-eared man rode on a white horse, followed by hundreds of soldiers behind him. The so-called soldiers, the vast majority of whom are not armoured, have an iron sword in their hands. Standing on the top of the excavator, Yifeng could clearly see that even some gray-haired old men were still in it.
These are not terrible, the most terrible thing is the guy in the hands of these people?
Your old man is holding this dung spoon, are you sure you are not here to pick up the dung?
It's hard to imagine how useless this viscount lord named Billy Walker is to be able to gather such an army? With such a reaction speed, I'm afraid the orcs would have already hit the imperial capital of Atlantus, right?
The lord was so incompetent, the army was so wasteful, and Maginot, the squadron leader of the Royal Guard, naturally had a dull face.
He jumped forward, ready to meet him, and scolded the lord!
Then, a shocking scene appeared again!
Seeing Maginot galloping towards him, the fat-headed and big-eared lord shouted in a hurry, turned around and ran, and the army he had worked so hard to gather for half a day turned into ducks all over the mountains in just a few breaths.
It's just one man, one horse!
Enraged, Maginot galloped all the way, and easily lifted the fat man from the saddle, put him on his horseback, and then rode back and threw him on the ground.
"Spare your life!
This obscene fat man wailed with snot and tears, and his fat body trembled constantly. Yifeng could see clearly, there was a puddle of water flowing on the ground under him, and there was a faint smell coming from it, it turned out to be urine!
"What are you afraid of? We are not enemies!"
Maginot covered his nose in disgust and turned his back on him.
But the fat man was suddenly active. He got up quickly with the speed of his fat body in different proportions, and carefully straightened his clothes. Flattering smiles.
"I don't know why you're here in Toulon?"
Only then did Yifeng see the fat man's face clearly. He had curly curly hair, a chubby face full of freckles, and a bulging belly that was suspicious, and all his abilities were eaten in his stomach.
"Bold! Seeing Her Royal Highness Princess Ilabella, still don't you salute?"
Maginot couldn't take it anymore and snorted.
But it scared the fat man.
For this living treasure, Irabella was also speechless, and could only question.
"Father gave you a good territory, but you tell me, how do you take care of it?"
"Wronged, beautiful princess!"
This fat man knelt on one knee and half knelt, and he was about to kiss the princess's hand, and he was all over the place.
"Poor me, Billy used to be a character. It's a pity that my grandmother doesn't love my uncle and doesn't love it, so she was thrown into such a remote corner. On the opposite side are the murderous orcs, and next to it is the famous Grand Duke of Ping'an! It is all mountains and stones, there is no output, and the only trade route cannot rob Ping'an City, what can I do?"
In the midst of this fat man's crying. Yifeng gradually learned about the actual situation in this Toulon territory.
The situation is even more dire than imagined. This Toulon is a mountainous area near the Rocky Mountains, the fields are barren, and the food produced is simply not enough for oneself to eat, and the only trade route cannot compete with the city of Ping'an. I simply can't afford to raise too many troops. There were less than a hundred soldiers under his command, and most of the equipment was not in order, and most of the people just now were full militiamen.
The outpost fell into disrepair. Probably because of the prestige of the Grand Duke of Heian, there have been few wars over the years.
Yifeng felt very strange why His Majesty the King would build a territory near Heian Castle instead of directly assigning it to the Grand Duke of Heian Castle? And Pai, a fat man who seems to be incompetent, also has the meaning of being afraid of stimulating Heian City.
"Shut up, is it time for you to cry poor?"
Irabella pulled her little hand without a trace, wiped it with a handkerchief, and said.
"We still have orc pursuers behind us, so let's think about what to do?"
"Orc chasers?"
The fat man's face turned white all of a sudden, and he sat on the ground and muttered to himself.
"What should I do? It's scary!"
At this time, even a fool knows that this fat man is unreliable.
Irabella had no choice but to turn her beautiful eyes for help to Yifeng.
"Your Excellency Yifeng, it's better for you to make up your mind!"
The situation was extremely grim and unexpected for everyone. I thought that if I ran to Toulon, I could get the support of the military, and at worst, I could rely on my geographical advantage to block the orcs.
But who would have thought that this would be the case?
Yifeng didn't shirk at the moment and kicked this fat man.
"What are you crying about? The orcs haven't come yet? Why don't you gather your men quickly?"
"Not yet. By the way, the orcs haven't come yet!"
The frightened fat man hurriedly got up, and a pair of small eyes looked around.
"I'll go!"
He walked a few steps and then turned back again, crying and mourning.
"Where do I have manpower now?
This time, Yifeng was also angry and sprayed his face with saliva.
"You pig, don't you ring the bell, don't you shout, this is a misunderstanding?"
The fat man had just woken up from a dream, and had just trotted a few steps.
was stopped by Yifeng again.
"Remember, the most important thing at the moment is to send more people. Inquire carefully in the direction we came, bring carrier pigeons, and report as soon as there is news!"
The annoying fat man ran away!
But the hearts of the people grew heavier and heavier, like the dim sky.
Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.
In the distance, the miserable screams of the fat man could be heard.
"Misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding! It's your own people, everyone comes out, right?"
An unprecedented weight and exhaustion weighed down on the crowd, and they were about to gasp.
At some point, dark clouds began to roll in the sky, and a bolt of lightning was like a silver snake, illuminating the pale faces.
"It's going to rain, the orcs won't be so fast!"
Hilam muttered quietly.
I hope so!
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