"Is there any place in the city to house the prisoners?"
Ronan wiped off the blood on the sword, then put the sword back into the scabbard, and then looked at the lord of Sitges City who was standing next to Meluses.
"I'm afraid we can't accommodate so many prisoners. Your Majesty, there is only one cell in the city that usually holds prisoners. It can only hold less than two hundred people at most. More than a thousand prisoners. Unless a temporary cell is built now, it will definitely not be able to accommodate them.
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The lord of Sitges City is not doing very well. He is not young anymore. During this period, he has not slept for several days because of the siege of the city. He looks very haggard, with heavy dark circles under his eyes like a panda.
"There is no need to waste manpower and material resources on them, Magna. The prisoners will be executed on the spot. The corpses will be burned together with the previous ones. Useful equipment will be provided to the militia. You look very tired. Go and have a rest. Come to me tomorrow morning.
I have something to tell you!"
Ronan cold-bloodedly ordered Magna to execute the prisoners, and then said to Lord Sitges. After saying that, Ronan asked Lord Sitges's attendants to take him to a place to rest.
After eating some simple food, the cavalry sent to pursue him came back. The Noldor knight walked up to Ronan with some blood stains on his body.
"Your Majesty, we caught up with the deserter, but enemy support arrived during the battle. I could only lead the troops to retreat and failed to capture the Eagle Commander."
"It doesn't matter, it's not important. They suffered heavy casualties this time. Just escape some if you can!"
Ronan waved his hand to indicate that the Noldor knights could go rest, then stood up and walked to the window, looking at the city of Sitges where fighting could occasionally be seen on the street. The room in the city lord's palace where Ronan was located was high up.
On top of the tower, half of the city can be overlooked through the windows.
Basically all the troops still resisting in the city have been killed. Because we don’t know how many there are, we can’t be completely sure. Even if some of them are hiding or escaping, it doesn’t matter. They can’t make any trouble.
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After a restful day's rest, especially Meluses's troops and the remaining defenders of Sitges, they were very tired. Moreover, the reduction of food supply in the past few days made their physical strength recover very slowly, and there were still many problems.
Few casualties require treatment.
Early the next morning, Ronan was having a meeting to plan the next work.
"First, send people to repair the surrounding city gates. The enemy may attack here again. We cannot let down our guard!"
At this time, Jackson, who had returned from a reconnaissance trip, opened the door and walked in. He went straight to Ronan's direction, then saluted and said to Ronan:
"Your Majesty, several scattered enemy troops have reunited. They did not choose to attack us, but withdrew to Jianmen Fort, but..."
Jackson hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong? Tell me!" Ronan was a little surprised.
"As they went back, they burned, killed, and looted along the way, destroying buildings, burning crops, kidnapping women and children, and killing most of the men. The places they occupied before were already in shambles!"
Jackson then whispered. After Jackson said this, everyone present frowned, and Lord Xiqisi even breathed a sigh of relief with some fear and some relief.
"These guys! Gather the troops and we'll set out immediately!" Ronan stood up angrily and walked out of the door.
Others didn't dare to say anything when they saw Ronan's condition. Originally, they planned to wait here until the reinforcements were assembled and then attack with the reinforcements here. However, Ronan obviously should pay attention, and they could only obey.
After walking out of the Sichuan Territory and entering the next territory previously occupied by the Eagle Men, the atmosphere was obviously different. First there was silence, and then you could see many birds such as crows and vultures flying past in the sky.
, the areas that used to be farmland on both sides were scorched black, obviously burned by the fire, and some nearby woods were also affected. Fortunately, it did not cause a forest fire.
There were traces of a village ahead. Ronan pulled the reins and drove Namientu to run faster.
Fang Yan looked around and saw a mess. Most of the houses were burned and collapsed. There were bloodstains on the ground, which vaguely reflected the tragedy. Ronan turned over and jumped off his mount, slowly walking along the central road towards the village.
As he walked away, a group of knights immediately dismounted and followed Ronan.
Ronan was a little surprised. There was not a single corpse on the ground, only blood stains were left. Even if the smell of blood attracted wild beasts, it would be impossible to eat them so cleanly. There would definitely be fragments of bones and clothes left behind, but Luo Nan
Nan soon got the answer.
In the center of the village, there is a large open space where the village chief usually gathers villagers to announce things or clergy give speeches. A hill made of corpses stands there. After several days of exposure to the sun, the corpses are already showing signs of decay.
There was an unpleasant stench, countless mosquitoes and flies were flying around the pile of corpses, and there were some scavenging birds on the top of the pile of corpses pecking at the corpses.
The faces of some corpses had been eaten away by vultures, exposing the white bones. The eyeballs had been pecked out and the eye sockets were bloody and bloody, adding to the horror. Ronan frowned and waved to the soldiers behind him.
The soldiers immediately stepped forward and used their spears to drive away the vultures that were still pecking at the corpses. Then they used their spears to turn over the pile of corpses. These soldiers were well-trained, had experienced many battles, and had seen many things.
There are few corpses, and they have some immunity to the corpse odor and the miserable state of the corpse. If it were replaced by some new recruits who had just joined the army, they would probably have vomited until their stomach acid disappeared.
"Your Majesty, they are all men and old people. It seems that they have indeed taken away women and children. The wounds on the corpses are uneven. They should not be executed in a centralized manner. Instead, these Eagle Men suddenly attacked and they were killed during their escape.
Killed, the distribution of blood stains on the ground can also prove this!"
The soldier walked back to Ronan and reported.
"Well, burn the corpse. Leaving it here will breed plague. These beasts really spare no effort to create trouble for us, and there is no limit!"
The soldier nodded, then returned to the team to get some oil, poured it on the pile of corpses, lit a torch and threw it on top. The fire spread quickly, and the pile of corpses burned fiercely, emitting a worse smell, but Ronan did not avoid it.
Instead, he looked at the pile of corpses burning into ashes, as if he had made some decision.
"Gather the ashes and bury them!"
Ronan ordered, then turned and left here. Most of the villages he passed after were like this. In order to avoid the breeding of plague, Ronan specially sent many cavalry to carry fuel to villages or villages that were not on their planned route.