Lord of War

Sean's troops did not stay in Fort Tonis for a long time. After Sean officially became "Sir Connery", he left Tonis Fort with his troops that day.

When passing through the outer city, what Xiao En saw was not the strict and disciplined royal guards, but a group of veteran soldiers.

Under the same scorching sun, as the Thundering Front of Asuna's personal guard, they are still in charge of the defense, patrol and daily maintenance of the entire inner city. They look no different from ordinary soldiers, if not for the brightly colored With the red robe and the thundering sword and shield badge on the back, no one would think that this guarding force is the famous Thundering Front under the command of Marquis Tonys.

And this royal guard, not only did not stand guard in the outer city, it didn't even have a guard on the city wall. In order to escape the heat, almost all of them hid in fortification buildings. nothing. If it weren't for the various chatter and laughter still coming from various places, people passing by here would even think that the outer city is a barren land.

The team left the gate of the inner city and slowly passed the square in the outer city.

The barbarians in the North were not good at riding, and Sean didn't intend to train them into cavalry, so he didn't buy any more horses for them. However, for the lazy Cecilia and William, Sean still prepared two carriages, and he himself rode a war horse bought from Asuna. It seemed that William and Cecilia were more Like a nobleman, but Sean is just a knight.

Leading the front is the big An Nuo.

Dozens of northern barbarians followed behind him and protected the two carriages, while about sixty or seventy archers followed behind the vehicles. As far as surrendering soldiers are concerned, their treatment is pretty good, and Sean has already promised them that as long as they make military exploits, everyone can regain their freedom, and they are even punished by the regular army like the northern barbarians. Remuneration - Originally, they didn't really believe these words, and the fate of the surrendered soldiers was nothing more than cannon fodder, otherwise their companions would not have escaped during the conflict in Danaville.

But after the performance, Sean actually conquered them. Even though they knew it was a way to buy people's hearts, they were still willing to stay and work hard to kill the enemy in order to gain freedom and better treatment. People from the trading capital, unless they lived there for a long time, who would marry a wife and have children? Unfortunately died in battle, wife and children have become someone else's plaything?

Sean's promise to the veterans and the barbarians of the Northland, these surrendered soldiers already knew.

Even if they die, the descendants can be kept safe, so their hard work and struggle will naturally be worthwhile.

For this army that suddenly appeared in the outer city and was obviously about to leave the fortress, some royal guards were finally willing to look up. However, most of them showed a look of disapproval, and only a few general-level officers showed a thoughtful look. Because they have never seen any mercenary regiment showing such a stern and strict aura, shouldn't it be lax for these bandits who are licking blood at the edge of their swords?

Sean's team didn't fly any banners, and it was normal for outsiders to regard it as a mercenary group.

As the first line of defense for Fortress Tonis and the buffer zone for street fighting, the outer city is huge, otherwise it would be impossible for 70,000 troops from the royal family to be stationed here. However, in this area, the focus of Asuna's defense is not to block the enemy's attack, but to consume the vital forces of the attacking party as much as possible.

Therefore, more fortifications were arranged, which made it a bit crowded for 70,000 royal guards to be stationed here.

But this is also because these royal guards are old soldiers, and many of them are even noble disciples who come to gild, so it seems a bit crowded-they are driving the whole house, which is really a bit frustrating. no. Perhaps, it was also because of this that Asuna didn't bother to pay attention to them, and threw them here in the outer city, out of sight and out of sight.

But this also shows from one aspect, the vastness of the outer city.

From the city gate of the inner city to the city gate of the outer city, Xiao En and the others walked for three hours before finally seeing the 20-meter-high door built against the mountain wall. Black city gate. This city gate is called "Tony's Iron Wall." Although the height is the same as the other gates in the fortress, the depth is different. According to Xiao En's visual inspection, it has a depth of at least three meters.

The opening and closing of the city gate requires the power provided by six steam engines to turn the rotating gears, and even requires the assistance of hundreds of people. It takes more than half an hour to fully open and close the city gate each time. closure. So when the royal guards came here, they made a request to Asuna, requesting that the city gate should never be closed during non-wartime, and they were willing to increase the defense and patrol force of the city gate for this reason.

Regarding this point, Asuna did not object at all.

So when Sean came here at this moment, he saw two huge black city gates that were completely opened. There are no hideous portraits or anything else carved on it, and the entire city gate looks extremely smooth. Of course, this is also because the fortress has not experienced any war since it was built. Although it has been a year now, the fact is that However, the maintenance work on this city gate has been done extremely well, and it is still brand new.

Perhaps, this is also one of the main reasons why Asuna did not go too harsh on the royal guard.

There are quite a few troops stationed at the city gate, dozens of them, but these people did not wear any armor, but instead wore a bó bó short-sleeved coat, and the weapons in their hands were also various. If it wasn't for Xiao En He had already heard about the general situation in the outer city from Asuna, and he still thought that these people were just soldiers from some mercenary regiments, not from the royal family.

At this moment, these people looked more like noble disciples out for an outing. They were laughing and playing, without the seriousness of being a soldier at all. After seeing Sean leading the team, the playfulness of these people gradually stopped. Everyone's eyes shifted to Sean and the others, and they began to look up and down. When Sean's team was about to leave the city, among them Two soldiers finally came forward and stopped the entire team.

"What's the matter?" Sean frowned.

"Don't you know that you need to register when entering or exiting Fortress Tonis?" A soldier scolded arrogantly, "Everyone fills in their names."

Of course Sean understands the rules of Fortress Tonis, but he really didn’t know that there would be such a complicated side. He remembered that when he entered the fortress, each person paid a head fee of one copper coin—this fee was not much , is just a symbolic meaning, and more means the order control of the Tony Fortress. However, such detailed registration is required here, which is somewhat puzzling.

Why do you not need it when entering the city, but only need it when you go out of the city?

But it was these northern barbarians that really gave Sean a headache. They don't know a single word, and the name is mostly just a pronunciation name. The name An Nuo was given by Sean, so if these barbarians from the Northland are to fill in their names, it is definitely a difficult technical task.

"The people in the carriage have to come down to fill in the report, and we have to check the carriage, let everyone in it come out quickly." The soldier started yelling again, and walked towards the carriage.

"If you want to solve it quickly, it's not impossible." Another soldier saw his companion walking away, and he smiled, "The head fee of ten copper coins per person will not take much time for you, and you can also immediately leave."

Now Sean understood.

This group of people is really a group of soldiers, it seems that they want to use this to blackmail. And seeing how the two of them cooperated in singing the oboe, I'm afraid this kind of thing has been done a lot, and I don't know how many caravans have been blackmailed by them in this way-for caravans that value profits, they definitely don't want to Too much time wasted here, what a waste of time it takes to register everything for a fleet, especially for fresh business.

However, ten copper coins per person are not expensive to Xiao En, and the entire team only has one gold coin and seven silver coins.

Just as Sean was about to take out the money, Cecilia shouted angrily from behind.

Sean turned his head and saw that the soldier walking towards the carriage had fallen to the ground at this moment, and a dozen or so northern barbarians around him looked at him angrily. If William hadn't stopped him, these northern barbarians would definitely He rushed forward and gave him a harsh lesson. All the northern barbarians and those surrendered soldiers had already surrounded them with such arrogance that they frightened the soldier who fell to the ground so that his face turned pale.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Sean's face immediately turned ugly.

"what happened?"

"Okay, you mercenaries, how dare you be so presumptuous!" Seeing Xiao En approaching, the soldier immediately jumped up, a little stern, "Where do you think this is? I now suspect that you are the spies of the enemy country. I put down my weapon!"

Dozens of people stationed around the gate had also surrounded them with weapons, and their faces had lost the laughter they had before. Everyone had a serious face. It has to be said that if these soldiers are serious, they will have a bit of the majesty of the royal guards. If they are willing to wear armor, maybe they will be more energetic.

However, facing the soldier's nonsense, Xiao En and others did not pay attention to it, and William explained to Sean in a low voice.

It turned out that the soldier went to open the door of the carriage, and after seeing Cecilia, he became lustful, flirted a few words with language, and even got into the carriage to pull people. In this way, how could the surrounding northern barbarians be willing? William simply said to throw it down, so the soldier was thrown to the ground by several northern barbarians. These northern barbarians were not satisfied with throwing people , it seems that he still wants to punch and kick a few times, and William naturally has to stop it.

After listening to the explanation, Xiao En's face became very ugly. He turned his head and stared coldly at the soldier and the group of soldiers behind him, and said in a deep voice, "Is this the quality and military discipline of your royal guard?"

"It's not up to people like you to comment on our quality and military discipline." A man wearing a lace collar, surrounded by dozens of other people who seemed to be soldiers of the Royal Guard, walked slowly. He glanced at Xiao En, the northern barbarians and archers with an extremely contemptuous expression, "I'll give you one more chance to keep this woman, and get out of the city quickly, otherwise don't blame my men for being ruthless."

Sean laughed back angrily. (To be continued) [] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )