Nolan was a little dazed.

Upon entering the battlefield, his face turned slightly pale with the severed limbs of mercenaries, the wreckage of chariots, and sticky bloodstains, the smell of burnt and rust filling his nostrils.

He's killed people, but as long as he's on a real battlefield, he understands that the scenes in the past were just petty fights.

There is nothing more shocking than the death of hundreds of people on this battlefield.

"That's what it is...... War. ”

He took a deep breath and engraved in his mind the desolate and cruel scene in front of him.

"Nolan, come here!"

The old wolf shouted from the side, "There is a man alive here, come and save him!" ”

Nolan came to his senses and hurried over.

I saw that the lower body of a mercenary was crushed under the wreckage of the chariot, and the old wolf supported the chariot with force, and the logistics staff on the side pulled the mercenary out.

His face was pale, his mouth kept spitting blood foam, his lower body had been flattened, and even the white bones of his knees were exposed, and he looked like he was dying.

"Such injuries ......"

Nolan only glanced at it and made a judgment, slowly shook his head, and said, "I'm afraid I can't do anything." ”

In addition to his external injuries, he also suffered severe internal injuries, and even if he was fed healing potions, he might not be able to save them, and the healing potions would take effect for a long time.

"There's no way......

The old wolf's face was extremely complicated, and the old man was like him, in fact, he also found that the mercenary was extremely injured, but there was still a trace of luck in his heart, so he subconsciously called Nolan over.

After all, this injured mercenary is a friend he has known for many years.

"Don't waste it."

The mercenary grabbed the old wolf's hand with the only strength he had left, "Compared to this, have we won?" ”

"Of course I won! How else would I have come? ”

The old wolf sighed, "Go all the way...... I'll bring your relics back. ”

"Old wolf, take care of my brother."

The mercenary's voice gradually weakened, "He participated in the escort commission of this caravan, and it is estimated that he is being held somewhere in the stronghold now, help me find him, I have ...... Can't get by......"

The mercenary's hand fell to the ground weakly, and the old wolf took a deep breath, he ripped off the mercenary tag around the mercenary's neck and stuffed it into his arms.

"Condolences." Nolan whispered.

"Ha, don't worry, this isn't the first time I've sent people around me away, mercenaries are originally this kind of profession that licks blood with the tip of a knife."

The old wolf stood up, looked around and said, "Everyone is almost dead, and it seems that you don't need your help here anymore - Nolan, I just have a personal request, can you listen to me?" ”

"You say."

"The guy who just died...... He was my neighbor when I grew up, just like my own brother. His younger brother, who was also a mercenary, had lost word while escorting the caravan and, if still alive, should now be held in this stronghold along with the cargo. ”

The old wolf quickly explained, "Help me make sure he's still alive, I owe you a favor." ”

"No problem." Nolan nodded, "What's his name and what does he look like?" ”

"His name is Xinen, he looks very similar to his brother, he is five big and three thick, and his hair is still naturally curly, so it should be easy to distinguish."

The old wolf patted Noren on the shoulder, "I'm going to preside over the cleaning of this area, and I can't get over there for the time being, so I'll leave this matter to you." ”

At the behest of the old wolf, Noren returned to the stronghold, while Harrison was organizing the movement of goods.

The intelligence was correct, and the caravan's supplies were indeed temporarily stored in this stronghold.

"Harrison!"

Nolan walked over and asked, "Have the guards who were escorting this shipment been found?" Were they captured, or were they killed on the spot? ”

"Most of them were killed, and some were taken prisoner." Harrison replied, "What are you asking for?" ”

"There may be someone I know inside." Nolan scratched his head, "Where are they being held, I'm going to find them." ”

"Over there."

Harrison pointed in a direction, but suddenly remembered something, and added, "But the situation over there is a bit complicated, you ......"

Without hearing what he said at the end, Nolan trotted away.

Harrison was pointing in what appeared to be the location of the cafeteria in the colony, and along the way you could see scattered animal bones and dark brown earth stained with blood.

Next to the kitchen-like open-air camp were a number of filthy cages, which contained prisoners, roughly estimated to be about a dozen.

Is this where the caravan guards are being held? Nolan took a few steps and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

In the middle of the open-air camp was a board with bloody pieces of flesh that had been cut in half, and at first he thought it was probably some kind of beast corpse, but when he looked closely, he found that it was not right at all.

This color, this shape......

Isn't this bloody piece of flesh a human corpse!

In an instant, he only felt a chill all over his body, a chill rushed to his head, and a fact that he could barely accept was laid out in front of him.

These steppe people...... It's actually eating people!?

Looking down, he saw several heads on the side of the board, and he resisted the discomfort and walked over to identify their appearances, and quickly locked on to a target.

The head is square, looking like the mercenary who died in battle, and the hair is naturally curly......

It's his younger brother, yes.

Nolan took two steps back and gasped, trembling a little.

With the cruel style of the steppe people slaughtering the village at every turn, both he and the old wolf actually accepted in their hearts that their younger brother might have been killed.

But it's one thing to be killed, and to be tortured with corpses, even as food rations...... That's another story.

A brief moment of shock was followed by anger that swept through the body.

What kind of brute behavior is this?

Originally, after learning about the history of the La Buses grassland, he still vaguely felt in his heart that the steppe people were just poor people who were expelled from their homes by the Roland Empire.

But now he is completely unsympathetic, and even wants to ask - why didn't Roland I exterminate these barbarians when he conquered the grasslands?

"It's shocking, right, I was shocked when I saw it with my own eyes, it turned out that the ancient rumors circulating on the grassland turned out to be true."

At some point, Harrison came to him and sighed, "The La Buse Prairie is not suitable for production, and Peak City is very dependent on grain imports every year.

"This is true of Linfeng City, which is located in a relatively fertile area of the grassland, and the situation of the steppe people in the frontier is even more serious, and it is said that when food is scarce, they will even eat the corpses of their own people.

"This is true for your kindred, let alone for your enemies. It is a tradition of the Lebuses to eat the flesh of the vanquished, as a sign of complete conquest of the enemy.

"For them, cannibalism is just a normal way to eat, even if there is some living food left after the slaughter, it is not out of humanitarianism, maybe it is just a means of food for them."

"...... normal feeding channels?" Nolan frowned deeply.

The civilization of this world is a little backward compared to the previous life, and even if he can understand this phenomenon of cannibalism, he will never accept it.

From his position as a Linfeng man, who can see his compatriots remain indifferent after being eaten alive by the enemy?

Unlike ordinary personal grievances, this has risen to the level of a confrontation between nations, civilizations, and even human nature.

No matter what traditions and hardships you have, if you dare to kill my people and eat their flesh, then I can only destroy you.

Since you follow the law of the dark forest, let me tell you who is the real strong and who is the one who is being bullied.

By this time the cargo had been roughly counted, and the troops were freed up, and they cut down the prison and freed the captives who had survived.

Some of the captives screamed in panic when they saw someone approaching, and it seemed that the scene of the steppe people eating people had scared them crazy.

"Hurry up and set them up, we're going back to the city!"

Harrison glanced at his pocket watch and shouted the order, "All assembled, ready to go!" ”

"What about these prairie people?" Someone asked for instructions.

Not all the troops in the stronghold are steppe people, there are also some logistics personnel, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled of steppe people.

Most of them were killed in the stubborn resistance, while the rest were taken prisoner and awaited Harrison's fall.

"Killed." Harrison said coldly.

At that moment, another man ran out of the tent next to him and shouted:

"My lord, there are still a lot of refugees locked up here, what should we do?"

"Anyone else is still locked up?" Harrison walked briskly.

It was a tent, but it was actually a large cage covered with cloth, and at a glance there were twenty or thirty people being held here, like a herd of cattle in captivity.

The cage stinks, and the steppe people don't care about the sanitary environment inside.

"These should be refugees who were homeless and took refuge in the city, and were finally caught by the steppe troops."

Harrison said in a deep voice, "Those brutes didn't kill all these refugees, but left some here, I'm afraid...... It was intended to be used as a reserve ration for them. ”

"We've got to get them back to town with us." Nolan let out a sigh, "If you leave it alone, they're dead!" ”

"I'm afraid I can't take it away."

Harrison's eyes flashed, "We are a surprise attack, and we didn't reserve extra places when we came. ”

Noren glanced around: "There are steppe carts in the stronghold, and they can get into these carriages and leave. ”

"Huh~——!"

Suddenly, there was a warning whistle from the guard tower, Harrison's face tightened, and he said quickly: "The rangers have already discovered the abnormality, there is no time to do anything else, we must evacuate immediately!" ”

He took two steps, and when he saw that Nolan was still standing in place and didn't know what he was taking out of his arms, his voice couldn't help but become stern:

"Nolan, now is not the time to be indecisive!

"The Rangers are the elite of the steppe people, and each unit is incorporated with more than one high-ranking knight. Now that Leod is out of action, we are currently understaffed, and we must not have a head-on confrontation with them again! ”

Before he could finish speaking, Nolan lit a firework.

The fireworks rose and exploded in the air as sparks, and Harrison looked at him in disbelief: "You, what are you doing here?" ”

"It's flares, I'm calling for my reinforcements."

Nolan said slowly, "All the people here, I'm going to bring them back alive." ”

Harrison had made so many preparations to plan this surprise attack, how could he not think about anything and rush into the battlefield in a daze with just his blood?

In order to leave an insurance policy for this battle, he sent a letter to the city lord's mansion in the morning.

The recipient of the letter was Evelyn Baihart, the eldest lady of the Lord's Mansion.

In fact, a lot was written in the letter, from the defense of the homeland to the liberation of Linfeng City, and finally the necessity of fighting.

However, he was afraid that these big truths were not convincing enough, and at the end he tried to see the dagger and threatened:

"- Aoji, no matter what, Yuna will be involved in this battle tonight, if you don't want her to have an accident, come and help us!"

Although he only had a one-sided acquaintance with this eldest lady, he could feel that Evelyn had a deep obsession with Yuna and had complicated feelings.

She felt guilty about Yuna, believing that she had failed to help her friend, and that Peak City had been ashamed of its people.

In a sense, she and the City Lord's Mansion are two diametrically opposed propositions, and they are the main battle faction on their side.

That's why he thinks Evelyn can help in this battle, and with her character, if she sees her friend suffer another accident because of her inaction, she will definitely regret it for the rest of her life.

Then before leaving in the afternoon, he received a reply from the City Lord's Mansion.

Evelyn wrote only five words on the letter:

"You wait for me!!"

There are three big exclamation marks on the back book to vent the intense emotions in her heart.

When he saw the reply, Nolan knew he had made the right bet.

"Are you serious, Nolan!"

Harrison looked at him in disbelief, "Where did you get reinforcements?" It's no joke! ”

As if in response to his question, the next moment on the other side of the stronghold, a firework was also raised.

"There is another army approaching quickly from the east!"

A warning sounded from the watchtower, "It's an unknown unit, about a dozen or so in number!" ”

Nolan nodded slightly at Harrison, who took a deep breath and finally made a decision, responding in a loud voice, "Don't panic, that's our reinforcements!"

"Get the people out of the cage, prepare the carriage for them, and get ready for the rest, we're going to break through!"

The Rangers were able to return much faster than he expected, and even if they were to evacuate now, they might be caught up halfway through.

In this case, it is better to join the reinforcements first, and the odds will be better.

"Nolan!"

On the other side, Yuna hurried over and asked worriedly, "What's the situation now?" ”

She didn't know that Nolan and Evelyn had secretly agreed to cooperate, only that the Rangers seemed to be back too quickly, and that they weren't quite ready to evacuate.

Nolan didn't want to stay in this cannibalistic open-air camp for fear that the environment would irritate her, so he took her hand and walked in the direction of the fireworks rising outside the stronghold, and said:

"Reinforcements are coming, let's go over and pick her up."

"Reinforcements?" Yuna was surprised, "Is it Harrison calling for reinforcements?" ”

"No, it's our reinforcements."

Nolan corrected, "You should know her, to be precise, this reinforcement is here because of you." ”

"Because of me?" Yuna was a little confused for a moment.

Just then, she saw an army rushing out of the night and galloping towards her.

Her face tightened, and she subconsciously held the hilt of the sword at her waist, but when she saw the face of the girl at the head of this army, the whole person was stunned.

Xiuyi's long chestnut hair, radiant blue eyes, and bright and touching bright red lips...... All kinds of characteristics piece together the familiar and unfamiliar face of the girl.

"Eve......?" Yuna opened her mouth, unable to speak for a moment.

Dressed in close-fitting leather armor and a white cloak, Evelyn drove her steed to Yuna, holding the reins high and reaching out to Yuna like a prince charming falling from the sky.

After returning to Peak City, this was what she had wanted to say to her countless times in her heart, and now she could finally say it-

"Yuna, I'm here to save you!"