Chapter 676: Small Friction
Of course, not all tax cards are so interesting.
The caravan also really encountered a group of unbelieving guys, and they forcibly extorted them at first, and after a little friction, the caravan knocked them down and forced them through.
It didn't take long for the caravan to find a large crowd rushing towards them—it turned out that the tax collector had sent a dozen soldiers and nearly a hundred armed peasants to besiege the caravan.
But when they got closer, they found that the caravan had been transformed into a sturdy battalion.
After Locking in Vanshey, he issued an order for all those who owned the wagons to be modified according to his requirements.
After these modifications, these trucks are similar to the style in the Schönbrunn Army, and can basically be used. If there is another war, Luo Ming can immediately requisition them with an order, and if they are brought over, they will be immediately useful.
Now, caravans can also use these wagons to quickly form a battalion and defend it.
The caravan did not carry muskets and cannons, but they also had normal bows and spears, which were a great deterrent against unarmored and lightly armored enemies.
With the help of the car battalion, they thwarted the first wave of the attack.
The first wave of attacks was unfavorable, and this rabble began to waver, and at this time, the car battalion suddenly opened a gap, allowing a few people wearing armor to take the lead and kill them, which frightened most of the enemy at once, and retreated more than a hundred meters in one breath.
The men of the caravan retreated back into the camp, and this time, no one dared to rush forward and attack again.
Before the caravan was besieged, it sent a few men on horseback to ask for help, and the local lord, Baron, had already learned of this at this time, and hurried here to calm the matter.
Although he was a little dissatisfied with the caravan's dominance, he was more concerned about the fact that a few little rabbits on the tax card dared to fake orders than these outsiders, and they really managed to mobilize hundreds of people.
What does this mean? A coup d'état? A rebellion? He shuddered to think about it.
When he scolded the messenger of the false order, and then let the caravan go like a plague god, he returned to his castle to find that the guards were tense and there was a tense atmosphere in the castle.
It turned out that another helper sent by the caravan had returned to Van Shee County, and then brought a hundred cavalry with him, and stationed himself on the border of his territory, and also sent scouts to train in a nearby circle, apparently eyeing this side.
A hundred cavalry is not much, but against that kind of infantry of average quality, it is not a problem to fight two or three hundred people.
Moreover, this force clearly represents Luo Ming's will and face, and the baron may be able to defeat this hundred cavalry with all his strength, but then Luo Ming may send thousands of men to crush his meager military strength.
Not to mention that his superior nobles also signed an agreement with Luo Ming, and he would not do anything against Luo Ming for this kind of thing; even if he was brought to the royal family to arbitrate, Luo Ming was justified in this matter, and on his side, even if he was beaten and suffered, he had to endure it.
Don't forget that the caravan still has the royal flag, and he dares to condone his subordinates to offend, isn't this a slap in the face of Chi Guoguo? Maybe he will be punished for another crime of contempt for the royal family.
The baron did not act violently against the caravan, and he must have been blessed to the soul, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Watching the cavalry get the news that the caravan was safe and slowly withdraw, he breathed a sigh of relief.