Chapter 43: Post-War Reflections

The whole camp was already in chaos, bandits and slave soldiers were fighting, and from time to time there were screams.

Wang Yong said to Vani, "Let's go and help, Carl, and you guys will continue to protect the carriage." With that, he and Varney rushed into the crowd that was fighting.

Ray and the carriage here were protected by Da Fu and a few dwarves, and Da Fu was hit by several swords, but the three dwarves were not injured.

The dwarf is short, holding a hammer to smash people's feet, and when he is in a good mood, he will occasionally jump up and knock on the bandit's head, just watch the three of them jump up and down there, a few hammers can knock over a bandit, and the combat experience is extremely rich.

When Nossen arrived, he saw Ray standing in the carriage, holding a thin sword, guarding the door with a nervous expression.

Seeing that he was neatly dressed and uninjured, Nossen was relieved.

Ray followed Nosen back, and said with a worried face: "You go and protect Ivan, I have a big blow about them here, and it won't be nothing." ”

Nosen saw that there were no bandits in the vicinity, and boasted that they could hold on, so he nodded, turned around and killed in the direction of Wang Yong.

With the reinforcements of two junior warriors, and the slaves who saw Wang Yong smashing lime powder, they also reflected, first blinded the bandits' eyes, and then went over to sneak attack.

In this way, the slave soldiers fought for another ten minutes, and all the bandits were eliminated, and a few bandits who wanted to escape were also killed by Vani and Nossen with arrows.

When the last bandit fell, Wang Yong sat on the ground, gasping for breath, staring blankly at the messy camp and the corpses of the slave soldiers on the ground.

When the slaves saw that the bandits had been killed, they all cheered loudly, and when they saw the bodies of their dead comrades, they fell silent again.

Amy and Lei followed Wang Yong, and Amy saw that Wang Yong had a long wound on his arm and back, and teared off the cloth strips from his clothes with tears in her eyes, and silently bandaged Wang Yong's wounds.

Wang Yong hadn't found out that he had been cut down just now, and now when Amy helped bandage it, he bared his teeth in pain.

Seeing that Wang Yong was fine, Lei waited for Amy to bandage his wounds, and then helped Wang Yong with Amy to their carriage.

Wang Yong shouted as he walked: "Everyone treat the wounded first, clean up the battlefield if there are no injured, see if there are any alive, and bring me some alive." Also, go out to a few people to be on guard, and immediately warn if there is a situation. ”

The dozen or so women in the carriage also got out of the carriage at this time, tore the cloth into strips, bandaged the wounded, and the uninjured began to clean the battlefield, and the housekeeper of Hal also began to count the losses.

Half an hour later, Steward Hal found Wang Yong and reported: "We have died twenty-four human slaves, and four servants, (The difference between slaves and servants is that slaves are for life, and servants are long-term workers, and when the time comes, they are free to leave.) Almost everyone who is alive is wounded. The most seriously injured of them were the eight Minotaurs and Big Blow, but none of them were life-threatening. ”

Steward Hal paused and continued, "We have killed forty-six bandits, and taken sixty-seven alive, and now they are not visible. Also, we seized fifty-four horses and some weapons, as well as the bandits' finances, which added up to about twenty gold coins. Varney and Nossen have captured the bandit leader and are out there now. ”

When Wang Yong heard that twenty-eight of his people had died, his heart ached, not because of money or anything, but because after so many days of contact, Wang Yong had regarded these slaves as his friends, and Wang Yong promised to give them freedom, but before that day, they left forever.

Wang Yong let Amy help get out of the carriage, and Amy saw that there were still many injured people to take care of, so she handed Wang Yong over to Lei He, and then took care of the wounded with others.

Wang Yong saw the twenty-eight corpses neatly placed on the ground in the middle of the camp, and the bandits who were firmly tied up and kneeling in front of those corpses, and a little farther away, the corpses of bandits piled up haphazardly.

Wang Yong walked to the corpse of the dead slave with heavy steps, straightened his clothes, and bowed deeply.

After Wang Yong got up, he looked around at all the slaves and said loudly with sadness: "I promised that I would give you back your freedom in the future, but they did not wait for that day, and they left us with regrets. ”

Wang Yong changed his words and said: "Today's battle has shown me your loyalty and bravery, there is still a long way to go, there will be more dangers, I don't want you to have the same regrets as them, I will give you freedom now, you will be my people in the future, and you will be my friends with Ivan Yong Wang." After speaking, Wang Yong took out the slave contract and tore it up in front of all the slaves.

Wang Yong said loudly again: "Of course, if any of you don't want to fight with me, you can leave, I won't stop you, I'll give you five minutes to think about it now, if you want to leave, leave now, if you want to stay, you have to face the future battle with me, and if you can survive in the end, I will give them a good future." ”

The three dwarves looked at Wang Yong with strange eyes, only those minotaurs were about to cry after hearing this, they were not moved, but sad to think that they would have nothing to eat in the future.

At first, everyone began to cheer when they saw the slave contract that Wang Yong had torn up, but when they heard Wang Yong's words, everyone was silent.

When it was almost five minutes, someone said loudly, "Boss, we're not leaving, we're going to follow you." ”

Wang Yong looked at the others and asked loudly, "What about you? Make your choice now." ”

Now everyone shouted loudly: "We don't go, we follow the boss." ”

Wang Yong looked at the three dwarves and asked, "You are free, you can go home, won't you go?"

Sledgehammer thought for a moment and asked, "If we follow you, will we also be treated as civilians and will not be captured as slaves again?"

Wang Yong nodded very affirmatively and said, "Yes, in my territory, whoever dares to arrest you as a slave must first ask us if we agree." Then he turned to all the slaves and asked, "If anyone wants to do this to you, will you agree?"

The crowd shouted, "Disagree." ”

Wang Yong asked again: "What will we do if they use force?"

Everyone was already enthusiastic by Wang Yong's words, and they all raised their weapons and shouted with thick necks: "Cut them down, kill them." ”

Wang Yong looked at the three dwarves and said, "How is it?"

Sledgehammer was also excited, and his voice trembled a little and said, "We also stay and fight with you, we are the best blacksmiths who can craft the best weapons." We are the best miners and can find the most hidden veins. We are also the best warriors, never flinching in the face of the enemy, and we are willing to follow the grown-ups. With that, the three dwarves presented their war hammers and expressed their loyalty to Wang Yong with the etiquette of the dwarven clan.

At this time, Niu Da opened his mouth and asked: "Boss, we are also willing to follow you, can you still give us food?" After Niu Da finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter, and immediately destroyed this solemn and solemn atmosphere.

Wang Yong said angrily: "Eat, eat you to death." After hearing this, the minotaur knew that he would have food to eat in the future, so he smirked.

Wang Yong pressed his hand to make everyone quiet, and then continued: "This is an extraordinary time, I will provide you with food, but when the territory develops in the future, I will give you a job, and I will also pay you wages, and you will use the money you earn to create your own future." The crowd cheered again.

When everyone was quiet again, Wang Yong ordered: "Since everyone is willing to stay, and now everyone who can move will go to work, let's first find a good place to bury the dead comrades, I will remember the place where they are buried, and I will erect a monument for them in the future, so that future generations can remember their exploits." ”

One of the slaves asked, "My lord, are these living bandits for us to kill too?"

Wang Yong thought for a while and said, "You can't kill them, find some vegetable oil to wash their eyes, and then ask them to dig the graves of our dead comrades." Then he made a gesture to the crowd to cut off their heads.

When the slaves heard Wang Yong say 'can't be killed', they were all a little disappointed, but after seeing Wang Yong's gestures, they all smiled heartily.

Next, Nossen was responsible for leading these bandits to dig graves, because there were many bandits, so Nossen divided the living bandits into two groups, one group to work, and the other group was tied to the side to watch, and when they were tired, they were asked to change shifts.

Seeing that everyone was busy with their own work, Lei secretly gave Wang Yong a thumbs up, and said with admiration: "You are really good, these people have been deceived by you so much that they follow you to death." ”

Wang Yong squeezed his eyes at Lei He, and whispered: "It's normal, besides, they haven't suffered any losses, and now they are free." ”

Lei thought for a while, nodded and said, "Also, if they didn't follow you, it is estimated that they would have to be slaves for the rest of their lives." ”

Then he asked: "What should we do now, if there is another group of bandits at this time, we will really be finished, should we find a safe place to avoid first." ”

Wang Yong hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's find a bandit first to ask about the situation here and make a decision." ”

Vani came over and said, "What about that bandit leader, and let me continue to chop?"

Ray asked curiously, "What's going on?"

Wang Yong explained with a depressed face: "That guy doesn't know what's going on, when he cuts him, he will release magic to bounce off the weapon, and he can't get killed." ”

Ray asked suspiciously, "Then how did you catch him?"

Wang Yong said proudly: "With lime powder, his magic didn't bounce off the lime powder, otherwise we really can't do anything about him." ”

After hearing this, Lei was also very interested in the bandit leader, so he followed Wang Yong to take a look.

When they saw the bandit leader, the three dwarves took turns slamming their hammers as if they had found a new toy.

When the hammer is more than ten centimeters away from the bandit leader's body, the bandit leader's body will emit white light, and the hammer will be bounced away. But the bandit leader was obviously not feeling well, and his smashed body jumped on the ground, and he kept coughing up blood in his mouth.

Ray looked at the side for a while, then pointed and said, "Wait a minute, sledgehammer, don't push so hard, slowly put the hammer on his body, don't use force, put it slowly." ”

After hearing this, Sledgehammer thought wonderfully: "You can't smash it with so much force, just don't use force?" But he still did what Lei said.

The sledgehammer slowly controlled the hammer in his hand, little by little close to the body of the bandit leader, when the hammer reached the distance to defend against the white light, the white light did not start, when the hammer touched the body of the bandit leader, the sledgehammer exerted force, pressed down heavily, and the bandit leader screamed.

Wang Yong asked Lei with a puzzled face: "What's going on?"

Lei said with a smile: "If I'm not mistaken, he has defensive magic items on him, you can look for them." ”

Before Reagan finished speaking, Wang Yong couldn't wait to rush over, slowly groping around the bandit leader with his hands, and Lei also came over to help find it.