Chapter 34: Let's Be Friends
Sarah was very uneasy because after she told Leon about Ralph's request, Leon just nodded calmly and said to the ranger: "Okay! I will stay here all the time."
Afterwards, Leon pulled the ranger, who had a look of reverence on his face, aside and whispered something to him.
After the ranger saluted and left, Leon had a bow on him, which looked very good.
It seems that Li Ang really has to stay here...
Otherwise, the ranger would never have given his bow to Leon.
"Sir, do we really have to defend Tongtian River here..."
Sarah didn't want Leon to die here. He was the most different nobleman she had ever met.
"Sarah, since this is the deal I initiated, I will of course stay here until the deal is completed..."
There was no longer any materialistic greed in Li Ang's eyes. He looked more like a simple soldier, but he still spoke of the principles of doing business.
Sarah was even more confused. When she met the Jatu Centurion Army a few days ago, they were so scared that they ran into the woods... How come this guy has become a hero now?
Even the Jatu army dares to challenge us?
It doesn't seem like it. He was still cheating people just two days ago...
Stimulated?
"Sarah, this battle could be dangerous...would you like to leave and take shelter?"
Li Ang's voice became gentle and low.
"No, sir, that's not necessary..."
Sarah refused without hesitation, but a strange feeling arose in her heart. She heard a different kind of concern and worry in Leon's words.
"So... Sarah... we're friends, right?"
Li Ang's expression became more and more serious, his handsome profile staring into the distance, as if he was hesitating, and as if he was making some decision.
Sarah's heart skipped a beat, almost causing her heart to become irregular: "Of course, sir..."
"Then, can you..."
Leon's eyes turned to Sarah's tight face, his eyes full of sincerity.
"Um?"
Sarah was sure that her heart was beating irregularly. Even that winter when she killed a dozen men alone, she had never been so nervous.
She didn't even notice that the fighting in the camp had stopped. A group of men poked their heads out from behind the wall and lined up in a row, eavesdropping furtively and holding their breath.
"Can you lend me some money... I'm penniless now..."
Li Ang opened his empty pockets.
The sound of a long sword being unsheathed was heard.
"Sarah...ahhhh don't do it..."
"roll!!"
On the observation deck, Summer, who had been watching the live version of the silent film from afar, sighed and shook his head: "I knew it... How could you be so impatient to doubt a lady..."
But Li Ang, who was running away with his head in his hands, was looking at the skill panel with a smile on his face.
——Your 'Command' skill level has been increased.
…
It was a refreshing afternoon, clear and cloudless, and the blue sky and grass spoke of vitality and beauty.
But there was a hint of gunpowder in the air.
A huge warning smoke rose above Brave Shield Castle.
Even though it was dozens of miles away, one could clearly see the black smoke column rolling up into the sky.
The entire village of Fletcher next door has evacuated southward. The villagers have lived on the border for a long time and naturally know what to do when they see the signal fire.
The wooden bridge has been repaired and seems to be in good condition again.
Leon took a few Mettenheim people up to try it out. The wooden planks on the bridge seemed a bit thin, but they should be able to be used.
It’s just that the wooden piers under the bridge, which were originally connected together by supporting wood, seem to be all separated now.
Dozens of wooden piles became independent pillars, and the structure looked much simpler.
One end of the bridge is, of course, on the other side of the river.
And at the other end, it's in the camp.
So, this camp is an authentic bridgehead.
A wooden wall had been built on the side of the camp facing the bridge. It was made by randomly piecing together wooden piles and planks removed from the original bridge piles, and looked quite crude.
The wall is not high, only about two meters.
Even with the wooden arrow shields nailed diagonally to the top of the wall, it's only about three meters.
But the wall was thick enough for two people to walk side by side.
Rather than a wall, it is more like a embankment, which completely blocks the exit of the bridge, but from a distance it looks like a part of the bridge deck, as if the bridge deck extends to both sides of the camp.
After all, the bridge deck and walls are made of unpainted wooden boards, and there is not much difference when looking from a distance.
But the embankment blocked the bridge so tightly that even if Leon and his companions wanted to leave the bridge, they had to be pulled up by the people on the wall.
After seeing this visual effect, the soldiers present gained some confidence.
Perhaps they could indeed hold this bridgehead until Ralph's reinforcements arrived.
Afterwards, Li Ang summoned all his men and began to assign tasks.
Everyone, including the carpenters, has their own tasks, except Anson, who is covered in bruises, and Sarah, who is upset.
After completing the arrangements, looking at his subordinates working separately , Li Ang felt that he seemed to have overlooked something.
"Sir, what shall we do with the prisoners?"
Anson asked.
Oh, those prisoners!
He looked at the two people beside him, a weakling with a kind heart, and a woman with a bad look on her face.
Forget it, I'll do it myself.
"…It's too late to move them now. I have to make sure they are completely incapable of moving, so that they don't get into any accidents!"
Li Ang took out the mace from his waist and planned to do the job himself.
Anson opened his mouth but said nothing in the end. There was smoke all over the northeast and a powerful enemy was approaching. Even if he was soft-hearted, he knew his limits.
But Sarah snatched the hammer and stared at Leon with a chilling coldness .
I even weighed the hammer in my hand...
"Sarah, I was just joking last night... You guys were just cheated out of your money the day before yesterday, and today you're about to face a strong enemy, so you might feel resentful - I have to act like I'm so poor that I have to borrow money from everywhere, so that they can feel balanced. This is for the morale of the army... Don't mind... Give me the hammer."
Li Ang explained with an embarrassed smile, he had just figured out the reason for the upgrade of the command skill.
"Well, it's just a joke, I don't mind... But you are the lord, you shouldn't do such dirty things with your own hands..."
Sarah's stern eyes did not change at all. She gritted her teeth and uttered a few words, then picked up the hammer and walked into the barracks where the prisoners were held.
Then, bursts of shrill screams were heard in the barracks.
"You're joking! I told you to be joking! ... My friend! Humph... Don't run! Stretch out your legs! I told you to be joking! ..."
Sarah's voice was mixed in with the screams, sounding particularly harmonious.
Leon and Anson looked at each other.
Anson murmured, "Horrible woman... My Lord, have you not studied the book I gave you well?"
"Shut up! Anson…wait, is it vibrating?"
Li Ang's feeling was correct, the bridge surface had indeed begun to vibrate.
After a few seconds, even on the ground, the vibration could be clearly felt.
From light to heavy, from far to near.
Summer, who was on the lookout, shouted, "Enemy attack! North!"
The Jatu people are coming!
It was a cavalry of about three hundred men, divided into three centuries.
The horses' hooves rumbled in and stopped loudly on the north bank of the Tongtian River.
The collision of the quiver with the horse's body, the sharp sound of the saber being unsheathed, and the neighing of the horse all intertwined together.
A solemn feeling came over me.
The Jatu cavalry on the opposite side began to send people to patrol along the river bank, and several cavalrymen holding spears quickly went back and forth along the river.
The main force gathered across the river, just on the other side of the bridge.
"Be quiet! Everyone, prepare for battle!"
