Chapter 41: Bandits
All the way north, Wang Yong and his men had to pass through four provinces to reach their territory, and they had to walk at least sixty miles a day to reach it in two months.
Along the way, everyone hurried during the day, rested in the field at night, and sent people into the city to buy some food and horse-drawn carts when passing through the city.
On their way, Varney and Nossen were able to occasionally hunt some game, and when they ate, they cooked it and shared it among everyone, although they could only get a little bit each, but the slaves were also very happy, and eating meat was already a luxury for them.
Wang Yong has a cheerful personality, and usually talks and laughs with these slaves, chatting about family life, so that these slaves gradually like Wang Yong, a lord who has no aristocratic shelf.
Maverick and a few slave children run around the team all day long, getting dirty every day, and they are the happiest in the whole team.
Amy and the others will also come over to help when they are resting and cooking, especially Amy, who is now learning embroidery with those tailors, thinking that after she learns it, she will make a more beautiful dress for Kevin and Wang Yong.
Big blow, Carl, they and the minotaur have a good conversation, and when they have nothing to do, they get together and talk nonsense.
These little things made the slaves love Wang Yong more and more, and gradually, the team had a cohesive force, making everyone more united.
After running all the way, finally fifty days later, Wang Yong set foot on his own territory. The southernmost part of the territory is the place near the Warcraft Forest, and it is also the last place where you can enter the forest.
Further north, the edge of the forest is impassable mountains, and there is no way to enter the forest.
Lei's three cousins parted from everyone here and returned to the fox tribe in the forest.
Originally, Wang Yong and Lei He were going to go with them to see the fox tribe, but now the time is too tight, and in the end, it was decided that after Lei He's cousin went back to explain the situation, he would bring some people to visit Lei and Wang Yong.
Wang Yong sent five of his best men, dressed in their best equipment now, to escort Regan's three cousins home, and when the fox people came to the territory in the future, someone would lead the way and report.
It was very sad when they separated, and Wang Yong didn't like this feeling very much.
After nearly two months of getting along with everyone, the three fox girls have become very familiar with everyone, and everyone also likes these three beautiful and lively little sisters.
Everyone knew that when they were leaving, they spontaneously came to see them off, and sent them a lot of small gifts, and sincerely wished them a safe journey, and Amy even gave them a lot of her own jewelry and fabrics.
Wang Yong knew that the living conditions of their fox tribe were difficult, and he wanted to send some gold coins, but he thought that it was impossible for them to go out of the forest to trade with humans, and even if they gave them more gold coins, they would have no place to spend them. So he brought them two carts of food, hoping to help their tribe.
Lei He nodded to Wang Yong very gratefully, and then pulled his three lovely cousins and didn't let go. He had just found his relatives, and he had only been together for a long time, and now he was going to be separated, and Lei followed him very disappointed.
In this way, everyone sent the three fox girls to the edge of the forest, and the three fox girls finally couldn't help it, and Amy hugged them together and cried loudly.
A group of women cried for a while before they reluctantly parted, and the three fox girls finally made up their minds and assured everyone: "We will go back, but we promise to come back to see everyone." After saying that, they resolutely turned around and got on their horses, and together with a few people who escorted them, they gradually disappeared into the forest with everyone's blessings.
With the sadness of parting, the group walked north for several hours, and Wang Yong finally discovered the difference between his territory and other provinces.
From the imperial capital to the seaside provinces, although the few provinces passing through are not particularly prosperous, they are definitely not like here, and they are desolate everywhere.
There is no farmland in sight here, the land is overgrown with weeds, and it is all long-abandoned land.
The roads here are potholed and difficult to walk, and there are now more than thirty wagons in the procession loaded with grain, which have been purchased in other cities along the way.
Because each wagon was loaded with a lot of grain, it had not been long since this road was taken, and several wagons had already broken down.
When the grain was unloaded from the wagon, and when the wagon was repaired, it was discovered that the iron axle had been bent and deformed, and it was completely scrapped.
Wang Yong frowned after coming over and said, "This can't be done, the carriage is too heavy, and if we go on such a road, before we get to that fishing village, these carriages will all fall apart." ”
"Boss," suggested Murray, "why don't I go back and buy some wagons? ”
Wang Yong thought about it, and now there was only that, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you and Kevin will bring some people, and we will wait for you here." ”
Maury had another wagon empty, piled grain on the ground, and called twenty more human slaves to drive the wagon.
When they walked away, Wang Yong said loudly: "Everyone is resting here today, Kevin and they will have to come back in a day at the earliest, everyone should do what they should do, there are weapons to pay attention to vigilance, there are bandits in this place, everyone be careful." After saying that, Wang Yong led the people to form a circle around the carriage and act as a defensive wall, and everyone set up tents in this wall, and the cooks began to cook.
Wang Yong saw that it was still early, so he took the minotaur and the dwarf to get lime powder on the side.
Along the way, Wang Yong found a lot of limestone, and whenever he rested, he would grind these limestones into powder and send them to the slaves for self-defense. Now the slaves have each been given two packs, and the excess is stored in Wang Yong's space ring.
Wang Yong once asked for the names of the minotaurs and dwarves, but their names were very long and the pronunciation was very difficult, and it was said that they were the language of their own people.
Wang Yong remembered for a long time and didn't remember, so he gave them all nicknames, the bull head and the dwarf are called Niu Da, Niu Er, Niu San until Niu Ba according to their age, and the dwarves are called sledgehammer, second hammer, and three hammers respectively.
Wang Yong and a few dwarves were responsible for using hammers to crush large pieces of limestone, and the minotaur then used flat large stones to grind the limestone pieces into powder, although the powder was not very fine and not uniform enough, but it was enough to use it for Yin people when fighting.
At the same time, on a hillside not far from Wang Yong and them, several people were sneakily staring at Wang Yong and them.
A man with a pair of triangular eyes said to a man with a fierce face and a fierce appearance next to him: "Boss, they seem to be nobles, you see, they also have five professional flags of junior warriors, their force is very strong, we are not opponents." ”
The boss pouted and said, "What kind of nobleman, I guess it's a caravan who is not afraid of death is pretending to be." Didn't the caravan we robbed yesterday also have the noble flag? They also have the professional flag of the junior knights, but when it really starts, they are the fastest runners. Look at these people's carriages, they are full of goods, we haven't seen such a large caravan here in a long time. And there are women in their ranks, and I've seen several beautiful ones, and when this ticket is done today, we'll have a few more months off. Also, remember to tell me for a while, those women must be caught alive, and when the brothers have had enough, they will be sold to the brothel, hehe. After hearing this, the triangular eye next to him also laughed lewdly.
The eldest said to the other person beside him, "Third brother, you go and call everyone over, and when you arrive, we will rush over and rob them." The third child nodded excitedly and ran away.
Wang Yong didn't know that he had been targeted by the bandits, and he was still smashing them with a sledgehammer, and the people who were with him were splashed all over their heads and covered in dust, like the terracotta warriors and horses that had just been dug up.
At this moment, the people in charge of guarding the periphery suddenly found a large group of people with weapons, riding horses and rushing towards them, and the slaves on guard nervously sounded the gong to sound the alarm.
When Wang Yong hurried to the outskirts of the camp, he saw that there were almost 100 people on horseback, holding all kinds of weapons and screaming, and they had already surrounded themselves.
Looking at those people who looked fierce and vicious, and their eyes revealed greed and murder, Wang Yong didn't need to think about it to know that he had encountered the legendary bandits.
Wang Yong eagerly said to Amy, who had just arrived: "You go and take the women and children to the carriage and hide, these people are bandits, and no one is allowed to get off the carriage without my order." ”
Amy was startled when she heard this, nodded obediently and said, "Okay, I'll go now, you have to be careful." With that, he turned and ran towards the middle of the camp, gathering all the women and children along the way.
Wang Yong likes Amy very much, and when something happens, she listens to what Wang Yong says, and never distracts Wang Yong.
At this time, the boss of the bandits rode a horse, came to a place not far from the carriage with an arrogant face, and shouted loudly in a condescending tone: "Listen to the people inside, we are the Red Star Bandit Group, put down your weapons, leave the goods and women, we can let you go." If you dare to resist, I will kill you all, and leave no one behind. ”
When Wang Yong heard the words of the bandit leader, he muttered in his heart: "Your grandfather's is still a red star, and I don't know if Chen Haonan is here." ”
Wang Yong settled down and shouted to the bandits: "I am the second-class earl of the empire, the new lord of the coastal province, if you dare to rob in my territory, are you not afraid of the punishment of the imperial law?"
Wang Yong shouted as he gave Vani and Nuosen a look. The two of them understood, quietly retreated to the back, and organized slave soldiers to defend.
On the way here, these slave soldiers went through the simple training of the Vani and them, and after a while, they all set up their shields, took up their weapons, and hid behind the carriage. Most of these people had never been on the battlefield, so they were very nervous, and some of them even got under the carriage with a shiver.