My name is Ren

Chapter 173 Smart people have smart ideas, and idiots have idiot ideas, they are all clever tricks!
The setting sun is like blood.

The blood on the black armor had solidified and turned into a dark red solid. With a long sword in his hand, a soldier of the Black Armor Army kicked over a lying "corpse".There was a wound on the corpse's shoulder, and blood had already soaked his neckline.The corpse's face was as pale as paper, his teeth were clenched, and his lips were bruised.The soldier of the Black Armored Army glanced calmly and found no other wounds on the corpse. He stepped on the uninjured other arm of the corpse, and held the sword hilt tightly with both hands and raised it high.

The corpse trembled slightly, and before he could react, the long sword fell down abruptly.The blade left a cold light in the air, and with a puff, the tip of the sword directly pierced into the corpse's throat.The corpse actually reacted, the injured arm twitched and clutched the blade tightly, blood flowed from his fingers, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't avoid the end of death.He kicked his legs wildly and twisted his body crazily. The black-armored soldier drew out his long sword indifferently, and watched indifferently as the corpse turned into a real corpse.

He squatted down, touched the corpse, took out two silver coins and stuffed them into his arms, then turned his gaze to another corpse beside him that had been split in two from the waist.His hand stretched flexibly along the gap in the upper body armor of the corpse, and touched the corpse's chest.He took out a handful of copper coins and silver coins and put them into the money bag in his arms.

From the very beginning of the battle, Thor had firmly secured the victory.Ren also discovered that the reason why he was called a genius was not because of his genius in command, but because of his genius.The church has tens of thousands of Templar Knights, but there are only a handful of people who can maintain a large-scale detection of evil, which consumes a lot of magic.Others are playing a cold weapon war game from the No.1 perspective, while he is playing a real-time strategy game from God's perspective.

Different modes have different natural effects.

After the hidden cavalry of the rebels were scattered and defeated by the 250-man Knights Templar, there was no suspense in the war.It's just that shameless, it's just that shameless, there's nothing to say about it.Montel knew that the situation was over, and after enduring this failure, he was also close to collapse.Years of planning failed, and the gap in his heart crushed his reason.He raised his sword and killed himself before being captured.

When he fell to the ground, at the last moment of his life, he suddenly recalled his young self that year.Impulsive, aggressive, blindly obedient, all the problems that young people should have appeared in him. When did he become like that?Maybe it was the moment when he knew that he was going to enter the Imperial Higher Academy?Excellent grades made him swell, he felt that the world was under his feet, and as long as he reached out to pick it up, the world could be manipulated by him.

He was not convinced, he was not convinced until death, even though he realized his mistake, he was still not convinced.He thinks that he did not lose to Rennes, not to himself, but to this era.

Slowly closing his eyes reminded him of the days he used to live at home, why couldn't he feel the slightest joy in those ordinary days?On the contrary, the life of the past few years made him feel like he was truly alive, and even his breathing became much lighter.

With a long sigh, he let out the last breath of life in his chest. Only at this moment did he realize that it wasn't the nobles he resented all these years, but his own humbleness.

So this is ah!
The tragic battlefield was swept back and forth twice, leaving no one alive.This war caused the Black Armor Army to lose more than 700 people. This figure made Renn's face gloomy and terrifying, and he could not see the joy brought by victory at all.This number was much more than he had imagined. Even though Saul comforted Rennes by saying that the proportion of battle damage was astonishing enough, Rennes still kept his face.Every soldier is his precious wealth, and losing any of them is enough to make him feel distressed, let alone losing so much in one breath?

He gritted his teeth and decided that once he returned to Ortrenburg, he would let that bastard Gail develop more reasonable armor and protection measures. If he couldn't do it, he would really take him to melt gold.

After cleaning the battlefield, after a short rest, Ren's anger boiled again.

As a reinforcement, Westin not only failed to attack the rebels back and forth when necessary, but still tightly closed the city gate after the war ended.Those soldiers who dared not even go up the city wall actually climbed onto the city wall again, watching the battlefield outside the city and the group of soldiers in black armor vigilantly.

What are they guarding against?
Ren was naturally very clear in his heart that they were guarding against him, Ren, and his black armor army!
I have traveled thousands of miles to rescue you, but you are so indifferent, how could Renn calm down.He suppressed his anger and had someone send a letter to Westin City.He asked Westin to open the city gate immediately to welcome the black armored army into the city to rest, and asked the nobles and merchants in Westin to reward the army for three days.

However, what he didn't expect was that the Lord of Westin actually refused Rennes' request!

The reason is that the lord of the city is sick and unable to receive Rennes, let Renn take his army back first, and after the lord of the city recovers from illness, he must invite Rennes to visit Westin.Of course, along with this reason, there are also supplies worth less than a thousand gold coins, which is considered to have sent Ren away!
Looking at the many subordinates and the neat queue of the Black Armored Army, a smile gradually appeared on Ren's face, but his eyes were extraordinarily cold.

Facing the envoy, he didn't show any good looks, "Tell the idiots in the city to take out [-] horses, [-] gold coins, and [-] liters of gems, and we will leave naturally. If they refuse, we will take them with our own hands. ", he squeezed out a few words that made the envoy change color, "Peace, or war, choose!"

The information brought back by the envoy caused the whole city lord's mansion to be almost quarreled. The merchants and dignitaries were arguing with each other red-faced. If the city lord hadn't suppressed them, they might have started fighting.

Five thousand war horses, ten thousand gold coins, and five liters of precious stones. The city lord will not accept this account. He left the choice to other dignitaries and businessmen in the city.No one wanted to go to war with Rennes, so they chose peace. However, who paid more and who paid less became the focus of debate.No one can afford such a huge expense alone, and it was proposed to share it equally by head, but the small merchants immediately broke out.

For big businessmen, hundreds of gold coins, dozens of war horses, and a few gems are at most enough to make them feel pain for a while, without hurting their muscles or bones.But those small businessmen are different, perhaps these contributions are all their belongings.They argued hard and demanded that the expenditure should be distributed according to the degree of rich and poor, but the big businessmen disagreed again.In fact, the big businessmen proposed to divide the money equally by head, so it might be that they had the idea of ​​running those small businessmen out of bankruptcy.

With fewer competitors, this part of the loss can naturally be made up from other places. It is not a loss at all, but a very cost-effective deal.The small businessmen who had already seen through the ideas of the big businessman united together, resolutely opposed, unwavering, and even shouted the slogan to let Rennes enter the city.

The city lord was also very impatient in the face of the noise, "This will not work, and that will not work, what are you going to do?!"

Faced with the city lord's inquiry, everyone shut their mouths wisely, and the city lord actually did this.Wouldn't it be fine if he promised to let Ren enter the city?Rewarding the army for three days is nothing more than a matter of one or two hundred gold coins, and it is hard to calculate a thousand gold coins at the end.Every family can pay thirty or fifty gold coins to settle the matter, and do it beautifully.As a result, the city lord was afraid that Ren's dominance would be affected after entering the city, so he actually rejected Ren's request.

And Ren's cruel reaction caught everyone by surprise. The wolf was driven away in front, and the tiger came behind...

Facing the silent crowd, the city lord looked at his chief of staff. The chief of staff was slightly taken aback, but could only bite the bullet and walked out. He bowed and saluted, dripping with cold sweat.Just when he was at a loss and was a little hairy when he was looked at by the city lord, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and blurted out, "Didn't you say that you are sick? Why don't you just keep pretending to be sick and let Ren come into the city. As long as you If you don't recover for a day, you can't answer him for a day. You have been avoiding him all the time, and if you want to come to Rennes, you will not be strong. After all, you have done nothing wrong. What he did is that he has not yet rebelled against the entire Bell Province. As long as you delay for a while, he will definitely leave Westin and return to Ortrenburg on his own initiative."

It seemed that the more he thought about it, the more he felt it made sense, and the smoother he said, "The situation in Bell Province is so complicated now, he won't stay here for long, and he will definitely return. Once he leaves, you can compensate him a little bit more." Things, don’t you just end this matter? Even if he questions and reprimands you after he goes back, you can find any reason to perfuse it.”

"What if he asks us directly for money and things?" A businessman asked with a worried expression
The chief of staff snorted a few times proudly, "It's easy to handle, just push everything to the city lord, and just say that everything must be decided by the city lord. He is a viscount, and the city lord is also a viscount. He always cares about the nobles. Decent, at most it is sulking, when the time comes for us to beat and scold, does he really dare to kill people?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, what do you think, how do you feel that this idea is a bit wrong.But no one made a sound, and they all remained silent.

The chief of staff smiled and said, "Of course, the city lord has spared everyone from going bankrupt. This year's tax will always be halved as compensation. You don't have any objections, do you?"

The city lord was also hesitant at first, but when he heard what the chief of staff said, his eyes lit up with gold.This half is for nothing, he will not foolishly hand it over to the empire, all will fall into his pocket.He patted his belly, looked at everyone with a smile, nodded and said, "I think this idea is good."

(End of this chapter)