Jia Yi looked at his surroundings, this place he already felt a little familiar, and when he came down the mountain, he walked near here, not far from here, was the village where he had destroyed the wall.

After arriving here, the adventurers began to slow down, and there were often cold arrows shot out of the jungle, or short grass javelins, traps and rolling logs, although the adventurers were familiar with the mountains and forests, they were far less than the villagers who lived here all year round.

Separated from the adventurers, with sonar and spirit scanning, the simple traps of the mountain people had no effect on him, and he used magic to stealth, and when everyone else was disturbed by the mountain people, he had already leaped through the dense forest and came to the stockade where he had broken the wall last time.

The walls of the stockade were a little broken, and there were a lot of blood stains left on them, and the color had turned black, which must have been produced when the knights of the lord came to sweep last time, perhaps from the knights, or perhaps from the mountain people.

The wall was repaired much faster than Jia Yi thought, and the magic fluctuations in it became stronger, it was obvious that this was with the help of a mage, otherwise it would not have been repaired so quickly.

Jiayi secretly flew into the stockade, but he didn't find the mage in the stockade, I don't know if he had left, it is said that the other party was injured, maybe he hid somewhere else to recuperate.

Last time, he was not able to enter the stockade at all, and he was not very familiar with it.

After going around, it was getting late, torches were raised in the stockade, illuminating the whole wall, and Jiayi found nothing of value, and was about to leave, when suddenly he saw the central house of the village brightly lit, and many people gathered inside.

He touched it and flew carefully to the roof, releasing a wizard's eye to monitor the inside of the house.

In the center of the living room, more than a dozen people gathered in a circle and sat at a large table, two of whom were the same people that Jia Yi knew, one was the leader of the conflict with Jia, and the other was a strong man who threw spears.

At the top of the table, there was an old man with a gray beard, and he only heard him say to the leader whom Kaichi knew, "Mojia, have our guests settled down?"

Mo Jia was the captain of the village's guards, and he was the one who led the confrontation with Jia Yi at that time, so he only heard him say: "Village chief, it has been arranged, there will definitely be no problem." It's just that there are more and more adventurers coming from outside, and it is becoming more and more dangerous for our escort team to go out now, and now the casualties are getting bigger and bigger. ”

No matter how much they rely on the geographical advantage, they are only a village, with limited manpower, and every casualty means that the manpower will be greatly affected, and there is an endless stream of adventurers outside, although many have been killed by various traps, but the number is increasing.

They simply can't afford such attrition.

A thin old man next to the old man suddenly said: "Village chief, it is absolutely impossible to go on like this, these adventurers are like locusts, and one day they will eat us clean." Now that the lord's army has not arrived, we can't bear it, and the lord is said to have united several surrounding lords to form a united army, and when this army comes, we can't stop it at all. ”

Mojia said: "I'm not worried about the lord's army, we just need to hold on for a while, the lord's army can't bear it at all, it's inconvenient to transport grain in the mountains, we can also go around and attack the baggage team, the more the lord's army, the greater the logistical pressure needed, as long as we can hold it for a while, the first ones who can't hold it will definitely be them." ”

Massing troops into the mountains on a large scale was not a good option, and the geographical influence completely neutralized the numerical advantage, especially in the era of cold weapons.

He was more worried about the adventurer mercenaries, these people were willing to do anything for money, and unlike the army, they were too scattered, and the logistical pressure was small, if they insisted on such scattered attacks, it would be the stockade that could not survive.

It's just that he didn't say this worry explicitly, so as not to undermine everyone's confidence.

The thin old man said: "What you said is good, now that the lord's army has not come, you are about to be unable to hold on, how can you resist? I don't think we need to wait for the lord's army to come, only these adventurers can make us fail." ”

He paused for a moment, looked at the faces of the people around him, and saw that everyone was a little worried, before continuing: "We can actually negotiate with the lord, we have shown enough strength now, the lord will definitely be willing to negotiate with us, and may even be willing to give us preferential treatment." ”

"You're going to surrender?" Moga suddenly shouted loudly, startling the thin old man.

He looked evasively and said, "How can this be considered a surrender, this is the best choice, why do we hide in the mountains? Isn't it for a better life? If the negotiation can achieve the same result, why don't we choose a sacrifice that is less?"

At the end of speaking, he seemed to be convinced of what he said, and his voice became a lot more confident, looking at the expressions of the people around him, there was more than one who was tempted.

They are even a group of mountain people who want to avoid harsh government, and they have no lofty ideals at all, and when the pressure is heavy, they can't stand it first.

Jia Yi stood on the roof and listened to the words inside, and suddenly thought of Liang Shan, which was somewhat similar to them wanting to accept Zhao'an. It's just that the environment of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time was very different from that here, the Northern Song Dynasty had internal and external troubles, and the elite troops were all at the border, and they were willing to recruit security if they were unable to suppress bandits.

Now the conditions here are not the same, the cottage does not have any advantages, and Jiayi has little confidence in the idea of the thin old man wanting to recruit An.

Mojia completely disagreed with him: "You are surrendering, we have the help of the mage, and the lord's army is not good at fighting in the mountains, as long as we hold on, we will definitely win." These Gusholm believers have no credibility at all, they will only destroy, and even if they accept your surrender, can you guarantee that they will not go back?"

"Is it possible to have a good result by holding on? Those mages themselves are too much to protect themselves, and now they are injured and dare not show up, and they only appear once or twice a year, it is impossible to rely on them. Negotiating with the lord is the right way, we have shown our strength, and Lord Weiler will be willing to avoid greater losses. ”

Kaichi is now finally sure that the mage who helped them is indeed injured, and it seems that the injury is not light, but the old man's words are really unpleasant.

"Don't forget, the reason why we were able to repel the lord's attack last time, how much help the mage master, if it wasn't for the mage to stop the lord's warlock, the wall to stop the knight, we would have lost a long time ago, and the spear that can seriously injure those knights in heavy armor is also provided by the mage. ”

The two sides were a bit of a-for-tat, Mojia thought that he led the villagers to stop the lord's knights and block the invasion of adventurers outside, while the old man thought that they had sacrificed too much and were showing their bravery with the lives of the villagers, and that it was most appropriate to negotiate with the lord if they wanted to survive this difficulty.

Both sides have their own supporters, especially the old man's side, there are many more supporters than Mojia imagined, after all, fighting costs death, and the current casualties have made the village feel frightened. In the beginning, death brought hatred, but now it is mixed with fear.

More people are neutral, or don't have their own ideas at all. Moreover, the village chief did not look like a strong figure, and he could not control the scene after the two sides quarreled, and in the end the meeting broke up.

After coming out, Mojia looked unhappy and said to the spear-throwing warriors who were with him, "Let's go to the mage, we need to let him know about the matter here." Have you told anyone about the location of the Master's settlement?"

Jia Yi was about to leave on the roof, when he suddenly heard these words, and hurriedly and carefully blessed the stealth technique to approach. Although it was said that Mo Jia deliberately lowered his voice, it still did not escape Jia Yi's ears.

"No, but there are quite a few people with me, so you shouldn't be suspicious..."

"That's not going to work, let's go and change the place for the mage, only where we know, and don't tell anyone, unless the mage is healed. ”

"Okay, listen to you. ”

Jia Yi also shouted in his heart, he was looking for where the mage was, but he didn't expect someone to show him the way immediately, if he didn't know, he should have suspected that these two people were his own people.