Because he wanted to try the mastermind of the rebellion, Owen also went south with the army on a cement steamer.

The ship did not go straight to the dock of Dongsheng Fortress, but stopped at a hidden river section in the northern suburbs. The soldiers quickly disembarked and landed, forming formations on the shore.

During this period, Viscount Jarvis sent scouts to inspect the gate conditions of Dongsheng Fortress.

As soon as the army was reorganized, the scouts came back and reported that the north gate of Dongsheng Fortress had been occupied by the enemy. The number was small and the weapons in their hands were long guns, not muskets.

This situation is in line with Owen's prediction.

Even if White can let craftsmen imitate muskets, the royal capital does not have the industrial level of standardized production in Border Guard Town and cannot achieve large-scale mass production. Therefore, it will definitely not be able to provide the Pearl and Koret families with too many muskets.

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There was nothing to say, so Owen asked Viscount Jarvis to lead the army to attack Dongsheng Fortress from the front.

How can a mere long gun compete with a bolt-action rifle in the hands of the People's Army? Just do it.

The subsequent battle was somewhat beyond Owen's expectation, as the enemy's performance was too weak to be defeated.

Seeing a group of troops in uniforms appearing from the north, the soldiers at the city gate were instantly frightened.

The sniper hiding in the distance only fired one shot to kill one soldier. The others were so frightened that they dropped their weapons and turned around and fled in panic.

The People's Army successfully captured the North City Gate without even firing a second shot.

The enemy ran away without any resistance, and Owen didn't even know what to say.

Obviously, the Pearl and Koret families thought that Border Guard Town was busy dealing with the undead monsters in the north and had no time to deal with the rebellion in Dongsheng Fortress, so they sent a few soldiers to guard the city gate.

Next, the People's Army did not detach soldiers to guard the city gate, but went straight to the lord's castle and attacked the rebellious nobles at a rapid speed.

The enemy does not have many muskets, and it takes a long time to reload to fire a shot, and they do not use tactics similar to three-stage shooting.

It seems that after the opponent got the musket, he couldn't wait to send troops to rebel as soon as he got familiar with the operation method.

Taking advantage of this flaw, the People's Army only needs to avoid one round of shooting and then launch a counterattack to defeat the opponent.

Probably because they didn't expect Border Guard Town to send troops to Dongsheng Fortress so quickly, and the offensive was so fierce, the knights and guards on the side of the rebel nobles were dumbfounded.

The weapons in his hands are also muskets, so why is the opponent reloading bullets so much faster than himself?

Sensing the huge firepower gap between the two sides, the rebel nobles quickly lost their will to fight and decisively abandoned the castle and fled.

Owen recaptured the castle without any difficulty.

The battle has entered the cleanup stage, and the People's Army must drive all the rebels out of Dongsheng Fortress and restore order in the city.

On the way to the castle just now, Owen saw several houses burned down, and there were several civilian corpses in the corners that had not been moved away in time.

There is no doubt that those rebel nobles allowed the mercenaries to loot Dongsheng Fortress.

Therefore, Owen hates those troops who do not have strict discipline and go around burning, killing and looting. This is clearly an act of banditry!

"Lord Lord!"

At this time, Kadir hurried over and reported: "We have found Earl Youm and others. They are all imprisoned in the dungeon. We have released them."

"Take me there quickly," Owen said.

On the way forward, the soldiers dragged away all the enemy corpses. Broken furnishings were everywhere on the ground, and there was a lingering smell of blood.

"Wait a moment."

Seeing something, Owen suddenly stopped.

"What's the matter? Lord," Kadir turned around and asked.

"Bring those two guns on the ground and show them to me."

Hearing this, Qadir hurried over and picked up the two muskets left by the enemy and handed them to Owen.

Although the appearance of these two muskets is similar, the details are obviously different.

One looks more exquisite, and the end of the butt still has the mark left when it was produced in Bianzhu Town. This is the first generation of muskets made in Bianzhu Town.

Since the enemy had this gun, it means they killed the soldiers sent to garrison Dongsheng Fortress and took away their muskets for use.

I don’t know what the casualties of this musketeer unit are, I’ll have to count them later.

The other one was relatively rough, with traces of beating on the barrel. It was undoubtedly a musket imitated by the craftsmen of Wangdu, and its technical level was obviously much lower than that of Border Guard Town.

It may be that the imitation craftsmen are not skilled enough, or it may be that they are imitating early trial products.

Owen didn't think White would be kind enough to provide fine muskets to the Pearl and Corrett families. He would definitely give away the defective ones.

In any case, this is a front-mounted flintlock rifle that has become outdated and obsolete, and it is impossible to defeat the bolt-action rifle equipped by the People's Army.

"Lord, this is the black powder used by the enemy."

Kadir handed over another small cloth bag.

Oh? Black gunpowder made in the royal capital. Owen took the bag curiously.

When I opened it, I saw that it was indeed a familiar black powder. I don’t know who could develop the formula of black powder in such a short time. It’s quite impressive.

I got closer and smelled it. The smell of rotten eggs was wrong! It felt slightly different. Compared with the black gunpowder made in Bianzhu Town, the smell was a bit weak.

Strange? Isn’t this the best ratio of black powder? In this case, the combustion efficiency will be worse.

Or is it that I have become accustomed to the smell of black powder and have developed olfactory fatigue?

It would be great if there were lizardmen around. They have a keen sense of smell and would definitely be able to smell the difference in the black powder.

Frowning slightly, Owen shook his head and put away the bag of black powder.

Forget it, I'll find time to secretly transfer it to Winster later and let him test the composition and proportion of the black powder.

Then, Owen went to meet with the imprisoned Earl Youm and his entourage.

The eldest son of Earl Youm, Kuros Youm, blamed himself for being careless and failing to defend Dongsheng Fortress, which was taken by the Pearl and Koret families.

Owen did not blame Count Youm and the others, and explained that all this was White's conspiracy.

Glancing around the people present, Owen finally reassured: "Don't worry, my army is fighting the remaining rebels in the city, and I believe they will be calmed down soon."

"Thank you very much, Marquis Aisen." Kuros said, stroking his chest and saluting.

Upon seeing this, the rescued people present saluted and expressed their gratitude.

The next day, order in Dongsheng Fortress was restored.

The rebel nobles fled back to their own territory with the remaining troops to prepare for a defensive battle. They did not think that Owen would let them go easily.

In the castle, Owen called some important personnel to the well-furnished office and held a meeting there.

"Have the casualties been counted?" Owen turned to look at Viscount Jarvis.

"The statistics are out." Viscount Jarvis reported, "During yesterday's battle, a total of five people were injured. They were all sent to the church in time for treatment by senior priests. They were not serious."

Having said this, he specially nodded to Angelica behind Irving to express his gratitude.

Angelica did not participate in the battle yesterday, but she ran to the church and used some unknown method to get the archbishop to agree to give priority to the treatment of the injured soldiers.

"The other thing is the musketeers stationed at Dongsheng Fortress. The casualties are somewhat heavy."

Speaking of this unit, Viscount Jarvis looked a little gloomy and said slowly: "Twelve of the thirty people stationed in the castle were killed, and the rest were injured to varying degrees, while the twenty people responsible for patrolling the city wall
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