Chapter 153: The Scarlet Crusaders
As the news from Stratholm and Talenmir spread, not only Andorhar entered a state of combat readiness, but the entire kingdom of Lordaeron began to fall into tension.
And the plague that completely destroyed Stratholme overnight has also become the focus of attention.
Gianna's team from Dalaran spent the night studying the plague...... If this plague cannot be solved, then perhaps the entire other cities of the kingdom of Lordaeron will be threatened by the plague all the time.
Song Zheng was also quite helpless about this, the plague of the undead natural disaster was indeed too powerful, fortunately, it was only used on Stratholme in the history of Warcraft, if it used a similar plague on other human kingdom cities, I am afraid that human beings would be in danger of extinction.
Perhaps until an antidote is found, the best thing to do is to isolate or ...... all those infected by the plague, like Arthas and the Scarlet Crusaders in Warcraft history Slay!
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After the initial chaos and panic, the streets of Andohar began to pop up with people again.
Especially near the tavern, there are a lot of people.
Like Nanhai, Andohal is an important transportation hub with adventurers from far and wide, both in quantity and quality.
In the tavern here, you can even see some low-level mages appearing, which is absolutely impossible in Nanhai Town.
However, there are also various rumors that have emerged, including rumors that the current human race will surely perish, and that all people will become undead, advocating that they will live forever.
Although people generally resist becoming undead, some old people who are dying have an ambiguous attitude towards it.
Uther was naturally furious at these rumors, and he was mobilizing troops to prepare for battle, and he absolutely did not want to see civil strife in Andohar.
"I didn't expect that there are also believers of the Cursed Church in the city of Andorhar, and they dare to spread rumors secretly, and immediately pass on my order to arrest all those who spread rumors, and strictly order anyone not to talk about things related to the undead and the Cursed Church in the city."
Song Zheng couldn't help frowning secretly when he heard this, although Uther sensed the harm of the rumors, but he lacked a way to solve it, once such a forcible suppression measure is implemented, I am afraid that in a few days, the rumors in the city of Andohar will be flying all over the sky, and even cause greater harm.
"Lord Uther, there are too many inhabitants in the city, and if too many people are captured, I am afraid it will cause even more panic, many of my men are adventurers and are very familiar with places like taverns, it is better to let them deal with those gossip." Song Zheng said.
"Oh......" Uther glanced up at Song Zheng, hesitated for a moment and finally nodded: "Okay, then it's up to you, Baron Song Zheng, how many soldiers do you need?" ”
Song Zheng immediately shook his head and said: "I don't need soldiers, but I also ask your lord to allow me to recruit some adventurers in the city, as long as I have a certain amount of training, I can help the regular troops of the kingdom deal with many things in future battles, and even be able to directly go to the battlefield to kill the enemy." ”
"Recruiting adventurers? What fighting power can those mercenary guys have? Uther frowned, looking unconvinced.
"The combat effectiveness of those adventurers is actually not much lower than that of regular soldiers, they showed great bravery when they followed His Highness Arthas to attack Tarunmir, and when they helped defend the town of Nanhai before, they were extremely tenacious, and more than 700 people were killed in the battle of nearly 1,000 people and still did not take a step back."
"Oh, those adventurers have such a strong and heroic side? If so, then I'll allow you to recruit adventurers in the city, and even provide you with some weapons and equipment. Uther couldn't help but be a little moved.
Although he has a lot of troops under his command, but the big war is imminent, no matter how many troops there are, they will only feel that it is still not enough.
If you can really take advantage of those adventurers, in addition to obtaining a large army out of thin air, you can also greatly improve the security level of the city.
"So...... Thank you, Lord Uther, as soon as I can organize those adventurers to use against the Church of the Damned. Song Zheng was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly saluted and thanked Uther.
Although Uther only promised to provide some equipment, and he still had to raise the gold and other coins he recruited, Uther's nod undoubtedly allowed him to officially obtain the official permission of Lordaeron, and it was not the right of some lords to recruit troops privately.
If it weren't for the shock and threat caused by the fall of Stratholme, Uther probably wouldn't have agreed anyway.
Due to his previous experience in Nanhai Town, this recruitment operation was smoother, and Song Zheng also directly used his identity as a baron, which was a great temptation for many adventurers.
In just one day, Song Zheng recruited more than 1,000 people again.
In fact, if it weren't for the fear of being uncontrollable, he could have even recruited nearly 5,000 people.
However, Song Zheng also knows the truth of being too much, his foundation is still shallow, and his subordinates lack excellent talents, so it is difficult to organize a large number of guilds, not to mention that if there are too many people, it is likely to make the officials of the kingdom feel threatened.
In order to accommodate these new recruits, Song Zheng had to lease a large manor in the city, and then reorganize these new recruits.
At this time, the old members who had been following from Nanhai Town to Andohar naturally became the most basic officials of the guild, and they could organize and reorganize them, but although the combat effectiveness of these people was good, because they were born as adventurers, their knowledge was not high, and it was difficult for them to take on higher positions.
"Talent...... No matter what world you are in, the most lacking thing is talent. Song Zheng sighed secretly.
However, in this world, most of the people who have really seen people are from aristocratic families, and it is basically impossible for such people to be adventurers.
One of the best talents in his hands is Karl, this guy was born in a noble family, and became a paladin at a young age, both in terms of knowledge and talent, and is also very familiar with the kingdom of Lordaeron, it is indeed a rare talent, if he is not willing to protect Gianna, he will definitely be able to mix up the position of general in Lordaeron's army very quickly.
In fact, Carl was originally going to continue to follow Gianna, or Song Zheng was cheeky enough to ask Gianna to leave him to help him.
In addition, Lena Imbas is still with him, and is interested in helping him organize this new guild.
It's just that Lena's personality can only help in many things, such as the first thing she did was to change the name of the guild.
"The name of the Adventurer's Guild is too earthy, let me change the name of the guild to a more domineering guild for you! What do you think of the Scarlet Crusaders? ”
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