Chapter 0629 haze
In the thick fog town, the weather is not good today and the clouds are gloomy.
After a day of battle, Bishop's thousands of infantry and cavalry successfully defeated the remnants of the Lehman and Minos family who were fighting here. A large number of enemy personnel surrendered, and the backbone of the family fled in scattered.
"They can't escape."
Bishop rode a tall horse and wore a very sexy golden helmet. He raised his whip and pointed at the defeated men who fled far away, "sent a small team to get them back."
Hahaha..., a relaxed laughter sounded beside the Baron. All the young elites of Banshee Castle were beside him. Several young knights fought for the first place and took the initiative to ride horses and kill them out.
‘Today’ Uncle Zhou didn’t come to die, everyone was in a good mood.
Taking down the fog town, using this as a base can wash away all villages and towns within a dozen kilometers. This robbery alone can make a fortune for the nobles and civilians participating in the war.
Therefore, the baron's charming words were like tides and praise was like the wind.
Everyone was complimented by the fact that the Excellency Bishop was well-instructed and had unparalleled combat power. He was the number one general in the north. It would be easy to win the Hanfeng City this time.
The war had just ended, and hundreds of corpses were lodged on the battlefield. The civilians, who formed the main force of the infantry, were cleaning the battlefield in groups, gathering prisoners and anything valuable.
The infantry in Banshee Castle had no military pay. They brought their own weapons to participate in the war, and all the benefits were plundering and seizure. The nobles provided them with food and supplies needed for combat at most, and only gave them more before the war.
For the nobles, letting soldiers plunder their lives is an important means to ensure their desire and morale to join the war. This way, they can spend less and obtain enough soldiers.
As for being a bandit, it is not a big deal.
A civilian infantry picked up more than a dozen discarded spears and passed by with a smile. The baron shouted, "Soldier, come here. Let me see what you got?"
The civilians respectfully stepped forward and placed the spear he had picked up on the ground. Several knight masters rode their horses around him to make sure that he would not hurt the noble baron suddenly.
Bishop was also in a good mood, so he got off the horse and grabbed a spear and weighed it in his hand. From a distance, he felt that the spears were of good quality. After weighing them, he found that the spears were light and heavy, and they were very well-built.
The spear is the best cost-effective weapon in the era of cold weapons, no doubt about it.
It is cheap and easy to use, simple to train, and has a wide range of adaptability. Some knights like to sprint with spears, which is more powerful than using cavalry swords, but training is too difficult.
But the spears seized on the battlefield are obviously a bit unusual. The spear head is made of wrought iron, tough and sharp, and can easily break the armor. The spear rod is polished with a woodworking lathe, and the length is the same, making it very easy to hold.
"The weapons used by these rebels in Hanfeng City are pretty good for infantry soldiers." Bishop was used to using weapons of different shapes under his command, but the dozen spears in front of him were exactly the same.
The Baron took out a gold coin from his pocket and threw it to the civilian infantry who was kneeling on the ground. "I bought these spears and picked up some more. I can equip a separate unit."
The civilian infantry picked up gold coins from the ground and replied happily: "Your Excellency, there are many such spears, and many people have picked them up. At least a few thousand. The iron material on the tip of this spear is good, so it is definitely suitable to build agricultural tools and knives."
Bishop frowned and thought that it would be too wasteful to use such a good spear to build farm tools. Besides, there are thousands of them, which is too exaggerated.
How many years will it take to be built? No matter how strong a blacksmith is, he will be exhausted.
An old carriage was driving away from the battlefield, with at least hundreds of spears piled up on the frame. Most of them were brand new and had never been used and were only thrown into the soil once.
There was also a team of prisoners passing by dejectedly. Each of them had their hands tied up and a rope was tied around their necks. A knight held the rope and controlled dozens of people effortlessly.
The Baron called the man again and asked about the origin of the spear, and the information he received surprised him - before he turned against him, the Lehman and the Minos family spent money to buy a large number of weapons from Hugo.
Not only are there long spears, but also arrows, shields, long swords, etc. If you are willing to pay, you can even have a plate armor. The price is very cheap. For example, long spears only have one-third of the "normal" price.
Even if the nobles who are not familiar with affairs are not at work, they will feel their hearts furious when they hear that Hugo in Hanfeng City has delivered thousands of high-quality spears in less than half a year.
Not to mention that this is just a small part of the products sold by the other party. Previously, the "Fuqiang Ling" fist products were excellent iron and wood processing. What are thousands of spears?
In the past six months, the Baron has heard of various interesting stories about the "Rich and Strong Leader" in Hanfeng City. But today I actually experienced it on the battlefield and felt differently.
"Hugo can sell so much equipment to others, he should have more of it himself. We are afraid that there will be some troubles in siege next."
Bishop was still thinking that he would lead the army to the Hanfeng City, the infantry would build siege equipment to take down the city gate, and then rely on hundreds of knights and wizards to establish the victory.
At present, it seems that the opponent is not short of equipment at least.
"If Hugo forces the residents in the city to resist, it can also cause us some trouble."
The baron made a long-term plan and felt that he should speed up the marching and rushed to the enemy's city as soon as possible, so as not to prepare too much.
But the idea was not yet formed. A messenger came from a distance and sent a bad news, "His Excellency Baron, the grain transport team did not come today. We sent someone to ask, because the food stored in Shitan Town was burned."
What..., say it again?
The problem of food and grass is a big problem. The grain brought by thousands of people cannot last for two days and must be continuously obtained for supplies. The baron was about to gather his troops and rushed to Hanfeng City, but the food was burned.
If you cannot get the supply from the rear, thousands of squads will have to solve the food problem by themselves. And you cannot get together, and the large groups of people must be dispersed to obtain enough food.
Bishop would not be able to go at that time, so he could only stay in the fog town and let his subordinates go to the surrounding area to grab grain crops for supplies. He must also move quickly, otherwise if the food is out of stock, thousands of civilian infantry will immediately mutiny.
"Have you reported this to the city lord?"
"I've sent someone. I'll get a reply tomorrow."
The situation is unclear, and no Bishop's idea can be decided. He can't figure out who would burn the granary just ten kilometers away from the Banshee Castle under his nose?
The nobles of Banshee Castle were shocked and extremely angry.
Could it be that the bandits in the wilderness did it? When did they become so bold and arrogant? They actually dared to attack the granary when the army was dispatched.
Many people even think that the grain transport officer is robbing himself, deliberately forging bandit attacks, burning the granary to avoid some crimes being exposed - this is much more likely than any enemy's sneak attack.
No one thought that Victor Hugo would not stay in Hanfeng City and die, but actually ran so far to make trouble.
For a time, on the dozens of kilometers of road from Danfog Town to Shitan Town and then to Banshee Castle, the messengers were running back and forth. The wizard with flying magic pets came in handy, and all kinds of birds flew back and forth.
The joy of victory that had just been won was diluted by the haze. After waiting for a day after the war, Bishop obtained two useful information.
First, when the city lord learned that the granary was burned, he had sent someone to investigate and sent a hundred carriages to transport grain to Danwu Town for emergency transportation.
Second, the grain transport convoy was attacked in broad daylight while walking on the road. The enemy cut off the head and tail, and all the cars, horses and food were destroyed.
Chapter completed!