Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 145

2021-01-23

Chapter 145 Ivan the Horseshoe
The battle of the scouts has ended, and the two Dussacs The still-dead man with the oval scar on his face was dragged to the second lieutenant's side
"I'll only ask once." Where?"

The four captured bandits knelt shiver coldly in front of the second lieutenant, and the people of Wolf Town with bows and crossbows stood around the captives glaring.

Once the people in Wolf Town, which has a dominant population, are effectively organized, it will be nothing difficult to deal with this gang of thirty or forty people.

Winters charged with the cavalry, and the bandits, who were still fighting just now, immediately dispersed.

When Girard arrived with the back team, the battle turned into a chase and kill.

The four gangsters who are still alive are considered good luck, because the four were captured by the second lieutenant himself, and the second lieutenant wanted to leave a few alive for questioning.

Other gangsters were not so lucky. People in Wolf Town hated them so much that they would kill them if they were caught.

The badly wounded gangsters are not even given a pleasure, and they are sent to hell in fear and pain.

Without Winters' torture, a few bandits had already seen how powerful this young officer was, and they spit out everything they knew like beans in a bamboo tube.

…

It was a premeditated ambush.

The various manors in Wolf Town travel to and from Gervodin every year. Although safe, it also makes them a very obvious target.

The bandits and robbers have long been greedy, but no one dared to attack because of the momentum of the team and the prestige of Wolf Tun Dusak.

Until this year, this time.

According to the confession of the prisoners, they had been in the field for half a month before the wolf town motorcade had set off.

However, when the people from Wolf Town went to Revodan, it was raining upstream and the water level of the Pantuo River soared.

But luck always runs out, and when they come back, they're falling into the trap of the bandits.

Accurately speaking, this is not a "gang" of bandits, and a small group of bandits cannot eat the Wolf Town team.

Several bandits joined together to form this large gang of more than 40 people, and some bandits even came from Lin County to join the gang.

 …

In the middle of a secluded clearing in the jungle, a small, deep black iron pot is cooking over the fire.

A beard man is stirring the contents of a wok with a long-handled spoon, and another skinny little man is slowly peeling a radish.

A dozen rudimentary tents surround the fire, which looks like a makeshift camp.

"Tommy! Haven't you finished yet?" the beard man yelled impatiently.

A young, dirty blond kid ran back from outside the camp with his trousers on: "Come on! Come on!" said the skinny little man chuckled.

: "Lazy people pee a lot."

The blond child suddenly stopped halfway after running, and looked towards behind him suspiciously.

"Standing around to dry the ball? Still rolling over to help?" the beard man shouted in dissatisfaction.

"I hear the hooves over there!" the blond child shouted, pointing behind him.

"Hoofs?" The beard man dropped the spoon and stood up abruptly: "That should be the boss's return!"

When the blond child turned back, he saw only a black afterimage , and then a sharp pain came from his forehead, and he lost consciousness.

The beard man and the skinny little man wanted to run away, but the sound of hooves came from all directions.

A fiery red warhorse swept past the two of them, and the old rider on the warhorse staggered and beat the beard man to death.

The skinny little man was scared to pee his pants and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

Another rider threw away the ropes and dragged the skinny little man along.

"Don't waste your time, search!" Seeing that everyone in the camp was under control, Winters, who was standing behind him, signaled Dussack not to entangle with the captives.

Sergey and the other Dussacks began dragging down tent after tent in the camp.

"There are still people here!" Dussac shouted.

Sergey immediately jumped off the saddle, grabbed the collar of the man in the tent and demanded viciously: "Speak! Who you are, not to kill you!"

" Don't kill me." The man whose hands and feet were in iron shackles begged repeatedly: "The bandits tied me here."

From a distance, Dussac exclaimed again: "And The people of Wolf Town!"

......

In the bandits hiding place one kilometer away from the trekking point, the three remaining bandits were captured by Winters led by Dussack.

They rescued several kidnapped passersby at the same time—as well as the eldest son of the Bentins.

And the old Mr. Benting couldn't stand the torture to death.

Old Bentin went to Gervodin with only the eldest son, and when he returned, the father and son of Bentin secretly set off ahead of schedule, unfortunately, they were intercepted by the bandits near the field.

The gangsters fiercely beat Benting's father and son when they found that they only had land deeds and no cash.

Little Bentin survived with strength, while old Bentin was beaten to the death and died that night.

The impermanence of fate makes people sad.

……

After cleaning the battlefield, the convoy was divided into two groups in the Pangtuo River.

Mayor Mitchell continued to go to Wolf Town with a large group of troops.

Second Lieutenant Montagne led six Dussacs and four carts to return to Geroudan with the bodies of the captives and robbers.

On the day Winters finally returns to Wolftown, there will be less than half a month before the deadline for submitting the Minuteman roster.

In previous years, when the convoy returned, every household in the town was beaming with joy, but this year was especially sad.

Mourning, funeral, and drawing had to happen at the same time.

More than 20 people were killed and injured in the team's driver and employees, and the seriously injured died soon after.

In contrast, Dussac was really tough. No Dussac was killed, and only six Dussacs were injured.

The manors in Wolf Town jointly contributed a sum of money for funerals and care for the dead and wounded.

The second lieutenant took the captives and the corpses of the bandits to the county garrison, only to learn that many of the bandits who ambushed the wolf town convoy still had bounties on their heads.

Especially the bandit leader with oval scars on his face - that bastard's life is tough, he was stabbed in the back and didn't die - he was also a famous villain, nicknamed "Ivan Horseshoe" .

Ivan Horseshoe's gangs are roaming and committing crimes in the new reclaimed land. There are eight counties in the province, and six counties are offering a reward for his head.

...

"Ivan Horseshoe was originally a Dussack, too," Major Ronald told Winters.

He was kicked in the face by a war horse when he was serving, leaving an oval horseshoe mark, so he was nicknamed "Horseshoe".

Afterwards, when he was drinking and making trouble, he accidentally murdered.

Because of the martial power of the horseshoe itself and the experience in the army, a group of thugs soon gathered around him.

This guy knows the essentials and knows the way between the Legion and the place.

Only Legion Gendarmerie has the ability to hunt across counties in New Reclaimed Province, but robbery is a local task.

Therefore, Horseshoe only robs civilians and does not touch the army. If one county cannot stay any longer, it jumps to another county. The county governments are extremely troubled by the Horseshoe Gang.

Horseshoe commits more and more cases and becomes more and more famous, and his nickname has changed from Horseshoe to "Ivan Horseshoe".

"Ivan, the famous horseshoe." Major Ronald patted Winters on the shoulder and praised happily: "In the end, it fell into the hands of Lieutenant Montagne, and was captured alive. Good job!"

Ivan Horseshoe was arrested in Iron Peak County, which also made Major Ronald very face.

Especially still alive, which means there will be a "grand" public execution - something Winters doesn't understand at this point.

In fact, not only Ivan Horseshoe, because several gangs of bandits committed the crime, and several other thieves with small reputation also died under the saber.

It's just that compared with the fierce name of Ivan Horseshoe, other gangsters can't be considered anything.

"It's mainly the credit of Mayor Mitchell and Wolf Tun Dussack." Winters sighed: "I can only figure out why you are just bandits and robbers, but the timing of the ambush is different. It’s so good to be able to grasp it.”

Stepping on the spot beforehand, reconnaissance repeatedly, halfway through, and seize the moment when the guards of the convoy dispersed...

If Winters didn't come back in time, And the second lieutenant happens to be a sorcerer, and it is very likely that Ivan the horseshoe will really succeed this time.

Major Ronald was stunned for a moment and said with emotion: "Rebels are always more dangerous than bandits."

Once a person with military skills commits evil, the harm caused is far from desperate of farmers can compare.

In the imperial era, the most destructive power bandits were often bankrupt nobles and poor knights.

...

Major Ronald kept Ivan the Horseshoe, and the Major asked Winters to take the remaining seven bandits back to Wolftown.

"You capture the people, and they will be judged by you according to the law. I will keep the horseshoe, and the rest of the guys, you will bring back the wolf to suppress and kill." Major Ronald specifically instructed: " It is necessary to appease the grievances of the families of the dead and wounded, and warn others from following bad examples. When this is over, I will let the executioner go to your place.”

Jurisdiction, an officer stationed in a small township Being able to decide the life and death of a person is a power that the officers of the Republic of Veneta dare not even imagine.

The fact that the Palatine Army has the status of a feudal lord in the new reclaimed land is not a lie.

The corpse of the bandit was exchanged for Silver Coin in Gervoudan, and Winters, the bounty hanging on the horseshoe Ivan's head in Iron Peak County, was directly received at Gervoudan garrison.

Major Ronald also generously paid Winters' horseshoe Ivan's bounty in the remaining five counties in advance in accordance with the arrest warrants sent by other counties.

With a bounty and seven bandits in custody, Winters returns to Wolftun Town.

Before this, no one would recall that the newly built police station prison could come in handy so quickly.

The old blacksmith Misha and his assistant Belion had to forge the shackles overnight.

Winters wanted to leave the seven bandits to Major Ronald's trial, but he realized he had no right to deprive the victims' families of their revenge.

 …

The dick work in Wolf Town is progressing very smoothly.

The people of Dousa were delighted when Winters brought back the good news that "time in the militia is worth a term of service".

Gillard doesn't approve of "system arbitrage" from the bottom of his heart, but he doesn't openly oppose it, leaving the choice to each Dousa family.

In the end, a total of 32 underage Dussacs volunteered to apply, all between the ages of 15 and 20.

The Hundred Men Squad fills up to 80 people, and the remaining 48 unlucky ones will be decided by lottery.

Pierre's name was on the list of Dussacs who took the initiative to apply.

Although Mr. Mitchell firmly opposed it, the real person in charge of the Mitchell family was not him, but Mrs. Mitchell.

Pierre finally told his mother about his father's beating up on him - he couldn't hide it with bloody nose and swollen face.

To Pierre's surprise, the mother, who had always doted on him, not only supported his father, but educated him on the contrary.

When it came time to decide whether to join the militia auxiliaries, Pierre and Girard were on the same front again.

Girard hated the act of breaking his oath, and Pierre would rather die than become a civil servant.

But Mrs. Mitchell thought it was a good idea to join the militia, which was neither against the law nor against her oath.

Gillard Mitchell and Ellen Mitchell had a big fight. Winters, who was staying at Mitchell's house, hid outside the mansion and could hear Gillard's roar, rice Mrs. Chell's cry.

The youngest daughter of the Mitchells, Scarlett Mitchell, hid together in the gazebo in the backyard, holding the arm of the second lieutenant and sobbing with her ears blocked.

"It's normal for couples to quarrel, I've seen them when I was a kid." Winters had to comfort the terrified Ms. Mitchell: "Have you not seen it?"

Mitchell The lady sobbed and replied: "They never quarreled before...will my father kill my mother?"

"No...don't worry, no..." little girl's imagination The force left Winters dumbfounded.

After a long time, the mansion was quiet, and Mrs. Mitchell returned to her usual gentle and demure appearance, but there were still a few tears in the corners of her eyes.

Winters got up quickly to greet him.

Seeing mother approaching, Ms. Mitchell ran away quickly.

"Mr. Second Lieutenant." Mrs. Mitchell bowed slightly.

“Madam.” Winters nodded in return.

As soon as Mrs. Mitchell spoke, she burst into tears: "In your militia...is Pierre safe?"

Winters pondered for a long time, serious, Seriously replied: "Ma'am, once you join the war, no one will be safe, and I can't guarantee that Pierre will be able to return home safely. If the war goes well, the probability of surviving as an auxiliary soldier is far greater than that of a soldier. , the auxiliary soldiers will also be abandoned first. I cannot give you any promise, war is a cruel and sad disaster."

"If the war goes well, the auxiliary soldiers will be safer, right?"

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"That's right."

"Thank you, Mr. Montagne." Mrs. Mitchell saluted and left sadly, muttering to herself, "father, big brother, I can't do any more. Losing their son. They will understand in the future...will understand..."

When the mistress of the Mitchells made up her mind, the attitudes of Girard and Pierre meant nothing.

In the end, Micheer still complained and signed the roster.

......

32 people have been confirmed, and the remaining candidates are just waiting for the lottery.

In previous years, the lottery of the people of Wolf Town was a simple and crude one-person-one-draw, and whoever was unlucky to be drawn out was the one.

But this time the Winters · Montagne resident had a simple charter.

First of all, whether they are hired laborers, homesteaders or manor families must participate in the lottery;

Secondly, militia families who died during the beast disaster are exempted;

Third, there is only one signature for the only child, and two signatures for the other people. It is too preferential to directly exempt the only child, but it should be taken care of.
Fourth, the other townspeople who are not selected are counted according to the number of hired workers, self-cultivators and farmers. The owner of the manor pays the money in the third gear, and it is equally distributed to the members of the militia team as compensation.

This is a rough plan, but at least it can be accepted by the people of Wolf Town. Compensation for the unlucky ones who are drawn can also reduce the risk of desertion.

......

What made Winters didn't expect was that after learning that he had money, Bell the little hunter was the first to find him.

"Sir? Do you have any money to join the militia?" Bell asked the second lieutenant impatiently.

You must know that Bell was not among the 32 Dusakries who voluntarily signed up, but the pony Anglo was among them.

"There are some." Winters asked calmly: "Are you short of money?"

Bell did not answer directly, but asked eagerly: "Me too Sign up for the militia, can you give me the money in advance?"

This time Winters couldn't ignore it, he frowned and asked again, "Are you short of money?"

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Bell involuntarily shivered and nodded without saying a word.

"What are you doing?"

Bell was silent.

"What are you doing?!" Winters raised the volume by three.

"Pay the debt," Bell whispered.

"What debt?"

"My father's debt."

"Alas." Winters sighed: "How much? I'll get it for you. I don't need you to join the militia."

Bell said stubbornly: "No, I can't ask for other people's money."

"What are you brat hypocritical? Do you still want money? ?" Winters asked rhetorically.

Bell hummed like a deflated ball and said, "I want..."

...

little fellow didn't ask for much money , Winters has always been worried.

Money didn't matter to him, but he had to make sure Ralph's son didn't go down the wrong path.

That night, he quietly followed Bell into the woods and followed Bell back to the hunter's hut.

After the death of the old hunter, Bell was brought to the town by Winters, and the woodhouse of the hunter's family in the woods was left unused.

There must be something odd about the little hunter sneaking back to the old house.

"You little fellow, what are you doing!" Winters kicked the door open.

"Ah!?" Bell lost one's head out of fear and stood up to block: "No...nothing..."

Winters' pupils contracted, his breathing suddenly accelerated, he Pointing to the shadow behind the little hunter: "What is that!"

Bell knew that he couldn't escape, so he hummed softly: "Cat..."

"Fart!" Winters was angrily laughed: "Can a cat's claws be that big?"

Laughing and laughing, Winters suddenly had lightning flashes in his mind, and he asked in shock: "That...that is...giant Lion's cub?"

Behind Bell, the little lion let out a milky "wooooo".

——Cutting——

《The Book of Rare and Exotic Beasts》

Bai Ruisi[author]
"...the cave lion has a cub or Two cubs, not like lions but more like tigers, the female will raise the cubs alone... There are reliable records that there are still cave lions in the northern foothills of the Golden Peak mountain range until 580 in the Imperial Calendar... However, with the population and habitat With the continuous shrinking of the land, this living fossil-level species eventually completely disappeared... Today, people can only explore the true face of cave lions from legends and documents..."

I would be fast without adding some fantasy elements. Forget that this book is classified as fantasy (covering your face)

But the little lion and Bell are the original settings, not temporary. The lion has a probability of having two cubs, and it is actually very sad for the old hunter to kill the cubs. If you pay attention to the old hunter's initial attitude, you can see that he is not willing to kill indiscriminately.

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