Chapter 62: Solidity (Christmas Update)

Originally, after several attacks, the army on the opposite side had reached a limit, and it was supported by the prestige and force of Count Arteus without crushing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but it was only a lingering breath, the armies of the various lords were completely mixed together, and they could only resist sporadically under the leadership of their respective lords, and it almost became a mess.

At this time, Artis once again led people to press, and under the collective bombardment of more than 100 sacrifices, the opposite side was almost defeated.

In the end, as the enemy's commander, Count Artes, was killed by Artis on the battlefield, the opposing army was completely defeated.

The various lords tried to escape with difficulty, and fled frantically under the pursuit of Nadir, Carter and others.

"Kill!"

"For the gods of nature!"

Echoes echoed on the battlefield. Among them, there are some people who are very conspicuous.

These are mostly those who were focused on by Artis before, and most of them were appointed as a tun commander under his special promotion, which was very eye-catching on the battlefield at this time.

Artis looked at it intently, and saw that the golden natal was extremely bright under the blessing of military energy, burning his own luck. Among them, a little light blue is particularly conspicuous.

"Chief Bazel!" a shout rang out.

On an open field, a young man with a thin body and a resolute face fought in front of him, his bloody body dripping with blood in the heavy rain, which made the people around him awe.

With the fierce fighting, above his head, a pale green natal suddenly shook, and a little bit of luck was burning, echoing the military qi.

"Kill!" he yelled and hacked the man in front of him to death, with an innate ruthlessness.

Seeing this person, Artis nodded slightly, and then turned sideways to signal to the priest beside him: "It's almost over, persuade him to surrender!"

Beside him, the sacrifice will be willing, and then go down to give the order.

"Surrender or kill!"

As the heralds went down one by one, these words suddenly echoed on the battlefield where flesh and blood were flying.

Ahead, countless desperate soldiers heard this, and their steps slowed down, and then one by one they gradually dropped their weapons and let the enemy take care of them.

And behind Ardis, the nobles who were coerced by Ardis looked at this scene with a somewhat ugly face, and their feelings were quite complicated.

However, neither Artis nor his sacrificial officers paid any attention to their meaning, and as dusk approached, the battle gradually ended.

"My lord, this time we defeated the opponent's 5,000 people, of which nearly 1,000 were killed on the spot and nearly 3,000 were captured!"

Beside Artis, Nadir looked at Ardis with a happy face, the scars on his body had completely disappeared under the effect of divine magic, but there was still a faint bloody breath.

"Hmm!" Artis nodded, "How's the loss?"

"There are probably about five hundred people lost, mainly killed under the desperate counterattack of the opposing knights. Bill added silently beside him.

"Count the names of these people, and when they return to Cecil, they will distribute the bereavement pensions for the dead in battle. ”

Speaking of this, Artis looked at Bill: "How is the condition of the wounded?"

"Under the divine treatment of the sacrifice, most of them were cured. Bill said, but after a while, he stopped talking a little: "It's just that there are still a few soldiers, because they have been severely injured, even if they recover from it, they can only be disabled, and they are destined to be unable to go to war again." ”

"What should we do with this group of people?"

"Let's pay the bereavement pension that was stipulated before, and arrange the rest when we return to the city-state. ”

"Yes!" Bill nodded.

The scene was slightly quiet for a while, and under this silence, Artis looked at the heavy rain outside and said, "This heavy rain, it looks like it will take a while to stop." ”

"In that case, let's take this opportunity to hold a banquet with the loot you have taken from the other side, and by the way, you can also establish your reward. ”

He looked at Nadir and the others in front of him, with a smile on his handsome and unusually handsome face.

Below, Nadir and the others glanced at each other and did not speak.

So that night, in a camp, a small banquet was held, at which officers who had made meritorious contributions on the battlefield sat upright, and although they kept talking to each other, they still looked a little dignified.

In this regard, Artis smiled slightly, and then looked down, commending the officers who had made contributions on the battlefield.

Among them, Bazel is impressively listed.

He showed courage on this battlefield, and he made a big and small contribution.

Artis fixed his eyes, only to see that the luck above his head was faintly fluctuating at this time, and it was obvious that it had already begun to activate.

To this, he just smiled: "Bazel?"

"Yes!" On the other side, Bazel looked a little nervous, his face was a little rough, his expression was a little stiff, there was no expression, and he was not good at words at first glance.

In this regard, Artis smiled and said, "What do you want for your contribution this time?"

On the other side, Bazel was stunned, but quickly reflected: "Please ask Your Highness to call the shots!"

"That's it...," Artis thought for a moment. Then he said, "How about adding fifty acres of land to your original reward?"

Suddenly, Bazel on the opposite side was overjoyed: "Yes!"

Seeing him like this, Artis was slightly stunned and shook his head.

"You stay with me and be my bodyguard!" Artis said, looking at Bazel across from him in joy, then to the side.

"Nadir, Carter, add fifty acres to each of your lands. ”

In the envious eyes of everyone around them, Nadill and Carter did not change their faces.

Fifty hectares is 5,000 acres of land, which is enough to build a good manor.

"It's time to go back!" Seeing this scene, Artis silently looked up, looked in the direction he came, and muttered to himself.

The next day, the rain gradually stopped, and at noon Artis led the men in the same way they had come.

This time, however, the march slowed down considerably because of the presence of three thousand captives, and it was not until a month later that the outline of Cecil was seen in the distance.

At this time, under the city, there are already people greeting them.

The leader was an old man with a serious face in a black dress, but it was Barton, the former butler of Artis.

"Your Highness, congratulations on your victorious return. He looked at Artis, his face was serious, and he said with a straight look.

Seeing this, Artis dismounted, and then nodded with a smile: "During the period of my expedition, how is Cecil doing?"

"The situation is a bit complicated, but because you left the high priest in the city and took the heads of the various families with you, the nobles in the city are fairly safe and generally well. ”

"In addition, because the main energy is spent on counting the population and materials, there is no progress in other areas so far. ”

In this regard, Artis expressed understanding: "What is the current population in the territory?"

"Within Cecil, there are about 700,000 people belonging to us, of whom nearly 200,000 are followers of the gods of nature. ”

Hearing this, Artis frowned a little: "So little?"

The area of the entire Cecil was at least the size of a small half of the province in the previous life, and although most of the places were barren, the population of such a large area was only equivalent to a county in the previous life.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head and looked behind him: "Escort these people into the city, take the prisoners and hold them, and let them repair the surrounding roads after a while." ”

Back in the city of Cecil, Artis took in the city.

Compared with before, order has obviously been restored in the city at this time, and pedestrians walking on the streets seem to have some popularity. At the same time, most of the waste that filled the city has disappeared, and a cathedral stands in the middle of the city, with sacrifices for the citizens who come and go.

"Barton, you're doing a good job. Looking at this scene, Artis nodded and said to Barton beside him.

"That's what I'm supposed to do. Hearing Artis say this, Barton shook his head, his face still serious.

Seeing this, Artis didn't care, but looked back in the direction of the south.

At this time, in the south of Cecil, as the news of Artis' victory over the kingdom of Barlow spread, messengers walked among the surrounding city-states. All around, the city-states, who had been eager to try, gave up their journey north after hearing the news.

As a result, in Artis's field of vision, a faint black gas that originally diffused from the south slowly disappeared. In the darkness, a small pillar of heaven connected to the stars, slowly stabilizing.