Chapter 809 Windfall
Not long after the night attack on Amos Manor, a team holding torches and marching on the commercial road at the foot of the mountain appeared half a mile southeast of the manor.
In front of the team, Art was riding on a maroon war horse, swaying along the business road.
On the top of the mountain not far away, the bunches of torches lit around the outer wall of the manor were the signals sent by the soldiers occupying the place.
——It seems that the commander and the others have already got it."
At glanced at the yellow fire, he felt relieved. So, he turned around and ordered Odo who was following behind him: "Send the order, speed up the march!"
Otto immediately turned around and said to the messenger who was following him: "Your Majesty has an order, speed up the march!" After saying that, the messenger turned the reins and ran towards the back -
From a distance, a mighty team of thousands of people holding burning torches looked like a giant dragon winding between the hills and plains, extending to two miles away.
With the exception of a flag team that stayed behind to follow Art to garrison at Amos Manor, the rest of the group did not make any stop here. Instead, they took advantage of the night and cool weather to hurry up and camped in a village half a day's journey north of Amos Manor the next morning. Then, the army will continue to set off, all the way north, and pull out the last two nails on the way north to Milan.
Not long after, two cavalrymen holding torches appeared in front of the army, walking straight towards Art and others~
ifyous in sight are the subordinates sent by Colin to greet Art.
"How's it going? Have all the defenders in the manor been cleared?" Art reined in the reins and asked the two of them.
"Come back to your lord, most of the enemies have been wiped out by us, and the rest are cleaning the battlefield. The company captain ordered us to come to pick you up."
At nodded with satisfaction, turned to Odo and said: " You leave with the main force first, and I will join you with the remaining troops after I have taken care of the affairs of the manor. Remember, you must be careful on the way to guard against sneak attacks by the enemy."
Odo nodded solemnly, "Please don't worry, sir."
Subsequently, Art led the guards, priest Robert, and a flag team of soldiers to quickly rush towards the manor on horseback.
"Keep moving!"
Following Odo's order, the thousands of troops following him took steps again, walking towards the north step by step——
Say! Where did you hide the money you brought? "
Outside the gate of the lord's house in Amos Manor, Lusignan, the captain of the cavalry company, put his long sword on the neck of a fat Lombard soldier and asked him to tell him the whereabouts of the money.
Looking at the stumps and broken arms scattered on the ground and the meat paste stuck to the courtyard wall, this guy was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly. The linen trousers under him were wet with urine again. After the war, Klaus, who was ordered to search the remaining enemy soldiers in the manor, led his men to find this guy huddled in a hidden compartment in the attic on the top floor of the mansion.
When Klaus climbed up the stairs holding the torch and the heavy sword in his hand, a heavy smell of urine had already filled the air. Immediately, Klaus followed the urine flowing out of the compartment and pulled the timid guy out.
After questioning with a soldier who spoke Lombardy, I learned that this guy was a personal soldier of Viscount Stephen Rooney, the leader of the army stationed here.
Subsequently, everyone searched the entire mansion and found no military supplies or valuables carried by Stephen. So, the furious Klaus dragged the guy downstairs and handed him to Lusignan. Later, Lusignan called a soldier who knew Lombardy, and together they threw the guy outside the gate of the mansion and began the interrogation -
Thus, this was the beginning of the scene.
Looking at the way this guy was hesitating, Lusignan became so angry that he raised his hand and slapped him in the face.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!" The viscount's soldier, vomiting blood, hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.
At this time, Lusignan winked at the soldier next to him.
The soldier squatted down and asked in fluent Lombardy: "Where have you hidden all your money? Tell me, and I will protect you from death."
The soldier raised his right hand, pointed to the north wall, and said, "Bury it at the foot of the wall over there~"
The soldier raised his lips, stood up and said excitedly to Lusignan: "Company Captain, he said the things are buried under the corner over there."
"This bastard, you have to let me do it! Hurry, bring someone to dig it out for me right away!"
While the soldiers under the northern corner were lifting several dug-out large iron boxes to the ground, Art had already arrived outside the gate of the manor.
Looking at the tall courtyard walls and the solid sloping foundation, Art couldn't help but sigh, "If we attack from the front, I don't know how many soldiers will die~"
As soon as he finished speaking, Angus was already walking towards Art with Lusignan and others.
"Sir!" Several people bowed at the same time.
Art took two steps forward, patted a few people on the shoulders, and said happily: "This battle was well fought!"
Angus hurriedly excused himself, explaining: "My lord, your strategy is still clever! If not, Use the secret code given by the cavalry to trick the defenders inside into opening the gate of the manor. I’m afraid that with the more than two hundred people I brought, I won’t be able to break in until dawn.”
Ate nodded approvingly and said, “Let’s go in and take a look.”
A few people immediately made a way, "Sir, please!"
Entered the gate of the manor and walked up the steps. The sight in front of him shocked Art.
The blood stains remaining on the ground and the body parts scattered on the ground are enough to prove the cruelty of the battle that attacked the manor at night.
The outer wall of the first floor of the lord's mansion was blasted with a large hole by the bomb, and the wood chips and gravel scattered on the ground had not had time to be cleaned up.
The mansion and surrounding walls were covered with splashes of plasma and minced flesh tissue. On the ground, there were several enemy corpses that had not been dragged away in time.
Hyat walked along the north wall. From time to time in the hall on the first floor of the mansion, the lamentations of injured soldiers could be heard. Yat stopped and asked, "Are there many casualties?"
Angus lowered his head in shame, "Sir, thirteen people died, and a total of twenty-five were seriously injured. I underestimated the enemy. I didn't expect that the defenders here, led by the Lombard Viscount, resisted desperately. If two bombs had not been used at the critical moment, I am afraid the casualties would have been further increased~" After hearing this, Art did not blame Angus, but led a few people towards the wounded soldiers.
The wounded soldier who was wailing a second ago suddenly gritted his teeth when he saw Art walking in, trying not to look so fragile.
Art slowly walked to a wounded soldier who had been stabbed in the thigh, and stopped for a moment. Looking to the right, another soldier had one of his ears cut off, and the wrapped gauze was stained red by the blood that seeped out.
As he walked a few steps forward, a cavalryman's stomach was pierced by a long sword, with half of his intestines still exposed. The doctor who was accompanying the army standing aside shook his head helplessly at Art.
Matt took a deep breath and said loudly: "All of you are the bravest warriors of my Wells Legion! I just walked in from outside the manor gate and saw the blood and broken limbs everywhere. I knew that you once again made the enemy kneel in front of us! All of you, whether alive or gone, will always be remembered by me, Art Wood Wells!"
"I am willing to serve you!"
Everybody shouted in unison.
Compensation for killing the enemy!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Thank you, sir!"
h Then, Art left here in front of a group of wounded soldiers.
As soon as they left the house, several soldiers ran over to report to Art excitedly, "Sir, everything has been dug out, including five large boxes of wealth!"
"What five large boxes of wealth!" Art asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Lusignan, who was following Art, quickly stepped forward to explain, "My lord, it's the military supplies that the viscount hid in the corner! I pried them out from the mouths of his soldiers~"
"Oh~" Art Immediately he became interested and said, "Go and have a look!"
Hencement, the group of people walked towards several large iron boxes already placed on the ground~
"Open!" Angus ordered.
Several soldiers picked up hammers and smashed open the chains outside. They used crowbars to press hard along the gaps on the edge of the iron box, and the lid of the iron box opened with a sound.
In an instant, a large number of gold coins shining with a charming luster came into everyone's eyes.
At grabbed a handful of gold coins and took a look at them, and then ordered people to pry open all the other iron boxes. Except for an iron box containing valuable jewelry, the other three were all large pieces of valuable decorative silverware.
"Hahaha, sir, we are rich!" Angus couldn't help shouting.
No one thought that there were so many valuable gold and silver treasures hidden in a small manor. Especially when the military expenditure of the Lombardy court was decreasing day by day, the leading viscount actually buried enough money to pay hundreds of soldiers for a year in this manor, which made people doubt the true source of these property.
But for Art, whether it was stolen from the people of the territory or defrauded from the merchants, as long as it went into his pocket, the source was not important.
So, Art ordered Angus: "Sergeant Major, order people to lock up these things intact and take them all away!"
"Yes!"
Then, Art, accompanied by Angus and others, patrolled around the manor's wall and returned to the east gate of the manor again.
"Sergeant Major, I have brought a group of soldiers from the flag regiment, and I plan to have them stationed here to take care of the grain, grass, supplies and military equipment in the manor. You immediately arrange for the personnel to hand over to them. The first task that needs to be completed is to remove all these corpses. Transport the troops to the foot of the mountain and burn them all in a remote place. Secondly, let them seize the time to repair the damaged walls and houses here and take care of the injured. I will arrange for government officials to come to assist them later."
"Yes, sir!"
“What about those manor houses?” Angus suddenly asked.
"Do you still ask me this? Give them some money and food, and let them all go!"