[Chapter 178 The Destruction of Tieshui Village]

The first self-defense counterattack of Winter Town lasted a total of ten seconds.

In fact, it didn’t take that long. Arcee only fired two missiles and swept with machine guns for a few seconds.

She didn’t worry about hurting her own people. In addition to being confident in her “shooting skills”, she also often watched the soldiers train and knew that the armor on these soldiers was a special equipment made by Will Turner, the blacksmith of Winter Town, who added crystal ore powder. These armors would generate energy shields to protect the soldiers when attacked.

Of course, not wearing a helmet was a soldier’s own mistake. The soldier would receive some minor punishment – extra training.

Of course, there were rewards. The specific rewards were discussed by Gareth Stanton and Floyd. David now had to deal with another problem.

Ironwater Village launched an attack on Winter Town. This was an irrefutable ironclad fact. Although Winter Town successfully defeated the enemy, it did not mean that the matter was over.

David didn’t think too long. Two seconds later, he signaled Elias to help him put on the armor.

The Lightbringer suit that had been put aside for a long time was worn by David again. With a gorgeous cape and a top-notch warhorse “imported” from the world of Azeroth, David’s personal image was impeccable.

Floyd and Gareth Stanton also put on new armor, and ten soldiers were selected.

Everyone wore the special armor made by Winter Town, and the blue and white wolf head robes symbolizing the Baronial Family of Glamorgan were also worn on the outside of the armor: made by Penny, Liadrin, the women of Winter Town and the tailors in the craftsman group.

No armed Hummers and motorcycles were used. Everyone rode on warhorses from Azeroth, and the warhorses were also covered with heavy armor.

Since the establishment of stable diplomatic relations with Lordaeron, David and his team no longer have to worry about the source of warhorses. At present, there are more than 20 warhorses in Winter Town. If it is not necessary, all the current members of the Winter Knights can be equipped with warhorses.

Carrying weapons, David led the ceremonial officer Elias, two personal guards and ten soldiers of the Winter Knights, and galloped towards the Iron Water Village in the south.

David also kept in touch with Arcee in the air through the intercom, and could call for air support at any time.

Under the full speed of these top war horses, even if they were wearing heavy armor and carrying knights with equally heavy armor on their backs, David and his party soon saw their destination:

Iron Water Village, which was visible to the naked eye from the southern sentry post of Winter Town.

From the location of the Iron Water Village, it can be known that the conflict between them and Winter Town is inevitable.

So David expected that the village chief of Ammantis would suddenly attack, which is why he led his men to rush over without thinking for a long time.

Running all the way to the edge of the village before stopping, David looked at the low wooden wall in front of him and did not take this defenseless “wall” seriously at all.

“The person in front of you is Baron Glamorgan, the border guardian, territory pioneer, and lord of Winter Town of the Kingdom of Tiran. Inform your ruler here to come out and meet the Baron immediately!”

The villagers standing on the other side of the low wooden wall of Tieshui Village looked at each other for a few times, but no one left to call for help. Only one person replied in a trembling voice: “Honorable Baron… The village chief is dead.”

David didn’t need to answer. Elias was still talking to him: “Who is currently managing the village?”

Several people looked at each other again, and finally their eyes were focused on a thin middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man saw that all the villagers were looking at him, and he cursed in his heart, but he could only bite the bullet and walked up: “Honorable Baron Glamorgan, Wilcox extends his most sincere greetings to you.”

“Which family do you serve?” Elias looked at the image and temperament of the middle-aged man named Wilcox, and knew that this man was probably a lackey of a certain family.

The result was worse than Elias expected. Wilcox said that he was not qualified to serve the nobles. He was just a person who ran errands for Amamantis and gave some small ideas. Amamantis was the one who served the nobles of Iron Tree Castle.

Because Amamantis was more reliable in previous years, when the Barnett family he served wanted to get a share of the North Plains, he was sent here to serve as the village chief of Tieshui Village.

Objectively speaking, the Barnett family valued Amamantis. In addition to providing various resources, they also promised that after Tieshui Village really gained a foothold in the North Plains, they would not deprive Amamantis of his status as village chief, and even let Amamantis become the real village chief of Tieshui Village and grant him the status of knight.

Of course, Tieshui Village will not always be the territory of the Amamantis family. After his death, the village will be taken back by the Barnett family.

Even so, it was a great reward for Amamantis, so Amamantis was very concerned about Tieshui Village and never thought of abandoning it and returning to Iron Tree Castle.

Therefore, when the village encountered a survival crisis, his first choice was to reach out to Winter Town in the north.

However, he did not expect that Winter Town in the north was a monster that he could not afford to provoke. He mobilized the twenty most elite soldiers in Tieshui Village, but he did not even see the shadow of Winter Town. He just crossed the border that seemed ridiculous to him, and the whole army was wiped out.

Moreover, since Tieshui Village was not far from the border of Winter Town, the scene of Amamantis and twenty elite soldiers being shot dead by Arcee in ten seconds was clearly seen by the people in Tieshui Village.

This is also the real reason why no one jumped out when David led his men to kill them, even though there were still elite soldiers in the village who could fight.

It’s not that the soldiers are timid. The Iron Water Village was successfully established in this location. During this period, these soldiers fought against the elves in the south. The soldiers’ combat effectiveness and mental will have been truly tested.

But facing such an outrageous existence as Arcee, they had no idea of resisting at all.

Besides, even if they had the courage, it would be useless. The pink monster could fly. Even if they jumped up with all their strength, they couldn’t reach the other party.

David had been looking at the expressions of these people. He had guessed that because of Arcee’s previous fierce attack, these people were completely scared. It seemed unnecessary to continue to intimidate them. It would be better to get to the point directly. After

whispering a few words to Elias, the etiquette officer nodded to show that he understood what the adults meant.

So Elias no longer asked who was the manager of the Iron Water Village, but directly counted the crimes committed by the village chief of the Iron Water Village, Almamantis, including but not limited to: rebellion, treason, robbery, etc.

The people of Tieshui Village were shocked by what they heard. Fortunately, the unknown lord changed the topic and said that since the main culprit had been executed, the kind-hearted Lord Glamorgan was not going to pursue the matter any further.

However, Tieshui Village must not continue to exist.

“This…”

Wilcox did not have the courage to question the other party’s words. He was just entangled in what would happen to the villagers of Tieshui Village if Tieshui Village was gone?

Fortunately, Lord Glamorgan announced that the “illegal village” of Tieshui Village was completely banned, and the villagers could freely choose where to go.

“You can go back to Iron Tree Castle…” David glanced at the soldiers. These soldiers were all soldiers of Iron Tree Castle. These people were obviously not within his recruitment range.

“You can also go to other villages and towns on the northern plains.” This choice actually gave these people a feeling of “you have a choice”. Sometimes, just by adding an option that is actually useless, many people will feel that they can really make a choice.

“Or join Winter Town.”

After announcing all the options, David looked at the villagers who gradually gathered in his sight. There were quite a few people in Tieshui Village, and there should be more than a hundred people gathered here.

He also noticed that there were people looking over here in the houses in the distance, which meant that the population of this village was far more than the people gathered in front of him.

If all these villagers could be pulled to Winter Town, it would be one step closer to Winter Town breaking through a population of one thousand.

However, he knew that these people would definitely not all go to Winter Town, especially those from the Barnett family. These people were not just soldiers, but also craftsmen, tailors, and a large number of farmers. The ones

who could really be pulled away were the free people who came to the northern plains from Iron Tree Castle and other areas. This part of people only accounted for a small part of the population of Tieshui Village.

“You have one night to think about it and pack your luggage. You must leave this place before noon tomorrow.”

Normally, David had no power to expel these villagers. After all, this was not within the territory of Winter Town.

But at this time, David was the one holding the hilt of the knife. The villagers of Tieshui Village were just a group of ingredients waiting to be processed on the chopping board. They had no room for refusal.

As for bringing everyone back to Winter Town? He considered it, but gave up.

His Winter Town was in a critical period of development, and he was not going to capture a large group of captives, even though these captives could provide a large amount of labor and could be used to ask the Barnett family for ransom.

One reason was that too many people were difficult to settle and manage, and the other was that he was not sure whether this behavior of “plundering the population” would cause dissatisfaction among some of his partners in the village – after all, these people were ordinary civilians who did not participate in the battle, and forcibly bringing them back to Winter Town would make him seem too unjust.

The most critical factor was that David himself did not want to do this.

He always hoped that those who really wanted to live in Winter Town for a long time would gather in the territory. Such people would work hard to help him develop and build Winter Town, making the territory better and better.

David knew that his idea was naive, but he decided to do it anyway.

After all, I am the boss of my own territory!

(End of this chapter)