Chapter 246 Fire Leaf City (Part 1)

Outside a small town on the edge of Huoye Territory, 8,000 troops were advancing slowly in ten square formations.

On the low wall, hundreds of hunters holding inferior bows and arrows, young and strong men and soldiers were shaking with trembling legs, looking at the approaching army, and their faces were pale with fear.

Even the mayor of the town, looking at all this, had countless heroic words in his heart, but now he couldn't say a word, and stared blankly at the continuous advancement of the Southern Army.

Huoyu Town governed no more than 20,000 people. After several rounds of escape, only more than 15,000 people were left. They gathered young and strong men and women, adventurers recruited with money, plus local security teams, garrisons and merchants' guards, only more than 6,000 people.

Among them, 4,000 people were serfs and civilians who had just picked up weapons. Only 2,000 people had combat experience, and only 300 people had participated in regular wars.

The mayor of Huoyu Town held the guardrail tightly to prevent himself from falling down in fear.

"Mayor, why don't we surrender." A middle-aged man reported to the young man with a bitter face.

"Captain Lake, is there really no hope?" Huoyu Town's face turned pale, and he looked at the captain of the guard team and asked in a trembling voice.

"Mayor, there is no hope. With my strength, I am not as good as a captain of the other side. Forcible resistance is just to add military merit to the other side."

He did not want to surrender without a fight, and wanted to turn the situation on the battlefield by his own strength.

With his strength as a silver-level mid-level warrior, he is a well-known figure in Huoyu Town, but in the elite army of a big country, he is no different from cannon fodder.

It's not that he doesn't want to fight against the other side, but because of the gap in strength, he has to compromise.

The mayor of Huoyu Town looked at the army less than a kilometer away from the low wall. After struggling in his heart, he ordered the captain of the security team: "Hang... hang the white flag, surrender... surrender."

In the central army formation of the third battalion, Weilin was about to order the entire army to attack, but he didn't expect the other side to simply hang a white flag.

"General Dred, do you think the other side is cheating, setting up an ambush in the town to lure our army to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly?" Weilin turned to look at Dred and asked him.

"Just let Born Willich send 500 people in. If the other side cheats our army, there is no need for this town to exist." Dred's voice without any emotion made Weilin feel terrified.

On the other side, Born Willich received an order to let a silver intermediate warrior lead 500 soldiers to enter the town to receive the surrendered northern troops.

Because the city gate was blocked by a pile of earth, it would take time to clean it up, so Huoyu Town could only lower the ladder to let Born Willich's army climb up the city wall.

The whole process went very smoothly, and no one dared to resist, even those adventurers who came for money.

The Huoyu Town garrison whose weapons were confiscated was driven to clean up the pile of earth, open the city gate, and let the large army enter the city.

"Sir, I wonder which unit you are from." The captain of the security team looked at the officer of equal strength in front of him, handed over a bag of gold coins, and asked.

The silver-level warrior who led the team, who was also from the Principality of Braham, looked at the money and relaxed his expression. He asked his deputy to continue to command the troops to take over the defense of the town, and then came to the side with the captain of the Fire Fish Town Security Team and whispered.

"We are all from the same country. I will give you a piece of advice. The commander of the army this time is from the expeditionary corps of the Kingdom of Ilia, as you guessed."

"According to the information revealed by my master, this master is of great origin. He is the son of an earl, and his father serves in the expeditionary corps as the commander."

"These are what I know. As for your fate, it depends on how you perform. I can only say this much."

The captain of the security team said gratefully: "Thank you."

"It's okay. We didn't fight head-on. Besides, we are all from the Principality of Braham. Now we each serve our own masters and have no choice." The officer put the money in his arms, stood up and said to the captain of the security team.

Half an hour later, the mound at the gate of the city was cleared, and all the weapons of the garrison in the town were confiscated.

Weilin, who was far outside the city, received the news and ordered the troops to enter the city.

After sleeping in the wilderness all the way, we finally have a place to stay tonight.

After entering the city and taking a short rest, Weilin summoned the military officers to hold a meeting after learning detailed information from the mayor of Huoyu Town.

Bourne received the news, put down his work, ran to the hall first, and sat in the last seat very consciously.

After everyone arrived, Weilin signaled to Dred that the meeting could begin.

Seeing this, Dred stood up, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "According to the information revealed by the mayor of Huoyu Town, Huoye City is actively preparing for war, recruiting young men, digging traps, searching for food, destroying roads, and burning fields, as if to fight to the death with our army."

"But I don't know where he got the courage to confront us."

Once this was said, except for the outsider Bourne, everyone else agreed with General Dred's words.

A count of a principality, with a weak army and a small land area, even if it relies on the geographical advantage of the coast and has a lot of wealth, how can it resist the army from the eagle.

Born Willich looked down at the expressions of the people around him, and couldn't help but lower his head.

Perhaps this is the army of a great country. The army under the command of a count has such momentum, which is far beyond their reach.

"Within five days, capture Huoye City and complete the task assigned to us by the headquarters."

"Yes."

Everyone answered in unison.

"Born Willich stays, and the others go down to rest."

After the others left, only Verin, Kyle, Dredd and Bone were left in the entire town hall.

"Lord Wellin, General Dredd, I don't know what your orders are." Born Willich took a few steps forward, saluted the two of them, and said respectfully.

Seeing this, Weilin said, "You select two thousand of the surrendered troops from Huoyu Town and add them to your command to supplement the strength of your department."

"I wonder what the Lord needs us to do." Born Willich never believed in unprovoked overtures, there must be a reason.

Dredd looked at the nobleman of the Principality of Braham in front of him, and couldn't help but give him a high look in his heart, and said: "In the next battle, you will need to escort our army's spoils, and you will be allowed to share 10% of the profits."

"Lord Willin, General Dredd, I will definitely restrain my subordinates. If there is any financial loss, I am willing to make up for it." Born Willich's face became excited and he said to the two of them.

"You only have one day, go down and prepare."

"yes."

After Born Willich left, Verin looked at Dredd and asked, "General Dredd, how much wealth do you think we can gain this time?"