The remaining resistance in the city was quickly wiped out, and the leading officer died. Most of the escaping soldiers were captured and imprisoned in an open space surrounded by fences.
Nan promised to allow them to join his army or go home to farm after they repaired the broken city gate.
However, there are not many people left. In the previous stop, more than half of the Butu City defenders were injured and killed. Now, only less than a hundred people are lightly injured and will not be affected. The others are basically injured. The Butu City defenders
Most of them are locals from the Arden Territory. The bodies of the fallen soldiers will be left for a day. If there are relatives to claim them, they will be taken away. If no one claims them, they will be burned and buried.
The remains of the soldiers who died in the battle on Ronan's side were burned and their ashes returned to the cemetery built by Ronan in Fengming. The pain of war is unavoidable. Invasion is always accompanied by bloodshed. On this day, countless families
Lost men, they may be fathers, husbands, sons.
But the people are forgetful. As long as the invaders do not exploit them and their lives are better than before, families that have not been harmed will be grateful, and families that have been harmed will forget their hatred as time goes by.
, or throw the hatred into an inconspicuous corner, and it will never sprout again. After all, life still has to go on.
"This is the bad nature of human beings, sir. For these people who are accustomed to the exploitation and oppression of the nobles, as long as they slightly reduce their taxes or give them some small profits in other ways, they will be grateful to the lords.
The pain of the past will soon disappear, and most people only focus on the present, because in this world, anyone may have no future at any time!"
Magna said standing next to Ronan. At this time, the two of them were standing on the top floor of the castle spire in the center of the city lord's palace, looking through the window at the entire Butu City in the distance. At this time, the residents in the city still closed their doors. Obviously,
They still dare not go on the road, fearing that the invaders will come back to their homes, burn, kill and loot.
The soldiers were transporting the corpses in the streets and alleys and on the city walls, and gathered them in an open space outside the city. The blood stains on the ground were difficult to clean, and they could only wait for two heavy rains to wash them away. Since there were no other six princes loyal to them,
nobles, so the city has not yet been assigned a lord, and it is temporarily managed by Ronan.
However, as the largest provider of troops for the Sixth Prince's uprising, and also the first noble to choose to help him, it is not too much for Ronan to own more territories. After all, the Fernando Territory and the Arden Territory combined are as big as Tana.
The current Marquis Territory is only four-fifths in size, and because it is located in a place with a dense concentration of nobles in the south, this Marquis Territory is also at the bottom of the ranking of the Marquis Territories in the entire kingdom.
"Sir, the location of the treasure has been found!" At this time, the soldiers sent by Ronan to search for the location of Dalaman's wealth in the castle also came back to report.
The Arden family has a short history, but it has still accumulated a lot of wealth during this time in the relatively wealthy south of the empire. At least when Ronan saw the boxes of gold, silver and other precious metals in Dalaman's treasure room, there were also some
After buying other relatively valuable jade, antiques and the like, I was quite satisfied. At least the cost of this expedition could be offset.
Of course, some of these treasures must be distributed to the sixth prince. According to Gaoling's laws, lower-level nobles must hand over one-tenth of all the wealth received when fighting for their lord.
The more nobles in the upper class are exploited the most. Usually, it would be good if the lower-level nobles can keep half of the spoils they get from winning a battle. This is also the reason why Gaoling's small nobles suffer from development. Many small nobles even cannot
It is difficult to assemble a qualified set of armor, weapons and horses.
The down-and-out knight family even has a set of armor that has been passed down for several generations. It can only be used if it is patched. If it does not fit, it can only be modified and used. Otherwise, would they go into battle shirtless? Without the protection of armor, their casualties may even be higher than they should be.
Calling in the militia would be even more disastrous.
"We rested in the city for two days, prepared food supplies, and then set off again. This time we headed southeast and returned to Tana's territory, striving to take control of this semicircular position in our own hands, and then gradually advance, while
He and Wilfred attacked Tana from both sides, while putting pressure on Nick and trying to directly recruit him to surrender!
Among the five nobles who were originally planned to target, Moncef was the weakest and the most marginalized. Let’s ignore it for now and just send people to contact him to persuade him to surrender. The Arden Territory is already under control, and Messis has accepted it.
After meeting our conditions, less than half of the strategic goal has been achieved. Come on, everyone! We will strive to capture this place within a month!"
On a large round table, Ronan was placing many flags on the map of an area and moving them around to more intuitively represent the current situation.
Among them, there are three flags representing Wilfred, which have the same number and number as Tana's flags, indicating that the strength of the two sides is relatively even. While Nick and Meses both have two flags, only Moncef has only one flag on it.
Ronan's power has four flags.
"We must further weaken Tana's strength. Otherwise, if he is really determined to defend the main city, it will not be that easy for us to break with their strength, and he may also suffer a lot of casualties.
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Wilfred is not a docile person, he is a meat-eating beast. He usually trains the most professional soldiers in the entire southern part of the kingdom, and also has the most senior warriors and knights under his command. After all, he is a typical military aristocrat.
Once we lose too much, Wilfred may tear up the agreement he signed with us at any time.
And we must be careful. Wilfred has an ambiguous attitude towards several princes who claim to be the orthodox heirs. He has not expressed his position for a long time. We cannot rule out the possibility that he suddenly joins the camp of the second prince. He may do so at any time.
Hit us with a rake." Magna also said while rubbing his chin.
The Sixth Prince was confused when he heard this, but he still nodded pretendingly and asked:
"Then what do we do next?"
"Tana has not yet summoned all his troops to return to the anti-wave frontier city. This shows that he is not willing to give up other areas easily and is still lucky. However, this is also our opportunity. We can quickly attack and cut off the gap between Tana's troops.
Contact, separate them, and prevent him from recalling the troops stationed at the border with Nick's territory.
But in this case, we must give up the plan to rest here and march immediately. Otherwise, if Tana knows that we have occupied the Arden territory, he will probably make up his mind to defend the city of Bo and wait for the reinforcements that the second prince may have. But even if
Without reinforcements, we would not be able to withstand such delay, and his goal would be achieved.