Blood tax

Chapter 203 The Unseen Army

Griffith was quickly attracted by the article on the front page and began to study it carefully.

"...Prevention is also very important. A comprehensive plan must be made to eliminate snails, manage manure accumulation and egg removal, protect water safety, and prevent personal infection. Comprehensive measures must be carried out in a planned and step-by-step manner.

"In the past few years, Qiming County has carried out vigorous campaigns to fill old ditches, open new ditches, eliminate snails, and treat patients. 517 old ditches, with a total length of more than 31 meters, have been filled in to eliminate snails. More than 200 million square meters of soil, 119 new ditches were opened, with a total length of 15.6 meters, and more than 100 million square meters of soil were excavated.

"The whole county used various methods such as shoveling grass and manure to eliminate snails in house foundations, wall footings, tree stumps, and stone bridge crevices. After two years of hard work, the people of Qiming Town took the lead in eradicating the scourge of schistosomiasis-the snails. Soon after, The county has won decisive victories in the mollusc eradication battle.

"This is a war that actually combines public health campaigns with mass campaigns, and at the same time prevents blood-sucking bugs, and builds new water conservancy projects, killing two birds with one stone.

"We can also see the power of the masses from this, and mobilizing the masses will be invincible!

"Mr. Carter suffered from schistosomiasis and his belly was like a bulge. His family had prepared a thin coffin for him, but he was rescued and became a town secretary and a model worker.

"Beilun Village was originally a large village with more than 50 households and more than 500 people, but due to schistosomiasis, only 4 children and 48 widows were left, so it was called a 'widow village'. Ms. Emma is one of the widows Of the four remaining children in the village, two are her children, but she herself is in the late stage of schistosomiasis. Now, she has not only cured the disease, but also watched her children get married and start a business, and the family reproduced into a family Big family of 4 people.

"Construct water conservancy, fill up ravines, and eradicate the breeding grounds of schistosomiasis. Doctors were sent to treat the citizens, and Knight Roland came here to direct the battle in person. The snails were eliminated, and a water conservancy irrigation system was established to expand the area of ​​​​cultivated land. 1500 mu, and more than 3000 mu of irrigated area has been improved; thousands of sick people have all been treated and recovered. Those who used to "take a hoe and want to rest" are now "working all day long, getting drier Work harder'.

"Under the guidance of Knight Roland, Qiming County has become a large granary for thousands of miles of fertile land. Food-deficient areas have become surplus food areas, and poor households have become wealthy households..."

Griffith tapped the newspaper.This scene feels a little familiar.

During Raven's battle, he once thought of mobilizing grassroots militiamen, landlords, innkeepers, businessmen, housewives, and children to conduct investigations and find out the cultists who might be hiding in the neighborhood.

The job, well beyond his capabilities, turned into a rumour-intimidating campaign to rally citizens to stop the spread of infection.Let those illiterate, poor and timid civilians act for a common goal, just thinking about such a thing makes Griffith dizzy.

Judging from the results, the infection in the Lower City of Raven was indeed brought under control, which was also the basis for Griffith to rely on the materials and manpower there to attack the cult's lair and make a final decision.Although deception was used, if it was Lordes or Erza, they might not be able to do as well as Griffith.

For this result, he is actually very proud.until now...

Roland's work in Qiming Town was carried out in a dignified manner. He mobilized the residents in the territory, and used the simplest landfill and water conservancy projects to kill a batch of things that the superhumans failed to do.Those Bayeran wizards who knew the inside story must not be able to accept this reality in their hearts, so that blood-sucking worm disease has been eradicated in Qiming County, and they are not willing to say a few good words in newspapers and periodicals.

The illiterate poor have done things that the powerful with extraordinary powers cannot do.

Griffith had an inexplicable impulse, the cause of this desolate frontier touched his heartstrings, and made the inexplicable passion and heroism surge out.

He vaguely felt that he was also a participant and witness in this war to eradicate blood-sucking worms, a member of a brave and unstoppable collective.

He even had a wonderful hallucination from the heart, a door that had been sealed for a long time was cracking.

At this time, Roland knocked on the door and walked into the meeting room.He saw the pensive Griffith, then glanced at the headline "Send the Plague" in the newspaper he was holding.

Griffith raised his head, and at that moment, the eyes of the two intertwined, and he seemed to see some familiar and exciting scene.

This short illusion flashed by, and a man in a gray uniform followed the knight in.He raised his right hand, made a strange salute to Roland's ear, and reported loudly: "The combat troops have assembled, please give instructions."

"Move to the predetermined position and unfold," Roland stood up and said to Griffith, "Come on."

"What?" Griffith stood up hastily.

"Pack up your weapons, hurry up, if you hurry up, we can still catch up with the opening of the Wall of Sighs."

The Wall of Sighs?what is this?Griffith was attracted by this powerful name full of sadness and arrogance, and felt that it was like a manifestation of some kind of divine power in the world.There are still events happening beside this wall of sighs. Could it be related to some powerful mysterious force?

Fight, there must be a dangerous battle threatening here!

Mystery General Studies said that in the remote forests in the border areas, there are a large number of strange creatures.They may be peaceful for thousands of years, but suddenly one day some mysterious existence will pollute the water source and the grassland, and lead the creatures living on the land to madness and mutation.

……

Griffith followed the Roland knights away from the administrative center, headed northeast, and came to an empty valley.

The location here is easy to identify, as long as you cross this valley, you will be on the south bank of the vast Turan Swamp.There are ancient ruins and many relics hidden in the dark bushes and forests. After repeated searches by elf sentinels and rangers, most of the threats have been expelled, leaving a large number of relic buildings and texts to be explored. It is an ideal mystery. study place.

After coming here, Griffith was basically able to confirm that Knight Roland was indeed helping him.If he hadn't been expelled from the elven colony, he and his companions would gather with guides and hired workers at the nearby ferry in the next few days to investigate the Belomon ruins.

Here stood a wall, as gray as the town itself.Huge rocks are stacked tightly together with gray material, three meters high, one meter wide, and more than a kilometer long.

The walls stretched all the way to the eastern slopes, guarding farmlands, mines, and towns behind them.However, there is still a clear gap in the direction close to the swamp that has not been completed.

"We once built a complete wall, well, for a while," Knight Roland said with some regret, "It's a pity that the foundation near the swamp is not stable, and the western end of the Wall of Sighs has collapsed."

With such a powerful name as the Wall of Sighs, does it still collapse... Griffith slandered in his heart.

However, his muttering was quickly dispelled by the scene in front of him.

A group of armed people without military uniforms came from a distance and gradually appeared in front of the two of them.These people who looked like soldiers were lined up neatly, like a well-trained army.None of the people in the team had helmets, half of them wore breastplates and carried three-meter spears on their shoulders, while the other part carried black pipes on their backs.

Judging from their expressions and formation, these black pipes should be some kind of iron weapons, at least in terms of iron content, they shouldn't be weaker than spears.

There were more than 800 people in this team, and the leading big man raised his fist and pointed at the banner of the stars, and he turned out to be the subordinate of the Roland knight beside him.

In the vicinity of such a barren swamp, Griffith was a little surprised that a border knight could afford such a large-scale armed force.

These militiamen were divided into four columns and advanced along their respective roads.In the gaps between the queues, there were several teams pushing a two-wheeled carriage that they had never seen before. There was a dark and deep iron pipe between the huge wheels of the carriage, which was somewhat similar to the iron bars carried on the shoulders of the militiamen, but the size was enlarged by more than ten times.

Although their pace was not fast, their movements were very smooth, and they walked through the rugged mounds and ravines without any disorder, without any hindrance between them.The seemingly heavy carriage passed unimpeded in the flow of people, and when it encountered a depression in a pond, someone immediately spread wooden boards and poured sand and gravel, and even followed the walking queue.

When the team got closer, Griffith could already see the details clearly.This army rolled from the direction of the field. They were dressed in plain clothes, but they were very neatly washed. Although most of the marching militiamen looked nervous, no one made any noise. They were as quiet and coordinated as a precision clock.

Roland reined in his horse and stopped, admiring the army quietly, with admiration and complacency in his eyes.Then, he raised his whip and pointed at the gap in the gray wall in the distance, and asked Griffith:
"I heard that Lord Brandon withdrew the rebels in the west and stopped the tide of corpses in the east. What do you think of our militia battalion in Qiming Town today?"

Griffith didn't know how to answer for a while.Although he had served in the eastern army, fought with the kingdom's border guards and nobles' private army, and commanded the city defense army and militia, the team in front of him had a temperament that he had never seen before.

They seemed to have no experience in fighting. Most of them were not fierce, nor tall and strong. Among the hundreds of people, there was almost no psionic aura of Extraordinary, which naturally couldn't be compared with elite soldiers of humans, elves, orcs.

However, it is obviously wrong to say that they are a mob.From the broken plains of the west to the mountain tops of the extreme east, no militia or city defense army could be as orderly and organized as the army in front of them. There seemed to be immeasurable power hidden in the silence.

"Just looking at their marching, you can feel the difference." Griffith replied.

"Yes, very discerning." Roland laughed, and turned his gaze to the gap under the gray wall. The 800-man militia passed by the two of them, slowly slowing down in a column.

At this time, smoke and dust had already risen from the valley in the distance, and a murderous intent and ferocity attacked the bones if there was any substance.Griffith was taken aback, and hurriedly looked up, only to see hundreds of huge figures roaring in the swamps and hills in the distance, attacking in the direction of the gray wall.

Beast tide? !How could there be a beast tide.

"I forgot to tell you that recently, there have been unexplained abnormalities here. Many mutant beasts emerged from the swamp and forest, showing signs of attacking nearby towns," Roland said calmly, "We have to sigh Stop them under the wall."

At this time, the militiamen from Qiming Town had just arrived but hadn't formed their formation yet, and the monster's attack was unexpectedly stuck at such a critical moment!Griffith looked at Knight Roland in surprise, and found that he didn't care.

However, in less than a quarter of an hour, the beast tide will run over the heads of the militiamen!These more than 800 people have not set up positions, nor have they dug the most basic trench walls, how can they resist!
"Your Excellency Roland, the beast horde is approaching fiercely. Please shrink your troops and take shelter behind the Wall of Sighs." Griffith hesitated for a moment, but still suggested seriously.

"Oh, it doesn't matter." Roland shook his head indifferently, "If you can't handle this, it will be useless after all."

What?what are you saying?Griffith found himself once again unable to understand the other party's thoughts.However, just when he was gritting his teeth and preparing to step forward to limit the time, an amazing scene happened.

Different flags were suddenly erected in the four columns advancing to the gap, and bright drums immediately sounded in the team.Immediately afterwards, the flag came to a standstill like a hub of bearings, the militiamen following behind slowed down, and the militiamen at the center and end of the column began to speed up at the same time.

The fragmented column that was divided on the gully rotated freely to the left and right in a blink of an eye, like a deep-sea octopus extending its tentacles in all directions.

The tense-looking militiamen followed the rhythm of the drums and smoothly changed from column to horizontal.Among them, three rows of horizontal teams holding black iron bars spread out towards the front, and two rows of pikemen followed steadily behind them. After only 5 minutes, five neat rows of battle lines were formed standing in the gap in the gray wall.

Ah, this!Griffith was stunned by the militia's quick maneuvers and smooth turns.

This is the militia?

The six carriages in the team moved towards both sides of the battle line, and did not stop until the two ends of the queue.The coachman and auxiliary soldiers took out cloth bags one by one, stuffed black particles into the black tube with a thick wooden stick, and then filled them with black balls one by one.

Some people with unique emblems in the team raised their signal flags and turned to look in Roland's direction.

The rapid drumbeat stopped abruptly, and the gray army was once again placed in silence and silence, but there seemed to be some kind of palpitating vortex churning in the silent air.

The animal horde was already wrapped in astonishing smoke, approaching to a distance of 400 meters with howling.Griffith could even vaguely see the glint of light in their terrifying red eyes and terrifying claws.

Roland rode forward, glanced at his subordinates, raised his whip and pointed straight ahead, "Reliable comrades, please speak!"

　Note that the rules of this world cannot be completely substituted into the magical and mysterious world.Later, Griffith will make an occupational disease to cast commentary
　　
　
(End of this chapter)