Puda, a middle-aged man, is one of the few instructors in the town's militia group.

Although he is thirty-five years old this year, he is still relatively young in this town, but both young and old people in the town respect this "young man" very much, not only because he has participated in two real wars, but also because his moral character and deeds are deeply loved by people.

Puda, an orphan, doesn't know who his parents are, he was adopted by a retired veteran.

When he was twenty-two years old, his adoptive father died, and by some chance he joined the kingdom's expeditionary force against the wild lands and became a small halberdier. Although the army in the Kingdom of Dabion can be regarded as a regular army, and the salary is not bad, but their only task on the battlefield is to be cannon fodder, only responsible for attracting the enemy's firepower, no matter what kind of troops and establishment they face the enemy, they will always charge at the front line.

After three years of crusade, the expeditionary force finally only penetrated 87 kilometers into the wilderness, fought more than 200 battles, and annihilated more than 30 tribes in the wilderness. In the three years of the campaign, less than 100,000 of the 200,000 expeditionary troops returned alive, and more than 100,000 comrades-in-arms were left on the crimson land forever.

Puda was lucky not to die on the battlefield, but he was almost covered in scars. He survived, not only by his miraculous will to survive, but also because he had a very good partner, but it was not known if the goddess of fate made a joke that was not very funny, or because his partner did not pray late that night and went to bed, in short, his partner who had saved his life many times finally died the night before leaving the Savage Lands - by a mad earth-walking dragon.

When he was dying, he told Puda that he wanted to see the red maple leaves in full bloom in his hometown again. So when the army returned, Puda did not stay in the army, but came to the current Red Leaf Town, not only to see the red maple leaf that his partner wanted to see in his life, but also to do his filial piety for him.

Thereupon. At the age of twenty-six. Puda has two more parents.

He spent five years in the town before the Duchy of Lane invaded the kingdom of Dabion.

And in order to protect this town that he cherished in his heart, Puda once again joined the army. During the three-year war, Puda, with his rich experience and a certain degree of command ability, was transferred to seven units successively, from a small halberdier to the deputy captain of the third unit of the Red Cross Cavalry Regiment of the kingdom. It really entered the eyes of the commander of the military headquarters of the kingdom.

But by this time, the war was over.

Then Puda made a choice that surprised the kingdom's military department: he chose to retire from the army in the prime of life! Originally, according to the intention of the military department, he should be retained, but at this time, the Duchy of Lane gave up a large part of the occupied territory and returned it to the Kingdom of Dabiang, so the military headquarters of the Kingdom of Dabiang began to be busy with this matter. As a result, by the time they turned back, Puda had already completed the delivery procedures and left the Red Cross Cavalry Regiment and returned to Red Leaf Town.

Immediately afterward, the news of Pandaling's complete abandonment followed.

At this time, the town fell into a panic. After a series of heated discussions, the town decided to hire a mercenary group to guard the town, only Puda strongly opposed it and demanded the formation of a militia group. Eventually, however, the town chose to hire a mercenary group. However, at the same time, Puda was allowed to set up a militia regiment, which was a compromise solution.

The formation of the militia regiment went very smoothly. Puda is also very conscientious indeed.

He never considered himself the head of the militia regiment, and he felt that there were still many people in the town who were suitable to be instructors. For example, the only blacksmith in town, who could teach the lads how to use the tools at hand to repair weapons; For example, the hunters in the town, they can teach the lads how to find edible food in the wild, and even teach them how to use bows and arrows; And the town's foot traders—of course, these are not regular instructors, but their experience in traveling north and south can also enrich the experience and knowledge of these young men.

In Puda's eyes, everyone in Momiji Town could be an instructor for these young men, and he was just one of them.

Therefore, in the eyes of those old people in Red Leaf Town, they prefer to call this town Puda Town, because they are really proud and happy that Puda can be a part of Red Leaf Town.

But all that changed after the Serpent of Hubbinder came.

On the first day, they put forward the conditions for the construction of the wall. However, Puda is the power of the tribes of the Savage Land, and in his opinion, unless it is a twenty-meter-high city wall or a forty-meter-high fortress wall, it will not have much effect on the tribes of the Wild Land. And how is it possible for a small town to build walls of this magnitude in such a short period of time? In his opinion, all this is just the mercenary group's desire to blackmail more pay.

Thus, this incident became the first contradiction between the snake of Hubbinder and the militia group.

Later, it seems that the Serpent of Hubbard decided to change the name of the town to Momiji Town in retaliation or for some other reason, which was strongly opposed by the older generation and the militia group, but Puda himself did not have any opinion on this, and could even be said to have some support. Because he still remembers that his partner's favorite wish was to see the red maple leaves in the town.

It's just that the snake of Hubbard regarded Puda's own consent as a sign of softness, and in a series of events later, he even began to charge the so-called entrance fee, completely scaring away the foot merchants who didn't dare to come because Red Leaf Town had become a borderless land. As a result, the contradiction between the snake of Harbinder and the militia of Red Leaf Town has expanded to an irreconcilable level.

Puda, because of this, once fought with the leader of the Serpent of Harbind, but unfortunately, he can only drag the other party to the extent that he wants to defeat the other party, but it is completely impossible to defeat the other party, because Puda has too many dark wounds on his body. These secret injuries have led to Puda's current strength, which is only barely reaching the upper bronze, although his stamina value exceeds forty points to reach the silver level, but he can't exert his fighting spirit like a real silver master.

And the serpent of Hubbinder. But there are two silver-level masters.

In such a situation. Puda could only restrain the militia as much as possible so that they would not have any conflict with the Serpent of Hubbinder. Although the militia is very dissatisfied within the militia group, because of Puda's prestige, these young men all choose to be patient, which is also another advantage of the Red Leaf Town militia - they are like real troops, obeying commands and obeying orders.

Thereupon. The Serpent of Harbinder and the Red Leaf Militia began to maintain some kind of semblance of peace.

It wasn't until a few days ago that the official document from the fortress of Tonys was served, and this apparent rapprochement finally ended, and the two sides were completely torn apart. It's just that because of the existence of two silver-level masters in the snake of Hubbinder, the militia group did not act rashly, because once the two sides really fought together. In the end, it was the Red Leaf Town Militia that suffered heavy losses, and it may even cause casualties.

So, Puda was waiting, he was waiting for the lord to appear, to see what kind of attitude the other party had, and whether it was worth entrusting Momiji Town to his hands.

If it's really worth it, then Puda will not hesitate to choose to join the new lord.

Small number of troops? That's not a problem at all!

According to Puda's extremely limited knowledge, each lord did not have a large number of private soldiers at the beginning. It can even be said to be very rare. Unless it was a hereditary aristocratic lord, it was possible to inherit the private soldiers left by his ancestors—he had heard. The Valkyrie of the Duchy of Lane started with only 300 private soldiers, and it was during her four years as a pioneer knight that she gradually assembled an army of 30,000 men.

So a new lord's strength is scarce, which is naturally not a problem, and there are nearly a thousand militias in Momiji Town that have been on standby for a long time.

The true judgment of a new lord's strength must be judged by the number and quality of his followers.

At that time, although the Valkyrie of the Principality of Lane only had three hundred private soldiers, there were two masters under her command whose strength came from the lower silver. Although one was killed in the four years of conquest and exploration, two silver-level masters joined later, and now the four people, including the Valkyrie, are already close to the lower gold powerhouses. And this time, the new lord of Red Leaf Town is said to be a pioneer knight under the command of this Valkyrie, so the strength can naturally be expected.

As long as the lord is strong enough to deal with the two leaders of the Habinder Serpent, Puda thinks that he can still chase away the pesky snake with the help of the militia of Momiji Town. And as long as this poisonous snake can be driven away, if this new lord is not so harsh on Red Leaf Town, then what does it matter if he takes refuge in submission to this new lord? For Puda, whether it is the Kingdom of Dabion or the Duchy of Lane, only a lord who can truly protect them is a lord worth following.

But what Puda didn't expect was that the situation in Red Leaf Town would change so dramatically.

A distinguished guest who seemed to be a great tribe in the Savage Lands would actually visit their town, and then force the hammer away in a few words. That way, it didn't even take the lord to inspect the territory, and Puda was sure that he would be able to get rid of the pesky snake.

However, before driving away this poisonous snake, Puda felt that it was necessary to discuss the future of Red Leaf Town with the mayor. At the very least, they had to settle the matter before the new lord came, and then they would be able to give the new lord an unmistakable answer.

"Uncle, I'm back!" With this excitement and thought, Puda pushed open the door of the mayor's house, the old father of his former partner, and said, "I have good news......

The middle-aged man, who was considered young by the town, could not say the second half of his words, and he was looking at the two people in the hall with a surprised expression—the people he had ordered the militia group to find and protect the distinguished guests of Lu no matter what. (To be continued.) )

PS: There are some things at home today, and the mood and state of the whole person are very bad, so there are only two shifts in the evening.