Warhammer in a box

Chapter 21: Arrest people and horses!

Just as the reconnaissance cavalry wanted to get closer to investigate, Marcus and his men suddenly jumped down from the surrounding trees and pinned all the cavalry to the ground.

The sudden attack made it impossible for the knights to react and they immediately lost the chance to resist.

Looking at these strange humans who were pinning him down, the leading knight realized that no matter how hard he struggled, he was of no use, so he shouted loudly.

"Who are you! Let me go! I am a soldier under the Elector! Your attack on us is treason! You will be sent to the gallows!"

But when Marcus placed his sharp combat dagger on the cavalryman's neck, the cavalryman wisely shut his mouth.

"Be quiet! Don't talk!"

Marcus did not recognize any Elector. He skillfully tied up the three cavalrymen with ropes and stuffed cloth strips in their mouths.

These cavalrymen seemed to be well hidden, but they had already been discovered by Zhang Heng, who had a bird's eye view.

As Gurman's cavalry continued to explore the surrounding areas, the area that Zhang Heng could now directly observe from a bird's eye view was 50 kilometers centered on the city of Terra. These Thor cavalry were discovered by Zhang Heng as soon as they entered the range.

Zhang Heng didn't expect that Lord Sol would act so quickly. The battle had only been over for three days, and these imperial people had already sent scouts here. Zhang Heng didn't want to attract the attention of the empire so early, as he still needed time to develop.

So he directly ordered Marcus and his men to ambush the cavalrymen's route and capture them in one fell swoop.

As Marcus escorted these people all the way into the city of Terra, the tied-up cavalry became more and more surprised.

Along the way, they saw that almost all the adult men in the city were wearing armor, and their armor did not have the emblem of Thor's territory printed on it, but a double-headed eagle symbol that he could not understand.

"Where did these soldiers' weapons and armor come from?"

After the people in the city of Terra obtained the rank of soldier, each of them exuded the aura and murderous intent of a professional soldier.

"What's going on! Shouldn't there be only a few hundred soldiers in this city at most? How come there are so many professional soldiers?! Could it be that forces of other electors have invaded here? Are the orcs just a cover?" The cavalryman became more and more frightened the more he thought about it.

The people around were whispering as they watched the cavalrymen being escorted by Marcus and others.

"This emblem belongs to the soldiers of the Elector Count? How did they appear here? And they are being held by the gods?"

"Tsk, they are just a bunch of cowards. These nobles only know how to enjoy themselves. Why didn't they care about us when the orcs came?

If they really cared about us, they should have sent troops to help us earlier. Didn't you see that disgusting mayor? He is a member of the Elector's family, and he even took away our food supplies when he left! He didn't want us to live at all!
If the great God-Emperor hadn't helped us, we would have been killed and eaten by those orcs! Bah!"

"You're right! We bought this city with our own lives, and we fought off the orcs! Now you want to pick our fruits? Impossible! We have him backing us up, don't be afraid!"

Although the voices of people along the way were very low, the cavalry from Thor's territory could hear them clearly.

"What's going on?! These people killed the orcs themselves? And what about the God Emperor? It's over, it's over, things are getting serious, who dares to use this name carelessly!"

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He felt that he had heard something extraordinary. He even began to think that he would never be able to return alive. His legs began to tremble and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. When the three were escorted to a house, Ludwig was sitting in the house sorting out what had happened recently. The soldiers coaxed and deceived many refugees scattered in the forest and forced them to come out. Although these refugees were very resistant at first, thinking that they were being taken away as cannon fodder, they soon settled down after entering the city with good food and drink.

They felt that they were just some commoners who only knew how to farm. If they were deceived and wanted to kill them, who would feed them with fresh meat, fresh vegetables and fruits every day? Ordinary small nobles would not dare to eat like this every meal.

After a few delicious meals, the refugees happily joined in the glorious construction of Terra City. The population of Terra City has doubled. Ludwig arranged for the original residents of Terra City to publicize the greatness and deeds of the Emperor to these new members from time to time, striving to develop them into believers as soon as possible.

However, since they have not experienced the war together and have not witnessed Zhang Heng's miracles with their own eyes, it will take them some time.

Ludwig put down his work as he watched the three people being escorted into the house.

"Marcus, take the cloth out of their mouths."

As Marcus took out the cloth, the three knights immediately said, "I don't know anything. I didn't hear anything! Don't kill me, please don't kill me!"

Looking at the reactions of the three people, Ludwig sighed. Compared with the people in Terra City, they were too afraid of death. Then he asked the leader, "What's your name?"

"My name is Genadi, and I'm the captain of the scouts in Phaidol. The Elector sent me to check whether the town of Briston has been occupied by orcs." Genadi said nervously.

“Don’t be nervous, Genadi. I’m Ludwig. I used to be a captain in the Empire. Maybe we graduated from the same academy. As long as you don’t run away, I won’t kill you. You just have to stay here for a while. And as you can see, the orcs have been repelled by us, and the Dark Poison Clan no longer exists. This is no longer Briston, but Holy Terra!
We don't want to be enemies with the Elector, nor are we enemies of the Empire. We are all human beings, but we are afraid that the Elector will think we are a threat and do something out of line." Ludwig explained.

Hearing Ludwig's words, Gennady was shocked again. Although he had already guessed it, he was still shocked to hear Ludwig say in person that they killed an entire orc clan in one town.

"Okay, Marcus, please detain them first and find someone to watch them around the clock. Don't let them escape. It seems that the nobles of Sol Territory have slowly begun to pay attention to us. Imprisoning these cavalrymen can only delay them for a while. We have to speed up our pace."

At this moment, a team consisting of five Cadian soldiers and 100 silver-barred imperial swordsmen were gathering at the gate of Terra City.

Soldiers and residents continued to load boxes of goods onto the carriages, and soon twenty carriages were filled to the brim.

The car was full of vacuum-packed food sent by Zhang Heng, as well as various modern beverages, including red wine, white wine, beer, and even some tobacco. These things were all what Zhang Heng planned to trade with the dwarves in the Black Mountains in the south.

Terra needs some allies, and of course it needs gold and firearms! If there is anyone who has the most gold and various gems, it is definitely the dwarves who are natural miners.

Zhang Heng discovered uncomfortably that purchasing all kinds of supplies, even for supplying these small people, posed a serious threat to his empty wallet when the number of people gradually increased.

It was obvious that there was no gold to be found from these poor people, so Zhang Heng could only change his goal.

Moreover, the weapons and equipment for the extra two thousand people have not been found yet. He tried to put some modern gunpowder weapon models into the box. Although it is equally effective, it will also consume the power of faith.

The amount of faith power that would be consumed to equip an entire city's worth of modern weapons is something Zhang Heng cannot afford right now.

In order to save money, we can only rely on trade.

(End of this chapter)