Early in the morning of the second day, Art visited the camp of wounded soldiers and then came to an open space half a mile outside the camp used for the execution of bandit prisoners. In addition to the bandits who were killed on the battlefield and seriously injured without treatment, there were forty-two mostly injured prisoners left here. A dozen soldiers from the newly formed third squadron stood behind the prisoners holding heavy axes. There were several soldiers who were less injured in the battle guarding the camp, watching the executions with weapons, and acting as peripheral security.
Tuba divided the prisoners who had been screened by Kazak into three piles with their hands and feet bound and their mouths gagged. The first pile was five bandit leaders, big and small, the second pile was thirty gangsters who had committed many crimes and the bandits whose hands were stained with the blood and lives of soldiers, and the third pile was seven minions who were immune to the reform drive.
After briefly exchanging a few words with Tuba, Art carried his sword and came to the place of execution. Without saying any nonsense, he drew out his knight's sword and put it on the ground. He said in a cold voice: "I, Art Wood Wells, the knight of the palace guard of the Count of Burgundy and the security patrol officer of the southern border, with the righteousness of God." I will impose sanctions on you in the name of Marquis Ivrea Otto, the defender of justice and human order, and use your heads and blood to pay tribute to the souls of heroes who died for justice." Then Art nodded slightly towards Tuba who presided over the execution.
"The execution begins!" Tuba ordered to the soldiers of the third squadron standing behind.
Bangeda, the first captain of the third squadron, stood up and ordered the five soldiers of the squad to walk behind the five bandit leaders one by one. The bandits knew that their death was coming. Some closed their eyes and remained silent, while others tried to struggle.
"Some people come up and hold me down!"
Tuba gave an order, and several more soldiers came out to hold down the struggling prisoners.
"Start the execution!"
Five soldiers holding heavy axes walked up to the prisoner, raised their heavy axes and slashed hard at the prisoner's neck. For a moment, the head fell to the ground, blood flew out, and the bandits waiting for the execution behind them were so frightened that they opened their mouths and stared, and the feces and urine were filled with stench.
After killing the five bosses, the second group of thirty prisoners who were lying limp on the ground were divided into three groups. Heads rolled down outside the garrison camp in Jushi Town, and the dark red blood on the ground merged into a red stream...
The seven bandit prisoners in the third pile were going crazy. They saw with their own eyes that the bandit brothers who used to kill without batting an eye were dragged out and beheaded like wild dogs by this group of black-robed soldiers, and then their ferocious-looking heads were allowed to roll around.
The next round will be theirs.
There was a timid guy in the third group of prisoners who couldn't bear such a horrific scene. He kept foaming at the mouth and was scared to death.
Matt winked at Tubal, who ordered Klaus's second team to execute him.
Klaus led the soldiers to drag out the six people who had collapsed into mud and a corpse that was gradually stiffening. The soldiers, who had become weak in chopping, wiped the blood on the heavy axes again, replaced the notched axes, and prepared to chop off the heads of the last few bastards.
The few minions who were kneeling on the ground had no human appearance. The soldiers held their arms from behind and knelt down for execution.
At the moment when the raised heavy ax fell in front of the head, Art stepped forward and waved his hand to stop the execution soldiers.
"God warned us to show enough mercy to the enemy at the right time. I have killed enough people today. I heard that you are all little guys who have not done much evil. Maybe I should give the kind-hearted friends among you a chance to be reborn."
Matt paced back and forth in front of the six minions kneeling on the ground, and selected three minions who looked a little smarter and more pleasing to the eye.
"Bring these three lucky ones who were blessed by God to my military tent."
"The rest of the people, including the corpse, were all beheaded!"
The three "lucky ones" who were pulled out from the gate of hell couldn't help but slumped on the ground and looked up to the sky, crying...
Early in the morning after the battle, Cooper, the civil affairs officer of the valley, who learned of the tragic battle in Boulder Town, asked the doctors Thomas and Farnaz to quickly prepare herbal equipment and follow Felix to rush to Boulder Town to treat the wounded soldiers. At the same time, he urgently assembled the Valley Guard team. Twenty peasants and soldiers distributed weapons to the construction site of the military village on the edge of the northern dense forest to be on alert and ready to respond to all possible dangers...
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In the next few days, Yat was busy treating the wounded and dealing with the aftermath.
Although the two doctors Thomas and Farnaz tried their best to treat the wounded soldiers, three seriously injured soldiers still died forever.
At the garrison camp in Boulder Town, Odo, who had taken a short rest, was reporting the situation to Art, "Sir, the old housekeeper and the others have carried all the lightly and seriously injured people who need further treatment back to the valley, and the bodies of the brothers who died in the battle have also been brought back to the valley for burial. The caravan will be back in a few days, and the supplies stored in the camp can be transported back by the caravan, so I suggest that the old housekeeper does not need to take people to make another trip."
"Well, has there been anything unusual in the surrounding area in the past two days?"
"No, I have arranged the outer sentry posts two miles around Boulder Town, and organized a small team to patrol."
"That's good, we can't be careless now. One of my mistakes killed so many brothers, these are our elites!" Art thought of so many soldiers who died in the battle of Boulder Town, and felt extremely sad.
The most painful feeling in Odo's heart has passed. "Sir, Baz is unconscious and his life and death are unknown. Creedo also died in the battle. Only the squad leader Colin and five soldiers, including the carriage soldiers, are left in the first squadron. The first squadron has been destroyed. How to arrange the remaining soldiers?"
The First Squadron was the decisive supporting force in the entire camp defense. Without their garrison, it would have been impossible to defend the camp with a simple fence surrounded by nearly a hundred menacing bandit soldiers. Therefore, the most elite First Squadron of the legion suffered the most.
"The remaining soldiers of the First Squadron are temporarily under the command of Colin, who will stay with you to help you train new recruits for the time being. After the situation has calmed down, we will expand and rebuild the First Squadron based on these few soldiers." Art can only temporarily hand over the remnants of the First Squadron to Odo's direct command.
While the two were talking in the military tent, Angus, who had gone out, returned to the camp.
"Sir, the matter has been settled. Two wooden poles holding the heads of bandits have been placed every one mile along both sides of the business road to the west of Boulder Town. More than sixty heads have been inserted into the road for nearly thirty miles. I believe that passers-by who pass by this business road will never forget it. In addition, Felix has also taken the bandit leader and seven or eight heads of the bandit leaders to Tyniec County to report the results of the war. "
"Sir, now we will become famous throughout Tyniec!" Angus's face was full of excitement, and he didn't care about the arrow wounds on his body.
Angus and Odo took a step forward and approached Art.
"Tomorrow the second leader of that gang of bandits will bring money to ransom that little bastard. I think I have found the person who will do the dirty work for us..."