Twenty kilometers downstream of the Black Feather Bridge, they had made a hundred-meter-long hole in a weak spot on the north bank - it was always easier to destroy than to build, especially after it had been turned into an above-ground river due to flooding.

A large amount of river water flooded unscrupulously in this direction, and they still had more than twenty kilometers to go before it was officially emptied into the Frozen Land, which belonged to the densely populated Lingyu Valley.

Without the constraints of the river, wherever the terrain is low, the river will gush until it finds its final exit.

Everywhere there were collapsed houses, everywhere there were flooded farmlands, and countless people were trapped on the shattered heights or trees, crying out in grief and despair, and angrily denouncing the ruthlessness and injustice of the gods, not knowing that it was not natural disasters but man-made disasters that led to their current situation.

The above is a real projection of Regina who returned to the valley early, taken from high in the sky.

She was not just showing it to Gavin, but also to the villagers of the new village of Vizeme who had gathered, and everyone had a look on their faces, especially the prisoners of war mercenaries, because most of them were from the Valley of Feathers, the Valley of Ploughing and the Valley of Scars, among which the Valley of Feathers and Scars were the majority, which was directly related to their personal interests.

"Natural disasters are terrible, but what is more terrible than natural disasters is man-made disasters, those merchants in Sambia for their own selfishness, do not care about the lives and deaths of the people in Lingyu Valley and Ploughing Valley, and discharge floods here on a large scale to save their own embankments, we can put the matter of accountability aside, but rescue is imminent.

Although many of us are outsiders, the people of this land, in our most difficult times, extended a helping hand to us, accepted us, let us put down roots in this land, build our new home, and now they are in trouble, we cannot sit idly by, we must lend a helping hand to them. Gavin took the opportunity to raise his voice to the people below.

"My lord is right, since we have chosen to live in the valley, we should abide by the rules established here, and we must lend a helping hand when the other valley people are in danger."

"This kind of thing can only be done by those cold-blooded, evil merchants, we must not sit idly by, lord, you say, what do you need us to do? We are completely obedient to the Lord's arrangement! ”

"Your Excellency is merciful, we were blinded by interests in the past, so we would accept the employment of that group of mercenary, cold-blooded and evil Sambian merchants, and please ask your lord to beg our family, we are willing to go to the disaster relief in person, we swear that we will never run away halfway, if we break our oath, people and gods will abandon us."

"I'm proficient in water, my lord, please send me, I'm willing to make an oath."

"I'm from Lingyu Valley, my home is near the breach, I'm very familiar with the situation there, and bringing me with me will be very helpful for disaster relief."

There is no need for guidance at all, and the opinions of the villagers of Vizeme New Village are one-sided, and there is no way for them to sit idly by when they are able to help.

"Very well, you didn't disappoint me." Gavin nodded in satisfaction, "Craigie listens." ”

"The subordinates are here." Craigie walked quickly over to Gavin and fell to one knee.

"I now appoint you as the general of the Vizeme escort fleet, the existing fifteen longships, all transferred to your command, immediately organize manpower, all the longships are fully staffed, and then immediately go to the flood site, emergency rescue, everything is people-oriented, from now on, there is no need to divide immigrants or prisoners of war mercenaries, everything is rescued, if you violate the order, they will be dealt with according to military law, I grant you the privilege of cutting first and then playing during the disaster relief." Gavin directly took the opportunity to form his own river fleet, which was an opportunity to completely digest those prisoners of war mercenaries, and believed that with this opportunity, many prisoners of war would be directly converted into his own subjects.

The more cold-blooded and mercenary the merchants of Sambia, the more oppressive they were to the people of the valley, the more advantageous it was for him.

"Yes." Craigie said with his blood boiling.

Leading an army alone has always been something he has always dreamed of, but under his father's dazzling aura, he will always be like a fledgling that has not grown up, and when everyone sees him, the first thing that comes to mind is not his name, but Copperfield's son, who has always wanted to prove that one day, his father can be proud of himself.

He feels that the last six months have been the fastest growing half of his life, not only because the young man in front of him has given him more rights and trust, but most importantly, he has separated himself from his father Copperfield and given him enough space to grow through experience.

While a longship is not as good as a three-masted sailing ship, and a river is not as good as a sea, it's at least a good start, isn't it?

Gavin couldn't help but ask with concern: "Now that the rain is continuous, the water of the Ashaba River is soaring, and many sections have become very turbulent and complicated, you have no problem sailing on it, right?" ”

The rush on the water was purely out of desperation, and the continuous rain had already turned the entire valley into muddy land, and if you wanted to struggle to get past it from the land, you couldn't do it without two or three days, and when you arrived, it was not to save people, but to collect their corpses.

"Your Excellency, don't worry, when the storm on the sea rises, both the wind and rain and the water are far above this, especially not long ago, I just led the team to run here several times, and I have already felt the situation of the entire river clearly, I can make sure that I can take them in and out here safely." Craigie said with great confidence, "I would like to make a military order, if there is a shipwreck due to a command error, the lord should take off my head." ”

"There's no need for that." Gavin waved his hand and said, "I'll arrange a few mage assistants for you, Staff Officer O'Lela, and the six of you will fully assist General Craigie in this search and rescue mission." ”

The six female mages who followed closely behind Gavin bowed to answer.

Although there are a large number of kobold warlocks in the new village, it is easier for these orthodox human mages to win the trust of those who are affected by their resilience and origin.

"Thank you, Lord." Craigie had a look of undisguised joy on his face, and of course he knew how much help the caster could provide.

"Carry out the mission, when you are ready, you don't need to report to me, and you will leave for the rescue immediately." Gavin ordered.

"My lord, we are also willing to help, and please allow our fleet to go with us." Avery Avery the halfling village chief of Anbaochuan Village came out to ask for his life.

"Can your house boat withstand such a rushing river?" Gavin asked, and the village of Anbao Boat on the top of the Yevon Pond used chains to string together a large number of house boats to fight against the wind and waves.

"As long as the boat moves, there is no problem, especially when following the big boats, compared to these long boats, our boat has a shallow water, and when entering the flood area to rescue, it is more advantageous." Avery was clearly not purely hot-blooded, but carefully considered.

"Let's be together, but before saving people, we must first ensure our own safety." Gavin admonished.

"Rest assured, our halflings have always had a little better luck than the others." Avery said with a smile.

"I hope your goddess will protect you as always." Best wishes Gavin.

Halflings are indeed shrouded in a mysterious luck, which often does not happen in a happy life, but leaves a glimmer of life for them when that desperate situation and calamity is coming, and after luck, what awaits them is often a new round of desperation and calamity, which is jokingly called the luck of halflings.

Optimistic people and pessimistic people have very different understandings of this matter.

Optimistic people think that what is the superficial meaning, and halflings are lucky to turn danger into disaster.

Pessimistic people, this represents danger and calamity, which is not the luck of the halfling, but the misfortune of the halfling.

Obviously, Avery is one of the optimistic kinds, and most halflings are.

"Thank you, Lord Lord, for your blessings." Avery thanked him and hurried away, apparently to get his ships and men in order.

"Luna." Gavin continued to dispatch his troops, "You run to the Rose Tower as fast as you can, ask Ian Druid for help, and let his help control the weather, suppress the weather in the disaster area, and facilitate the rescue of people. ”

"Yes." After Ma Niang answered, she directly took off into the air and transformed back into the half-moon horse, and went straight to the Rose Tower.

"Chester, you led the Odo mapping team to mark and map out all the inundation areas around the Yavon Pond and the middle and lower reaches of the Ashaba River." Gavin prepares for the future management of the Ashaba River.

Their Ashaba River Management Foundation has already been set up, but it has not been put into practice for a long time, just to wait for the rainy season to arrive and the water potential here is at its peak, and to start preparing after an effective assessment to prevent useless work.

Judging from the current situation, Gavin was right to be cautious before, without personal experience, it is difficult to imagine that the valley where the weather is usually smooth and rainy, and there is such a violent side, and the water level here can change to such a large extent.

"Yes." Chester gladly complied.

Among the captured mercenaries was a third-rate painter who had been hired as the drawing teacher of the group of Oder, and combined with their innate talent, they became masters of topographic mapping, and Chester was the best of them, and this ability only made sense when fully utilized.

After Gavin had arranged everything, Regina stepped forward and invited: "The assistance we can provide is limited after all, the most important thing is that the people of Lingyu Valley and Ploughing Valley can save themselves, I am ready to go to Feather Valley and Ploughing Valley immediately, contact the local rich and elders, mobilize people to save themselves as much as possible, and at the same time expose to them the conspiracy of the Sambian merchants, Lord Lord, I believe they will be grateful for what you have done for their valley." ”

Regina's intention couldn't be more obvious, she wanted to use this incident to get Gavin to improve his relationship with the current ruling class of Feather Valley and Cultivated Valley, and expand his influence here.

Strictly speaking, she is not Gavin's subordinate, on the contrary, she is the princess of Battle Valley, and she has more say than Gavin in many matters in Battle Valley.

But since Fairy Midsummer Night, the two have always maintained a very ambiguous relationship.

Saying that they are friends, they are closer than this, and they can be said to be responsive to Gavin's every call, and even very positive, more concerned than their own affairs.

said that they were lovers, and there was a layer of window paper in the middle, and they never could pierce the fire.

Gavin had never had a serious discussion with Regina about his strategic layout in the Vale and in the Battle Valley, because he didn't know how to open his mouth, because after developing to a certain extent, the first person to be replaced by him was her human adoptive father, Lord Ilmet.

What's more interesting is that smart as Regina has already seen Gavin's ambitions, not only did not alienate him, but walked closer, and there was a feeling of actively pushing him to this position, more precisely, not simply pushing Gavin to the position of the valley lord of the battle valley, and even pushing in the direction of other valleys, as if he wanted him to inherit the will of Anka, the king of cloaks, and become the king of the entire valley.

In the past, Gavin was the behind-the-scenes manipulator, letting others be kings, but in the valley, there were people who wanted to manipulate him as kings, this feeling made him a little ridiculous, but he would not object, after all, Regina has connections here that she does not have, and it is much easier for her to come forward than to come forward by herself, just to say that the problem of contacting the ruling class of other valleys, if it is replaced by herself, it is estimated that it will take a lot of energy just to meet them.

Gavin thought about it for a moment, shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but there are still a bunch of things that have not been resolved on the side of the conqueror's army, and I can't leave for too long. It is better to wait until the relief is complete and ready to resettle and rebuild, when it is easier to find the same interests with them. ”

Those victims are all potential people, if they can use the pretext of resettlement to loot some of them, it is definitely a profitable business, not only to earn population, but also to earn reputation.

"Don't say it's true, Lingyu Valley adopts democratic politics, their way to solve big things is to convene a valley meeting, all the residents of Lingyu Valley, whether rich or poor, can express their opinions on it and resolve disputes, this time the situation is so serious, they will inevitably hold a valley meeting to discuss this matter after the disaster, that time is the perfect opportunity for Lord Sir to come forward, and the conspiracy of the Sambian businessmen will be more shocking when it is exposed on that occasion." Regina suddenly thought of a more appropriate way.

She has never lacked political acumen, and she is super flexible, "Not only Lingyu Valley, but also this matter involves Cultivating Valley, they are a group of rich people composed of the Seven Citizens' Council, we can also find a way to get involved, preferably to promote the two valleys to join forces against the merchants of Sambia." ”

"Then I'll leave this matter to you." Gavin is as good as he is, and in this matter, Regina has more say than herself.

Regina smiled and said: "You are the knight of our battle valley, the more influential you are outside, the more light I have on my face, what the Sambian businessmen did this time, in a short period of time, is beneficial to them, effectively avoiding a large number of economic losses in the country, but in the long run, it is an out-and-out stupid move, which completely touches the bottom line of the valley people, which will make many valleys join forces against them, I hope that at that time, you can come forward to provoke this banner." ”

"Me? Why not let the Lord of Ilmet come forward? I believe he is more influential than I am. Gavin took the opportunity to ask the biggest question in his heart.

Regina shook her head helplessly and said: "If he could do it, he would have done it a long time ago, and he wouldn't wait until now, his character is too pure, as the Lord of Battle Valley, he is not qualified, let alone unite people's hearts, the only way for him to deal with the Sambian merchant is to draw his sword, which is the most inferior strategy and tactic." ”

"I'll think about it carefully." Gavin gave an ambiguous answer.

Since the establishment of the valley, there has been no real unity, in addition to many external factors, internal factors can also not be ignored, once the haste is made, so that the other valleys have the impression that their ambitions are uncontrollable, it is possible to unite and use force against themselves.

At that time, it was easy to be pushed onto the road of military unification, internal and external troubles, and eventually would embark on the old path of those military lords, the Lashan lord of the Scar Valley is a living example, in 1356, he used force to unify the cultivated valley and the Lingyu Valley, and even most of the battle valley was occupied, but it was only a flash in the pan, it was completely defeated, and now the Scar Valley is still occupied by the garrison of those coalition armies, of which the Santarinhui and Sambia account for the absolute majority, and the Cormier Kingdom has a part in it.

Gavin prepared to carry out the military strategy of building high walls in the valley, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king's reign until the day when he was crowned with yellow robes.

……

Blood Horn.

The place where the dragon's lair of the young red dragon Slaxata was once located, since the scourge of the East Road was slaughtered by Gavin, it has been bustling for a short time, and many treasure hunters come here with a fluke mentality, hoping to find the remaining dragon treasure.

But most of them didn't even have a chance to get close to the blood horns, so they left the place as fast as they could, and brought out a disturbing news, especially to the people of Bow Valley, that the Sethren Valley had completely turned into a valley of death, which was filled with a large number of undead, and the most frightening thing was that a death knight was said to haunt the area.

It is very likely that he is the Lord of Sethren Valley who was killed by the cavalry of Bow Valley in the name of cultivating evil necromancy one hundred and twenty years ago, Lord Dusk of Bow Valley, and now he is leading his people back to life, and will take revenge on Bow Valley that destroyed their homeland, especially the current ruling family of Bow Valley, the Akon family, he will definitely kill every child of the Arkon family.

The Blood Horn has been occupied by the Magpie's Nest Dove, and this place has been used as a base for his revenge by the Lord of Dusk, transformed into a huge nest of the undead, shrouded in a black fog that does not disperse all year round, which is the souls of the people of Sethren Valley who died unjustly a hundred years ago.

(End of chapter)