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Chapter 167: After the Defeat
The defeated enemy troops retreated like a tide, and Viscount Jarvis did not let the musketeers chase too far because it was about to get dark.
It was not a wise move to continue the pursuit. The People’s Army had never conducted training in night marches. Once it got dark, the road would be unclear and the soldiers would easily get lost.
In addition, night is also the time when various monsters are active, and there is a possibility of being attacked.
In addition, the large number of corpses left after the battle must be properly handled in a timely manner, otherwise it may cause a plague.
Therefore, the pursuit of the remaining troops can only wait until tomorrow morning.
Anyway, it is impossible for the defeated army to return to Dongsheng Fortress in just one night. They need to camp outside for at least two nights.
The battle was truly brutal, with corpses strewn all over the ground, limbs and blood everywhere. Almost all the dead enemies had faces of fear on their faces, with their eyes open.
Since it was the first time for the People’s to fight against a human army, some soldiers had adverse reactions when they saw this scene, such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, etc.
Viscount Jarvis asked the soldiers who felt unwell to go back and rest first, while the others stayed to deal with the enemy’s bodies and look for anyone who survived.
As a result, there was an unexpected gain. The lizardmen found a noble man with disheveled hair and a crazy look. He was drooling at the corners of his mouth and kept shouting, “Black Ghost, don’t come over!”
The noble was quickly imprisoned in the dungeon. Owen came down to check later and found that the man was actually Victor Colette.
After this battle, he was actually scared silly.
Their psychological endurance is too poor. It is obvious that the nobles did not rush too far forward in this battle.
Seeing Victor become like this, Owen couldn’t help but sigh. He was so arrogant the last time they met, but now he ended up like this.
As for the black ghost he mentioned, it probably refers to the high-speed iron ball fired from the artillery. Due to its extremely fast speed, the naked eye can only capture a black afterimage.
Victor is undoubtedly the first person in this world to be scared into a fool by artillery fire.
Just as he was about to leave, Owen smelled a strong smell of urine. This guy actually peed his pants!
Considering that he had to take him to pursue the remnants of Duke Eddie’s army tomorrow, Owen had to reluctantly ask someone to help him take off his armor and change into clean clothes.
After all, as the eldest son of the Kret family, Victor should be worth a considerable ransom.
I just don’t know if the Collete family is still willing to redeem him now that he has gone crazy.
Who cares? Owen didn’t want Victor to continue being imprisoned in the dungeon of Bianshu Town, so he planned to send him to the dungeon of Dongsheng Fortress.
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Duke Eddie was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.
When the army was in a panic, no matter how much he shouted, no one was willing to listen to the orders of the supreme commander.
Not only were the mercenaries disobedient, but even Duke Eddie’s subordinates disobeyed orders and were only concerned with escaping for their own lives.
Seeing that the battle was doomed to fail, he had no choice but to urge the groom to retreat with the crowd.
It was not known how far they had retreated, but as it was getting dark, Duke Eddie took the remaining troops and found a place to camp and rest.
Although some of the scattered knights and mercenaries followed the firelight to find the camp and regrouped, many people were still missing.
Because those damned peasants abandoned their wheelbarrows and fled without permission, the remaining army was now extremely short of food. Duke Eddie had to order the knights to select and slaughter several injured war horses to satisfy their hunger.
In the tent in the middle of the camp, the main nobles and knights of the four major families gathered together, and everyone looked unhappy.
I thought it would be an easy battle in which we would crush the opponent, but I didn’t expect that it would be our side that was crushed.
“My son Victor is missing! Has anyone seen him? Tell me!”
When Count Collette discovered his eldest son was missing, he lost control of his emotions. He grabbed someone and asked.
“Did you see him? Did you?”
The nobles who were asked kept shaking their heads, saying that it was too chaotic at the time and they didn’t notice where Victor was.
At this moment, Count Collette was very regretful. He had originally wanted to let Victor see what war was, so he allowed him to follow the army.
Now, he has suffered a defeat, his son is missing, and his condition is still grim. Count Collette is extremely worried.
“Don’t ask, Count Collette…”
Count Pearl said impatiently.
“If your son hadn’t escaped the battlefield, he would have died there.”
“What did you say!”
Upon hearing this, Count Collette suddenly became furious and strode over to fight with Count Pearl.
“What do you want? I’m just telling the truth.”
Count Pearl put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
“Stop arguing!”
Duke Eddie shouted angrily.
“I didn’t gather you together to find your son, and certainly not to start a quarrel or a fight!”
As soon as the Duke got angry, everyone present shut up and became quiet instantly.
“Tch!”
Count Collette also had to give face to Duke Eddie, so he had to retreat and turn his head away angrily.
Seeing this, Count Youm said soothingly.
“Count Collette, many people are missing right now. Your son may not have died on the battlefield. He may have just missed us while escaping.”
“…I understand.”
Count Collette calmed down a little.
Glancing at everyone, Duke Eddie slowly expressed his doubts.
“Can someone tell me what the weapons used by Bianshu Town are? Why can they fire so far? Even a trebuchet might not be able to throw such a distance, and you can see the stones being thrown, but we can’t even see what the other side is throwing.”
“I did see five wheeled carts behind the opposing defense line. They had huge black iron pipes on top. When they were in use, flames and smoke seemed to come out of them, and then a heavy iron ball was launched towards them.”
Count Pearl stroked his beard, recalling and describing.
“Also, the short sticks held by the guards on the defense line seem to be formidable weapons.”
“I was rushing in behind the team, I know.”
One knight suddenly raised his hand and said in a trembling voice.
“That short stick can shoot things, even armor can’t stop it. I saw with my own eyes that the knight in front of me was instantly shot into a hornet’s nest.”
“Eeekk—so scary?!”
Hearing this, everyone gasped. When did Bianshu Town acquire such a powerful weapon? They actually knew nothing about it.
The nobles present had not paid any attention to what was happening in the Bianshu town, so naturally they didn’t know what was going on. However, there was one person who knew everything.
That man was Duke Eddie.
There was already some cold sweat on his forehead, but he forced himself to remain calm.
When the Bianshu town incident began last year, Duke Eddie heard that Marquis Eisen had developed some new weapons.
At first, he naturally didn’t believe it. Later, when Bianshu Town blocked the initial attack of the undead monsters, he began to have some doubts.
But that was all. When Duke Eddie sent out his troops, he arrogantly believed that his army had the advantage in numbers and would definitely not lose.
He never expected that the enemy’s new weapon could actually reverse the numerical disadvantage and cause him to suffer a crushing defeat.
I was careless!
No! It wasn’t his fault. It was all because the new King, White Wells, had set a deadline. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so anxious to attack Border Town.
Duke Eddie didn’t want to blame himself for the mistake, so he put it on White.
Of course, he only dared to comfort himself in this way in his heart.