Chapter 40: Sharing the Spoils and Killing the Prisoners

Baron Antayas also didn't believe that Alsburg, which had become a bandit's nest, didn't have much gold and silver property, and he spent the whole afternoon rummaging around looking for the possessions that the bandits might be hiding, and interrogating the surviving bandits one by one to ask about the whereabouts of the gold and silver property, but until he killed the two bandits, he couldn't hear the answer he wanted, and Baron Antayas had to reluctantly accept this reality.

After counting, the gold and silver goods found in the fort were converted into less than 12,000 pfennigs, but there was not much gold and silver money but there were a lot of materials, and the fort contained 15,000 pounds of grain, eight horses of various colors, six ploughing cattle, more than 30 pigs and sheep, more than 70 weapons and armor, in addition to a number of looted velvet, porcelain, tea, spices, linen and other valuable goods that had not been consumed.

In the evening, Baron Antayas held a military meeting with the leaders of several teams in the lord's cabin, and the leaders sat around the long table of the cabin, including the main attacking force of Yat and the Knight Druids of the Inner Palace.

Baron Antayas sat on the top and cleared his throat to signal everyone to be quiet, and said: "As a result, everyone knows, after the confirmation of several small bandit leaders, there is indeed only these gold and silver money left in Alsburg, it is said that the goods looted by the mountain bandits for many years have been used by the bandit leaders to recruit soldiers and horses, buy weapons and materials, they plan to stay in Alsburg for a long time, there is not much money in the fort but there are still a lot of materials, and now I am calling you to discuss how to distribute these seizures." ”

Hearing that the baron was about to agree on the distribution of the war catches, several knights who had fought for the private distribution of the goods began to make a fuss again, and Sir Chloe was the first to speak, he stood up, raised his left arm, which had been smashed by the wood, and said: "My lord, in this battle to the city, we were the first to climb the fortress wall, killing and wounding five mountain bandits, and our losses are also very large, I have three peasant soldiers killed in battle, and one of my men is basically helpless from being scalded by rolling dung water, and I should have given me an extra share when this battle was distributed." ”

When it came to the distribution of battle captures, the druid knights, who were usually humble, were also excited, "If we talk about battle damage, our city guards took the lead in launching a fierce attack, and in the siege and fortress gate battles, three soldiers were killed, four were seriously wounded, and there were several minor injuries, we should divide most of them, right?" ”

Several knights immediately began to discuss when they saw the situation, some said that they sent more troops and suffered a lot of losses, and some said that they killed many enemies and had high combat achievements.

"Big nose, are you embarrassed to say that you have killed the most enemies? What kind of enemies did you kill? TM is a mountain bandit who has surrendered~"

"That's better than you, a coward who hides under a wooden ladder and doesn't dare to rush up......"

The more they talked, the more excited they became, and they almost slapped the table and smashed the bench to fight.

Baron Antayas was so angry that his eyes were furious, he rose from his seat, drew his long sword and slapped it on the wooden table, shouting: "Give me peace!" When fighting, push and block, and when you divide money, hungry dogs fight for. ”

Everyone was a little quiet, Baron Antayas sat down, exhaled his breath, looked at Yat who was sitting at the end and said: "Patrol Officer Yat, you are the first to recover Ars this time, how do you think it should be divided?" ”

Everyone in the room looked at Art in unison.

Art straightened his armor and glanced at everyone: "Lords, this time to capture Alsburg is inseparable from the heroic fighting of your lords, and it is inseparable from the dispatch and command of Lord Baron. But you have also seen the fortification of Alsburg and the stubborn resistance of the mountain bandits, if there is no patrol soldiers to attack the fort gate, even if all the soldiers are killed, they may not be able to take it, in order to allow you to enter the fort as soon as possible, the soldiers of our patrol team who participated in the sneak attack killed two on the spot, the rest of them were wounded, and a few did not know if they could be saved, and besides, the Baron had promised me to give a quarter of the capture as my military expenses to help suppress it......"

There were six team leaders present, and Art alone wanted to take a quarter of the capture, but of course everyone wouldn't agree, so there was another dispute...

Until late at night, after the mediation of Baron Antayas, who was both soft and hard, finally determined the distribution standard of considering the number of troops sent and the number of battle losses according to military merit. By this standard, Art could get close to one-sixth of the capture, and he himself made concessions on the armor of money and horses, which became the center of attention, asking less for money and horse armor, but more for food, livestock, and other supplies.

Arte's patrol party was finally given a thousand two hundred pfennigs, six thousand pounds of grain, two miscellaneous horses, a ploughing ox, three wagons, and fifteen horses of linen, and sacks of spices and salt; The armor, good swords, and strong bows and arrows in the captured weapons naturally couldn't compete with those knights, but Art asked Baron Antaas for two sets of broken leather armor, seven short spears, four short swords, a piece of cotton armor, a batch of quilts, military boots, and other bits and pieces of military equipment on the grounds that the weapons of the patrol team were too damaged in battle and there was nowhere to replenish them.

The distribution of the battle was basically agreed, and everyone left the hut and returned to the camp inside and outside the fort to rest.

Seeing everyone leaving, Art walked up to Baron Antayas and leaned over and asked, "My lord, what are you going to do with these captured mountain bandits?" ”

Baron Antayas took a sip of the wooden cup on the table and said, "What else can I do?" Drag all those guys back to Fort Andermatt and kill them, so as to deter the restless guys around the territory. ”

Yate said: "My lord, anyway, if you catch it, you will kill it, why don't you hand over those captured mountain bandits to me?" ”

"Over to you? What do you want from those bastards whose souls have been taken over by the devil? ”

"Mistress Pierre of Tignets has promised me to exchange the heads of the mountain bandits for money, but you must write a letter to prove that they are bandits who have captured Ars, and that I need ...... serfs."

"You can exchange it for money?"

"Yes, I can."

Antayas thought for a moment, nodded in agreement.

As a result, all but one of the captured mountain bandits in Alsburg was handed over to Art for disposal.

On the second day, after handling the collection of supplies and the resettlement and rescue of the wounded, Art and several soldiers went to the barn where the prisoners were being held, and took over the prisoners from the guards guarding the city.

"Ron, bring the villagers up." Ron was ordered to bring four or five surviving Alsburg natives to the barn.

Art stood in front of the villagers and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, now that these demons have been defeated by us, you are invited here today to identify the big and small leaders among them or those who oppress the good and do many evils. Point out that a bandit rewards one phenny and the leader two pfennig......"

The villagers talked to each other for a while, and then stepped forward to identify them.

After a round of careful screening, four of the twenty mountain bandits were Alsburg villagers who had been forced to join the bandits, and eleven were homeless and bankrupt farmers who had just been coerced by the bandit leaders from all over the surrounding area, and most of them had not done anything too evil; Among the remaining men were two minor leaders and three old bandits, who were the culprits of the capture and plundering of Ars.

Art took all the captured mountain bandits to a clearing outside the fort, and asked the soldiers who stayed outside the fort to cover the city without experiencing the battle in front of all the captives to behead the five leaders and bandits in front of all the captives, so as to exercise the courage of the soldiers and at the same time deter the remaining prisoners.

It was noon at the time of the execution, and a clearing outside Alsburg was surrounded by soldiers and peasants. Art stood in front of the clearing, his armor and sword, and behind him stood the druid knight who had come to supervise the beheading on behalf of Baron Antayas. The patrol squad leader Kazak was in charge of the execution, and he commanded a dozen soldiers to drag the leaders and bandits of the bandits to the middle of the clearing, and forced the remaining fifteen bandits to watch the execution under the supervision of the soldiers.

Jason was one of the five soldiers selected for execution. He stood beside a bandit who was paralyzed on the ground with his hands and feet tied, holding a broad-bladed sword in his hand, and the bandit in front of him was already trembling with fright, and a foul smell of feces and urine wafted from his crotch.

To be precise, Jason was different from the other soldiers involved in the execution, he had fought in the battle of Winston Manor and killed an enemy, even though the guy had stabbed him to death on his short spear.

During the siege, Jason hated these bandits, and these devils caused many of his brothers to die outside the fort, even the brothers in the two patrol teams who got along day and night. The killing intent and ruthlessness of the war slowly subsided with the end of the battle, and now looking at the bandits who were trembling in front of him, he was a little unbearable. He quietly glanced up at the other soldiers on execution, their swords, and axes, all of whom were shaking slightly.

Before Jason could think about it, the voice of Inspector Art had already sounded, "I, Art Wood Wells, Southern Border Inspector of the Count of Burgundy, declare your sins on behalf of Lord Antaas Berger of the Falcon Family, the Guardian of the Southeastern Frontier of Tignaz, the Count of Burgundy, and on behalf of God, give you the final verdict. ”

With that, he nodded at Kazak, who organized the execution.

"Ready, sword raised!" Kazak's voice rang out.

Jason clenched the broadblade in his hand and slowly raised it upward. At this time, the mouth of the bandit who was paralyzed on the ground was already making a frightened whimper.

"Aim for the neck." Kazak's orders continued to sound.

Jason's raised hand shook so hard that he had to clench his right hand with his left hand to stop him from shaking.

"Cut!"

Jason looked at the bandit's head, gritted his teeth and slashed down with a sword, only to feel a moment in his hand, the broad-bladed sword was stuck in the bandit's neck bone and the head was not cut off, and the bandit who had not yet lost his breath stretched out his legs and kicked his feet on the ground, and his body was distorted and deformed in pain.

Jason, who couldn't hit a single blow, was already panicked, and was so frightened that he dropped the weapon in his hand and retreated again and again.

The roar of the squad leader Kazak sounded, and he saw that three of the five soldiers who were executed could not be killed with a single sword, and shouted to the soldiers who were executed: "A bunch of mongrels, all go back to me to replenish the sword, if you can't kill the bandits, I will kill you." ”

The captains of the various groups who were waiting on the side also stepped out of the ranks, kicked the retreating soldiers back, pulled out their swords and axes from their waists and threw them at them, until the executing soldiers stabbed the bandits on the ground to death or chopped them into pulp with one sword and axe......

Many of the friendly soldiers and farmers around the clearing had seen the battle in the battle yesterday, but they were still stunned by the sight. These ruthless guys who called themselves patrol team left an indelible impression on everyone present......