Chapter 776 New Territory
Lusignan hurriedly led several of his squadron captains out of the alley and onto the street. After some arrangements, the cavalry who had finished the battle, led by members of the task force, went to take over important places such as the lord's mansion, armory, granary, various city gates and ports in Tila City.
At the same time, two people were dispatched to go north immediately to contact Colin and others who were heading towards Tila City, so as to cooperate with the cavalry in the city to block all the surrounding checkpoints, arteries and major military forts and towns.
When Lusignan personally led the troops towards the lord's mansion in the southwest corner, three task force soldiers wearing black robes were escorting Dylan, the lord of Tira City, towards the mansion where Angus was. "...-Lord Angus, the lord of Tira City was caught by the task force guys!"
As Angus was walking towards the house, a soldier ran up to him excitedly and told him the good news. Angus stopped immediately when he heard that. When he turned around, he saw that the guys from the task force had already arrived in front of him.
Looking at the unkempt lord of Tira City who was tied up with ropes, Angus grabbed his hair and glanced at him, and said viciously: "Take this bastard down to me and keep a close eye on him. We'll deal with it after the adults arrive."
Angus didn't waste any time talking to this guy. He didn't even want to look at him, so he asked the soldiers to lock Dylan into a dark room in the mansion.
Originally, he was happy to have captured the lord of Tira City, but when he thought of the dozen cavalry who were killed or injured in the battle that just ended, he felt heartbroken.
Looking at the cavalry corpses placed aside, Angus slowly stepped forward, squatted down, and covered their heads with the linen cloths they were wearing one by one.
When he returned to the house, he happened to meet Oliver, the deputy captain of the task force, who had just come down from the attic.
Looking at Oliver's arm that was scratched by the sword and still dripping with blood, Angus asked with concern: "Oliver, is the wound serious?"
Oliver shrugged, with a relaxed look on his face, and said with a smile: "It's not a problem, it's just that the leader But I didn’t make it easy for him. Even the bastards in the attic with him were killed by us!”
Shortly after daybreak, the five hundred cavalrymen who went south to raid the city of Tira successfully completed the tasks assigned to them by Art. Most of the more than 300 defenders in the city were killed, and less than 40 were captured. Except for the dozen or so defenders at the city gate who escaped in time, the entire city of Tila has been taken over by cavalry assigned to various places.
At the beginning, several cavalrymen from Provence tried to plunder the mansions of wealthy merchants in the city and fight for their belongings. However, they were stopped on the spot by Lusignan who arrived in time and were taken to the mansion where Angus was.
In order to avoid offending Earl Balian with private punishment, Angus taught these guys a lesson and let them go.
When the setting sun rose from the eastern coastline, the five hundred infantrymen in carriages who had already marched towards the city of Tira before dawn entered the city under the leadership of Colin.
On the way south, the convoy encountered brief resistance as it passed two military forts and a manor. However, the power disparity between the two sides was too great. The Lombards, who resisted slightly, fled their homes under the cover of night after leaving a few corpses behind.
In order to reach the city of Tira as soon as possible, Colin left thirty soldiers to occupy these places respectively, and then rushed towards the city of Tira non-stop.
When he arrived at the city gate, he saw the cavalry stationed outside the north city gate. Colin realized that he was late. "Hahaha, Colin, you are finally here. I was worried that I didn't have enough soldiers under my command?" When Colin arrived at the mansion where the property was hidden, Angus went out to greet him personally. Seeing this old guy made him feel relieved.
Angus has been staying in the warehouse closest to Ma Ji because he was worried about possible emergencies, guarding the pile of belongings in the underground secret room in the backyard.
He was leaning against the wall and tapping when the bodyguard came to tell him that Colin had led a convoy into the city.
After hearing the news, Angus forgot about his physical fatigue and immediately went out to meet the old man of the legion.
"Lord Angus, you have worked hard. Let the rest of the work be left to these guys I brought." Colin stepped forward and hugged Angus warmly. "Great! Come on, follow me in, and I will show you the good things!" After Angus said this, he dragged Colin into this luxurious mansion. Then he walked through the front yard, passed through a corridor, and walked straight towards the secret room under the horse in the backyard. "Open it!" Angus ordered the soldier guarding the horse.
Colin on the side looked puzzled at this time. He didn’t understand what was so worth seeing about an ordinary horse.
But when the soldiers lifted up the heavy stone slabs on their horses, led Angus into the dark chamber below, lit the candles on the wall and saw the shining gold coins inside, Colin finally understood what Angus meant by the "good stuff".
"Oh my god, this is unbelievable! Lord Angus, this~" Seeing the huge secret room filled with wooden boxes filled with gold coins, Colin suddenly froze on the spot.
Entering the secret room, Colin involuntarily walked to the wooden box, grabbed the gold coins inside, and let the cold metal slip from his hands. "Master Angus, you are really far-sighted~"
"Of course! Our task now is to guard these treasures and wait until the Lord leads the army to arrive here before making a decision..." Colin nodded hurriedly after hearing this. Unexpectedly, Angus silently walked up to him and said softly: "You take our people tonight and load these things into the carriage overnight, disguised as transporting grain and grass. The supply team moved everything to the temporary military camp in the north of the city, and we will make arrangements after the adults arrive here. "Understood!"
That night, Colin followed Angus's instructions and disguised all the belongings in the secret room of the mansion as grain and transported them to the temporary camp of the Welsh Army garrison in the north of the city for storage.
At the same time, the temporary command camp headed by Angus also moved from here to the lord's mansion in the southwest corner.
With the increase in manpower, the garrison in the city took control of the surrounding checkpoints, large market towns and manors, and politely "invited" all the nobles and big businessmen in the city to the lord's mansion.
After getting Angus's solemn promise, these people took their household servants and a large amount of wine, fruits and vegetables to various military camps to express condolences to the soldiers stationed there.
After a brief period of panic, the citizens of the city took to the streets one after another, delivering wine and meat to the soldiers who took over the city of Tira in the name of the labor army.
In their opinion, these soldiers from the north did not commit any evil acts, including burning, killing, looting, and committing crimes as Count Dylan claimed. On the contrary, these people not only did not rob them of any property, but also took the initiative to help them repair their damaged houses.
The residents of Tira did not understand the abnormal behavior of these soldiers at first. But seeing that the other party had no ill intentions, I slowly accepted their kindness.
In this way, both parties spent two days peacefully.
At noon on the third day, tens of thousands of troops led by Art and Balion arrived outside the city of Tira as scheduled.
According to the original plan, Count Balian's men were responsible for occupying the two cities east of Tira City, while Art's Welsh Army was responsible for occupying Tira City and a city to its west.
After a short rest, Balian could not wait to head towards those two cities to receive his own spoils.
At the same time, the men and horses belonging to Balian also withdrew from the city of Tira and went eastward with Balian's team.
After Balion's tens of thousands of horses left, Art once again led his thousands of troops towards the city of Tira.
In the afternoon, the scorching sun was in the sky.
When the heraldic flag of the blood-eyed howling wolf fluttering in the wind appeared on the commercial road connecting the north and south outside the north gate of Tira City, Angus, the deputy commander of the legion who learned the news, had been waiting outside the north gate for a long time with Colin, Lusignan and others.
As the commander of this thousands-strong army, Art took the lead, held his head high, and slowly walked toward this centuries-old Nanlu seaport under the escort of a group of high-ranking officers and personal attendants.
Yate raised his hand and raised his eyebrows, carefully looking at this unique port city.
The white and blue urban buildings blend perfectly with the clear blue sky and vast ocean. The square urban layout and well-proportioned housing density reflect the coastal businessmen's pursuit of practicality. The sea breeze blowing in your face is refreshing. Even in this season where the northern land is still full of wind and snow, this coastal city far inland is extremely warm and does not feel the slightest chill.
"What a great place!" Art couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, Angus and others who were rushing from outside the city gate had already arrived in front of Art.
Angus dismounted, took three steps at a time and then walked quickly towards Art and the others.
"Sergeant major, you have worked hard! I will give you credit for this battle!"
"Thank you, sir!" After hearing this, several people bowed and beat their chests with smiles on their faces.
It turns out that as early as the early morning of the day when Angus captured the city of Tira, he sent all the information in the city to Ater in the form of a secret message.
After learning the good news, Art held up the secret letter in his hand and read it over and over again. Especially when Angus mentioned those huge amounts of wealth, Art's eyes shone. Because according to preliminary estimates, the large amount of gold and silver treasures filled in these secret rooms are many times more than the money Walder Burley hid in the northern jungle.
This is definitely great news for the Earl of Northland, who is embarking on expanding his territory and the size of his army.
In the following days, Art accelerated his march, just to reach his new territory as soon as possible.
Looking at the city of Tila in front of him, at this moment, Art is weaving a huge business network in his mind...—