"What? Ships are impassable!? Old thing, deceiving us are you trying to die?! ”

The roar of gunpowder from the headman's house cast an ominous shadow over the village that had just survived the catastrophe and was still in joy.

Carl struggled to grab the leader's collar, and Kongwu's powerful body directly dragged the thin old man off the ground.

His eyes were full of flames ignited by anger, and it seemed that he could crush the head man of the village to pieces with a single movement, but in the end he couldn't wait for Ron's order, so after glaring at the other party viciously, he put the head man down extremely unwillingly.

Only then did the other trembling young men in the room dare to step forward and take the frightened leader to the back to rest.

After rationally analyzing the current situation, Ron slowly spoke to his own people, "Listen to me, I don't blame them for this incident, we can only say that it was our bad luck to encounter the first frozen sea in Stegia in so many years. ”

Although Ron's tone was still calm enough for everyone present to notice his strangeness, deep down, he was almost roaring in a frenzy.

Could it be that after all the hardships and deaths of so many robes, they still have to die in this foreign land in the end?!

Why did it freeze just as they were about to cross the sea?

However, the countless crazy thoughts in his heart were pressed down by Ron one by one, he took a deep breath, and kept telling himself that he must be calm, at this moment, there may not be no chance of survival, if they do something stupid because of impulse and anger, it will make all the efforts they have made before in vain.

"Touren, you have a lot of experience, I want to ask you when the ice surface like this will melt."

"My lord, we tried it while you were leaving, and the ice was hard enough to run horses." The head man didn't dare to look directly into Ron's eyes, and kept his head down, "Even if the temperature starts to warm up, it is estimated that it will take a while to melt." ”

Does that mean they have to wait until the beginning of spring?

At least one or two months before the beginning of spring, it is estimated that it will take longer when the ships can go along.

During this time, the defenders of Sturgia, who were chasing the fugitives, could find it at any time, and even they could already be on their way, and the longer they stayed in the village, the easier it was that their true identity as Empire people would be revealed.

I really can't stay any longer.

But where can they go? A robber's lair that has just been slaughtered? But if you want to go there, it will be a big trouble for the villagers to know the direction to the old nest......

Humanity and reason have fought countless times in the depths of Ron's heart in a very short period of time.

The villagers present may not have imagined that their village has just faced the fate of extinction countless times.

Ron's battle between the heavens and the humans continued, and there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the house, and the five Imperials, who suddenly felt bad, instantly put their hands on the weapons on their waists.

"Village Chief, Shadie... Shadie, she's back! The young man of the village hurriedly pushed the door open, his face pale as if he had just vomited.

No, he really vomited just now, and the stench suddenly filled the room.

"Thanks to the gods, poor Sadie is finally fine." As the leader spoke, he hurriedly asked the foul-smelling man to be invited out of the room.

As soon as the man was pushed out, another familiar face appeared in front of Ron.

The blood stains left by that night have not been wiped off by the woman, and her face is covered with patches of dark red, and on top of this patch of dark red, a lot of fresh and brilliant red has been added.

She was now dressed in a fine suit of armor, which was much better than the armor captured by Ron and the others, and even the fur on the armor to keep out the cold was a high-end color.

There is no doubt that Sadie has completed her revenge, otherwise she would not have returned.

I can only hope that the nobleman's son already has a son, if not, then his bloodline is estimated to be extinct.

"Shadie, what have you done? You're not really going to kill the old man's son, are you? Seeing that the girl who returned home was actually such a ferocious look, the joy in the headman's heart instantly turned into fright, "Are you crazy? This is equivalent to us completely tearing our faces with the old man! You're going to kill everyone in the village! ”

"Tearing your face?" Sadie smiled, and then her smile dropped to freezing point for a split second, and the iron boots clanged against the wooden floor, and even Carl thought that this was definitely not to be messed with right now.

"They want us to be slaves and not tear our faces?"

"They hire robbers to come to the village and kill people, don't they tear their faces?"

"They tied my husband to the fire and roasted him without tearing his face?"

"Don't they tear your face when they drag and bully your wives, daughters, and mothers like animals?"

"They pinned me to the floor, and when they wanted more than 30 people to take turns to do me once, wouldn't it be called tearing my face?"

"Then he only has me to tear his face when he takes revenge?!"

Boom!

The flange mace struck on the wooden table, and the legs could not withstand the blow that carried countless fury, and collapsed, scattering wood chips in all directions.

On the remains of the wooden table, a huge hole was abruptly left, and everyone imagined what it would be like if the hammer had been struck on the head.

"Sadie!"

"Old Stuff !!" The woman drowned out the voice of the head man in a more majestic voice, "You're old! You're useless! You're a weak bastard inside now! You're not qualified to lead us all anymore! ”

"To survive, we need a really tough leader! A leader who can survive the cold and the encirclement of the old men! ”

"I propose, sir!"

Sadie lifted her mace and pointed at Ron, who had witnessed the whole process but chose to remain silent.

The rules of the Stegians are often the same as those of the wolves in the snowy forest, once the head wolf's minions become sluggish, and the will is sluggish due to old age, the rest of the wolf pack will pull the head wolf down mercilessly.

The same is true of human beings, in such a difficult living environment, only the most cruel and determined people can lead a village, because when necessary, the village chief will lead the villagers to transform themselves and resume the old business of the Nord ancestors.

The development of things is really too dramatic, and he is still struggling with whether to sacrifice all the loyalty to this village one second, and the next second he is nominated by the young Zhuang faction in the village to be the new leader.

Moreover, it was the Imperials who were entrusted with serving as the head of the farmers of Sturgia to fight against the nobles of Sturgia.

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But in fact, if you think back carefully about the history that happened before, Ron is not completely incomprehensible, after all, there is a pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes in front of the pearl and jade, and the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty still thinks about uniting with the captives when facing unprecedented upheavals, and the so-called "captives" have played a new trick after a few hundred years, and suppressed those who resisted foreign aggression together with the invaders.

It can only be said that there is nothing new under the sun, and the only thing that mankind can learn from history is that mankind cannot learn anything.

The head of the leader, who was completely taken away from power by Sadie with a few words, withdrew from the scene, but in addition to Ron, there was actually Sadie herself who participated in the nomination, because there were still many villagers who did not dare to believe in outsiders like Ron and them.

The final vote ended with Ron winning by a narrow margin, after all, the bravery shown by Ron and the others was still much stronger than that of Sadie, and it was more reassuring to have such a person to lead.

"Thank you." After the vote, Ron, who somehow began to oversee the village, thanked Sadie.

"You don't need to say thank you to me, killing a few more masters and their dogs is the real thanks."

After saying this, Sadie exited the room, leaving space for Ron and his men, she ran for a long time in a row, and then went all the way into the city to chop off the head of the lord's son and then evaded the pursuit all the way back to the village, her physical strength had already reached the limit, and she desperately needed to rest.

However, Sadie misunderstood one thing, Ron's gratitude to her was not just her election, but because of Sadie's timely appearance, so that she who has a high moral standard of modern people does not have to kill her conscience.

After all, even if they are all heroes in troubled times, the reputation of the wife is still too far worse than the big ears.

Now, Ron and the others have been tied to a chariot with everyone in this village, and they are both prosperous and lossy, and at this time, it doesn't matter if they reveal their identities, because they are all facing the same enemy at present.

With the help of a village, perhaps these Imperial soldiers, who had gone deep behind enemy lines, could really hold out until the beginning of spring when the ice and snow thawed.

After a brief transition of power, the village was back on track, and in order to preserve the village as much as possible, Ron had to know all aspects of the village, so he had the books of the previous man who managed the village with him.

"Sir, the words in the account book are written in Stegia, so I'll read them to you."

The man who brought the account book did not realize that he had inadvertently said the wrong thing, and reported the contents of the village to himself, while Ron motioned to the other four who were jumping up like frightened birds to remain calm, and he listened patiently to all the contents himself, and only after he had an idea of how long the stock could last before he asked:

"Do everyone in the village know who we are?"

"Gentlemen are from the Empire." It seemed that this young man's mind was a little unbright, and he didn't know that if such words were heard by his wife, they would definitely bring them death, but he scratched the back of his head instead, "Although that gentleman can speak a little Sturgia, there are still many details of your speech and demeanor that are not like us at all. ”

"You may not know it at first, but if you stay a little longer, you can notice the difference."

Ron smiled unconsciously after hearing this, and even laughed with Carl and the others, they had been acting for so long, but they didn't expect to be seen through by others.

It's no wonder that before Sadie would open and shut up in front of their group of "masters", saying that she would tear her face with the nobles.

After all, no one who can survive in this troubled world is a fool, and the villagers will also regard Ron as "their own people" for their own interests.

"Don't you hate us, then? We are Imperials, and we may have the blood debt of your relatives in our hands. Ron asked.

"Why should we hate the Imperials?" The young man was even more confused, "You come, we are beaten and scolded by the master, if you don't come, we are still beaten and scolded by the master." ”

"We don't want to join the army, we want to herd cattle and farm, but the old man wants to fight, and he wants to climb up with military merits, so we must join the army, if we don't join the army, we will be arrested and hanged, and if we lose the army, we will be hanged."

"People who don't want to be hanged run to the mountains, but they still have to be hanged after being caught by the old men."

"I believe that the Sturgians who died at the hands of the Empire wanted to kill those who captured them into battle more than the Empire."