Chapter 138: Capturing the Captives
As William knew in his previous life, it is true that the Swiss mercenaries got rid of more than 4,000 knights and mercenaries of the Habburg Dynasty, but what is the combat environment, the Swiss mountains, that ghost place uses knights, isn't that a brain pump.
Although the Habsburg knights dismounted and beat the Swiss with their rifles at first, they were completely abused by the old Swiss mountain people in the later period, using unfamiliar tactics on unfamiliar terrain, which in Wilhelm's opinion was the reason for their failure.
William is not a well-researched military fan, nor is he a legendary history buff, he just sees things from the perspective of a normal person.
The cavalry has too many advantages over the infantry, and the mobility and impact power are enough to hang all the infantry units.
"Lord Count, accept the surrender of the enemy, our losses in this battle are too great, these soldiers can be used as slaves or sold to human traffickers after being captured by us, it is a waste to kill them all!"
William looked at the infantry and knights who were slashing and slashing the enemy, and said to the earl with a look of regret.
Although there is not a very short population in his territory, population is strength, just like France in another time and space, why did they always have the first place in the army before Prussia? The reason is the population, just during the Hundred Years' War between England and France, they were able to explode nearly 10,000 knights with the advantage of population.
And before the First World War, there was still a World War, and France's population growth rate was not as fast as that of Prussia, so his war potential could not be compared with Prussia and Austria, which was the reason for its failure, so William was always as big as possible for the population.
"You're right, Baron William, we do need more supplies and people to make up for our losses!" The Count nodded.
"Let the soldiers stop killing and accept the enemy's surrender, but take care of them, understand?" The Count said to one of the knights beside him.
The knight immediately went to convey the order to the scattered knights, and most of the nobles around the earl also showed joy, these people will definitely have their share after being captured, there is no need to worry.
"Surrender! Count be merciful, you will save your lives after surrendering! The knights began to convey the Count's orders everywhere, and under the guidance of the knights, the infantry in the Denlenburg area also began to shout, and the movement of killing the enemy in their hands slowed down.
"No, don't kill me, I surrender!"
"Dear lords, I surrender!"
"Please bypass us!"
After listening to the words of surrender and not killing, the enemy's armed infantry were shattered the defense line in their hearts, and they had no intention of victory, and continued to fight just to survive.
As soon as the words of acceptance of surrender came out, the enemy immediately put down the rudimentary weapons in their hands, some prostrate on the ground, and some squatted on the ground waiting to be taken in.
The enemy's armed infantry, on the other hand, was slightly hesitant, after all, their will to fight was much stronger than that of the light infantry, and they were somewhat resistant to surrender.
However, in the case of the surrender of all the light infantry, the remaining three or four hundred armed infantry stood out very conspicuously, as if standing out from the crowd.
"Huh? Are they trying to rebel? William looked at the armed infantrymen who refused to surrender and became slightly interested.
The knights were also quite surprised to see the armed infantry still holding their weapons and standing in place, and they rode their horses to the vicinity of the armed infantry.
More than 200 people raised their long swords and pointed at them, the cold murderous aura became more and more terrifying in the cold wind, it seemed that as long as these armed infantry continued to resist, the knights would immediately charge on horseback and wipe them out.
"I ...... I give up! ”
"I ...... Me too! ”
"Don't kill me!"
The armed infantry looked at the knights who were not far away, and suddenly lost the courage to fight, although the long swords and maces in the hands of this group of knights were no longer sharp, the war horses were out of breath, and even the armor on their bodies was damaged in many places, and there were many wounded knights, but no one dared to question or doubt their might.
If they dare to resist at all, then they will be greeted by the fierce charge of more than two hundred knights in the next second, and no one will survive at that time.
The armed infantry were all frightened, and they threw down their weapons one after another, prostrate themselves on the ground, and lowered their noble heads in front of the civilians.
"We should have enough ropes, it's hard to keep so many captives in captivity!" William looked at the prisoners crouching on the ground and said subconsciously.
"Yes, there was a large amount of hemp rope left in the castle when you transferred the nearby residents, and it should be enough to tie up this group of captives!" Clerk Ruggie appeared at the Earl's side and answered questions for William.
"Hello, Earl of Consville!" After the Earl of Censville was disarmed, he was brought in to meet the Earl.
The knight in charge of this matter did not embarrass him, not only did he not have any shackles or anything like that, but instead wore a more decent set of heavy cotton clothes before him, and rode on a war horse, followed by two knights of Denlenburg who were in charge of guarding.
"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine!" The Earl of Consville looked at the high-spirited Earl with resentment, and said with a cold snort in his mouth.
"Don't worry, I am a noble nobleman, I will give you the treatment that matches your status, and at the same time, I will give you a chance to redeem your captured vassals and knights!"
"Behold, so many captives are a great fortune even for me!" The Count of Loire said deliberately in front of the Count of Conceville.
After saying that, the Earl of Surveyville's face was obviously embarrassed, these were his soldiers, even if they were not his, they were also his vassals, in short, the armed forces he was able to mobilize, and now they were all captured!
The Count of Loire kept provoking the Count of Consville, and the Count of Consville did his best to fight back against the Count of Loire, and all the nobles, including William, could not intervene in this kind of conversation at all, and could only listen silently.
While the two counts were talking, a knight walked up to the count and said to the count: "Lord Earl, we did not find the existence of Viscount Curvin among the captives, and we did not find any of his knights!" ”
"Damn Viscount Cowen! What do you eat? How can you let him run? As soon as the Earl heard the news of Viscount Curwen's escape, he immediately burst into a rage, like an angry old lion.
"I'm sorry sir, this was our negligence, in fact, since we joined the battle, we haven't seen Viscount Curwen's banner!" Of course, the knight did not dare to disobey the earl, and he could only defend himself weakly.
"Damn it! Search me, search the entire battlefield, search the footprints nearby, and I'll catch this traitor who deserves to be hanged and stick his body all over the territory! ”