Chapter 1,408 The “Cute” Recruiting Officer

I know that I can’t look at things through colored glasses, but because there are too many unclear things in the Goddess Scripture that I learned before, and the old village chief has many concerns about the “conscription”, I can’t help but think about this. Organizations such as the World Government Church Knights have a bad impression, and they always seem to be harboring some bad intentions to deceive people - so this morning when I heard that the recruiting officer came to this small village to recruit soldiers, the first thing that came to my mind was From the first image, I felt that the opponent should be a dozen fat-minded old soldiers. They should rush into the village, ride on their horses and beat the common people with whips in a domineering manner. After death, each person will be given five experience points and no equipment will be dropped...

Based on the bricks Bingtis was carrying when he ran out, I think I'm not the only one who has this idea. />

When the results came out, it turned out that the recruiting officer was really not like this. Only three people came, and none of them were veteran soldiers. Looking at their energy, the meticulously assembled armors and weapons on their bodies, their capable temperament, and their motionless posture on the ground, these three people are obviously capable of charging into battle with real swords and guns. The role may be battle-hardened. And they also include a handsome elf man and a female officer who looks like a royal sister - this world should not tolerate smiling service and government public relations, but it is hard to say that one of the reasons why these two were sent out was to refresh the favorability of the recruits. Used, this image does not match my previous guess. And their attitude is also very good. Although the thick soldier standing at the front as the spokesperson looks like a rough man, he is quite polite when talking to the old village chief. He always maintains the rhythm of three sentences and nodding, but it is difficult to say Is this because of military discipline or because of Ron's cynical face behind the old village chief...

The stupid guy was leading the way, and I followed behind with a group of girls watching the fun and two little lolita who were not interested. Passing through the crowd easily: The big fool is really good at opening roads. The place he walked through was so wide that a Xiali could drive in...

The stout soldier was arguing with the village chief when he suddenly felt a sense of pressure coming from beside him, and then his head became gloomy. He muttered: "Why did it just rain last night and I have to wake up again this morning?" Let’s have a game…”

Before he finished speaking, he turned around and saw an unknown creature like an iron tower standing next to him. He suddenly took a breath of air. The two companions following him almost formed a defensive formation (I guess the reason why they didn't form a formation was because Not enough people). However, the stupid man smiled honestly at the three recruiting officers, and stepped aside more cautiously: This honest country man did not have the domineering power to match his strength. He saw that he was wearing the armor of the Knights. The officers and soldiers were just as terrified as any ordinary people, even though those three officers and soldiers would be as heavy as him if they had one piece of armor...

The old village chief stretched his neck to see me, with a wrinkled and wry smile on his face: The Gondor Empire has indeed not forgotten that there is an administrative unit here. The conscripts are here now.

At this time, the man standing at the front of the recruiting officer also recovered from the sense of oppression from the stupid big man. He said to the old village chief in a rough voice: "Old man, I have already explained the situation clearly to you. , the imperial capital’s order is a death order. All levels of cities and towns have the task of temporarily recruiting more soldiers. The ratio of recruiting soldiers here is one every five, men between sixteen and forty years old. One out of every five goes to the north. The fortress reported that the remaining people should be organized into militia on standby, train regularly, and be ready for war when the north and south fortresses cannot hold out. After we leave, people from the infantry regiment will come to station in each village. Help you with training exercises. We You must understand that this fight is not for anything else, it is for the whole world... Well, I won’t say this anymore, it is for the wives, children and three or five rooms behind you. You go back and discuss it. Prepare to be beaten. .”

After the recruiting officer finished speaking, I immediately improved his image again: He is a very real person. I thought that this world was also following the old-fashioned path of leading to war, banditry, and suffering for the people without a living.

But what he said was down-to-earth, and I also heard the cruel side to the villagers of Songlin Village: the draw of a dice every five to one was the next best thing, and the most terrible thing was the order that all the people in various places mobilized their troops and strictly guarded the place. ——The hidden meaning of this order is: no escape!

The Dark Moon War is coming, and the two sides of the Long Bridge Mountain Range closest to the Dark Moon teleportation point will naturally become the front line. We know that even at the foot of an active volcano, there will be people inhabited after a period of stability. The Dark Moon War took hundreds of years to come. At one time, there were of course civilian villages on both sides of the Changqiao Mountains, and Songlin Village was an inconspicuous one among them. Generally speaking, what follows immediately after the arrival of troubled times is the displacement of the people. It is normal for the people close to the front line to flee their homes and move to the interior with their villages, towns, and even cities. However, now a death order from the Gondor Empire contains... Smell of blood: Civilians on the front lines are not allowed to evacuate, and militia groups are formed in place!

It is rare for civilians to not even have to flee, but to be treated as soldiers and stay in place to fight the war. The background of such an order is either that the people's customs are extremely strong, or that the people in the imperial capital have lost their minds...

I can think of this, and other villagers can think of it, so the crowd immediately became a little commotion after the recruiting officer finished speaking. However, despite the commotion, there was no bigger reaction. It seemed that people quickly and silently accepted this order from the imperial capital. The rest is Thinking about who to choose in the drawing of dice every five to one. Based on the current situation, I feel that this every five to one is actually just a draw to decide who will die first and who will die last. The recruiting officers have said: When the North and South fortresses can no longer hold it - they knew from the beginning that the North and South fortresses could not hold it. ! This is definitely the experience of the past five wars!

I don't quite understand how a group of civilians without any military qualifications could accept such an order calmly. This must have been a civil uprising on earth long ago, but now it still depends on what the old village chief says.

The expression on the old man's face was gloomy. He had known that such a day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. He rubbed his hands and discussed with the recruiting officer: "Of course you must obey the orders of the imperial capital, but you also saw that we Such a small village has no crops and a small population. It relies on hunters to hunt every day. If 20% of the men leave in these two days, the remaining people will use half of their energy to train as militiamen all day long. Who can Do you still want to hunt? If this is a place where food is grown, and there are not enough men, women and the elderly can still make do with farm work - but we don’t grow food here, and there are man-eating beasts in the woods behind the village."

What the old village chief said makes sense. A village like this that does not grow food at all and relies only on hunting in the mountains and forests is most afraid of being beaten. After men go to the front line in other places, women and old people can do farm work, but there are very few I heard that someone's daughter-in-law teamed up with twenty or thirty old men and women to hunt bears in the mountains. What's more, now that the imperial capital has issued an order for all villages and towns to form militia groups on the spot, the manpower is even more scarce. In fact, I think it doesn’t matter whether these Orions are trained or not. Those who can fight jackals are not necessarily worse than soldiers in combat effectiveness. Of course, professional soldiers may still consider the issue of combat consciousness. Facing the army from Dark Moon, I am afraid that hunters who can fight jackals, tigers and leopards may not necessarily be better. If you have the courage to fight, it is necessary to organize militiamen and conduct militarized drills.

However, the same sentence remains: it is indeed great to save the world and fight against foreign enemies. But another issue that Shengdou Xiaomin had to consider was how to ensure three meals a day. This had nothing to do with bravery and consciousness - they were just ordinary people living an honest life.

The leading recruiter didn't seem to be an unreasonable person. He spread his hands in a bit of embarrassment: "I know, but what do you want us to do? We all have missions."

Ron took a step forward. He finally didn't tie the priest's robe around his waist today, but he still didn't look like a priest with his open arms: "I am the priest of this village, and you must listen to me when I speak in the name of the goddess. ?”

The three recruiting officers nodded at the same time.

Ron organized his words: "That's what I mean. First of all, we are not afraid of death. After all, everyone knows that once the Dark Moon people come down, it won't work even if you are afraid of death. Everyone can only do their best. But here we are There are only a few people in the village, and we really can't send many strong men. How about we make a discount and draw fewer men, and we can complete the militia group? At least if we transfer to the militia, the people will still be in the local area. No As for affecting the livelihood of the entire village..."

The recruiting officer continued to be embarrassed: "This is the imperial recruitment and nothing else. You said that if you draw less, you can draw less? Besides, you can give me a discount. How much discount is appropriate?"

Ron discussed it with the old village chief and tentatively extended his hand: "Is it 50% off? Change one-fifth to one-tenth."

The rest of us were dumbfounded at the back. Lin Xue poked Bingtis in the arm: "This is the first time I see the villagers discussing discounts with the Zhuangding people..."

Bingtis nodded: "This is the first time I've seen a discount for a strong male."

The recruiting officer discussed with Ron for a while, but basically there was no progress. It seemed that it was unrealistic to "discount" during the empire's recruitment. But at this time, the stupid guy suddenly took a step forward. It was beyond everyone's expectations. This look The big man who looked a little timid actually took the initiative to talk to the officers and soldiers: "There are few people in our village. How about this? I am very strong and can stand up to a group of people by myself. If you take me away, won't you be on a mission?"

The three recruiting officers couldn't help but glance at this big man with a strong sense of presence. At this moment, they saw the other man suddenly stepped forward and immediately jumped half a step back. Then the strong man in the lead realized what he was doing and looked up and down at the stupid big man. While asking the old village chief: "What did he eat growing up? It must be enough for a guy like this to join the army..."

"Big man, do you really want to go?" The old village chief glanced at the silly big man, "Didn't you say that you were afraid of war and didn't want to be a soldier?"

Only then did I realize that the stupid guy had expressed this attitude to the old village chief long before we came. The topic of the Dark Moon War should be the most worrying thing for the border people in the past two years. The old village chief and the stupid guy It is normal to have exchanges on this topic.

"I thought about it, no matter how powerful the people on the moon are, they should not be as powerful as the blind bear," the stupid man said in a rough voice, "I don't want to embarrass the village chief, nor do I want to embarrass the knights. They all He is a good person. Didn’t the Knights send food to the village during the snowstorm the year before last? And the priest said that the emperor was very kind to the people..."

I continued to wonder: Why is this so different from what I imagined before? What about the promised ruling class collaborating with the church to exploit the people?

Later I figured out what was going on: this is a special world that is always under the threat of the Dark Moon War. The Dark Moon people are a group of demonic creatures that do not accept surrender or any foreign captives. And due to the regularity of the Dark Moon War, The church and the ruling class knew what they were dealing with decades ago. Not only do they know when to start a war, they also know how big it will be. In the face of this kind of pressure that is tangible and tangible, and that I will face in my lifetime. The idiot rulers don't even have a chance to come to power - as long as the national leaders who have had the courage to take office in the past two years have all come to power with the consciousness of risking their lives to protect the country, how can there be such a kind of peace that lasts too long and is completely corrupted? The plot? This is the same as choosing a new commander when there are millions of enemy troops outside the city about to attack. Can ordinary people dare to take power at such a juncture?

At this time, the recruiting officer spoke: "Big man, you may not understand that there are regulations on the number of soldiers we recruit. It does not mean that you can take up the quota of ten people just because you can match the strength of ten people..."

The stupid guy patted his belly and said, "I still have enough food for ten people."

The recruiting officer sweated on his forehead: "...but I have to deal with the commander when I go back!"

A few of us stood around and watched for a long time, not knowing whether to intervene or not. Of course, the recruiting officer was on a mission. It is certainly true that the villagers want to ensure that their stable life can last a few more days out of common people's consciousness and mentality. What's more important is that the atmosphere is still harmonious. Although the two sides have differences of opinion, there is no force. The situation of a strong man - we outsiders are embarrassed to talk about it. At this time, I hope that these three recruiting officers are fat old soldiers. It would be great if they could bully the people. The star gold slate bricks in Bingtis's hands are almost ruined by her...

In fact, I had already thought about this out-of-standard creature after he opened his mouth: there is such a mutated hunter who can easily buy the whole village's rations. In fact, people in Songlin Village don't have to worry about the shortage of labor in the village. As long as the big man stays, in theory, another hundred old, weak, sick and disabled people will not be hungry. So many of them were excuses. In the end, it is still an old village. Chang didn't want to see his people being dragged to the front line to die: stationed in the fortress closest to the Dark Moon Gate, that would be a rhythm of counting days and waiting to die.

In the end, Qian Qian couldn't help but stepped forward and spoke: "Just do what the stupid guy said. Your goal is to fight anyway. Is it more profitable to recruit one super soldier or ten armed peasants? No need to ask?"

The red-haired female recruitment officer who had been silent before gave Qian Qian a curious look. In fact, she had noticed us outsiders who were incompatible with the surrounding villagers at first glance, and just regarded us as ordinary passers-by and did not speak. Suddenly Qian Qian jumped out. Of course, she could only say something: "Conscription is not a joke, nor is it buying food at the market. Besides, this big man said he can withstand several soldiers. Our commander must admit it."

"This is simple," Qian Qian rolled her eyes. I immediately knew that this girl had "immature ideas" again, but before I could stop her, she started discussing with the recruiting officer with her fingers, "How many people do you expect to take with you this time?"

"Depending on the size of the village, we will have to recruit at least fifteen strong soldiers, and possibly more."

Qian Qian clapped her hands: "You go back and ask your commander to send fifteen regular soldiers, and then let the stupid guy beat them all down. Isn't that enough?"

So Qianqian's "immature ideas" have always been very destructive. Do you think this idea is something that ordinary people can come up with!

Sure enough, the red-haired lady also stared: "There is a limit to joking! How could the Knights send a small team to waste on such a thing!"

Then before I could express my approval, the red-haired sister patted the handsome elf guy next to her on the shoulder: "Qiao, it's up to you. Go and let that big man beat you fifteen times. See what they say." not real."

Everyone: "..."

The elf soldier known as "Qiao" looked at his companions dumbfounded: "Anna, with your brain, you will still be an Iron Knight in five years."

"What's wrong with my mind! Aren't you also an Iron Knight!?"

Seeing that the two of them were about to get angry over this topic, the strong man in the lead quickly smoothed things over: "Okay, okay, we'll talk about this topic later. The three of us were soldiers in the same year and have been iron knights for fifteen years, so we shouldn't expose each other. this……"

The red-haired lady and the handsome elf boy glared at the strong man at the same time: "Shut up! You are the one who exposes me the most!"

"Pfft haha ​​-" Bingtis finally couldn't bear it anymore, took a step forward and pointed at the three cute recruiting officers with an imposing manner, "Shut up, everyone, I will go to that fortress with you for two days. Chen, you guys are coming too."

I never expected that Bingtis would suddenly appear like this and not act according to the previous plan at all, but the expression on her face turned out to be serious: What is Sister Bing going to do?

"You?" The red-haired woman glanced at our group of weird people suspiciously, and Pandora and Viska also squeezed into the front row from the back at the right time, "You have children with you? Are you going to sign up to join the army?"

"You're a fool to join the army. You can't afford our level of combat power." Bingtis tossed her hair in a domineering manner, almost sending Viska, who was closest to her, flying away. "Didn't you listen to what others said? Let's go to you." How about playing in the fortress for two days and solving the whole Dark Moon War thing by the way? This thing is too annoying. As for the recruitment matter - I didn't say that I would let the recruits report today anyway, right? Come back in two days. Well, if conscription is still necessary at that time."

I hit myself on the head with my fist: After two days of dormancy, this female gangster is finally going to explode...