Chapter 300

A not-so-luxurious carriage drove into the dilapidated city gate full of holes, and the eyes of one or two people occasionally seen on the street were full of resentment and despair. This was a silent protest against the miserable life.

The city of Brettle was as dirty as Han Shuo expected, and it was only slightly better than the scenery he saw along the way. A few lazy soldiers looked indifferently at the carriage entering the city, and they didn't question him about his origin and asked him to urge him to enter the city. With the actions of the gold coins, it seems that Brettle City is indeed on the brink of death.

"Hey, where is the City Lord's Mansion?" Chester reined in the reins and asked a commoner who looked like a beggar with a smile.

The commoner lying in the sun lazily picking fleas on his body was focused, as if he didn't hear Chester's question at all, and didn't even lift his head.

"One silver coin, where is the city lord's mansion?" Chester, who was born in poverty, had a good understanding of the temperament of such poor people, and asked again with a smile.

Adding a silver coin really had an immediate effect. The newly deaf beggar seemed to smell the alluring scent of gold coins, and suddenly focused all his attention on Chester, pointing to the direction of East Street: " Go straight for 300 meters, and the tallest and worst mansion is the City Lord's Mansion."

A silver coin gleamed in the sunlight, and slipped down on the ground in front of the beggar. Chester didn't thank him, but just jerked his horse, and the carriage left slowly, heading straight for the city lord's mansion.

The beggar hurriedly picked up the silver coin and held it tightly in the palm of his hand, then looked at the direction the two were leaving, and murmured: "Someone came to Brettle City, not a businessman seeking huge profits, but that Rumor has it that the unlucky Earl is such a poor fellow."

Once Brettle City is invaded, the City Lord's Mansion will be the focus of care. The walls of the tall buildings are not strong, and there are still a few holes that have been blasted. It seems that they have not been repaired until Han Shuo's carriage drove into it. . There are only less than five ground maids scattered here and there plus a dozen or so soldiers.

These maid soldiers were indifferent to Han Shuo who took over, and they did not have the enthusiasm and deliberate catering that a subordinate should have. Of course, the kind of welcome banquet normally held in other regions is even more impossible.

The City Lord's Mansion is at least five times larger than Han Shuo's mansion in Orson City. However, the City Lord's Mansion is useless except for its large size. Since every invasion is the first one to leave, there are often no soldiers stationed there. All the City Lord's Mansions were the first to be looted.

Some things that the city lord could not take away for the time being were wiped out in successive attacks. The ridiculous thing is that Han Shuo actually saw that a piece of white jade floor was lifted away and taken away, leaving behind a large, square and dilapidated hole. This allowed Han Shuo to imagine the real situation in Brettle City.

"Help me introduce the current situation in Bretel City?" He sat down in the dilapidated hall in the center of the City Lord's Mansion.

Han Shuo said to Dick, the person in charge of the dark scene who came here after hearing the news.

Dick is a forty-year-old man with an ordinary appearance, only the bridge of the nose is relatively high. This is the characteristic of some mountain people in the local city of Brettle. Dick saluted Han Shuo respectfully and spoke in a somewhat awkward Imperial language. Said: "When the previous lord of Brettle City left, he took away a total of 500 family soldiers. At present, there are only more than 3,000 soldiers in the entire Brettle City. The residents in the city are less than 50,000. Three thousand Many soldiers are simply not enough to guard the gates of Brettle City. What's more, these soldiers often escape faster than civilians. The defense of Brettle City has been damaged again and again, and now it is almost lost without funds defense.

Most of the real local mountain people in Brettle City live on several steep mountains around them. Some valuable ores are produced on these mountains. Because the mountain people are very familiar with the terrain on the mountains, and the mountains are very difficult to attack. , so they were able to resist every invasion of the Seven Principalities.

So far, Brettle City has actually been relatively safe. Because several grand duchies have experienced dozens of invasions, large and small, they all understand that there is no money to be made in the city of Brettle. For them, they have not received due rewards for spending time in the city of Brettle. There have been no further incidents of aggression in the past few months.

On the contrary, some mountain people in the mountains around Brettle City guarded the mines and became the targets of attacks by some robbers and private soldiers. However, the well-placed mountain people are not as incompetent as the soldiers of the empire. So far, they have been able to barely survive the slow speed in the mountains..."

Under Dick's introduction, Han Shuo gradually understood the situation in Brettle City. After Dick finished speaking, Han Shuo glanced at a soldier in the Santo's Mansion, and said, "Call all the soldiers of Brettle City to the front of the Santo's Mansion. I want to see what these soldiers look like."

"Yes, Lord Earl!" The soldier replied lazily, riding a frail and skinny horse, and slowly drove out of the city lord's mansion.

"My lord, you will be disappointed." Dick shook his head and sighed, and said to Han Shuo.

"I know. But I don't want me to be disappointed in the future!" Han Shuo said with a light smile, then frowned and remained silent.

After nearly two hours, the soldiers scattered all over the city of Bretel gathered in front of the city lord's mansion in a leisurely, orderly and disciplined manner. None of these soldiers were too strong, perhaps because The reason for the food has a sick look, and that kind of sloppy mental state without a trace of fighting spirit shows that their combat effectiveness must be vulnerable.

The long swords, bows and spears in each hand were rusty and low-quality. Han Shuo even felt that a sharp weapon forged by a dwarf could break all their weapons. Among the more than 3,000 soldiers, only one-third of them were young and middle-aged. One, the rest are older old men, who can expect such people to have fighting power?

Han Shuo stood on the high platform of the city lord's mansion and watched for a while, pondered for a while with a sullen face, and grinned grinningly: "From today onwards, your good days are coming to an end. All soldiers over fifty years old will be eliminated from this team. Will guarantee your normal life.

The rest of the soldiers will get enough food to satisfy their hunger, and you will also get brand new weapons, armor and war horses. Of course, you will also be tortured by cruel training, waiting for the next time the invaders come to wash away the shame of the past with blood, there is me Change is about to take place in Brettle City. "

The elderly soldiers below were making a lot of noise. They were indifferent to Han Shuo's proposal to let them leave the army, but they were full of doubts about Han Shuo's guarantee of food and clothing for them. The young people looked at each other in dismay, slowly thinking about the meaning of Han Shuo's words, not knowing what he wanted to do.

"Lord Earl, are you serious?" Beside Han Shuo, Dick, the person in charge of the Dark Curtain, looked at Han Shuo in great surprise and asked.

"My lord, even if more than a thousand of us have obtained weapons and war horses, do you think that with such a dilapidated city wall, we can withstand the attack of 10,000 to 20,000 bandits or 30,000 to 50,000 regular troops from the Seven Duchies?" The bearded soldier looked up at Han Shuo and shouted loudly.

"These are not your business. As a soldier, if you can't stop the enemy from invading, you should use your own heads to wash away the shame of failure. If you dare to escape alive, I will slit your necks one by one with my own hands." Han Shuo Looking at the strong man coldly, he yelled.

"My lord, I think you should leave here early. This place has been abandoned by the empire. Do you think you can change the status quo of Bretel City? Without around 100,000 elite soldiers guarding the city, Brettle City will never be able to change it." If you are looking for death in this kind of invasion, please don't take us with you?" The soldier was extremely dismissive, turning a blind eye to Han Shuo's coldness, and retorted passionately.

"Whoosh!"

A dark brown light flashed, and no one could clearly see what it was passing through. Anyway, the soldier who was arguing with Han Shuo threw a big head just like that, and the blood sprayed from his neck was like a paintbrush on the ground. Draw bright pictures.

"From now on, all you have to do is to obey orders, and you don't need to have any doubts. Even if you have doubts, let me rot in your heart!" Han Shuo magically shouted coldly and murderously, with the kind of ruthless butcher-like ruthlessness, It made the soldiers below be silent one by one.

A team of more than a hundred people riding bright war horses and holding bright weapons slowly headed towards the City Lord's Mansion. Among them was a man wrapped in silver armor and holding a silver spear, bowing slightly on the horse. He bowed to Han Shuo and said, "My lord, the earth knight Vaclan will serve you and obey all your orders."

Without thinking too much, Han Shuo also knew that Lawrence must have arranged for this Falconland. Han Shuo sensed the murderous aura of a fierce warrior from this person, and knew that this person must be a truly experienced soldier, so he immediately harbored malicious intentions. He glanced at the soldiers of Brettle City below, and said with a smile: "Valkland, from today onwards they will be handed over to you, train them in the cruelest way, and I will not blame you for those who unfortunately died during the training. "