Is it so easy for religion in another world to win?

Chapter 49 My magic fine steel plate armor is invincible!

This is the northernmost village of Crescent Territory. Due to the governance of this place in the past few months, the villagers are relatively relaxed and no longer have the sorrow before Rand formed the rule over Crescent Territory.

However, the population cannot be replenished in a short time, so there are still many vacant houses, just right for soldiers to live in.

It is early morning, and the warm wind is blowing. It will be autumn in a while, but it has been hot in recent days.

Rand kicked the pebbles on the roadside. Since this place is far from the administrative center, although they were arranged to build a gravel road, the implementation is not good and it can only be considered barely passable.

Rand is going to wait for the believers in the den to be familiar with the doctrine and have a certain degree of literacy and arithmetic skills, and then arrange them to come here as grassroots.

Olenna followed Rand step by step, with her left hand on the sword guard and her right hand ready to draw the sword at any time to deal with danger. The cool morning breeze blew through her hair, causing the hair to fly slightly and fall under the action of gravity.

"Lord Rand." Olena said.

Rand did not turn around, but just replied: "What's wrong?"

"What will the future of the Abundance Cult look like?"

Although he didn't know why Olena suddenly asked this question, Rand still explained: "As long as I can have enough food, it's fine. I hope that the land of the Abundance Goddess Cult will have a good harvest every year, and those who believe in the goddess can rely on their own labor to have enough food."

The ideals are completely different from those of the nobles. Maybe this is the difference between religious leaders and feudal noble leaders. Olena has never been to the holy city of the Torch Church in the center of the continent. I don't know if the pope and saint of the Torch Church think so.

Olena didn't respond, and Rand didn't care. He continued to walk forward on the gravel road.

The breeze in the morning is always pleasant, and the scenery of the countryside is also something Rand rarely saw in his previous life, although he almost vomited in this life.

As he walked, Rand stopped.

"Oleanna." Rand pointed ahead, "Is that an army in the distance?"

Oleanna suddenly walked in front of Rand, and at such a short distance, it was as if she had teleported.

The top professional is already the strongest combat power under the title of king, and it is certainly impossible for a mortal to achieve this.

Ordinary people will be easily crushed to death by adult minotaurs, and if they were to arm wrestle, Shasa, an elite minotaur, would definitely not be able to beat Olenna, who looks like a weak woman.

The body of the top professional may no longer belong to the category of human beings. At least the vision is similar to that of Rand, a blessed person, or even stronger.

"Yes, Lord Rand, it seems that Baron Huyuan is more anxious than expected." Olenna looked into the distance and responded.

Then the two immediately started to return and prepare to assemble the army.

Due to the underdeveloped economy and the remote location here, there is only one road from Huyuan Territory to Crescent Territory.

And Baron Huyuan certainly didn't realize that Rand had prepared a surprise for him in advance.

Simple infantry pit traps are useful against wild beasts and humans.

In fact, Rand also prepared long ropes tied with stones as tripwires to deal with Baron Huyuan's cavalry.

When Baron Huyuan's army was about to reach the trap area, Rand assembled this "army" equipped with fine steel armor.

This army was equipped with the best armor, but only had the lowest level of training. At least for now, these newly recruited soldiers couldn't even stand in line. It was a compliment to say that they were a mob.

Soon the two sides were facing each other from a distance.

Baron Huyuan realized that his sneak attack plan had failed. Originally, in his plan, he should march in the early morning and then go straight to the administrative center of Crescent Territory, that is, the town where Taran was located, and complete all military operations before they reacted.

Then force the people here to hand over all their wealth and food, and finally finish the work successfully.

But he didn't expect to encounter resistance here, and the plan was directly turned into a bubble.

Baron Huyuan rode to the front of the battle formation, looking down at the soldiers of the Crescent Leader who barely formed a line in front of him. This time, because he wanted to show off his military power, he brought all the troops, including twelve knights, twenty-four knight attendants, and two hundred half-time regular soldiers.

Faced with so many troops, Rand was actually a little panicked. On the surface, the gap in strength was really big.

In fact, the gap in strength might be even bigger.

Baron Huyuan took a quick look and felt relieved. When his army stood in front, these villagers who seemed to be only temporarily recruited became a little panicked. He even saw a soldier's legs weak and he fell down directly.

With a sneer, he said loudly: "Hand over the things you promised now, maybe you will have a good death."

Rand ignored him and remained silent.

Seeing that this group of rabble did not respond, Baron Huyuan sneered in his heart, drove his horse back to the battle formation, waved his whip, and ordered the soldiers to attack.

The soldiers also had no formation, but at least they were not as easily panicked as Rand's recruits.

The knights in the front row led the charge with their knight attendants.

Then they stepped into a trap, and immediately everyone fell to the ground.

Rand immediately ordered: "Ready, fire!"

Rand took a different approach with this batch of new soldiers. All fifty of them were slingers, without any frontal combat capability.

But here, it happened that there was only one road from Lake Source Territory to Crescent Moon Territory, and the surrounding terrain was very steep.

Rand arrived here ahead of time, and he didn't just dig some traps, he dug the whole road.

Some cavalrymen who didn't fall into the trap drove their horses around, and then continued to charge forward under the slingshot.

Then they fell into the deep pit again.

Only then did they realize that the reason why this group of rabble dared to stand here was that they dug the whole road. The deepest part of the pit was estimated to be six or seven meters, and they would definitely not be able to climb out if they fell in.

Then this group of slingers in bright armor stood here, and the baron's troops really couldn't rush over.

But the baron still didn't give up, and arranged the archers in the standing soldiers to suppress this group of ignorant people.

Rand sneered, if you really let you rush the cavalry, his rabble will definitely scatter at once, but you shoot arrows, just like the magic steel armor is for show!

"Prepare for slingshots!"

Facing the archers' aiming, Rand ordered the slingers to prepare without any care, intending to shoot against the archers.

The new recruits were still very panicked when they saw the bright arrows pointed at them. Many of them even performed poorly and hit their teammates.

But after all, the soldiers of the hideout had enough trust in Rand. At least no one turned around and ran away.

"Fire!" Rand and Baron Huyuan shouted at the same time.

Stones and arrows flew in the air.

However, the scene was completely different from what Baron Huyuan expected. The stones knocked down a group of archers, but the arrows seemed to have no effect on these slingers.

This was completely incredible. Where did these people get such exaggerated armor?

Chapter 50 Olenna is as reliable as magic steel armor

After two or three waves of shooting, Baron Huyuan's archer troops and other regular soldiers and cavalry suffered heavy losses, and only one unlucky slinger in the hideout was shot by an arrow through the gap in the armor and hit the vitals, killing him on the spot.

Arrows have a longer range, are more accurate, and are more powerful than slingshots. If we refer to the history of Rand's previous life, trained English longbowmen can even shoot through plate armor with bows and arrows at a certain distance.

But the bows of these baron's regular archers are not of such good quality, and their level is also average. More importantly, the place where Rand dug the road was carefully selected.

At least in this section of the road, the terrain on Rand's side is much higher than that of Baron Huyuan. Baron Huyuan has to look up to see Rand.

Between the two sides, there is a deep pit dug by Rand in the past few days, which also makes Baron Huyuan's melee troops unable to take effect in a short time.

And this time Rand asked the slingers to bring a lot of ammunition, so there is no need to worry about running out in a short time.

Another very important point is that slingshots are much more labor-saving than archery.

Therefore, although archers are much better troops, they are completely suppressed by slingshots in this place and at this time when facing the full body of magic fine steel plate armor.

Although the troops seemed to be weak, in fact, Rand not only had the advantage, but also had the advantage of time and place.

Soon, Baron Huyuan's side had unilaterally ceased fire. The morale of these half-time archers had collapsed due to the slingers they did not understand at all, and they had already begun to flee.

Originally, they thought it was very funny that a group of soldiers in silver armor were throwing stones with ropes, until the stones hit their heads and made them bleed.

As the archers continued to retreat, Baron Huyuan's knights killed several deserters to stabilize, but it was impossible to continue shooting.

Therefore, Baron Huyuan could only order a retreat.

It was not until the opponent withdrew from the range of the slingers that Rand ordered to stop throwing stones.

Baron Huyuan drove his horse to the front of the battle again with a red face. He was fully armed and was not very afraid of the attack of slings.

"Shameless thief." Baron Huyuan cursed, "You bastard."

Rand took it all as a barking dog and said with a smile, "What? Baron, you want to surrender? Kneel down and lick my boots, maybe I will agree to it."

"You are capable! @#, you are a rat who can only dig holes!"

Still without any killing power, Rand continued to laugh, "It's a pity that you, as a nobleman, have to beg from me. If I don't give it to you, you can't seem to get it."

This undoubtedly touched Baron Huyuan's sore spot. He was so angry that his face turned red like a tomato, but he could only curse there. Some words that Rand couldn't understand.

His horse was obviously better than his men, but it was obviously not so majestic that it could cross the blockade that Rand deliberately dug deep and wide.

In other words, it couldn't hit!

At this moment, Baron Huyuan took out a small bow, bent the bow and drew the arrow with lightning speed, and shot at Rand.

When the arrow was about to hit Rand's face, it was knocked away by a swift sword made of unknown material.

The martial arts of this Lake Source Baron were surprisingly good, and his moves were smooth and flowing. Unfortunately, the reason why Rand dared to walk out of the crowd's protection was naturally because he was guarded by Olenna.

The morning breeze was still blowing gently on Olenna's hair, but her face at this time revealed a coldness that Rand had never seen before.

Olenna looked coldly at Lake Source Baron who was standing on the other side of the road holding a small bow.

Lake Source Baron was a little scared by the stare of this cold and beautiful woman, and seemed to have lost his temper. He turned his horse and quickly returned to the formation.

Obviously, Lake Source Baron had no way to deal with the Crescent Territory at this time.

But because the road was completely blocked, Rand had no way to pursue, and in fact, he could not pursue at all. If he chased, these new recruits would not be able to maintain the formation. It is estimated that the formation would be scattered before he chased far, and then he would be rushed by the remaining cavalry, and it would be all over.

Seeing Baron Huyuan withdraw his troops, Rand breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that his group of new recruits would perform a show of desertion. In fact, to be honest, seeing the baron's twelve armored knights who were armed to the teeth, and the knights' attendants who followed, Rand himself felt uneasy.

Praising the rugged mountain road, Rand's plan to cut off the road was implemented.

Now that Baron Huyuan has withdrawn his troops.

Rand cleared his throat and ordered: "Get ready, let's dig the deep pits on the road deeper and wider!"

He planned to stay here for a while to prevent the baron from coming back again.

As for the dug road, if there is a need in the future, it can be refilled. Now the wider and deeper the better.

...

Taner has recently been appreciated by the Black and Brown Earl, and at this time he also received a military report from the Frost Moon Kingdom.

Two kingdoms in the Southern Kingdom went to war. The two kingdoms fought because of a newly discovered gold mine. One of the kingdoms was Lunsa. This was originally a good opportunity for the Northern Alliance to fight back and take revenge, but unfortunately the timing was not good.

As the autumn harvest was approaching, the orcs and trolls in the Far North began to become restless again, and the pressure on the northern border increased sharply. The Northern Alliance could only continuously draw troops to the northern border for garrison.

At this time, the civil strife between the Frost Moon Kingdoms was also intensifying, and local conflicts had already occurred.

At this time, many people had realized that a civil war might really happen.

The small nobles who originally thought that it was none of their business began to move and tried to join one side to avoid a real fight. Both sides would start with the neutral side.

As for the fourth prince who would theoretically win, no one still supported him.

Now Taner's task is to participate in the confrontation between the Black and Brown Earl and the Green Leaf Marquis who is adjacent to him.

The Green Leaf Marquis is a staunch supporter of the third prince, although from the perspective of the title, he seems to be stronger.

In fact, it is not the case. The territory of the Marquis of Green Leaf has a poor output, especially food, and it cannot even be self-sufficient. Therefore, the economic development has been slow for many years, and its strength is weaker than that of the Earl of Black and Brown, which is located in fertile land.

Now the two sides have fallen into a military confrontation.

There are even small groups of troops that have begun to fight each other on the border, but now both sides are still trying to restrain themselves and not escalate the situation immediately. After all, it is approaching autumn, and the threat of orcs and trolls is like a thorn in the back. If they start fighting now, it will have a significant impact on the overall situation.

Compared with the struggle for the throne, the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom can still barely maintain their rationality and distinguish the importance.

At the same time, the White King Calant officially issued a circular, claiming that in the Frost Moon Kingdom, a place called Crescent Moon Territory, there are relics where his family has buried treasures for generations. Now the White King officially authorized the lord of Crescent Moon Territory, Rand, to manage the relics on his behalf.

Moreover, the White King specifically allowed adventurers to explore the ruins. All he asked for was a record of the family history. If adventurers found written history, they could sell it to the administrators in Crescent Territory. As for the treasure, the White King allowed adventurers to take it themselves.

Chapter 51 After the War, Celebration

The White King's announcement actually violated the sovereignty of the Frost Moon Kingdom to a certain extent, but at this juncture, none of the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom jumped out to question the rationality of the White King's announcement.

Although Rand had long known that the White King Calant agreed to support the development of the ruins, he did not expect the support to be so strong that he directly brought the family to the table and issued a notice.

In this way, Rand's pressure on Baron Huyuan would be greatly reduced, because a small baron would probably not dare to offend the White King's development agent.