"Scott, how are you feeling?" Cooper and other civil affairs officials stood beside Scott's bedside and asked him softly.

Scott opened his eyes slightly, looked at his colleagues who came to visit him, and nodded slightly.

After the doctor's treatment, Scott's face was no longer so pale at this time, and he had regained a lot of blood, but he couldn't get out of bed and walk around for the time being.

"North~Beiguan~"

"What did you say, Chief Scott?" A civil affairs official standing aside saw Scott's lips move slightly, "Do you mean Beiguan Military Fort?" ”

Scott struggled to say these words, but his body was too weak.

"Rest assured, the Beiguan Military Fort is defended. Commander Tridok led fifty cavalry of the Wells Legion to the rescue, most of the enemy were killed and wounded, and several leaders were captured, and now we are locked up in the valley. ”

The corners of Scott's mouth curled slightly, and the tears in his eyes kept rolling~

"Scott," Cooper looked at Scott's turned-over face, heartbroken. "You've done what you had to do, and the good thing is that you've saved your life." Cooper sighed and continued: "This time our valley has suffered huge losses, more than a hundred peasant soldiers have been killed in the battle, and almost everyone has been wounded. Fortunately, Triduok arrived in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable. ”

"yes~"

"yes~"

All the officials sighed.

"You can take care of your wounds, and the defense of the valley and the recovery of Tignats will be left to Tridok." Cooper said to Scott with concern.

Scott nodded again and again, and watched Cooper and them walk out of the room to visit and comfort the families of other wounded and dead soldiers~

…………

In order to deal with the many matters left over from the battle of the valley as soon as possible, after the civil affairs officials have counted the damage and casualties in various places. Cooper sent to inform the civil officials, as well as the mistress of the wooden castle, Lotty, the priest of the valley, and Triduok, who had just returned from Marsy Castle, to the hall of the lord of the valley to discuss the follow-up.

“…… Ladies and gentlemen," Tridok said to the attendees, "as Master Cooper has ordered, I have already done a good job of counting the losses of the Battle of the Guard. One hundred and fifteen peasants were killed in the battle, two of whom died on the way back to the valley, and the other four died the previous evening. ”

"Amen~"

"Amen~"

The crowd mourned for the six valley peasants who had died.

"One hundred and twenty-one of them were seriously wounded, and the rest of the others were also slightly injured to varying degrees." Tridok continued, "Two of the Welsh cavalry who came back were lightly wounded and were fine. Such are the human losses in the valley of this campaign. ”

"Okay, next, the civil affairs officials will introduce the damage to houses and farmland and the damage to people in various parts of the valley county." Cooper motioned for the civil affairs officer to speak.

"First of all, Winchesterton Manor, which belongs directly to the valley, was burned down by bandits, and because the main body of the manor was a stone structure, only the roof and the wooden structure in the house were burned, and the difficulty of later restoration was much less. Lane Manor and South West Farm have not been damaged. Nearly two hundred acres of farmland around Wincheston Manor were burned. The two remaining peasant soldiers and the few old peasant households who refused to move were killed, and the peasants were locked in wooden houses and burned to death, and the civil administration has sent people to bury their bones. ”

Cooper nodded.

"According to the captives and our estimates, more than 20 houses were destroyed in the county of Tignats, most of them the private homes of the squires who lived in the city, and the others were destroyed by fire because of their proximity to private homes. Fifty-two people died. Sixteen soldiers died. More than 150 acres of farmland around the county town were burned. There were four squires in other realms of the county that burned down, and thirty-two people died. Together, more than 270 acres of farmland were burned.

Mrs. Lottie, Master Cooper, this is the damage that the bandits have done to the counties and the valleys. ”

After listening to the report of the civil affairs official, everyone's hearts could not calm down for a long time. This time, the bandits were ferocious, insidious and vicious, causing great damage to all parts of the county town and the valley. It seriously disrupted the order and commercial development of the county, and caused panic among the people.

"Hmph, these bastards!" Tridok slammed the table in anger.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Cooper continued: "Madam, this time the peasants in the valley have suffered heavy casualties, do you want to see if you should first give the dead and wounded peasants and their families a bereavement allowance in the name of civil affairs, and the achievements of this battle will be decided after the adults come back, and the civil affairs will be recorded first." ”

"Old butler, I agree with you. If they hadn't used their lives to resist those bandits this time, I'm afraid the valley would have ceased to exist a long time ago. Lottie sighed.

"That's good. Civil Affairs records it. A civil affairs official immediately picked up a charcoal rod and prepared birch bark.

"Five hundred puffins for each of the dead soldiers, four hundred pfennies for each of the seriously wounded, and fifty to two hundred pfennigs for minor injuries, depending on the severity of the wounded."

"Also, ma'am, there are many casualties among the peasants in the valley this time, and I would like to ask Father Hamish to pray for the peasants who have died. Then there was a mass burial. Cooper looked at Lottie, then his gaze fell on Hamish.

"That's as it should be, Father Hamish, and I'll leave this matter to you." Lottie said to Hamish.

"Dear Madam, I am willing to serve you." Hamish replied, standing up.

"One last thing," said Cooper, turning to Tridoc, "Scott is recovering from his injuries, and the defense of the valley and the reconquest of Tignets will be left to you, Tridok. ”

"Please rest assured, old housekeeper, I will definitely exterminate all the remaining mountain bandits entrenched in the county town!" Tridok's eyes were filled with anger.

…………

On the second day, in the open space outside the gate of the valley leader's wooden fort, the valley leaders dressed in dark linen clothes stood in order. Some of these people were the people of the vicinity of the wooden fort, and some were farmers who came out of their homes in the early hours of the morning and came by torches on the road connecting the villages of the valley with the wooden fort.

There was a light rain in the sky, and the shoe prints that had been stepped on on the ground were already full of rain. Raindrops mercilessly smashed into the faces of the valley leaders under the howling mountain wind, and then splashed down. Even though the clothes on their bodies had been slowly wet by the rain, none of the leaders ran under the eaves to escape the biting rain.

On the steps outside the gate of the wooden castle, the valley priest in a black robe, the valley mistress Lottie and the viscount's only son, George Jr., the civil affairs official Cooper, the company deputy commander Triduok and others had been waiting for a long time.

On this special day, everyone's expressions are serious, and even four or five-year-old children know that this is not the time to fight, so they obediently follow the adults......

"Everyone, in the name of God, as faithful believers of our Lord, we gather here today to pray for those warriors who have lost their lives guarding the valley." Hamish, the leader of the valley, spoke.

"To guard our homes, to protect our loved ones, friends, children, wives. In the face of those fierce and vicious enemies like demons and beasts, these fearless men took up their weapons and rushed to the front. Some of them are fathers, some are sons, and some are husbands, but they all have a common name, and that is man, brave and fearless man! Hamish said excitedly. At this time, the women standing in the empty ground could not hold back their tears, but none of them cried, and the tears mixed with the rain and slowly flowed down their cheeks to the ground......

"They withstood the spears and swords of their enemies with their flesh and blood, and exchanged the hope of life for all the people of the valley. We should always remember them, remember their names, remember the places where they fought. We want to tell their children that their father is an amazing man, a hero of our valley! It is the warrior of our valley! Hamish waved his arms excitedly.

"May God be with them, and may their pure and noble souls receive eternal rest under God's protection......"

"Amen ......"

"Amen ......"

…………

On the second day, under the arrangement of the civil administration, the peasants and soldiers of the valley who died in battle were collectively buried in a piece of uncultivated wasteland in the valley. The main civil officials of the valley and Lottie, Triduok were present at the funeral.

A huge tombstone has this epitaph written on it: You were born ordinary, but you died great. Names are densely engraved beneath the epitaph: Feynman, Ulla, Carmen......

…………

After a few days of rest, the cavalry of the Wells Legion returning to the valley rushed towards the city of Tignac with the captured Doyle and several squire lords who had secretly betrayed Art.

When more than 30 cavalrymen, together with Doyle and others with their hands tied in the middle, appeared not far from the south city gate, the peasant soldiers on duty rang the alarm bell. When Doyle's men ran to the south gate and saw that their commander had been captured, they did not resist much.

Before the city gate was opened by the frightened peasants, the four of them had already slipped away towards the north gate. But they were not so lucky, and were soon caught by the cavalry who were chasing them, and taken under the southern gate of Tignets.

At this moment, Doyle and the squires were on their knees, and behind them stood a Welsh legionnaire armed with a plate axe. Seeing this situation, several people desperately begged for mercy......

Long before Tridok was ordered to set off for the valley, Art confessed to him alone: once the bandit leader and other people associated with the rebellion were captured, they were to be imprisoned first, and then taken to Tignaz to be beheaded in public after dealing with the affairs of the valley. First, it can appease people's hearts, and second, it can deter those forces who oppose Art behind their backs.

"I have been commanded by Lord Yat to exterminate this group of thieves who have taken over the county, killed the people of the county, burned down the houses, and committed all kinds of evil. After our interrogation, these mongrels were spies sent by the Thorne court. At this time, the people who gathered around to watch the excitement were talking.

"Their aim was to disrupt the county town of Tiniez, to attack the rear of the Wells Legion, and to force the Welsh Legion to withdraw. Do you think they should be killed? ”

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

The townspeople, fed up with what the bandits had done in recent days, were furious and threw the stones, eggs, and vegetables in their hands at the guys. At this time, Doyle, who was already unrecognizable and delirious, still lowered his head and let the group of untouchables insult and abuse him~

"I am the Viscount of the Earl, the Captain of the Wells Legion and the Commander of the Southern Garrison Corps. Wood. In the name of Wells, sentence this group of traitors to death! ”

"Axeman, execution!"

Under the gaze of everyone, the heads of this group of guys were chopped to the ground one after another by the axes raised by the soldiers behind them, and the blood pillars that spewed out frightened the timid county citizens to scream~

Afterwards, the severed head was dragged by the cavalry and carried around the county to deter those who were secretly opposed to Art......