Chapter 40: Chain Reaction
The flames were blazing, thousands of corpses were thrown into the flames, and Hudson, who thought he was hard-hearted, couldn't help but feel sorry for himself.
Although the daytime battle was a great victory, the price to be paid was very heavy, with two hundred new wounded and more than seven hundred left with the flames.
The siege of those five silver skeletons alone killed more than 300 people. If Hudson hadn't reacted fast enough to make full use of his knowledge of physics, the loss would have been even greater.
It seems that the victory has been achieved, but the grain transport team is actually seriously injured. If the number of rebels and defenders is equal, the outcome of this war is really true.
It was not impossible to defeat the rebels, but the main thing was that they were also tasked with transporting grain and grass. Compared with victory or defeat on the battlefield, the successful delivery of grain and grass to the destination is the core of this mission.
If there was no baggage drag, Hudson would still be sure that he would have played rookie pecking with the rebels on the battlefield.
It all stems from the "superb" command skills of the rebels. I originally thought that the noble knight's stupid charge was stupid enough, but I didn't expect that the command ability of the rebel commander was also half a catty.
Although the rebel commander has no bottom line, principles, and can do anything, he really can't do anything with military literacy.
From this point of view, the aristocratic ruling clique's knowledge blockade and "values" guidance of the people at the bottom were successful.
Even though the rebel organization has existed for countless years, it still neglects the cultivation of military personnel under the flickering concept of "strength first".
The priest is a good priest, but he has to be clever and run to command the army in battle. Relying on secret arts and potions, it is okay to bully the low-level nobles who are also ignorant, but when you encounter an opponent with slightly stronger military ability, your true form will be revealed in an instant.
Theoretically speaking, it is completely strategically correct to come out to rob grain and grass this time. But when it comes to the implementation of tactics, the performance is a mess.
Insufficient preparation in advance and lack of sufficient military common sense led to the early exposure of the plan. The ambush that should have taken the initiative turned into a passive attack.
Vaguely aware of the nature of the world, Hudson had begun to mourn for the Skull Society.
Not to mention tossing in a huge pit, I was also fooled and lame, and I fantasized about turning the tables as a whole, which is just a dream.
Frankly, Hudson never understood what the skeleton wanted?
It is a rebellious business, not to mention the lofty things such as the political program, at least there must be an interest group to support it, or to represent the interests of a group.
The so-called Skull Watching Society regards the nobles as enemies, the serfs as mustard, and the merchants as blood bags...... It can be said that from the beginning of the army, it offended all groups.
Calling them rebels is a compliment. An organization that works against all normal people, the Skull and Bones Society's name as a cult is completely deserved.
Compared to real losses, the record is much more arbitrary. Hudson didn't bother to count the specific results, and according to the situation on the battlefield, he could roughly estimate it.
"Defeated 4,000 elite rebels, annihilated 2,570 rebels, killed 81 rebel leaders, eliminated silver skull-level undead five, and captured a number of strategic materials."
There is no way, there are still griffon cavalry staring in the sky? The record is too exaggerated, and it is really easy to goof.
But it is not possible not to exaggerate the battle record, the credit for counterinsurgency is at the bottom of all the military achievements of the kingdom.
If you don't exaggerate the strength of the enemy and don't misrepresent the merits of the war, who knows how difficult this war will be, and who remembers the contribution of his Hudson knights?
In order to enhance his persuasiveness, Hudson emphasized the importance of keeping food and supplies in thick strokes, and directly raised this small-scale war to a strategic level.
It is uncertain how much it can play, but anyway, taking advantage of the opportunity to report war damage, Hudson has lost a lot of materials in this wave of legality.
He couldn't eat the drifting supplies himself, and most of them had to be taken out to be counted.
Fake can't be true after all, and if someone is more serious, Hudson's war report is full of loopholes. If you don't dredge up the above relationship, there is no way to do the enlarged version of the feats.
With this success, coupled with the previous battle of Ethel Fortress, when the spoils were divided after the war, Hudson would most likely be able to get a piece of territory.
As for the size and quality of the territory, it will be a test of the Coslow family's network of connections in the southeastern provinces.
At this point, it is no longer Hudson's short-term operation that can be effective.
All he can do is to take care of the relationship between all parties, and he doesn't expect everyone to help, as long as they don't make trouble, and in the end, he will inevitably fight for the strength of the family.
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The Coalition Command, Count Pierce, who had just defeated a rebel sneak attack, was on a roller coaster.
The skeleton will not play cards according to the routine, not only to carry out sneak attacks on the march, but even send troops to sneak attack the grain transport team.
Fortunately, the little guy named Hudson still had some ability to crush the rebels' sneak attack plan, otherwise he would have now had to go home with a large army in a gloomy way.
Thinking of this, his resentment against the Fifth Army suddenly rose again. It was not good to escort the grain and grass, so he actually ran to rob it without permission, and he didn't take him seriously at all.
Angry is angry, and now he really can't do anything about these daring guys. Ever since he broke away from the big army, these guys have disappeared from his sight.
The area of the two counties is not small, and if a small force of a few hundred people wants to hide, even the griffin cavalry will not be so easy to find.
What's more, the griffin cavalry is limited in number, and the first thing to do is to monitor the movements of the rebels, and there is no time to find them.
No one can be contacted, and there is naturally no way to talk about accountability. If you want to settle accounts, you have to wait for someone to come back.
Not only was the Fifth Army in disobedience, but even the nobles under his nose were also not very peaceful.
The griffin cavalry in charge of reconnaissance reported to him more than once that some people had left the army to engage in private work. Maybe it's because under his nose that he behaves a little more restrained, and every time he goes and returns quickly.
In view of the fact that everyone has not made a difference, for the sake of the overall situation, Earl Pierce also turned one eye open and closed one eye.
No action was taken, but the account was still remembered by him. Which nobles keep to themselves, and which nobles act recklessly, Pierce is clear.
"Humph!"
After a cold snort, Earl Pierce looked at the moon outside the window and said to himself, "It seems that I am still too kind to them, so that these fellows are now all carried away."
It's just that I don't care about them, and I really think I don't want to come to them. It seems that it is time for them to know who is the real master of the southeastern province.
If it weren't for the fear of being jealous of that guy in the royal capital, the Southeast Province would have been a Dalton family ......"