William was in the earthen house, listening to Old John's summary of the battle situation.
The first bloody battle since winter began in the small village of Nisei. Although William and the others repelled the attack of thousands of lizardmen, they also paid a heavy price.
"Lord Baron, after counting, there were 547 lizardmen who died on the spot in this battle, and 122 lizardmen who were still alive but had lost their ability to fight. Following your order, we will kill them all one by one!"
John said in a serious tone.
William nodded solemnly, indicating that he knew, "In other words, we killed a total of 669 lizardmen!"
"Yes, Lord Baron!" Old John nodded.
There are 973 lizardmen in this batch.
In other words, William and the others killed more than two-thirds of the lizardmen.
No matter how you look at it, this is an impressive achievement.
As for total annihilation, William has never considered it!
It’s too difficult!
I just ran away with so many lizardmen, but I don’t know what will happen next?
William had a headache, but he still remembered the scene in the magic mirror where the mountains and fields were filled with lizard men.
Forget it! The soldiers will come and cover up the water and earth! There is nothing to worry about! William comforted himself in his heart.
At this time, Old John suddenly asked, "Baron, what do you plan to do with the corpses of so many lizard men?"
"Handle it?" William's face was startled, then returned to normal and asked, "How do you think we should handle it?"
"Lord Baron, when other lords encounter similar situations, the better ones dig a hole and bury them together. The weeds on this land will grow very lush in the coming year! The common method is to pile the bodies together and then burn them.
Things!" Old John introduced the method to William.
"Buried? Burned?" William frowned, weighed it in his mind, and was about to ask Old John to burn the body. Suddenly, William thought of a person in his previous life, a man at the top of the food chain, Mr. Bei!
William still remembered that when Mr. Pei was crossing the swamp, he showed his ability to eat lizards or crocodiles.
William thought to himself, ignoring the fact that lizardmen stand on two legs, lizardmen are more like beasts than humans.
Man can become the spirit of all things. In addition to the development of the brain, another important ability is the ability to eat various wild beasts from widespread to common, then to rare, and finally to protected animals.
William thought to himself, since beasts can eat them, so can lizardmen, as long as they are not poisonous!
Fortunately, these meats can meet the villagers' material needs for meat.
Thinking of this, William changed his mind and said, "Old John, we won't burn it, and we won't bury it either!"
"Lord Baron, then we have to..." Old John was puzzled.
William said directly, "Old John, you go find the hunters in the village, recruit a group of people, whether they are villagers or wild slaves, and then set up a meat factory!"
"Meat factory?" Old John was even more confused. What is this?
William didn't sell it and explained directly, "Yes, a meat factory! Mainly responsible for the dissection and decomposition of meat!"
"Meat dissection and decomposition? Lord Baron, do we have so many prey?"
"Aren't these lizardmen a natural source of meat? After you set up a meat factory, the first thing you do is to process these lizardmen. After cleaning them, cut out their meat and separate their internal organs and blood into categories! Yes!
Please try not to damage their scales! Then leave it to Bude to see if he can help our escort team get a set of strong body armor."
William said thoughtfully.
"..." Old John was so shocked that he couldn't speak. It took him a while to come back to his senses and said, "Yes, Lord Baron!"
Now, with his victory, William's reputation among the villagers and wild slaves in the small village of Nisei was unprecedented.
William's prestige is growing!
Even Old John didn't dare to do what he did before and couldn't help but give advice when he saw something unpleasant.
William nodded with satisfaction at Old John's attitude.
He thought about it for a moment, and then asked Old John, "Old John, how are our casualties?"
When he mentioned this, Old John's tone became particularly heavy.
He said in a low tone, "Lord Baron, five of the six escort team captains have suffered injuries of varying severity."
"Of the sixty escort members, thirty-two were killed on the spot or died later, and nine were seriously injured and became disabled."
"Three hundred servant soldiers, with the worst weapons and equipment and the least training, a total of 183 died, and 19 survived but were disabled!"
William smiled bitterly after hearing this. This time he won, but it was definitely a tragic victory!
He thought for a while, and then said to Old John, "Old John, I said, I will share the glory with them, whether they are slaves or villagers!"
Old John nodded in agreement.
William then continued to speak out his thoughts.
"All living wild slaves, including those who are disabled but not dead, will have their status as slaves abolished. They will immediately acquire the status of freedmen in the small village of Nisei. From then on, they will receive corresponding rewards for their work, the same as other villagers! In addition, after the spring comes,
, I will allocate each of them a field for them to cultivate!"
If he can defeat the lizard man, then the entire dark forest will be his. After clearing the land, there will be a lot of land, so there is nothing to worry about.
If you can't survive it, then don't say anything else and just ignore what William said as farts.
Hearing that William wanted to divide the slave fields of the wild people, Old John wanted to say something, but when he thought of the scene of corpses strewn in the fields, the words he wanted to say were retracted in his stomach.
William continued, "As for the dead servants, they will not be sacrificed in vain!"
"Old John, go tell their family."
"Tell them that one of them can obtain the status of a free citizen, and at the same time, I will reward them with a gold coin. This gold coin belongs exclusively to the families of these servant soldiers who died in the battle. I will not take it away! They can choose
Use gold coins to redeem your freedom from me, or of course you can buy other things! I won't stop you!"
"Lord Baron, your kindness is enough to light up the entire night sky!" Old John bowed and said with respect.
"It's just some trivial things." William clicked his tongue and said disapprovingly.
"As for the Guard members who died in the battle, old John, you go hold a grand ceremony and bury these Guard members with great splendor! I want the entire small village of Nisei to know that if it weren't for these dead heroes, they would have died.
Can’t stand here! They deserve all the respect!”
"Yes, Lord Baron!" Old John also agreed with this point.
"Their family members will receive a generous bonus. If anyone in the family is willing to join the guard, as long as the conditions are not too bad! I can accept it!"
"As for the official escort members and the six escort team captains who are still alive, I will arrange for them to come see me after their injuries are almost healed!"
"Lord Baron, how do you plan to reward them?"
"Strength, and honor! When the winter passes, maybe a new knight or even a knight will be born among them!"
Old John's breath suddenly became tight when he heard it!