In the evening, on the trees on both sides of the road, a few crows made a soft "ahhh Roddy had already replaced the dazzling silver armor on his body at this moment, and a light leather armor wrapped most of his upper body, this leather armor was brought to him by Nicole to Lante before the expedition, and it is said to be a family heirloom of the Tulip family, and Nicole's father wore this leather armor to fight on the battlefield.
Luo Di was very skeptical that such a light pair of leather armor could play a role in protection, but in order to march in a hurry, of course, it was impossible to wear that kind of dazzling and heavy metal armor, and after changing into this leather armor, it was much lighter.
The clothes on Roddy's body were already soaked with sweat, and he felt a hot pain in the inner thighs, and he was bumpy on the horse after two days of hurrying, which really made him unbearable.
In the past day and a half, Luo Di with 10,000 "Thor's Whip" elite cavalrymen have been driving continuously from the saddle, resting on the horse when they are tired, eating dry food and drinking water on the horse when they are thirsty and hungry, and changing horses to continue moving forward when they are tired, at this moment each cavalryman has changed horses twice, and the horses that each soldier rides and the spare horses behind him are exhausted, and some horses have even foamed at the corners of their mouths.
It seems that although the war horses of the Central Cavalry Corps are the best war horses selected by the whole empire, after nearly two days of sleepless galloping, they can't stand it.
The soldiers were already full of tired looks, but the wolf tooth army led by Zig was indeed worthy of the name of "Thor's Whip", although each soldier was exhausted, but the facial expression was still resolute and strong, no one fell behind or complained, the mighty cavalry team, only heard the sound of horses' hooves, and there was no noise from anyone.
"Your Excellency, the Scout Cavalry is back," the herald beside him suddenly patted his horse and felt Roddy's side, saluted on his horse and said loudly.
Roddy glanced at Zig beside him, Zig nodded, and said, "Order the whole army to slow down."
In the blink of an eye, the herald conveyed Ziggy's orders, and the officers conveyed the orders one by one, under the neat order banner, starting from the front team, the cavalry slowed down, but the whole team still did not see the slightest scattered, obviously Ziggy led the troops quite strictly on weekdays.
The Scout Cavalry reported a small village in front of it, which did not appear to be anything unusual.
This place is close to the front line, and I have heard that there are often small groups of straant cavalry of the Great Moon Kingdom around, but the village in front does not seem to have found any traces.
Luo Di sighed and said in a deep voice: "Order, rest in the village in front of you for a while, you can't rush like this anymore, even if people don't rest, horses must rest." ” Ziggy nodded, he was born in cavalry, and naturally understood how important the horse's foot strength was for cavalry.
As night fell, the Wolf Tooth finally approached the village.
Roddy ordered the whole army to stop two miles outside the village, rest by the river for an hour, and then enter the village with two hundred men of Ziggy.
This is still the territory of the Empire, but because of the remoteness of the area and the distance from the town, several villagers who are at the head of the village are obviously a little frightened and surprised to suddenly see such a pair of troops.
The soldiers called the village chief, who was obviously an honest farmer, and stammered when he saw Roddy and Ziggy.
Luo Di asked his two hundred people to go to the police at the entrance of the village in the north of the village, and he and Zig followed the village chief back to their homes.
The village chief didn't say a word, just led the way.
As soon as Roddy walked into this simple little courtyard, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.
He frowned and looked around, the village chief had an indifferent expression, and next to him was his little daughter, a girl with a beautiful face of fifteen or sixteen.
By the time he saw the unfinished pile of firewood in the yard, Roddy already had a count in his heart.
"It's just the two of you" "Yes, sir."
The village chief lowered his head, and his voice was still very steady.
Without saying a word, Roddy walked to the corner of the wall, and suddenly raised his foot and kicked over a wooden cabinet by the wall, revealing a large hole in the back.
This sudden change made the village chief's face immediately turn pale with fright, and the girl let out a frightened scream.
Several soldiers next to him drew their scimitars and rushed forward, dragging a young man out of the hole.
The young man was dressed in a simple civilian attire, his face was pale and his face was desperate.
"What's going on, you're actually spies," Zigger's face sank.
With a plop, the village chief knelt down and hissed: "My lord, he is not a spy, he is my son, not a spy of the Great Moon Kingdom."
Roddy waved his hand, letting the soldier let go of the young man.
The young man didn't look like a samurai when he walked, and Roddy wasn't afraid that he would resist.
"Say, what's going on" Seeing that all the soldiers around him had drawn their scimitars, the young man immediately said loudly: "My lord, it has nothing to do with my family, you can arrest me and go back, I escaped from the front line."
Luo Di breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "It turned out to be a deserter."
Zigger's face also looked a little better, and he just said in a deep voice: "You are from the Northwest Legion."
"Yes" The young man nodded and glanced at his father, "I turned out to be the defenders of Fort Trier, which is not far from here, and after Fort Trier was occupied by the Great Moon Kingdom, we were scattered, and I fled back" Before Roddy could speak, Ziggy snorted coldly and said lightly: "Then do you know the military orders of the empire?"
"Yes."
The young man's face turned pale: "Those who flee from the battle, behead." ” "Don't" The girl next to her suddenly screamed, and wanted to rush up, but was stopped by two soldiers, she cried: "Don't kill him, why do you want to kill him, one of my brothers has already died in battle, do you want to kill my only remaining brother?"
After all, Luo Di was leading the troops for the first time, and he was young, so he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart when he heard the words, and sighed: "This is the military order of the empire, if everyone is a deserter and is not punished, then who else will fight for the empire" The girl looked stubborn, with a face full of tears and no fear, and said loudly to Roddy: "Deserter, my brother didn't want to be a soldier at all, you forcibly tied him up, one of my brothers was kidnapped by you three months ago, and he died.
You came again last month and kidnapped him, we don't want to be soldiers at all, we don't want to be soldiers, you want to go, our food, do you want us to give you our lives?"
"Wait," Roddy waved at the two soldiers who were about to drag the young man out.
He turned his face, looked at the girl with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "You said that your brother was forcibly tied up to be a soldier."
Ignoring her father's frightened look at herself, the girl stared at Luo Di, gritted her teeth and said: "Yes, my eldest brother who was kidnapped by you was beaten by your people because he didn't want to be a soldier, and then took him away, and my second brother didn't want to, but your people beat my father, and then forced him to go with you, now the battle is over anyway, why don't you let my brother go home" "There's such a thing" Roddy turned pale and glanced at Zigger.
Ziggy frowned, he had been in the army for most of his life, and he had naturally heard of this kind of thing.
In many places, the defenders were short of strength during wartime, and they often temporarily conscripted strong men into the army.
However, recruitment is generally used, and military salaries are paid according to capitation.
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But now, according to the girl's account, it is most likely that the officers of the defending army have embezzled the salaries of the recruited strong men, and have forcibly pulled people into the army with violence.
This kind of thing is most common in the motley defenders in those places.
As soon as Roddy looked at Zige's face, he knew that this matter was mostly true, Ziggy was the most familiar with the one in the army, and even he didn't speak, so it seems that what this girl said is probably true.
"Let him go."
Roddy sighed, not knowing what it was like.
He was bent on rescuing the northwest and defending his homeland and country, but seeing that even the civilians of his own country were looking at the soldiers of the empire with such hatred, he didn't know how to describe his feelings at the moment.
Ziggy wanted to say something, but he closed his mouth at the thought of what he had just heard.
As soon as the young man was free, he rushed over to save his father and the girl.
"Village chief, go get us something to eat.
Then help me find something to eat in the village, my soldiers are hungry" Roddy didn't have any intention of pursuing the family.
He glanced at one of his own soldiers, who immediately pulled out a few gold coins from his body.
The village chief looked at the money in the soldier's hand in surprise, but shook his head and said in horror: "My lord, it's not that I really don't have anything to eat."
"Why" "A few days ago, the army of the Great Moon Kingdom came here and took all the food away, and now we only have a little ration, and there is really nothing to eat."
"What" Luo Di slapped the table, stood up, and shouted: "There are the army of the Great Moon Kingdom nearby, why didn't you say how many of them are and where" The village chief's face was frightened, his face was pale, and he was speechless.
The young man replied, "The last time they came, there were not many people, probably only a few dozen cavalry, but it seems that they scattered their army in the nearby villages to collect food. ” "Hmph" Zige's face was not good: "Why didn't you say it just now" He was extremely angry in his heart, you must know that they are rushing so desperately now, just to be able to feel the Watt Fortress unknowingly, and join the Northwest Legion before the Great Moon Kingdom finds them, if the Great Moon Kingdom knows that they sent troops to intercept, then at this moment, Luo Di and Qi Ge only have only 10,000 tired men and horses, I am afraid it will be very dangerous.
"What else didn't you say" Roddy motioned for Ziegy to sit down, looking fiercely at the young man.
The village chief opened his mouth and did not speak, and the young man's face was pale and his eyes were a little evasive.
Roddy felt bad in his heart.
Before he could speak, Zig had already said fiercely: "I don't want to pursue you as a deserter, after all, there is a reason for it, and since the adults let you go, forget it."
But if you conceal the military information and don't report it, you are guilty of the same crime as the spies."
The girl gritted her teeth and stood up, and said loudly: "They came two days ago, they robbed us of all our food, and they took a dozen people away, and they left a message, asking us to give them a message, and if the Imperial army passed by, they would light the straw, and the smoke from the chimney would float out, and if we didn't do that, they would kill those who were captured."
Zigger's face changed slightly, and he ran out of the door in a few steps, and sure enough, he saw black smoke coming out of the chimneys of several farmhouses around him "Where are they, those armies of the Great Moon Kingdom," Roddy shouted at the young man.
He might have sympathized with his experience of being forcibly dragged into the army and not pursue him as a deserter, but they did such a thing, which made Roddy angry The girl was startled by Luo Di's sudden anger, shrank back, and cried: "They come in from the north of the village every time, I didn't burn the straw after they left, my father also asked other people not to help the Great Moon Kingdom, but they didn't listen to my father, I really didn't burn the straw, I really didn't."
Suddenly, a hurried military horn came from outside the door, and it was the sound of warning from the subordinates of the north of the village "Leave a few people to watch, if they act rashly, don't hesitate," Ziggy yelled as he rushed back to the room, and then Roddy strode outside after him ` Update, smash the ticket: