The benefits of enemy warfare are always enormous, especially in this kind of lightning raid that is impossible to defend against.

Most of the Jonah Frontier Garrison led by Art plundered Bhuvanshire on the Swabian border for two whole days, except for some counties in the southern mountains and some counties near the hinterland in the east, almost the entire slightly larger village fort manor in Bhuvanshire (it is impossible to sack all places in just two days) was combed by Arte's army.

In the temporary chariot barracks outside the city of Bufan, the officers of all flag teams and above sat around the bonfire iron basin of the Chinese army camp tent in Arte, and the commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, Odo, who was sitting next to the head Yate, pinched a few pieces of birch bark, "...... Within two days, two castles, four large villages and three estates in Bouvanshire were captured, killing a total of 42 local Swabian defenders and killing nearly 100 Swabian civilians. Thirty-seven of our troops were killed and eleven were seriously wounded, and the prisoners and recruits suffered heavy losses......"

Art interrupted Otto's report with a wave of his hand, "How many prisoners escaped?" ”

As soon as O'Dollio recalled, he replied with some shame: "Twenty-five ~ the Fifth Banner Team is still chasing five deserters, and they have fled towards the Swabian hinterland with their private goods."

The defection of the prisoner soldiers was not unexpected by Art, he did not expect a group of prisoners who were not good to be lambs in peace after plundering huge amounts of goods, Art pondered for a while, and instructed Ron, the guard officer beside him: "Ron, send people to spread the word that we will leave thirty-five Burgundian soldiers in disguise in the territory of Swabian, and their main purpose is to assassinate the nobles of Swabia and plunder the territory of Schwabian, If necessary, they would also surrender to the Swabians and enter their army, becoming a nail in the coffin for the Burgundian army to attack Swabia on all fronts. ”

Art's response was simple: he used the sword of the Swabians to clear out the defecting prisoners before they became bandits in the Wuthering Mountains.

"Let's go on with the war catch." Art turned to Otto and said.

"The seizures of the army in the enemy county in the past two days have been calculated by the officials of the camp under the command of the Chinese army, and the value of gold and silver coins and gold and silver utensils is estimated to be at least 1,700,000 pfennigs, a total of 127 sets of weapons and armor (including long and short weapons, light and heavy armor and shields), 53 carriages of various colors, 72 horses and oxen, mules and donkeys, 132 sheep, and 18 cart......s of spices and cloths."

Speaking of the looted booty, a smile suddenly appeared on the faces of the officers in the military tent, according to the huge profits obtained from this plundering of Swabia, after the end of the conquest of the southern valley, the officers in the tent will have at least a thousand puffines each, plus the military rewards from the previous battles and the accumulated months of wartime salaries, two thousand Dophines returned to the valley to build a few wooden houses and mansions, and if the commander-in-chief gave him more money with a wave of his hand, he might be able to marry a wife and have children......

Of course, this is the result that the high-ranking officers expected in their hearts, and it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to have such a high military reward. However, even the most ordinary soldier can at least pay seven or eight hundred pfennigs when he returns to the valley (a soldier is not the same as a soldier, and a soldier has eighty pfennigs only in wartime. Soldiers who have a little heart to settle down can also apply for a homestead in the area of the army mansion designated by the civil administration and ask someone to build a single-storey wooden house, and if they are lucky, they can go to several villages in the valley to choose a satisfactory peasant girl to be their bride......

In short, the whole army was jubilant at this time, and even those prisoner soldiers who still carried the status of prisoners felt the joy of the harvest, and the celebration of eating meat and drinking wine naturally did not need to be said, and Art allowed the prisoners to receive no more than twenty pfennigs of private property from the beginning, and promised to give a reward according to the recorded military merits when they were restored to their status as freemen after the war was over.

The officers in the military tent exchanged their heads and whispered about what they had been forcibly requisitioned in the past two days.

After waiting for the people to be quiet for a while, Odo continued: "In addition to money and armaments, we have forcibly requisitioned nine families of blacksmiths, two families of weaponsmiths, five families of carpenters, three families of builders, three families of tanners, two families of tailors, and five families of other craftsmen of all kinds, a total of twenty-nine, counting their relatives and apprentices, one hundred and twenty-one. In addition to the craftsmen, we found three Swabian healers and five literate clerks, three of whom spoke our Burgundian language, and who volunteered to reveal their identities and avoid death. ”

"At present, all of these people are being held on a manor house on the west side of this place, guarded by soldiers."

Art raised his head, "These are the rarest talents, you let the guards guard me strictly, and I am not allowed to let anyone go!" These people were treated well, fed and drunk, and told them that there would be no danger. ”

"In addition, you can find a few more interpreters who are proficient in Swabian and Burgundian, and let them help you manage these Swabian talents, and you go and beat up the few Burgundian officials, so that they can manage those people for us with peace of mind."

Otto nodded in note of the note.

"How many Burgundians have you rescued in the past two days?" Art asked again.

Otto rummaged through the birch bark and replied: "In this year the Swabians have taken no less Burgundians captive, and in all the manor villages there are Burgundians who have been forced into slavery. In the past two days, we have rescued a total of 542 people, most of whom are willing to be rescued by us, and more than 100 of them have volunteered to join our army, and they are currently ......"

"Wait!" Art waved his hand to stop Otto's words.

"You mean there are still people who don't want to be rescued by us? Could it be that they became Swabian nobles after being taken captive? Or did he marry a Schwabian and put down roots? For the first time, Art heard of a man willing to be a slave.

Otto put down the birch bark, "My lord, I didn't believe it when I first heard it, but then I called the flag captain who led the team, Rig, and asked him in person to believe it." ”

Art made an interesting pose.

"The place where those two fellows were serfs was a small manor eight miles south of Bouvan City, and the owner of the manor was a man named Logan? What an old knight of Man. When Rig arrived at the manor with his soldiers, the old knight spent all his money to buy the lives of all the people from Rig, and the manor was the only place where we didn't shed blood and wounds. ”

Art snorted, "That old knight really took out all his possessions?" How much money is there? ”

"There must be hundreds of thousands of pinkneys, and then Rig and the others found a lot of wagons and cattle by themselves, but it seems that the money is really there."

"Did Rig kill people in the manor?"

"I cut and wounded a civilian, but the army was still alive when I left, and I don't know if I can save it. It is said that the old knight was very kind to the people on weekdays, and the people loved him very much, calling him Logan the Good Man. ”

"So our two Burgundian compatriots willingly stayed and became slaves for the knight?" Art asked.

"Tragic death as freedmen and happy life as slaves, they would rather choose the latter. That's what those two guys were saying. Odo replied.

After listening to this, Art pondered for a long time, then raised his head and said to the people in the military tent, "Did you hear that? This is the human heart. In the future, you will all become lords of the people's lands, and hopefully one day your serfs will say the same thing. ”

"If it weren't for the urgency of the war, I should have gone to see the old knight, there are not many people who can still hold on to the knight's faith in the chaos of war. Rig didn't take the old knight what happened, did they? Art cared.

"No, Rigge isn't presumptuous on the manor."

"Excellent! Tell Rig he's doing a good job. Art expressed his relief, at least the last vestiges of humanity had not been wiped out by the grinding wheels of war.

"Well, the supplies and personnel captured in the war should be properly cared for, and before the Swabian army arrives, you will immediately send someone to escort the captured goods back to Brammon City, and then order the caravan to bring everything except weapons, armor, and military salaries back to the south, along with those Swabians."

"This matter is for Otto to deal with."

"Ron, has the caravan been contacted? Where are you now? Art asked Ron, the guard officer in charge of intelligence outside the battlefield.

Ron thought for a moment and replied, "When we came out of Brammon, the caravan had already infiltrated southwest of Swabia with the help of Lord Herreth to sell southern goods. The two Swabian craftsmen of the Valley Workshop had decided to stay, and the caravan was ordered by the civil magistrate to go to the cities of Biertenberg and Tebrun to quietly bring the relatives of the two Swabian craftsmen of the Valley Workshop back to the valley. If all goes well, you should have returned to the country. ”

Although the two countries were at war, war was not an impassable chasm for merchants, and Salter, the head of the audacious European trading house, had the courage to do so.

"When you met Salter, you sent him a message for me, telling him that I care more about his safety than making money, and that if the enemy territory is too dangerous, we can suspend the trade in southern goods, and our money is barely enough this year." Arte didn't venture deep into the enemy country of Swabia and suffered huge losses on his caravan, which was a common way for him to make money.

Art got up and patted the charcoal ashes on his armor and walked to a topography map, "Okay guys, the money is in hand and we have to see if we can hold it and take it away, now it's time for us to focus on the enemy." ”

"Sergeant Major, tell everyone about the battle situation." Art's gaze turned to Angus, the commander of the First Legion.

Angus got up and walked to the topographic map, picked up a thin stick on the ground, pointed to a point on the topographic map, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, where we are at the moment, thirty-two miles from the border between the two countries. For the past two days, the Swabian defenders in the city of Buvan could not hold out, and had no intention of going out of the city to fight except for the occasional arrow; The rest of Bouvan County had basically been drawn to Randy to form the army that would attack our borders, so we weren't threatened in the county. ”

"Our threat is mainly from the surrounding areas of Bouvan County." Angus moved the stick to the top of the topography map.

"According to the Chinese cavalry, a Swabian army of 200 men was assembled thirty miles east of Bouvan yesterday morning, but they had not entered Bouvan County until this morning. My guess is that the enemy knows that we are outnumbered and deliberately delayed, hoping that we will rush to buy ourselves and leave. I have put the cavalry on the lookout. ”

The tent chuckled.

"Our biggest threat comes from the city of Ao Nang, in the south of here. On the day we entered Bouvan County, the Lord sent a task force to infiltrate the vicinity of Ao Nang City, according to the quick horse report of the task force, the Swabian army in Ao Nang City has been assembled, but it is said that the Earl of Landy was recalled by the Swabian court and reprimanded, so the Swabian army that has not been led by the leader has not moved for a long time, but the Swabian in Ao Nang City has heavy cavalry, and they can rush here in a daytime once they move, so the threat to us is the greatest. ”

"Of course, we did not hesitate to attack the Swanational territory at any risk not only to gain the benefits of war, but also to divert the attention of Randy's army to the Swanational territory, and the more we make a fuss in their lair, the fewer troops they can send to invade the territory. However, we can't move too much, although Swabian has raised troops to invade the country, after all, the number of troops they send is limited, if we beat Schwabian too painfully and easily provoke the enemy, then Swabian will invade the country again, and we will be in trouble. ”

"This is also the reason why the Lord did not continue to march west and did not attack Bufan City, of course, it is also a fact that we can't defeat Bufan City."

Angston paused, "According to your lordship's deployment, this afternoon I will lead the soldiers of the four banners of the First Infantry Corps to send the war loot back to Bramont City, and then rely on the troops left behind in Burgundy to attack the Schwabian garrison of Fort Genet." The 2nd Infantry Regiment and several units directly under the Chinese Army will continue to maneuver around the Swabian border under the leadership of Lord Otto and Lord Odo, so as to attract the attention of the Swabian army in Ao Nang, so that they will not dare to rush to the aid of Fort Gennet, and relieve the pressure on the reconquest of Fort Gennet......"

Angus gave everyone a general introduction to the next move of the army, and the specific details of the operation need to be arranged separately.

Art paced a few steps, "We are now in enemy territory, and we must always be on guard against the enemy's encirclement and interception. You also have to control your soldiers, and we must not let problems within the army at this time. ”

"Last night I received a secret message from the Task Force from the court of Jonah that last month the Liberation Army had gained absolute control of the outer battlefield on the Western Front, and that Lord Flender's Midsummer Army had routed two thousand Western troops at the Black Iron Fort north of Besançon, and had killed more than six hundred enemy troops; The eastern battlefield of Besançon was also under the personal command of Count Balwyn, and by the time the military intelligence was issued, all the castles and fortresses around Besançon had been captured by the Liberation Army. ”

"The command camp of the Central Army of the Liberation Army and the Jonah court ordered us to stabilize the war in the east, and after the Liberation Army occupied Besançon, we would immediately send troops back to the eastern front to rescue."

"In addition, because we have blocked the attack of the Swabians, the army sent by the Duchy of Burgundy has stopped at the northern line of the province of Jonah and has not moved south for the time being, and the court of Jonah is also worried that the movement will touch the nerves of the Swabians......"

"In short, the situation of the war is quite favorable for us for the time being, and we must take advantage of the favorable situation to seize the time to expand the results of the battle......"

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