After Viscount Saul led his army to leave, Ye Tianlong, while receiving the surrendered prisoners, began to appease the people in the city to prevent them from running around.
What surprised Ye Tianlong was that the town of Talboria was really quite wealthy. More than half a million dinars were found in the city lord's palace.
The original owner of the city's palace, Viscount Raphael, felt heartbroken when he saw all his money being found by the enemy. After all, he had struggled for more than twenty years to save all this money! As a result, we are now back to before liberation.
In Ye Tianlong's eyes, what is more valuable than the gold and silver is the six to seven thousand population in Talboria Town. After all, the Calradia continent has a small population due to years of war. For example, the Kingdom of Nord has a total population of just over four million. The Kingdom of Swadia is considered to have a relatively large population, with only over 7 million people. The Kingdom of Rhodok ranks second, with a population of nearly 6 million, and the Kingdom of Rhodok ranks third. It is the Kingdom of Vigia, with a population of more than five million. The Kingdom of Nord and the Kugit Khanate are both ranked fourth, with only a population of more than four million. Ranking last in terms of population is the Sultanate of Salander, with a population of just over three million.
Although in terms of territorial area, the territory of the Saland Sultanate is not large compared to other countries, but because most of its territory is desert Gobi, it is not suitable for human survival at all, so it is vast and sparsely populated. Only some oases can be inhabited, so it looks like a large territory, with a total population of only more than three million.
In comparison, in reality, any large and prosperous city in the Xinghan Empire has a population of tens of millions, which is more than the total population of Calradia.
It is precisely because the population on the continent of Calradia is so sparse that every population is precious to Ye Tianlong. As for the population in Talboria Town, he is prepared to find opportunities to bring them all back to his territory. .
After sending away these people, he can then completely let go and let the army of the Kingdom of Swadia deal with it. In the end, it would be best if he can defend these captured towns under their counterattack, which can be regarded as helping Nord. The kingdom has expanded its territory. If it cannot hold it, it must plunder as many resources and people as possible before leaving, kill more of the elite soldiers of the Kingdom of Swadia, and reduce its war potential.
By the end of the day, Ye Tianlong finally had a clear count of the population and useful resources in Talboria Town. Just when he was about to send troops to transport these people and resources back, he also received a message from the messenger. The good news is that the partial division led by Viscount Saul has captured the town of Nachide.
You must know that only about three hours have passed since Viscount Saul set out. The opponent probably spent most of his time on the road. The actual siege time may only be ten minutes at most. It has to be said that, This Viscount Saul is truly a fierce general, taking over a town so quickly.
What Ye Tianlong didn't know was that the actual fighting time of this battle was only a few minutes. This was mainly because the deterrent power of the large combat airship was too strong. Viscount Saul and his men had just fought for a few minutes. The defenders of Child Town broke up on their own.
Obviously, the garrison in Nachaide Town was far less elite than the garrison in Talboria Town, and their morale was very low.
At this time, Viscount Saul was leading his army to pursue the enemy troops who had fled from Child Town. After all, once the enemy troops who had fled were allowed to flee to Castle Kelridan, reinforcements would soon be called, so as long as possible , it would be better to eliminate all these fleeing enemy troops.
When they were escaping from Child Town, these defenders secretly escaped through the back door. Many of them were not even equipped with clothes and armor, let alone their horses. Therefore, Viscount Saul led dozens of his horsemen. The infantry pursued them. Although the mounted infantry under his command were not professional cavalry, they were still riding horses. Four legs would always run faster than two legs.
At the same time, Zhou Jiale commanded the large combat airship to land in Chaide Town. After all, they had been floating in the sky for almost a day, and they always had to come down to rest and replenish themselves. In addition, as the sky gradually darkened, the airship's The reconnaissance capability is also declining rapidly. It is so dark that it is difficult to see clearly the situation below even if we continue to fly in the air, so it is better to use this time to let the soldiers on the airship repair it.
As for Viscount Saul, he was not worried. After all, the defenders of Chaide Town were really strong, and the defeated army that quietly escaped from behind was only a few dozen people. Viscount Saul led a few of his men It should be a sure thing for ten mounted infantry to pursue him. Maybe he had just asked the soldiers to prepare dinner, and Viscount Saul had finished the battle and returned with his troops.
Zhou Jiale guessed right at the beginning, Viscount Saul did come back soon, but what he guessed wrong was that Viscount Saul apparently did not successfully wipe out the group of defeated troops, but seemed to have retreated in defeat.
Of the more than fifty mounted infantrymen who went before, only about twenty came back, and many of them had their mounts disabled, yet they actually walked all the way back.
As for Viscount Saul, there were several arrows scratched on his armor, and he spit out a mouthful of blood from time to time. After riding his horse to the gate of Child Town, the Viscount could no longer hold on and shouted He passed out without saying a word, and his body slowly slipped from the horse's back to the ground.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Jiale knew immediately that something must have happened. While he sent people to carry Viscount Saul back to the city on a stretcher, he also sent people to notify Ye Tianlong and ask him to come over and take charge of the overall situation. After all, in Zhou Jiale's view, the enemy was definitely not easy to beat Viscount Saul back in such a state of disarray! He had no confidence that he could withstand the counterattack of these enemies.
It was already around eight o'clock in the evening when Ye Tianlong got the news. However, the military situation was urgent. After he learned that something happened at Viscount Saul's side, he immediately led his 39 Cusset Guards Cavalry and a group of soldiers. Hundreds of heavily armored dragonriders rushed towards Chaide Town overnight.
By the time Ye Tianlong arrived at Chaide Town, Zhou Jiale had already learned about Viscount Saul's defeat from the soldiers who had fled back with Viscount Saul.
It turned out that Viscount Saul was chasing the enemy this time. As the sky was getting darker and his vision was getting more and more limited, Viscount Saul had been urging his soldiers to speed up the pursuit to prevent the enemy from completely escaping under their noses through the night.
And because a group of people were eager to chase down the defeated army, and the sky was getting darker and darker, they did not notice that they gradually pursued into a valley. The walls on both sides of the valley were extremely steep, and the mountains in the middle of the valley were The road is very narrow and can only accommodate five or six people at most. Moreover, the mountain road was extremely winding, and there would be a big bend before walking very far. As a result, Viscount Saul and the others were unable to increase their horse speed, and the fleeing army was about to completely escape their sight.
But before Viscount Saul could get angry because the defeated troops were about to escape his sight, something even worse happened. On the mountain walls on both sides, a large number of enemy crossbowmen suddenly appeared, including even some There are some slings and bed crossbows.
Viscount Saul knew at a glance that they were ambushed, so he immediately led the army to the rear.
But not long after they turned their horses and ran out, they discovered that dozens of enemy infantrymen had appeared on the narrow mountain road in front of them, holding large shields and spears, blocking the narrow mountain road. Completely blocked. Previously, because the mountain road always had a big bend and was blocked by mountain walls, Viscount Saul and the others were not able to discover when the enemy troops blocking the mountain road appeared.
The enemy crossbowmen who were ambushing on the mountain walls on both sides saw that Viscount Saul and his group were blocked, and immediately began to fire arrows downwards. For a while, the arrows were really raining down, and from time to time there were still pieces of arrows. Stones and giant crossbow bolts were fired from slings and bed crossbows.
It's okay to say that those ordinary arrow rains are not very afraid of Viscount Saul's elite horse-mounted infantry who are generally wearing three layers of heavy armor. They will only suffer some flesh wounds at most when they are shot, but those slingshots and bed crossbows fire The stone bullets and giant crossbow arrows fired by them were very deadly to them. Once they were hit, even if they were lucky enough not to die, they would still be seriously injured and lose health.
Viscount Saul was naturally very aware of this, so he immediately ordered all his soldiers to dismount, and with big axes, they attacked the enemy infantry blocking the road, hoping to defeat this group of enemy troops and then fight a bloody path. .
However, during the fierce battle, Viscount Saul was unfortunately hit in the back by a stone bullet fired from a catapult. Although it was only a small catapult, the stone bullets thrown were only as big as a cantaloupe. Big or small, but the power is actually very terrifying. The iron armor pieces on Viscount Saul's hit area were directly smashed and exploded. The huge force penetrated into his inner organs, and his body was broken. The young man's internal organs were severely injured and displaced from the shock.
Although he was seriously injured, Viscount Saul knew very well that this lord was the spiritual support of all the soldiers. If he couldn't hold on and fell at such a good time, then these soldiers who were already surrounded would probably fall immediately. Morale will collapse and then surrender to the enemy.
So he endured the serious injury and led a group of men to defeat the group of enemy troops blocking the road, then mounted his horse and fled all the way back to Chaide Town.
After arriving in Child Town, even Viscount Saul, a tough man, couldn't suppress the injuries in his body and passed out.
Now after treatment, his injuries have still not improved. This is mainly because after being injured, Viscount Saul still forced himself to fight with his injuries, which made his already serious injuries worse and worse. As a result, he is now incurable. .
If there are no accidents, Viscount Saul will last for two or three days at most before he dies.
Ye Tianlong did not expect that such a big change would happen in just a few hours, and that his ally Viscount Saul was about to die. This made him have a deeper understanding of the saying that swords have no eyes on the battlefield. No matter how heroic you are, if you are unlucky, a random accident on the battlefield may kill you!
