Leon got busy early in the morning, and under his orders, eleven former thugs who had been transformed into prisoners were forced to dig pits in the open space at the entrance of the town with some ordinary iron swords.

"My lord, those townsfolk must have shovels, see if you can help us get a few, otherwise these swords will break down quickly, and you can dig faster if you change tools......" One of the prisoners had the courage to build yì.

Li Ang was sitting on the sidelines looking at the pale mountains from afar, and when he heard this, he said for a long time, "There is bad news and good news, which do you want to hear?"

"I, I'm ......" the speaker looked at the pit that was already a little deep, and began to sweat on his forehead, and thought with fear, "Does digging the pit mean that we will be put to death and thrown into the pit later?"

"Can I ask the bad news first, first, first?" the man asked, gritting his teeth, and the others, though they didn't stop, were equally concerned about the issue.

"It seems that you are a pessimistic person," said Leon, "and first of all, I would like to remind you that this pit has nothing to do with you, so don't think about it." ”

All the prisoners perked up and immediately paid attention to the young man's next words.

Leon stood up and patted the dirt on his buttocks, "The bad news is that you have to keep digging holes with such iron swords until you can meet my standards, as for the good news......"

The thugs are even more expectant.

"The good news is that there are iron swords, so you can dig with peace of mind. ”

These swords were originally prepared in the City of Chaos to arm the elves, and Jeff specially bought some more, but most of the elves chose bows and arrows, so there are still dozens of them idle. Moreover, the craftsmanship of forging these iron swords is good, how can it be easy to damage it if it is dug and excavated? It's just that these people want to save some effort.

After Li Ang finished speaking, he didn't care about the faces of these people, walked to the side of the villagers who were busy, and asked, "How are you preparing?"

"Soon, my lord," said one of the young men, "Miss Knight is tearing down the house quickly, and the planks are sufficient. ”

It was indeed very soon, and before noon, a deep pit with a radius of nearly ten meters appeared at the entrance of the town, and Li Ang asked the thugs, who were already tired to death, to collect all the iron swords and stick them upside down at the bottom of the pit. Then he took out several large jars of fire oil, and asked the refugees to dig out all the fire oil and even cooking oil from the town, and poured them all into it, and finally threw in a lot of bundled sticks.

At this time, the elves came in pairs with thin planks more than ten meters long and gently put them at the mouth of the pit, while Caterina herself carried two of them, and was also carrying out this process.

When the wooden planks covered the entire mouth of the pit, Sophia and Melissa took out the specially vacated dimensional bag, sprinkled a little bit of soil from it to cover the mouth of the pit, and finally threw clumps of weeds on it, in order to disguise it more like the normal ground.

After doing this, Li Ang gathered the prisoners, looked at some of them with lower strength, gasped for breath, and said expressionlessly, "Do you want to live and regain your freedom?"

The men were stunned at once, and then looked at Leon suspiciously—they had seen the fierce side of this seemingly kind young man, and they also knew that this was a lord, and it was Campbell's new lord, so they had long dared not hope for freedom, as long as they could live.

But when I suddenly heard these words, a glimmer of hope was rekindled in my heart.

"Your Excellency...... Of course, of course we want to ......," said one man resignedly.

Leon nodded, "Okay, since you want to, then I'll give you a chance." ”

"The Pale Mountains have been harassing my territory lately, and you've experienced it yourself twice, and I expect them to come again today, and on a larger scale than the previous two times. ”

"But since I'm already here, if they dare to reappear......" Leon pointed in the direction of the Pale Mountains, "you must be my vanguard, and together with me you will annihilate all these enemies." ”

"Whoever survives this battle, I will not only give him back what he has been, but I will also let him go. ”

"It's okay if you don't want to fight, but when you return to the manor, you will be put in prison and sentenced to prison for the crime they have committed. ”

The thugs fell silent, they had seen the invading people just two days before, especially the second goblin combat was quite amazing, and they were deeply impressed. In addition, Leon said that the scale of the enemy would be larger in the future, which made them a little frightened.

However, the word freedom was not small for them, so the two choices of "being imprisoned in the lord's dungeon" and "being free as long as you don't die" swirled in their minds for a long time without making a decision.

"Your Excellency...... Please allow me to offend ......" One of the prisoners, after obtaining Leon's permission, hesitated for a long time before asking, "How can you guarantee this promise?"

Leon smiled, then casually pointed around, "Those are my companions, and in the distance are my people, as a lord, if I don't believe in front of them, where will my prestige be in the future?"

Receiving this promise, the face of the speaker showed a look of struggle, but his expression gradually began to ease as his gaze swept over the trap on the ground that was clearly prepared for the enemy, and the young men around him who were extremely combat-ready.

"What if...... What if they don't come?" asked another shrewd man.

"Even if I misjudge, it will set you free. ”

"My lord, I do!"

"Okay, you're the first," Leon motioned for him to step aside.

It would have been easy for one person to stand up, and others have also taken a long time to say that for these people who are accustomed to freedom, being locked up in a dungeon for a few years or ten years is simply more unbearable than death.

In the end, there were two people left, and they looked at each other, and their expressions were bitter, and one of them said, "My lord...... We are all ordinary businessmen, and ...... participate in such battles"

Li Ang glanced at him coldly and said, "The crime you committed before determines that you are not qualified to say this. ”

"Okay, okay......" The two finally gave in helplessly.

With a "bang", Leon dumped all the weapons he had collected on the ground for the men to choose for themselves, and then gave them plenty of food and rest, and finally he thought about it for a while, and decided to give each of them a bottle of micro-healing potion, which gave the prisoners a great deal of confidence - not the confidence of the battle, but the confidence of Leon to fulfill his promise.

"If you want a horse to run, you have to let it eat" Li Ang still understands the truth, so he is not stingy at this point, even if the other party is his own prisoner.

By this time, the refugees in Brown Bear Town had already packed their bags - in fact, some miscellaneous items, many of their houses had been burned down, and there were still extra things to take with them. However, the lord had promised to provide them with all the necessary necessities when they arrived at the manor, so they still had some confidence in their new life ahead.

In addition, there are more than a dozen seriously injured people who are unable to move, and although there is no problem in saving their lives with the efforts of Sophia and Luna, the internal injuries in their bodies cannot be healed for a while, so transportation is necessary.

The townspeople didn't have any, and Leon didn't have any superfluous, but there were some who did.

Most of the merchants who came here would travel in horse-drawn carriages, both to transport the goods they had purchased, and on the other hand, of course, to make the journey comfortable. Most of these carriages had no owners, and Leon unceremoniously took possession of them, freeing up a few of them specifically for transporting the wounded, and the supplies that had been piled up on the carriages were all collected by him into dimensional bags as trophies.

Of course, when he returned, he would convert the value of these things into money and goods to distribute to the refugees in Brown Bear Town, as compensation for the crimes committed by the rioters.

Now that the carriage was on the way, some of the young townsfolk begged to stay and follow the lord to fight the enemy, for whom the invaders were just as hateful as the mobs.

However, Li Ang declined the request, looking at the disappointed expressions on the faces of the young people, he said: "I can understand your feelings, but now you lack training, and you have no extra equipment to arm you, I don't want to see you make senseless sacrifices without preparation." ”

"However, soon a militia call will be issued to every village and town, and if you really want to fight these enemies, you can respond to the call, and I will provide each of you with regular training and a complete set of equipment at that time. ”

"Boys, I'm looking forward to fighting with you someday!

The last sentence made the young man's eyes light up, and they bowed deeply to the young lord, and then turned back to catch up with the carriage, and it looked like they would soon be the first members of the militia regiment.

Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the distant figures of these people, it can be said that his worries have been lifted, and then he just needs to wait, if his judgment is correct, there will definitely be a wave of attacks before dark.

But in a strange situation, there are two border forts on Campbell's southern border. Locke and Brownearth were relatively close to Fort Mark, and it was rare for them to have a large number of foreign enemies invade the villages, as most of them were spotted by the scouts sent by the fort, and then the cavalry quickly arrived to drive them away.

And Ansai Town and Brown Bear Town are both within the radiation range of Fort Edd, but Ansai Town is relatively far away from the border, so there are fewer threats, only Brown Bear Town is closest to the border, and it is supposed to receive more attention, but it has been invaded by mobs and aborigines for two consecutive days, why don't you see any action in Fort Edward?

Even sending cavalry over to investigate the situation would be reasonable, but it would never be justified to ignore it like this.

Is it really because, as Luthor said, the commander of Fort Eddberg is at odds with the old lord, so he doesn't care about these things? No, if as a border governor, doesn't even care about this kind of incident, which is already a foreign invasion, it is definitely a dereliction of duty.

Leon decided that when the time came, he would go to Fort Edmond to confront him face to face, and if things were really as he thought, he would find a way to solve them anyway - the countless examples in his mind reminded him that such discordant notes in the territory must not be allowed.