I am reborn as a lord in Rome

The sound of the drums woke up the townsfolk and brought them panic, and although the town of Salt Marsh had been ravaged by bandits many times, it was always extremely unsettling for everyone to attack each new attack, because no one could predict what the bandits would do.

The drumbeat continued, and the old and weak women and children gathered from all over the town to the training ground, while the young men grabbed wooden sticks, rakes, and other labor tools, and rushed to the three ......gates with the Protectors

Lauren lit the torch in the corner of the mansion for a short time, and Pompeii, Baker, Ellett, Bill, Salles, and the servants rushed into the courtyard.

Woolley was sitting upright in the courtyard, with Lauren and El standing beside him, Lauren in light armor was clutching a large flag, the red flag was reflected in the firelight into a scorching flame, and at El's feet was a wooden box with leather belts attached to the ends, holding a set of leather bust in his hand.

After everyone arrived, Wu Lai got up with a smile and said, "The bandits have always liked to disturb people's dreams, but fortunately, they don't have many opportunities.

Seeing Woolley so sure and relaxed, Ellett's heart was relieved, and a smile appeared on her face, but Pompeii and Baker immediately laughed, but Baker's laughter was somewhat echoing, and Pompey's laughter was heartfelt, because he knew Woolley very well, such as the whole process of the bandits' attack on Seneca.

Bill frowned slightly, and after a slight startle, Salis looked at Woolley with a hint of adoration.

"The bandits will arrive soon, I won't say much gossip, I will guard the main gate on the east side, and Baker and Illaeta will guard the south gate. After a pause, Woolley's gaze shifted to Bill, "Bill, you go to guard the West Gate, pay special attention, there are a lot of bandits coming this time, the South Gate cannot be opened, they are likely to attack from the east and west at the same time." "

Good!" Bill nodded heavily.

"There are twenty archers in each of the three gates, and the young men in the town will help to block the gates, and only defense is enough, and when they approach, they will order the arrows to be released, and then shoot closer, and be sure not to miss, I want to see how many of them can be killed and wounded. Wu Lai said as he took the leather armor from El and put it on, "Don't attack the West Gate and the South Gate. "

Master Woolley, arrange it for me too. Sales volunteered.

Woolley hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay, you go and assist the Bill Tribune in guarding the West Gate." "

Yes!"

"Let's go." Woolley put it on his sleeve in twos, grabbed the wooden box on his back, and said to Lauren, "Bring the horse." "

Yes!"

......

Oshous didn't go fast, because he was not in a hurry at all, the defense of Salt Marsh Town was much stronger than before, and it was easy to suffer a sneak attack while it was dark, plus there were more than 100 people from the quarrying team of Salt Marsh Town at hand as hostages, and the vision was good after dawn, so that the people in the town could see it clearly first, and even if Woolley refused to open the door, the townspeople were afraid that they would not follow.

After ten miles of walking, it was dawn.

When he was still more than 200 steps away from the east gate of Salt Marsh Town, Oshous reined in fiercely: "Stop!" Hundreds of his subordinates immediately agreed in unison, and the sound shook the sky.

On the wooden bridge of the arrow tower above the east gate, Wu Lai pursed his lips and said to Lauren and El who were standing beside him: "They want to play a trick of shock, first make some noise about the momentum of the crowd, to put it bluntly, they are also emboldening themselves."

Hearing this, El immediately sneered, and the tension when he saw the bandits coming over suddenly dissipated, and even Lauren grinned, as a veteran, he had experienced many battles, and if he really wanted to count it, the hundreds of bandits in front of him could only be regarded as a small scene, and with the current defense of Salt Marsh Town, it was easy to repel them.

Oshous narrowed his eyes, although he had already known about the new defense arrangement in Salt Marsh Town, the feeling of seeing it with his own eyes was different after all, and after only a few glances, he had a sense of admiration for the designer of this defense.

After glancing at the three of them on the wooden bridge, Oshous made a backhand move, and several small leaders immediately came over.

"Scout team, take a look around the town. Oshous ordered.

"Obey!" the leader of the scout team answered, and the head of the horse gave the order with a shout, and led more than twenty scouts along the ditch to ......

Seeing this, the corners of Woolley's mouth raised slightly.

It's getting more and more fun. Woolley said to himself in his heart.

"Boss, why is there no movement in the town at all?" a small leader couldn't help but ask Oshous, according to past experience, this is the place where the town should be noisy at this time, and the townspeople are hiding or dragging their families out of the town, where can it be as quiet as it is now?

"That's because the new consul knows how to manage the townspeople. The corners of Osho's eyes twitched, because he had actually only said half of what he had said, and that he could make the whole town quiet to such an extent that Woolley was not only good at management, but also very domineering, and could even be a brutal and arbitrary guy, otherwise the townspeople would not be so obedient.

Brutal and arbitrary, it seems that he can restrain his dependence—if the new consul decisively abandons the quarryman's hundred or so men, the situation will be a little tricky.

Are you like that?" Osius looked at Woolley on the wooden bridge, and although it was only the first time they had met today, Oseus could have guessed at a glance that it must be the new young consul Woolleyglindo.

For some reason, Oshous felt that although he was more than a hundred steps away from Woolley, he could still clearly feel the trace of contempt in the other party's gaze.

Bastard. Oshous narrowed his eyes, waved his right hand, and shouted angrily, "Bartley

!" "In!" The man appeared to be less than thirty years old, and he carried a huge wooden longbow on his back, the thickest part of the bow was like an adult's wrist, and even the bowstring was the thickness of a little thumb.

"Shoot the woman!" Oshous shouted as he pointed at the wooden bridge. This time, the main task is to set fires, not kill people, and when they took over the task, they said that arson is the key, and as for people, if there is resistance, it is enough to symbolically kill a few, and leave as soon as they are touched, do not linger, especially do not hurt the officials.

The woman is not an official, is it? Osius thought to himself.

"Good!" Bartley immediately turned and dismounted, flipped his hand, took the longbow in his hand, and hooked the tail of the bow to the quiver beside the saddle, and a feathered arrow with a shaft as thick as a thumb was already hanging on the string.

"My lord, the other party wants to shoot an arrow. Lauren's eyesight is excellent, and at a glance it immediately warns.

"I saw it, you two will hide in the arrow tower immediately......" Woolley's pupils shrank as soon as he blurted out, because Bartley's feathered arrows had already broken through the air to attack ......

Bartley is one of Oshous's right-hand men, from the second year of Oshous's bandits, he has followed him, his arm strength is extraordinary, his archery skills are superb, he is a well-deserved "arrow king" in the fox wolf bandit group, in Bartley's record, the most proud is the fourth and final battle between the fox wolf bandit group and the first legion, and an arrow pierced through two axe soldiers who pounced on Osius's back from a distance of 300 steps.

Bartley's arrows were fast, accurate, ruthless, and long-range, but it would be a mistake to think that he was only good at archery - his bow was still his melee weapon, the body of the bow smashed with great force, the thick copper plate at the end of the bow could be chopped and stabbed, and the number of enemies who died at close range was no less than the number of dead souls under his arrows.

But his melee abilities were overshadowed by his arrows, for his arrows were so ......invincible

The long arrow turned into a gray light, so fast that it was difficult for the eyes to follow, and as soon as Woolley's pupils shrank, the black dots formed by the arrows were already several times larger.

After judging the landing point in an instant, Woolley made a move that surprised even Oshous, the bandits, - his body moved sideways and blocked the ...... in front of El

"Duh" - the long arrow disappeared in an instant, the tail of the arrow still buzzing and trembling, and at the same time, Woolley let out a muffled ......

"Your Excellency......" Lauren exclaimed.

"Young Master......" Although El was blocked from seeing what was ahead, she clearly heard Woolley's muffled snort......

"I'm fine. Woolley let out a long exhale, and put down the wooden box that he had stopped in front of his chest to block the arrows.

Lauren glanced at the wooden box and saw a long feathered arrow nailed to the wooden box, the shaft of which was so dark that it was impossible to tell whether it was wood or metal.

It's dangerous. Lauren breathed a sigh of relief.

El hurriedly flashed out from behind Wu Lai, his eyes swept quickly, and he saw that a small hole had been broken in the leather armor on Wu Lai's chest, so he quickly reached out and stroked it gently, and asked with concern: "Young Master, are you

okay?" "It's okay, how can I be fine?" Wu Lai smiled slightly and said, "You go into the arrow tower and help the archers sort out the arrows for a while." "

Young Master......" Er kept thinking of Fang Cai Wu Lai's block at this moment, and said that the young master was so nervous about me, how could I be willing to leave and let the young master be here alone?"

Woolley reached out and touched the top of El's head, smiling again.

"El, don't distract Lord Woolley. Lauren hurriedly reminded that he had already seen that the bandit was not trying to shoot Woolley, but to deter Woolley, and if El remained here, the bandit would shoot a second arrow.

El thought about it for a while and understood, and immediately said to Woolly to be careful, and then quickly ran back to the arrow tower.

"Lauren! If you don't go back with some color, these guys are going crazy. Woolley smiled, stretched out his arms and said, "Come, let them taste my big dick."

"Okay!" Lauren's eyes lit up, and he bent over and opened the large wooden box behind him......

At the same time, at the south gate of Salt Marsh Town, Baker stood not far from the city gate with his hands behind his back, loudly commanding the guards guarding the place and the town management to block the gate with stone and wood.

"Lord Baker, you're a little redundant, but Lord Woolley said that bandits can't be spread out here at the South Gate. Pompey shook his head with a wry smile and said.

"Oh, honorable priest of Pompeii, that's what Lord Woolley said, but I'm not worried that I won't be able to complete the defensive mission that Lord Woolley has assigned, and it's safer to block the door tightly. Baker shrugged and replied.

You are greedy for life and afraid of death. Pompeii muttered in his heart and smiled slightly: "Lord Baker, maybe your consideration is right, but I think it's enough, at this level, no one should think about breaking through the city gate." "

Really?" Beck was stunned, thinking that Pompey's words were not bad, and was about to order everyone to stop, when he heard the shout of an archer coming from the arrow tower.

"Lord Baker, there are more than a dozen rogue cavalry running along the canal, do you want to shoot arrows?"

Beck was stunned again, and his voice immediately doubled: "Shoot! Shoot them

!" After that, Baker waved his hand vigorously at the guards and town managers who were carrying stones and wood: "Hurry! Hurry up, block another layer, yard high! yard high!" Baker

at the south gate panicked, but Bill and Zares at the west gate were different.

Bill stood on the wooden bridge between the arrow towers like Woolley, holding on to the railing, his eyes chasing the more than a dozen bandit cavalry in the distance, frowning slightly, as if thinking about something.

Salare, on the other hand, hid himself in the parapet connecting the arrow tower and the wooden bridge, wiping the sword in his hand unhurriedly, as if he was indifferent to what was happening outside, and did not even glance at Bill.

The city gate of the West Gate was so empty that not even a single figure could be seen......

On the training ground, nearly 3,000 townspeople sat on the ground in groups, or whispered, or secretly worried, but none of them dared to make a loud noise, and on the edge of the training ground, more than 20 town managers carried big sticks to patrol back and forth - not to prevent bandits, but to see if anyone was making noise, and if there were, the big sticks on their shoulders would not be polite.

On the wooden bridge at the east gate, Lauren squatted, constantly taking out the contents of the large wooden box and handing them to Woolley, while Woolley observed the movements of the bandits while quickly assembling the ......