-156- post-war
When the first white of the fish belly emerged from the east, the battle that began with the night attack had also ended.
On the sea, the combined fleet of Boulder-Violet was either sunk or captured, except for three battleships that narrowly broke through the encirclement and escaped.
Even the flagship of the Combined Fleet, the USS Glory Bolt, became a trophy.
The fighting on land was even more severe.
Because the only passage to the south, the Beigang Bridge, was controlled by reinforcements, and the Principality coalition forces were completely cut off from the back road, and suffered heavy losses under the front and rear attacks.
On the Dorne River, floating corpses can be seen almost everywhere, all of them are coalition soldiers who have jumped into the river in a panic.
In the camps on the banks of the river, there were even more attritions due to crushing and trampling than in battle, so much so that collecting corpses became a rather difficult task.
Some astute nobles broke out of the encirclement with small forces and fled north.
However, more nobles and soldiers finally chose to surrender.
This even includes the extraordinary availability of Boulder and Violet.
Because the coalition camp collapsed too quickly under the night attack, the fleeing soldiers also affected the camp of the standing army, resulting in the extraordinary standing army unable to organize an effective magic energy array, and was directly killed by the standing army of the tulip leader.
Obviously, there are more people and more elite equipment, but one-third of the elite standing forces of the two principalities, with a total number of nearly 10,000 people, are either missing or dead, and the remaining two-thirds are all taken prisoner......
It can be said that the grievances can no longer be aggrieved.
That's the limit of the supernatural.
As long as there is no command from the nobles, as long as there is no time to deploy the magic energy array, in addition to being stronger than the average soldier's combat effectiveness, they are just ordinary people with better physical fitness.
After all, although many of them are transcendental, they are not at the advanced level.
In addition to the extraordinary standing forces, there are more levies who surrender.
The coalition soldiers almost gave up resistance in formation, especially after seeing the collapse of the combined fleet and the nowhere to be found by the third prince, the nobles chose to lead their troops to surrender.
When Viscount Lean-Castel saw the situation in the camp, the whole person was stunned.
He roughly estimated that if the number of the allied forces of the two principalities really surrendered, the nobles said that nearly 30,000, I am afraid that 15,000 people were taken prisoner.
The captured extraordinary equipment alone may be able to make up for Castre's losses in this war.
Viscount Leon Castel knew that Castel had won.
In the past of this battle, the coalition forces of the principality are enough to be called completely annihilated, especially the loss of so many extraordinary standing reserves, which is definitely a heavy blow to the two principalities......
To be honest, he was still a little dizzy until now.
Because he really couldn't imagine that Castel, who was still worried about the future yesterday, would turn defeat into victory in just one night.
Viscount Leon-Castel couldn't help but look at the reinforcements again.
The number of reinforcements who carried out the night attack was not large, and they were the biggest contributors to this legendary victory.
However, they did not seem to be in the mood to communicate with the Castels, and after handing over the prisoners, most of them returned to the galleys anchored in the bay.
The old viscount only learned that they were extraordinary mercenaries hired by Charlotte.
"Is it really just a transcendent mercenary?"
Viscount Lean-Castel looked at the galleys moored on the shore and muttered in his heart.
Such a large-scale galleys are not something that any force can have, and the East Yunette Blackland, which is most famous for its extraordinary mercenaries, does not have a navy.
Although the sails were flown with Castre's flag, he could tell from his experienced experience that they were not Castre's own sails.
In contrast, it is a bit of a falling star style.
"Falling Stars......"
It seemed that something was thought of, and the old viscount thought thoughtfully.
Of course, regardless of the origin of these "mercenaries", one thing can be admitted, and that is that this war, Castel has already won.
And now, he also knew why the Earl was always silent about reinforcements, and he didn't trust the Northland nobles who swore allegiance to her.
Thinking back to the nobles he had captured with the information provided by Lord Earl before the night attack last night, the old viscount felt scared for a while.
Even he didn't expect that at this time, there were still so many nobles in the Northland who were still secretly in contact with Boulder!
And among them, the one he deplored the most was his son.
Even his most trusted heir had a correspondence with the South!
If the Earl, in order to calm the people's hearts, had already told the nobles about tonight's plan, I am afraid that the Duchy Alliance would know about it the next day, and tonight's victory would ...... I'm afraid it won't necessarily happen.
"What are you thinking, Leon Castel?"
Looking at the old viscount who fell silent, Charlotte asked with a smile.
Viscount Leon Castel sighed and said:
"Thinking about those traitorous nobles, I really didn't expect that there are so many fools in the Northland who have fantasies about the South, even Derek ......"
Speaking of this, he paused and said bitterly:
"Lord Earl, it is the failure of our family's education that has disappointed you......"
"Don't blame yourself, the third prince is a strong contender for the throne after all, and it's normal that many nobles are reluctant to take risks with me, not to mention that he has organized such a huge army."
Charlotte waved her hand and said.
"But he still failed, he was defeated by you, after today...... Your name is sure to spread throughout the kingdom and even the continent soon! The whole of Castel, the whole of the Crescent Kingdom, and even the whole of West Yunette...... No one will ever dare to despise you again! ”
The old viscount couldn't help but praise.
Charlotte shook her head:
"It's just a fluke, in fact, if it weren't for Roman Folqing's reminder, maybe I wouldn't have known that there are still many nobles who still have illusions about the south, and many of my practices these days are somewhat inappropriate, and it's normal for everyone to complain."
Viscount Roman-Forle?
Listening to Charlotte's words, Viscount Leon Castel couldn't help but look to Charlotte's other side, Vincent, the eldest son of Viscount Romain Faure, was standing respectfully on one side, only half a step behind the Earl and him.
Noticing his gaze, Vincent smiled:
"Father's father is just lucky to have captured some nobles' letters, if you really want to say it, the earl is still powerful, my father only woke up before the war began, but the earl can find out all these people one by one."
As he spoke, he looked at Charlotte again and asked respectfully:
"Lord Earl, what are you going to do with those nobles who have dealings with the south?"
Listening to Vincent's inquiry, Viscount Lean-Castel's heart also lifted, and he also looked at Charlotte, looking a little entangled and a little nervous.
Charlotte thought for a moment and said:
"Deal seriously with the leader, and the rest...... According to the severity of the severity and the family's contribution to the war, let's start with the light and see the after-effects. ”
Listening to Charlotte's words, the old viscount breathed a sigh of relief:
"The Earl is merciful."
Charlotte smiled and didn't say much, but looked at the battlefield:
"Do a good job in the aftermath of the war, there will be a great epidemic after the war, and all the corpses must be disposed of as soon as possible."
"Also, the captives should be properly housed, especially the nobles, who are walking Quintana."
"Those captives are extraordinary standing forces, you can try to recruit them, I heard that many soldiers in this standing army are just some civilians who have accidentally mastered extraordinary powers, you can give it a try."
“……”
Charlotte had no experience in commanding battles, but she still knew a little about how to deal with the aftermath.
Looking at the young count who gave orders in an orderly manner, Viscount Leon-Castel was in awe even more and more.
And at this time, the nobles who were in charge of cleaning the battlefield came to everyone on horseback.
He rolled over and dismounted, got down on one knee in front of Charlotte, and said respectfully:
"Lord Earl! The leader of the Nightkin Mercenary Regiment begs to meet you! ”
Viscount Lean-Castel's heart moved slightly.
Nightkin Mercenary Regiment...... It's the name of the extraordinary mercenary group that supported Castel last night.
Of course, he had never heard of the name, which sounded more like a temporary name from the other party.