"Ah!" The confused Kaka couldn't sleep at night, and a scream came out.
"Ali Village is calling."
"Ping ping ping pong..."
There was a chaotic sound of fighting, and Kaka saw his father rushing out with a big sword. As the son of a lord, the only advantage is that he does not have to participate in such a melee.
When Kaka came to this world, it was not the first time that there were armed fights between villages. If it didn't happen three or two times a year, Kaka would feel abnormal. In this chaotic world, it's not just the big guys leading the troops who fight you to the death, but also the following.
There will also be large-scale armed fighting from time to time in the countryside.
Three or four years ago, Kaka and Huo Village, who traveled through time, still had four to five thousand people. In the past two years, a total of one or two thousand young people were killed or injured due to fighting with weapons.
Such a remote village is relatively poor, and the poorer it becomes, the more strife it gets. Perhaps such a poor village cannot afford to support such a large population.
There are intermediate swordsmen like Joseph in Huocun. Although the intermediate swordsman with serious internal injuries is also a swordsman, he probably has the strength of a junior swordsman. Theoretically, Huocun should not be afraid of the combat power of a swordsman. However, with a sword
Huo Cun is really not the only village that belongs to the teacher.
Although Joseph had been in the army all year round and had rich combat experience, he suffered serious internal injuries. He was always at a disadvantage in the battle with the junior swordsman from the neighboring village, and he could barely survive.
Then we have to fight. If we lose, Huo Village will have to pay taxes (protection fees) to its neighbor Ali Village.
Originally, the village was already poor enough and had to pay taxes to the city. If Ali Village had to pay taxes, the villagers of Huo Village would not be able to bear it.
Although Huo Cun broke through thirteen swordsmen, after all, the low-level swordsmen who had just broken through were not much more powerful than ordinary strong men. This time, even though Huo Cun withstood the fight with weapons, he still suffered heavy casualties.
In a melee, hundreds more people fell down in Huocun, and more than 200 people were injured, including low-level swordsmen who had just advanced. Four died and three were seriously injured...
Even with such heavy casualties, the villagers were still very grateful to Lord Joseph. If Joseph, who was severely injured internally, had not blocked the swordsman of Ali Village, Huo Village would have had no chance to resist.
In the past two years, four or five surrounding villages have been conquered by Ali Village. The taxes paid are as heavy as the taxes in the city, and they are even more impoverished... With the sword master Joseph Lord, at least, Huo Village
By avoiding the heavy tax in Ali Village, everyone has a chance to have enough to eat, right?
However, Kaka knows that such resistance will be useless sooner or later. Ali Village has conquered four or five villages, and will gradually recruit more young men from those four or five villages, and the team attacking Huo Village will become larger and larger.
Maybe, next time, Huo Cun really can't stand it anymore.
After all, Huocun's home field advantage is limited. Once the number of enemies exceeds the limit...
"Father!"
"Kaka, it's okay. I've long been used to such injuries in the military."
Looking at Old Joseph who was injured again, Kaka was really worried. Old Joseph had serious internal injuries to begin with, and he was getting older and faster in the past few years. This time he was injured by the opponent's swordsman again in the sword fight. Can he really withstand it?
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Once old Joseph dies, can he survive in these troubled times with his small body of less than twelve years old?
Old Joseph was also very disappointed. He was afraid that he could not keep up with his plan to train new swordsmen. If these swordsmen children from Huo Village did not grow up, he was afraid that Huo Village would be captured and he would die.
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"Father, are there many swordsmen in this world?" Kaka finally couldn't help but said. Do you really think it is easy to cultivate to the level of a swordsman? It turns out that the baron and his family in Kaifeng City only have three swordsmen in total, and they are common people.
Swordsmen lack sufficient training resources, and it is even more difficult to advance to become a swordsman.
"This..." Old Joseph was not a fool. In such a remote and barren mountainous area, it was already remarkable to have an injured swordsman who returned to his hometown. But where did the swordsman from the neighboring village come from?
In this remote and poor mountainous village, what is the junior swordsman from Ali Village doing here?
The cultivation of fighting spirit not only requires unremitting tempering, but also requires more training resources. This is why Old Joseph insisted on staying in the army for more than ten years. The army is quite good for swordsmen, as long as they are willing to work hard,
The resources for Dou Qi cultivation are relatively abundant.
If you stay in Huo Village or even Kaifeng City, you can't afford the training and supplies of several swordsmen. If there are enough swordsmen in Kaifeng City, they won't be defeated so easily by the Crystal Flower Mercenary Group.
no?
Seriously injured and disabled, Joseph had no hope of further advancement and had to return to Huo Village to survive.
The swordsman from Ali Village next door showed up two years ago. He was said to be a relative of the head of Ali Village out of town, but no one investigated him.
A junior swordsman who had just turned 30 years old returned to this poor mountainous area? He continued to practice on his own. Training and resources are very important, no less important than talent.
"Father, sometimes, you have to give up what you should give up. No matter what, this Huo Village has become a place of right and wrong." Kaka had been a policeman for decades in his previous life. The slight changes in the eyes of old Joseph, Kaka
See it in your eyes.
"Do you want to leave?" Old Joseph seemed a little unwilling.
"Father, a common man is not guilty of carrying a jade. At least, leaving here is just a gesture."
"Kaka, is it too abrupt to leave like this?" Old Joseph's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Kaka. His son seemed to be hiding a wise soul.
"The situation in Ali Village is huge. If we in Huo Village continue to resist, we will obviously not be able to withstand it. This reason is enough." What Kaka said seemed reasonable.
"Kaka, with my little strength, even if I want to flee the world..." If someone really wants to kill you, why are you using an excuse?
"Father, there is a mercenary group in Kaifeng City. As long as we really have nothing with us, why kill us?" Kaka means, go to the city to join the Crystal Flower mercenary group. Do you have any treasures or anything like that?
Do you think you can hide it from the mercenary group?
Kaka also emphasized the words "I have nothing on me". It was more important to save my life. Even if my father really had any treasure, he couldn't save it.
My son has already said it clearly. I am afraid that it will not work, so I can only do this.
He really couldn't stand it anymore, so old Joseph had no choice but to make the final cruel move.
At noon the next day, old Joseph endured the pain and got up.
"Kaka, let's go into the city!"
"Into the city? Crystal Flower Mercenary Group?" His father finally made up his mind, and Kaka was still very pleased.
"This world not only has warriors, but also magicians!"
I wiped it! Magician?
Having followed his swordsman father for more than three years, Kaka has not heard Joseph mention the awesome magicians in the army. However, even in the Principality of Asia, the number of magicians is pitifully small.
"The Crystal Flower Mercenary Group has senior magic apprentices. I will take you into the city to test it. Maybe you have the talent of a magician." Even though Old Joseph said this, he was probably comforting himself. Joseph's 10,000-person field corps of the Principality of Asia
There are only two... magic apprentices.
Yes, he is a magic apprentice, not a magician. It is not that there are no magicians in the Principality of Asia. They are valuable and rare, and they all enjoy the worship of the great nobles in the capital of the principality. Perhaps, until the principality is really at risk, magic can be enshrined.
The teacher will not really take action.
There is no other way out. He may be killed by the swordsman of Ali Village next time. What should his son do? Join the Crystal Flower Mercenary Group, or there may really be a chance of survival.
Magicians also need magic talent, and there are very few people with magic talent in Canglang Continent. Even if you have magic talent, because your talent is average, most of your cultivation is still at the stage of a magic apprentice.
The practice of a magician has higher requirements on talent and requires more magic practice resources...
Don't underestimate magic apprentices. In the military, even a powerful intermediate swordsman like Joseph's status is not as good as that of an intermediate magic apprentice.
"Even if you don't have magic talent, with my swordsmanship, you will have a place in the Crystal Flower Mercenary Group." Joseph said this sincerely. The junior swordsman of Ali Village will not kill himself unless he kills himself.
It seems that he will never give up.
I don’t have that strength. Even if the treasure is given to me, it will still be a disaster. It’s better to leave as soon as possible.
At the entrance of the village, a group of villagers from Huo Village looked at Joseph and Kaka bitterly.
"Everyone, please disperse." Joseph waved his hand helplessly, "Huo Cun can't stand it. If they call again, please don't make any unnecessary resistance."
Is that so? In fact, the villagers are not stupid either. It’s just that old Joseph is here and everyone has their last hope. However, now that old Joseph is taking his son away, the last hope is gone.
"Lord, please take a few of us away." The remaining six swordsmen, who were still basically sound, looked at old Joseph eagerly. Those who have the qualifications to advance to become swordsmen are not willing to stay in Huo Village to be smart to everyone.
Well. As for how loyal and grateful these six swordsman apprentices are to old Joseph, only the devil knows.
"If you're willing to leave, just come with me. I'm going to the Crystal Flower Mercenary Group. If they like you, maybe they can take you in." A swordsman is always more useful than an ordinary strong man, right? No matter how bad the swordsman is,
You can also do odd jobs, right?
Whether you join the army or join a mercenary group, isn't it all for the opportunity to take a step closer to your cultivation in the future?
"Lord, I..." Among the crowd of villagers, a young man with a broken left arm... was one of the swordsmen seriously injured in the battle last night.
His left arm is gone, he is a low-level swordsman who has not been promoted for a long time, and is still disabled. The mercenary group is not a charity, so the possibility of taking him in is too low.
"Hey...Inzaghi, the outside world is just as dangerous, and there are more dead people in the mercenary group. You..." Perhaps it was because of his disabled arm, but Old Joseph felt some sympathy for his fate.
Among the thirteen new disciples who have entered the body with fighting spirit, Inzaghi has the best talent and can practice relatively quickly. Old Joseph still attaches great importance to this child and secretly gives Inzaghi a lot of care.
This kid is also quite conscientious.
However, Inzaghi was really unlucky. In one battle, he lost his arm and became disabled. Old Joseph looked at his broken left arm and felt that he was in the same boat.
"Lord, my father also died in the battle last night, and there is no one in my family." The boy named Inzaghi almost cried. A twelve-year-old boy is just a child.
A small team of nine people walked out of Huo Village. Inzaghi, who had lost his arm, was taken by old Joseph. As for the future, what will happen to Inzaghi? Old Joseph himself has no future, and what is the future of his son Kaka?
Don't even know.
Inzaghi's left arm and shoulder, which was still bleeding, was treated with the wound medicine that Joseph brought from the army, and the bleeding was finally stopped and the inflammation was reduced.
It was handled in a timely manner, and it is estimated that Inzaghi will not leave any hidden dangers.
"Inzaghi, you eat, eat more meat, the injury will heal quickly." In this chaotic world, the resilience of children is really top-notch. A twelve-year-old child with a broken arm would have been left to be pampered and pampered in his previous life.
Child...Kaka admires Inzaghi a little.
"Oh!" Inzaghi seems to have a dull personality and doesn't like to talk. What's more, with a broken arm, for a warrior, even if he can still practice fighting spirit, he is naturally weaker than the same level. Compared with the other six swordsman brothers