That's very badass

Chapter 124 Postwar and Intelligence

When the battle really settled down and the adrenaline began to wear off, some soldiers felt pain immediately, and only when they looked down did they discover the wounds on their bodies.

Many of them fell down directly with expressions of disbelief due to excessive blood loss.

The soldiers have begun to remove the armor of the captives, drive them to one place, and then temporarily surround them.

As for those nobles, they had already disarmed themselves, and they were standing in front of the main castle gate, waiting for His Majesty Sabote's arrival.

Earl McKinney was sidelined, in their view, if Earl McKinney had not surrendered, they 'maybe' could retake the city walls.

Of course, this is just an excuse for their own failure, and Earl McKinney is the best scapegoat.

It's just that His Majesty Shabotai didn't rush to accept the surrender, but began to patrol the battlefield. He still had promises to fulfill, and it was obviously an excellent opportunity to be in front of all the soldiers after the battle.

Soon he found a soldier who was scalded by gold juice and climbed up the city wall. He immediately asked someone to pick up the soldier's badge, and said that he would give his descendants a knight's place after finding out. .

This decision immediately aroused cheers from the soldiers at close range. They happily spread the news throughout the army, causing even greater cheers.

The soldiers turned their eager eyes to their king, and began to look forward to their reward.

Because His Majesty fulfilled his promise, he did not just say it. The royal flag moved with His Majesty Shabotai. He selected some soldiers who died extremely tragically, but also fought bravely. Only such soldiers will let them go. People are convinced.

Of course, there must be fakes among them, and these will be investigated one by one during the battle.

After all the collections were completed and their information was obtained in the army, the affairs officer read out their heroic deeds and announced their rewards. Most of them won the birth of a knight for their descendants.

Listening to the tragic stories one after another, the soldiers paid respects to them one after another, and hearing the rewards they received, they were filled with envy, and at the same time secretly made up their minds to do the same next time.

They looked at those piled up corpses, and they were also facing a narrow escape, whether to die a wimpy death or a heroic death in battle. They didn't seem to need to think about this issue anymore.

This kind of action gave His Majesty the king a lot of prestige among the soldiers at the grassroots level, and at the same time made the soldiers in the kingdom feel His Majesty's sincerity.

Then His Majesty Shabotai came to the soldiers who were still alive, and selected some brave men from among them, and gave them the rewards they deserved.

At the same time, it was also announced that all soldiers who died in battle could get a certain amount of money and tax relief.

Seeing His Majesty's gaze, and the expectant eyes of the blood-stained soldiers around, the nobles finally let go of their reluctance, and loudly announced the tax reduction and exemption for the first floor.

Under the cheers of the soldiers, His Majesty Sabote came to the gate of the main castle. He glanced at the nobles headed by Marquis Lite, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

It was because of them that the Ebon Knights' organization was completely wiped out, and the Morrowind Knights existed in name only. At a glance, there were only dozens of silver armored knights left.

He wanted to execute these damned nobles, but he couldn't do it because of the nobles. It was also to prevent the Rhodes nobles from resisting desperately. He planned to let them go after they handed over enough ransom. them.

As for the amount of ransom, it can be slaughtered severely. Who made them captives.

"Take them down and take care of them, and give them the treatment they deserve as nobles, but when they don't receive ransom, they can only stay here."

The nobles headed by the Marquis of Little were led away by the soldiers obediently. They were not worried that the family would not pay the ransom for them, because as long as they started this way, it would be difficult to lead the troops in the future. .

They will consider the fact that the family will not pay the ransom, and they will consider the retreat before the war starts, resulting in fear of war, and this sentiment is contagious, because they cannot hide everyone's retreat.

This will cause people to panic when the situation is still recoverable or when something goes wrong. Even if they barely muster up the courage to fight, it will immediately turn into fleeing, which will lead to the failure of a war that could have been won .

The soldiers opened their warehouses and found a large amount of equipment and food, and even a large amount of ale.

After analyzing the intelligence of the scouts, His Majesty Sha Botai immediately decided to hold a banquet to reward the soldiers.

Unlike the joyous soldiers, the king and nobles really gathered in the lord's hall at this time, because this is the building with the largest space in the city, so they gathered here as a matter of course.

But compared to the entire aristocratic group, it still seemed a bit small. As a last resort, some small aristocrats had no choice but to stand, but they did not dare to complain, because everyone here was someone they could not afford to offend.

At this moment, the affairs officer came in. He squeezed through the crowd and came directly before His Majesty, and handed over the statistics about the battle in his hand. His Majesty Shabotai took it with one hand and began to read it. After he had read it, he signaled to the guards Quiet everyone.

When everyone was quiet, he said: "We killed 5 enemies in this battle, and lost 13 of them, most of whom died in the previous temptation, and there were countless wounded soldiers.

But considering it was a siege, it took us only six days to take the city, which is still a glorious victory.

Let's toast to this victory. "

"victory!"

"cheers!"

Seeing the lively atmosphere below, His Majesty Shabotai nodded in satisfaction, and then drank the ale in the glass with everyone.
A team of scouts broke through the blockade of the enemy scouts and came to the vicinity of Fort Lite. Looking at the open city gate, they lost their minds for a moment.

'This news must be brought back as soon as possible. '

Fortunately, the scouts were all lightly armed. Although their horses were not as fast and powerful as war horses, they were more durable. Moreover, they were all wearing leather armor. Except for bows and long swords, they didn't have anything that added weight.

They broke through the enemy's blockade, and they had already been targeted by the enemy. Looking at the cavalry who surrounded them, they snorted coldly with disdain.

Although they were not opponents in the face of heavily armed cavalry, the weight of the armor slowed down the speed of the horses.

These cavalry are only worthy of eating ashes behind them, the only thing to pay attention to are the scouts who mix in, they bypass these cumbersome cavalry.

And passing by them, with insulting whistles in their mouths, this is one of their few entertainment activities.

This made the cavalry very angry, and they continued to chase after them with curses and curses. However, the commander stopped their stupid behavior before they could chase far, because they were just eating dust along the way, and even became the laughingstock of the enemy.

Looking at the scouts behind them, they looked at each other, and then immediately slowed down their horses. After the enemy entered their range, they accelerated leisurely, and got stuck at a distance. At this distance, the enemy's arrows could not hit them.

But they can shoot the enemy, they take out their bows and arrows slowly, and shoot with bows and arrows in one go.

After completing a set of actions, they won't be able to leave without looking back.

The pursuers behind had fallen off their horses, and the horses ran forward for a certain distance before stopping without being controlled by anyone.

Because they have this confidence.

They were able to break in, relying on the grasp of the distance with this hand.As long as they don't get stuck by too many scouts, they have full confidence in protruding.

They also encountered many scout teams on the way. After wiping out one team, their horses were exhausted. Considering that these war horses might come back on their own later, they drove them away.

After putting on the spare horses, they no longer entangled with the enemy, but started to concentrate on their journey, because they had already been glued by several teams of scouts.

Seeing that they had chased out of their shelter and the scouts on the opposite side had begun to gather, these chasing scouts spat unwillingly, looked at the panting horses under them, and then turned the horses away slowly.

Looking at the scouts going to the Kingdom of Hastings, these Rhodes scouts had no intention of pursuing them, because they had received news from the scout team, and they knew that they had to pass this news back to the kingdom's army as soon as possible.

They are only temporarily safe now, but the enemy will not give up. They are too far away from the army, while the enemy is very close, and they still have a few days to go.

The enemy will definitely strike again and will try to kill them on this long road to block the news. Having been scouts for many years, they have a deep understanding of the role of information.

Because once they completely blocked the news, they would take advantage of the lack of information and directly catch the Kingdom reinforcements who had just marched in a hurry by surprise, waiting for work and exhaustion. In such a scene, they knew that something big would happen.

After discussing, they decided to keep half of them, and let the others scatter away one by one, so as to convey the news back. It's not that they are not afraid of death, on the contrary, they know that they will die.

That's why they made this decision. If they all died in battle, they would really get nothing. As long as they brought back the news, their sacrifice would be meaningful.

Whether it is for the kingdom's army or for them, they will be rewarded for their meritorious service, and those who died in battle will also benefit their descendants instead of dying together meaninglessly.

Therefore, some people scattered and left after handing over their soldier cards. If they could hide until the army of the kingdom arrived, then they could still recover their lives.

A few days later, a scout looked at the big camp in front of him, and after using his last strength to take out a sign to prove his identity, he passed out directly. As for the other horse, he lost his strength and fell on the road .

Seeing the lone rider coming straight towards the camp, the soldiers uttered warning calls, but they didn't get a response. Seeing that he was leaning over the horse and not attacking, they put away their weapons and prepared to attack. Control him and see if it is your own scout.

It's just that the horse didn't have any intention of stopping, and it ran straight into the rejecting horse and died directly, while the scout was thrown far away. They first checked the suspicious person, and soon found the gun in his hand. marked.

At this time, the scout said something, but the voice was too low to be heard, but soon someone noticed the dryness of his lips, and immediately brought water for him to drink.

Only then did the scout feel alive. He told the fact that Fort Leete had been captured in a hoarse voice. The commander immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately reported the matter.

And the soldiers over there had already finished checking the horse. It turned out that the horse was already foaming at the mouth and was too tired to stop. This result and what the scouts said made the soldiers gasp and discuss one after another. stand up.

After receiving the report, Roland quickly rushed to the scene and confirmed the news again from the scout.

Looking at the nobleman in front of him reminded him of those comrades who were with him after handing over their soldier badges to him, and then turned back and led away the enemy.

Immediately, he took out a stack of soldier cards hidden in the leather armor, and asked to record his military exploits.

Roland was silent for a while, and decided not to participate in this matter, because he was not the chief officer of these scouts, and it would be better for the soldiers to be rewarded to be determined by their chief officer or the king. He didn't want to do what he couldn't do. Promise of.

"Keep these things yourself, I will report this matter, take care of yourself, when you need to speak."

After finishing speaking, the soldiers were asked to take care of the scout, and turned around to leave.

To be honest, if the scout hadn't directly broken into his camp, Roland didn't want to take care of it. This kind of job of reporting defeat is never a good thing, but thinking of the stack of soldier cards, he still directly reported to the king. Go to the account.

"Your Majesty, Earl Roland has something to report."

"Let him in."

After the guards reported, Roland was able to meet His Majesty Quesnel smoothly, "I wish you well, Your Majesty."

"Tell me, Earl Roland, this is the first time you have entered here in so many days, there must be something wrong."

"Your Majesty, the fort guarded by Marquis Lite has fallen."

"What, how is it possible, Earl Roland, you must see that I am a bit bored, so prepare to make a joke with me."

His Majesty Quesnel's first reaction was disbelief. He stood up from his seat and came to Roland, staring closely at Roland's eyes, trying to find out from his eyes that this was a joke. evidence.

It was just Roland's next words that broke his illusion, "A scout came back from the front line, and he happened to break into my camp. He brought some unfortunate news, so I got the news first and came here. Report."

Listening to Earl Roland's words, His Majesty Quesnel directly fell to the ground, and at the same time, the silver wine glass in his hand fell directly to the ground, making a crisp sound.

The crisp sound directly alarmed the guards outside, they rushed in fully armed, and saw His Majesty sitting in front of Roland.

This discovery immediately shocked them, quickly pulled out the weapons at their waists, and started shouting directly.

Fortunately, His Majesty Quesnel came to his senses at this time. He immediately said that he was fine and drank away the guards.

But the shouts of the guards had attracted a large number of soldiers. As a last resort, he had to come outside, announced that it was a misunderstanding, and at the same time summoned the herald to send a message to other nobles and tell them to hold a meeting. things.

(End of this chapter)