Chapter 254: Eugen the Wandering (32/102)
The dust of this battle slowly settled, and Tariq and Izzat were all imprisoned in the prison of Lybour, and Izat was treated relatively well, up to the standards of ordinary nobles.
Tariq's is much worse, the living environment and diet are similar to the treatment of the soldiers of Leyber City, Tariq is naturally very uncomfortable, but he has no complaints, after all, in terms of the relationship between the two parties, it is good that Eugen did not abuse him.
After the battlefield statistics are over, the losses on Eugen's side are also quite serious, and the original team of more than 1,000 people has less than 500 people left, and the casualty rate is more than half.
The Long Xiang Army did not have any losses, only some unlucky people accidentally suffered some abrasions on the battlefield, and the personnel remained intact, but the ammunition in the Long Xiang Army's inventory was greatly lost, and it took nearly a month to restore the reserves.
In addition, the only thing worth mentioning is that Old John, the captain of the death squad that destroyed the siege tower, did not die after being hit by a violent explosion.
He fell from a height of more than ten meters into a field of snow, and the snow acted as a buffer and warmed his body in time, and in the end Old John only suffered some burns and paid the price for a leg.
The lame old John could no longer serve in the army, so he retired with a Legion of Honor, and his eldest son was sent to the town hall to serve as an attendant to Eugen.
Eugen learned of John Sr.'s deeds and promoted him as a positive figure in the city, calling on the young men of Lebor to join the army and serve the lord.
This incident made Old John a man of fame and fame, and he became a well-known figure in the city of Lyber, and with the gold coins rewarded by Eugen, Old John finally lived a good life of abundant food and clothing.
Because of this incident, there was a wave of military enlistment in the city of Leber, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the new lord Eugen was a brilliant general, and that young people were willing to follow reliable people in pursuit of a bright future.
In just a few days, Eugen's army has expanded nearly three times compared to the original, reaching more than 3,000 people, but most of them are some new soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is very problematic, and it will take a long time to hone it.
Since then, many young people have wanted to join Eugen's command, but the army has stopped recruiting new soldiers, and Eugen has decided to maintain the number of troops at 3,000 so that military spending can be managed.
Out of all the recruits, a total of 400 soldiers were lucky enough to become part of the Long Xiang Army, and the Long Xiang Army was finally set at 500 people.
The production capacity of the Leyber City Iron Works is currently limited, and 500 new muskets are already the limit, and the remaining production capacity is still used to produce the agricultural tools needed for the beginning of spring.
No matter how urgent it is, things still have to be done the same, and the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time.
On the third day of the victory at the Battle of Lebour, all the surrounding mines were returned to the control of Lebour, and the steel reserves reached a fairly rich level.
According to the development plan for the city of Lyber, the next phase of the city's development will be focused on the First Institute, and the city can carry out an expansive development using the treasure worth one million kild gold coins that Eugen brought back before.
The first research institute has recruited a large number of people, and the main research and development direction is weapons, and Eugen himself has put forward five research ideas for the research institute, covering more than a dozen modern weapons such as gunpowder, portable artillery, and repeating machine guns.
If these weapons were designed and produced, the combat effectiveness of Eugen's army would simply develop by leaps and bounds.
Of course, the most difficult part at the moment is not in design, but in production, so the transformation and improvement of the production capacity of steel plants is also a key research project of the institute.
In terms of urban construction, the construction of the city wall in the new city is also on the agenda, and without the protection of the city wall, it is too dangerous in this era of war.
Coupled with some of the original construction plans, the new city also entered a period of great development at this time, this content was mainly Maria was in charge, Margaret was in charge of the work of the research institute, after both sides were busy, Eugen almost had no chance to see the two daughters.
Everything seems to be back to the way it was at the beginning, everyone has a job to do, and only Eugen has nothing to do.
In desperation, Eugen simply flicked his sleeves and left the city of Lebor with two hundred dragon soldiers and one thousand recruits equipped with weapons, and 'wandered' around the entire Lebor area.
Before leaving, Eugen just said to Simon: "Go, follow me to training." Then a group of soldiers left the barracks.
When Eugen departed, the news of Tariq's defeat and capture also spread in all directions like a long leg.
There were more than 5,000 Saxon soldiers stationed in several cities throughout the Lebor region, controlling 80 percent of the territory.
As soon as Tariq was captured, they were immediately left without a leader, and everyone was terrified of Eugen's army.
Viscount Pigard, who had been beaten out before, got the news and took the opportunity to lead his troops to kill him, but unfortunately he was beaten so badly by Tariq that he had only a few troops left, and he had no strength left to launch a new attack after capturing two small cities.
On the other side, Old Bard, who had been cowering to the side, jumped out, and this old pervert began to loot the entire Lebor region with two thousand five hundred infantry under his hands, occupying more than a dozen small cities, as well as two large and medium-sized cities, and taking a huge piece of the cake.
Eugen, of course, could not sit idly by, and the day after receiving the news, he directly led his troops to find the army of Old Bud, and the two sides engaged in a big battle on a snowy hillside in the wilderness, and finally the battle ended in Eugen's great victory.
The Longxiang army once again showed its combat effectiveness on the field battlefield, and the army of Viscount Bard, which was dominated by infantry, was no different from the target, and a few waves of attacks completely destroyed the enemy's fighting spirit.
In this battle alone, Viscount Bard completely withered, and no longer dared to take food from Eugen's mouth, and retreated to his main city with his troops, abandoning all other cities.
This is still Eugen for the sake of Duke Rudolf Welf, and did not kill him, otherwise, with Eugen's current strength, it can be said that it will be easy to seize the main city of Viscount Bard.