"I never thought I'd be here one day."

Looking at the towering city wall in the distance, Oldman shook his head with emotion, and he turned around to see that in the barracks behind him, the soldiers were training hard.

It has been a month and a half since they defeated the private soldiers of the Soros family, and there are only a few days left before the end of the year, and the new life festival is about to arrive. Thinking of this, Oldman looked behind him, and above the snowfield, a lively light came and went, and he could even faintly hear the sound of music coming with the wind. For the people of Khalkhaland, it will be a new life that will leave them with a deep memory, and they thought they would end the year in starvation and misery. But now, they have enough hearty food to celebrate the end of the year.

However, for Oldman and Jenn, there are more and more troubles to deal with.

After they defeated Soros's private soldier, Oldman originally thought that the other party would receive a thunderous blow, but to his surprise, the Soros family did not move after that. However, Jenn is not surprised by this, now that almost all of Soros's forces are concentrated on the front line to confront the Pawood Alliance, unless Soros does not want to live, it is impossible for them to draw a real regular army to trouble these rebels. After all, with so many pairs of eyes staring at Khalkhaland, the movement of the army is not something that can be completed in a day or two, as long as it moves, it will definitely give Pawood an opportunity.

Not to mention that the cold winter has posed a considerable obstacle to the mobilization of troops, and food supplies are also a rather fatal trouble. Unless they use private soldiers and mercenaries who are not very useful in the first place, but unfortunately everything before has been clearly told to them -- this is not the case.

So even if Soros wants to eat these mobs alive. Now he could only suppress his anger and wait until it was all over before he went to trouble them. In any case, Khalkaland is nothing more than the barren and worthless territory of the Soros family. No matter how happy these mobs are, they can't hurt the bones of the Soros family, but the Northern Alliance led by the Pawood family poses a greater threat to them.

Which is more important. They can still tell the difference.

Because of this, Khalkhaland, which was originally the center of attention, has now fallen into an eerie calm, which has also caused many people who cannot stand the tyrannical oppression of the Soros family to flee here, including those who fled after the failure of the uprising in other places. And according to Jenn's calculations, they now have nearly 1,300 soldiers under their command -- not counting the non-combatants, of course, because most of these refugees are dragging their families, so the population behind them is now close to 5,000, which is for Oldman's "Free Salvation Army." It can be regarded as a lot of pressure.

This is because of the cold winter, there is no way for the refugees from afar to come, and a large number of people are dying on the way, Oldman has seen an entire village of people migrating towards Khalkaland before, but there are less than twenty people who have reached here safely, but even so, he still feels a little breathless.

If they hadn't captured Tagus in time, they wouldn't have been able to hold out until next spring, as James said. As the central city of Khalkhaland, they had to take Tagus, and only then did they truly have their own territory.

But now. Oldman finally ran into a problem.

Although Khalkaland is a barren land that can no longer be barren, Tagus is a city that is not very prosperous and lively in terms of compliments. But its ten-meter-high walls and heavy, steel-forged gates were enough to hold Oldman in check.

They are just a bunch of rebels after all. And not the regular army. Without siege engines, it would have been almost impossible for them to storm the city.

Now among the soldiers of the "Free Army of National Salvation". About two-thirds of them came from civilians, most of whom were farmers. Blacksmiths, grooms, and even some militiamen like Oldman who were born into the village and town guards. The other third was composed of veterans, descendants, and not only that, but even a few warlocks and mages and priests joined their ranks. Although the strength of these spellcasters is not strong, but in Oldman's opinion, this is already very rare, if he did not have a direct reflection of the existence of spellcasters before, then after the battle of Reedburg, Oldman finally realized how important a powerful spellcaster is to fight. Nothing could make the difference feel more than a small spell that Tilise could not defeat with all their might.

Like now, if they had a powerful mage, they could just summon a fireball to blast through that gate, and then they didn't have to think about anything.

But alas............... They don't have that powerful spellcasters.

Thinking of this, Oldman sighed again.

What should be done?

"Master, how long do you think these rebels will be able to hold out?"

Lying in Jenn's arms, Aina asked with a chuckle, leaning against the man in front of her, the red tide on her face not yet receding, but it didn't seem wrong for Aina to find her master to play some healthy activities after the snow closed the mountain - as long as no one else found out, anyway.

"If they're lucky enough, they should be able to support it until next spring."

Stroking the half-elf girl's long hair, Jenn thought for a moment before answering.

"But that's not enough, although enough people have died in this war, but not enough, huh......... I have to admit that there is some truth in the theory of Sanba, but there is a difference between me and her............ Forget it, it's better not to talk too much about another woman in front of a woman, I want to vomit when I think of her, and it will affect the interest. ”

"Aina doesn't care........."

Feeling Jenn's touch, the half-elf girl narrowed her eyes like a kitten, and then lay down in Jenn's arms. It wasn't until a moment later that she moved her ears slightly.

When there was a knock on the door, Jenn's side was empty.

Jenn tidied up his slightly messy clothes, and then he got up from the bed, and then opened the window with his hand -- the cold wind outside blew in, dispelling the ** aura that had remained in the room. And it was only then that Jenn walked to the door and opened it.

"Mr. James."

Standing outside the door was Nadia, and after that, she and Jenn returned to the camp. And soon, Nadia was recognized and welcomed by everyone, no matter what, as long as it is not a guy who is extremely vicious, he is always in awe of the paladin, and being able to fight side by side with the paladin will also make them feel a sense of "natural justice", since even the paladin is on their side, so can't it be said that what they did was right?

Not to mention that Nadia herself still has some strength more or less, although as a god-favored knight, she mostly depends on the sky for food, but she will not become a pile of waste without magic like a mage. And the paladin itself still has a certain degree of holy power, although the current Nadia can't sweep a battlefield with a swing of the sword like before, but she is more or less able to use some low-level magic techniques such as blessing and healing, which can be regarded as divine help for the "Free Army for National Salvation" who lacks medical treatment.

Because of this, in a short period of time, Nadia's status in the hearts of these rebels has risen, and now she has become the third person in the entire "Free Salvation Army", second only to the number one Oldman and Jenn as a military advisor. And it is precisely because of her existence that several clergymen have switched to the camp of the Free Army for National Salvation, of course, most of them are bishops and priests in some small places, although their strength is not strong, but the representative meaning of this -- forget it, anyway, Oldman and Nadia don't understand this, and Jenn also tacitly did not say it explicitly.

"What's the matter? Miss Nadia? ”

Looking at the paladin in front of him, Jenn asked with a smile, and Nadia nodded when she heard his question.

"Yes, you asked us to keep an eye on the perimeter of Tagus City to prevent any movement, and just now, we spotted a caravan appearing from the river to the south, intending to leave Tagus City along the forest........."

Sure enough, it came.

Hearing Nadia's report, Jenn chuckled, then nodded.

"This information is important, thank you, Miss Nadia, please prepare, we will go there at once and intercept the caravan."

"Okay."

After hearing Jenn's order, Nadia nodded, but she didn't leave immediately, but glanced behind Jenn with a little confusion. Although there was nothing in Jenn's room, Nadia was keenly aware of a rather strange smell that she couldn't tell what it was. This made her slightly confused, not knowing what it was.

"Any questions? Miss Nadia? ”

"No, it's nothing, Mr. James, I'll go find someone now."

Nadia shook her head at Jenn's inquiry, putting the doubt behind her, and she turned away. (To be continued......)