Chapter 85 085 Flames of War
The young man looked up at Shen Mu, and then said, "You ask me why I keep sharpening this knife? Let me tell you a story..."

It turned out that the teenager was born in a small, unremarkable village nearby, but even his parents could not remember the date of his birth, because before him, they had made eight boys—can you imagine the ninth son’s birth? Does birth mean anything to the family?You're right, nothing, they don't even remember having another son.

But a year ago, his parents finally realized his existence, because his eight older brothers all died in the war with Nord, one after another. His older brothers were conscripted by the lord, put down the farm tools in their hands, and walked out After leaving the house, he never came back.Nasty Nords, like a pack of bloodthirsty wolves, they devoured my eight brothers without leaving any bones.
One day last April, that ghostly lord came to his door again and told his father that he must sacrifice another son to the holy war.The boy said that it was the first time he saw his father so angry. He took off the longbow that had been dusty for many years from the wall, and shot the damn bastard to death without hesitation, but the nobles that day On that lucky day, the old bowstring broke before it could shoot that arrow.

The earth-colored lord didn't order the soldiers to arrest people. He stared blankly at my father's trembling white beard for a while, and left in a daze.

After listening to the boy's story, Shen Mu was filled with emotion, and asked, "So how old are you this year?"

The boy said: "What, how old am I? I'm 15 years old. Are you going to be recruited?"

Shen Mu nodded and said, "Yes, you are only 15 years old, do you want to join the army and fight?"

The young man said firmly, "Yes, because I'm going to fight, I'm going to kill eight Nords, and I'm going to cut them into pieces, just like my dead brothers."

Shen Mu said: "Well, that's fine, then you take your sharpened knife and follow me from now on."

The boy said with joy, "Thank you, great knight!"

"Ding Dong, congratulations to the host, the recruitment was successful, and you got 1000 points."

Then Shen Mu recruited more than 20 Virginia recruits in nearby villages.

Leading these Virginia recruits, they killed several groups of pirates on the nearby seashore. During the period, some recruits died in the war, but the living recruits were tempered.

Especially after being equipped with new equipment, it has already left the class of recruits.Because the opponents are relatively weak, there are very few battle reductions. Except for one unlucky guy who was killed in battle, they all suffered only minor injuries.

Moreover, after continuous fighting, the three subordinates have made great progress, but Shen Mu found helplessly that his judgment on the talents of the three was completely wrong. The tall and mighty Memecha showed extraordinary talent in bows and arrows , Manid not only has superb business ability, but also can use heavy weapons with one hand, showing extraordinary wrist strength, while Jamila, who looks a little petite and thin, wields a one-handed sword smoothly, as if she was born with a sense of inertia. The skill of grasping and leveraging strength.

Under Shen Mu's guidance, Momocha's archery has improved by leaps and bounds, but it's a pity that riding and archery is far behind Shen Mu.Manid's swordsmanship has also been greatly improved. Manid, who was originally far inferior to Memocha, is already on par with Momocha in terms of swordsmanship.

Moreover, Memecha is tall and has long arms, and can use a super long bow to attack at a super long distance.Compared with Manid's effective killing radius of about 200 meters, Momocha can shoot up to 500 meters. Of course, the hit and damage are not enough, unless a stronger bow is used.In terms of rate of fire, Manid's speed is about twice that of Momocha when precise aiming is ensured, and Momocha can shoot up to thirteen arrows in one minute.Of course, this is the case when Manid does not use the skills of shooting several arrows at once.

On this day, I had lunch in a small village and replenished rations and water.We then headed north.Shen Mu led the team to kill another pair of pirates, and in this team of pirates, there was an old pirate with a vicissitudes of life.

The old pirate was very helpless about the impending death, and told a story about him.

A year ago, he was a retired Nord veteran. After serving 30 years of military service according to the regulations, he lost two fingers and one ear on the battlefield and returned to his hometown, guarding a small piece of hillside to live a miserable life. .But he still thanked God, because the bones of his brothers who served with him in the army were now turned to ashes.He refurbished the thatched hut, bought farm tools, and prepared to live a peaceful life for a few days. If he was lucky, he could marry a widow as his wife.

The first visitor to his new house was a strange middle-aged man who gave a cursory tour of his hut and offered to hire him to train soldiers for the middle-aged man.He believes that it is definitely not luck that a person can live on the battlefield for 30 years.When he asked which lord needed his services, the lord whispered, "Pirate."

Shen Mu asked, "You accepted his invitation?"

The old pirate quickly waved his hand and said, "No, of course I didn't agree to his invitation. I just finished my damn military service, and even God can't force me to return to the battlefield. I told him that I don't want to cause trouble, I just want to be a peacekeeper." He was a decent farmer. He smiled and said, "May God bless you, brother, but don't get your hopes up too much, because I was once a quiet farmer." His words gave me a sense of foreboding."

Shen Mu asked strangely: "Then why are you a pirate again?"

The old pirate’s eyes were cloudy. After listening to Shen Mu’s question, he sighed and said, “When I was about to harvest the first crop of wheat, a new military service law was promulgated. Because more soldiers were needed, the 30-year military service system was abolished. , the soldier's retirement age is postponed to 50 years old-yes, I will fight for the noble lords for four more years. I cursed this damn decree and spit on the conscription order handed me, so the lord I ordered my thatched hut to be burned. I sat by the smoky ashes for a long time, until a man put his hand on my shoulder and asked me: Brother, do you still want to be a peaceful farmer? Since you can’t To escape the fate of fighting, I would rather fight for myself!"

"..." After listening to the old pirate's story, Shen Mu was very moved. He felt that the old pirate's combat experience was still very rich, at least much better than the recruit Danzi, so he said, "Then you are willing to follow me now." fight?"

Hearing Shen Mu's invitation, the old pirate's cloudy eyes suddenly brightened, and he said hastily: "Of course, I am willing to follow you, great knight!"

"Ding Dong, congratulations to the host, the recruitment was successful, and you got 1000 points."

(End of this chapter)

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