Chapter 439. The rabble attacked

Makeshift camps continue to be erected.

But the performance is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, even after the construction is completed, it still maintains a high degree of vigilance.

Everyone knows that there may be a tragic battle tonight, and since the enemy wants to sneak attack, how can they, who have already prepared, let those damn guys get their way?

Everyone squinted briefly in the tent to rest, trying to recuperate enough to wait for the next battle.

But dinner still started.

As usual, bread and dried meats, sausages and fresh pork were bought, with a little cabbage and pumpkin, and chickpeas boiled in a large iron pot.

Sprinkle with a little salt and spices and it tastes great.

You can't enjoy the food during the march, and it's time to celebrate when you get back to the village.

It can't be helped.

The sun goes down, and dusk finally arrives.

The sun at the west set out a long shadow, as if there was terror in it, the shadow of war.

"It's coming."

Kant muttered calmly.

Twilight is the best time for war, and taking advantage of the comfort of dinner to catch the enemy by surprise, just as the darkness before dawn sleeps the sweetest.

The desert bandits who had dispersed also came back one after another, and when it was time for dinner, everything seemed normal.

It's just that on the east side, surveillance continues.

There are also many woods on both sides of the river, which are usually lumberyards run by nobles and villages, but occasionally mercenaries who are short of money disguise themselves as robbers to rob passing villagers, and if there are a few more people, even caravans dare to rob, which is very common.

Even the water thieves will often lie in ambush in the deep forest, taking advantage of the night to attack the caravan camping in the wilderness, and some of them also have some villagers as internal responses.

Those seemingly honest villagers will not let go of the opportunity to make a fortune, live on the dry land, pay taxes to the nobles day after day, year after year, and even daily labor, and need to be cannon fodder in war, which is very miserable.

No one can pass up the opportunity to go further.

If you can leave the countryside and live in the city, it will be equivalent to security, not only will you not have to worry about the attack of robbers and bandits, but you will not even have to pay the miscellaneous taxes of the nobles.

The most important thing is to become a burgher class, not only can you get a job in the city, but it is also easier to connect with the aristocracy and rich people you hated before, whether it is to become an apprentice to a craftsman or a smart scholar to become a scholar, but it is much better than this rural poor class who was still in the cruelty of medieval Europe.

Therefore, some villagers who are unwilling to accept the status quo are also willing to accept the olive branches handed over by those bandits, become their eyes and ears, and seek information for them.

For example, this is the case now.

Ambushed in the woods is a group of water thieves from the Resniston River, gathering most of the five water thieves, just wanting to make a big move.

They are all lawless guys, they can be water thieves on the Resniston River, surrounded and suppressed by the water armies of human countries, and they still survive and live well, which is related to the secret collusion of some nobles, but more often than not, it is the ferocity of this group of water thieves.

As long as you do this vote, and then flee to other parts of the Resniston River to avoid the limelight for two years, and have a good time, it is not a good thing.

In particular, according to the claims of some of the villagers who were in the country, a convoy of 50 wagons full of treasure was about to pass by, and the thieves were ready in the shortest possible time.

Even in order to arrange a retreat, it was also to flatter some of their own backstage, and they even invited troops led by real knights in the Silverpan Kingdom.

A team of 50 cars full of treasures, this is the news from the upper nobles of the Eastern County Lord, it is said that the lord led the troops to defeat a certain sect, of course, it has nothing to do with them, this group of ferocious and non-national water thieves do not care who is who.

Even if it is the countess of the Eastern County Leader, the Grand Duke of the Lion Principality does not care, they only recognize silver coins and golden eagles.

Flee to the Resniston River incognito and become a landlord and wealthy citizens, none of whom care.

These were 50 wagons full of treasure, worth at least 5,000,000 silver coins or more.

According to the more than 6,000 people they gathered this time, even if a few water thief leaders and the nobles who colluded in the Yinpan Kingdom want to share the big heads, the rest of them can get about 500 big silver coins.

If more people die, then the money will be more!

To know.

A landlord with 50 acres of land is only about 30 silver coins a year.

Even a well-run small and medium-sized caravan earns about 100 large silver coins a year.

Look at the elite cavalry of Lion Castle who escorted Kant to the sentry oasis at the beginning, they can work hard for 2 large silver coins per person, of course, it is also related to Kant's methods, but the salary of only 50 small silver coins per month is indeed too little.

In fact, the currency of this world is still small silver coins, and large silver coins are used by caravans to settle accounts.

As for the Golden Eagle, it is pure transaction currency between countries, big merchants and big merchants, top nobles and top nobles.

Each person can share 500 big silver coins, go to the countries of mankind to buy a set of real estate, marry a daughter-in-law, live a good life, and almost have no worries in this life.

Even if you eat and drink nonsense, you don't have to worry about it for three or five years, and when the time comes, it's a big deal to come to the Resneston River to be a water thief, anyway, it's all a familiar road!

Of course, having had enough days as a water thief, who wants to continue to pin their heads to their belts.

Now is the time.

All of them had red eyes, intending to take advantage of the darkness to crush the enemy in the next battle.

As long as you win this battle, you will be reborn in the future, and great days await you!

"Whew-"

A short horn sounded.

It was a pre-agreed signal, and right next to the farm and lumberyard, teams of regular troops appeared.

50 knights, 300 knight squires, and 1,000 elite pikemen.

The troops of the Silverplate Kingdom.

They are all wearing chain mail, even pikemen, and in terms of troop equipment, the regular troops of the Silver Plate Kingdom are undoubtedly a level stronger than the Lion Principality.

Behind is the number of nearly 5,000 Resneston River thieves, with uneven equipment, chain mail, chain mail, inlaid iron armor, leather armor, sewn cotton leather armor, and even wearing a thick leather coat.

As for weapons, long swords, short swords, scimitars, axes, short spears, short swords, daggers, etc., and many more of them, plus a lot of shields with scattered wooden planks.

A group of ferocious bandits gathered together, a rabble.

Just as they were moving, on the opposite side of a hill not far away, three desert robbers mounted their horses and left.

But in that group of water thieves, there were more than 300 people with different faces, walking at the rear, and at the same time sending a few people backwards, and after a while, they also became cavalry and ran in a big circle, galloping towards Kant's temporary camp.