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 sea, except for the three battleships of the Boulder-Violet United Fleet that managed to break through the encirclement and escape, the rest of the ships were either sunk or captured.

   Even the flagship of the United Fleet, the Honor Boulder, became a trophy.

  The battle on land was even more tragic.

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

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

  In the camp on the river bank, the number of deaths and casualties caused by crushing and trampling was even higher than those killed in battle, so that collecting corpses became a very difficult job.

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

   But 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 standing army's camp. As a result, the extraordinary standing army was unable to organize an effective magic array, and was directly killed by the standing army of the Tulip collar.

  There are obviously more people and more elite equipment, but the two duchies have a total of nearly 10,000 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 cannot 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, in addition to 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 soldiers of the coalition army almost gave up resistance in an organized way, especially after seeing the combined fleet destroyed and the third prince nowhere to be found, the nobles chose to lead their troops to surrender.

  When Viscount Leon Castel saw the situation in the camp, he was stunned.

  He roughly estimated that if the number of coalition forces of the two duchies was really close to 30,000 as the nobles who surrendered said, there might be a full 15,000 of them captured.

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

   Lien - Viscount Castel knew that Castel had won.

   After this battle, the principality’s coalition forces are enough to 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 Leon-Castel couldn't help looking 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 did not seem to be interested in communicating with Castel. After handing over the prisoners, 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-Castel looked at the galley fleet moored by 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 Castel, he, who was experienced, could recognize at a glance that these ships might not be the galleys made locally by Castel.

   In contrast, it has a somewhat fallen star style.

   "Falling star..."

   Seems to have thought of something, the old Viscount thought deeply.

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

   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.

  Recalling the nobles he had captured by relying on the information provided by the Earl before the night attack last night, the old Viscount felt scared for a while.

  Even he did not 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, I'm afraid the principality'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 old viscount who fell silent, Charlotte asked with a smile.

  Viscount Lien-Castel 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 let you down..."

   "Don't blame yourself. The third prince is a strong contender for the throne after all. It's normal for many nobles to be unwilling 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, or even the entire continent! The entire Castel, the entire New Moon Kingdom, and even the entire Siunet Great District... 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 Sir Roman Furre's reminder, 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. .”

   As he spoke, 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 question, Viscount Leon-Castel'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 and see the aftermath."

  After hearing what Charlotte said, the old Viscount heaved a sigh of relief:

   "The Earl 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."

   "Those captives' extraordinary standing army, you can try to recruit them. I heard that many soldiers in this standing army are just civilians who have accidentally mastered extraordinary power. You can try it."

   "..."

  Charlotte has no experience in commanding wars, but she still knows a little bit about how to deal with the aftermath.

  Looking at the young earl who was orderly giving orders, Viscount Leon-Castle became more and more awed.

   And at this time, the noble who was 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 Group, please see you!"

  Viscount Leon-Castel's heart moved slightly.

  Night Walker Mercenary Corps... is the name of the extraordinary mercenary group that supported Castel last night.

  Of course, he has never heard of this name, which sounds more like a temporary name given by the other party.

  (end of this chapter)