Tome of Blood

Chapter 306-156- After the War
When the first white belly emerged from the east, the battle that started with the night attack was over.

On the surface of the sea, except for three warships of the Boulder-Violet Combined Fleet who managed to break through the encirclement and escape, the rest of the ships were either sunk or captured.

Even the United Fleet's flagship, the Honorable Boulder, was a trophy.

The battle on land was even more brutal.

Because the Beigang Bridge, the only channel going south, was controlled by the reinforcements, the Principality's coalition forces were completely cut off from the rear, and suffered heavy losses under the front and rear attacks.

On the Dorne River, floating corpses can be seen almost everywhere, all of which are coalition soldiers who jumped into the river in a panic.

In the camp on the river bank, more people were killed due to crushing and trampling than fighting, so that collecting corpses became a very difficult task.

Some clever nobles rushed out of the encirclement with a small group of troops and fled towards the north.

However, more nobles and soldiers finally chose to surrender.

This even includes the extraordinary standings of Polder and Violet.

Because the coalition camp collapsed too quickly under the night attack, the fleeing soldiers also affected the camp of the standing army, causing the extraordinary standing army to be unable to organize an effective magic energy array, and was directly killed by the standing army led by Tulip.

Obviously there are more people, and obviously the equipment is more elite, but the two duchies have a total of nearly [-] elite standing staff, one-third of them are either missing or dead, and the remaining two-thirds are all captured... …

It can be said that I am so aggrieved that I can't be aggrieved anymore.

This is the limitation of Extraordinary Standing.

As long as there is no noble command, as long as there is no time to deploy the magic array, apart from being stronger than ordinary soldiers, they are just ordinary people with better physical fitness.

After all, although many of them are extraordinary, they are not advanced.

In addition to extraordinary standing, more levies surrendered.

The coalition soldiers almost gave up resistance in an organized way, especially after seeing the combined fleet was destroyed and the third prince was nowhere to be found, the nobles chose to lead their troops to surrender.

When Viscount Lien-Castle saw the situation in the camp, he was stunned.

He roughly estimated that if the number of the coalition forces of the two duchies was indeed nearly 3 as the nobles who surrendered said, there might be a full 5000 of them captured.

The captured extraordinary equipment alone may be able to make up for Castel's losses in this war.

Viscount Len-Castel knew that Castel had won.

After this battle, the principality's coalition forces can be called annihilated, especially the loss of so many extraordinary standing equipment, it is definitely a heavy blow to the two principalities...

To be honest, he is still a little dizzy until now.

Because he really couldn't imagine that Castel, who was still worried about the future yesterday, turned defeat into victory in just one night.

Viscount Len-Castel couldn't help but look at the reinforcements again.

The number of reinforcements who carried out the night attack was not large, and the biggest contributors to this legendary victory were them.

However, they didn't seem interested in communicating with Castel. After handing over the captives, most of them returned to the galley fleet moored in the bay.

The old Viscount only learned that they were extraordinary mercenaries hired by Charlotte.

"Is it really just an extraordinary mercenary?"

Viscount Leon-Castle looked at the galley fleet moored on the shore, and murmured in his heart.

Such a large-scale galley fleet is not owned by any faction, and the East Unet Blackland, which is most famous for extraordinary mercenaries, does not have any navy.

Although these galleys were all flying the flag of Castell, he, who was experienced, could recognize at a glance that these ships were probably not galleys made locally by Castell.

In contrast, it is somewhat of a falling star style.

"Falling star..."

It seemed that he had thought of something, and the old Viscount was thoughtful.

Of course, regardless of the origins of these "mercenaries", one thing can be admitted, that is, Castel has already won this war.

And now, he also knows why the Earl is always silent about the reinforcements, and he doesn't have so much trust in the northern nobles who swore allegiance to her.

Thinking back to the nobles he captured with the information provided by the earl before the night attack last night, the old viscount felt a little scared.

Even he didn't expect that at this time, there are still so many nobles in the North who are still secretly in touch with Bold!

Among them, the one he regrets the most is his son.

Even his most trusted heir has correspondence with the south!
If the Earl had told the nobles about tonight's plan in order to calm people's hearts, the Duke's coalition forces would have known about it the next day, and tonight's victory... I'm afraid it might not happen.

"Mr. Len Castel, what are you thinking?"

Looking at the silent old viscount, Charlotte asked with a smile.

Viscount Len-Castle sighed and said:

"I was thinking about those rebellious nobles. I really didn't expect that there are so many idiots in the North who have illusions about the South. Even Derek..."

Having said that, he paused and said bitterly:
"My lord, it is the failure of our family's education that has disappointed you..."

"Don't blame yourself. After all, the third prince is a strong contender for the throne. It's normal that many nobles don't want to take risks with me, let alone he has organized such a huge army."

Charlotte waved her hand and said.

"But he still failed and was defeated by you. After today... your name will soon spread throughout the entire kingdom, even the entire continent! The entire Castel, the entire New Moon Kingdom, and even the entire Siyunai In the extra large area... no one will 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 wasn't for the reminder from Sir Roman Furre, I might not have known that there are still many nobles who still have fantasies about the south. Many of my actions these days are somewhat inappropriate. It is normal for everyone to complain."

Viscount Romain Fore?

After hearing Charlotte's words, Viscount Leon-Castle couldn't help but look at the other side of Charlotte. Vincent, the eldest son of Viscount Romain-Furre, was standing respectfully on one side, just behind the earl. and half a step with him.

Noticing his gaze, Vincent smiled and said:
"My lord father was just lucky enough to capture some letters from the nobles. If I really want to say it, my lord earl is more powerful. My lord father just woke up before the war started, but my lord earl was able to find all these people one by one. .”

Then, he looked at Charlotte again, and asked respectfully:
"My lord, what do you plan to do with the nobles who have contacts with the south?"

Hearing Vincent's inquiry, Viscount Leon-Castle's heart also lifted. He also looked at Charlotte with a confused and nervous expression.

Charlotte thought for a while and said:

"Seriously deal with the leader, and the rest...according to the degree of severity and the contribution of the family in the war, they will be punished lightly, so let's see the aftermath."

After hearing what Charlotte said, the old Viscount heaved a sigh of relief:
"My lord is merciful."

Charlotte smiled, didn't say much, but looked towards the battlefield:
"Do a good job in the aftermath of the war. After the war, there will be a big epidemic. All the corpses must be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Also, the captives must be properly settled, especially those nobles, these are all walking Quintanas."

"You can try to recruit the extraordinary standing of those captives. I heard that many soldiers in this standing army are just civilians who have accidentally mastered extraordinary power. You can try it."

"..."

Charlotte is inexperienced in commanding wars, but she still knows a little bit about how to deal with the aftermath.

Seeing the young earl orderly giving orders, Viscount Leon-Castel became more and more awed.

And at this time, the nobleman in charge of cleaning the battlefield came to the crowd on horseback.

He got off his horse, knelt down on one knee in front of Charlotte, and said respectfully:
"My lord! The leader of the Nightcrawler Mercenary Corps begs to see you!"

Viscount Leon-Castle's heart moved slightly.

The Nightcrawler Mercenary Corps... was the name of the Extraordinary Mercenary Corps that supported Castel last night.

Of course, he had never heard of this name, and it sounded more like a temporary name given by the other party.

(End of this chapter)