Section 60 Counterinsurgency
Under the charge of the heavy cavalry led by Arold, the peasant rebels who stood in front of them suffered a devastating blow, and the besieged citizen forces in the town also took advantage of the situation to open the city gate and attack the rebels attacking the city wall. The vast amount of food, livestock, and belongings accumulated in the rebel camps, which had been left behind by the rebels' ransacking of villages along the way, were now also in Arold's pocket because they could not be taken with them.
"Lord Arrod, thank you for your personal rescue." Matthew led the members of the chamber of commerce and important people in the town of Wismar to Arrod outside the town, who was still wearing bloodstained uniforms, and Arold was wearing chain mail and riding on a horse to receive the audience, but he let the other knights hold the pistol in his hand, and carried his own sword at his waist.
"You are my loyal courtiers, and it is my duty to protect you." Arod sat on his horse and said modestly, the people of Visma Town looked at each other happily, if before this they were only afraid that their property would be taken away, then after seeing the terrible strength of the heavy cavalry led by Arold, they thought that they could be protected by Arrod, and there was no doubt that the safety of life and property was guaranteed in this dangerous era.
"We will always be your most loyal subjects." Citizen representatives and members of the Chamber of Commerce took off their helmets and hats and bowed to Arold to show their allegiance. If the previous submission was forced to do so because the citizens were held hostage in the Lion Castle, the current pledge of allegiance is entirely visceral.
"Matthew, I appoint you as the mayor of Vismar Town, join my court and become my vassal, I will go to clear the remnants of the rebels, and you will lead a force with me." Arold suddenly said to Matthew, who was standing respectfully in the crowd.
"What? Is this to divide the town of Vismar to me? Matthew was astonished to hear this, and he could scarcely believe his ears, although Arold had co-opted his father Heller to become a courtier, but because Heller had been poisoned by the priest Lomwa, the matter was almost overcome. And the division of the feud should also be the most loyal courtiers from Arrod's court. Arold, however, gave the town of Visma to Matthew.
"Oh, congratulations, Lord Matthew." The surrounding citizen representatives and members of the Chamber of Commerce were overjoyed, and they stepped forward to pat Matthew on the shoulder and congratulate him, saying that Matthew's family is a long-established family in the town of Wismar. And they all have a high prestige in the Chamber of Commerce. If Arold appoints a Germanic as mayor. These merchants would be very worried that the new mayor would be expropriating and harming the interests of the merchants, but now that Arold has divided the town to Matthew, whom they are very familiar with, it cannot but be said that the citizens of Wisma Town are completely on Arold's side.
"Thank you for your appreciation, Lord Earl. My family and I will always be loyal to you and your children and grandchildren. With tears in his eyes, Matthew couldn't help but get down on one knee and swear to Arryd.
"Well, however, Matthew, you have to proselytize, if there are heretics among my vassals, it will cause the displeasure of the Roman Church." Arold's decision is also a strategic choice after repeated thinking, although he can bring some economic benefits by clinging to the fief, but he has lost the hearts of the people, not to mention that he has the right to rule on the surface, but in fact he has no officials to help him manage the town, but the Visma Merchant Council is playing a role, which is no different from autonomy, and Arold, who knows how to give up the wisdom of the East, feels that it is the only choice to consolidate the relationship with the town of Vesma by dividing the Mahew.
"Yes, Lord Count." Matthew readily agreed, the Omwa priest poisoned his father, which already made Matthew feel extremely dissatisfied, and the hated house and Wuxia no longer respected the Romwa religion, and now it was Arrod who gave him the fief of the town, and changing his religion could make Matthew and his family the ruling class, so why was it difficult to convert him.
Arold led the cavalry and the army of the town of Vismar non-stop, driving and defeating the fleeing rebels from the forests and countryside where they were hiding, and treated these rebels without any mercy, killing all the prisoners with weapons, beheading all the prisoners, and burning the villages that participated in the rebellion, so that the people of Mecklenburg shivered when they heard Arold's name, and the reputation of the Count of the Terror was spread to other territories by the Slavs.
"Whew, whew, whew, abominable heathen count." Supported by five or six of his men, Big-Nosed Chad fled to a lumberjack's hut in the middle of a valley, and this humble hut made of branches was only Chad and his men, who were his relatives and friends, but now they were all dejected and exhausted, and they had been chased by Arold for several days, and whenever they stopped to rest, the sound of horses' hooves rumbled behind them, and they were finally dispersed by the gathered people, and the number of people ranged from hundreds to dozens, and then to a few now, The situation is bleak.
"Don't be afraid, there is a border ahead, as long as we flee into other territories, the damned heretic earl will not chase after us, and we will find a way to take revenge in the future." Seeing that the morale of his relatives and friends was low, Chad hurriedly encouraged him with his hoarse voice, but there were few responses, and the atmosphere gradually became dull, because they were afraid that Arold would find their traces, they didn't even dare to light a bonfire to keep warm, and the wind in the valley at night was cold to the bone, and the night was extremely difficult.
"Ugh." Big-nosed Chad slept in the cabin, he hugged his arms tightly, he didn't dare to close his eyes in the cold wind and fear, but when dawn came, he couldn't help but be sleepy, and his eyes slowly closed, and at this moment he suddenly felt that his head hurt as if he had been hit by something, and after the pain it was pitch black.
After a long time, Chad felt a few hard kicks in his body, and he opened his eyes in pain, and after a few moments of adaptation, he found himself lying on the ground with his hands tied behind his back, and a piece of stinking linen in his mouth.
"Let him talk." At this time, a Germanic voice sounded above his head, and when he heard the Germanic language, Chad's face was like ashes, and he knew that he had fallen into the hands of the Germans, but he did not believe that his relatives and friends would betray him, and while he was thinking, he was pulled up from the ground by two soldiers, and when he looked up, he saw in front of him Arold on horseback, the count in the black lion coat of arms, who had impressed him in countless pursuits.
"Damned, cursed heretics, you will be punished." The linen from Chad's mouth was removed, and he cursed loudly at Arrod, knowing that he was certain to die, but Arold just looked coldly at the Slavic peasant who had rebelled against him.
"These people tied him up and brought him to us." Julian stood beside the forest road, and at his feet knelt several Slavs, who knelt there with their heads bowed and did not say a word, and Chad was furious at the sight of those men, who were his trusted relatives and friends.
"A traitor, a traitor with maggots in his body." Chad continued to use his curse skills, but the men did not remain silent, and they looked up at Chad with hatred.
"It's all you, we were hunted down everywhere, and now even our homes have been burned down, if it weren't for your instigation, we wouldn't have participated in this rebellion at all, we would have seen that you were just a scoundrel." He was dumbfounded by the words of Chad's relatives and friends, who followed him as if he were a king while eating and drinking, and at this time belittled him as worthless.
"Lord Earl, what should we do with these people?" Julian watched the infighting of these rebels, and he watched with contempt for the fact that these people dared to rebel against Arold's rule.
"The most honorable Earl, spare your life, it's all Chad's fault." Chad's relatives and friends, who had participated in the rebellion, knelt on the ground and begged Arrod.
"Gotcha, gotta gotcha." Arold kicked the horse under the crotch with his heel, and the horse took a few steps forward and walked in front of these beggers for mercy, when Arold looked at these people condescendingly, they couldn't help but bow their heads, the reputation of the terrible earl even they heard about it when they fled, this cruelty was in stark contrast to Arold's early benevolence, when Arold exempted the peasants of Mecklenburg from taxes, many people mistakenly thought that the earl was a weak and bullying nobleman, That's why so many people joined the rebellion.
"Traitor?" Arold looked at these people coldly, it was these people who rebelled against their own good intentions, and made a mess of the order they had built up with great difficulty, he really wanted to kill them with his own hands, but these people are worth more alive than dead, Arold took a money bag from his waist and threw it in front of those people, "To you, this is a reward for capturing the leader of the rebels, let them go." ”
"Oh, Lord Count Xie." The peasants who betrayed the big-nosed Chad looked at the money bags in front of them and rubbed their eyes, and couldn't believe that they could be rewarded in addition to saving their lives.
"Lord Earl, what about this guy?" Julian drew his sword from his waist and stood beside Chad the Big Nose, holding the sharp sword around his neck, and at the slightest command from Arrod, his head would fall to the ground.
"Take him back, hang him and show the corpse to the public, and the corpse will be nailed around the territory, so that everyone can see what happened to the rebels~~." (To be continued......)
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