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Claude took a horse and took the lead to gallop towards the city. Manteuffel immediately asked his knights to follow. Now, as long as the knights don't push back the city gate, everything will be fine when the infantry enters the city. The dust has settled.

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There were no accidents in the battle to break into the knights' garrison. After all, the food was drugged, the garrison's secret sentry was taken down, and the surrounding arson distracted attention and troops. It was a completely one-sided battle.

Probably the only surprise was the failure to capture a prisoner.

Manduffel didn't care either. Having dealt with the Theocracy's army, he certainly knew that such things were commonplace. In the battles of such small elite troops at border frictions, after a battle, an Theocracy knight The situation where the captives cannot be captured.The opponent's fanaticism inspired by religion is enough to make the victor feel terrified.

Now he obviously has more doubts.

"The armors these people wear are all painted by the Lavender Knights?"

"Yes, but the number is not right. There are only about half of the knights in a knight order here."

Claude also pretended to be puzzled.

This number is the result of him pretending to be a special envoy before, arbitrarily sealing up officials and making a wish, making all his followers knights and promoting them to a higher rank, so he successfully used two long knight brigades to fool half of the knight order, and then It was found out that the rebels who had been converted from bandits and robbers were used as cavalry for Julien to use as a front.

Manteuffel did not speak. In fact, what he was puzzled about was not the quantity, because Claude didn't know that the first wave of the empire's rebel army was wiped out. Although the Theocracy used two knight orders in that battle, they wanted to The JF Rock Knights, they must have suffered heavy casualties, so it is normal for the Lavender Knights to have the current establishment.

"But the Lavender Knights are not holy knights who were raised by the Holy Kingdom since childhood. Why did they fight until their entire army was wiped out?"

Then the knight leader suddenly thought of an extremely terrifying possibility.

"...Could it be that the knights of the Lavender Knights have been infiltrated by the Theocracy long ago? No, this is impossible, unless they are helping the Theocracy to deceive the intelligence agency from top to bottom. If that is the case - Provence The time for the governor to seek refuge in the Holy Kingdom is likely to be more than ten years!"

Manteuffel muttered in a low voice in disbelief, completely oblivious to the fact that Claude, who was listening to him, had brighter eyes.

"Thank you, Knight Claude, take your team back to the city gate. His Highness will not enter the city today, and I have ordered you to go to the audience. You can go after you organize your team."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Major General."

Claude saluted, gathered the nearby Wallachian knights, and walked towards the gate of the city.

Walking to the city gate, Gorman also trained the team and was chatting with Adelin.

"Knight Claude."

"Captain Claude."

The two called out different names.

"There's no need to be so different, just call me Claude." The boy smiled and shook his head, "What were the two knights talking about before?"

"I'm just talking about the next plan. Some knights and cavalry are already a little bit powerless due to injuries and age. I hope that with the merits of this battle, I can get some land in Provence, at least so that they can support themselves .”

Gorman talked about what he had discussed with Claude before.

"There should be no problem with this matter. Your Highness Ludwig is a good man." Claude said with certainty, "Your Highness said that he wants me to have an audience, so the Wallachia knights will trouble you two to lead them."

"Leave it to us." Adelin nodded with a smile.

Claude rode a horse and walked slowly towards the camp outside the city. On the way, he happened to meet Siegfried and his men who were about to enter the city.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, we meet again."

Claude still greeted him with a sunny face.

Siegfried also responded with a slight smile: "Knight Claude, are you going to see His Highness?"

"Yes, you probably want to ask me what happened during the time I was in Aix, right? After all, the Central Military Camp found very few knight corpses."

"Oh, isn't it enough to count the prisoners? It seems that there is indeed one less knight order."

Siegfried said casually.

"Captives? No prisoners?" Claude said with a blank face, "The lavender knights fought tenaciously to the end. None of the knights surrendered to us."

"What did you say? Lavender Knight? All killed and no one surrendered?"

Siegfried's expression changed immediately.

"Yes, I led the way and participated in that battle. All the Lavender Knights fought to the end, and there were piles of corpses in the entire barracks, but the number was still much smaller."

Claude replied honestly, and then couldn't help showing admiration on his face.

"Speaking of which, although these lavender knights are traitors, they never expected to be so loyal to the Church. Knowing that they must die, none of them chose to live on their own. They all fought to the last moment."

Siegfried's face darkened, but it was only for a moment, and he immediately smiled at Claude: "Yeah, I didn't expect them to resist so fiercely, would you mind explaining to me in detail?"

"No problem, Mr. Siegfried."

So Claude explained the scene he saw "[-]" to the director of the intelligence bureau in detail, emphasizing that the lavender knights bravely resisted and rushed in under extremely unfavorable conditions. Imperial knights , In the end, no one survived.

The omitted part includes but is not limited to that the Wallachia knights all wear visors to fight, and everyone has a crossbow ready. When they see who puts down their weapons, they will shoot an arrow with their hands; They covered their mouths with their hands to prevent shouting; they also formed a human wall to block the sight of others, and then hacked all the knights who put down their weapons inside to death, and then put the weapons back into their hands.

In short, it is admiration, and I admire their loyalty very much.

Siegfried's expression became more and more gloomy, and finally he sneered.

"Hmph, you really are 'loyal' enough to the Theocracy, Lavender Knights—I said how could the Theocracy send so many people in without being discovered, so the biggest loophole is here."

"Mr. Siegfried, what did you say?"

Claude asked a little puzzled.

"It's nothing, Knight Claude, thank you for the news, I'm very satisfied. Aren't you still going to see His Royal Highness the Third Prince? Hurry up, don't keep His Highness waiting."

"Oh, then I'll go to the camp first, goodbye, Mr. Siegfried."

Seeing the back of Claude riding away on horseback, the man's face suddenly turned ashen, and he turned his head and stared at the city of Aix sternly.

"Come on, let's go to the city!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Looking at his gloomy face, the subordinates knew that he was in a bad mood at the moment, so they didn't dare to ask any more questions, but just signaled everyone to follow.

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[Are those words you just said intended to induce Siegfried's thinking direction? 】

"You guessed it? But it seems that what I did is quite obvious, right?"

Claude rode on the horse and walked towards the camp in a very happy mood.

[Did Manduffel's words give you new ideas?Do you want the people of the empire to think that these remaining lavender knights belong to the troops of the Theocracy? 】

"No, it's not just those who stayed, I hope they can think that the entire Lavender Knights were formed by the Knights of the Theocracy."

[The entire Knights? 】

"That's right, the original plan to kill all the left-behind knights is actually a bit far-fetched. Although it can be explained by 'the other party knows that there is no way out for treason, so they fight to the death', it may always be suspicious. After all, there are usually only guards or Only an extremely elite army can achieve the death of the entire army, and the Lavender Knights are not qualified anyway. But there is no proof of death, no one cares about the death of a group of traitors, as long as there is a reason."

"But what Manduffel said reminded me, because in his opinion, the result of such a battle is actually reasonable, and the knights of the Theocracy can really fight to the death without retreating. There is one more reason—that is, to die for the Church, for the faith in your heart. Once this reason is established, then this matter will be terrible.”

Claude grinned, and nodded in a friendly way with the oncoming auxiliary captain who was in charge of transporting supplies, and the other party saluted immediately, flattered.

"The Lavender Knights is the native cavalry regiment of the province of Provence. It has a history as long as the province was established. Generally, the local nobles are responsible for the source of troops. Although there are some wandering knights and civilian knights from other places who receive promotion, they are still a minority. , and will soon be divided into followers by various nobles."

"Now this knight order has achieved a record that can only be achieved by the knights of the Theocracy. Think about it, what will the people of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau think?"

【You want to kill the nobles in the entire province? 】

"Whether the nobles die or not is none of my business. I don't have much time to torment them. I just dug a pit that I can't fall into. Whoever gets into the pit is the one who counts. Anyway, a province with fertile plains and grain production was taken by them. With such a virtue in governance, the people are full of grievances, and the uprising responds everywhere, they should have died long ago."

Claude shrugged.

"At first, I was still thinking that even if they were young and strong recruited by the Theocracy, it would be very difficult to keep so many 'rebels' from being examined and executed. soldiers and refugees."

He looked sideways at the endless plain, showing a calm smile.

"This rebellion in the province of Provence, in the final analysis, broke out because of me. Since it is my own problem, helping these civilians who just want to find a way to survive is what I really want to do. As for the others , just do it as you please.”

"Now the nature of this matter has finally been reversed by me from a rebellion initiated by the common people to a rebellion launched by the nobles in collusion with the Church. Then the empire's usual handling method will not embarrass the common people in the province of Provence. Added is His Royal Highness Ludwig, who has a kind heart. Although I have always looked down on him, it is because of the performance of political struggles. On the issue of resettlement of civilians, I believe he will relax a little more. "

[I didn't expect you to care so much about human life. 】

"Human life? You are wrong, I never care about human life."

Claude got off his horse outside the camp, and led the horse into the barracks in an orderly manner.

"All I care about is the righteousness in my heart."

The teenager smiled.

"Where is His Royal Highness Ludwig's camp? I was ordered to meet His Highness."

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After seeing Claude, Siegfried's ugly face has not improved, especially when he saw the city lord's mansion that was already burning, the aura was even more gloomy and terrifying, making people involuntarily want to dig a hole to bury themselves Go down without him noticing.

"When did this fire start?"

"Did it start during the siege? At that time, I saw thick smoke rising from here, but I don't know why it is burning so big now."

The knight who was directing the firefighting at the side replied.

"During the siege...were the Wallachians released?"

"Yes, they have prepared more than a dozen fire points, all of which are places where the roads in the city converge. They are used to block enemy reinforcements. It is not too troublesome to put them out. Now all the fires have been extinguished, only the city lord's mansion is even more It's burning hotter."

The knight was a little helpless and said that he was going to rush over to see if he could grab a hand if he made a big contribution, but he was stunned to put out the fire until now, and the fire still has a tendency to burn bigger and bigger.

"They didn't light the fire here. They had already piled up a lot of burning materials. The other party had already made preparations to completely burn this place to nothing. They refused to leave any useful information behind."

Siegfried sneered, and then he ignored it and rode his horse in another direction.

"My lord, where are we going?"

"Go to a place where there may be intelligence." Siegfried pointed to the other side. "Come with me, let's go to the material storage warehouse in the city."

A group of people rushed through the city and arrived at the warehouse.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, this is an important place for supplies, and idlers are not allowed to enter."

The captain of the long knight who was left behind to encircle the place immediately stepped up and stopped them.

"Imperial Intelligence, we're going in to review the accounts."

The captain was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "This... my lord, shouldn't the review start in a few days?"

Siegfried glanced at him. He naturally knew this unspoken rule. After breaking the city, the seizures would naturally be rewarded. After this, many accounts and timings were inconsistent. Of course, the Intelligence Bureau I also understand this truth, so I will leave enough time for the army, and then go directly to count the supplies, no one cares about the books that must be destroyed.

"I know what you mean. I have a good relationship with His Royal Highness the Third Prince. Naturally, I won't make it difficult for him and his subordinates, but don't make it difficult for me, understand?"

The captain could only show an embarrassed smile and get out of the way.

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"Here's the entry and exit account for all the warehouses you want."

Siegfried took the ledger, opened it, flipped through it, raised his head and asked the knight in charge: "Are these ledgers complete? Haven't they been changed? What I want now are the ledgers when you seized them. If there are any changes Or take something out of it, say it now, so as not to make everyone face ugly in the future."

"Absolutely not." The knight of justice said with a stern expression on his face, "After we take this place, we will seal up all the warehouses, and all the accounts will be collected and handed over. These things must be handed over to His Highness Ludwig first, so All are well preserved."

Siegfried nodded. After all, it was the Knights. Most of the military supplies seized would not be appreciated. If they were infantry, they might still have a headache today.

He distributed several ledgers to his subordinates and asked them to check the quantity and whether the ledgers were correct one by one. He himself took a record of the in and out of the granary and began to verify the quantity one by one. The more he checked, the more ugly his face became. .

After other people's investigation results were presented in front of him, Siegfried's face was as black as the bottom of the pot.

"My lord... all the supplies and accounts are all wrong."

The knight captain on the side couldn't hold back when he heard it.

"This is impossible! It is absolutely impossible for my soldiers to steal and seize it without permission!"

"Don't get excited, knight, I trust you and your soldiers, and even if someone does steal it, do you think you can take away [-] tons of flour and thousands of ordnance?"

The lieutenant colonel of the Intelligence Bureau waved his hand to appease the knight.

"There are so many supplies...even if there were broken soldiers who robbed them before we took over, it's impossible!" The knight was puzzled.

"You don't need to worry about this matter. Ask your people to re-audit the supplies. I have taken this account with me. If there is any problem, I will be responsible for explaining it to His Highness."

Siegfried rode his horse and left the warehouse.

"My lord, the disappearance of so many supplies can't be purely greedy, it involves ordnance!" The subordinate's scalp was a little numb, "This is enough to support the transfer of a legion."

"I believe that the Theocracy did hide a lot of people, but it can use up to [-] tons of flour for transfer? Could it be that the rest of the Theocracy are all useless people?" Siegfried snorted coldly, "I have been I was only in charge of the affairs of the imperial capital, and it opened my eyes like this when I came out to work for the first time—it seems that the death of the chief of the third division was not wronged, and I didn’t know how many benefits he received. The people he gave favors to were much more courageous than him."