Mount and Blade

"Thank you very much, Lord Laban. The Lord will bless you."

"General Laban is such a good man..."

The grateful voices of refugees came from both sides of the road. Most of these refugees were composed of skinny men, old people, women and children.

"tread" "tread"

The sound of horse hooves could be heard from the castle in the distance on the street. You could also hear the words shouting at the crowd to get out of the way. There were also the sounds of whips cracking the flesh.

"Drive, drive, get out of the way, you bunch of untouchables!!" The leading knight led his men to drive away the refugees arrogantly, not caring about their life or death. After all, he still cares about losing his territory. What do those refugees who can only eat for free do?

"Hey, my subordinates are late to greet you. I hope General Laban Haihan has met Captain Yuris."

The leading knight looked like the lord of this castle. He had another look on his face and greeted Laban and Euris very respectfully.

"It doesn't matter, let's talk about it after we go to the city."

Laban just walked calmly with the knight into the castle. After passing the inner fortress of the city, it occupied hills and other highlands. Large siege engines such as trebuchets would be unable to play their original role. The defensive measures of the city wall were To get better, it is also the most important war The fortress has wider and thicker walls to accommodate more archers and soldiers. It houses the lord's blacksmith shop and the lord's private kitchen, a treasury, a granary, a stable, a church, and a two-story green building next to the wall. Brick and stone houses and other infrastructure.

Then there is the medium-sized fortress where the lord lives, which is also the last defense point. It is 35 meters high and has four arrow towers on it. The first floor is usually used by the lord to receive guests. The stone houses outside are large military dormitories. The city walls In addition to being sentry, the arrow tower can also accommodate 3 to 4 floors of soldiers. Each floor can accommodate three or four soldiers.

Of course, in addition to the bottom floor, there is a hall and a safe storage room on the bottom floor, which is specially used to store soldiers' weapons, arrows, and armor. It is usually a recreational place reserved for soldiers to drink and play cards. It is the only place in the castle to pass the time.

As for those stone houses, because they are two-story structures, each one can accommodate hundreds of soldiers. The extra soldiers accidentally have to live with the residents below. After all, they are close to the northern latitude line. Due to the geographical location and no shelter in the winter, it is very easy to get sick just relying on the campfire.

The younger ones, Green and Bazisuo, were assigned to the stone house, and the guards were arranged to take turns tracking inside the arrow tower with the guards in the fort.

The conditions in winter were poor, and even the knights could only squeeze in a room by the fire.

Perhaps it was because of the deep winter that the Joda people were calm and did not provoke a war, but the city was not peaceful. As more and more refugees poured in, unkempt refugees and frozen corpses could be seen all over the streets. The hawkers who were occasionally seen in the past have also disappeared, and they are all at home with their doors tightly closed.

But after all this time, those who starved to death became increasingly rare, and some people in the same village even gathered together to cook something unknown.

Finally, when supplies of food and grass arrived, Laban also sent people to set up porridge sheds. Some civilians who fished in troubled waters were caught and beaten, and the so-called porridge was just a big pot of rye paste mixed with pebbles and debris. And a small amount of shredded pork, which is already considered good, after all Unexpectedly, with this damn weather, we can’t even eat wild vegetables, and in the past few days, even the bark of the trees as far as the eye can see has been peeled off. As the refugee group becomes larger and larger, even if the queues take a long time, they may not be able to receive them. After getting the porridge, gradually no civilians came in to get the porridge.

And all Laban could give them were some tents that could barely block the wind. He had no choice but to carefully break off half of the military expenses. In order to allow these refugees to survive until spring, this alone had already been spent. He lost a lot of his private property. According to statistics, there were at least 2,000 refugees in the city. The entire city was crowded, causing large or small riots every day, and patrolling guards had to be strengthened every day. quantity and patrol range.

As for how to deal with and arrange the refugees specifically, it is a matter for the nobles to worry about, and it has nothing to do with Green. I heard that under the organization of Master Laban, some nobles have already allocated some funds to aid the refugees, mostly for Leaving a good impression in front of Laban can help you get some benefits or something. After all, these messy noble gentlemen are not without benefits.

The houses where Green lived were all dedicated warrior dormitories, probably because so many troops had never been stationed there. Many of the bunk beds were made by carpenters, and the craftsmen could be heard in the castle every morning. The sound of rushing to make bed boards.

Each floor of the stone house has about 100 square meters of space, which can accommodate about 35 bunk beds. There is about 30cm of space in the aisle for walking back and forth. There is only one furnace wall on each floor. Because there are many people, it is sometimes very hot. The smell of smelly feet and sweat often permeates the entire In the room, as soon as the door is opened, the stench will rush straight to the sky. It takes a while to get used to it, but everyone is actually used to it. After all, people in this era don't take a shower, and they often hear grinding their teeth and farting in the middle of the night. Snoring, and the sound of combing hair and rubbing mud.

Only Green is different. He can't stand the feeling of being buried and washed. Not taking a shower and washing hair is simply unbearable. Although he can't say that he is very clean, he has to wipe the dried sweat and dirt on his body with a towel or something with some cold water every two or three days. He melts the ice water he brings every week and puts it in a bucket to wash his hair. Forget about washing feet. Just like smelling.

It was another day when he just wiped his body. Green said hello to Bazso and briefly talked about what he had gained today, and then climbed onto his bed to rest.

It was not time to go to bed yet. The big brothers were still bragging in the light of the fire, talking about the prostitutes they had slept with, what they felt like, and what techniques they could use to make them scream. Such remarks did not offend people, but more men joined in. They talked more and more excitedly, their eyes were bright like a group of hungry wolves who had not eaten enough. Some of them said that they would go to the brothel to share their experiences on their rest days, and some of them had evil thoughts to look for a few good ones among the refugees.

In such a high-pressure life full of war, men would only be more keen on things that could be enjoyed, and emotions had long been forgotten. After all, if you are not materially sound, who cares if you are spiritually full.

Occasionally, I heard those big brothers tell outrageous things that I had never heard in the boys' dormitory in my previous life. Green and Bazso wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh out loud because they would tease them as little kids. They could only laugh secretly in bed and sigh at this group of old drivers. Some of the things Green heard made him unable to sleep, and he couldn't help but take out his majestic bird.

Alas, the child is too young, it's hard to take him out for a walk.