Finks, who suddenly returned, shattered the peaceful atmosphere of Manniu Village.

She had a few more scratches on her body, and she had broken the crossbow that she didn't smile at. Although she claimed that she was fine, she was still forced to recuperate on the hospital bed without smiling.

But even if he was lying in a hospital bed, Finks's mouth would definitely not be idle. A large amount of language poured out of the small mouth, as if the dam had burst out of control.

Not laughing has long been accustomed to the noise of the Finks, and has fallen on deaf ears. Just pick up the damaged ballista and study the cracks on it.

"I didn't break that!" Finks hurriedly quibbled, "They built an altar deep in the jungle and gathered a lot of Korsun people. ”

Seeing that he didn't smile and ignored her at all, Finks hurriedly pointed and gestured: "There is a very forced female warrior there, and she just threw a steel fork and pierced a tree in front of me with a 'bang'. That tree has such a ...... No, so coarse! ”

Finks's performance became more and more vigorous, and she almost jumped up from the bedside, and even Lydia couldn't hold her down: "Then she threw three steel forks at me with a 'whirl', and I had to use them to block 'dangdang'." ”

Just as she was about to jump out of bed excitedly, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the murderous aura on Bu Smile's face, and hurriedly hugged her head and lay down trembling.

Lydia's eyebrows were already tangled, "We only have three squads of fighters, and if we clash head-on, I'm afraid there will be danger." ”

Buxiao nodded slightly, flipped through the topographical sketch drawn by Finks, and suddenly pulled out a sheet from the middle, and the page drew the shape of Colson's tomb. He handed it to Lydia, "What are they doing?" ”

There are three stone altars on the screen, but only two chieftains stand on them to worship. The other leader sat on the stone in the middle and ate the tribute and enjoyed the pilgrimage.

"Pray." Lydia blurted out. As a Shendu person, I have a natural familiarity with rituals such as chanting and praying.

Bu smiled and pointed to the person enjoying the tribute on the middle stone: "Pay attention to him." ”

Lydia looked at it several times, and suddenly realized that the man's position was indeed abrupt.

In general, religious ceremonies naturally carry "high worship", so the high status of the chief priest is often in a relatively high position. But the congregants in the picture are all worshipping around this man, and they seem to ignore the two priests on the high platform.

Why is this person so high?

Sound familiar?

Lydia's mind quickly flipped through thousands of festival scenes, and the sleeping memories were gradually awakened, and the images of her and the Holy Cross before the conquest of the demons slowly emerged:

Pure white marble altars, towering marble columns, sky blue gold-edged battle flags.

She looked up at the almsgiving seat in the air held up by two bronze statues of giants, and the high priest of the Shendu sprinkled blessed holy water in front of the chanting platform. Scattered droplets of water dripped down, shining with the light of the Crystal Soul Technique, and landed on an exceptionally tall and burly man.

He stood on the marble floor, holding a scepter in one hand and his battle axe in the other. People worshipped him, and many excitedly shouted his name: Valhalla! The Great General of the Divine Capital, the King of the Heroic Soul!

"This is not a prayer!" Lydia suddenly realized, "This is a blessing, a blessing from the coach to go on the expedition!" ”

Buxiao nodded calmly, "The breath of war is getting closer and closer." ”

According to Finks' map, the barbarians were only about ten to twenty days away, and Lydia had to urgently expand her army.

Based on her years of experience in warfare, other kingdoms generally adopted the method of drawing one in thirty, that is, conscripting 1,000 soldiers in cities with a population of 30,000. If there is too much conscription, the shortage of labor will affect the production and normal operation of the city. Serious cases can even lead to economic collapse and civil strife.

But the Red Pavilion now counts the craftsmen brought by the copper hammer, and the population is less than 20,000. Lydia scratched her head and couldn't think of a way, so she could only ask Buxiao to break this routine for the time being, and no matter what, she could recruit two thousand warriors first to ensure the safety of the camp.

"You're the commander." Buxiao listened to Lydia's request and didn't respond, just stared at Finks's map in a daze, "You decide." ”

So that afternoon, Lydia called in two of the loudest voices in the village: Copperhammer and Cruise, and asked them to help recruit soldiers. The voices of the two were like brass bells, one impassioned and generous, the other rough and low, and the news of the conscription quickly roared throughout the village, and even the birds in the sky and the rats in the mines were overwhelmed by their voices.

Thanks to the brass hammer and Cruise's loud voice and Lydia's glorious image, many excellent soldiers were recruited in half a day, and the number was successfully expanded to about 2,000.

In order to arrange these 2,000 men, Lydia decided to create a new army structure, with three squads as platoons, three platoons as companies, three companies as battalions, and three battalions as regiments. In the future, the Divine Arrow Team, the Cavalry Team, the Medical Care Team, and the Logistics Transport Team will be added, and a military system within her understanding will begin to emerge.

Hearing that Lydia had a new initiative, the next morning without laughing, she fooled Finks under the banner of "studying the abnormal thinking of the traverser", and went to the barracks to see the situation.

On the training ground, Lydia wore a gray-green short-sleeved shirt, a custom black and green checkered skirt and a slender decorative tie, and carried a spear between the classes. Compared with the previous appearance of wearing a linen skirt in general, it seems that the waist is thinner and the legs are longer.

Seeing that Bu Xiao was coming, Lydia hurriedly came over to greet her, and teased casually: "Welcome 'Palm' to come to inspect the work." ”

This kind of stalk that only traversers can understand, if you don't laugh, you can't answer, so you can only scribble in response: "It's hard." ”

Lydia pointed to the training ground and said with a grin, "It's not hard, it's all about them." ”

Looking at the field without a smile, he found that the two previous classes of soldiers each carried a number of recruits and were scattered around the training ground to guide the training. The Damm siblings walked back and forth through the crowd to check on their training.

He observed for a moment: "You promoted them?" ”

"Yes, I will let them be platoon commanders, each of them will be in charge of three squads, and the Damm brothers and sisters will also serve as the battalion commander to manage them." As Lydia was talking, a word popped into her head: "Transgression!"

Oh my God, what did I do!

Lydia finally remembered that this guy in front of her was the owner of the Red Pavilion, and she had only agreed to recruit soldiers before, but she had done so many outrageous things, and she had compiled them like a family.

Lydia stuck out her tongue, "I'm sorry I didn't consult you to call the shots." ”

She lowered her head and was ready to accept the reproach of not smiling, but a pair of warm palms suddenly held her cheeks, "Look up, the commander must be majestic." ”

Lydia was taken aback!

She had never been held up like this, and her fair face suddenly turned crimson.

"You are the commander of the Red Pavilion, you can decide." Buxiao doesn't seem to notice any of this at all, "And you've inspired me a lot." ”

"Yes...... Is it? Lydia took advantage of his lack of attention and quickly rubbed her face to relax her stiff muscles.

"From Martin to the hostess, everyone has complained about the lack of talent, and even I used to think so." Looking at the appearance of the Dahm brothers and sisters directing the drill from afar, it is hard to imagine that a month ago they were just ordinary farmers, "You found thirty non-commissioned officers overnight. ”

Not being scolded had already made Lydia secretly happy, and when she heard the encouragement of not smiling, her smiling face had already blossomed, "It's just a simple cultivation, a trial, a re-cultivation, and a trial." ”

Although his face was expressionless, ten thousand thoughts had flashed in his heart. He carefully singled out one of the most desirable demands: "Is it okay for the army, and can anyone else be too?" ”

"Absolutely." Lydia chuckled, "In my previous life, when I was promoted to a two-cabin cabin crew, I first taught myself and then took the assessment, so I came step by step. ”

Buxiao and Lydia walked out of the training ground slowly, and in front of them was the clear river. Buxiao suddenly asked, "What do you mean by 'self-study'?" ”

"It's just to read the book by yourself and do the questions by yourself." As soon as Lydia finished speaking, she remembered that most people in this world were illiterate. What seemed to her to be sparse and ordinary became something they could not imagine.

Buxiao muttered for a moment, "So you have to learn to read first." ”

"They need to be educated: literacy, arithmetic, natural sciences, humanities and history." Lydia wrenched her fingers as she recalled what she had learned as a child, "Add an introduction to soul arts, and it should be fine." ”

It seems that there are too many subjects, so he doesn't smile and frown, "What do you do with these?" ”

Lydia shook her head vigorously, "It's useful, at least they'll go to the doctor when they're sick, instead of kneeling on the ground and talking nonsense." ”

"The behavior you just described......" Bu smiled as he looked Lydia up and down, as if to re-examine her, "is it a prayer?" ”

"Is there a problem with my description?" Lydia spread her hands and looked at the sky and said, "The demons have invaded for so long, and many pious priests have prayed to the Kerbal gods to send down the holy fire of salvation. The result was a Blood Moon ritual that killed more innocent people. Was it the ascetic priests who weren't pure enough, or the Kerbal gods who didn't have power? ”

"You are the princess of Shendu." didn't laugh at her, but teased her identity.

Lydia mischievously lifted the corner of her skirt and saluted with a smile, "Are you going to tie me up to the chapel and let the old lady beat me up with an exorcism stick?" ”

Buxiao looked at the naughty and frank girl in front of him, and suddenly burst out: "I need you." ”

What does this ambiguous word mean?

Lydia's expression suddenly stiffened, and her tongue flipped like a knot for a long time, and she couldn't even spit out a word.

"You have endless riches." Buxiao stared into her eyes seriously, "Understanding, inspiration, and hope." ”

"This ...... I ......" Lydia struggled to say something, but she didn't react and accidentally bit her tongue.

"You've got more." The words that he didn't smile were even more inexplicable, but his eyes were serious, as if he was arranging something very important, "Lend me your strength." ”

"I didn't ...... No problem! Lydia patted her chest in confusion, "Don't worry, no matter what the enemy is, I promise that they will be killed and buried when they come." ”

Buxiao nodded: "Well, this is part of it." ”

Lydia asked curiously, "What is the other part?" ”

"There's no rush on that part." Don't smile as he walks, he says, "I'll arrange people." ”

Lydia chased after her and asked, "Arrange someone?" Do you want to do something? ”

"Dig a pit so you can bury it."