Warlord: King of All Clans

After receiving Leo's military order, the soldiers of the Isenbol Legion became further dissatisfied.

Seeing the defenders leave the city to surrender, they were already rubbing their hands and preparing to enter the city to plunder.

Now that robbery is suddenly not allowed, what are they doing out here?

Some stubborn corner flags took the opportunity to make a fuss and led their subordinates to disobey military orders and began to loot the houses in Bawanachi Fort.

Arnold was also decisive. He did not report to Leo, but directly grabbed the leader of the corner flag, executed him publicly, and hung his head on the flagpole.

Although this corner flag knight is the cousin of his son-in-law.

Even so, there were still groups of legionnaires who secretly left the team and sneaked into private homes, looting everywhere.

In contrast, the army at Hewan appeared calm, steady and orderly. Led by their squad leaders, the musketeers each took up their combat posts on the city walls and manned key locations in the castle, turning a blind eye to the chaos around them.

A group of small dog-headed people, led by Six, were sniffing around the city walls in search of treasure.

Marvin told them that if they found an iron bullet, they would be rewarded with a candy.

Riverbend has its own iron mines, and the cost of solid iron bullets is cheaper than in other places, but they are still expensive consumables.

The artillery regiment’s firepower was indeed very strong, surpassing the mortal armies of this world by an entire era. Attacking a small castle like this was like crushing dry weeds and rotten wood.

But the losses were also severe. Not taking into account the wear and tear of the artillery, if more rounds of artillery were fired in a battle, even if the team won, it would still be a loss.

After entering the castle, Leo began to receive the spoils and the casualties statistics were also presented.

The Isenpol Regiment executed a corner flagman and five soldiers, and an artilleryman had his big toe broken by the retreating gun carriage.

Bavanach Castle lost six corner flags, more than a dozen armored knights and attendants, and the defenders on the city wall suffered nearly a hundred casualties.

There were two thousand defenders gathered at Fort Bawanachi, but the narrow walls could not accommodate so many people. When it was bombarded, there were only four or five hundred people guarding the walls.

The three rounds of artillery fire were mainly aimed at destroying the city walls. Most of the hundreds of casualties were affected by the splashing debris. The remaining people fled their battle posts before they could withstand the three rounds of artillery fire.

In addition, shells fell into civilian homes in the city, causing civilian casualties, but the number is unknown.

Under normal circumstances, if a castle is stuffed with so many soldiers and has sufficient food, it can be defended for at least ten days or half a month.

But the artillery was unreasonable. Knight Hughes, who had escaped death, had lost his fighting spirit and did not want to be bombarded again.

After Knight Hughes surrendered, all the defenders were disarmed. At a glance, the open space of the castle was densely packed with prisoners of war.

Many prisoners of war were still very confused and didn't know why they lost.

Rio had to dismiss some of the people. "The armored infantry were taken off their armor and detained, and the unarmored militia were released and told to go home and stay quiet."

"The remaining knights will be imprisoned temporarily and will be tried after the war."

"As for the spoils, give some to Knight Arnold first to appease the soldiers of the Legion."

Arnold had just killed a descendant of his in-laws. Hearing this, he said in a deep voice, "These soldiers have no military merits, so what do they want for spoils? If there are still those who refuse to obey, let them lead the charge next time."

Leo originally wanted to establish his own authority by demonstrating artillery, so that the soldiers of the Isenbol Legion who followed him would be in awe and obey his rule.

But the effect didn't seem to be very good. These bandits seemed to think that the cannons would not fall on their heads, so they became more unscrupulous.

Fortunately, most of the corner flags were sensible and managed to keep their soldiers under control.

Leo couldn't let this hidden danger break out, so he could only follow the old tradition and maintain the control of the legion through rewards of spoils of war.

If it weren't for the concern for the lives of the soldiers in Hewan, Leo would have to use the Isenberg Legion as the vanguard meat shield. Leo didn't want to lead these idle people into battle at all.

This is a common problem of the army in the old times. An army that can enforce discipline and whose military orders are as strong as a mountain is enough to be remembered through the ages.

Hearing Arnold's words, Leo agreed, "Isenpol's soldiers are all very brave. They will definitely be put to good use in the next battle. This time we can only blame the enemy for surrendering too quickly, but we still have to give them spoils of war."

Arnold bowed his head quickly, "Your Excellency is wise!"

Leo smiled slightly. When it was his first expedition to the north, Arnold treated him like a young junior and would give him advice and education whenever there was nothing to do, completely acting like an elder.

During the second campaign to clear out the wolves and other foreign tribes, they treated him as a peer and lowered their attitude significantly.

But when he speaks and acts, he still subconsciously has the confidence to command his own troops and compete with others.

After witnessing the power of artillery today, I feel like a vassal.

Leo doesn't hate such shrewd people.

It is always more reassuring to have capable and worldly-wise employees than incompetent and stubborn subordinates.

After a while, Weier came in and reported: "The First Legion of Ilanrado is staying in Ross Town, the Second Legion is heading south, and there is also the Arbroath Legion, which is also advancing southward."

"The Second Legion has about 4,000 men, and the Arbroath Legion is a fully staffed legion, with a full 6,000 men."

She said with lingering fear, "The Arbroath Legion has extraordinary archers. I was circling and observing on Pegasus and was almost shot by an arrow. I was at least 500 yards away from the ground at that time."

Leo and Bjorn beside him exchanged a glance, and the latter judged, "Can he threaten Pegasus from 500 yards? He must be at least a mid-level transcendent."

He is an extraordinary archer. Last time, outside Buck Fortress, he seized an enchanted recurve bow from a Western Archer. The bow had a longer range than his own 200-pound yew longbow and could shoot straight for 400 yards when fully drawn.

But at a distance of four hundred yards, even a low-level transcendent could not guarantee a hit, not to mention shooting into the sky and threatening the mid-level magical beast Pegasus.

Although the Pegasus's defense is not as good as that of the Dragon Scale Horse, it is also protected by magic, which is enough to resist ordinary bows and crossbows.

Wei'er is also a wild hunter, and she doesn't show any worry when faced with arrows that pose no threat.

Weier added: "In addition to the extraordinary archer, there seems to be a mage. My Pegasus was very resistant, so I didn't conduct a careful reconnaissance and left quickly."

"You did the right thing. Pegasus Knights are the most valuable reconnaissance force. One circle of yours in the air can be equivalent to a hundred scouts' ground reconnaissance. There is no need to put yourself in danger."

Weier was very touched, so she pushed for more and made her own request, "Can you give Freya to me tonight?"

Leo said expressionlessly, "Get out."

After Weir finished reporting, Knight Arnold said with a serious expression, "Arbroath is the second largest city in the Earldom of Beboos. The Grand Lord Godwin Beboos is the Earl's younger brother and also a high-ranking extraordinary knight."

"If Knight Godwin leads the Abros Legion south, and is assisted by the Ilanrado Second Legion, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist."

Leo was not sure either. Although the artillery and muskets of Hewan were powerful, they had no experience in fighting against high-level extraordinary people.

If the high-level extraordinary knight Godwin, with a group of extraordinary people, successfully avoided firearms and broke into the battle formation of the River Bay New Army, it would be a massacre.

Unsure, Leo could only stand up, jump twice, and shake his body.

From the crack in his armor fell out a baby marmot.

If you don't look closely, it looks like a dead mouse.

Leo picked up the dead mouse, activated it, and said, "Freya, you are alive."