Chapter 0635 War Escalation
When Zhou Qingfeng used the trick of "going deep into the enemy's territory", it meant that the situation of war had expanded.
In the past wars in the Northland, they were fighting among the nobles. Wars were similar to outings and had nothing to do with the lower class. Anyway, no matter which master the family changed, the poor would be treated the same.
Things have changed now.
The poor and slaves at the bottom, or the ‘insulted and persecuted’, were mobilized.
Lord Exxon, who ordered the attack on the village, died of criticism. He tried his best but couldn't even win the "Jiying". The mechanically-moving dragon's steel teeth bit it into a pile of minced meat.
More than half of the team led by Exxon died in the ambush of Zhou Qingfeng. Although many people escaped, with the mobilization ability of Banshee Castle, they would have to wait until tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow before they could gather all their staff to investigate.
With Exxon's past, the Buqi family members would not dare to die if they didn't get enough strength to get stronger. This formed a short time difference, giving Zhou Qingfeng the opportunity to operate from it.
There were more than a dozen villages around the road where the attack occurred, and almost every one of them was vengeful massacre by Exxon. It was useless to talk about ideals and beliefs at this time, just talk about how to survive.
Zhou Qingfeng got off the horse and entered the village, and personally led the team deep into it. He was surrounded by members of kind faces such as Xili, Lao Boge, Ma Han, etc.
More than thirty spiritual slaves have changed into ordinary women, wearing simple clothes, and gathering the victims from house to house in the appearance of a rescuer.
"We came from Hanfeng City to resist the Buqi family and its lackeys. This time, the nobles suffered a great loss and died dozens of people. They would never give up. They would definitely turn around and must Tu Guang all the nearby villages.
Those who want to survive, follow us. We will find a way out for you."
Adrian's hunting teams are all from the bottom of the class. They talk about the words "resistance" and "living life" more vivid than Zhou Qingfeng. They themselves are living examples.
There is no food or drink, no safety, no way out, just talk about how to survive, and respond to it.
The exploitation of the aristocratic class is too heavy, and there are many conflicts with the poor, and the hatred is as deep as the sea. In the past, no one led the lead, and the nobles were too strong, so the poor could only use their own heads to fight the sword.
Now that the great Hugo Lord has come down, the situation becomes "returned serfs to be liberated". Coupled with the panic caused by the massacre, the poor have no choice at all, and immediately two or three hundred people are willing to surrender.
Zhou Qingfeng couldn't provide food and drink to these people. But yesterday, the transport team that attacked the Buqi family had obtained a lot of food.
As the backbone, each led five or six poor people to a group. They first had a full meal, pulled the seized knight horses, and pushed the cart with some rags. The morale was quite high.
The Harmonious Chamber of Commerce has sent people to do business everywhere in the past six months, and heavy carriages are driving bargains to run around. Sometimes a kitchen knife and an iron pot can gain a friendship.
Zhou Qingfeng has a map provided by the Chamber of Commerce, as well as guidance and protection from the lower-level forces. He took the collected poor to the pre-selected wilderness campsite.
The camp is more than 20 kilometers away from Banshee Castle, not far or near.
This was originally an abandoned village. Most of the decaying wooden houses collapsed, snakes and rats hid among weeds, and a large number of fallen leaves were deposited in the dry well. Unknown corpses could be seen everywhere, and ghosts were running around from time to time.
This place was abandoned because of haunting. Mondino dispersed the evil spirits entrenched here and made it a secret camp.
Zhou Qingfeng lurked near the Banshee Castle in the past two days. The convoy of the Chamber of Commerce transported a lot of supplies to the camp according to the plan. In addition to food, currency, medicine, tools, and a large number of simple weapons.
"Adrian, I have a task to hand over to you and the hunting team." Zhou Qingfeng led the team into the camp and arranged personnel to reorganize the camp. But he called the "Clown" alone to more than a dozen wooden boxes.
The first box is opened, with a hundred forged daggers inside. The second box is the "fire glue" in a pottery bottle. The third box is the "paralytic agent". The fourth box is the stranger when it is opened, with a short cylinder.
The cylinder is about twenty centimeters long and two centimeters thick. It looks like a hollow wood processed by a woodworking lathe. Zhou Qingfeng grabbed a cylinder, aimed it at the wooden box about five meters away, and covered it according to the motivation.
A slender crossbow arrow suddenly shot out from the tube, with a slight sound, penetrating through a wooden board about half a centimeter thick. This power can only be used to deal with the armor-free target at close range. If you wear thicker clothes, you may not even be able to shoot them.
Adrian pulled the crossbow arrow back and looked at the cylinder again. He found that this thing was actually extremely simple. There was an elastic spring behind the cylinder, and the crossbow arrow was pressed into the front section of the cylinder, which led to the motor to reset and jammed the crossbow arrow.
This thing has small power, close range, poor accuracy and difficult to load. The biggest advantage is at most..., low cost?!
“I hope to use this as a training camp where all the collectors will be trained for five days of thought and skills.
The sheltered poor people will learn the concept of resistance here and learn to use these revolutionary weapons." Zhou Qingfeng grabbed a 'cylinder' and "Don't underestimate this thing."
Revolutionary?
Just kidding!
Adrian really underestimated this thing. He would never use such a bad weapon. Zhou Qingfeng continued: "The Buqi family is much stronger than the long-legged family and will not be defeated for a while.
We can't always have a chance to catch a team like Exxon. The enemy will become more and more cautious and fierce. They will do their best to fight us, which is life and death.
But our enemies are not only those nobles, but also the nobles' dog legs, relatives, servants of nobles, and iron slaves of nobles.
These people are large in number and have great harm. But we don’t have time to kill one by one. At this time, we need a special team to deal with it.
For example, the tax collectors of nobles often have only two or three people, and they will regularly appear in rural markets to collect physical taxes. Who will be wary of a timid vegetable farmer at this time?”
Zhou Qingfeng grabbed the cylinder in his hand again, "This is designed by Arsie, striving to be the simplest and cheapest. The wooden workshop in Hanfeng City is working hard to start production, and the production capacity can reach thousands in a day.
This thing is easy to carry, has good concealment, is easy to train, can be thrown away after use, without any pain. The ejected crossbow arrow can also be applied with "paralytic agent" in advance, which is effective within two hours. It can kill people if you wipe some skin.
Even if it is captured, the enemy will not use such a bad weapon, which will cause less harm to us. Therefore, it is very suitable for the poor. With it, the concerns of the nobles' dog legs to do evil will increase significantly."
Adrian quickly understood Zhou Qingfeng's intention. He grabbed a cylinder named "free crossbow" again and whispered:
"This thing is not for fighting, and the people trained in this camp are not for dealing with nobles.
The people we train do not need to fight face to face. They can burn a house, attack enemy checkpoints, kill evil tax collectors, poison the wells, and drug the food.
It is not difficult to accomplish this. Without the noble vassals all over the country, the lives of ordinary poor people can be much better. Naturally, our influence will be greater."
Adrian was full of thoughts and thought the Lord was really creative. But he thought too far and suddenly asked, "Grand Hugo, what if there are poor people at the bottom of the world who use this thing to deal with us?"
Thinking about the fact that I might have been killed by someone using such a simple weapon if I accidentally took my life. Adrian was really shuddering.
Zhou Qingfeng was distracted by this, "We only charge some 'reasonable burden' to the poor at most, which is much more kind than those nobles.
If the poor really use this thing to deal with us, either we will be levied and slaughtered by foreign enemies. This shows that there is something wrong with our management and the root cause is not the poor.
Chapter completed!