Chapter 17: Beacon Smoke
Although he has lived in this world for more than ten years, Suren is still not used to the urban environment here, and the sanitary conditions in other places are too poor except for the aristocratic district and the areas where merchants live.
Now that he is opening up his own territory, Su Lun naturally will not let his city become like that.
"Boss, look, beacon smoke signal!" Just as Suren was checking the progress of the construction of the territory, a barbarian warrior pointed to the northeast and shouted, Suren looked up and saw a puff of black smoke rising from the sky in the distance.
Su Lun's eyes flashed with a hint of essence, and he jumped onto the city wall in three steps and two steps. After establishing the camp, Suren had already built several beacons around the territory, which were simple in structure, built with high platforms made of earth, and then turned into stone by turning mud into stone, and storing some fire-starting objects inside.
And arranged for men to guard it, if the enemy invaded, it would light the beacon fire as soon as possible, warn the territory, and transmit signals.
One beacon smoke means that the enemy is around 100 people, two beacon smoke means that the enemy is more than 500 people, and if it is three beacon smoke, it means that the number of enemies is more than 1,000. Su Lun stood on the wall of the camp, two lines of smoke were clearly visible in the distance in the sky, and it was obvious that the enemy this time was at least more than five hundred.
Seeing this, Suren did not delay, and immediately ordered all the kobolds and goblins to be put in the camp fence, for these slaves, he did not trust them at all, what if these goblins and kobolds rebelled when he led people to fight the enemy.
As for killing, what about the construction of the territory, so I can only temporarily lock it up first.
"Notify everyone to return immediately, and go and inform those mercenaries so that they can help defend!" Su Lun ordered directly.
"Yes, Boss!" the barbarian warrior next to him immediately ran to deliver the order.
After the order was given, the camp immediately became busy, the kobolds and goblins were put in the fence, and the thirty-five barbarian warriors were quickly assembled, and after this period of fighting, half of these barbarian warriors had become barbarian warriors, and Johnson, who was the leader, had advanced to the giant axe rage.
Now this group of barbarian soldiers is much stronger than when they first entered the wasteland. Just as the barbarians had gathered, the mercenaries hurried in.
"Master Suren, I think we should give up here and leave as soon as possible. As soon as he walked over, Jean, who was the leader of the mercenaries, couldn't wait to say, "Now those gnolls, goblins, and kobolds are still far away, and if we leave now, we have a good chance to escape." ”
Suren looked at Jean coldly until his voice grew lower and lower, and finally stopped.
"Are you finished?" Looking at Jean, who was a little sneering, Su Lun said coldly, "Then listen to me when you're done." ”
"The number of enemies coming this time will not be less than five hundred, but the maximum will not exceed one thousand, this is a crisis and an opportunity, as long as we can defeat these enemies, then in the future, we will have a long period of development. ”
"In the same way, if you behave well in this battle, I will give him twenty acres of arable land after the construction of the territory is completed, and if you have done enough meritorious deeds, I can give him the title of knight. "In order to deal with this crisis, Su Lun has taken out enough benefits, knowing that it is not easy to become a nobleman, and now a shortcut has been placed in front of them.
Hearing Su Lun's promise, the mercenaries, who were still a little demoralized just now, instantly had high morale, and they were all gearing up, and their eyes were also eager to try, for this situation, Su Lun was still very satisfied.
To tell the truth, the five or six hundred jackals Su Lun is not impossible to deal with, mainly because the scope of the camp is too large, such a large camp only relies on them thirty-six people, and even a city wall is not enough, and the jackals can easily bypass these walls and directly destroy the camp.
In that case, even if he killed all the gnolls, it would be useless.
"Da Da Da!" Just as Su Lun was mobilizing those mercenaries, a jujube red horse galloped in the direction of the camp, shouting as he went: "The military situation is urgent!"
The people around dodged to let it pass.
"Lord Suren... Oh no... There were seven enemies this time... Seven hundred, except for the gnolls, goblins, and kobolds,... There are a dozen trolls among them!" The mercenary knight ran up to Suren and dismounted with great agility.
"Thank you for your hard work, go down and rest. Su Lun smiled at him and said.
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"Take out the white bread and bacon, and I remember there was some ale in the warehouse, and this time I took it out as well. Suren said to the barbarian warrior behind him.
At a time like this, in order to boost morale, Suren prepared a hearty and delicious meal.
"Okay boss, I'll take someone to get it out. The barbarian warrior behind him said respectfully.
"Also, take out the bacon and sausages, and the fish will be full today!" Su Lun ordered directly. In this world, except for those nobles and big merchants, everyone else basically has two meals a day, and this time because of the upcoming war, a lunch was specially added.
"I need to see that all the warrior mercenaries can eat meat at noon today!"
"Yes, sir, I'll get ready right away!" said the chef, sweating profusely, with a nervous expression.
Fish were disemboweled, and in the open space in the middle of the camp, more than a dozen cauldrons were boiling hot water. The slaughtered fish are cut into pieces and boiled directly in the pot. Pieces of bacon and sausages are also thrown in after being cut, and although the chef's level is not very good, the tempting aroma still makes people swallow their saliva.
Without waiting too long, the food was finally ready.
Su Lun first picked up a bowl and filled a bowl of stewed fragrant and delicious broth, then picked up a piece of white bread and took a bite. After seeing Su Lun eat first, the mercenaries and barbarians rushed up to get their share.
The broth tasted very good, with mushrooms, bacon and ham added to it, and Suren found a stone, squatted on it and drank the soup beautifully. The barbarian warriors were equally silent, sitting on the floor with a bowl of broth, and gulping down a piece of white bread in one hand.
According to the previous information, the enemy this time exceeded seven hundred, of which the proportion of goblins and kobolds accounted for half, about three or four hundred, and the rest were gnolls, and more than a dozen trolls.
Trolls are powerful creatures, their strength is far superior to that of gnolls, their strength is very good, they like to use maces, but their strongest point is the terrifying regeneration ability, broken arms and legs can grow back completely. Only magic or fire or strong acid can actually kill them.
PS: There was something wrong with the contract, and it was mailed again, and it is estimated that the status will be changed on Monday.