Chapter 195: Seizure
While on the way, Hathaway asked Ronton about the looting and reserves of the Blood Sun Thieves over the years. Especially in the area of food...... In the Cordillera Plateau, looting food is very difficult, and Blood Day has a large annual expenditure on food. And the great chieftain Simbak seems to have a soft spot for this, and built six granaries enough to feed the bandits on the mountain for four or five years.
Food is a top priority for the Cordillera Territory to increase its population, and if it is captured, there will be no more food shortages in the Territory before the autumn harvest.
Entering the yard of the warehouse, Hathaway was pleased to see the corpses of several Blood Day bandits piled up in the corner of the yard.
Seeing Hathaway come in, Alf greeted him and said excitedly: "Report to the instructor, the mission is complete." ”
Hathaway smiled and nodded, "You still have a mission, lead the team and follow me!" ”
After speaking, he ordered a small team of mercenaries to stay behind and take over the special combat team to guard the grain depot. Subsequently, Hathaway took the special forces team and all the mercenaries, led by Ronton and went straight to the garrison of the Bloody Day bandits. Condezvous.
In front of the courtyard of the Bloody Sun bandits' station, there was a sentry, Hathaway gave Ronton a look, and the latter immediately understood and walked towards the sentry. Troon walked behind him like a henchman.
When the sentry saw that it was Ronton, he greeted him with a smile, and Ronton pretended to have something to say to the sentry, stepped closer, and lowered his voice...... It was at this time that Jafa. Troon had already reached the sentry's side, covering his mouth with his left hand in surprise. With his right hand, he pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the heart.
The sentinel's body twitched weakly, and his eyes widened as he looked at Japha. Troon, who didn't even understand what was going on until he died?
Hathaway led the team into the courtyard, and saw no bandits, only the noise coming from the rooms on either side...... These guys don't get too stuffy on a hot day,
There were fourteen rooms in the courtyard, and Hathaway divided the mercenaries and special operators into fourteen groups, instructed them to take out their weapons and bows, and sneaked to the doors of each room in groups until everyone was in place. Hathaway gave the signal to attack.
The mercenaries and the team members quickly kicked in the door. Then there were muffled screams and fights in the room. In less than two minutes, all the rooms fell silent, and then then. The door opens. All the combatants came out of the house, either carrying or carrying the wounded.
Jafa. Trohn and Bowen. Cornnett immediately ordered the paramedics to give the wounded a medicated wound. After the wounded were all dealt with, the count of the results and casualties began.
In this battle, the defenseless devil artillery squad of 284 people was completely annihilated! The mercenaries lightly wounded six people. There were no casualties among the special combat team!
Hathaway is more satisfied, such a result should still be acceptable, after all, you can't expect everyone to have the same combat power as the special combat team!
At this point, the Blood Sun Thieves can be said to be wiped out, the official members of the Blood Day Bandits are all gone, and the big and small leaders below the big leader Simbak are either killed or captured alive, and these guys will be escorted to Mandy Gaza City for public execution.
However, there is still a group of people in the cottage, that is, the families of the bandits and the women who have been taken captive. There are quite a few opinions on how to deal with these people.
"According to the laws of the empire, the families of those bandits must be sold into slavery, and it is already open to the net if they are not executed." Bowen. Cornet is rightfully authentic.
Sgart. Cancy didn't speak because Bowen. What Cornnett said was true, in fact, the families of these bandits were already sold into slavery, and most of the time they were sent to hard labor, and then died silently in a corner. Jafa. Troon didn't speak either...... It's not that he doesn't have a say, it's that he's not very old and doesn't know how to deal with these things either.
Hathaway didn't answer immediately, but was thinking about it...... Slavery, as a long-outdated institution, is a thing of the past on earth, and the education she received about human rights is not close to slavery at all. In the Titan world, slavery is actually very restricted, basically similar to feudal society, and human trafficking still exists. And she also has to consider a very real problem, that is, the male owners of these families were all killed by her.
"Cut the grass and eradicate the roots." Stilwell on the side. Pang Sen said suddenly.
Hathaway was not surprised that the Lord of Shadows had proposed this, and even the thought had crossed her mind. But what she wondered about was that the others were also silent.
"Your Excellency Cornnet, you are a knight, don't you think this kind of construction should be refuted?" Hathaway banged on the table, and Yan zhòng expressed dissatisfaction.
Bowen. Cornett bowed slightly, and said, "My lord, Your Excellency Pang Sen's mention is not unreasonable, and this proposal was not proposed to me. So I can't use the moral standards of a knight to influence the decisions of adults. ”
It was so beautiful that Hathaway threw him a wide roll of the eyes and asked no more.
After a little hesitation, she made a decision, "These family members and those captured auxiliary bandits, after they are dispersed, they will be enriched into collective farms, but they should be managed in normal times, and there are strong martial arts among the auxiliary bandits...... Incorporated into the sequence of city defense forces. As for whether or not they will make a mess in the future, hehe, I don't mind having an excuse to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”
"My lord, many of the auxiliary bandits are captives, and if they are to enrich the collective farm, I am afraid that it will ......," Sgart said. Cancy said hesitantly.
"You say they want to go home?"
Hathaway smiled, "Joining the thieves is a capital offense. It is precisely taking into account their peculiarities that they are treated separately. They had to work on the collective farm for at least three years before they were allowed to leave or stay at their own choice. If they choose to stay, they will enjoy the same benefits as everyone else. And then there are the women, who can choose to go home or stay on the farm. ”
After a brief discussion on the placement of the captives for a while, Alf came over at the right time to report and ask them to go outside and check the stock...... In the material warehouses, there were at least three brigades of materiel and equipment. In addition, there were some leathers, a few coins, and a lot of dirt that had not yet had time to be sold.
After reading the list handed over by Alf, Sgart. Kancy and Bowen. Kaunette is happy, the equipment of the two mercenary groups is also good, but the equipment in the warehouse of the Blood Sun Thieves Group is all standard equipment, and it is well-built, and it is not at the same level as the equipment of the mercenary group, it seems that the background of the Blood Sun has invested a lot of money...... You know, the funds can be used to rob, but these standard equipment cannot be bought with money.
"Very good, this time you two mercenary groups are integrated into the city defense army, at least I can save the cost of equipment." Hathaway laughed.
"That's right! Even God can't stop luck when it comes, and this time we're making a fortune! "Sgart. Cancy was still used to thinking from the mercenary's point of view.
"No, I'm going to have a look at the equipment warehouse." Hathaway glanced at the list again, then suddenly said.
Bowen. Cornet laughed and said, "That's! It's all money, and it's not enough to watch it a few more times. ”
Everyone laughed heartily.
Coming to the equipment warehouse, Hathaway looked at the piles of equipment, frowned slightly, and muttered, "I always feel that I shouldn't ......"
"Shouldn't it be?" Sgart. Cancy asked.
"I think ......"
Hathaway suddenly stopped, pointed to a box in the corner, and said to a special operator who was following him, "You go and remove that box." ”
"Yes."
The team member moved the box in confusion, and the others looked at Hathaway in confusion, not knowing what she was going to do.
"Huh?"
The team member let out a startled sigh, the box was about half a person tall, he thought that even if it was full of things, he could move, but after pushing it up, he found that the box was actually a box carved from a large wooden pier, and he didn't move at all when he pushed it.
"You try to turn left and right." Hathaway reminded.
The team member listened to her and tried to turn to the left...... 'box' didn't move, he turned to the right again, this time the box moved, and as the box turned, a piece of ground in front of it began to move, revealing an entrance to a tunnel and a step down.
Hathaway was overjoyed and said, "It's so hidden, there must be something good in it!" ”
After saying that, he was about to move down.
"I'll go down first." Stilwell. Pang Sen's figure flashed, and he rushed down the steps into the tunnel.
After a while, his voice came from inside: "My lord, you can come down." ”
"Let's go."
Hathaway led the way down the steps in high spirits, the tunnels were well ventilated, and there were illuminated torches on the walls, already lit.
The passage is not long, and in front of it is a basement of about sixty or seventy square meters, the ground and four walls are made of bluestone, and they have learned to be treated with moisture.
In the basement, there were two rows of wooden shelves on which weapons and armor such as swords, war hammers, and battle axes were placed, about forty or fifty pieces. The equipment is well maintained, with a cold glow that reflects the glow of the torches.
"These are dwarven-made weapons, and they're of very good quality." Stilwell. Ponson was standing right next to the shelf, apparently having seen the weapons.
On the ground next to it, there were more than 30 boxes, some of which were covered with a thick layer of dust.
"Turn them on." Hathaway gestured to one of the team.
'Sizzle......'
When the team members opened the lid of the box one by one, everyone gasped.
The front two dozen boxes were filled with hazy gold and silver glow, full of coins, one box contained all kinds of jewelry, three boxes contained all kinds of magic gems, and seven or eight boxes filled with magic crystals of different grades.
"That's what really happened." Sgart. Cancy muttered. (To be continued......)