At the junction of the Countdom of Saluzzo and the Countdom of Monferrato, in an unknown hamlet, a wisp of black smoke could be seen clearly in the distance, and occasionally some flames lingered in the ruins, and it was not difficult to see that the village had been ransacked.

Ruger stood beside a girl who had died tragically after being humiliated, with a cold face and no words. And beside the girl, a whole hundred corpses were neatly placed in an open space, and one after another some corpses were taken by the soldiers from other places to this open space.

After the counting, they will be laid to rest in the earth and enter heaven to enjoy peace.

"My lord, all the people who found it are here, and there are no living ones. A knight said solemnly to his lord after verifying the Tomoto of the village, but there was no sadness in his tone, as if he was used to it. The knight's name was Bill, and he was Jonas's companion and father of Bigg von Latodia.

"Hell, these guys, they don't have the courage to attack head-on, they know how to kill, these bastards. After listening to Bill's report, Ruger threw the sword in his hand at the stone well next to him, and plunged straight into the stone well.

In the past few days, Ruger has really died, since he has been loyal to Eli, his treatment in the county has been much better than the original, whether it is financial resources or prestige, has been significantly increased, so a few days ago, when the people of Monferrato began to gather troops and began to advance towards Saruzo, Ruger was very fortunate to be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the outpost force, under the command of 3 viscounts, 2 barons, a total of 700 troops, before the arrival of Eli, to prevent the enemy from invading the territory.

However, it is said that it is a subordination, in fact, Luge only has the right to speak first, these nobles do not have any core interests in the hands of Luger, and their promotion is not up to Luge and Yier, so they are nominally subordinates, but in reality they are colleagues, and his subordinates are just his own vassals, 8 knights and 220 soldiers.

Ruger didn't really care about this, all he wanted was to go to the front, but after coming here, Ruger found that Il's orders were meaningless, and after entering the border of Saluzzo, the people of Monferrato dispersed into countless small groups, adopting a bandit-like attack, swimming without attacking, constantly sweeping through the neighboring villages, killing all the people inside and sweeping away the food.

This is simply painful for a person like Luge who admires king to king and general to general, even if he gets the news of the enemy, by the time he arrives, the place has already turned into a scorched earth, in this regard, Nader thought of a way, that is, to clear the wall, let all the villagers of these villages move inward, and wait until the war is over to start work.

It's just that this plan obviously can't be implemented, most of these border villages belong to different nobles, and they don't belong to each other, even Yir can't command these peasants, so after the order is given, only a very small number of nobles who have a good personal relationship with Luger choose to support it, and most of them choose to ignore it.

If they don't support them, they may harvest food after the war, and if they do, they will lose their harvest this year at this moment.

Faced with the slightest possibility and absolute inevitability, there is no possibility that they will choose to support Ruger and Nader's plan.

And now this village is already the 14th.

"My lord, anger will not solve the problem, and it will not let the enemy appear in front of you. "Nido's father, Sir Nelon, had in his hand a clay bowl with water from the well, and while drinking, he pulled Ruger's sword out of the well, and after placing the bowl on the well, he threw the sword at Ruger's feet, and stopped a few inches from the body of the maiden lying beside him, and stuck it in the dirt.

"I'm not angry, I'm just upset. We've been here for three days, and we haven't even gained anything! Not even a single person has been caught, not even a clue! I'm here to fight, not to play hide-and-seek, let alone peek-a-boo! You know I hate cats. “

Listening to Nelon's slow words, the anger in Luge's heart finally decreased a little, but he was too aggrieved in the past few days, and the viscounts in him didn't listen to him at all, and the barons were also yin and yang, which made him very unhappy, and he was not able to do anything externally, which was really not comfortable, so he muttered to Nilon, and even said that he didn't like cats, and he could see how unhappy Luger was.

Listening to what his lord said, Nylon had a headache, if he changed to another lord, he would not be able to fight without fighting, and it was not his own lords who died, and what could he do even if it was his own lords, it was just some ants, and he would just buy some people to fill it after the war.

And who can tell who wins and who loses in this battle, now with less effort, if you win in the future, there will be no loss, if you lose, you can tell the Count of Montferrato that you are in Cao Ying's heart in Han, it can be said that you are the grass on the wall, and both sides can fall.

And this lord of his own can't wait to fight quickly, so that the berserk factor in his body can be released, and with such a lord, I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

"Mr. Viscount, you should know that this war is not a war for the village, but a war involving the succession of two counts, and he will decide the future of Saluzo and Monferrato, and even the title of Duke of Susa, which has not been owned for hundreds of years, so IMHO, this is not a place for you to use force, what you should do is to let these civilians be buried. “

An old voice came from the place where the corpse was placed, some old but very gentle-sounding, without the sharpness of the words, and at this moment it was among the corpses, one by one praying to each silent corpse, and judging from the way he called Ruger, this must be an old man of status.

"Father Nader, have you finished your prayer?" Hearing Nader's voice, Ruger's originally slightly decadent figure instantly straightened up, walked to Nader's side, and asked with respect.

"Yes, let's hope they will return to the arms of God. Nader's voice was sympathetic and neutral, as if the men were dying because of themselves.

"All right, soldier, bury these poor people. As soon as Luger gave the order, the corpses were moved by the soldiers to the already dug graves and began to be filled, and it didn't take long for the tombs to appear quietly on this flat land.

This may be the first time that so many people have been buried in this land in one day.