Come to another world and become a lord

Chapter 112 Win 3 cities in a row

Using the same strategy, Carl later captured the two baronies of Wilson and Elton without bloodshed. In this land with strong religious beliefs, most people were not alert when facing witch hunters.

This is not necessarily because the lords lack wisdom, but often they are under social pressure. Maybe they themselves do not believe in the church's words, but their subordinates believe in it. After all, those guards and militiamen are just peasants at the bottom of society. They lack education and entertainment, and faith has become their only spiritual support.

This is what Carl had overlooked before. As a modern man who traveled through time, he naturally ignored the power of the church. It was not until Gregory's arrival that he realized the seriousness of the problem.

This is an invisible right. It is not as direct as force, but it is more effective than force. The power of the church permeates every aspect of daily life.

And now that the Northern Inquisition is under his control, this power will also be used by him.

He still clearly remembered that when the witch hunters first came to Rickburg, his guards didn't even dare to draw their weapons against them. Since he encountered this kind of situation here, it was the same in other territories.

In three days, three baronies had been captured, but Morton was completely unaware.

Edgar Wilson of Wilson County fell to his knees just like Baldo did. Carl extended an olive branch of friendship to him: he invited his family to visit Rickburg. The only problem was that Edgar was only 30 years old, in the prime of life, with a young and beautiful wife, two young and ignorant children, and an old mother. This age was quite dangerous. In troubled times, abandoning wives and children was normal. After all, they were young and could have more children. However, Carl did not have much choice. After all, the troops were limited, so he just believed it.

However, Karl had a way to deal with this. He accepted Edgar's surrender, but the prerequisite was that he join the expeditionary army. So most of the soldiers in Wilsenburg were required to garrison on the spot, while Edgar himself set out with a force of more than 40 people. Karl also specially selected people from his own headquarters to expand his troops, and appointed Jim as his adjutant to accompany him. It was more like being forced into battle than fighting together.

The other baron of Elton, Raymond Elton, was the opposite. After being captured, he refused to surrender. Carl tried to persuade him three times, but he was as hard as a rock. He didn't expect that Morton had such a loyal minister. He admired him from the bottom of his heart, so he ordered the execution of the whole family of the other party. He also wrote a letter to Baldo, asking him to send troops to take over the castle. After all, the old man is definitely more trustworthy than the young man.

Of course, the Inquisition card was not always so useful. When the troops continued to move south to Rodburg, they encountered a tough opponent. The local lord, Parn Rod, was less than 20 years old. His alertness and sharpness were beyond Carl's imagination. He directly stopped the witch hunter team led by Amira and refused to let them enter the city. The young man was young and energetic, and even directly ordered the archers to aim at the witch hunters under the city. Seeing that the soldiers were hesitant to move, he grabbed a bow and shot an arrow directly at Amira's feet.

This move was unexpected to Carl.

“Did he notice something was wrong?” he asks Amira.

“I think he just doesn’t want witch hunters in to harm the people,” Amira says with admiration.

This is also possible, Carl touched his chin and thought, after all, the common people may not understand what kind of people the witch hunters are like, but these lords have more or less an idea in their hearts.

"So you are a lord who loves his people like his own children?" Carl teased half-jokingly.

"Selena and Jim have arrived." Alia said, "Are we going to attack by force next?"

Carl didn't say anything, but just thought with his hands on his chin. The deployment of troops he made at this time was: Amira led a dozen witch hunters to lead the way, he and Alia followed with nearly 20 knights, Selena, Jim and Edgar brought all the infantry and the remaining knights to keep a certain distance from them.

Now Rickburg has three baronies, and the total number of infantrymen is more than 100. In addition, the number of refugees in Rickburg has continued to increase in the past month. In Alia's opinion, instead of letting them become criminals and hooligans and endanger the city, it is better to organize them to serve in the war.

In fact, they were willing to do so. They were worried about their chances of survival. When they heard that they were going to fight, they could rob food, money and women. The brave and fearless ones were tempted and gathered about 100 people at once. This group of people had a distinctive feature. They did not know how to form a military formation or line up, but they were good at fighting. Many of them were thugs and bullies in the past and were very fierce. For such a group of people, there was no need to give them any protective gear or armor. They were just cannon fodder after being given a weapon.

Now there are more than 200 or even close to 300 troops. It would be too conspicuous to directly step into other people's territory, so most of them choose to station and wait in the woods close to the target territory.

Should we use these people now? Karl thought, but at least there are only about 200 people, which is definitely not enough to force an attack on the city.

“How about we try the same trick we used against Gregory?” Amira asks suddenly.

Using lightning to pretend to be a god? With the card of the Inquisition in hand, it would indeed be more convincing. Carl nodded:

"Try it~ But don't hit your own people this time."

"I'll shorten the time this time." The female mage nodded.

So an operation started over Rodburg. In order to avoid being seen, Carl deliberately let the female mage hide in his tent.

The thunder and lightning did not last too long, but it killed an adjutant. When a dark cloud gathered over the city wall and thunder roared, everyone could see that something was wrong and the guards fell into panic. In order to calm the troops, the adjutant ran to the top of the city wall, drew his sword and shouted, and then he was struck mercilessly by the first lightning. Unfortunately, he was still wearing iron armor.

After casting the spell, the female sorceress quickly ran out of the tent and led the witch hunters to rush to the enemy's city without stopping. It was really busy. Carl felt tired just watching her and even wondered if he was ordering people too much.

"This is divine punishment! The Lord's punishment for the unfaithful!" She shouted there, and the soldiers on the city wall had already felt extremely guilty.

"Are you going to abandon your faith and leave the light of the Lord?" she shouted again.

Then the city wall was in chaos, and they were divided into two groups, those who resolutely followed the lord's orders, and those who confessed to the Lord. They cursed each other, and finally the curses turned into a fight. In an instant, the two groups were fighting. Baron Parn also rushed over at this time. He shouted loudly, trying to stop the internal fighting, but his voice was drowned out by the noise around him. The scene was so chaotic that no one noticed the lord. In the chaos, someone opened the city gate.

The knights led by Arya also seized this opportunity and rushed directly to the city gate. In fact, Parn had already seen Arya's knights, and he shouted anxiously on the top of the city:

"Cavalry, there are cavalry! They are not witch hunters!"

However, his voice was once again drowned out by the surrounding noise. The people on the city wall were busy fighting on their own and no one paid attention to what was happening below. They let Alia and her men march straight in. By the time they reacted, it was too late. The city was broken, and Parn and his defenders were trapped on the city wall and dared not come down. After discussing for a long time, they finally chose to surrender.

When Paan was tied up and brought before Carl, the young baron looked surprised:

"Wait, I recognize you, Viscount Carl of Rickburg! You are not a witch hunter!"

"That's right." Carl nodded.

Hearing Carl's answer, Parn sighed in relief:

"I thought you were witch hunters, trying to burn people and extort money~ Fortunately~"

In other words, he didn't see through his tricks, he just didn't use his brain.

Then Parn raised his head in panic as if he had thought of something:

"No, it's getting worse!"

"I'm glad you finally reacted~" Carl sat there and clapped his hands twice.

"What do you want to do to Rodburg? I will never allow you to hurt anyone here!" Paan suddenly shouted.

"Your men are fine for now, but what will happen next depends on what you do." Carl said calmly. In fact, he was also quite troubled. If he killed Paan, it would mean that he would have to send troops to take over the castle. The old man certainly could not provide anyone, so Edgar would have to go.

Or could he just send out his own troops? But there was a problem. His troops were now very complex, with militias from three territories and temporary soldiers from refugees. If he sent out the militia, the combat effectiveness would inevitably be affected, and once the number of militias decreased, the soldiers might not be able to control them. And if he let these soldiers come... he knew what the result would be. They would rob money, food, and women, and it would probably be chaos.

Try to persuade him to surrender if you can. But he only gives three chances. If he refuses to change, he will still be killed.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard Parn speak first:

"You want me to betray the lord? How can I do that?"

"Have you forgotten that Morton poisoned Henry and abandoned Iren? You respect him as a lord, but does he treat you barons as human beings?"

You need to give the other party a way out, and first of all, you should list the other lord's unkindness.

"This..." Parn lowered his head. "I know that Lord Morton has a perverse personality, but he is still my lord after all. How can I do something disloyal and unjust?"

Since he admitted that Morton had bad behavior, this was a start, showing that he was not a stubborn person. Carl continued:

"Knowing that your lord is cruel and inhumane, but still remaining indifferent is foolish loyalty. What's more, what about your people? Do you want them to be buried with you?"

"This..." Paan was confused and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Carl also struck while the iron was hot and shouted:

"Paun of Rodburg~ I have heard of your great name a long time ago, a loyal and brave man, a young talent!"

He didn't lie, he had indeed heard of this name. In the world before he traveled through time, there was an old cartoon in which the male protagonist was also called Parn.

"You, have you heard of me?" There was a gleam in Paan's eyes.

"Yes." Carl nodded and said, "It's easy to capture a city, but it's hard to find a general. Parn, why do you think I came here? I came here for you!"

He always felt goosebumps when he said this.

The light in Parn's eyes shone brighter and brighter, and he quickly knelt down and said:

"I, Pan, have a lot of passion, but nowhere to show it. Today I finally meet a wise master, and I am willing to serve you!"

He also cooperated very well and shouted:

"Come here, untie Baron Parn. I want to have a banquet with him today!"

Then he walked out hand in hand with Paan. When he passed by Jim, he even heard Jim praising Paan's loyalty. Is it loyalty? Maybe~ but he just wanted to survive.