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Little Count Tang looked up at the sky and sighed.

Victorious.

The Knights of Alcoba are like a dream.

Victorious.

Tears rained down on the soldiers who survived the catastrophe.

No matter how much it cost me, how many lives I sacrificed, how much money I spent, no matter how many times I repeat it, I still have to say that it is a victory.

Victory, victory, victory, victory

Victory, what leader in the world, what general doesn't like this word? It doesn't matter if the victory is good or bad, whether the invasion is successful, or the defense is victorious, or if a lot of loot is obtained, even if the victory is a loss, as long as it is a victory, it is enough.

The victorious side naturally has the privilege of the victor.

First of all, there is the right to clean up the battlefield.

Cleaning up the battlefield is not only about burying the corpses, capturing prisoners, organizing and consolidating positions, but most importantly, cleaning the battlefield to get a lot of loot.

Because of the inconvenience of transportation in ancient times, the army had to carry a large amount of grain and grass because of the road conditions, and the spoils of war obtained along the way could not be transported, so they had to be carried by the army.

But for the Earl of Don the Younger, none of this was there, for North Munster was so close to Desmond, and the Grand Duke was still confident of victory, that he didn't even have much food or grass with him—it would have been better to grab it directly from Desmond when the time came.

And the loot, the Grand Duke lost the first battle, and where will this loot come from.

However, this is not to say that Count Don Jr. has gained nothing, on the contrary, he has gained a lot.

First of all, the little Count Tang was given a large number of slaves. Still, huh...... Let's skip over this, anyway, Count Tang has enough serfs now.

Then he got a large number of swords and armor made of iron, already forged!

My God! This is iron! The whole of Desmond, Count Don Jr. has searched and still hasn't found a single iron mine!

And there are more than a hundred pieces of cavalry chain mail worth fifteen cows each!

It can be said that these weapons and armor alone are enough to make up for the loss of the gold coins paid by the little Tang Count to the mercenaries, and there may be a little surplus - because in this era of war, if you only have gold coins in your hand, you will be robbed, and those who have weapons and armor can rob others.

So armor has always been hard currency, stronger than gold coins.

Finally, there are some small pendants, such as the crown of the Grand Duke, the scepter of the Grand Duke, the ring of the Grand Duke...... Eh, why is it all the stuff of the Grand Duke?

Forget it, anyway, these small pendants can still be sold for one or two thousand gold coins, which is also a great help.

The second privilege of the victor is to be able to make conditions to the loser, but this is also something that only the victor who still has the strength to do is able to do it, and at the moment he does not have so many troops for the Count of Don Jr.

In this battle, the Grand Duke of Murchid lost a total of more than five hundred soldiers, plus countless escapees, this battle was simply a wound for the Grand Duke, and it was impossible to launch a large-scale offensive in a few years, but the little Count Tang was not comfortable, a total of more than four hundred casualties, including 200 mercenaries, 120 ultra-long pikemen, and 80 light infantry, the casualties of the mercenaries can not be counted, but the casualties of the super pikemen and light infantry, even if they are not wounded, It's also a big loss of vitality!

Therefore, Count Tang can only withdraw his troops for the time being.

But for this war, the greatest benefit for Count Don Jr. was independence.

Independent.

This is related to the aristocracy of the Middle Ages, the aristocracy of the Middle Ages absolutely did not allow the nobles to go to war at will, this is out of very realistic considerations - if the king, or the Grand Duke, can declare war on the earls in the territory at will, and only a few can defeat opponents stronger than themselves like the Count of Xiao Tang - even if the Count of Xiao Tang is only narrowly winning, if the Grand Duke is a little smarter, or simply all the cavalry A at the beginning, then he may not necessarily lose!

The king declares war - the king victories - the king's power grows - the king declares war again - the king wins again - the king's power grows again......

If this cycle continues, one day the king will get all the land and will have the most powerful power, and at that time, how will the nobles who have no land and no money in their hands compete with the king?

Therefore, the nobles have such an unspoken rule, so in fact, it is okay for Count Xiao Tang to surrender at the beginning...... At most, the Grand Duke will take all his food and gold coins, and will not hurt a single hair of his hair......

But since Count Don Jr. fought and won, then he had the third benefit of the victor, ********.

Nominally, of course, he was a vassal of the Grand Duke of Mulchid, and Desmond was also an inherent domain of the Duchy of Munster. But from this day onwards, the Count of Don no longer has to pay a penny of taxes to the big buses, but not a penny of supplies, and he no longer has to salute when he sees the Grand Duke of Murchid at a banquet of a certain count or duke, such as a certain earl or duke.

To put it simply, from today on, Lao Tzu will not listen to you, Lao Tzu will play his own, don't play if you are unhappy.

And because Count Xiao Tang won, it is reasonable and legal for him to do all this, and no nobleman will criticize him.

With the pros out of the way, it's time to talk about the disadvantages.

The first is the loss of combat effectiveness - this is not a big problem, as it has already been said, Desmond is surrounded by the sea on three sides, but there are hills around it, and it is impossible to even land on the beach, so it can only come by land. On the land side, North Munster and Ormond have already blocked all the gaps, and now that the Archduke of Mulchid has lost, and the other Earls have no reason to fight him, they don't have to worry about combat effectiveness for the time being.

Then there is the question of the pikemen, although the pikemen are indeed remarkable, and can actually block the charge of the hoplites with human flesh and blood, but the losses are too great, and to be honest, the lethality of the cavalry is not satisfactory.

Therefore, Count Don hopes that he can get as much armor as possible, a large amount of armor, which does not need to be thick, as long as it can increase the chances of survival a little bit, just like the Swiss mercenaries in the future, although they were indeed clothed in cloth at the beginning, but in the late Middle Ages, the equipment of the Swiss mercenaries has made ordinary knights feel envious!

Moreover, Count Tang also wants to establish a complete conscription system, which should be available from conscription to service to discharge, which must not only attract enough recruits to join the army, but also reasonably arrange the life of veterans, and the veterans will be taken care of, so as to attract more people to join the army and fight bravely to kill the enemy.

In addition, there must be a medical system to save the lives of soldiers, a logistics system to ensure that soldiers can eat enough when they are away, and a political commissar to always require soldiers to prepare for war......

In short, if you really want to say it, there are countless such things, war is not just war, there are more political and economic considerations behind the war, so there is still a long way to go!

"But, but now, now, despite all the things going on, let me quietly enjoy the joy of victory!"

At that time, this was what the little Earl Tang thought, so he held the mead and fell asleep drunk......