Chapter 356: Battle of Mirror Lake (9)
Ryan smiled and shook his head. In this situation, even a child who doesn't know anything about military affairs can understand that the overall situation of the Battle of Jinghu has been decided, and the Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force has won the final victory, and now the only suspense is probably the final result, and those are not important to Lane.
Two small forbidden spells were released in a row today, and Rao is Ryan was so strong that he was pale from the mana, but Roger and they didn't realize in their ecstasy that their lord was actually very weak. Ryan knew that he was the backbone of the entire popular shooter at this time, so he naturally would not show this weakness, so he leisurely returned to his war horse and let the war horse under his crotch eat the grass on the ground at will.
Around Lane's side, there are about 20 Windy Marksmen forming a loose circle, who are Lane's personal guards, and their job is to protect their lord, while the other Windswept Marksmen regroup, either to drive away the Clay herders, or simply bend their bows and shoot arrows to shoot the elite Clay warriors who have survived Ryan's magic.
This chaotic scene lasted until the arrival of the Royal Knights of Orlando, and the remaining Emerald Feather Legion delayed Orlando for 20 minutes under the command of Legion Commander Rugman, but the price they paid was that the entire Legion of tens of thousands of people was almost wiped out, and only a few hundred who were extremely lucky were taken prisoner.
After Orlando cleared the last threat on the battlefield, he immediately waved his troops to the Mirror Lake camp of the Clay tribe, followed by Colin's 10,000 archers on horseback, and the remaining Jonas legion soldiers were left to clean up the battlefield, because the disparity between the two sides was so great that the 20,000 logistics soldiers who stayed in the camp were also dispatched to assist the Jonas army, and the entire camp was only a few hundred cooking soldiers.
When Orlando saw that the east of the Clay Mirror Lake camp was muddy, his first reaction was that Ryan made a move, seeing that the elite cavalry of the Clay tribe who had originally interrupted the retention of strength and broke away from the battle were all trapped in the quagmire, Orlando couldn't help sighing, Ryan did it by himself 5000 people of the Royal Knights can't do anything, maybe the real invincible on this continent should be the magician, right, it's a pity that since the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the level of human magic has become more and more withered, 200 years ago** Shi Meilun and that era of magical talents were just a flash in the pan, and it is regrettable to think about it.
Compared to Orlando's composure, Colin is much more frizzy, after seeing the scene in front of him, Colin began to shout and scream, but under his ecstasy, the orders he gave did not match the preamble, and even contradicted himself, fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the entire Jonas Legion have experienced many wars and are very experienced, and those captains shouted loudly to obey orders, but they were busy with their own affairs, or gathered their pawns, or cleaned up their horses and weapons, and what they did had nothing to do with the orders issued by their commanders。
After the results of the entire Battle of Mirror Lake were counted, it was already a day later, and after a whole day of fierce fighting, 70,000 Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force and 450,000 Clay troops finally annihilated 300,000 enemy troops at the cost of thousands of casualties, including the ordinary herdsmen of the Clay tribe who were killed after Ryan gave the order to kill.
No one raised any objection to this, let alone accusing Ryan of killing innocents, not because they were afraid of Ryan's strength or complimented Ryan, but because Ryan attacked the enemy's camp with 4,500 men and 200,000 herdsmen at that time, that order was the best choice, even if it was Orlando, I am afraid I couldn't think of a better way to deal with it.
In addition, the Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force captured almost 200,000 captives, and more than 150,000 Clay people were displaced and fled, mainly Clay herders driven away by rampant archers, and of course, Kairim and others who protected Chief Abdul from the northern peaks.
More than 60,000 warriors had to manage 200,000 captives, which was definitely a sleepless thing, and the thought that almost 150,000 sturdy men of the Clay tribe could resist at any time sent chills down the commander of the Jonas Legion, who was in charge of guarding the captives. According to some of the conventions of previous continental conquests, the young and able-bodied of these captives were likely to be enslaved, and if there were too many of them, some would probably be slaughtered to relieve the pressure of care.
In the end, someone vaguely mentioned this matter in front of Orlando, but everyone didn't expect that the first person to object was Lord Lane, who had given the order to kill. In Ryan's opinion, the two sides fought extremely hard, and it was normal for them to be so cruel, but now that the Clay people have surrendered, it would be a sign of cruelty and murder to kill indiscriminately.
Anyway, now that the expeditionary force occupies the Mirror Lake camp of the Clay tribe, the materials that have not been burned are enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people for a period of time to support the support of the follow-up troops in the imperial capital, so the only thing to worry about is the problem of these Clay captives. For this, Ryan proposed that the Clay people be imprisoned as a family unit, and the young and strong Clay people must take into account their frail family members if they want to **, which has concerns.
In addition to this, Ryan also proposed to loosen the guard and let the Clay who wanted to escape leave on their own, because many of them were temporarily summoned by Chief Abdul and their relatives were not here at all, so how could they stay in peace?
Orlando thought about it and agreed to Ryan's proposal, and the commander in charge of guarding the captives carried it out with suspicion, and sure enough, tens of thousands of people ran away that night, but the Clay people who were pressed with their families showed a very cooperative appearance, as long as they were given a tent and some food, these Clay people would stay honest.
When daylight comes, the strongest men of the Klee who remain will be taken away, and they will rebuild the camp under the watchful eye of the expeditionary force, clean up the battlefield, and return to their families with food as long as they behave well, which is even more relaxed than under Chief Abdul, which naturally reassures most of the Klee people.
Of course, this is not without intentions, but they have no weapons, as long as they show a little sign they will be ruthlessly cleaned up, and then hang their corpses to warn other guys who are about to move. By the seventh day of the Battle of Mirror Lake, when they had returned from the pursuit of Chief Abdul's Roger and Letoz, the corpses of the Clay tribe hanging outside the camp had barely grown.
Orlando is very satisfied with this, the 150,000 Clay captives in the Mirror Lake camp are very stable, they are very active in cooperating with the expeditionary force, and they do not have any sense of resistance, and what they get is the preferential treatment of the expeditionary force, tents, food, good behavior and even a small amount of liquor, their families will not be harassed by the expeditionary force at all, and this kind of life is much better than when they were ruled by Sheikh Abdul before.