Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

When the lone wolf approached the rebel position, the knights dared not pursue them any longer.They turned their horses around and left in despair, and the rebels laughed even more wantonly.On the other side, the nobles jumped angrily and cursed their subordinates loudly.

Hai Wen suddenly had an idea: In this state, if there is a fight, the rebels may not necessarily lose.

At the same time, Smiley Cat also said to him: "My lord, Lone Wolf is a bit capable. We need such a person. Not to mention recruiting, but also becoming an ally."

"I thought so too," said Haven.

After the lone wolf returned to his camp, he shouted to Hai Wen: "Haven Ambside! Beggar King, I ask you! Is this a conspiracy? The legendary Beggar King is actually colluding with the nobles? I!"

"It's a conspiracy, but it's not for you, my friend!" Hai Wen said as he got on his horse and walked towards the battle formation of the lone wolf.The two nobles looked at him suspiciously, and the count asked him, "Ambside, what are you doing?"

Haiwen turned around and sneered, and said, "Don't you understand?" After saying this, he held up his scepter, and the artifact of the White Clothes Club emitted a fiery light towards the sky, lighting up the clouds in the sky.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of war drums sounded from the southwest direction.A majestic army came out from the path behind the mountain.They held high the flag of Haiwen, walked firmly, solemnly and neatly.

The army numbered 5000 and was led by veterans of Mustang Land and Bear Mountain, as well as trained soldiers.The vanguard combat power is the orc that Isrit gave to Haven.These big guys are all wearing expensive heavy armor, and they walk in front, like a moving city wall, making people look terrified.

Seeing this large army descending from the sky, the lone wolf panicked, and the nobleman laughed.The earl laughed and said, "So you have hidden this trick, Ambside! Lord Haven, on behalf of the nobles of the River Bend and my family, I thank you!"

However, Haven ignored him.

The lone wolf looked at Haven and said, "Are you trying to kill me, Ambside?"

"No, lone wolf! I'm not here for you." Haven rode his horse and led his orcs towards the leader of the rebel army.The two nobles still didn't understand what happened—maybe they simply couldn't understand why a nobleman wanted to form an alliance with the rebels—because of this, no soldiers came to stop Haven from moving forward.

Haven kept walking until he came face to face with the lone wolf.Then, under the disbelieving eyes of the lone wolf, Haiwen turned his horse's head and stood shoulder to shoulder with him, and Haiwen's orcs automatically merged into the team of the lone wolf.

"We are on the same front, comrade!"

The lone wolf was speechless in surprise, "You..." He looked into Haiwen's eyes.Hai Wen nodded at him with a smile, and said, "Let's kill all these vampires, lone wolf!"

Only then did the lone wolf laugh out loud and said, "It seems that the legend is true! You are truly the king of free men!"

Haiwen took a deep breath, and he used his crown power to say loudly: "Dulalia family, Satria family, generals, mercenaries and soldiers, listen up! This is an ultimatum! Put down Weapons, raise your hands and surrender! Otherwise, I and the Lone Wolf army will crush you mercilessly!"

Haiwen's voice was blessed with spells, and instantly resounded across the battlefield.The soldiers of the nobles were frightened immediately, and many trembled, almost unable to hold their weapons.But the nobles were unwilling to surrender like this, perhaps because they were dazzled by anger, the earl of Migratory Bird City shouted loudly:

"Hit! Hit me! They are just a group of barbarians, beggars and slaves! They are no match for the regular army! Kill all these rebels! Kill them all!"

"Then I'll tell you about the power of beggars and slaves." Hai Wen held up the scepter, "Blow the horn! Soldiers, follow me!"

The horn of the charge sounded, and the Beggar King took the lead and rushed towards the enemy...

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The coalition forces moved forward bravely, and those orcs rushed into the enemy's formation like bulls.The biggest orc rushed as fast as Haven's horse.He is more than two meters tall, wearing heavy armor, and carrying a huge warhammer in his hand.After he entered the enemy line, he swept across, and three soldiers were sent flying by him at the same time.

The son of the Dulalia family seemed to be shouting: "Why is this barbarian so powerful!"

Then Smiley Cat rushed in too, and he went on a killing spree among the crowd.The ranger uses double knives, and the blades can always slash the enemy's weakness.Although the smiling ranger looks short and fat, he is actually as agile and as vigorous as a cat.He rolled on the ground, ran in the crowd, shuttled in the shadow of swords, lights and swords, and no one could hurt him.

The lone wolf led the cavalry to divide the battlefield.The cavalrymen of the rebel army were all tall and burly men. They held blunt spears transformed from oars in their hands, and swept left and right to separate the crowd.The enemy prepared very few spears this time, and there were no fortifications and formations, so it was difficult to resist the enemy's charge.The lone wolf's men easily killed the enemy.

The battlefield is divided, and the main general of the enemy army is exposed in the field of vision.Haven aimed at the chief general—the earl shrunk in the tin can.He raised the scepter, condensed the magic power of the scepter, and then shouted loudly: "Harun Satria!"

Under the blessing of the crown, Haiwen's voice was full of divinity, and Harun immediately looked towards him when he heard the voice.At this moment, Haven pointed the scepter at Harlan.Blazing fire burst out from the scepter, hitting Harun's armor just in time.The guy fell off the horse with a scream, and the armor all over his body was burned and steaming.

His attendants hurriedly undressed Harun, but Harun's clothes were too hot, and the hot flesh stuck to the armor.Harlan screamed loudly.After the attendants stripped off his armor, Harlan's skin was also stuck together in large chunks, exposing bright red tender flesh, and his whole body was so scalded that it was hard to look directly at it.

This scene was far more shocking than the cavalry charging. Those superstitious soldiers on the battlefield thought that Hai Wen was a god descending from the earth.The morale of one's own side was greatly boosted, and they shouted wildly while killing the enemy; while the enemy was too scared to fight any more, and had already begun to flee.

At this time, Haiwen shouted: "The surrender will not be killed! Ivan Dulalia! Surrender immediately, or this will be your fate!"

Ivan quickly took off his clothes, shaking the white vest inside as a white flag. "I surrender, I surrender!" he shouted, "Don't kill me, I surrender!"

In this way, the battle is over.The battle lasted only ten minutes before it was over.Haven's army had only sporadic casualties, and the losses were almost negligible.There were not many enemy casualties, and most people surrendered early.

In this battle, Haiwen and others captured 300 noble soldiers, and the rest either died or fled.

An easy victory.

Haiwen ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded.He demanded that the wounded and the enemy should be treated equally. These noble soldiers were ordinary peasants back then. They joined the army only after they were captured as young adults. Few of them were really willing to fight for the nobles.He wants to educate these people and let them change their minds so that they can work for Haven's cause.

When Haiwen was arranging things, the lone wolf came to him. "My lord, this is really fun!" The man laughed and came up to high-five Hai Wen.Haiwen stretched out his right hand to give him a high-five, feeling his palm numb from the shock.

Harvey the lone wolf asked him: "We captured many prisoners, and also seized a batch of noble equipment and foster care. We can hold a celebration banquet here tonight to celebrate our victory!"

Haiwen said to him: "Lone Wolf, there is no need to rush this matter. We need to treat the wounded first. In addition, we have to withdraw from this village if we want to hold a celebration banquet. The villagers here don't know what happened. They are all frightened." It is broken. As for the seized materials, I think I will leave some for them. Many of these materials originally belonged to this village. Besides, there is still some aftermath work to be done. When everything is arranged properly, I'll invite you to drink in my castle again."

The lone wolf became serious when he heard this, and he said to Hai Wen: "Master, I have seen the greatness of the beggar king this time. You think more than me, and you are more thoughtful than me, and you are really doing things for the poor. Consider. I admire you!"

Haiwen nodded slightly, and said, "Well, organize your people, count the casualties and gains, and make a list. After that, we will distribute according to needs."

The lone wolf was a little embarrassed, "I... I can't read."

"Are your people literate?"

"I don't know that."

Haiwen smiled and said, "Then I'll assign you a few bachelors and let them take care of clerical work. In addition, I can also teach your people to read and write."

"Is it important? Use this in war?"

Hai Wen said to him: "You need to use it in the war, and you need to use it even more after the war. You can't get freedom by force alone."

The lone wolf nodded thoughtfully, and said to Haiwen, "My lord, if you didn't help us today, we might be finished. Thank you."

"No thanks."

The lone wolf asked him, "But I want to ask, why did you come to help us?"

Haiwen asked him back, "Why did you rebel?"

The Lone Wolf said, "Of course it's for freedom. I've had enough of nobles riding shit on my head! So I'm going to kill them all."

"I want to be free too," said Haven.

Lone Wolf asked puzzledly: "But you are already a nobleman."

"I'm just a count."

"You want to be king?"

Haiwen shook his head and said, "The freedom I want is not my own freedom, but the freedom of the whole world. And I not only want freedom, I also want justice and fairness. Lone wolf, let me tell you, this world is not It needs nobles to continue to operate normally.”

The lone wolf pondered for a while, and said, "Without nobles, who will rule the slaves?"

"Slaves don't have to exist either."

"Without slaves, who will work?"

"Hire workers."

"Workers are too expensive."

"We can increase productivity."

"My lord, I don't understand." The lone wolf shook his head.

Haven patted him on the shoulder and said: "You will understand slowly. Now you just need to know, I, Haven Ambside, I don't want to be a king, I don't want to be a nobleman, I don't want to exploit, Oppress anyone. I just want the world to move in the right direction."

The lone wolf nodded half-understood, and said, "My lord, people say you are a demigod, a saint. Are you really a saint?"

Haiwen shook his head with a wry smile and said, "There are no saints in this world, there are only mortals pretending to be saints."

After saying this, he heard the smiling cat calling him.Haven then said to the lone wolf: "I still have things to do, let's talk about the rest in my castle."

"Okay, my lord."

Haiwen came to Smiley Cat and asked him, "What's wrong?"

The smiling cat pointed at the group of noble soldiers and said, "You are busy cleaning the battlefield, what about this prisoner?"

Haven said, "Where is Earl Harlan?"

"Dead!" shouted one of Haven's militiamen.

"Where's the corpse?" Haven asked.

"here!"

Hai Wen followed the sound and saw Harlan's body lying on the ground. His upper body was severely scalded, and his flesh had melted off; his lower body was still wearing armor, which was probably stuck together and could not be removed.

If you die, there is nothing you can do, Hai Wen thought to himself.

"Where is the son of the Dulalia family?" Haven shouted.

No one answered, and the soldiers fell silent.Haiwen glanced around, and suddenly shouted: "Ivan Dulalia! I saw you!"

The magic power of the crown made Hai Wen's voice very scary, and he would be afraid even if he yelled at first, let alone that cowardly earl's son.

It looked like a person in the crowd suddenly collapsed to the ground, foaming and urinating profusely in fright.Haven took a look and saw that it was Ivan Dulalia.This guy is a quick learner, Haiwen thought to himself, he also changed into a soldier's clothes and mixed into the crowd.

Haiwen walked forward, and the crowd separated automatically.Come to Ivan and look at this proud prince with upturned beard, collar and boots.

"Ivan Dulalia," he said, "can you still hear me?"

Ivan was already foaming, so he must have lost his hearing.Haiwen shook his head and said, "Come here, cure him."

There are military doctors in Haven's army, and someone immediately came up to hold Ivan who was convulsed, massaged him, and cleared the dirt from his mouth and nose to prevent him from suffocating to death.After about 5 minutes, Ivan's epilepsy resolved on its own.

Haiwen squatted in front of him and said, "Look at me, Ivan."

Ivan saw Haiwen in a daze, and immediately exclaimed, "Ah!" He rolled his eyes and was about to faint again.Haven slapped him and said, "Look at me!"

This woke Ivan up.

"Ah? What's going on? Where am I? Who are you?"

Haiwen stared at him and said, "I'm being played dumb, I have something to ask you."

Ivan was stunned for three seconds, and suddenly cried, "My lord, please spare me! I am just a follower, and it was all the idea of ​​that old dog Harlan. If you want to kill him, kill him!"

"Harlan is dead," said Haven.

"Aw!" Ivan groaned like dying in his throat.Then this arrogant noble young master lay on the ground, crying and saying: "My lord! Let me go, my family will definitely pay me a large ransom! I am the only son of our family."

Haiwen asked: "Didn't you call yourself the second young master? Why are you the only son?"

"Uh..." Ivan was stunned for a moment, "How about this, I will kill my brother after I go back, do you think it will work?"

Haiwen couldn't help laughing, and then slapped him, saying: "Don't talk nonsense! I ask you something, and you answer it carefully. Otherwise, I will hang you on the city gate!"

Ivan quickly said: "Yes, yes, yes! Just ask, my lord!"

Haiwen asked him, "How many people did you come this time?"

Ivan said: "I brought eight hundred, and Harun brought one thousand and thirteen, a total of two thousand and one hundred people!"

"How many soldiers and horses are there in your family? How many defenders are there in the castle?"

Ivan thought for a while, "Uh...about a hundred thousand..."

"Fuck you!" Haiwen slapped him on the face again, "You can't put down the rebellion with a hundred thousand soldiers? You can even hit the little trident, you know?"

Ivan said with a mournful face, "That... there are [-]!"

"Crack!" Another slap in the face.

Haiwen scolded: "Are you fucking telling the truth? Shrimp Bay is as big as Honggang, with a standing army of [-], and forced conscription can only form [-] people. You have a standing army of [-] in Honggang? Food and clothing What about the degree? Where do you live?"

"That... that might be... ten thousand."

Haiwen raised his hand and said, "Ten thousand people?"

"Uh... eight thousand?"

"How much is it!" the Beggar King roared at him.

Ivan cried out in fright, "Eight hundred! There are now 800 people in the castle!"

"Very good, you survived." Haven nodded.

That's right, for a little earl in the River Bend, the standing army is only around three or five thousand.In these days of civil war in the Reach and conscription in the Gulf, there must not be many people in the castle.Ivan took away [-] people, leaving only a thousand people.

Haven also recruited several guards from Harlan's side. These people are Harlan's personal bodyguards and they are very clear about the affairs in the castle.There are ten guards, but those who can become guards are basically very loyal to the nobles, so it is not easy to pry their mouths.

Haiwen had no choice but to use tricks. He separated these people and told each of them individually: "You have a chance to show your sincerity to me. I want to know how many defenders are in the castle. Your comrades have already said it before, and now I will come Asking you. If the numbers mentioned are different, then I will punish you."

Relying on this method, Hai Wen roughly got a vague number.There are about [-] permanent troops in the migratory bird, not many, but it is enough to guard a castle.If Haiwen attacked forcefully, he would need three times as many people and a siege weapon.

Siege is not an easy task, even the God of War like Baku Kahn can't storm Eagle Head City, he endured for a whole year before forcing the little king to surrender himself.Haiwen had one or two experiences in sieges, but these two times were sword slant, one was an internal prison escape, and the other was Razor sneaked into the castle to open the gate.He has no direct experience in attacking cities, and only the smiling cat under his command knows a little about this.