Chapter 195: Prisoners of War and Letters

The four covenants were completed, and Lorist breathed a sigh of relief, the Northland is really too big, the area of one Northland is worth two principalities, it takes seven days to run from the Rock Castle to the Hendry Ford Rope Bridge, and now with Baron Philim's nearly 10,000 family armed guards, there is no need to worry about anyone entering the Northland as easily as the second prince.

Lorlist's request to Baron Philim and Hennede is to reorganize the family armament and form a combat force, and if there is nothing to do, take the troops to the second prince's Winston Province, relocate some civilians to the Northlands, destroy a few lords who are not long-sighted, and get some foreign wealth, in short, do not let the area where the royal capital of the Iberian Kingdom is located settle down, so as not to let the second prince get a stable development opportunity to prepare the army to pose a threat to the Northland again.

Baron Philim and Henneard agreed to Lorlist's request, but they also made a request, and they were full of praise for the Norton family's armament. But fortunately, they didn't know that it was steel armor, and thought it was fine iron armor coated with silver to prevent rust, so they asked Lorist to provide them with the same fine iron armor standard equipment.

Originally, Lorist was going to take out the iron armor equipped by the first legion soldiers of the Iberian Kingdom who were captured this time and divide them into points, but unfortunately, Baron Philim and Henned also looked down on the broken copper and iron produced by the equipment factory under the second prince, they thought that the quality of those iron armor was not very good, and the defense was a little higher than some leather armor. With the Norton family's armament equipment in front of them, they couldn't even look down on the iron armor they had been asking for in the past.

At this time, Count Kenmeth also came over to join in the fun, and also proposed to equip his family's legion armament with standard equipment, whether it was plate armor, ring armor, chain mail, chain mail, chain mail, or iron armor, but now when he saw the standard equipment of the armed soldiers of the Norton family, he felt that his family armament was really like a group of beggars. Don't say anything else. On the one hand, the standard equipment is pleasing to the eye and mighty, and on the other hand, it also makes the soldiers of his family more cohesive and identified, and the morale alone can be greatly improved.

Lorist was dizzy by their quarrel, so he had to put all the credit for his family's armed equipment on Master Sid, and it was naturally not possible to provide the standard equipment of the Norton family's armed equipment to the three families, but he could let Master Sid design a set of standard equipment for each of the three of you. The defense is not lower than that of the White Lion Legion of the former Krisson Empire.

The three of them were overjoyed. Lorist then changed his words, but how to calculate the price of this standard equipment? Even if a set does not make money, the cost will be forty or fifty gold fords, and you can't let yourself give it away for nothing.

When it comes to money, Baron Philim and Henneid have a bitter face, Baron Philim is better, he has taken down the manor castle of the two lords, and the total amount of property looted is estimated to be more than 100,000 goldfords, and Henneid is a poor bastard, you can make up for one or two hundred thousand goldfords, and if you have more, it will be gone. Originally, he wanted to take the Grand Duke's Mansion and occupy the treasure house of the second prince. Unexpectedly, there was also a princess Celevia and her great swordsman's nurse, and he and the Tabek knight were both taken prisoner. Had it not been for Lorlist's arrival, the two would have been placed under house arrest in the Grand Duke's Palace.

When Princess Celivia and her entourage leave the Grand Duke's Mansion, it is believed that there should be no belongings left. Henneid sighed and frowned. At this moment the Earl of Kenmath stepped forward and gave his cheap cousin-in-law an idea.

Count Kenmäth said, what is the most profitable thing to do now, and that is to resell all kinds of armaments. All three of us had previously purchased a large amount of Iron Armor from the Norton family, so we could sell it. The recovered funds are then used to purchase standard equipment, one in and one out. As long as Lorist doesn't want to make a lot of money from us, then maybe we have a lot of profit left.

Baron Philim and Henneid were amused at this time, and they praised Earl Kenmath for his quick mind and sharp vision. So he asked who to sell the original iron armor to?

Count Kenmeth said: "The best object is the Archduke of Madras, who has suffered great losses in his forces in the past few years, and the Duchy of Madras has never had copper and iron mines, and his military equipment is all at a high price or in exchange for grain from the four central principalities." Now the four principalities are preparing for war. Therefore, the Grand Duke of Madras was slow to complete the reorganization of the army of the principality*. If we can get in touch with the Grand Duke of Madras, I believe he will definitely pay a good price for the iron armor in our hands. ”

The three of them got together and discussed for a long time, and soon decided that this matter would also be handled by the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, which was also in charge of Count Kenmeth anyway. It's just that now that the Grand Duke's domain has just been divided, Baron Philim and Hennet can't get out. So it was decided that everyone would meet at Rock Castle in a month's time, and then Lorist asked Master Sid to design a set of equipment for each of the three families.

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Having taken care of this, Lorist was about to go back when he suddenly remembered that there was a big * trouble waiting for him. Princess Celivia said that she would return to Makinohara Province, and also specified that she would escort her. You have to go to the eastern part of the Northland and cross the chain bridge built by the Kenmath family, so that Lorist will have to escort Princess Celivia and them for about ten days to reach the Kenmath family's territory.

In the spirit of having the idea of being in trouble, Lorist was ready to complete this escort mission with Count Rakkenmax, but when Count Kenmax heard it, he shirked and said that he still had to meet his cousin, who had become a member of Henned's house, and also had to comfort those old friends who lived in Gildusk, so he had to stay here for a while, so he could only let Lorist escort Princess Celivia and her party.

It was too unjust, Lorist was helpless, but fortunately, Joske's archery battalion arrived in the city of Gildusk, plus the guard battalion led by El, more than 6,000 people should be in the Northland armed march once. However, the only one who comes forward to deal with Princess Celivia is Lorist herself.

Princess Celivia and her entourage were nearly 400 people, including a small team of more than 120 heavily armed horseback guards, half male and half female, all of whom were silver-rank fighting strength, plus Princess Celivia, a gold-rank swordsman and her great swordsman's nurse, Lorist couldn't imagine that anyone who didn't have long eyes would mess with this team.

In addition, there are more than eighty four-wheeled carriages, two or three hundred servants and maids and other people, the pomp is very large, as a noble superior, as a noble nobleman Lorist sent troops to escort is also common sense and respect.

It's not long since I hit the road. Lorlist's face changed, for from time to time he saw armed soldiers of his family carrying groups of ragged men with simple bags dragging carts full of crude household goods in the direction of the Rock Castle. Lorist couldn't help it, stopped a small group of family soldiers, and asked what was going on with these people?

The squad leader knew Lorlist, and was flattered to stand up and salute, and replied solemnly: "My lord." These people are prisoners of war......"

Lorist was furious, and pointed to the old men, women, and children in the crowd and scolded: "Are you blind? Who told you that these old and weak women and children are prisoners of war? Can they go to war?"

The squad leader was very aggrieved and said: "My lord, I can't help it, if I don't say that they are prisoners of war, the supply stations set up along the way will not give them food, so where can I get food for them? Besides, they are also related to prisoners of war, and their families or relatives have joined the coalition of those Northland lords, and now they have become our prisoners." Worried about the safety of their loved ones, these people volunteered to be our prisoners of war and go back with us, and they were happy to sing as they walked......"

"Uh......" Lorist was speechless. The men he saw were not forced, but rather cheerfully hiking. However, from the captain's answer, Lorist still heard something strange: "Supply stations along the way?

"My lord, I don't know. Anyway, the order from above was for our team to escort more than 200 people to the main camp of Rock Castle, and set up supply stations along the way, where we could spend the night and get food. The team leader replied.

Oh, Lorist understood, it was the same transfer camp that had been set up along the way when the northbound convoy was on its way. As for why the supply station was set up. It is estimated that there will be another large-scale population migration. This squad leader probably doesn't know the details.

With a wave of his hand, he motioned for the squad leader to go back and continue his mission. Then he beckoned El over: "Elle." You can take someone to find out, we just fought a battle, how did it become the situation of the Grand Duke of Sanguang when the convoy returned to the family territory, and see what happened?"

As soon as El left with a dozen or so guards, Lorist heard a pleasant and crisp voice ask, "Earl Norton, what is the matter with these people? Where are they going? What are your soldiers doing with these people?"

Turn your head and look. But it was Princess Celivia, who rode a snow-white Zeno steed with her face covered, and walked over with a few female guards, looking curiously at the people walking on the road.

Lorist sighed deeply and said in a compassionate tone: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, since the second prince entered the Northland, he has raised taxes. Oppress the lords and commoners of the Northlands, so that the entire people of the Northlands are miserable. The second prince also intensified, vigorously looting the surplus wealth of the people to reorganize the army, and preparing to dominate the world. The civilians of the Northland are impoverished and living in misery.

No, I heard that I defeated the Second Prince, and these commoners in the Northland were overjoyed, glad that our Norton family drove out the Second Prince. However, they were very worried that the second prince would make a comeback, and they heard that our family territory gave the new people land and houses, and the taxes were low, so they packed up and had to go with our family soldiers, thinking that our family territory would live a peaceful, peaceful and happy life.

Alas, I can't help it, they are all voluntary, and you see how happy they look. No amount of persuasion could get them to go back. It's really hard to be benevolent, it has caused too much trouble to our family, and for their safety, I have to send family soldiers to protect them and provide food. Tell me, shouldn't a noble family like our Norton family be commended and celebrated?"

Reddy and Pat, who were next to them, couldn't hold back their laughter......

Princess Celivia was stunned for a long time, then turned around and left, leaving only a vague sentence: "Earl Norton, you are so cheeky and shameless......"

Lorist didn't blush at all, and laughed "hey, hey, hey".

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El returned after only one day's trip, and said, "My lord, I have met the messenger on my way. ”

The messenger said that he had sent a message to Lorist on the orders of the Knights of Bodfinger and Shred, as well as the Knight of Tiger Rose.

Lorist opened the thick letter and realized what was going on.

The cause of the incident was ten days ago, when the Northland nobles scattered and fled after the steel crossbow storm. In order to capture more prisoners of war, Tiger Ross, Telman, Yuri and others led the cavalry troops to chase with all their might. As a result, some of the Northland nobles fled to a nearby lord's castle with some remnants and resisted stubbornly, and Tiger Ross led the lancers to arrive, accidentally suffering a loss, suffering dozens of casualties.

At this time, Tiger Ross was furious, and summoned a chariot steel crossbow battalion to come, and a rapid fire shot shot the castle full of holes, and it was taken down in a surprise attack. Rose then hanged all seven of the resisting nobles. By the way, the territory of the nobles of the hanged territory was also cleaned up, and the supplies, grain, grass, and belongings were all brought back to the Rock Castle, and all the lords were also brought back.

It just so happened that Shi Fatzi also arrived at the prisoner of war camp outside the Rock Castle, and he discussed with Bodfinger and Tiger Ross that the family needed manpower to develop the black mud swamp, and those nobles in the Northland participated in the alliance of the Northland nobles organized by the second prince to conquer the Norton family, except for the three families of Earl Kenmax, Baron Sahin and Baron Philim, the rest were all enemies of the Norton family, so they simply took this opportunity to wipe out these lords in the Northland, so as to save the Norton family from causing chaos in the future.

It just so happened that Lorist gave Tiger Ross their order to pursue and destroy the remnants of the enemy, so of course these territorial nobles are all remnants, and if they want to do it, they must be cleaned and cut down to the roots. If you surrender directly without resistance, you can also spare the lives of those territorial nobles and bring them back to the adults for disposal. If you dare to resist, the whole family will be hanged directly. This will be the fat man, Bodfinger and Tiger Ross on the northbound convoy through the Kingdom of Andinac to sweep away the nobles of those kingdoms.

After receiving the resolution and joint notification of the three of them on the elimination of those Northland Lords Sanguang and their territories, Yuri, Telman and others also expressed their approval, so they divided their troops into four routes, led by Tiger Ross, Vasima and Yuri, as well as Telman of the Knights, and each equipped a chariot battalion and began to sweep through the entire Northland. Destroy castles, burn town dwellings, and take all supplies and people with them.

Lorist spent a total of five days in the city of Gildusk, including two days and three nights in a comatose state. It took five and a half days to get from the Rock Castle to the city of Gildusk. In the short time since he left the Rock Castle, the Norton family had cleared all the lords in the surrounding region, and now there were only a dozen or so large and small territorial nobles left in the western part of the Northlands. It is estimated that in another half a month, there will be no other territorial nobles in the Northland except for the four families of Norton, Kenmax, Philim and Shahin.

Lorist reluctantly put away the letter, he also knew why the messenger was late, after all, this was a private borrowing of Lorlist's order to hunt down the remnants of the enemy to expand the scope and become the elimination of all hostile territorial nobles in the Northlands. So those three guys just thought that the wood was already in the boat, and let Lorist know later, so that the province could be stopped, and then even if everyone was to blame, no one would be able to escape, and the law would not blame the public, and this is the reason why the messenger came so late.

The problem is that all the Northland nobles have participated in the second prince's Northland Nobles United Army, and no one dares not to participate, now that the main force has become a prisoner, who can withstand the attack of the Norton family's armed forces in the remaining garrison of the territory, this is considered to be cleared.

Forget it, those Northland Lords will put it aside first, and then go back and deal with it. What bothers Lorist is that the reason why the decision of the three guys was accepted by everyone was that these knights under his command were afraid to go to the black mud swamp to carry out development work, so they were happy to capture the prisoners and relocate the civilians. I said that the family lacked labor, and now there is really no shortage of labor, and there will be a shortage of food next......

Lorist scolded hatefully: These bastards are too uneasy......

...... (To be continued.) )