Rise of the Empire Total War

In the early morning, the soft sunlight shines on the country roads of the Kingdom of Ramirez. The puppies of those houses are lying lazily outside the house, squinting their eyes, as if they are resting. Around him, a few roosters are swaying slowly. Pacing around, lowering his head from time to time to peck at the bugs in the ground, making a satisfied clucking sound.

All this seemed so peaceful and peaceful, but soon, as a group of figures flashed through the woods near the residential house, the resting dog lying on the ground reflexively opened his eyes, stood up, and stared at him vigilantly. In that forest, there was a faint smell of blood in the air. Although humans couldn't smell this smell, the dog's nose was very sensitive, and it was easy to detect it.

Under the gaze of the puppy, a group of strong master soldiers holding round shields and sharp swords came out of the woods. The chain mail of these soldiers was stained with blood, and there were a few wet leaves stuck to their bodies. Embarrassed. As soon as their figures appeared, the puppy roared and barked in warning. The roosters around him were startled by the sudden barking, flapping their wings and running around, making frightened rattling sounds. Obviously disturbed by the sound outside the house, a middle-aged man in thin linen clothes opened the door cursingly and came out. He was about to yell at the barking dog when he looked up and saw the soldiers holding sharp swords. His complexion changed drastically, and his legs softened, and he sat down paralyzed.

He is not afraid of the shining sharp sword, what he is afraid of is that the blades in the hands of those people are still obviously stained with blood.

Under the terrified eyes of the middle-aged man, those dozens of soldiers climbed over the low wooden fence and walked into the open space where the puppy was. They seemed to feel the murderous aura on them, and the puppy backed back again and again in fear, with a low voice. whining.

The leader who looked like an officer ignored the puppy. He went straight to the man sitting on the ground and said in a low and hoarse voice: "We need water and food, you go and prepare them, as long as you are satisfied Our needs, we will not trouble you."

"Okay...okay..." the middle-aged man swallowed his saliva and said in fear, then he barely got up from the ground and was about to walk into the house, but at this moment, the officer's voice sounded from behind him Voice: "Don't do anything stupid, my people will keep an eye on you."

The thick warning words made the middle-aged man's calf twitch, and he almost knelt down again. He went straight to the back room and forcibly dragged his wife to the kitchen to prepare food. The woman who was pulled out didn't understand anything In this situation, he was full of resentment and wanted to reprimand his husband, but after seeing those ferocious and murderous soldiers, he immediately swallowed the words that came to his mouth, and obediently followed her husband into the kitchen to get busy.

The leading officer is the Commander-in-Chief of Fort Shadan, Seplin. After a night of fighting, he led the fifty-two Nordic swordsmen to escape to the countryside of Ramirez Kingdom. Fearing that the remaining soldiers in the castle would take the opportunity to break out, the soldiers who pursued them would soon return to the besieged camp. Seplin and his remaining thirty-nine soldiers could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing the middle-aged man and his wife walk into the kitchen and get busy, Sepplin casually picked up a piece of cloth and wiped off the blood on the sword before retracting the scabbard and sitting down on a chair. As soon as he sat down, The chair creaked and moaned in pain. He frowned, but thinking of the conditions here, he still didn't say anything.

The other soldiers also wiped off the blood on their swords, retracted their scabbards, and sat down in a random place, taking advantage of this moment to rest and recover their strength.

At this moment, the deputy commander of the company came to Seplin's side, he glanced at the direction of the kitchen, and then asked in Danish in a low voice: "Sir, shall we go to Abaderan as originally planned?" ?”

"Hmm." Seplin squinted his eyes and responded. The deputy commander was a little puzzled, and asked: "Abadran should be the place where the main force of the enemy army gathers. If we go there, won't it mean Are you throwing yourself into a trap?"

Hearing this, Seplin couldn't help laughing, he opened his eyes, looked at the deputy commander who was even more puzzled by his laughter, and said, "Miser, what you said, François The deputy commander told me yesterday that he wanted to persuade me not to break through, but I still led you to break through, so how do you think I will react?"

"Sir, with all due respect, if you want to lead us to die, we will not follow in your footsteps." The deputy commander of the company named Misel said sternly, refusing the order to die is also their lawfulness. that power.

"You are wrong, my dear Misel." Seplin said, "No one knows what the real situation in Abadelan is, and the messenger we sent out to ask for help does not know whether the letter for help has been successfully delivered Hand it over to Lord Pabala, I have to say that although he is a loyal Lord Ramirez, he is the closest reinforcement to us."

"What if he surrenders again? Just like when His Majesty Caesar led the army to the city five years ago, he opened the city and surrendered."

"Then we have to go to the west, go to Lu Wenling, and seek the assistance of Count Maximilian. However, judging from the support capabilities of the Kingdom's army, the reinforcements must have arrived and fought with the main force of the Ramirez people. If If we are lucky, we will be able to receive the reinforcements led by His Majesty Caesar or the army commanded by the military commander in Abadran."

After finishing speaking, seeing that the deputy commander of his company was silent, Seplin continued: "There is one more thing, my dear Misel, although I really don't want to admit it, but our company only has thirty-nine soldiers left. In the eyes of the Ramirez people, they are like bandits in the dense forest, and they are not a threat to them, so even if we are discovered, we will not be surrounded, so why do you have us? How do you feel?"

"I'm sorry, sir, I didn't think about the problem well." Misel admitted his mistake very simply. Seplin didn't take this matter to heart. He waved his hand and didn't say anything.

After a while, the middle-aged man and his wife who had been busy in the kitchen finally prepared the food. They shivered and brought the hot food to the wooden table. It was a big bowl of sticky and unknown objects , mixed with various ingredients including carrots, cabbage, peas, etc., it is a hodgepodge.

Looking at the pot of unknown objects, Seplin and his friends were stunned. They stared blankly at the food in the pot, and then at the couple standing there. The latter was watched by a group of soldiers. His legs almost went limp again, but the middle-aged man suppressed the fear in his heart, and said tremblingly: "My lord, this is all we have in our house. If it is really not enough, you, you will send it outside the house." Grab the chicken, kill it and eat it..."

"Uh..." Seplin scratched his head, then pointed to the pot of mishmash, and ordered to the middle-aged man, "Try a few bites first."

"Ah I……"

Seplin heard the hesitation of the middle-aged man, rolled his eyes, and said in a vicious voice: "You don't want to? Or are you poisoned?"

"No, I don't have one, I'll just eat it." The middle-aged man said fearfully, then grabbed the spoon in the basin, took a bite and passed it to his mouth, and started to eat in big mouthfuls. After a while, seeing that nothing happened to the middle-aged man, Seplin felt relieved and asked the soldiers to share the hodgepodge together.