Rise In Calradia

Chapter 359: Home in the Ruins

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Thousands of soldiers and thousands of strong men were constantly shocked by the sights they saw along the way. From the earl lord to the poorest peasants, they had never seen such a situation.

From this forest camp originally used for hunting by the nobles to the Amila Fort, there are many villages and manors. This area can be called the heart of the Amila region. These prosperous villages are the nodes and the towns Trade and personnel flow can be carried out safely and quickly, and all kinds of products can be transported to the required areas in time. Under the 100-year management of the Leyland family, these villages have almost a few good houses, small but well-equipped churches, and at least one guard tower for militia guards and patrols. The permanent population is more than 300 people. From between these villages, Cibyron can see a thriving scene.

But now... all people can see is sadness and ruin.

Houses collapsed, chambers collapsed, even churches full of people's faith collapsed. The hard ground is full of cracks, like being scratched by many huge claws, tearing the ground apart and destroying the building. The tall windmill lay miserably on the ground, and the broken fan blade was half buried in the ruins. Next to it was the millstone that fell to the ground during the earthquake. Only half of the broken plank remained standing, but without the breeze, this broken plank would tremble in the wind and make a creaking sound. The animals that were not taken away wandered aimlessly among the ruins of the village, and wild dogs and mice also began to enter the village looking for food.

The people who originally lived in this village were stunned. They felt grief for their homes and their houses and real estate, but they were delighted that they had escaped. If Lord Byron hadn't told them to leave, most of them would have died in this disaster.

Every time he passes through a village, Byron will leave the local residents to check whether there are wounded or dead, and ask them to go to the ruins to recover the property and food that were not transferred in time. If there are animals that can be captured, it will be great. Nevertheless. Byron also left some soldiers to assist them. After all, facing the crumbling and ruined houses and ruins everywhere, there were not many people.

The large army marched all the way to collect and rescue the villages passing by. Fortunately, Byron had enough influence in the local area for more than a year to allow the people to accept his orders, so there were only a few stubborn. The Buhua guy hid when everyone left the village, and then was buried in a deep sleep during that disastrous night.

The crowd walked along the deformed and cracked road, starting with some light in the early morning until the afternoon of the same day. Each of them wanted to hurry up, but after the earthquake, Amira’s roads were completely destroyed. Some roads were full of cracks. Some bridges that passed streams and small rivers also collapsed completely, especially those collapsed buildings and dumped ones. Trees, they walked all the way and had to clear the road all the way. But even so, several roads leading to the mountain villages were completely buried by the falling soil and rocks, and the villagers there could not go back for a short time.

But everything I saw along the way was not as shocking as what I saw in Fort Amila.

The towering Linshan city wall collapsed. Three of the four walls collapsed. There was also a gap on the remaining side that was large enough to fit a carriage. The damage was so severe that you can see it clearly from two miles away. Chu. Wood and stones are scattered everywhere, and there are large rocks that rolled over fifty steps away from the city wall. Atiman only fixed them there a few months ago, but no matter how good the craftsmanship is, Can not withstand such a natural disaster.

And in the town outside the city wall, there is also a mess. There is no complete building on both sides of the street, gravel, wood and rubble buried the street, shops, barns, town halls and churches no longer exist. A few did not collapse in the earthquake, but now the crumbling building interior is extremely fragile, and it feels like a strong person will collapse with a push. Ninety percent of the town under the fort was in ruins. People walked through the ruins carefully, collecting all the available materials from their houses in the past.

Fortunately, Fort Amira is very close to the town. The residents here were directed by Byron himself to evacuate. Even the beggars followed, and no domestic dogs and livestock were left behind, so there was no one in the disaster that destroyed the entire town. Death is really a blessing in misfortune.

The people who followed stayed in the town to collect supplies and clear the rubble that blocked the road. Byron led the army forward, stepping on the fragments of the broken city wall, passing through the non-existing city gate, and reaching under his castle.

The castle that Count Tazias spent decades building is very strong, and he has learned this deeply in the siege initiated by Byron before.

But now, the western corner of the castle has collapsed. There are the castle’s storage rooms, armory, and some servants’ residences and some empty rooms that can be used as guest rooms or other functions. This place is also made of rock, and it was built during the rule of Amila by Earl Leyland, so it should be very strong. But because the rock in this part is harder than the rest of the castle, the terrain is slightly different from the main fort by a few meters, and there is even a clear partition at the connection, but it was not accepted with the entire castle during the earthquake. The test of the earthquake was to resist the impact of the earthquake, and then under the terrifying vibration, from the inside, one stone and one wall collapsed and shattered little by little, and finally caused the collapse of the entire side fort.

But this is good enough. After all, the other two thirds of the castle are still standing. Although there are cracks and falling rocks in many places, it is easier to repair it than to rebuild a castle. And the most fortunate thing is that rocks fell off the mountain after the castle during the earthquake. Tens of thousands of pounds of stones rolled down from the mountain, but they slid along the mountain to the other side of the mountain and fell to the side of the castle. Instead of smashing the castle, with the help of inertia and the vibration of the earthquake, the home that Byron had lived in for more than a year was smashed into pieces.

But this also reminded Byron. Now it is raining in the sky. Although it is still light rain, the dark clouds in the sky tell him that the rain will definitely get heavier~lightnovelpub.net~If you don't want a terrible landslide And if the more terrible mudslides happen, they will have to prepare quickly.

The soldiers pushed the gate cautiously, but the earthquake shook the stone bricks at the gate of the city. The gate of the castle was jammed. The soldiers didn't dare to hit them so hard that they would not fall a few stone bricks and smash their heads. Dozens of people took a lot of effort to reopen this gate so that subsequent people can enter the castle hall.

As Byron thought, the castle was just as terrible. Byron took away the gold and silver treasures as well as the valuable furniture and decorations, but there were still too many things to take away. In today’s castles, stone pillars cracked, walls swayed, furniture toppled, beams and pillars collapsed. Several rooms were almost buried by smashed ceilings. The stairs were also shaken off by several corners, but they should still be usable. If you dare to use it.

Looking at the earl’s seat lying on the ground, Byron’s heart felt a little uncomfortable. Although he had seized the castle, he was used to it. He is still living here and giving birth to children. The miserable situation today is really letting people go. resignedly.

But Byron didn't have much time to feel sad. He didn't know if there would be aftershocks, so he ordered to collect useful things as soon as possible and take them out. In addition, he found an open space as a camp for temporary resettlement.