Chapter 385

As Nord led the army into the Ximan Kingdom, Nord found that the civilians here were really hurt by the principality before. Only 20 kilometers deep into the border did Nord see the trace of civilians in the Ximan kingdom in a small town.

This is a very ordinary town. Even Nord has never heard of its name. Ramsey town should have been a peaceful and peaceful town, but Nord can see from the mottled blood on the city wall that this town often encounters war.

After Nord's army arrived outside the city, the farmers who had been working outside ran back to the town in fear, and then closed the dilapidated gate of the town. From the degree of the dilapidated gate, it has not been repaired for a long time, or it has not been replaced after it was damaged in the previous war.

Outside the closed city gate, Nord felt a little heavy. He looked up at the low city wall of the town. There was no soldier to defend. The civilians of these towns seemed naive to think that with this city gate, they could stop the 20000 army led by Nord. This practice looked sad and ridiculous in Nord.

Nord looked at the tall Aru around him and motioned him to open the city gate. After receiving the order, ARU rushed to the city gate with the huge iron bar in his hand. With a powerful knock, the old city gate became fragmented, and the inside and outside of the city became very quiet, as if everyone was frightened by Aru's terrible fighting power.

After breaking the gate, ARU returned to Nord with heavy steps. Behind him was a lonely town. Compared with Aru, who was huge and wearing iron armor, the town seemed so weak and vulnerable.

Nord didn't immediately order the siege, but just waited. Under the influence of 20000 troops, the town was like an ant in Nord's footsteps. It might be flattened by carelessness, but Nord didn't have the heart to do so and didn't let Nord wait long.

In the shabby city gate, an old man came to Nord tremblingly. He looked at the army behind Nord in great fear. When he came to Nord, he fell to his knees with a plop. Nord looked at the old man kneeling in front of him. There was not much expression on his face, but turned over and dismounted and walked to him.

"Get up and talk."

The old man in shabby clothes stood up slowly when he heard Nord's words, and then the face covered by wrinkles appeared in front of Nord. Nord didn't know how to describe the old man's face in front of him. It was like a knife of life, which left a deep mark on his face, and each wrinkle was mixed with suffering.

The old man who stood up trembled and dared not speak, and even dared not look directly at Nord. He kept looking down at the ground, as if he had committed a great crime. Nord crossed the old man's figure and looked at the town behind him. Through the city gate, Nord vaguely saw some people's eyes injecting the situation outside the city.

"What about the Lord of this town? Why don't you come out to see me?"

"If you return to the noble master, the Lord of our town was captured in the last war. Now there is no lord in our town."

After listening to the old man's answer, Nord understood why there were no soldiers on the city wall. It may be that the Principality of Bethel captured those nobles after occupying here last time, and then such a thing happened in the Principality of Bethel before exchanging prisoners. The captured nobles did not know where to go, I haven't been able to return to my territory now.

In other words, the town is actually an empty city, with no soldiers stationed at all. After learning about this situation, Nord led his knights to the city, but it's better for the army to stay outside the city.

Following the old man, Nord walked into a small town on the border of the Ximan kingdom. After entering, Nord found that the buildings here were completely different from those of the Principality of Bethel, or from the city of Bellon. Nord could see the architecture of the Eresin empire from these buildings, but it was not as magnificent as that of TEWIN.

In Nord's view, the buildings of the Ximan Kingdom have fallen back a lot compared with those in the past, of course, not to mention the Duchy of Bethel. They have few artistic cells and are full of fighting. All buildings are tall and solid.

There are not many residents in the town, and the small town is still a little empty. It seems that years of war and looting have done great harm to the town. Nord looked at the nervous old people around him and the civilians looking at the soldiers behind Nord with frightened eyes

"I'm Nord, king of the kingdom of Damon. I'm here to avenge my ancestors. The resentment between the ISAAC family and the Ximan royal family will not be involved, you civilians, so you don't have to worry at all. Now I'll give you a task."

When Nord saw these thin civilians of the Ximan Kingdom, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes. They clearly occupied the rich land, but they still lived so hard. From their yellow and skinny faces, the lives of these civilians were not very good.

Now Nord has no spare energy to manage them. Nord has to fight with the Ximan kingdom as soon as possible, but Nord can't ignore them. Therefore, Nord had to think of a method that can barely help them and help them through these difficult days.

"I hope you can spread a message in the nearby territory that the original owner of this land, the eagle Isaac family, has returned. Nord of the kingdom of Damon is a very kind king. All civilians living in the kingdom of Damon will not be bullied by any nobles, and can live a happy life with plenty of food and clothing."

In addition to giving these civilians some remuneration, Nord wanted more people to know that Nord's war against the Ximan kingdom was completely reasonable and legal, which was a personal grudge between the ISAAC family and the Ximan royal family.

Although such news is not very helpful to the battle, it can reduce the rebellious psychology of these civilians towards Nord, because Nord's current Kingdom inherits the mantle of the Principality of Bethel. However, in the hearts of the civilians of the Ximan Kingdom, the people of the Principality of Bethel are no different from the devil. Nord doesn't want his kingdom to bear the black pot of the Principality of Bethel.

Just like in Bellon, if you can have some good reputation among the civilians, it will be very beneficial to the future rule. Nord doesn't want to live in the occupied land with hatred and civilians against himself. This is too passive for Nord. Especially now Nord is fighting away, Nord must turn passivity into initiative.

Even if doing so will consume a lot of materials, and the workload of spreading information is not directly proportional to the materials paid by Nord. These civilians of Ximan Kingdom only need to use their words to get a lot of materials from Nord, which is particularly cost-effective for them, but Nord has not suffered a loss. Nord can earn more from these reputations.