When Yun Xiaohan thought about it, even if Gonzalo used the name of Viscount Iraissos to persuade the 3,000 defenders of the North Gate to surrender, it would not be easy. After all, if they can't win, they can still run away. Although Yun Xiaohan has some
1,000 cavalry, two-legged ones will definitely not be able to outrun four-legged ones, and the red shirt troops are also high-speed troops. But humans, as long as the knife is not put to the neck, they will not surrender easily.
But what he didn't expect was that by the time he arrived at the North Gate, Gonzalo had already persuaded the Merchant Alliance troops at the North Gate, and he didn't use the name of Viscount Irassos, just relying on his analysis of the battle situation.
, and his reputation in the military completed the persuasion work.
This made Yun Xiaohan both surprised and sighing. Gonzalo would definitely be unlucky after doing this, but in this way, he would be more likely to take him under his command.
At this point, the battle was completely over. Because of two huge mistakes in the enemy's command, Yun Xiaohan's troops did not suffer any losses.
Purely in terms of the ratio of losses between the enemy and ourselves, this battle can be rated as an epic victory, but the performance of the losing side will also be taken into account when judging. The performance of the Merchant Alliance troops in this battle was so poor that it is very likely that
It will lower the evaluation. In addition, Nelson's fleet will definitely be counted as the combat power of Yun Xiaohan's side. If the fleet's combat power has a high weight, it will also lower the evaluation, so can this battle be rated as
There are still big doubts about the epic victory.
But no matter what, the victory of this battle is very beneficial to Yun Xiaohan. It is impossible for the merchant alliance to gather another force to attack Yun Xiaohan. Next, the merchant alliance can only attack from there.
The 150,000 troops in Gloya City have been mobilized. Yun Xiaohan's sea projection tactics can be said to have been more than half successful.
Now that the enemy surrendered, Yun Xiaohan was willing to keep his promise. He gathered the prisoners together, publicly stated that he would not torture the prisoners, and gave them basic treatment. In addition, even if the merchant alliance was unwilling to redeem ordinary prisoners like them, they would
Can redeem himself by working for the Duchy of Sardinia.
The first two conditions were agreed by Yun Xiaohan to Gonzalo before, and the latter one of allowing self-redemption is the corresponding half-price ransom condition, but the condition announced by Yun Xiaohan now is obviously more relaxed and more demanding than the half-price ransom.
Easy to achieve.
After all, the former depends on whether the lords of these soldiers are willing to pay, and some lords may even use this to exploit their territories, while the latter only requires these prisoners to work for a period of time.
What's more, moving materials is also considered a kind of labor, which can provide nearly 10,000 more strong laborers, which is much more powerful than ordinary people.
After Yun Xiaohan announced the conditions, Gonzalo's favorability towards him instantly increased by a full level and a half. The favorability progress bar had just reached "first acquaintance", but now it had reached more than half of "friendly".
In addition to winning Gonzalo's favor, Yun Xiaohan's other intention in announcing these conditions was to appease the captives. As Rossi Pie arrived with the remaining prisoners, Yun Xiaohan captured in this battle
There are close to 10,000 prisoners of war, and there are still thousands of prisoners of war who have not been able to be transported out of the city. If they are not given hope, once they start to make trouble, and coupled with the large number of merchant alliance people in the city, it will be very difficult for Yun Xiao Hanguang to suppress it with the power of his hands.
Even if the suppression can be successful, the losses will not be small, and the ships and supplies may also be damaged, so Yun Xiaohan has no choice but to do so.
In fact, in order to monitor and deter these Merchant Alliance prisoners of war and people, Yun Xiaohan needs to leave at least 5,000 troops, which leaves only half of the troops in his hands.
From the confessions of the prisoners, it was learned that the several cities that assembled the troops this time, including the city of Masset, did not send all their troops. Basically, they only sent about 1/3 of the garrison in the city. Therefore, Yun Xiao
With the troops in Han's hands and without the assistance of siege weapons, it was impossible to capture the cities where troops were sent, but some villages were left empty of troops.
But this time the enemies all come from the territory northeast of Cassis City. Attacking there means shortening the distance from the front line of the Merchant Alliance. Once the main force of the Merchant Alliance decides to retreat, it won't take too long to hit Yunxiao.
If Han's troops happened to be blocked by the enemy, they would be doomed, and the supplies obtained through plunder might be threatened at any time.
If an important city like Masset City can be captured, Yun Xiaohan may still take the risk, but if it is just a village, forget it. And Masset City is the player's main city after all. If it stokes a hornet's nest, it will lead to something like
At the end of the Delta Battle, temporarily pulling the players of Masset City into this battle space was not worth the gain, so Yun Xiaohan decided to give up going north and continue to attack the southeastern coastal areas according to the established strategy.
After adding nearly 10,000 prisoners, the transportation efficiency of Cassis City has been greatly improved again. Yun Xiaohan handed over Viscount Elisos and his personal guards except Gonzalo to Nelson, letting him be the first batch.
Send them to Sardinia first, and inform Nelson of the conditions he promised to the prisoners, as well as his intention to promise these conditions, and ask Nelson to help tell Liya not to break his promise. (Mysterious Sapphire is banned during the battle)
Nelson is an NPC with a very chivalrous spirit. He very much agrees with Yun Xiaohan's approach. He pats his chest and assures Yun Xiaohan that he will safeguard his credibility. As for Liya, based on Yun Xiaohan's relationship with her,
She will not let Yun Xiaohan down.
Yun Xiaohan did not hand Gonzalo over to Nelson. On the one hand, Gonzalo was very capable and had high prestige among these merchant alliance prisoners. After Yun Xiaohan left, if he suddenly led the prisoners to resist,
The consequences are disastrous. Even if Gonzalo is unlikely to do this, he is not afraid of ten thousand. On the other hand, Yun Xiaohan kept Gonzalo by his side because he wanted to see if there was a chance to recruit him.
little plot.
After everything was explained, Yun Xiaohan and other 5,000 people took a boat to the third village they had captured on the southwest coast.
Taking a boat is obviously much faster than walking. It only takes less than 2 minutes to reach the destination, and it also saves energy and does not increase fatigue.
At this time, all the supplies from the other two villages and a trading station along the coast have been moved. There are not many supplies left in this third village. It only takes one more trip by sea to transport all the supplies. Even if Yun Xiao
Han can temporarily put the attack on new towns on hold, while Nelson's fleet can focus on the supplies and prisoners in Cassis.
Of course, the high-speed fleet among the three fleets that were originally separated will still cooperate with Yun Xiaohan's operations. It can not only clean up and capture enemy ships at sea, but also get Yun Xiaohan's troops on board at critical moments.