"Sergeant Major, you lead the cavalry yourself, and then select two more complete flag detachments to follow Kazak and the others in pursuit of the enemy for three miles. Remember to pursue the enemy for up to three miles and then immediately return to Vaal City. Don't be too lazy to fight. The enemy will definitely react if the pursuit lasts too long."
"Odo, you lead four Ten people went to the enemy's camp. They would definitely not have time to return to the camp and move everything. All the equipment they could take was taken back to Vaal City. The equipment that could not be taken away was doused with kerosene and burned. Angus and Odo ignored the exhaustion after the battle and returned to gather their soldiers to complete the mission.
"Medical team! Medical team! Where is the medical captain?" Art shouted around.
An officer wearing a light burqa ran over from a little distance away, with blood still dripping from his hands.
"Sir? I am the medical captain."
Matt glanced at the medical captain. This guy was not from the army. He was an apprentice selected by the doctor Thomas in the valley two years ago. Thomas transferred from civil affairs to the command of the Welsh Army Corps. After becoming the chief medical officer of the camp, this proud apprentice was also transferred to the army to serve as a medical captain. Spencer led the baggage team arsenal, the baggage team, the garrison team, and most of the army laborers to San Leon County in advance to establish a baggage supply depot, and the medical team and kitchen followed the majority of the legion.
"Where is Doctor Thomas?" Art pulled out the knight's sword and inserted it into the chest of the enemy soldier on the ground, wiped off the blood on the enemy soldier, and asked the medical captain.
The medical captain looked at the enemy soldiers on the ground who were mending their swords, "Doctor Thomas is treating Chief Andrew. Chief Andrew's sternum was broken and he has fainted. The doctors are doing their best to save him."
Matt glanced at the direction of Andrew's flag team on the left wing, and sure enough there was a group of people gathered around him.
"You can't stay outside the city for long. The medical team quickly carried the wounded soldiers to Vaal City, and then treated the wounded soldiers in the city. If there are not enough people, let the soldiers who can move help. Quick!"
The medical team captain turned around and organized people to carry the lightly and seriously injured soldiers into Vaal City.
"Matthew, let everyone else clean the battlefield. Prioritize the collection of weapons and armor. The weapons and armor of the Western Army are really good."
Matthew immediately called up the soldiers who had no tasks and were lying on the ground repairing, and began to peel off the weapons and armor from the enemy soldiers scattered on the ground and pick them up.
Hum Almost several of the most important things were arranged according to priority. Art took out a sword-wiping rag from the bag at his waist and wiped the blood on his armor. He glanced up at the direction of Val City and told the guard Ron: "Ron, we should go see the key person. Lord Walter is ready to send troops to help.”
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In the east city of Vaal City, the 200 infantrymen of the first regiment of the Jonah Army who were chasing the defeated Western Army had returned to defend the castle. The commander of the Waal City garrison looked very ugly.
"...Lord Art, if I had known that you did not have the so-called thousand-plus ambushes, I would not have risked the city's destruction and followed you crazy. Five or six hundred people dare to pretend to be one or two thousand, and you are too courageous!" Walter's face was ashen, and he had been criticizing Art's insidiousness and treachery ever since Art entered the city to meet.
After the Western Army retreated, Walter's hair stood up when he saw that the so-called "more than a thousand ambush troops" behind him actually numbered less than 200. He did not continue to participate in the "ambush troops" chasing the enemy's remnants, but took advantage of the fact that the enemy had not yet reacted and quickly returned to Vaal City with his two hundred troops.
"Art~My Lord Art! Did you listen to what I said! Move your army back to Val City quickly, otherwise I will not be stupid enough to believe your lies again after being besieged by the returning enemy troops!" Walter shouted loudly to wake up the careless Art.
The corners of Art's eyes slowly raised.
"Walter! Shut up!"
At was angered by the last roar. Today's bloody battle had already caused a lot of losses to the Wells Army. Now that the enemy army had been defeated and the crisis in Val City had been relieved, this bastard garrison commander actually dared to grab Art's tail and not let go.
Walter was startled for a moment, he did not expect that the other party would get angry.
"If it weren't for the Wells Army, you and your army would have perished with the city of Vaal long ago! If I hadn't used a trick to deceive the enemy, could they have stopped attacking the city and turned to deal with me? If it hadn't been for my soldiers fighting the enemy outside the city, how could you, Lord Walter, stand here and accuse the man who saved the lives of all the people in the city?"
"Lie? What were you doing when my soldiers were slaughtered by the enemy outside the city? Wait and watch? Are you hesitant? Or are you glad that it was not your soldiers who were killed or injured? Who broke your promise and was cunning? "
"Don't say you are just a small private soldier baron, even if Charis stood in front of me, I dare to say that I did nothing wrong!"
Walter hesitated for a few words and never took the conversation.
After Art finished venting his anger, he did not want to waste any more words. He raised his head and said to Walter, who was speechless, "Baron Walter, you must know that I also have the military position of Military Adjutant of the Eastern Territory, right? That was the military position awarded to me by the palace when the Marquis of Ivrea was in power."
Walter recalled it, and it seemed that such a thing was indeed the case, so he nodded reluctantly.
"Well, in the name of the military adjutant of the Eastern Territory, I now order the defenders of Vaal City to leave the city immediately to assist the Wells Army in collecting and arranging the wounded soldiers, clearing the battlefield, and then send people to the west to meet the troops chasing the enemy's counterattack."
"In addition, my army needs to be repaired, so that your people can free up enough houses in the city for soldiers to garrison and provide enough food and baggage for the Wells Army."
Walter was stunned for a moment. The guy in front of him really regarded himself as a senior officer, and he didn't move at all.
"Walter, if you dare to disobey my military order, I will let you go to the court of Jonah for trial. And sooner or later, the Western Army will notice the abnormality and bring more troops to re-siege the city of Vaal. If my army chooses to withdraw because it cannot be properly settled by the defenders of Vaal City, then you will have to wait for the palace to deploy another army from the north to rescue you." Art threatened.
"Lord Art, I will execute the military order immediately." Walter reluctantly replied.
Walter was unwilling to pay attention to the bullshit military orders issued by Art in his capacity as military adjutant, but Art hit Walter's sore spot. The city of Val needed the assistance of the Wells Army for defense.
With the help of the garrison of Vaal City and the peasants and soldiers working in the city, the Wells Army quickly cleared the battlefield and camps. The army stationed in a neighborhood in Vaal City where the rich and powerful lived. Of course, the owners of these houses had already fled the war zone and went to the hinterland of Yona Province to escape the war.
After settling the wounded soldiers, Art didn't have time to count the soldiers' damage, so he mounted his horse and led the guards out of the city gate and ran westward.
After running for a mile, Art came to the Western Army camp that was burning with raging fire. Odo was leading dozens of soldiers to load the loot collected from the enemy camp onto several damaged carriages and transport them back bit by bit. There were also some scattered corpses in the camp, presumably all of them were wounded Western Army soldiers killed by Odo.
Odo saw Art coming and kicked his horse to greet him.
“Odo, why do you have so little?” Art saw that the enemy camp was on fire, but the dozens of soldiers could not collect much valuable loot.
"Sir, this group of Western troops seems to be well-equipped. They probably marched in a hurry. Apart from the tools for making siege equipment, there are not many weapons and supplies left in their camp. In addition, the retreating enemy troops have already looted it, and we have no time to take a closer look. Search. All the food and supplies that can be taken away are loaded on these broken vehicles that the enemy has not taken away." Otto thought that he could find a lot of gold and silver in the Western Army camp, and at the worst, he could also find a lot of weapons and armor, but he didn't know that the seemingly well-armed Guards Corps and the elite Western Border Army were just assholes.
"I just looked at the granary of the Western Army Camp. Even if the retreating enemy took away some of the food, the remaining food will definitely not last long. I roughly estimate that the food in the Western Army Camp can last for up to three days. If we had known that they were short of food, we would not have to attack at all. We could drag them to death."
Att glanced at the Western Army camp, which was already full of fire. All the siege equipment, large and small, had been burned in the sea of fire, and the tents had turned into frames. "No wonder they are desperate to capture Vaal City. It turns out that they have no military rations, but we can't take any chances, just in case their follow-up team will arrive soon."
"Then let's~"
"First, take the people to transport all the supplies into Val City, and then assist the defenders in setting up the city defense."
h "Remember to ask Walter for more food supplies."
"Yes!"
At finished explaining Odo, he rode his horse towards the west again. He wanted to see if the team pursuing the enemy had returned successfully... Here, the westbound King's Road was scattered with the corpses of the defeated Western Army. The Western Army, who thought it was being pursued by a large number of enemy ambushes, fled in a panic. Although the commander of the Western Army tried his best to stabilize the rout and allow the soldiers to evacuate in an orderly manner to reduce casualties, there were sheep chasing wolves behind them who would not take care of their lone companions.
Hence, there were dozens of corpses of Western soldiers coming along the way. Most of them were wounded soldiers who were exhausted and abandoned.
Angus pulled out the spear that had been nailed into the enemy's corpse, wiped off the blood, and put it back in the pouch of the horse's back saddle. Behind Angus were four flag soldiers in a neat array, and a small number of infantry gathered around the road searching for weapons and armor from the enemy's corpse.
There was a "click" sound, and the cavalry captain Lusignan returned from the west with two cavalrymen, stationed beside Angus, "Lord Angus, most of the enemy troops have withdrawn to garrison on a farm five miles away from here, and a small number of enemy troops have completely fled. They have established a peripheral defense line, and the cavalry team does not dare to go deep. Jafar and Reyek are leading people to monitor the outside of the farm."
"Kazak. Kazak!" Angus waved and called over Kazak, who was commanding four infantry flag formations to prepare for battle and took the opportunity to repair briefly.
Kazak heard the summons and called Tuba to continue setting up the formation, and ran towards Angus.
"Kazak, the enemy has stabilized their footing and I'm worried that they will counterattack immediately. You immediately retreat to Vaal City with four infantry flag detachments, and by the way, bring the information about the enemy's military garrison at the farm eight miles west of Vaal City."
"Yes, Lord Angus!" Kazak turned around and ran to the infantry formation to direct the return journey.
"Luxignan, the cavalry will stay with me to monitor the enemy and establish outposts along the way." Angus mounted his horse and led Lusignan towards the west.