97. Race against time
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At this moment, the civilians' reaction was conceivable. They were originally the group of people oppressed at the bottom. Seeing that they had changed the county magistrate, their lives should be better than before, but unexpectedly, they suddenly took a mysterious turn now.
What do these soldiers do to themselves? It seems that they didn't do anything to annoy these soldiers, right?
The atmosphere became depressing and tense for a moment.
In the abyss, the civilians are lowly and humble, and cannot resist those rulers who control their power. But even if they have accepted such a fate of obedience, it is impossible to say that there is no resentment. Especially the people who build the city walls here are mostly young people with strong spirits. If they are really forced to death, they will not hesitate to fight to the death. Anyway, there is no way out, so it is better to fight to the death.
This atmosphere grew among the civilians, and hatred and dissatisfaction burst out in the eyes of those who felt they were fooled.
Charl looked at Lance next to him with guilt. He was now a little confused about the master's thoughts. Although killing a few civilians was not a problem for the nobles. However, the number of civilians gathered here is obvious to all. Although the strength is not good, the number of people is ten times more than all the guards here. Isn't it wise to start?
Everyone had no idea for a moment. They heard the roar in the distance, which seemed to be a little closer than before.
Everyone was looking at Lance, and even the civilians who did not know the county magistrate could see that this was a person who could determine the fate of everyone.
Lance did not disappoint them.
"Why are you, a group of useless garbage, still with an idiot expression on your face? I will dig a deep trench here immediately!"
The young man spoke up with the aristocrats' usual contempt.
The civilians who had already plucked up their courage and would rather be broken were stunned. The mercenaries who were observing the wind direction. Seeing the wind turn the rudder were stunned. Taran and Char who were standing beside Lance, and the soldiers who showed their blades to the civilians were all stunned.
"That's it?" I don't know who opened the first sentence.
Anyone thinks this is too much of a problem. You always call Liangdao, and your personal opinion is to fight.
But Lance seemed to have heard this, and he immediately shouted viciously: "I give you food and money to you is not to let you be lazy here. I tell you these garbage and waste, I am very dissatisfied with your work efficiency. Now I will dig a deep trench for me around the city wall here. Who dares to be lazy? Who doesn't work hard? I will kill him today!"
After Lance said these harsh words, everyone was confused about their expressions. Lance winked at Taran and Char. These two people were worthy of following Lance and immediately ran up as a traitor and led the way.
They took the thick and long whip used by the supervisor and beat the civilians standing in the front. One characteristic of this whip is that it hurts when whip on people. It immediately makes a blood-red mark, but it will not hurt the bones so that people can't do the job. When these whips go down, they immediately whip the young people who want to take the lead and shrunk back.
"Didn't you hear what the county magistrate said? Let you trash work with a bunch of trash people who eat rice! No matter how lazy you are, you will be not a whip, but a knife!"
With such a threat, and hearing the boss say this, the soldiers immediately became confident. As one goes up and down, the civilians could only give in. Since it is not his own life, there is no need to fight to the death, right? Anyway, they are used to the arrogant faces and anger of these nobles, and it is no big deal to accept any more.
However, their favorable feelings for the new county governor Lance, which had finally accumulated over the past few days, immediately turned into a negative number.
Under the supervision of the army, the group of civilians who had been working for a while did take action again, but this time it was not to build the city wall, but to dig a hole under the city wall. Although they didn't understand the meaning of this, it would be better for them to work honestly in order to get less whipped or think about their own lives.
Of course, there are still many people thinking about the reason why the strange sounds in the distance came, but when they were about to ask, the army's whip arrived immediately. These men dared not speak out. But after thinking carefully, since the nobles are here, then nothing big happened, otherwise the nobles who were afraid of death and cherish their feathers would have run away, so they would have stood here so calmly and made fun of them.
Thinking of this, most of these civilians were relieved and focused on working. It was better to do more than talk more than to do, and there was no need to seek a whip by yourself.
After stabilizing the situation on the scene, Taran and Char returned to Lance. At this time, the two of them had the arrogance and domineeringness they had just now. But it was not right to say that the city was down and looked down. Lance's strange behavior might not be able to see those civilians, but how could they not see it in the eyes of those who were in the army? Lance ordered the civilians to dig clearly, which was not called a pit, but a trench!
After looking at each other, Yu Taran asked, "Sir, what happened to the town?"
Lance didn't intend to hide it from them, and said casually: "We were all arranged by the Goblins. They bypassed our attacking troops from the underground and landed directly from the center of Feronte County."
When Lance said this, Taran and Char, who knew the interests of the relationship, changed color one after another. Now Feront County is at its most empty time, the other party seized such an opportunity to attack. Even Taran and Char, who followed the Demon King's Army to fight south and north, did not know what to say.
Wang ** has always been invincible, only when he swept others. He had never experienced such a passive situation. They couldn't help but admire Lance. The young county magistrate was really calm and arranged properly. If the civilians just now had a fuss, the civilians would probably have been rioted now. After all, their relatives were left there, so how could they not go to rescue? But people with combat qualities know that civilians who had no organization and no combat experience would be destined to die when they returned. Lance's delaying strategy could be said to have saved all their lives.
But thinking of this, Taran and Char couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Sir, we already understand what you mean, but this may not last too long, right?"
Yes, you have to slow down the troops. However, in addition to their supervisory guards, there is another team of non-commissioned officers responsible for training. But according to the current situation, even if it was not destroyed by the Goblins, they were trapped in the county and could not escape, let alone merge with it. Moreover, if they took 10,000 steps back, just say that the two of their troops met and the reorganized troops were no more than 500. How can they fight against the continuous Goblin army?
Once the Goblin army appears, then Lance's reinforcements will lose their effectiveness. The next step is to rely on existing facilities to defend and fight to the death. However, with the current civilian mentality, not only will it not be useful at that time, but it may also drag everyone down.
Since Taran and Charle considered this problem, Lance naturally could not have not expected it. He still said in a steady tone: "It is precisely because the situation is extremely urgent now. I have something to ask you two."
"Please give an order, sir." Both of them said respectfully.
Lance nodded with satisfaction to the two of them without stopping answers, but his voice was neither slow nor slow, and he felt calm for no reason: "First of all, I need one of you to go to Guruling to bring reinforcements for me."
In fact, this time, Lance and his team set up a plan to attack the Goblin King by Baron Ankasa. Mavie commanded the soldiers of Black Valley County, while Heigang led the soldiers of Ferontshire to draw troops between the two counties. The remaining Gulu Ridge retained a complete dragon corps. The local mercenary group and the fighting heroes in the arena, as long as they were organized, they would definitely be a powerful reinforcement, and it was also the life-saving straw that Lance had hope for at this moment.
Lance said: "It's too late to chase the soldiers who have already set out to fight against the Goblins, so he can only look at Guru Ridge to the west and bring my message to Mosen, so he can quickly summon people to help. It's not easy for Goblins to run rampant along the way. Who would you two want to go?"
"I'll go," said Char.
"Give you a team of 10 people." There is no time to write a letter now. Lance untied the accessories hanging from his waist and handed them to Char, and ordered: "Try to bypass the town, and then walk down the path, go!"
Charle knew that the current situation was already urgent and did not delay. After calling Lance, he turned around and went to select people. Because the city defense army occasionally had patrols, he was prepared for some dragon riding. Charle did not explain, and took his subordinates who were pointing it on the dragon riding and rode towards the southwest.
Lance didn't look much, turned around and said to Taran, "Stay behind and defend the city with me."
It is said that he is defending the city, but in fact he just takes up a place to fight a protracted war with the other party and other reinforcements. Of course, after following Lance for a long time, Talan, who knows how to save face for the boss, will not expose it.
"Yes." Taran replied.
"Taran, do you have long-range bows and arrows here?"
"This... sir, although we have the responsibility of patrolling the city, we are mainly supervisors, and there are no weapons such as bows and arrows," Taran's answer disappointed Lance. Now Lance has a city wall. Although it has not been built, it is also a good place. Condescending arrows can effectively suppress the opponent's attack. Taran seemed to have realized this, and he hurriedly said: "But not far from here, there is an arsenal, and there must be what we need."
"How far?" Lance asked.
"Not too far, one round trip is about ten minutes."
Lance nodded: "Taran, stay here, call a few people who are trustworthy to do this!"
Taran immediately understood and hurried down to count out a group of people, asking them to go to the arsenal to move equipment.
These people didn't ask much. In fact, at this point, many people have already guessed what happened, but the county magistrate personally guarded here, and no one dared to ask too much. They all worked in a low-key manner.
Lance looked into the distance, and for some reason, it seemed that a layer of blood was covered with under the ink sky. Lance knew that there was not much time left for him. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!