Lord of War

  Shawn’s troops did not stay in Tonys fortress for a long time. After Shaun officially became "Sir Connery", he left the Tonys fortress with his troops on the same day.

  When passing through the outer city, what Xiao En saw was not the strict and disciplined royal guards, but a group of old soldiers.

Under the same scorching sun, as the thundering front of the Asuna Guards, they are still responsible for the defense, patrol, and daily maintenance of the entire inner city. They look no different from ordinary soldiers, if it weren't for the brightly colored suits. With the red robe and the thundering sword and shield badge on the back, no one would think that this guard standing guard was the famous thundering front under the command of the Marquis of Tonis.

And this royal guard not only did not stand guard in the outer city, but also did not even have security surveillance on the city wall. In order to escape the heat, almost all of it hid in the defense 152. Conflict fortification building, a large outer city square, even a trained No one. If it weren't for all kinds of talk and laughter from various places, people who passed by here would even think that this outer city was a barren land.

  The team left the city gate of the inner city and slowly passed the square of the outer city.

  The northern barbarians are not good at riding, and Sean did not intend to raise them into cavalry, so he did not purchase horses for them. But for the lazy Cecilia and William, Sean still prepared two carriages, and he himself rode a horse he bought from Asuna. It seemed that William and Cecilia were more involved. Like a nobleman, Sean is just a knight.

  The leader in front is the big Anno.

  Dozens of northern barbarians followed behind him, guarding the two carriages, and about sixty to seventy archers followed behind the vehicle. As far as the soldiers are concerned, their treatment is pretty good, and Sean has promised them that as long as they have made military exploits, everyone can regain their freedom, and even be treated like the northern barbarians— Originally, they didn't believe these words very much. The fate of the soldiers was nothing more than cannon fodder, otherwise their companions would not run away in the conflict led by Danawi.

   But after the performance, Sean really conquered them. Even if they knew that this was a way of buying people's hearts, they were still willing to stay and work hard to kill the enemy in order to obtain freedom and better treatment. People born in the trading capital, unless they live there for a long time, who will marry a wife and have children? Unfortunately, his wife and children have not become other people's playthings?

  Sean’s promise to the veterans and the northern barbarians, they all know about them.

  Even if they die, offspring can be kept safe, so their hard work and struggle will naturally have value.

  For this force that suddenly appeared in the outer city and was obviously about to leave the fortress, some royal guards were finally willing to look up. However, most of them showed disapproval, and only a few officers at the general level showed a thoughtful appearance. Because they have never seen any mercenary group that will show such a solemn and strict atmosphere, for these bandits who lick their blood, shouldn't it be sloppy?

  Shaun’s team did not fly any flags, and it is normal for outsiders to regard it as a mercenary group.

  As the first line of defense of Tonys Fortress and a buffer zone for street battles, the scale of the outer city is extremely large, otherwise it would not be possible for 70,000 troops from the royal family to be stationed here. However, in this area, Asuna’s defensive focus is not to block the enemy’s attack, but to consume as much as possible the active force of the siege party. Therefore, there are more fortifications arranged, which allows the 70,000 royal guards to be stationed in This seems a bit crowded.

But this is also because these royal guards are all veteran soldiers, and many of them are even aristocratic disciples who came to gilded, so this is a bit crowded—they are driving that want to move the entire house over, which is really unbearable. . Perhaps, Asuna was too lazy to bother about it because of this, and threw them directly into the outer city, out of sight.

  But this also shows from one aspect, the vastness of the outer city.

From the gate of the inner city to the gate of the outer city, Xiao En and others walked for three hours before finally seeing the 20-meter-high wall built on the mountain wall. The black gate. This city gate is called the "Iron Wall of Tonis". Although the height is the same as that of the other gates in the fortress, the thickness is different. Sean's visual observation is at least three meters thick.

The opening and closing of this city gate requires the power provided by six steam-powered engines to turn the rotating gears, and even requires the assistance of hundreds of people. Each time it takes more than half an hour to fully open and close the city gates. closure. So when the royal guards came here, they made a request to Asuna, asking that the gates should never be closed during non-war time, and for this reason they were willing to increase the defense and patrol of the gates.

  Asuna did not object to this.

  So when Sean came here at the moment, he saw two huge black gates that were completely open. There are no hideous portraits or anything engraved on it. The entire city gate looks very smooth. Of course, this is also because the fortress has not experienced any wars since it was built. It has been a year now, but the facts are The maintenance work on the gates of the upper city has been done extremely well, and it is still as new as ever.

  Perhaps, this is also one of the main reasons why Asuna does not go too harsh on this royal guard.

There are quite a few garrisons at the city gate, there are dozens of people, but these people are not wearing any armor, instead they are wearing a thin short-sleeved coat, and the weapons in their hands are also various, if it is not for Sean Having heard about the general situation of the outer city from Asuna, he would still think that these people are just soldiers from some mercenary regiments, not from the royal regiments.

  At this moment, these people look more like aristocratic disciples who are out on an outing. They are laughing and playing, and they have no seriousness as a soldier. After seeing Sean leading the team, the play of these people gradually stopped. Everyone's eyes moved to Sean and the others, and they started to look up and down. When Sean's team was about to leave the city, among them Two soldiers finally came forward and stopped the whole team.

   "What's the matter?" Sean frowned.

  "Don't you know that registration is required to enter and exit the Fortress of Tonys?" A soldier exclaimed arrogantly, "Everyone fills in their names."

Of course, Sean understands the rules of the Tonys Fortress, but he really didn't know that there would be such a cumbersome side. Remember that when he entered the fortress, that is, each person paid a head fee of a copper coin—this is not a lot. It's just a symbolic meaning, more it means the order control of Tonis Fortress. However, such detailed registration is required here, which is a bit puzzling.

  Why don’t you need to enter the city, but only need it when you leave the city?

  But it was these northern barbarians that really made Shaun feel big. They don't know a single word, and the names are more of just a pronunciation. The name Anno was still given by Sean, so if you want these northern barbarians to fill in their names, it is definitely a difficult technical task.

  "The people in the carriage should also come down to fill in the report, and we have to check the carriage and let the people inside come out quickly." The soldier began to yell again, and walked towards the carriage.

"If you want to solve it quickly, it's not impossible." Another soldier watched his companion go away, and he smiled. "The head fee of ten copper coins per person will not miss you much time. You can also immediately. Leave."

  Now, Sean understands.

  This group is really a group of soldiers, and it seems that they want to use this to blackmail a sum. And looking at the way the two of them sang the double reed, I’m afraid that this kind of thing has not been done less, and I don’t know how many caravans have been blackmailed by them in this way. Too much time is wasted here. All things of a team are registered. How much time is wasted, especially those doing fresh business.

  There are only ten copper coins per person, which is not expensive for Sean, and everyone in the whole team together is just one gold coin and seven silver coins.

   Just as Sean was about to pay, Cecilia's anger came from behind him.

Sean turned his head and saw that the soldier walking to the carriage had fallen to the ground at this moment. A dozen Northland barbarians around were looking at him angrily. If William hadn't stopped them, these Northland barbarians would definitely Charged up and gave him a severe lesson. All the barbarians in the Northland and the soldiers who had fallen to the ground had surrounded them, with great momentum, and in an instant turned the soldier who fell to the ground pale with fright.

   And seeing this scene before him, Sean’s face was immediately difficult to look.

"what happened?"

"Well, you group of mercenaries, dare to be so presumptuous!" Seeing Sean coming over, the soldier jumped up immediately, a little bit visceral, "What do you think this is? I suspect you are spies from the enemy country now. I put down my weapon!"

  Dozens of people stationed around the door have also been surrounded by weapons, their faces are no longer the same as before, and everyone has a stern face and a serious face. I have to say that if these soldiers are serious, they will have the majestic aura of the royal guards. If they are willing to wear armor, perhaps they will be more vigorous.

   However, facing the scream of the soldier, Xiao En and others did not pay attention to it, and William explained to Xiao En in a low voice.

  It turned out that this soldier went to open the door of the carriage, and then after seeing Cecilia, he became enamored with a little bit of language and wanted to get in the carriage. In this way, where the surrounding northern barbarians were willing, William simply said and threw it down, so the soldier was thrown to the ground by several northern barbarians. These northern barbarians were not addicted to throwing them away. , Seems to want to punch a few kicks, William naturally stopped at this point.

  After listening to the explanation, Xiao En’s face looked very ugly. He turned his head and stared coldly at the soldier and the group of soldiers behind him, and said in a deep voice, "Is this the quality and military discipline of your Royal Guard?"

"What is our quality and military discipline, it is not your turn to comment." A man wearing a flower neckline, surrounded by dozens of other people who seemed to be soldiers of the Royal Guard, walked slowly. With an extremely contemptuous expression on his face, he glanced at Sean and the Northland savages and archers, "I'll give you another chance to keep this woman, and then get out of the city quickly, otherwise, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless."

  Shaun laughed furiously.