Mount and Blade: Summon five outlaws at the start

On the afternoon of the day after Hod issued the order, just as the afterglow of the sunset fell on the earth, Monkron and Kuhn led more than 20 veteran robbers and boarded a sturdy and durable carriage.

Their team left the manor directly and headed towards the wilderness, aiming to capture robbers, bandits and other lawless people who could become laborers.

Since almost all the lawless elements near the manor had been captured and brought back by Batu and others, in order to capture more laborers to be driven, Monkron and Kuhn had to look to more distant areas.

However, it was unexpected that only in the evening of the fourth day after departure, when the sunset dyed the sky red like blood, the team led by Monkron and Kuhn returned triumphantly.

This time, they successfully brought back more than 40 strong young captives, but these captives all looked depressed, and there was a hint of unwillingness in their eyes.

But when Monklon and Kuhn looked at them, the captives trembled with fear, their faces turned pale, and the unwillingness in their eyes disappeared, which made Hood very curious about what these captives had experienced.

However, despite his curiosity, Hood ordered these new captives to join the labor force as soon as possible.

Poor these newly captured captives were forced to work as soon as they arrived at the manor, without even having time to breathe.

Together with the previously captured people, they undertook the arduous task of building the outer city wall.

The workers, who had been exhausted for a long time, became energetic because of the injection of fresh blood.

Under the command of Paul, an experienced supervisor, the captives had a clear division of labor and were busy in an orderly manner.

The processed wood was buried in a deep earth pit that had been dug in advance according to a carefully designed plan, and then covered with thick earth and compacted.

In this way, one piece of wood after another was gradually connected into one, forming part of the main body of the outer city wall. As the project progressed, the width of the city wall continued to rise, and the scale of its outer wall became increasingly perfect.

At the same time, standing on a high place and commanding the overall situation, Hood looked around sharply.

He decisively gave orders to Paul, asking him to allocate some people from the busy construction team to perform another important task.

A trench with a width of about four meters was dug around the outer city wall that had already taken shape.

After receiving the order, Paul acted quickly and organized the corresponding personnel to engage in the new work.

The captives held various digging tools, regardless of their fatigue, and continued to dig trenches. Their clothes were soaked with sweat, but no one stopped their actions. The old captives wanted to get Paul's recognition as soon as possible and join his army, while the new captives were completely because of the robbers around them who were full of fierce eyes and holding sharp blades.

When the trench was initially formed, the captives were ordered by Paul to bury sharp wooden spikes in it.

The captives who received the order could only cheer up and work non-stop to process the wood, sharpen it, and bury it in the trench.

And these buried wooden spikes looked particularly cold in the sun, as if warning the enemies who tried to approach that this road was blocked!

In this way, anyone who wanted to force their way into the city had to face this trench full of dangers and obstacles.

Unless they chose to pass through the high suspension bridge of the outer city gate, it would be impossible to easily step into the city.

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In a lush green grove, Ashilan lay quietly in the thigh-deep grass like a vigilant cheetah.

His sharp eyes like a hawk stared at the marching team outside the forest, and he dared not relax at all.

I saw teams of fully armed soldiers marching in neat steps along the muddy and bumpy path.

They were wearing armor, holding sharp spears and shields in their hands, and looked murderous.

From time to time, some riders galloped past the two sides of the team, splashing mud and water with their horses' hooves, as if they were going to crush this peaceful land.

At this moment, several riders seemed to have noticed something unusual and suddenly turned their heads to look at the woods where Asilan was hiding.

They slowed down, whispered to each other for a few words, and turned their horses' heads and rode straight towards the woods.

Seeing this sudden change, Asilan's heart sank suddenly, and he secretly said that it was not good.

He didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly used his hands and feet to carefully retreat from the bushes little by little, for fear of making a sound that would attract the attention of those riders.

Waiting to retreatAfter running a certain distance, he stood up and ran away quickly like an arrow.

After running for a long distance in one breath, Ashilan stopped.

At this time, he was panting, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, but he didn't care about resting, and his eyes were still nervously staring at the direction behind him.

Just at this time, four bandits led mules, horses and donkeys out of the woods next to him.

They were all burly, with faces full of flesh, and shining light sticks hanging around their waists. When they saw Ashilan, they immediately walked up quickly.

One of the bandits couldn't wait to ask: "How is it?"

Ashilan wiped the sweat from his face and said with lingering fear: "I was almost discovered. I hurried back to the manor to report to the leader. The enemy is coming..."

After that, Ashilan took the reins from a bandit, climbed onto the mule, called a few people, and left here quickly.

Just two minutes after they left, several riders arrived. One rider jumped off his horse, observed carefully, pointed in the direction where Asilan and his team had left, and nodded to the leading rider.

The leading rider understood, immediately took off the short bow from his back, and led the riders to chase in the direction where Asilan and his team had left.