Chapter 642 Loss of troops in battle
..—According to the previous deployment, all the Lombard minions north of Lavati have been cut off by us. Today, all the Lombard cavalry hiding in the dense forest have been captured by Hans's third company. Except for a few who died in the woods, the rest were brought back. ”
After Art finished speaking, he looked at Hans, the captain of the third company, “What are the casualties among your men?”
Matt raised his hand to signal him to sit down and talk.
"Thank you for your concern, sir. In our encirclement and suppression of the group of cavalry, except for three people who were slightly injured, no one was killed."
At heard this and nodded with satisfaction. "very good!"
“Now, although the Lombards have lost control of the Po River Plain, the absence of the Lombard army does not mean that this place will not be threatened~” There is something in Art’s words.
With the exception of a few people who knew the inside story, the other officers all showed varying degrees of surprise.
The reason why Art said this was because of a letter from last night.
The letter comes from Ian, the political officer of the Lombardy Occupied Territory appointed by the government. This is a young talent that Ye Te specially ordered his old butler Cooper to dispatch from the government after he went south to fight. This person came from Valley School and once served in the government. After a period of observation, Art decisively transferred him to the south to be responsible for the daily management of the occupied area.
Now, Ian is beginning to prove his worth.
Last night, an urgent and confidential letter was delivered to the official desk in Art's study. The person who wrote the letter was none other than Ian.
He mentioned in the letter that recently when the government went to various villages and estates to collect "security taxes" from local squires, a farmer who had been conspired by a notorious local squire to seize land reported it to the tax collector. This squire was funded by others and secretly united with the nobles and bandits who were dissatisfied with Yate's rule, secretly purchased weapons and equipment, and prepared to launch a rebellion while the government government in the occupied area was still unstable. Moreover, they also sent people to communicate with the Lombard camp, hoping to serve as internal responses for the Lombard army's counterattack.
After learning the news, Ian discussed with the reserve regiment officer responsible for maintaining security in the occupied area, and decided to take a preemptive strike. He decisively ordered the squire to be captured, and a large number of swords and armor were searched from the cowshed at his home. After some severe torture, the squire confessed his accomplice. That night, the reserve group sent people to arrest all those who intended to rebel, and confiscated all their land, houses and valuables on charges of disrupting public security and colluding with bandits.
In addition, the reserve group has strengthened the security maintenance of the occupied areas and continuously sent people to patrol the borders of the occupied areas to guard against secret sabotage and sneak attacks by the enemy.
· In view of the great importance of this matter, Ian wrote to Art overnight to explain the situation and asked Art to increase the armament in the occupied area to deal with emergencies.
After receiving the secret message, Art immediately called Odo and Angus to the study and asked them for their opinions. And decided to discuss the matter at the military meeting.
After some discussion among the subordinates sitting there, Art spoke again.
The area is larger, and naturally there are more things to worry about. Although you are the sharp knife for the expansion of the Province of Wales, you must also look behind you every step you take. You cannot just move forward with the sword, but you also need to be careful of the knives stabbed from behind—»
At's words once again aroused discussion among the officers, making people a little confused.
"Sir, the situation is very good now, where did the knife come from? We are only one step away from Sauronburg!"
"Yes~"
The speaker was Claus, the captain of the heavy armored infantry company. As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the reaction of many officers.
Att laid his eyes on the big man, smiled slightly, and shook his head helplessly.
Klaus touched his head, his face full of doubts.
"Sergeant, tell them about the situation." Art thought for a moment and said to Angus beside him.
"Yes, my lord." Angus took the order and replied.
Hmm, dong, dong, dong~
Angus tapped the foot of the long table, "Everyone, please be quiet!
Seeing that everyone was quiet, Angus cleared his throat, and then told everyone present the letter sent by Ian last night in detail...——This is probably the situation. The occupied area close to the valley in the north has also strengthened its guard to guard against the Lombard rebellion. Your Excellency has discussed with me and Brother Odo, and decided to postpone the attack on Sauronburg~"
"What, postpone the attack?
"Yes, as long as your Excellency gives the order, our heavy armored infantry company will be the first to charge! We will definitely capture Sauronburg in one fell swoop!"
Everyone said something to me, arguing endlessly.
Matt looked at everyone's reactions and was extremely calm, because this was what he expected. No one will suspend the attack on Soronborg at this important juncture, especially when our own forces and strength have an absolute advantage.
Yate had his own considerations, but he could not yet reveal his thoughts to this group of subordinates who followed him southward without hesitation. He needs a moment.
"Quiet! Be quiet!"
At this time, Odo, who was sitting aside without saying a word, stood up. "This matter is over, let's move on to the next topic. Sir Bob, please tell us about the supplies our army gained in this battle."
Baron Bob, secretary and important minister of the Chinese Army, stood up slowly, bowed slightly to Art, then picked up the booklet at hand and slowly opened it.
“Sir, brothers of the legion, so far, with the assistance and cooperation of all parties, the Radiation Department has calculated all the gains from the time when we sent troops from Nanguan Army Fort to the battle of Santia City. Here, I need to make a statement. In addition to the land and houses in the occupied areas, Except for women and girls, the brothers in the Spoke Department counted everything from four-wheeled carriages to small daggers and daggers~"
"Hahaha..."
Bob started his speech in a humorous tone.
"In this battle, we seized gold, silver, jewelry and valuable jewelry equivalent to 1.5 million pfennigs, a total of 350 carts of food, and more than 3,000 sets of armor, swords, spears and other weapons·——"
- In addition, the Welsh Army destroyed a large number of Lombard cavalry in this battle. According to statistics, we have now added 657 grassland horses suitable for plain warfare." Angus on the side gave him a wink, and Lusignan realized that Art had been staring at him, and then he smiled and passed away.
"..—Sir, these are the current battle results, please take a look at them."
Bob slowly closed the book of battle statistics and was about to hand it to Art, who was sitting at the top.
"No need, I can rest assured that you can do the work." Art praised Bob and put the document back.
In this battle, the property captured by the Welsh Army, horses, armor, food, etc., was converted into currency of more than 6 million pfennigs.
Although Art was silent, he was extremely satisfied in his heart. The officers present were also shocked by the large amount of property seized this time. Besides being shocked, they were even more happy. Because the more captured, the military reward will increase accordingly.
"Okay, stop arguing! After the war is over, the legion will reward you based on your merits according to regulations." Art interrupted everyone's argument.
Immediately afterwards, Odo put the list of casualties of various units compiled by the Chinese army on the table.
"Sir, everyone. After this battle, a total of thirty-seven people from our army, including the reserve group, were killed, thirty-two were seriously injured, and seventy were lightly injured. The injured have been arranged to be treated by military doctors, and all the dead will be transported back to the valley for burial soon."
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"In addition, seventy-three soldiers sent by Count Balian of Provence were killed, including one knight and three knights' attendants.
One hundred and thirty-two were slightly injured and forty-five were seriously injured."
Although the number of soldiers sent by Count Balian was large, about a thousand of them simply accepted a few days of recruit training and hurriedly went to the battlefield, which is why there were such heavy casualties.
Att had a close personal relationship with Balian, so he would not treat these dead and wounded soldiers badly. Therefore, he said to Odo: "Tell the army doctors to take good care of these Provence brothers who are fighting for us. In addition, you send people to return the bodies of the dead soldiers to Provence and transfer them to their families according to double the standard of the death pension of Provence soldiers. In addition, prepare a generous gift for Count Balian separately to thank him for his support of the Welsh Army."
"Yes." , Sir. I will arrange the manpower to do it as soon as possible."
Matt nodded and continued to ask: "What are the casualties of the Guards Corps led by Sir David."
Odo pressed the pamphlet in front of him at the bottom and replied: "Seventeen people were killed in the Guards Corps, thirteen were seriously injured, and nineteen were lightly injured. Sir David's right arm was scratched by a long sword, but it was not serious."
Hearing that David was injured, Art frowned slightly. "Tell the doctors that we must try our best to save the brothers of the Guards. They have shed blood for the Welsh Army. We cannot let them feel cold."
"I understand, sir. I have already ordered the doctors accompanying the army. In addition, I also asked the heavy department to prepare good wine to comfort them."
Seeing Odo's attentiveness, Art said nothing more.
"By the way, Bob, when you go down, tell the guys in the editorial department to provide a meal of meat every day for the brothers outside the city during the rest period.
Wine, fruit, vegetables and wheat porridge are enough. It's time for them to enjoy a few delicious meals."
"Yes, sir." Bob picked up a quill and quickly wrote down Art's arrangements on the parchment~
The military meeting lasted until late at night. After listening to Odo's arrangements for the defense of Santia City and Lavati, Art made a few requests.
Then he returned to the residence not far away under the escort of the guards.
When he returned to the bedroom, Art felt weak all over. He stretched out, yawned, took off his coat and fell on the bed. After a while, a sound of snoring came from the bedside.
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In his sleep, Art seemed to hear a knock on the door.
The sound is getting louder and louder.
“Who!”
At was woken up by a loud shout. He staggered to the door, took off the bolt, and opened the door. The moment he saw the person he least expected to see.
Thomas.——·