PFC Chapter 963 The 3rd Guards Go Out of the City
Chapter 963 The 3rd Guards Go Out of the City
The carriage wheels rolled along the uneven road.
The entire vehicle became undulating due to the bumps.
An Lan blushed, raised her head, and continued forward with a seemingly indifferent expression, but in reality, her heart was churning with emotions.
At that moment, unbeknownst to everyone, a fast horse was carrying a person rapidly heading towards Lingyang City from the mountaintop.
The horse ran very fast, seemingly as anxious as its master.
Something terrible has happened. The entire mountain stronghold has been burned to the ground, and all the brothers have been killed. He must inform the Lord of Lingyang City of this news as soon as possible.
The refugees are back!
Chu Chen and his group were completely unaware of all this and continued walking slowly towards Lingyang.
The next day, Chu Chen summoned Chang Shou again.
"You've lost about a hundred men this time. Have you thought about what you'll be facing next?"
"Young master, it's about a month's journey to Lingyang. I know we'll have a hard time defeating the Lingyang city guards!"
"Then what are you going to do?"
Chu Chen looked at Chang Shou and asked the crucial question.
His meaning was clear: it was impossible for him to help their Dalingyang City.
Although Lingyang City suffered a great disaster, the soldiers were reduced to a rabble.
But these people are not ones that Chang Shou and his group can contend with.
"Young master, in the battle with the bandits, we captured a lot of weapons and food. This is enough for us to arm another thousand men."
"But I'm not really that confident when facing those soldiers."
"If, young master, you again..."
Chu Chen smiled after hearing this, then waved his hand to interrupt him: "I know what you want to say."
"However, I can't give you too much. At most, I can help you arm two thousand men, and with the spoils, your force can expand to six thousand."
"As for how to use these six thousand people, that's your business!"
Chang Shou was overjoyed upon hearing this.
He knew Lingyang City.
In the second year after the natural disaster, the troops stationed there were all transferred away for reasons unknown.
The remaining force consisted of the city lord's 5,000 soldiers.
With six thousand against five thousand, and possessing superior weaponry, their chances of victory are quite high.
Chang Shou was originally a hoodlum in Lingyang City, and he knew many of the city's soldiers. He knew this group very well.
If a real battle were to break out, these 5,000 men would probably be no match for 1,000 regular soldiers.
It's too difficult to get people who spend all their time accumulating wealth, indulging in eating, drinking, and having fun to work hard.
"Rest assured, young master, when our forces expand to six thousand men, we will certainly live up to your expectations and take Lingyang City!"
"Alright, go ahead. I'll equip you with the weapons later."
After hearing this, Changshou immediately bowed and left.
After the battle with the bandits, many of the young and strong among the refugees showed a strong desire to try again.
In their view, these selected people, having experienced this battle, deserved far too much in return.
Some people were even bolder and smuggled out gold bars.
With such huge profits at stake, who wouldn't want to participate?
So, after Chang Shou announced the selection of soldiers, people eagerly signed up and showed off their strengths.
Even worse, some went so far as to bribe the captains who led small teams.
It fully demonstrated to Chu Chen what humanity is.
However, all of this was something Chu Chen was willing to see.
As a result, in just one day, the team, which originally had more than 2,000 people, suddenly grew to 6,000.
Chu Chen kept his word and took out a thousand knives and a thousand composite bows from his spatial storage.
Considering they might attack the city, developing a ranged attack force of one thousand men might be of great help.
After obtaining these, Chang Shou immediately launched another powerful attack on Chu Chen.
That night, An Lan came to Chu Chen's side: "Young master, I would like one of those bows and arrows as well."
Indeed, after witnessing the power and range of the composite bow, Anlan developed a strong curiosity about this weapon.
Chu Chen looked at An Lan in front of him, then turned around and took out a crossbow from the carriage; it was a repeating crossbow.
This thing is incredibly convenient to use; he even took it out for her from the beautiful country in his spatial dimension.
"You should try this!"
"What is this?" An Lan took the crossbow and asked Chu Chen with a puzzled look.
Chu Chen was too lazy to teach her, so he pushed An Lan to Luo Lan: "Go ask your master, she's an expert in this field!"
From then on, whenever there was a break during training, another person would appear in a corner of the training ground, holding a crossbow and shooting at targets as they ran.
Roland continued eating sunflower seeds, occasionally pointing and commenting at her.
Ten days later, a horse headed towards Lingyang City. As soon as it reached the city gate, the horse collapsed and could not get up.
Upon seeing this, the city's guards immediately surrounded the man on horseback: "Who goes there? How dare you trespass into Lingyang City? You're asking for trouble!"
"Sir, we're on the same side! We're on the same side! We have something important to report to the city lord!"
As he spoke, the man pulled a golden token from his pocket.
The guards took the token, glanced at it, and immediately ordered someone to drag him inside and take him directly to the city lord's mansion.
In the city lord's mansion of Lingyang City, a portly man sat on a huge chair, eating snacks handed to him by a beautiful maid.
A pair of greasy hands roamed over the maid's body from time to time.
"You mean, those refugees came back and wiped out your mountain stronghold?"
"Lord City Lord, everything I have said is true."
"Useless trash! The reason we assigned you there was to wipe out those lowly people. You can't even do this simple task properly. You deserve it!"
After saying that, the city lord waved his hand, and two soldiers walked over from the side and killed the man with a single stroke.
"Useless, useless... Immediately send men, one thousand... no, three thousand, to intercept them outside the city. I don't want a single refugee to enter the walls of Lingyang!"
After hearing the city lord's order, a man who looked like a general turned around and walked out of the hall, heading straight for the city guard camp.
A hint of disdain flashed through the mind of the city lord of Lingyang. Refugees are refugees. Even if what that bandit said was true, so what?
How could these lowly commoners possibly stand up to their own guards?
Half a day later, three thousand soldiers passed through the Lingyang city gate and headed straight for the direction of Hyde City.
"General, are we going to fight the refugees?"
"That's right, I heard that those lowly people wiped out all the bandits, so everyone should be careful!"
"Hehe, General, you're too nervous. They're just a bunch of lowly people. How much trouble can they cause?"