Chapter 136: Heavy Battle Losses
As night fell, the campfire in the garrison camp of Boulder Town was bright.
Boulder's defense was won, but Art suffered its worst defeat since he walked out of the valley alone two years earlier.
The 1st Squadron of Soldiers who remained in the camp of Boulder Town was almost wiped out. Squadron Leader Buzz had a bloody hole in his head smashed by a heavy hammer, and although he still had a faint breath, his death was almost a foregone conclusion, and the two soldiers of the squadron were killed and wounded; The first squad killed two and seriously wounded two; The second squad killed three and seriously wounded one, and the head of the squad leader, Crido, was cut off by the bandits.
The patrol team stationed in the Boulder Town camp was almost wiped out. Three of the seven patrol soldiers were killed and one seriously wounded, and one was executed on the spot for disturbing the morale of the army, and only the captain Obote and one wounded soldier were left to stand up in the entire patrol team.
More than half of the newly formed Gongnu team was killed or wounded, two crossbowmen were killed, one archer was seriously wounded, and the squad leader Jason broke his right leg.
One of the baggage team was killed in the battle, and the baggage officer Spencer was hit by a bandit arrow and fainted from severe pain.
Legion Adjutant Otto suffered four wounds, and the little finger of his axe-wielding right hand was severed by the roots.
Angus, the adjutant of the legion, was hit by three arrows, but fortunately the armor was better, and the arrows did not penetrate deep into the flesh, and his life was not worry-free.
Ron, the captain of the Sentinel Cavalry, was struck in the shoulder with a hammer, stabbed in both thighs with a spear, and stabbed twice in the chest, but luckily he wore iron-studded armor with iron shoulder pads, so he was not broken in the shoulder bone; The retinue of Sentinel cavalry riders Red and Felix were wounded; Although Lusignnan has been in battle for a long time and has not been fatally wounded, the small half of the ear that has been cut off by the sharp blade will never grow......
One of the most painful statistics......
Yat, who was sitting in the camp tent, did not wipe off the blood stains on his hands when he bandaged the wounds of several wounded officers, and looked at Kazak, who organized the elimination of the remnants, with blood-red eyes: "Kazak, is the cleanup over?" Are there any bandits who have slipped through the net? ”
Kazak looked at Yat, whose eyes were bloodshot, and for the first time realized that the face of his adult would be so hideous, "Big~Adult~ It's over~ but more than a dozen remnants of bandits have run away~ There is also a leader among them~" Kazak's voice was so small that he couldn't hear it.
Arte stood up suddenly, furious, and asked, "What did you do, you actually missed a dozen bandits?" Also TM ran a bandit leader! ”
Kazak stood straight in front of Yat, bowing his head and not moving.
Yate glared at Kazak fiercely for a while, and then realized that he was too harsh on this subordinate who was also injured in the reinforcement battle, eased his emotions a little, sat down and asked in a cold voice, "Have you finished the prisoner screening and interrogation?"
Kazak also noticed that Yat's tone was a little softened, and replied with a sigh of relief: "The bandits have been interrogated and screened, and there are twelve bandits among the more than fifty remnants of the bandits captured, including four big and small leaders."
"Have you found the bandit leader?"
"Found out, I guess you know this bastard."
Art raised his head and said in surprise, "I know?"
Kazak moved, and replied, "Do you remember that desperate chase in the birch grove south of Lane Manor?"
Art stood up, "You're not mistaken, right? Are you sure it's the bandit who chased us all afternoon? ”
"My lord, I'm sure I still remember those crazy, cold eyes, and that bastard."
"TMD, it turned out to be that bastard, go, take me to see it." Art wiped the blood from his hands on the hem of his armor, then picked up the knight's sword, which was leaning on a wooden bench, and followed Kazak out of the tent.
Outside the tent, dozens of bandits were bound by hemp rope and knelt in the open space of the camp, surrounded by a circle of black-robed soldiers with sharp blades.
Art walked up to a guy who was lying on the ground with his hands tied by broken hamstrings, kicked the guy over, took a piece of burning wood from Kazak and looked closer, his eyes were still boiling with anger despite being defeated and captured.
The bandit leader on the ground stared at Art with his eyes, his nose twitched, and the corners of his blood-dripping mouth raised with terrifying murderous intent.
Art remembered that afternoon when he was hunted down, and the deadly god who followed Art and the others was such a hideous face on the ground.
"I didn't expect us to meet again, do you remember me?" Art's tone was cold.
The guy on the ground glanced at Art, his eyes were suddenly stunned for a moment, and then he had a strong killing intent, "It's you!" I couldn't kill you, a soft egg who only cares about running for my life, but I didn't expect it to fall into your hands today. Bastard, give me a sword! ”
"It's in my hands, and it's so arrogant! Say, Why do you lead bandits against my camp? Was it instructed by someone? ”
"If I don't take my brothers to destroy your group of black-robed dogs today, are you waiting for you to destroy me tomorrow? Bastard, you have the ability to compete with me alone! ”
All the anger in Art's heart rose, and without saying a word, he pulled out the bishou on his waist and poked at the bandit leader on the ground.
"Ah~ah! Ah~~~~" The bandit leader was so painful that he kept rolling and convulsing on the ground.
"Bastard! I will sacrifice your head to the soul of my fallen brother! After saying that, Yate threw Bishou with both hands and held the sword, swung it high and slashed at the head of the bandit, cutting off half of the neck with a sword, and then raised his hand with a sword, and the head of the bandit head rolled to the ground~
"Ah~!" Seeing that Art did not agree with each other, the other captured bandits raised their swords and chopped off the head of the bandits, so frightened that they retreated and crowded together.
Kazak didn't expect Art to cut off the head of the bandit leader without saying a word, but he knew that Art was angry, and he didn't dare to say more......
Kazak caught up with Yat, who was returning to the camp with his sword, and asked, "My lord, what should you do with these captives?"
Art paused, turned to look at the remnants of the bandit who were shaking like chaff, and said lightly: "Pry all the useful information out of their mouths, you don't need me to teach you this, right?"
Kazak nodded hurriedly.
Art's words were not finished, "All of them will be beheaded early tomorrow morning, and this time there will be no one alive." The tone was as indifferent as telling what to eat for dinner.
Kazak gasped......
In the only wooden house in the Boulder Town camp, Buzz, who had been badly wounded to the head, lay quietly on the thatched bunk, his head wrapped in a thick layer of cotton cloth, the blood no longer flowing, but his face had turned from pale to gray.
Otto had woken up from his exhaustive slumber and stared blankly at Bass lying on the bed.
"My lord, I know that Buzz can't be saved, but he still has a faint breath, and I can't bear to give up on him like this......" Otto choked and quietly wiped the corner of his eye with his right hand wrapped in cotton.
Art got up and patted Otto on the shoulder to comfort him, and said, "Felix has hurried back to the wooden castle to bring Thomas and them, don't worry, I will do my best." ”
"My lord, our losses this time are too heavy"
Art sighed and said in a deep voice: "It's all my fault, the southern bandit suppression went too smoothly, so I mistakenly underestimated the strength of the bandits, and this time I hurt everyone." ”
"Your Excellency, it's not your fault. We didn't expect these bastards to dare to attack us. ”
"Forget it, we'll discuss this later, the most important thing now is to treat the wounded and restore them to the army. Don't do that anymore, there's still a lot to do after the war. Let's go see Sergeant Major and Ron first. ”
Art was about to lead Otto out the door, and Tuba of the 3rd Squadron, who was in charge of patrolling Waiwei, hurriedly walked in the door.
"Tuba, are the bandits who are ambushing at the mouth of the valley coming?" Art stepped forward to ask.
"No, my lord, we caught a little bandit trying to attack the camp in the north." Tuba reported.
"Do you need to come back and report back to catch a little bandit yourself? Chopped! Odo said fiercely, if it weren't for the customary need to screen and interrogate the captives, Odo would have had the remnants of the camp cut down by a knife.
Tuba knew that he didn't express it clearly, so he quickly explained: "My lord, Lord Odo, as soon as we caught that little bastard, a group of bandits appeared in the north and shouted to ransom that little bastard. ”
"Ransom? I was about to go after them, but they came to the door themselves. And what nonsense with them! My lord, I'm going to kill those bastards! "Odo said that he would lead his troops out to hunt down the remnants of the bandits who had been sent to the door.
Art stopped Odo, who was angry, and asked Tuba, "Why did they ransom that little robber?" ”
"Looks like that little bastard is the son of the leader of the bandits out there......"
"Take your son as a bandit?" Yat's sluggish mood was hoisted.
"Let's go, take me to see it."
At the gate of the village, two soldiers were holding a half-grown boy who was struggling on the ground, his clothes were torn, his face was bruised, and his mouth and nose were bleeding.
"Let go of me, you black-robed dogs! Let me go! The little bandit on the ground kept screaming and insulting.
The soldier next to him kicked the guy in the stomach, and the guy who was in pain grinned and finally stopped yelling.
"Let him go." Yat ordered to arrive.
The soldier let his hand go, and the little bandit slowly got up from the ground and suddenly slammed into Art, who raised his leg and kicked the half-sized man to the ground.
Art kicked too hard, and the guy on the ground curled up in a ball with his stomach clutched.
After a while, Art stepped forward and squatted down, grabbed the little bandit by the hair, lifted his head, and asked, "How dare you be a bandit at a young age?"
The little bandit stared at Art like a little wolf caught by a hunter, and then spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm on Art.
"Little bastard, look for death!" The two black-robed soldiers kicked and stomped on the guy on the ground again.
The guys on the ground were almost beaten, and Art raised his hand to signal the soldiers to stop.
"Man, tell me, why do you want to come back when you're all gone?" Art became somewhat interested in the little bandit.
The guy on the ground was beaten and foamed at the mouth, but he was still very tough, "You black-robed dogs have captured our big leader, those miscellaneous cowards dare not come, I am not afraid of you." ”
Art laughed a few times when he heard this, this little bandit who looked like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old on the ground really had the righteousness of a ranger knight.
"Come, bring his great leader and give it back to him."
One of the soldiers laughed evilly, walked to the place where he had killed the bandit, picked up the bloody head, and ran back, throwing the bloody head at the little bandit on the ground.
With a thud, the little bandit on the ground shuddered with fright, and struggled away from the hideous-looking head.
"No, I have returned the great leader of your family to you, you can speak." Art said softly.
But the little bandit on the ground was obviously suddenly overly frightened, stared straight at the head on the ground with wide eyes and did not move for a while, and then spit out with a "wow" sound......
It turned out that in the evening, the second leader of the bandits led a dozen old brothers who were still willing to obey his orders to touch the north of Boulder Town and prepare to rescue their big leader, but everyone began to retreat after seeing that Boulder Town had been prevented from leaking.
This second leader of bandits was originally an ordinary peasant who was forced to become a bandit, because he once saved the life of the big leader Gary, and he was older and honest and easy to control, so he was promoted to the second leader of bandits. However, the second leader of this peasant family was indecisive and lacked courage, so he was reluctant to take risks after comparing the advantages and disadvantages of friend and foe.
The dog father came out of the tiger.
The half-eldest son of the second leader has the opposite personality to his father, and he is surprisingly loved by the bandit leader by his sword and axe on weekdays, and is attracted by the bandit leader Gary as a confidant, when he heard that his father was going to retreat with his brothers, his stubborn temper was committed, and he broke into it alone while his father was not paying attention to carrying his weapon.
Then, unsurprisingly, he was caught and beaten by the soldiers on patrol......
"My lord, the old fellow is still shouting from a stone's throw away, begging us to let him redeem this little bastard. Did you send someone to chase after you? Tuba asked, as he walked into Art's ear.
"Don't worry, go out with me and take a look, pay attention to the surrounding area, and prevent the bandits from cheating." Anyway, there are enough people to accompany the funeral, as long as the price is right, Art doesn't care about letting go of such a small minion. 166 net
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Chapter 136: Heavy Battle Losses