Mount and Blade: Summon five outlaws at the start

The atmosphere in the reception room seemed a bit heavy. The sunlight came in through the window, but it couldn't dispel the haze in Hod's heart.

"Yes, the letter clearly mentioned that the Kuyel people are advancing eastward. They have looted and burned several villages in the Kingdom of Estra."

"Not only that, these Kuyel people even broke through several castles."

Hod, who was sitting in the first seat, had a calm expression. He slowly said: "Angana ordered us to lead at least fifty elite soldiers who have been strictly trained and fully armed to rush to Milda Castle with them."

Paul, who was standing aside, frowned when he heard this, and subconsciously held the letter in his hand tightly.

He asked anxiously: "Boss, should we send troops over?"

After a moment of silence, Hod stretched out his fingers and gently tapped the long wooden board in front of him. As the knocking sound echoed in the air, he seemed to be thinking about a countermeasure.

After a while, he raised his head with a solemn look on his face: "We must go. If we refuse to execute this order, I am sure that Angana will definitely lead his army to wipe us out in one fell swoop before leaving."

After listening to this, Paul nodded silently, indicating that he agreed with Hood's point of view.

Hood continued: "At present, most of our Valandian recruits are only at the first level. Although there are many of them, once the war really starts, their combat effectiveness may be unable to withstand the fierce attack of Angana's army. Besides, the cost of recruiting these recruits is not low..."

Speaking of this, Hood sighed helplessly.

After hearing this, Paul's heart jumped suddenly, as if he was hit by an invisible electric current.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then cautiously said: "Boss, since it is expensive to recruit new recruits from Valandia, why not recruit more robbers? The recruitment cost of robbers is much lower than that of new recruits from Valandia."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hood frowned slightly, lowered his head and fell into deep thought. After a moment, he slowly raised his head and nodded thoughtfully: "Well... Paul, you have a point. It is indeed as you said. The recruitment cost of robbers is low and the formation speed is fast. At first glance, it seems to be a good choice."

However, Hood changed the subject and continued: "But we can't just see their advantages and make a blind decision. You are also a robber. I think you also know what the biggest problem of robbers is."

"They are unorganized and undisciplined. They are used to being free and undisciplined on weekdays. If it is a small-scale melee, relying on them 's fierceness and bravery, and perhaps they can cope with it with ease. "

"But once the scale of the war expands and they need to face a large-scale enemy army, their chaotic and disorderly state will not work. "

"After all, they don't know what it means to fight in formation. Facing a well-trained and well-equipped regular army, they are probably not opponents. Therefore, we still have to carefully consider whether to recruit a large number of robbers. "

After saying that, Hood slowly raised his head, and a strong doubt suddenly appeared in his eyes: "Paul, why do you seem to expect me to continue to recruit robbers? Is there any special reason for this?"

At this time, Paul, whose thoughts were exposed on the spot, couldn't help feeling embarrassed, and an unnatural smile appeared on his face, which was originally calm.

He looked at Hood awkwardly, and then he explained: "Boss, you see, there are too many new Valandian recruits in our team now, and everyone is more or less worried..."

Hearing this, Hood frowned slightly and asked: "Worried? What are you worried about?"

Seeing that his thoughts were completely exposed, Paul simply stopped hiding anything.

He first took a deep breath, as if he wanted to exhale all the worries and uneasiness in his heart with this breath.

Then, he straightened his face and said seriously and solemnly: "Boss, think about it, the first ones to follow you and accompany you in bloody battles until today are us robbers!"

"But now, with the appearance of a large number of Valandian recruits, the brothers are worried that you will focus more on the Valandian recruits because of the arrival of these Valandian recruits, and thus ignore all the efforts we have made and the contributions we have made for you."

After listening to Paul's detailed explanation, Hood's face was suddenly filled with a complex expression of astonishment and surprise.

To be honest, he never thought thatThe robbers who seemed carefree and fearless on weekdays actually worried about such a thing.

After a moment of silence, Hood's originally calm face was gradually covered with solemnity.

He frowned tightly, stared at Paul in front of him with a torch-like gaze, and asked again: "Paul, tell me honestly, do Nott and the others think so too?"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the entire reception room seemed to be frozen, and it was so depressing that people could not breathe.

Facing Hood's serious and sharp questioning, Paul couldn't help feeling helpless and bitter.

He sighed for a long time, and this sigh seemed to carry thousands of words, but it was hard to say.

Then, he nodded gently but firmly, giving Hood a clear answer with this simple action.

Yes, Nott, Monkron and the others did think so.

Seeing this, Hood suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart, and the anger instantly erupted like a volcanic eruption.

He stood up suddenly, his eyes wide open, veins popping out on his forehead, and shouted loudly at the door of the reception room: "Nott, get in right now!!!"

The roar was like thunder, resounding throughout the reception room, and even the surrounding walls seemed to tremble slightly.

Nott walked in with a bewildered look on his face. He first looked at Paul standing aside carefully, and then turned his gaze to Hood who was in a rage, scratching his head and stammering: "Head...what...what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"

However, Hood had no intention of paying attention to Nott's doubts and confusion at this time.

He just stared at Nott in front of him and questioned word by word: "I'm asking you a question now. Are you worried that when the new recruits from Valandia appear, I will completely ignore you old players?"

After hearing this, Nott froze in his place.

He widened his eyes and showed an unbelievable expression on his face. Obviously, he didn't expect that Hood would be so direct to expose the concerns that had been hidden deep in his heart.

After a long time, he came back to his senses from the initial astonishment, but he still seemed a little hesitant.

Finally, after a fierce ideological struggle, he slowly nodded and admitted that he did have such an idea.