Chapter 273: The Victor and the Loser
As the morning sun rose, a new day had begun, and the great city of Gavin had fallen silent, the limestone floor of the streets had been painted with dark red marks, swarms of flies buzzed around it, corpses and scattered debris had been cleared, but the magnitude of last night's battle could still be felt as far as the eye could see.
The defense of the city has been taken over by the Del army, and there are still army patrols in the eastern and southern districts to maintain stability, while the western and northern districts are still going door-to-door to investigate the dark races and recalcitrant people who are hiding, and there are still sporadic battles from time to time, affecting ordinary residents.
In the final analysis, this expedition to the Flying Wing Kingdom is for the interests of the Del family and the south, but on the surface, it is still entrusted by the Flying Wing Royal Family and accepted the official mission of the Knight Alliance, so it is the right thing to strangle the dark race and the most heinous traitors, otherwise Charon would not have ordered the special operations army to sweep up.
The Lord's Mansion of Gavin City.
"We've got more than five thousand soldiers killed or wounded after crossing the Taylor Mountains?"
In the study, Charon sat at his desk, looking through the reports submitted by the various legions, which recorded the casualties of each legion, the consumption of weapons and equipment, and the psychological mood of the soldiers.
"Yes, my lord, the casualties were mainly concentrated in the siege of the city last night, and the subordinates ordered all lines to put strong pressure on the enemy, and the other party used the bed crossbow that packed the explosion of high-flammable materials, causing a series of explosions of ammunition on our soldiers to cause nearly 2,000 casualties, this is the responsibility of the subordinates, I implore you to punish you!"
Looking at Casio, who was ashamed and kneeling down on one knee, Charon waved his hand, not blaming the other party, he knew that the other party did not fight steadily, but broke the city at all costs, that is, he was worried that he would go deep into the enemy camp, and his behavior seemed to cause trouble to the people around him, fortunately, Renault and Stien, the two loyal guardian knights were not here, otherwise the reaction would be more violent.
"My most loyal general, please get up, this time it is not your fault, I will follow the army in the future, and I will not break into the enemy's core area alone. Charon made a promise that as the head of the family, he must be responsible and not be too reckless.
"But last night's example also reminds us to strengthen the safety awareness of soldiers. Although our soldiers have good strength and can carry a large amount of ammunition to attack, once they encounter a fire attack, it is easy to affect their own side, so it is better to strictly limit the number of high-explosive items that soldiers can carry from today onwards, and then divide supply squads to transport ammunition. ”
Casio groaned and said slowly: "This is a good solution, but it is much more cumbersome and cumbersome than before, and it is estimated that the soldiers will be very unaccustomed to it." ”
"If you don't get used to it, you have to get used to it, and as the war continues, more and more people will look at ways to restrain us. Even if I collapse the city wall in the future, I should also pay attention when entering the city, if I face the heavy machine army, I will first circle the city with oil barrels and flammable materials, and let them enter the trap, with just a little spark, I can trap many people in the sea of fire. Believe me, soon someone will come up with all sorts of ways to restrain us, and we must not be blinded by successive victories. ”
"Yes, Master of the House!" Casio looked solemn, obviously he also thought about the terrible consequences of falling into the trap, of course, he was not very worried, and he could use artillery bombardment to test it later.
"As for the problem of ammunition consumption, you don't need to worry too much, yesterday I asked Anks to send Lieutenant General Magnus, leading a cavalry regiment of 10,000 people, to transport ammunition over, and by the way, to supplement our lack of mobility. ”
Although the main army of the Flying Wing Kingdom is concentrated in the central area to fight, his army can basically walk sideways here, but there is no mobility and can not intercept and destroy the enemy, at first the cavalry regiment was not transferred because of the fear of territorial security, after all, after the military reform, the cavalry regiment only has more than 40,000, and it is quite stressful to act as a mobile force in the nine districts.
However, it seems that there are no twists and turns on the side of the Tors Federation for the time being, and several top families still cherish their feathers, and no one wants to be the first bird, so he did not hesitate to mobilize the cavalry regiment to transport and support.
When Charon was talking to Casio, in the captive camp in Nancheng District, more than 30 powerful nobles were tied hand and foot by the Del soldiers with black iron chains, strung together in a line.
Hundreds of heavy armored infantry guarded them, strictly speaking, these people are knight-level powerhouses, extraordinary combat power, with their strength can completely break through the guard of this group of heavy infantry, but no one chooses to do so, because they know that even if they break out, they will be hunted down to death, and it will affect the entire family uprooted.
And they also felt that the master of the Del family might not kill them all, they were only forced by the general trend to submit to the sheep head society, the other party could not use this reason to announce the death penalty of the nobles, and doing it to them without permission would arouse the public anger of the entire flying wing aristocratic circle, and it would also be very detrimental to the other party's future conquest.
Besides, they still have use value, whether this Tors army reached an agreement with the royal family and came to quell the turmoil, or simply for invasion and plunder, so many troops always need a stable rear to provide logistics services. As long as the other party promises to guarantee their status, they will definitely find ways to meet each other's requirements and achieve a win-win situation for both parties.
"Get up, Master and General Casio want to see you!" the infantry colonel, who was in charge of guarding them, approached them and announced coldly.
Oni, who closed his eyes and recuperated, opened his eyes, his heart was full of light, and he nodded to the others incomprehensibly, as expected, waiting for the other party to ask for something, they agreed as much as possible that saving life and status was the first priority.
More than thirty nobles were escorted to the City Lord's Mansion, and along the way, some residents who were forcibly conscripted to clean the streets saw them, and couldn't help but be resentful, from the announcements posted everywhere, they already knew that the nobles who were high up had long been in collusion with the dark race, and most of the new nobles who had been popping up like bamboo shoots in the past few years were just monsters in human form.
Thinking of the rumors spread in the past and the frequent disappearances of the population, ordinary people have already been suspicious, but they have not dared to believe and be sure, until last night, they saw through the crack in the door that many bat-winged vampires in Gavin's army jumped into the air, and when they cleaned up the corpses, they found that there were many werewolf corpses mixed together, and the tattered armor could still be seen to belong to Gavin's collar.
When all the clues are connected, the facts are already obvious, in the eyes of the people, the nobles who deceived and deceived them are far more hateful than the invaders, at least the invaders did not wantonly oppress and slaughter them after entering the city, and even asked them to clean the streets and carry the corpses, and also gave them enough commissions, with comparison, their hearts were even more angry, if it were not for the deterrence of the heavy infantry, they would have wanted to stone them.
"Cut, a bunch of fools, when I get through this, I must cut out all their tongues. "A young nobleman of twenty-six or seventeen years old stared coldly at the whispering common people, and the nobles who were privately arranged to be flogged, let alone ridiculed and ridiculed in front of them, are they really knightly hearings a decoration? Sooner or later, these people will pay for their stupidity!
The other older nobles had a calm face, they didn't pay attention to the common people at all, as long as they restored their power, without their hands, those who danced the most happily would hang themselves to avoid implicating their families. Now what needs to be considered is what price to pay for the Del family master to release them.
After walking through more than twenty streets, the nobles were escorted outside the lord's palace, and they entered through the main entrance along the towering wall, and stopped in front of the magnificent main building, looking up at this beautifully restored and ornately restored building.
The heraldic flags of various families are still fluttering on the roof of the building, but in fact, this place has changed hands overnight, and they who originally controlled this place have become prisoners, and they thought that the troops were similar and they were the defenders of the city, and they did not take the southern army of Thors in their eyes at all, but the reality slapped them hard, and what surprised them even more was that the blood clan Anxi and the Earl did not appear on the battlefield.
Since they could watch the fall of Gavin City, they should not blame them for changing the flag