our family is gone

Chapter 133 Owendo

Looking at the convoy that was attacked just now, all the soldiers are still not completely out of combat. They all hold the spears or crossbows in their hands tightly. .

"Clean the battlefield and check each other for injuries." Lance ordered, and frowned when he saw the corpses all over the ground.

These are said to be bandits and bandits, but judging from the situation, they are just some refugees who blocked the road and robbed them. They didn't even have decent weapons in their hands, so they dared to rush over with a stick or a stone.

I don't know if it was too outrageous in front of those farmers before, but there was a very abnormal situation along the way.

Because the city garrison is responsible for cleaning up nearby robbers and bandits and maintaining order around the city.

Originally, it was supposed to be that the farther away from the city the more bandits were, but now it was the other way around. The closer he was to the city, the more attacks he encountered on Owendo Road.

At first, he thought that other caravans did not take this route because they could not go to sea through Hamlet, but now he found that things were not that simple.

The disappearance of the caravan is determined by multiple factors. The most direct reason is that the disasters in several central provinces have spread to them. The outbreak of refugee banditry has led to a sharp increase in transportation costs. No resources will be wasted on this cart of food that doesn't make much money.

Unexpectedly, his words of threatening those farmers turned out to be the truth by chance.

If this is the case, it’s no wonder that Hamlet’s accident has been left alone for so long. Now the world is in chaos, and even the landlord’s house has no food left. Who the hell cares about your dilapidated town?
It also shows that this disaster may be more severe than he imagined.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the injured are ordinary people~
Lance couldn't help feeling a little emotional, but there was nothing he could do about it, he didn't even do his own shit right.

Running a business is not an easy task. They have to face many situations along the way, camping, exploring roads, and resisting attacks.

If these ten soldiers wanted to escort the caravan, it would be impossible for those enemies to see them as fat, and the real main force would have to be Lance and the others.

There were no less than ten waves of robbers they encountered passively along the way, not counting the ones that Lance took the initiative to find.

But most of those were not robbers, they were just mobs, and they basically couldn't stop him from charging.

There are also some robbers who took the opportunity to gather those mobs and strengthen their power to dominate one side.

But unfortunately, it was targeted by him, and then turned into his experience points.

The addition of dog trainers William and Fergus also greatly eased the difficulty of guarding at night. When the enemy approached, the dogs would definitely be alarmed. With the dogs warning them, they would not be attacked overnight.

The distance on this road may be half a day's drive in modern society, but they walked for almost seven days. This is still the route he chose to give up most of the gathering places, and he has a means of transportation such as a horse-drawn carriage.

For those who are inexperienced, everything becomes troublesome, but fortunately, everything is resolved in the end, and the detours they take are to accumulate experience.

And the tempering along the way also allowed this soldier with little combat experience to grow.

The team set off again after resting for half an hour. Lance couldn't help shouting when he saw the soldiers' exhausted expressions.

"There are too many Owens ahead, hurry up and you can stay in the city tonight."

"Oh!"

Lance's words brought motivation to the team, and everyone finally felt a little relieved from the exhaustion on their faces when they heard that they finally no longer had to sleep in the wilderness.

The team continued to meander along the road, and Lance stayed at the end to dispose of the dozens of corpses before rushing up.

When the appearance of human buildings appeared in the sky, he knew that he was not far from Owendo.

Walking down the main road, you can see more and more refugees gathered under the city wall in front of you, and even a large camp has been formed. It is estimated that there are three to five thousand refugees.

It may be that they are close to the city and the order has finally returned. They did not show too much desire to attack, but the eager and greedy eyes are enough to make people feel threatened.

And when they approached the city, some refugees were already ready to move, approaching the convoy with their skinny bodies dangling.

"My lord, please save us~"

"Give me something to eat...we haven't eaten for a few days."

"..."

The soldiers couldn't help becoming nervous, clenched their weapons and were ready to resist those guys at any time.

"Attention!" Lance shouted coldly, "Anyone who dares to get close will be killed."

Regardless of being tired, the soldiers immediately pointed their weapons at the ragged refugees and drove them away.

They don't care about the survival of these refugees. They only know that this batch of goods is related to the development of Hamlet and each of them.

Seeing the situation in front of the weapons, the refugees did not dare to approach again, and retreated one after another.

It can't be saved, and the water splash can't be splashed when he smashes this little grain into it.

And any soft-heartedness will make the remaining refugees gather around like hyenas smelling blood.

"Go into town." Lance directly ignored the resentment hidden in their eyes, and led the team to move on.

The so-called cities in this era are gathering places with tens of thousands of people. To be able to develop to this point, there are almost certainly several prerequisites, one of which is the water source.

And Owendo is just adjacent to a tributary that flows into the Donovis River. The commercial activities on it also make the city continue to develop. After the decline of Hamlet, a large number of people who moved out injected vitality into the city.

To some extent, Owendo has replaced Hamlet in these years, and has actually become the center of the nearby area.

This is what Lance heard from Walter. The city was built on the bones of Hamlet, and it was also the biggest obstacle for him to completely regain the territory.

A city with a population of 3 to [-], surrounded by a city wall, has at least a thousand imperial garrisons, and once it is done, it will touch the sensitive area of ​​the empire...

"Fuck~" Thinking of this, Lance cursed secretly with a gloomy face.

As long as the ancestor puts his energy on the territory, he won't leave him so much trouble!
When the caravan arrived at the city gate, the guards were also quite curious. After all, only large caravans with many guards and mercenaries dared to leave at this time.

But this caravan brought back a full load of goods with just these few people, and they were all unfamiliar faces.

However, they didn't care so much, and even the routine inspection was just a fool, and they let them enter after collecting the city entrance tax.

After all, he has been working for so many years, and he will know if there is any problem by touching the weight of the bag.

The squad leader weighed the money bag that he handed over just now, and stuffed it into his body with his backhand.

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