The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

However, until He Cheng and his soldiers entered the village, they did not see any enemies attacking them. Only a few children who were playing at the entrance of the village were frightened and hid back home when they saw their group of heavily armed soldiers.

"Who is the village chief? Come out and speak!"

He Cheng shouted while observing the environment of the village.

As He Cheng finished speaking, an old man with gray hair, short stature and thin body walked out of a stone house not far away, then jogged all the way to He Cheng, and said with a humble face: "This military master , I am the village chief of Goudi Village! What do you want to do with me?"

While He Cheng continued to observe the terrain and environment of the village, he told the village chief that they were going to garrison and build a military station in this small village in the next period of time. He asked them to cooperate well in the future and not to do anything. thing.

Faced with He Cheng's warning, the village chief repeatedly agreed, and then under He Cheng's order, he called out all the people who were still alive in the village and registered their identity information. With this roster that records the information of everyone in the village, it will not be so easy for the enemy to send spies into the village.

In the process of registering the identity information of these villagers, He Cheng discovered that many people in the village had cracked lips and looked depressed, as if they had not drank water for a long time.

After asking about the village Oduma, I found that it was indeed the case. The only water source in Goudi Village was a well in the village. The water in the well could barely supply the people in the village for drinking.

But just a few days ago, the Salander Sultanate sent a force to the village and spent more than a day draining all the water in the well in the village.

In a short period of time, the underground river did not have time to replenish the water in the well. As a result, except for the village chief Oduma who secretly hid some clean water in his home, other villagers did not drink much water in the past few days. , that’s why it became what it is now.

He Cheng, led by the village chief Oduma, went to take a look and found that the water in the well had only been drained, but no livestock carcasses had been thrown in to completely pollute the water source. However, he also observed that a lot of the sludge at the bottom of the well had signs of being dug up. It must have been some thirsty villagers who dug up some sludge, hoping to squeeze some water out of the sludge to quench their thirst.

In addition to the lack of water resources, there is not much food left in the village. Many villagers only have two or three days of food rations left in their homes, and the other food has been snatched away by the group of soldiers who came before.

Obviously, the Salander Sultanate did this deliberately, wanting to create various obstacles to the advancement of the Azure Dragon Empire's army.

If the Qinglong Empire did not want those villagers to die of thirst or starvation, it would have to provide its own water and food to the villagers, but this would undoubtedly greatly increase its logistical pressure.

And if the Qinglong Empire refuses to save those villagers, it will easily lose the support of the people, which will not be conducive to ruling this area in the future.

Zhu Er, who came with He Cheng to check the situation, saw that these villagers actually had no water or food. He couldn't help complaining to the village chief Oduma: "Old man, you have nothing, do you still need it?" Do we support you?”

When the village chief Oduma faced Zhu Er's complaints, he thought he was angry! Those on the side were trembling and did not dare to reply.

Upon seeing this, He Cheng quickly comforted him: "Don't be afraid! Zhu Er just has a bad mouth! In fact, he doesn't have any bad intentions!"

Then He Cheng turned to Zhu Er and scolded: "What are you and us! The entire continent of Calradia is about to be unified by our Qinglong Empire. From now on, the people on this continent will be citizens of our Qinglong Empire. Why can’t we give them some food and water? If you don’t eat a few meals, you will starve to death!”

Facing He Cheng's reprimand, Zhu Er curled his lips, but did not talk back.

This Zhu Er was a homeless refugee. According to what he said, all his family members died on the way to escape. After he joined the Qinglong Empire army, he fought extremely bravely and was quickly promoted to the rank of sergeant. However, because he did not like to study, At the same time, he also has a bad mouth and often puts his own superiors to the test, which is why he has never been able to successfully be promoted to second lieutenant and become a formal officer.

He Cheng was also very depressed that the assassin was actually transferred into his hundred-man team this time. However, he had just been promoted to second lieutenant and his seniority was too junior. He had no right to protest at all. He could only choose to obey the order and accept the order. Zhu Er was the thorn in the side.

Fortunately, the two of them were old acquaintances. They had met once on the way to the Qinglong Empire, and later became neighbors. Therefore, Zhu Er was quite merciful towards his acquaintance, and did not talk back to the superior as crazily as before.

Next, He Cheng led his soldiers to register the identity information of more than a hundred villagers in the village, and also made a temporary identity card for all villagers.

Afterwards, he took out part of the water and military rations from the baggage truck and distributed them to the villagers based on their heads.

After receiving the water and food, each of the villagers thanked He Cheng and them, and they could not help but feel less hostile towards the soldiers.

However, because a lot of water and food were given to the villagers, He Cheng and the others may have to eat less at every meal in the next few days.

Most of the soldiers had no objections to this, and some even joked that they could take the opportunity to lose weight.

Seeing that no one had any objections, He Cheng quickly arranged several sentries, then found a big rock at the entrance of the village and sat down, took out a book and took the time to study.

Zhu Er, on the other hand, couldn't sit still. He was sitting under a date palm tree not far away, thinking about how to climb up and get some dates to eat.

Because of his dark skin, he was sweating profusely after standing under the sun for a while, so he came over to He Cheng, because He Cheng had an erected ceiling that cast a shadow. So He Cheng doesn't feel too hot while sitting here reading.

As soon as Zhu Er came over, He Cheng felt a strong smell of sweat coming towards his face. He said to him with a look of disgust: "What do you mean you are messing around with? You have so much free time, you might as well be as good as me." Study, so that you can become an officer after passing the exam, how great!"

"No! I'm stupid and not suitable for studying. I get sleepy when I read! I'm destined to be a soldier for the rest of my life!" After Zhu Er heard He Cheng's persuasion, he immediately waved his hands and refused impatiently.

When He Cheng saw the other party's appearance, he knew that he couldn't persuade him. After all, you have to take the initiative to learn. Otherwise, even if you force him to learn, the other party won't learn much.

At this time, a girl approached the place cautiously. Judging from the direction she was heading, she should be heading towards He Cheng.

Zhu Er turned over on the big rock and happened to see the girl approaching here, so he raised his hand and patted He Cheng, reminding him: "He Dashan, look! Someone is coming to find you. , this little girl is probably impressed by your kindness and is ready to commit herself to you!"

At Zhu Er's reminder, He Cheng also discovered the girl who was walking towards him cautiously, so he immediately squeezed out what he thought was a kind smile on his face, took the initiative to greet the girl, and spoke softly to the girl. He asked: "Little girl, why did you come to see me?"

Facing He Cheng's inquiry, the girl's face immediately turned red with embarrassment. She held it in for a long time before she answered: "My mother said you are good people, so she asked me to give you some gifts!"

After saying this, the girl put a small cloth bag into He Cheng's hand. He Cheng opened the bag and found that there were more than a dozen dates inside. This thing isn't worth much, so it doesn't matter if he is his subordinate.

Just when he thought the girl had finished speaking, the girl suddenly came to his ear and whispered to him: "There seem to be a few people in our village who have problems, but the village chief doesn't allow us to talk!"

When He Cheng heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. He did not expect that he would have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. Originally, he thought that he would stay here and be responsible for protecting the logistics line in the next period of time! This kind of task is boring and it is difficult to get any opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

But perhaps because good people are rewarded, he actually learned some unexpected information from this girl.

In order to prevent the few problematic people in the village from finding out that something was wrong and running away, He Cheng immediately sent Zhu Er to call a dozen soldiers. Under the leadership of the girl named Ajani, they quietly walked toward a house in the village. Surround and go.

According to the girl Adjani, there was a woman and three men living in the house. Although they claimed to be brother and sister, during the process of contacting them, Adjani discovered that the three men were hostile to each other. The girl, who was not much older than her, was very respectful and seemed to have a superior-subordinate relationship.

In addition, when the four people first came to the village, the three men were all wearing armor and they definitely didn't look like ordinary people.

Through the various descriptions of the girl Ajani, He Cheng felt that this was probably a big fish, so he led people to round up these four people so quickly to prevent the big fish from slipping away from his hands.

However, these four people were more vigilant than He Cheng imagined. Just when they were about ten meters away from the house, three crossbow bolts suddenly shot out from the two windows of the house.

Fortunately, He Cheng and the others were wearing strong steel plate armor, so the crossbow arrow did not cause any damage to them. Instead, it allowed He Cheng to completely confirm that there was something wrong with the people in the house.

While letting his soldiers continue to advance, he shouted to the people in the house: "People inside, listen, you are surrounded! Put down your weapons immediately, come out of the house with your hands raised and surrender! Otherwise we will It’s a forceful attack, I’ll only give you one minute to think about it!”

As soon as He Cheng finished speaking, a woman shouted from the house: "Don't even think about us surrendering! If you have the courage, just attack in!"

Hearing the other party's words, He Cheng immediately understood that this person must be a die-hard, so he immediately winked at Zhu Er, who was already within two meters of the house.

As a veteran with rich combat experience, Zhu Er immediately understood what He Cheng meant. While He Cheng was still counting down loudly, he and another veteran suddenly stood up and rushed to the house, then waved his hands and threw away the two stars. Grenades were thrown in through the two windows.