Chapter 31: Humiliation
Early morning! The sun was shining on the land, and it was a good day, and on the wide plain, a large group of strong men in black clothes were busy, and they were divided into small groups and went in all directions at the same time.
Now the scattered ones are the Storm Brigade! They went out to gather the people and supplies, and since they had won the battle, they should have received the people and the livestock, and the reward that the victors should have received was constant at all times, of all races.
And the rest of the personnel, who are responsible for defense and recuperation, it is impossible to leave the camp and go home today, and there are still many things that have not been dealt with.
"Lord Earl! Outside, the three leaders of Calis, Aguero, and Conse asked to see him. β
Just as Evan was helping to treat the wounded, a loud announcement from the guards was heard outside.
"Tell them to come back later, just say I'm busy right now and don't have time to greet them."
Hearing the guard's report, Evan groaned for a moment and spoke.
As soon as the battle was over last night, these three men came to Evan, and he had already rejected them once in the name of counting the prisoners and rescuing the wounded, but he didn't expect to come again early in the morning?
Evan is really busy right now, those minor injuries were alive last night after a simple bandage, but what about those with broken arms and legs? Although the enemy's seriously wounded can be treated with a single knife to end their suffering, his own people can't, and Evan hopes to save everyone's life.
After the meeting last night, Evan didn't care about resting, and came directly here to help treat the wounded, those who had broken arms and legs, because they didn't have good medical skills, could only use the most simple and crude way, put the iron pieces on the fire and roast the whole wound, so as to avoid excessive blood loss and death.
And those who are hit by arrows in their bodies need to use a dagger to cut out the arrows, and use herbal wood ashes to stop the bleeding, as for how much can be saved, Evan doesn't know how much he can save, but as long as it is not injured, he will try his best to arrange people to treat him, but even so, there were still nearly two hundred people last night, and they did not hold on for various reasons.
As for those clansmen who were injured and did not die for the time being, but obviously could not be saved, Evan had to give them an order to give them a good time and end their lives.
This result also gave Evan a clearer idea of the war in his mind.
A night of busyness, a night of treatment, so that the clansmen more accepting Evan, they saw that Evan was busy for every clan, trying his best to treat every wounded, not only those who were injured, now the whole team feels that following this kind of leader, yes! At least Evan treats them as human beings.
In the midst of such busyness, the time came close to noon, and when he had finished treating the last of his clansmen, Evan dragged his tired body away with the wounded's face moved.
"Hello everyone! Some people have seen me, and some people don't know me! My name is "Evan", and it was my warriors who fought with you yesterday, and perhaps what happened yesterday made some of you angryβ"
Evan did not go back to sleep, he arranged for people to slaughter cattle and sheep to prepare a sumptuous lunch for the captives, and he himself came to the captives and spoke loudly to the expressionless captives.
"Since you choose to be silent, then you listen to me, what I want to tell you is that all this is caused by Ramqvist, I am a victim like everyone else, I don't want to fight, I also want to live a good life, but Ramqvist came to my house and robbed my woman-
Everybody's a man! Can any of you tell me that as a man, you can't even protect your own woman, and you are willing to be bullied to the doorstep? As warriors chosen by the gods Odin, can you accept this humiliation? β
Seeing everyone's indifference, Evan continued to shout at the captive, and as his words fell, various expressions slowly appeared on the captive's originally plain faces.
"You don't answer, it's nothing? I believe that we are all brave and upright Vikings, we can tell right from wrong, and we now know who is strong and who is weak, and we have defeated you in a very short time on the front, this is an indisputable fact, this result can not be changed by anyone, which only shows that we are stronger. β
As Evan's words fell, many people had unconvinced expressions on their faces. They lost inexplicably, if it weren't for the hateful sun that couldn't open their eyes, if it weren't for the ultra-long-range arrows, if it weren't for the huge axe that broke through their defenses, it would have been hard to say whether they would win or lose? They won't be trapped here in humiliation.
"You don't have to be unconvinced? Actually, I regret coming here to talk this nonsense to you losers, failure must be accepted with courage, no matter what the reason is, the loser must have the consciousness of the loser, the battlefield is only you live and die, there is no excuse-"
Seeing that no one had spoken, Evan continued to sarcastically assault the unconvinced captives.
He had his own thoughts in his heart, he didn't want these captives who were about to become his people and warriors to be slumped by his own battle, and lose their courage like sheep, he didn't need sheep now, he needed hungry wolves now! Crazy bloodthirsty hungry wolf.
"We have failed, but we are not cowards, we are also brave Vikings, if you want to kill or scrape, do not insult us with your vicious words."
"I'm not a coward!"
"I'm going to duel with you!"
"You have defeated us by despicable means, and you are not worthy to be called a hero."
As soon as Evan finished speaking, a young man stood up from his captives and yelled at Evan with an angry face. As the young man's words fell, the crowd suddenly became noisy, and everyone roared at Evan, and it could be seen from their excited and red faces at the moment that the anger in everyone's hearts at this moment could be seen.
"Shut up!"
"Sit down right now!"
"Dare to be disrespectful to adults! You don't want to live anymore? β
Seeing some of the captives who were out of control, the soldiers who were standing around to defend immediately drew their weapons and glared at them, ready to be cut and killed at any time under Evan's order.
"Kill me, won't you?"
Seeing the vicious soldiers around him, looking at the sharp weapons in their hands, the voice of the captives was immediately suppressed, and only the young man who stood up was still standing in the middle of the crowd with a heroic look on his face.
"Ha Lu Ha ......"
"Look at what you look like now? Where do you feel a little bit like brave Viking warriors, and you're just a rabble now? Let me kill you? Duel with you? Do you think you have what it takes?
I told you earlier, war is life and death, war is not a game, you can do anything to win? Only victory is king? Losers can only show that their brains are not good, they can only show that they are stupid, don't use these excuses to justify their failures.
Look at the leader you follow, Ramqvist is timid**, his three sons, only have the ability to cross the family, and he is not soft at all when he kills his own brothers? The warriors who met me were like sheep and crushed at the touch of a sheep, leaving their people and soldiers to flee for their lives alone? This is the leader you follow? This is the leader you can fight for? Are you laughing at me? I, an outsider, feel sorry for you? β
Evan, reaching out to stop the further movement of the guards, spoke loudly to the indignant captives.
As the words came out of his mouth, the faces that were red with anger slowly changed from red to white at this moment, and when Evan said the last word, the faces of the captives turned pale and lowered their heads one by one, including the young man standing in the field, at this time, there was also a look of shame on his face.
"You are warriors, you are civilians, you just want to live a peaceful and prosperous life just like I did then, all the mistakes you have made today are not your faults, all of you are victims like me, you are alive now, you can choose your own path, choose to follow a powerful leader, as our Viking history has taught us, only in this way can you be given a life of abundance and abundance.
Even when you go out to fight and plunder, you don't have to worry about your relatives and children, you don't need to worry about whether they survive the harsh winter, you don't have to worry about whether they are in danger because of your departure, and you don't have to worry about the food and clothing of your family. β
Seeing the captive's face turned pale and ashamed, Evan felt that the heat was almost over, and as soon as his voice changed, he began to draw his own plan, and after his words fell, the captive's eyes slowly became brighter, especially those young people, who felt a little pampered.
"I think everyone thinks the same way as me, and I believe everyone understands how important a strong leader is to yourself and to the whole clan, so I don't think you should lose your fighting spirit and be sad now! Instead, we should be glad for this day, because the gods Odin chose to let me appear in front of you at this time, and I believe that with my arrival, your life will also be turned upside down with my arrival. β
Evan struck while the iron was hot, and directly put it out, although he could use strong means to co-opt these people, but this time was different from the past, he needed to completely recover these thousands of combat power, enrich his strength, and prepare for the next move.
"We follow you? What can you bring to us? β
Hearing Evan's words, a middle-aged man who looked powerful stood up and said with a serious expression. As he spoke, the captives all looked up at Evan with wide eyes to hear what the young count would have to say.