Chapter 330: Preparing for Battle

"Jack, are you really ready to face danger?" Fu Binn asked from Jack's body. Seeing his vigor when he was young, he recalled his heroic spirit that was not afraid of danger. Fu Binen sighed and asked Jack.

He nodded heavily. Jack said stubbornly, "Yes. I've decided."

Seeing Jack's insistence, Fu Binen shook his head and didn't say anything more. He knew in his heart that Jack had really grown up, and it might not be a bad thing for him to practice at this age, not to mention that Fu Binen knew that Han Shuo would definitely take care of Jack, and he would definitely not let Jack get hurt.

Fu Binen's silence showed that he at least no longer objected, when Jack looked at Han Shuo expectantly. Han Shuo, who was half a head taller than Jack, came up to him and patted Jack on the shoulder. Say sincerely: "Don't rush to make a decision. You stay in Brettle City for a few days for the time being. Let me know after you think it through."

Brettle City will not be peaceful during this period, perhaps after Jack truly sees the cruelty of war. He will automatically dismiss this idea, Han Shuo thought to himself.

Afterwards, Han Shuo did not continue to discuss this topic with Jack. Instead, he became interested in the girl named Jessica that Jack liked. Asked a few things about the girl.

From Jack's faltering narration, Han Shuo knew that this girl named Jessica was the daughter of a minor nobleman. When her father was doing business with the Booth Chamber of Commerce, Jack met at the Booth Chamber of Commerce. So far, Jack has been in a one-sided crush, but Jack, who is a cashier in Buster, naturally cannot attract the attention of this noble daughter, not to mention that Jack has no capital at least on the surface except for his fat body.

Jessica's request for the object is also what Jack got from Jessica's mouth during the insinuation, in this wonderful continent where nobles dominate. Even Phoebe, the owner of the Booth Chamber of Commerce, is not very accepted by high society. What's more, he is a small accountant?

Therefore, on the one hand, it was due to the fanatical admiration for Jessica, and on the other hand, maybe Jack really had a self-motivated mind, which made him want to use Han Shuo to help him.

The banquet feels like home in joy and anger. The civilians outside the city lord's mansion who heard the news were still unwilling to disperse. The allure of free food is beyond Han Shuo's imagination. This time the servants recruited have been busy all day and there is not enough supply. It was delayed until the sunset was setting and night was about to fall, and the civilians in Brettle City were dispersed under the friendly persuasion of the knights.

The moon that disappeared last night is extremely bright tonight. It seems that he wants to make up for being lazy last night. Standing on top of the tallest clock tower in the City Lord's Mansion. Han Shuo looked down at Bretel City shrouded in the misty moonlight. The vast Brettle City occupies a huge area. There are many houses between the four city gates, which can accommodate a million people to coexist.

The original purpose of building Brettle City.

It was to serve as the base point for invading the Seven Principalities. Even after going through vicissitudes and humiliation, Brettle City still has the heights of a human being. If it hadn't been for repeated failures during the invasion of the Seven Duchies and the fatal damage suffered by the coalition forces of the Seven Duchies, Brettle City might have become one of the strongest cities in the Lancelot Empire.

A large number of gold coins were thrown into it. The refurbished Brettle City was reinforced and heightened by Han Shuo at all costs. The six magic crystal cannons placed on the city wall had a great deterrent effect. Now more chariot breakers were filled in the vacant city wall. All kinds of large firepower equipment are all set up.

Unknowingly. Brettle City, a huge war machine that should have shown its ferocity long ago. After investing millions of gold coins, his fangs slowly began to show. Ready to smash all the arrogant people who dare to attack at any time.

In the direction of Hailan City, a thousand-man brigade gradually returned. These brigades belonging to Doakes had bright armor and strong armor, which was nothing compared to the weapons of those miscellaneous bandits last night. Each long sword is worth at least three gold coins. The armor and helmet are all forged from high-quality fine steel, worth five gold coins.

In addition to other dexterous sharp weapons such as crossbows, arrows and daggers, the equipment on each soldier is worth ten gold coins. It's just that these soldiers who should have been knights temporarily became infantry because of the lack of horses. Horses are relatively scarce resources even in the Lancelot Empire. However, the Seven Principalities are good at raising war horses, but unfortunately Han Shuo has no way to buy them.

A thousand soldiers, led by the horse Doakes, walked towards Brettle City in an orderly manner. These people had obviously experienced battle after battle, and there was implicit madness in their indifferent eyes. Although the armor on their bodies and the weapons in their hands were polished, the blood stains on the clothes under the breastplates were very obvious.

Han Shuo, who climbed up and looked far away, looked at Doakes from the highest place of the City Lord's Mansion for a while, and whispered with satisfaction: "Three days. The twelve bandits were all wiped out. One thousand soldiers returned and nine hundred and sixty. Only four Ten dead. It really is a talent!"

Half an hour later, Doakes, who had changed into clean clothes, came to the City Lord's Mansion under the bright moonlight. He was received by Han Shuo in his living room.

"Doakes, you've done a good job, have all the twelve bandits been wiped out?" Han Shuo looked at Doakes who was on one knee. asked with a smile.

Shaking his head, Doakes looked up at Han Shuo and said, "My lord, there are still more than seven hundred people alive."

Frowning, Han Shuo was not in a hurry to get Doakes to stand up, and unconsciously tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers. Squinted at Doakes. Asked: "Doakes. You brought a thousand soldiers there, shouldn't you let seven hundred robbers escape by your means?"

Doakes looked up at Han Shuo. He replied blankly: "My lord. The twelve bandits were all wiped out, and all obstacles from Hailan City to Brettle City were cleared away. However, the villain thinks that killing blindly is not a good way. The seven hundred robbers If they don't die, they are also helpless because of their livelihood.

The villain thinks that if the adults want to develop Brettle City as quickly as possible. In addition to the sharp weapon of killing, some appropriate softness should be added. These people who have lost the bandit leader are easy to tame, and once they have been tempered, they will truly convince the adults. They can also become loyal and brave fighters in the hands of adults. "

When Doakes said this, Han Shuo was silent for a while, looked directly at Doakes and nodded slowly, and said: "You are right, Doakes. It is true that I did not think about it, well, so the seven hundred Robber, you have subdued them all, but I didn't see them?"

Nodding his head, Doakes knelt on one knee in front of Han Shuo before Han Shuo gave any order. Respectfully said: "That's right, all the 742 robbers have surrendered, and they are cleaning the battlefield under my order, my lord. On the road from Hailan City to Bretel City, there are rotting corpses of refugees everywhere. This environment does not seem to take advantage of the development of Brettle City. So I order those robbers. Clean up all the obtrusive things along the way."

"Very good, Doakes, you did a great job. Well, that's right. All your people have returned. Aren't you afraid that those robbers will escape?" Han Shuo first praised, and then asked doubtfully.

"My lord doesn't know that the life of those robbers is not much better than that of refugees. I just promised them some treatment as ordinary soldiers in Brettle City, and they agreed without any hesitation." Doakes replied, After a pause, he took out a money bag. Passing both hands to Han Shuo, he said, "The twelve robbers got a total of 37,200 gold coins, and some gold, silver and jade ores worth about ** million gold coins. The soldiers brought them back to the warehouse. As for those worthless weapons. Because the value is not high It was heavy, so it was hoarded in a robber's den for a while, and I put it there because I didn't think it was necessary to bring it back."

"Okay. Very good. You are very thoughtful. Get up, I will credit you for this incident. As long as you keep doing this, you will be able to get what you need sooner or later!" Han Shuo stared deeply at Doakes and said: "The city of Brettle is a stage for you. It seems that you have gradually adapted to your role. The Seven Duchies have not been taken by our empire many times. But since we are standing here, we must fight at all costs." Seize this opportunity that can make us soar. We will show them what the mediocre people in the empire can't do."

"The villain swears to follow the adults to the death!" Doakes snorted, straightening his spine in front of Han Shuo. Another "Devil Killing Edge" that is invincible.

"Alright, let's go down. You will accept these gold coins for the time being, and treat them as your military salary for equipping those seven hundred new soldiers with weapons and armor." Han Shuo signaled Doakes to leave. After Doakes left, Han Shuo fell into deep thought, thinking about the right amount of tenderness that Doakes had said earlier. I think Doakes' words do make some sense.

the second day. early in the morning.

Dick hurriedly came to see Han Shuo, and reported to Han Shuo: "My lord, several bandits of the same scale as Tu Luoda are currently gathered in a dense forest twenty miles in front of Bretel City. The villain is carrying out a mission from one of the Seven Duchies. The members of the dark curtain received the news. I heard that this time there are a total of 15,000 people in several big bandits. They are going to loot our city madly."

"It's time to come!" Han Shuo snorted coldly. Said: "You send people to pay close attention to their whereabouts. Fifteen thousand robbers, this will be the first real challenge to Bretel City!"

"My lord, do you want to inform the leaders of the mountain people on the mountain? It's too dangerous this time with 3,000 soldiers defending the city of Bretel. Maybe the leaders of the mountain people will help us!" Dick suggested.

Shaking his head, Han Shuo said: "Not for now. This is a test for us. Whether we can keep them honest in the future depends on the results of this battle, hmph. Although we only have more than 3,000 soldiers, Brett The city of Er is no longer the original dilapidated city wall, I threw so many gold coins into it. How could Bretel City be so easy to break into?"

The reason why he dared to say this was that Han Shuo had some confidence. Soldiers hiding on the tall city walls waiting for work. You can use the powerful chariots and other equipment to bombard. The other six magic crystal cannons are not vegetarians. At worst, Han Shuo can also summon an army of undead to fight. Han Shuo believes that the robbers with 15,000 people want to fight. It is necessary to break through the current city of Bretel. It's never that easy.

unknowingly. The entire city of Bretel has been under martial law. Soldiers often pass by dragging huge stones on the streets. However, the magic crystal cannons of huge chariots that civilians have seen every day have been covered by gray cloth and dragged away for some reason. Behind. It seemed like he was afraid of being discovered.

For this new city lord, the civilians were indifferent at the beginning, and now they are gradually showing more interest. The last time the Talishan bandits were wiped out, and the news that more than a dozen bandits were wiped out between Hailan City and Brettle City had already been spread throughout Bretel City through deliberate propaganda.

In addition to yesterday's food festival, an endless stream of food was sent from the city lord's mansion, which made the commoners in the city full of food. They gradually talked about their reluctance to trust the city lord.

It's just that for them who are used to the city lord betraying at critical times. Before the real crisis came. Whether this new city lord can stand the test and is it trustworthy? It is still unknown. Therefore, these civilians have not really expressed their hearts to the new city lord. He just silently watched the changes in Brettle City with an observing gaze.

Another day later, all the four gates of Brettle City were closed, and no merchants or civilians were allowed to leave. The sparse soldiers on the four city gates all looked wary. Several small teams of knights in the city patrolled back and forth on their horses without stopping.

Although these knights didn't say much. But the people of Bretel City who have suffered through the fire of war. A familiar smell has already been smelled from these traces.

War is coming!