The pursuit was quickly over, and several nearby Voodoo meeting houses were destroyed.

The cavalry gathered the whole team, followed by the infantry to clean up the battlefield, and the baggage wagons stopped at any time along the road to distribute relief materials to the local war victims.

The Valstad soldiers began to withdraw one after another, handing over power to officials sent by the government of the Kingdom of Solan.

A few hours later, the non-military personnel also followed, and reporters and painters from 35 newspapers in the Solan Kingdom came to report on the battle at the front.

A young reporter employed by the "Morning Post of the Continent of Asia" said to the painter next to him:

"Listen, I want you to paint a picture of the battlefield,

To exaggerate, try to scandalize the cathars, dilute the presence of the imperial army, and portray our kingdom army as the protagonist, creating a feeling that the king's army is invincible, so that newspaper sales will be high, understand. ”

These words happened to be heard by the princess in uniform who was passing by, and of course her upright temper could not bear it;

Edgar Midknight dismounted, grabbed the newspaper reporter by the collar with one hand, and lifted the grown man up like a kitten:

"Don't make it up, it's an insult to the war dead!

Reporter, I want you to describe the facts, and if I see a false description in the newspaper of your newspaper office in a few days, my cavalry will come to visit, understand? ”

The reporter was so frightened that he almost peed his pants; "Understood...... Got it! ”

Edgar let go of the reporter and stretched out his hand to the cemetery not far away, where the soldiers of the kingdom who died in the last battle were buried:

"See? Those are the heroes of your Solans, it is enough to write down the truth, don't add to it. ”

Major Nikolai leaned in and said, "Your Highness, you have been really angry lately. ”

"Do you have a big temper? If it had been in the past, we would have beaten him up a long time ago, and we just did what we had to do. ”

"yes, it's worth beating! These people can write anything for the sake of newspaper sales! ”

Edgar turned on his horse and led the team onwards.

Why became emotional, impulsive and irritable, she knew very well in her own heart why,

An indescribable turbid breath was blocked in the lungs, and it was impossible to inhale or exhale it, which was extremely uncomfortable.

The mood is both sad and angry, and the shadow of my sister always flashes in my mind,

And that oil painting,

The scene of siblings traveling together is like a world away, and all the fantasies of girlhood are shattered by reality, and only when she fulfills her duties as a soldier can she figure out the meaning of her existence.

(If I had come earlier, my sister wouldn't have died......

It's a pity that there is no if in this world, the past is like a cloud of smoke, never to return, and it is useless to shed tears of sadness. ）

In the next few days, the 1st Heavy Cavalry Brigade of the Guards Army, as the spearhead of the forward force, penetrated deep into the eastern part of the continent to continue the pursuit of the enemy.

After the crushing defeat in the Blackwater Valley, the cathars were never able to organize any decent resistance.

There were only some sporadic sneak attacks, and occasionally some stragglers fired cold guns at the coalition soldiers, causing some losses, all of which were defused one by one.

In fact, such small ambushes and law and order battles caused more casualties to the coalition forces than large-scale battles, and the commanders of the cathars saw through this.

Many small detachments were organized to disperse to the mountains and forests or near villages to fight guerrilla warfare, causing a lot of trouble to the coalition forces.

At the junction of the plains of Lamb and the mountains, the vanguard marched slowly,

The two fortifications with old defenses lasted only half a day before the coalition forces fell, and the resistance became weaker and weaker, and even the monsters became weaker and weaker, and were bombarded to the slag by special shells.

After all, witchcraft still failed to resist the power of gunpowder,

Voodoo meeting houses have been demolished or burned down throughout Solan, worshippers have been harshly tried, hundreds of thousands have been imprisoned, tens of thousands have been accused of human sacrifice, and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.

With the liberation of several large granaries in the east, the people of Sulan also saw hope for surviving the cold winter.

The people's hearts have become more stable, the crime rate has gradually decreased, and the support of the royal government has increased unprecedentedly, but this has nothing to do with the decadent king, and it is all run by the prime minister, Duke Leclerc.

With one of the strongest fortresses in the eastern part of the continent being captured by the Coalition forces, the road to the coastline is unimpeded,

Everyone can feel that the war is coming to an end,

However, the cultists are still numerous, and the fighting on the front line continues,

The Soskaya Voodoo Church is in its final dying throes,

They burned farmland, ransacked villages and towns, and tried to delay the coalition forces with the tactics of clearing the wilderness.

On this day, the cavalry passed by a ruined village,

Before the cathars withdrew, they set fire to many buildings,

Due to the religious hatred of the Voodoo priests, the chapel of the local Templar Church was completely burned down, and the priests and nuns were burned alive in the hall as pagans.

Dry, cold weather and dry weeds contributed to the spread of fires.

Due to the freezing of the nearby lake, it became quite difficult to get water to fight the fire, and the villagers were busy for half a day, but the fire in the village was still not under control.

Some families squatted outside their burning houses and wept bitterly, and without shelter from the wind and snow, they would surely die this winter.

"Hurry up and help put out the fire!"

Edgar Midknight gave the order, and the cavalry of the Guards came to the lake, blasted the ice with grenades, and then carried the barrels back and forth with one hand.

Saving people is important, and the fires in other buildings have been put aside for the time being, and manpower has been concentrated to rescue people's houses, especially those of the lonely and widowed elderly who have no one to take care of them.

With the help of the Imperial soldiers, the fire in some houses was finally brought under control, and the villagers saw hope and worked together to put out the fire.

Suddenly, several gunshots rang out not far away,

The village chief said, "Not good! It's the direction of the barn, where the kids went to put out the fire, I'm afraid they ran into voodoo! ”

"Don't panic, we're here."

Edgar ordered the village chief to mount his horse as a guide, and galloped over with dozens of cavalry.

Nikolai asked, "Old man, how did you let your children do such a dangerous thing?" ”

"Hey, the children are also kind, we saved people in the village, they took the initiative to go to the barn to put out the fire, if the reserve grain is burned out, there is no food, the whole village will not be able to survive the winter."

As they spoke, the crowd had arrived at the burning barn,

After walking around, there was no half of a figure, there were a few broken wooden barrels scattered around the building, and a large rusty iron pot, the firewood under the iron pot was burning, and the ice in the pot was gradually melting.

Nikolai nodded: "These children are very smart, they know how to heat ice cubes to get water to extinguish fires, and they do a good job." ”

"Kids! Where have you been? George...... Berat ...... Little Lilith! ”

The village chief called out his granddaughter's name, but received no response.

"Broken...... These silly kids...... Isn't it for the sake of fighting fires...... ...... all."

"Don't be afraid, old man, I'll climb in and take a look."

After a while, a cavalryman crawled out of the smoke-filled barn, coughing incessantly:

"I've looked inside, there's no one, the fire is too big, the barn must be hopeless."

When the village chief heard this, he became even more anxious: "Lilith! Where the hell have you been? ”

At this time, a young girl's cry came from the winter wheat field not far away:

"Grandpa! I'm ...... here."

The voice stopped abruptly, apparently the person calling for help was covered in the mouth.

"Lilith!"

Before the others could react, the village chief rode desperately towards the wheat field.

"Phew! Bang! ”

Several gunshots rang out in succession, and the old man was shot in the chest, and he fell off his horse and did not move.