On the fifth day, the blockade was finally lifted.
For Lulian, who has become the most important rear base for the Solan Empire and even the entire continent, such a five-day blockade will undoubtedly have serious consequences.
This is the most important channel for Lulian to communicate with the northern imperial capital and the major provinces of the empire.
Every day, countless caravans pass by here, and countless nobles, travelers, mercenaries and refugees come from the north to the south.
Timber, ores, medicinal materials, grain, furs, ironware, slaves, livestock, porcelain, tea, sea salt, cloth, magic stones, magic crystals... all kinds of materials flow along this artery, guarded by countless cartmen and horsemen.
People and traders all rely on this road to make a living.
If at the beginning of the blockade, we heard that a beast tide broke out in Musha Town, then as time goes by, this statement becomes more and more doubtful.
Because this area is not close to the Warcraft Mountains, and there are very few Warcraft nearby, it is not a place overrun with Warcraft.
To say that a beast tide broke out here is like saying that a group of sharks appeared in the Sala Desert.
Moreover, if there is really a tide of beasts, then it should come out of the Great Gobi north of Lulian. This means that their trajectory is running from north to south.
Most of these beasts have little intelligence.
They just act on instinct.
Therefore, a small town like Musha Town is nothing more than a rock in the flood to them.
If they can flood them, they flood them. If they can't, they skirt these towns and sweep everything in their path.
The place where everyone is located is only twenty or thirty kilometers away from Musha Town.
In five days, I didn't see a hair of a monster, and I didn't hear a cry of a monster. It would be too unbelievable to say that a beast tide broke out in Musha Town, right?
Gradually, suspicion and resentment began to accumulate. After all, no one would be happy being stuck here for no reason without a convincing truth or explanation.
Also, look at this damn road.
Starting from the blockade, the flat areas on both sides of the road heading south, as well as the valley behind, were all crowded with people complaining. As far as the eye could see, there were messy and crooked tents everywhere, ashes from campfires, cow and horse dung, and
Discarded garbage.
This was the scene after many later caravan travelers returned to nearby towns.
If everyone were crowded here, it would probably be even more of a mess.
The news that the road was blocked by the Knights of the Southern Cross quickly spread back to Lulian, and within two days, even the city of Munich knew about it.
Although every Lurian loves this army.
But no one knew what they wanted to do by blocking the road, not even Adolf.
The lord of Bangsar City, who was relatively close to the rear, sent a team of knights to understand the situation, but even they failed to pass the blockade.
All those elves are stupid.
It seemed that as long as Leo gave an order, they would execute it meticulously without any compromise.
"Why are you blocking the road?"
"Is there really a beast tide?"
People are questioning. However, the answers to all questions are no comment.
In the end, even the people who spoke most about the Knights of the Southern Cross fell silent. Faced with people's complaints and anger, they really couldn't think of a reason to explain.
Fortunately, late at night on the fifth day, or should I say early morning on the sixth day, the news came - the blockade was lifted.
The roadblock was cleared. The soldiers guarding Dusha Town and the Elf Safaris were also withdrawn. People could finally continue on their way.
Of course, due to the limited carrying capacity of the road, in order to avoid congestion, everyone, except for the privileged nobles, must proceed in the order in which they arrived here.
That day, a small caravan at the end of the queue was not allowed to drive its carriage onto the road until the sunny afternoon.
Regardless of whether they are the forerunners or the latecomers, everyone is thinking about the same problem on the way to Musha Town.
What happened in Musha Town?
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Scarlett's motorcade arrived at Musha Town first.
When we were still two kilometers away from Musha Town, everyone discovered something unusual.
I saw many newly built gallows along the way, with even the wooden piles and bark not peeled off. There were corpses hanging on them.
The further you go to Musha Town, the more gallows there are.
There were even many corpses hanging on the big trees beside the road. Each big tree was densely packed with more than a dozen people hanging there.
Display to the public?
Scarlett and others are not surprised by this kind of situation.
Generally speaking, this will be the fate of rioting slaves, rebellious soldiers or vicious bandits after they are caught. Which city doesn't have a few corpses hanging outside to deter newcomers?
However, Musha Town is just a small town.
And looking at the number of these corpses, it feels like a big war.
What happened?
As the carriage moved forward, Scarlett and Ralph looked at each other, while the knights guarding them all looked alert and looked around cautiously.
Suddenly, Ralph's eyes narrowed and he spurred his horse towards a gallows beside the road.
"Stop." Scarlett stamped on the floor.
The carriage stopped, Scarlett lifted her long skirt, got out of the carriage, and looked at Ralph with doubt.
Ralph carefully looked at the corpse under the gallows, with a solemn look on his face, and even rode his horse around the gallows several times. Then, as if he had discovered something, he quickly urged his horse to run towards other nearby gallows and gallows.
The big tree with the corpse turned around in a big circle, and then turned back.
"What's going on?" Scarlett asked.
"I know this man," Ralph pointed to the corpse on the gallows with a shocked expression. "His name is Musa, and he is the leader of the Dust Bowl bandits. He has a nickname, Miss. You may have heard of it, the Skinner."
Scarlett covered her mouth in shock: "It's him?!"
"Yes, I'm not wrong. This guy has albinism and a birthmark on the corner of his eye. He was born with only four fingers on his left hand. His front teeth were gold, but they are gone now." Ralph affirmed, "It's him.
, that’s right!”
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Looking at the corpse swaying slightly in the breeze, not only Scarlett was shocked and speechless, but even the knights guarding the convoy looked horrified.
The name Skinner is all too familiar to everyone.
This man and his band of Dust Bowl bandits are notorious in the southern part of the empire.
Musa was originally a pastor in a small town. More than thirty years ago, he was caught by angry villagers for violating several boys, and was tied to the stake and wanted to burn him to death.
However, he was a member of the Holy See after all. The local lord was afraid of causing trouble and ordered the guards to let him go, but drove him out of the territory.
Since then, Musa has disappeared.
But five years later, this man came back, and by that time he had become a bandit who committed all kinds of evil.
He captured the town and massacred more than 400 people in the town. Especially the villagers who had captured him in the first place were skinned alive by him.
But when the lord who released and drove him away sent troops, he played a trick of attacking east and west. Taking advantage of the empty defense of the castle, he rushed into the castle and hanged the lord, his steward, the captain of the guard, and the tax collector.
Others took possession of his wife and daughter.
For forty days, the entire earldom was like hell.
Musa not only wreaked havoc in the castle, but also sent his bandits to plunder the surrounding villages. In order to block the news, almost every village that was conquered was massacred.
Finally, a hunter who was lucky enough to escape, avoided the main road, crossed the mountains and ridges to another territory, and then spread the news.
At that moment, the empire was furious, and both the royal family and local lords sent out hunting troops, vowing to capture this demon.
However, thirty years have passed and this man is still alive.
Musa seems to have a natural ability to survive. He and his gang of bandits can survive in the harshest places, and there are too many such places on the Redemption Continent. This is how they often escape pursuit.
Later, Musa arrived in the Lurian Desert in the north of Lurian. The Dust Storm Bandits became the most powerful bandit group in the Gobi and the bandit group that caravan travelers were most afraid of encountering.
When meeting other bandit groups, everyone may have a chance of survival after their property has been robbed, but when meeting the Dust Bowl bandit group, there is only a dead end.
However, what people didn't expect was that such a huge thief was hanged here!
You know, Adolf sent troops to conquer several times, and even Sophia took action, but could not find Musa's lair.
"Then these people..." Scarlett pointed to the other corpses.
"If I read correctly, those few should be Musa's men," Ralph pointed at a few corpses, circling his fingers, "these others should also be bandits, and some are Dust Bowl bandits.
Some of them belong to other bandit groups."
As he spoke, Ralph said solemnly: "I don't know who did it. If there are all bandits here, then all the bandit groups in the Gobi should have been destroyed."
He turned to look at Scarlett, and Scarlett looked at him.
"Knights of the Southern Cross!" The two said almost in unison.
"Let's go!" Scarlett turned around and quickly got in the car, "Let's go to Musha Town to have a look."
The convoy continued to move forward.
Soon, the carriage drove into the gate of Musha Town in a burst of dust.
Scarlett opened the curtains and looked outside, only to see that Musha Town was particularly lively today. At the city gate, a large number of heavily armed soldiers gathered, holding spears, guarding groups of prisoners tied together with ropes.
Each of these prisoners was languid, and many of them were still wearing broken armor, with bloody wounds everywhere on their faces, arms and bodies.
"This is left by a monster." After checking the wounds of several people, Ralph approached the car window and reported in a low voice.
This made Scarlett even more confused and confused.
Bandits, beasts... everything is shrouded in a mysterious and chaotic light group, making it difficult to figure out what is going on here.
After the carriage entered the city, everyone found that the streets were crowded with people.
The crowd gathered together in twos and threes, discussing something, and everyone looked similar, all looking mysterious and excited.
Finally, the carriage stopped in front of a two-story building where the garrison officer lived.
"Call the garrison officer." Scarlett ordered as soon as she got out of the car.
Ralph informed the guard soldiers, and soon, with the sound of hurried footsteps, Guardsman Hatton appeared in front of Scarlett.
After looking at the coat of arms and documents that Ralph took out, Hatton greeted Scarlett with a look of fear and invited her to come in and sit down.
"No," Scarlett interrupted Hatton, looked around, and asked, "Where are the Knights of the Southern Cross?"
"Honorable Princess, Count Leo has left with his army, leaving last night." Hatton replied respectfully, with a look of tiredness that could not be concealed on his fat face.
"Tell me, what happened here?" Scarlett stared at him closely, "My convoy and I have been blocked by you for five days. I think, Mr. Defense Officer, you should at least give me an explanation."