I really can't control myself

The new strategic plan gave Tommen some confidence. From his point of view, this was a pretty perfect plan.

Tommen felt that the new emperor should have a strategic thinker beside him, or that the new emperor himself had this ability.

If it were just an ordinary war, he felt at this moment that his side's chance of victory was quite high. I just don't know why I always feel like there's a shadow in my heart.

It was obvious that this war was not an ordinary war, and they did not expect that the impact of those three policies would come so quickly.

Just as the first and second legions here were preparing to take the initiative, Joel, a farmer from Rohir Village, also came to the northern border.

At this time, after inquiring all the way, he had also confirmed the news of the rebellion of the 1st and 2nd legions in the north, and roughly knew the current situation.

Sure enough, there is going to be a war. Joel is extremely anxious now. He doesn't know when Linton's army will attack or whether it will attack. But once the war starts, the north side will probably become a battlefield. There are some people on the battlefield. He still knows how dangerous it is.

Thinking of this, Joel traveled day and night, walking as fast as he could, and wanted to take his good brother back before the war started. Otherwise, even if he brought the news, if there was a real fight, whether they could successfully leave would be a question. Hard to say.

However, Joel is not acting alone now. In fact, he meets many people with the same purpose as him along the way. Most of them came here to deliver letters like him.

From their mouths, Joel also learned what happened in other villages. Basically, it was similar to what he encountered, that is, the families of the first and second legions were taken away, and now they are all waiting to be interrogated. They were given a month. Why don't you hurry up and find someone to send the news? .

Now the team delivering the message has gathered more than seventy people, and this is of course just one of them. There were people in this team who were sent from the village just like Joel, and there were also people who couldn't come at all and asked the people they went to help carry the letters. There are even mercenaries.

Yes, as long as the mercenaries are paid, they will generally accept any mission. Of course they accepted the task of delivering letters, so someone paid them to go to the north to deliver letters. Although they knew the danger, they didn't shudder because of the money.

Joel's current team has more than twenty mercenaries. These mercenaries are not from the same group, several of them have received the task of delivering messages. Everyone gathered together spontaneously. After all, the purpose was the same, so it was considered as taking care of each other.

This team had some combat effectiveness. In fact, they encountered some troops who looked like bandits on the road, but they did not start a fight. I guess these bandits thought the idea was difficult, and they probably thought there was nothing to gain from it. This group of mostly farmers looked like they were extremely poor, so they might as well rob the caravan, right?

In this way, everyone took care of each other, and the journey to the north went smoothly. But they don't know what to do next.

The people they are looking for are all in the army. Should they go directly to the military camp to deliver the message? They don't even know where the army is now. And they also know that the purpose of their coming is to take their people back. The military officers will probably not agree and will arrest them.

Fortunately, the first problem was solved immediately, because they soon met many people who were going in the opposite direction.

Similarly, the opponent's small team looked like they were all dressed up as farmers. When they first met, both sides were very afraid of each other. But after asking, I found out that everyone was just ordinary farmers. The team across from them were farmers from the north, and they were from the same village.

There is going to be a war in the north, so of course they are afraid. Originally, they were planning to just hide and wait for luck as before, but they didn't know who said it. Now the Queen of the Imperial Capital in the south has issued a new decree, saying that people from their side go to the south to open up wasteland, and the land they open up will be used in the future. Their own is exempt from taxes for two years, and the empire also provides grain crops.

With such good conditions, they were a little excited. Although they are reluctant to leave their hometown, they are afraid of death if there is a war.

So some were moved, and some decided to stay. And the ones that are exciting are usually discussed by the whole village. We are all just farmers with little knowledge. Most people just follow the crowd. If you go, I will go too. A few village leaders talked to each other, agreed and set off.

There are many such small troops, and Joel and his team were marching backwards and asking questions along the way.

Not to mention the environment in the main world, most news is spread by word of mouth, and everyone is used to this method. Asking all the way is really rewarding.

Some people said that they had seen the Legion there before, so they walked in the direction, then asked again, and then walked. They searched and walked for two days in a row until... they were surrounded by an army.

Just by looking at the opponent's uniform armor, you can tell that what surrounds them is definitely a regular army. The opponent is also a team of nearly fifty people. Although there are not as many people as their group of messengers, their combat effectiveness is not at the same level.

Along the way, everyone has established a preliminary friendship. Now this group of mercenaries took the initiative to form a circle on the outside, including most of the farmers. But facing the regular army armed to the teeth in front of them, these mercenaries also knew that it was impossible to defeat them, and they would most likely be doomed.

The army on the opposite side was obviously not prepared to let them go. They were originally here to take care of these farmers who were fleeing from the village, but they didn't expect to encounter this retrograde army, which was also armed. I don’t know what the other side is doing, but in this situation it’s obviously better to arrest him first.

Just when the two sides seemed to be about to fight, Joel in the team suddenly noticed a soldier in the opposite team.

He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly pushed away the mercenaries in front, rushed out of the defensive circle and shouted to the opposite side: "Gruto! Is it you Gruto! I am Joel, Joel!"

"Joel?" The soldier opposite was indeed Gruto. He didn't notice it at first, but when he saw Joel rushing out, he saw clearly. Although he had been in the army for a year and had not returned, he naturally still knew Joel at this young age.

The sudden situation made the atmosphere on both sides slightly relaxed, and everyone noticed Gruto and Joel.

"Gruto! It'll be nice to see you! I'm here to take you back! Your mother, Jane, and Seral have all been arrested! Come back with me quickly, or they will be executed!" Joel shouted quickly while the surroundings were quieter now.