chapter 233, chapter 234
Borislavi came from Chalonnais, far from the snowy plains of Vaegia. He was a hunter who spent his life tracking wild beasts for their meat and pelts, living off the land just as his ancestors had done.
They lived a happy life until the endless war came. Now, the prey was quickly frightened by the constant cries of killing on the battlefield, and the soldiers' random slaughter of animals left the forests that had not been burned to the ground empty.
Facing starvation, Borislavi chose to apply the superb archery and spear skills he had learned from hunting elk, wolves and bears to hunting humans, but his steady hands and keen eyes had been taken away
Borislavi did not care about the disputes between kingdoms. What he was really interested in was how to feed himself and his men - excerpt from the custom battle of "Mount and Blade: Warband".
Xie Feng pretended to be calm and gradually left under the malicious gazes of everyone.
Since Sera is taken as a hostage by them, they must not be strong this time. Moreover, the leader of the snowfield bandits is one of the characters in the "custom battle" in the game, and must be a VIP character, so Xie Feng also
I don’t want to be on bad terms with him. Besides, if I can be on good terms with him, I’m afraid there will be a lot of benefits.
However, there is no time to think about this now, what is important is how to rescue Sera safely from their hands.
Back at the camp, the soldiers' dinner was almost finished, and the soldiers in charge of cooking were packing away the cooking utensils.
Looking at the busy soldiers, Xie Feng thought for a moment and felt that he could only walk on foot at the moment. He first prepared some equipment according to Borislavi's instructions, so he grabbed a passing soldier and said: "There are some idle soldiers in the general army."
Equipment and weapons? Bring them to me."
After the soldier was stunned for a moment, he whispered: "General Zuo... We are not going on an expedition this time, so we didn't bring extra spare equipment... Also, what do you need the equipment for?"
Xie Feng ignored the soldiers' questions. After thinking for a while, he said: "Anyway, it's not far from the castle. Let everyone take out all the extra equipment and just keep one self-defense weapon for each person."
When the soldier heard this, he was a little confused: "General Zuo, this..."
Xie Feng said: "In addition, prepare a carriage for me, and put all the equipment I want on the carriage... Oh, by the way, don't put too much, the quantity is probably enough to arm 10 people... What are you still waiting for?
Get it done quickly!”
The soldier quickly said obediently: "Yes!" and then immediately ran to the pile of soldiers to convey Xie Feng's order.
Less than a while later, a carriage loaded with a lot of equipment was pulled in front of Xie Feng, and the soldier in charge of pulling the carriage was still the same.
The soldier pulled the carriage to Xie Feng and said, "General Zuo, the equipment you want is here..."
After Xie Feng responded with a "hmm", he got on his horse and said to the soldier: "I'll leave for a while and order everyone to rest for a while."
The soldier quickly said: "Hey, General Zuo, what should the original owner of these equipment do...?"
Xie Feng waved the reins and said: "Record their names and equipment, and report them to General Right after returning to the castle. As for you...well, I'll reward you." As he spoke, he raised his hand and a gold coin passed across it.
The sky hit the soldier's helmet, making a pleasant "ding" sound.
So, while the soldiers knelt down with joy and thanked him, Xie Feng drove the carriage and drove towards the distance.
The closer he got to the small snow hill, the more uneasy Xie Feng felt. If the opponent continued to attack after taking the equipment, he wouldn't be able to defeat so many - at most, he would fight to the death - and as a lawless element, such a
The phenomenon of cheating is extremely common. However, Xie Feng cannot just leave Sera and walk away.
On the edge of the snow hill, a dark shadow suddenly appeared, and then quickly retreated, probably back to report.
Now that things have happened, there is no turning back. I can only go to Tiger Mountain knowing that there are tigers in the mountains.
After being prepared to go to charity generously, Xie Feng felt much more relaxed, held his chest high, and drove the carriage majestically towards the back of the snow hill.
Behind the snow hill, there is no surprise, a group of people.
However, what surprised Xie Feng was that this group of people were sitting on the snow and chatting. And Sera was sitting next to Borislavi, chatting and laughing with him.
Seeing Xie Feng coming, Sera raised her head slightly and said calmly to Xie Feng: "Oh, you're back."
Xie Feng looked at everyone blankly and asked in disbelief: "This..."
Serra stood up and said to Xie Feng easily: "Mr. Borislavi, has agreed to join the restoration coalition..."
"It's not about joining!" Borislavi interrupted dissatisfiedly: "It's about cooperation. We just each get what we need."
Serra didn't care about Borislavi's reaction. He walked to Xie Feng and looked at some military equipment on the carriage behind Xie Feng. Then he said to Borislavi: "As I said just now, these equipments
You can take it first. I will go back and discuss the remaining conditions with His Highness the Prince."
Borislavi snorted coldly and waved his hand. Several nearby men immediately understood and stepped forward to remove the equipment from the carriage.
Xie Feng on the side, although he had thousands of questions in his mind at this time, he also knew that now was not the right time to ask, so he could only sit blankly on the horse and pretend to be confused.
After the equipment was unloaded, Borislavi said politely to Sera: "You go. I hope things will develop in the direction I want, otherwise my men and I will not give up easily!"
Sera smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. As the maid of His Highness the Prince, I know His Highness's temper best. I will talk to him carefully."
Borislavi's "hmm" was regarded as a response, and then he shouted to everyone: "Pack it!" The snowfield bandits stood up one after another and packed up their belongings neatly.
Seeing this, Sera also turned over and sat on Xie Feng's carriage, and said to Xie Feng: "Let's go."
After leaving the snow hill for a long time, Xie Feng looked back and saw that there was indeed no pursuer following him, so he couldn't help but ask Sera: "What happened just now?"
Sera said calmly: "Not long after you left, a snowfield bandit approached me. Judging from his eyes and actions, it seemed that he wanted to do something unhealthy to me."
"Ah!"
Regarding Xie Feng's reaction, Sera just smiled faintly, and then said: "Just when I wanted to resist, the snow bandit was stopped by Borislavi."
Xie Feng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That guy has some sense."
"Huh?" Sierra was stunned when she heard this.
"Ah no!" Xie Feng quickly corrected: "I mean that guy is somewhat moral."
"Yeah." Serra responded: "He said at that time that he was forced to become a bandit because of life. He organized this team just to make a living. He was definitely not the same as those lawless elements. So the team was not allowed.
Someone here did something to disgrace the reputation of his team."
"Oh?" Xie Feng raised his eyebrows: "That's quite interesting."
Serra said: "It's indeed quite interesting, so I plan to win him over to cooperate with us."
"Cooperation?" Xie Feng asked: "I've been wanting to ask since just now, what do you mean by cooperation."
"As I said just now." Serra said: "Didn't you say that the people of Borislavina seem to have some moral principles?"
"Yeah." Xie Feng responded.
"Then." Serra said: "In such a cruel era, a man who fell into disgrace still maintains such moral principles and thoughts. This shows that he is still a person with ideals, ambitions, and even ambition.
"
Xie Feng nodded in agreement. Those who commit murder and arson are basically those who are completely desperate for their future. It can be said that they are completely hopeless. And those who are from the perspective of "evil" still have a little bit of "good".
People who think of "goodness" at least have something to pursue in life. Because even though good and evil coexist in this world, everyone generally pursues the realm of "goodness". Even the most heinous people still agree with the existence of "goodness"
. Once a person expresses his certain yearning and pursuit of "goodness", it means that he still agrees with the mainstream thinking of the world and has not yet reached the point of being hopeless.
"So." Serra continued: "I started lobbying him. He said he was just trying to make a living, so I would provide conditions that would allow him to survive better."
Xie Feng smiled and said: "Money and food."
"There are also equipment." Serra said: "This is also the most important bargaining chip. Because I can see that Borislavi is quite smart, otherwise he would not have the ability to lead nearly 50 snowfield bandits——
They don't all talk about basic morality like Borislavi. So he must know that no matter how much money and food we give him, it will be used up one day - besides, we don't have the capital to give him too much. And before they
When asking you to go back and get the equipment, it also shows that his yearning for equipment is stronger than the money you mentioned. Because with better equipment, they can be better armed, which can not only protect themselves from being
If the lords are annihilated, they can make a better living, and money and food can be continuously replenished."
"As a condition -" Sera breathed a sigh of relief and said: "In our battle with Vigia, he will contribute some strength. There is no need for him to be the vanguard and main force, as long as he can give us some help within his ability -
—For example, rear harassment, ambush, etc.”
"Then he just has to agree?" Xie Feng asked. Although such conditions are quite reasonable and can barely be considered a fair deal. However, since they are gangsters, they should be able to speak like a lion.
"They have no choice but to agree." Serra explained: "Now that Virginia is in a state of war, there are usually no rich and unprepared teams in the wild. In fact, most of the people they can encounter are us.
An army that is preparing to go on an expedition. When encountering a team of comparable strength, they can still rely on the large number of people in the team to prevent those troops from bullying. But if they encounter a team of hundreds of people, they may not be so lucky.
"
Xie Feng smiled. Indeed, in the game, if the lords leading the troops encounter criminals, as long as the enemy is weak and we are strong, the lords will be happy to chase them.
Serra continued: "So, presumably we need tactical help, and they need members to be armed. Even if they try to fight for better conditions, I won't give in. It's not that I'm stingy, in fact, due to strategic consumption, we
I don’t have much spare equipment. Besides, I don’t want to breed tigers and let them become the number one security threat after our successful restoration of the country.”
"Then..." Xie Feng was about to ask the most critical question: "How much did you promise to give them, and what kind of equipment did you promise?"
The conditions that a rebellious bandit can accept to help him cannot be lower, no matter how low they are.
Serra said: "Let their current number of team members be fully armed so that they are comparable to pirates."
"Hmm..." Xie Feng nodded slightly. The combat effectiveness of a 50-man pirate team is indeed not that weak. If placed in any corner of the Calradian continent, it can dominate the mountain and become the king. And the 50 pirates are all powerful.
Although there is a lot of equipment required, it can still be assembled relatively easily given the capabilities of the Restoration Alliance Army.
"This is just a deposit." Before Xie Feng could finish congratulating himself, Sera said quietly from behind: "In other words, they will not help until we provide them with equipment for 50 people that is on par with the pirates.
us."
"Ah?" Xie Feng said in surprise: "How much will it cost in the end?"
Serra said: "When they help us several times and we can confirm their sincerity in cooperating with us, we will provide 50 people with equipment of the same quality as the Vaegian infantry."
"Uh..." Xie Feng took a breath. To provide equipment for 50 people of the fourth-level unit, not to mention how much capital it would cost, and what if this 50-man snowfield bandit with the quality of Vagian infantry
If you want to rebel, you will indeed give yourself a headache for a long time.
"Also." Sera seemed not to care about Xie Feng's ugly face at all, and continued to elaborate on the cruel facts: "In addition to equipment, we also need to provide a certain amount of food, dinars and furs on a regular basis to feed this team of snowfield bandits.
…”
"ah!"
Chapter completed!