Chapter 581: Foraging War (I)——The Customs of Dragon Tower and the Strange Painter

Large-scale military operations cannot be concealed from professional armies. Especially in the Canghai Province, there is not even a stray dog, and living people can be seen from a long distance.

Just as Field had discovered Scarlett's pursuers long ago, the garrison scouts of Blue Sky City also discovered Field in advance.

Fortunately, Field kept urging the march, and at this time it was only an hour's march away from the city by infantry.

The city was quiet and peaceful, and even the sound of bagpipes exclusive to the Dragon Tower could be heard, and the "residents" sang and danced.

"Haha, we finally landed on the main continent. Our Dragon Tower Empire can rely on the land here in the future and become a continental country!"

"Great, but it's a pity that the damn Franvians occupied the other half of the city."

"Oh, what unfortunate news, sooner or later they will be sent to the dungeon to eat cockroaches with those lowly griffins."

"Are there still people from the Griffin Empire who have not been killed and kept as firewood?"

On the street, the bloodstains in the stone bricks had long dried up. The residents spoke foreign languages ​​and were beaming with joy.

As logistics personnel accompanying the army, they usually live in unowned houses and look like locals.

"Make way, gentlemen, please make way." A light cavalryman with a mustache and wearing red leather armor passed through the crowd.

"Hey, Mr. Fast Joe, look at this."

The cavalry looked in the direction of the sound and saw several enthusiastic girls wearing headscarves but without even a thread on their upper bodies. They painted strange but very beautiful oil paints on their bodies, using their chests as drums, causing the onlookers to whistle continuously.

"Oh my God, goddess, this is so beautiful, I want you to bake long bread."

"Then come to the 'mill' quickly, we have already gathered ten hardworking young men."

The cavalry waved their hands again and again: "No, a large group of enemy troops were found not far outside the city, and they might attack us. I have to report it immediately."

"Hahahaha."

The people on the street laughed and made happy sounds.

"You are so humorous. Those cowards were defeated by our army."

"I got the news from the wounded. The imperial army was defeated on all three fronts. Our army is attacking frantically. Where can we find the enemy?"

"The goddess of victory favors us! Long live, praise the great White Queen!"

"Joe, I think you are dizzy. Come on, have a glass of apple juice with girl's Apa tea."

The people on the street cheered again, not taking Field's army seriously at all.

In fact, "Fast Legs" Joe didn't take it seriously. He only saw a beggar army with "low morale and incomplete equipment". It was estimated that they were defeated deserters, running around like headless flies.

"Sorry, wait until I finish my mission and come back."

Joe took off his hat to the ladies, then hurried to the city lord's palace, and was told that the city lord was on the second floor.

Helpless, Joe could only climb the spiral staircase. To his surprise, a woman was sitting at the door of the bedroom. She was peeping into the bedroom through the crack of the door in a charming manner, and was drawing something on a piece of white paper.

"Spy!" Joe pulled out the cavalry sword at his waist.

"Shh~"

The woman turned around immediately and made a gesture to keep quiet, and Joe put down the sword for some reason. The other party was too beautiful, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

As a scout, she had seen countless beautiful God's Choices, but this was the first time she had seen such a high appearance.

Accompanied by the fragrance of the magnolia flower, the woman stood in a charming posture and looked at him with a smile: "Keep your voice down."

Her brown hair was slightly curled, and her low collar showed off her roundness. The blue ribbon around her waist dragged all the way to her bony ankles. Fortunately, her long legs were tall, otherwise it would be very inconvenient to drag it on the ground.

"Even if you let me dig out your heart, I will do it." Joe wanted to say this, but she was too shy to speak.

"I'm painting for the Lord of the City. You know, it's art." The woman's voice was very pleasant and gentle. She spread out the drawing board and showed Qiao the painting. "Everything that happened in it is so interesting, very impactful and intoxicating."

Hearing the fluent and authentic Longta language, Qiao was completely relieved that the other party was the God of Longta.

In the painting, a strong man was madly ravaging a thin woman.

The second painting was a tragic painting of the army entering the city and slaughtering civilians. It was painted in oil.

"This..."

The crazy picture was lifelike and real. Qiao swallowed unconsciously, and his mind became much clearer in an instant. Although he participated in the massacre, he was afraid at night. I really don't know how the woman in front of him dared to draw it.

"Mind your own business, don't mention my existence." Seeing the other party was afraid, the woman was disappointed and took two steps back, "I think you don't understand what art is."

"Yes, I still have to report the mission."

Joe knocked on the door: "Sir, there is an enemy army heading towards our city."

"What?" An angry voice came from inside, "Toothless stupid dog, the imperial army was defeated, where did the army come from."

"Not only me, but other scouts also saw it." Joe shrank his neck, "The other side has more than a hundred people, sir, I'm sorry, I can only count to a hundred."

"Damn Griffin Empire people, so annoying."

There was a sound of throwing heavy objects in the house, and then a strong man walked out, it was the city lord Neil: "Tell my God's Chosen Gemma to gather some soldiers in the city, and call the merchants to transfer some guards to help defend the city."

"Sir, should we go for help?"

"Go away, it's just some defeated troops. Asking for help will cost your trust! I don't want my superiors to think that I am a coward who is afraid of defeated troops."

"Yes, yes..."

Field came to the outskirts of Blue Sky City, and the city stood in front of him.

This prosperous small city is now extremely desolate, but the reinforced wooden city gate is still strong. There are some crossbowmen on the wall, not many in number. On the contrary, the crowd watching the excitement secretly squeezed onto the city wall and pointed at the troops led by Ye Mu, but they were not scolded by the soldiers.

"Sure enough, the defenses here are empty, and we will definitely be able to capture the food."

Field also saw through the small map that there was no ambush here.

"They're not afraid of us." Asheina wagged her tail in confusion.

"Ha, people's hearts are blind." Field motioned for Asuna to join him and drove his horse up to a high ground. "Look at our soldiers."

More than 2,000 defeated soldiers were picked up, and their morale was low. There were more than 500 mercenaries who were just hanging around, plus they had been marching for days. They were all dejected and disheveled, just like a bunch of poor beggars, coming to beg for food!

His direct cavalry were domineering, but they were responsible for supervising the army and preventing soldiers from escaping, so they were not seen.

"Ha ha ha ha."

"This is the army of the Griffin Empire? I swear, I can fight ten of them!"

On the distant city wall, the spectators and soldiers burst into merciless ridicule.