Chapter 67 (2/2)
”H spoke indifferently, ”In that case, do you know the military law?”
”I know,” The young man said with a pale face ”For desertion, death”
”Don't!” The girl at the side suddenly screamed She wanted to rush forward but she was stopped by two soldiers She wept and spoke, ”Do not kill him! Why must you kill him? I have already lost one brother in the war! Do you still want to killbrother?!”
Rody was the leader but he was also young and could not help but feel syhed and said, ”This is the military law of the Empire If everybody violated the law and was not punished, ould fight for the Empire?”
However, the girl was stubborn With tears in her eyes, she shouted at Rody loudly without fearing him ”Deserters?! My brother never wanted to be a soldier! It was you all who forced hio, ht and in the end, he died in battle! Last month, you came to take hirab our food! Now you want us to give you our lives!”
”Wait!” Rody stopped the two soldiers ere about to drag the young irl before inquiring, ”You said your brother was captured and forced to fight in the war?”
Ignoring her own frightened father's ritted her teeth ”Yes, you all tied him up! My eldest brother refused to be a soldier and then you all beat hi him away! My second brother also refused but you all hit o with you! Now that the war is over, on't you let o home?”
”Is there actually such a thing?!” Rody's face turned pale and he glanced at Sieg Sieg wrinkled his brows He was in the ars In arrisons often lacked troops However, they used a normal recruitment process and the recruited soldiers would be paid But according to the girl's claims, the officers must have embezzled the recruitment money and used violence to forcefully recruit soldiers This seeions
When Rody saw Sieg's face, he knew that the girl was not lying Since Sieg as , it irl spoke the truth
”Let hihed and was unable to understand his own feelings He was deterion to defend his home and country However, when he saw that the civilians hated the soldiers of the E
Sieg wanted to object but, re the story that was just related, he also re man was freed, he immediately rushed over to protect his father and sister
”Village head, can you prepare us some food? After that, can you also help us to find sory!” Rody no longer had the intention of pursuing the desertion issue with the falance and the soldier iold coins
The village head looked surprised at the soldier holding the gold coins and he soon shook his head ”Your Excellency, it is not that I don't want to but, really there is nothing left to eat”
”Why?”
”A few days ago, the ardom came here They already took all our food and left Noe only have a little bit of food left for ourselves There is nothing left to give”
”What?” Rody banged the table and stood up He then shouted, ”Why didn't you tell us earlier that the Great Moon Kingdom's army is nearby? How many of them are there? Where are they?”
The village head panicked His face turned pale and he sta man then replied, ”The last time they came here, there were not many They only had a few dozen cavalrymen However, it seees to look for food”
”Hrily They were rushi+ng desperately to reach Watt Fortress and join forces with the Northwest Legion without alerting the Great Moon Kingdodo, and the 10,000 tired soldiers would all be in great danger
”Is there anything else you have not told us?” Rody signaled for Sieg to sit down and looked at the young man
The village head'sman's face was pale and his eyes see for hi warned him in a ruthless manner, ”I will not pursue the fact that you are a deserter since His Excellency has pardoned you However, if you hide military information and do not report the a spy!”
The girl gritted her teeth, stood up and loudly said, ”They cao They took our food as well as a few of our villagers with theer They told us that if the Empire's army passed by, we had to burn sonal If we refused, they would kill the villagers they had captured!”
Sieg's face changed and he quickly ran out the door Sure enough, a few of the far out of their chimneys
”Where are they? Where is the Great Moon Kingdo man He may have been syht in the war and did not pursue him as a deserter However, what they just did made Rody furious
The girl was shocked at Rody's sudden rage She shrank back and shouted, ”They always came from the north! I… I did not burn any straws… After they left, dom but they did not listen to my father I really did not burn any straws I really did not”
Suddenly the sound of a horn ca that ca the north
”Some of you stay behind and watch the ordered as he rushed back into the courtyard After that, Rody followed him outside