Chapter 286: Sweep and plunder

Originally, the Chekers were demoralized under the blows of the Denlenburg army, but their usual training and their unacceptable consequences of surrender did not surrender.

But now, the commanders who led them have decided to surrender, and they have no burden in their hearts, although they may also have some responsibilities, but the main responsibility is still borne by Samuel.

In addition, they were not sure whether the Chekers who had captured them would allow the tribe to ransom them, although the Loerd people had always had the custom of ransom their captives, but for foreigners, some nobles chose to refuse.

Of course, there were also some nobles who were captured and executed by foreigners because they fought against foreigners.

Now they could only pray that the Count of Lordes was a benevolent and greedy man, and that he would definitely demand ransom from the tribe.

And their so-called elite warriors, the chieftains, and some of the chiefs of the tribes are also here, and their tribes will definitely pay to ransom them.

While the enemy was fighting, they suddenly threw down their scimitars, leaving only a shield to defend, and waited until the Delenburg army saw what they meant and stopped moving in their hands, and then they continued to talk about throwing down their shields.

At this time, the entire army of Denglenberg understood that the enemy wanted to surrender, so there was no need for them to continue fighting.

However, the pikemen still pointed their spears at the fully armored enemy, and they were still quite dangerous until they were disarmed.

Faced with the sharp tips of the pikemen, the Chekel cavalrymen jumped off their horses and began to untie their armor.

With the sound of armor clashing, the heavy scale armor on the Chekel cavalry was scattered on the ground by them.

Having lost their armor and weapons, they became toothless tigers, and they could only stay where they were, quietly waiting for the Denlenburg infantry to take them in.

After they surrendered, the knights also dismounted under the service of the servants, and their heavy armor was also taken off with the help of the servants.

After a fierce battle, their physical strength was greatly depleted, even the horses, and for at least two days they could not launch such a rapid and sustained charge again.

The light infantry relied on their vigorous footsteps to chase down the unarmed Cheker infantry who fled in disarray.

Not only them, but also the soldiers of the nobles, as well as the Mandeers who had unloaded their heavy armor, also joined the chase sequence, and the horses in the team were also ridden by some soldiers who could ride horses to chase them.

In the end, although a part of the Chekers managed to escape, seven or eight hundred Chekers were taken prisoner.

One by one, their hands tied in dejected shape, they walked towards William's camp in strings.

At this moment, a messenger sent by Chief Mutus delivered his letter to William, and gave William an account of the situation of the battle.

From the letter, William learned that the Sichekers, under the mobilization of Chief Mutus, had gathered nearly 5,000 troops and more than 6,000 enemies to confront the two sides at the junction.

After suffering a loss in the first tentative battle and a small defeat, they built a wooden camp and retreated.

In the face of the powerful Middle Cherkel, the West Çeker people were really a little powerless, so they could only retreat and defend in the camp.

Although Sicekel did not dare to fight, the Middle Cekérs did not dare to attack the city or plunder their rear at will.

Therefore, the two sides can only stalemate here, constantly consuming the resources of both sides.

The letter from Chief Mutus was to seek William's help, and he hoped that William would defeat the enemy as soon as possible and then help them in the battle.

However, of course, William could not obey him, and since they had not been defeated, they could continue to hold out for a while.

And what William has to do now is, of course, to make a war fortune, the regular army of the Chekers in this area has basically been wiped out, although there may still be a lot of guarding forces in which tribes, but compared to William's strength, it is still an egg to hit a stone.

William looked at the camp in front of him, which was not too good, and asked the soldiers to get ready.

As a semi-nomadic people, the camp in front of me is quite sturdy, it looks like a settled tribe, and there are quite a few wooden houses.

In particular, there are hundreds of women and children planting seeds on their farmland, and there are many teenagers in the surrounding area who are watching over their cattle and sheep.

Based on the calculation of the surrounding population, William estimated that this tribe numbered about 500 people, with dozens of cattle and more than 2,000 lambs, which was a good tribe.

However, it is obvious that there are not many young people in this tribe, except for some young men who are guarding, they are all old and weak women and children.

In the face of such a tribe, of course, there is no need to say much, William gave an order, and the knights were deterred by a charge, and they all surrendered.

Including a dozen horses of decent quality that could be used as war horses, as well as some grain and other gold and silver utensils that had been accumulated from last year to the present, all became William's trophies.

And the herdsmen or the peasants, the boys or the women, all became William's captives, and the population was the most precious thing.

Of course, they would not become legal inhabitants of William's previous Loald captives, but would be engaged in various production as slaves.

The women, on the other hand, were rewarded for their meritorious service to the territory or for their contribution to the territory, while the male prisoners of war were turned into William's private slaves and worked on farms or smelting and mining.

Those teenagers will be brainwashed into the militia and make them completely loyal to William, and the girls, naturally, have a similar fate as those teenagers, first accept brainwashing, and then be rewarded to a meritorious soldier as a maid or wife.

This method can not only increase the number of newborns in William's territory, but also effectively strengthen William's ability to control the army and the soldier's will to fight.

In this way, William carried out inhumane plunder within a radius of one hundred and fifty kilometers, and everything including people, finances, livestock, and all resources were in William's goal.

And William did not say that they stayed with him, but sent soldiers to transfer things to his territory in batches and handed them over to the militia to take care of.

More than 600 horses, more than 3,000 ploughing cattle, and more than 8,000 lambs fell into William's hands and were transported back to Denlenburg.

In addition, the total population plundered by William had reached more than 10,000 people, including more than 2,000 young and middle-aged men, the rest were women or young girls, and the old people had no old captives because they could not survive.

William sent troops this time, and just this vote earned all the capital back.