Chapter 2527 Moving Wall

The expeditionary army was attacked by giants, and the instinct of giants was to gather in crowded places.

Because there was no communication system and the expeditionary army was very large, they generally used the edge warning method to advance. Simply put, the army's edge security was to fire a signal flare immediately when a giant was found to warn the main force in the center.

The signal flares were red and black. Red meant that a giant was found, and black meant that the border was breached. It was extremely urgent and hoped that the main force in the center would make a judgment.

The simple color of the signal flare could only distinguish the situation, and only a few pieces of information could be transmitted over a long distance. The specific situation required observation on horseback.

Horses were a very important resource for the expedition, but because of the loss of a wall and a large amount of pasture, the expeditionary army did not have enough horses at all. Most of the soldiers walked, and if they encountered a giant, it would be like sending themselves to death.

Because only horses can outrun giants.

Boom!

The red signal flare appeared, it was a giant.

The main infantry held their weapons nervously. They had no rifles and no three-dimensional mobility. They only had long swords, not even spears. They had to fight the enemy at close range.

"Line up."

Everyone stood there nervously. They had not received any training. As soon as they arrived, they had to face the greatest enemy of mankind. It was really a test of their endurance.

However, the giant did not appear on time, which was very unexpected.

"Come on, go investigate." The scout rode to the flank to investigate why the giant did not move after sending a signal.

In front of them, there appeared a tree with an average height of 80 meters, which blocked the giant outside. The soldiers with terrified faces fell to the ground and trembled. Everything that had just happened was too terrible.

The giants found the troops and ran over like crazy. The entire flank was vulnerable, but just when the giants were about to tear the flank apart, many trees suddenly appeared between the people and the giants. They appeared so abruptly, as if the trees had grown legs and ran over.

But how could the trees run over? This is impossible. Trees have no legs.

Everything that happened in front of them was too incredible.

The expeditionary army was also stunned, and then they found that the troops had been surrounded by a row of trees, just like a city wall.

"How is it possible?" They had no idea what was going on, but the trees were indeed resisting the giants. If it weren't for these trees, the expeditionary force would have been eaten by the giants now.

It was already noon, and the sun was shining brightly in the sky. The expeditionary force was at a loss for a moment. The fighting spirit had long disappeared. Facing the terrible giants, they had no courage to fight at all.

"We can't beat them." The soldiers who were aggressive before departure immediately realized the gap between humans and giants when they faced real giants. Although separated by trees, the giants still did not give up, hoping to eat people through the gaps between trees.

"What happened, why are there so many trees?" Now they are surrounded by trees and giants, unable to advance or retreat, and don't know how to react next.

It was like dusk, and the soldiers finally discovered that these trees could move with the movement of their troops: "This is like a moving city wall. Is it the gods protecting us?"

It was getting weirder, but since giants exist, it doesn't seem strange that there are moving trees. But the expedition can't continue, so let's go back.

"Turn around, let's go back." Encountering such an incredible thing, it's better to go back, otherwise who knows what will happen next.

Turning around, they found that the giant was blocked by the big tree and couldn't catch up, so they ran back with all their strength, vowing never to be crazy again and think about taking back the Maria Wall, which is simply not something that people can do. The land occupied by the giant no longer belongs to humans. Incredible changes have taken place. It is the land that rejects humans.

The expeditionary force returned quickly without much loss, just some baggage and food, but it was not much, so rounding it off means no loss.

There was an uproar inside the city wall. What is this? Nothing happened and they came back. Isn't this a waste of food?

But they came back, what should they do with so many people?

The pressure was restored again. Although they had decided to open up the wasteland, the speed of this opening up could not keep up with the consumption of food.

What should they do at this time?

There was no way, they could only endure, tighten their belts, save as much as possible, and try their best to let everyone have food.

Even ten-year-old children have to go to work, and even join the reclamation team, weeding, pulling tree roots, building houses, it is really very tiring to open up a piece of land, and you have to consider digging water conservancy.

The workload is very large, and it takes at least one or two years to grow food. The industry of this era is not very developed, and there is basically no fertilizer, so the staple food can only rely on sweet potatoes, almost every meal, and salt is a luxury.

The returning trio is hardworking and hardworking. Entering the city wall to lurk starts with coolies. It has to be said that the Marley people are really stingy and don’t even have activity funds. Fortunately, the three of them have giant physiques. Even if they are injured and suffer, they can recover, so they can do these hard and tiring jobs, and at the same time investigate the intelligence of the ancestor giant.

After the expeditionary force returned, the changes in the outside world became more and more mysterious, and even later there were rumors of a battle between tree people and giants, which was exaggerated.

But after that, no one wanted to go out on an expedition, and everyone had no courage. Only the Survey Corps would go out to investigate, but they didn’t find any moving trees.

The expeditionary force's report was regarded as a sign of the expeditionary commander's cowardice, so the commander was imprisoned and sentenced.

The population did not decrease, and the food did not increase. The Eldian Empire faced the biggest crisis since its founding. The more difficult the time, the worse the public security, and prostitution, gambling and drugs were rampant. For a time, everyone was in danger, afraid that they would be stabbed to death on the road.

In order to eat, many knives flowed from the army to the streets, and were made into various daggers that were easy to hide and carry, and flowed into the hands of various criminals with ill intentions.

In the original book, the expeditionary army was annihilated, and many expeditions consumed 20% of the population, and finally barely stabilized the contradiction between population and food. At this time, the population did not disappear, and the pressure was very huge.

So Duran set his sights on the farms of several nobles. The nobles were also large landowners. These people had the best land and farms, but they would not share them with the people. Taking over the farms is much better than opening up wasteland, and many pastures can also be turned into farms. At this time, growing staple food is more important than raising cattle and sheep.

But the nobles would definitely not agree, so the organization of the expeditionary army could be used at this time. Many expeditionary soldiers became Duran's subordinates after returning, so Duran took them to occupy farms, organize communes, and farm together.

Because the farms are all outside the city wall, this can be regarded as surrounding the city with the countryside.

The geographical conditions of the nobles' rural areas are very good, they occupy water sources, have fertile fields, and have a large number of agricultural tools and seeds, which can be snatched to help refugees.

However, the nobles did not agree, and immediately organized the gendarmerie and garrison corps to launch an attack to take back their farms.