In Walloon Castle, Art stood on the wall and paced back and forth, occasionally leaning on the battlements and raising his eyebrows to look east.

Just as Art was about to see through, the two horsemen returned to Wallonia on the edge of twilight.

Art turned around and stepped down the stone staircase a few steps, waiting at the gate of the East City.

A cavalryman of a sentry cavalry jumped off his horse after a few paces and ran to Art, "My lord, we have found Chief Lusignan and Young Master Felix at the edge of the dense forest nine miles to the northeast, and there are some scattered friendly cavalry. ”

When Art heard that he had found Lusignan and Felix, the stone in his heart was lowered slightly, at least they were still alive.

"How are the two of them?" Art asked.

"Chief Lusignan has been wounded, but he is not afraid for his life. But Young Master Felix~" The cavalry was a little hesitant, he knew that this was what his adults were most worried about.

Art's heart fluttered suddenly, and he grabbed the armor of the cavalry and glared at him and asked, "Felix died in battle?!!!

"No~No~ Young Master Felix still has a breath, but his leg was trampled and broken by the enemy horse, and Chief Lusignan failed to fix the broken bone in time in order to lead him to break through, and when I left, Young Master Felix's leg injury had turned purple and black~"

Art let go of the sentry cavalry, turned his head and shouted into the city, "Spencer! Spencer!! Call Spencer to me. ”

Art planned to have the Escort Team set off immediately to transport Felix back for treatment.

"Forget it, it's too late, call Father Robert, bring all the treatment equipment, quick!" Art hastened to add.

"Ron, prepare the horses!"

............

At night, in the dense forest on the edge of the plain.

Felix, who had a broken lower leg, finally fell asleep under the influence of a brown paste-like drug called "Persian poppy".

Art knew the dangers of this kind of thing, but he couldn't care about it so much at this time.

"Father Robert, why do you have such a thing on you? This kind of thing is rare, not to mention, but it is extremely expensive. Art asked Father Robert, who was applying mashed vermicompost mud to Felix's broken leg.

Robert rubbed the earthworm crumble from the wooden bowl on Felix's swollen and blackened bones, and replied: "Two years ago, the Archbishop of Besançon had a recurrence of headaches, and I heard that the mountain people in the southeast mountains had a miraculous medicine that could cure headaches, so the archbishop ordered me to go to the mountain people to retrieve some of them, and I kept a small packet in my possession. Although this black thing is a little ugly, the analgesic effect is much stronger than that of belladonna. ”

Art nodded.

"Priest, Felix's legs~?"

"Lord Art, rest assured, Young Master Felix's leg bones have not been crushed, and fortunately, the broken bones have not pierced the flesh, plus Lusignan, they have also taken some emergency measures, as long as they recuperate, there is hope for healing."

"But I'm curious, during this time, I found that your soldiers seem to know a little bit about the treatment of the wounded, just like the medical technique of splinting the broken bone~ It shouldn't be an ordinary person."

Robert is puzzled by the unusual behavior of Art and his soldiers.

"Priest, there are two healers in my territory, and my officers and guards have been taught by those two healers, so I know a little bit about battlefield treatment."

"Really? Then when I go back to your territory with you this time, I will definitely meet the two healers in your territory~"

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That night, Art and his party stayed in the dense forest, where they were seriously wounded in addition to Felix and two other local cavalrymen.

But the two poor fellows were stabbed by the Swabian cavalry's horsemen, one of them pierced the abdomen, and the intestines were exposed; The other had collapsed his sternum and had begun to cough up blood foam.

Out of humanity, Art asked the guards to bandage and treat the two of them, but the two poor fellows snorted all night and couldn't wait for the sun to rise the next day......

Early the next morning, Art and Angus each led their guards and sentinels to the ferry battlefield and the Swabian cavalry camp to the east, and made sure that the Swabian soldiers had left.

The two cavalry searched for miles around the battlefield at the ferry, and after a morning's search, gathered a dozen remnants of the soldiers who had been hiding in the grass and wheat fields all night.

Near the ferry, there were also corpses stripped of their weapons and armor and all their belongings, including three sentry cavalry of Art's sentry cavalry......

Jumping off his horse, Art slowly walked over to a corpse that had been tortured to the point of its head and torso.

Art knew the severed corpse, which had been by Felix's side until the last moment of his life, in order to give his master a chance to live.

Had it not been for this faithful corpse and the heroic soul who had died in Provence, Felix, the young and vigorous baron's only son, would have been reduced to a pile of bones......

After searching around for a moment, Art gathered Schwabian's severed limbs back and placed them around his torso, then removed his cloak and placed it over the corpse.

"Man, we will always remember your loyalty, and may your soul rest in heaven." With that, Art bowed his head and drew a cross on his chest.

Art slowly got up and instructed Ron, "Ron, take the remains of our three warriors away, and leave the rest of the bodies to the friendly forces to dispose of themselves." ”

Ron looked around at the corpses all over the ground, and no matter how ruthless Rao was, he couldn't help but feel a sadness in his heart, "Yes~ Master." ”

Angus walked over and patted Ron on the shoulder, "Take the body with you~Don't look at it~"

............

On the second night of the Reconquista, there was no lively celebration in Wallonia.

Due to the sudden enemy situation, the original 50 or so light cavalry became a mixed cavalry of 60 or 70 cavalry, mainly heavy cavalry.

In order to buy time for the besieging army, a total of 55 people were killed on the spot, including two knights, eleven cavalry, 42 conscripted peasant soldiers and the lord's private soldiers, and more than 10 people were unable to be treated due to their injuries afterwards, and the number of lightly and seriously wounded soldiers was even greater.

In a battle of wài wéi to block enemy reinforcements, the casualties and battle losses have exceeded nearly three times that of the main battlefield of the siege, which has to be said to be a fiasco.

In the dilapidated hall of the Inner Fort in Wallonia, the Baron of the Frontier of the Count of Burgundy had a gloomy face, and there were so many people who died, he couldn't let himself raise his emotions.

"Lord Baron, I have asked my baggage team to assist you in healing the wounded men. In addition, I will report to the court on the thrilling battle that took place today in the eastern part of the kingdom, and I will let everyone know how you have led a makeshift army to fend off the Swabian demons, gaining precious time for the siege of the main battlefield. ”

Art squeezed out all the beautiful words he could think of.

The baron raised his head, looked at Art, felt that Art was not hypocritical, and said: "Sir Art, we will not rob you of the first merit of recovering the lost territory, if you really want to do something for these heroic souls who died in battle, then when you return to the court, try your best to fight for a bereavement for these dead and wounded guys~"

Art nodded heavily.

"Alright, let's discuss the matter of the merit book."

The baron picked up a quill and began to write to the court of Besançon about the military exploits of all the people in the reconquest of Wallonia......

............

The Reconquest of Wallonburg is over.

Because the local army had already attacked the fort under Wallon Fort more than a dozen times, the defense strength of the Swabian defenders in the city had been basically exhausted, so when Yat led the army to attack the city, he took it in one fell swoop.

However, although the siege was successful, the battle losses of the Yates army were not small. Seven were killed and three seriously wounded during the assault on the outer walls, and two more were killed and two seriously wounded during the tug-of-war with the Schwabians in the streets and alleys during the assault on the inner fort.

The most distressing thing for Yate is the three cavalry who died at the ferry to intercept the battlefield, although the battle damage of the infantry is also heartbroken, but the recruitment and training are simpler after all, the cavalry of the sentry cavalry has spent a lot of effort to reluctantly train, and all of a sudden even the three horsemen with war horses and armaments were damaged, and even their own wives and brothers were seriously injured~

Art's heart was dripping with blood.

The battle damage is not small, but the gain on the battlefield is not large.

According to the prior agreement, all the booty after the capture of Walloon Fort belonged to the local army, after all, the local army paid a greater price under Walloonburg, so Yate did not say a word about the distribution of the spoils, not only that, but he also strictly ordered his soldiers not to compete for any spoils in Walloonburg.

However, several commanders of the local army were still good at grasping people's hearts, whether it was out of recognition of Art and his army, or because Art was a confidant of the Earl of Balwin, the deputy minister of the court, and the local army still sent Art two thousand pfennig worth of silver coins and several captured weapons and armor when distributing the spoils.

This gift is not too light for the local army, which lacks armor.

The loot thing Yate does not force, but the other benefits Yate will not be polite.

The first is the military exploit of the ferry interception battle. The first credit for the siege was something that Earl Balwyn had arranged for a long time, and Arte did not need to say much, but according to the prior agreement, the military merits outside the siege battlefield were left to the local army to deal with.

However, in the battle of the ferry, Angus played an important role in the participation of the Sentinel Cavalry, and when the infantry was defeated and the cavalry brigade fled, only Angus gathered the remnants of the Swabian heavy cavalry to attack and intercept it, and also killed several enemy soldiers.

Then there were the six civilians who had been captured by the Swabians and had escaped the enemy's butcher's knives, and Art was also coming. These young frontier people were taken prisoner to defend the city for the Swabians in Walloonburg, and although they did not do it voluntarily, they were already accused of treason, and the local army intended to behead them all. However, Art thought that these six young and strong border people who had experienced the burning of the war were more suitable as a supplement to the soldiers than those farmers who had no combat experience at all, so Art exchanged them with 500 pfennigs from the execution axes of the local army, and these people were to be brought back to the valley to be used as a source of soldiers in the same way that they were captured and bandits.

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In April, the first company of the provisional "palace guard" was stationed in Walloon Castle for more than ten days, during which time Schwabian sent a small army to circle outside Walloonia, not so much to capture Walloon again, but to confirm the life and death of the Swabian Baron and negotiate the payment of the ransom with the local army......

On Tuesday of the third week of April, Arte left Walloon with his army.

After all, supporting an army of nearly 100 men was also a heavy burden for the war-torn border region, so after several surrounding castles and fortresses successively sent soldiers to garrison Wallonia, Art left the eastern border with his army and embarked on the journey back to Besançon.