In this way, a few lucky girls silently put away the tears in their eyes.
While Nalant was comforting the girls, the cheers of the little nobles gradually subsided at the king's signal.
Immediately, a group of minor nobles immediately moved to both sides, preparing to make way for the king and the earls.
However, at this time, the eldest prince suddenly saw the huge team behind him and said curiously: "Father, why are there so many serfs behind you? Did you capture them from some noble territory?"
"Yes, why are there so many serfs?" As the eldest prince asked, everyone turned their attention to the rear.
If it hadn't been for the astonishing number of serfs and guards, they wouldn't have been so nervous before.
But everyone was a little confused. In the area where they were fighting this time, the Northern Principality had already evacuated all its personnel. They didn't even see any extra serfs.
Now His Majesty the King has tens of thousands of captive serfs who come from nowhere.
And looking at the crowd, it seems that strong young people account for the majority.
"This is Sir Narante's prisoner!" The king glanced behind him and replied calmly.
When the eldest prince heard this, the smile that was still hanging on his face immediately stopped.
"Ah? How is this possible? These serfs all belong to Sir Nalant?"
"No way. I remember that when Sir Narante came, there were only about two hundred people. How did he capture so many serfs?"
The surrounding little nobles were in an uproar and immediately started talking loudly.
Of course, most of them cast envious glances at Nalant.
Since the king originally gave Nalant an order not to hand over the spoils of war, these serfs all belonged to Nalant.
"Huh? Are you my prisoner?"
Narant also heard the discussion in front of him, and suddenly looked confused, thinking, when did I have so many prisoners, why didn't I know it myself.
"Sir!" At this time, Vivian took a step forward with some anxiety, "After we separated from you that day, we marched all the way to the west. We didn't find the enemy following us for the next two days, so we slowed down and thought
I’m waiting for you to come!”
"And during this period, when we passed through those small towns, we found that the townspeople had returned. We were wondering if we could imitate you and make a big noise to attract the enemies, and then reduce your burden!"
"So I discussed with Catherine and the others and decided to capture the unhappy serfs in the town, and then asked them to send people to Jusen City to report the news!"
"So, we captured more than a thousand people as prisoners in all the towns along the way, so we captured tens of thousands of prisoners in total!"
"But don't worry, sir. When we arrested them, we selected them carefully. We selected those serfs whose families are mostly young and middle-aged. Each of these people has at least two strong laborers!"
Vivian has done census work, so she also has some experience in selecting serfs.
"That's okay!" Nalant's eyes widened.
He had indeed originally planned to capture some prisoners on his return trip and bring back enough people to fill his territory.
Unfortunately, his plan was interrupted by the unexpected pursuit of the Northern Principality.
But he didn't expect that Vivian and the others would unexpectedly complete his plan.
However, Nalant suddenly remembered the rewards from the system a few days ago.
"Is this the so-called surprise about population? There are indeed some surprises!"
The number of serfs in the rear is completely comparable to the population of a barony.
In this way, he no longer has to worry about the sparse population in the territory after returning this time.
Next, Nalant received a burst of envious looks from nobles of all sizes.
The king and the earls didn't listen any more, and soon returned to Maple Leaf City surrounded by a group of minor nobles.
And with the return of the king and the earls, Nalant felt that this Autumn Campaign would end early.
After all, under the current situation, the Agate Principality is no longer able to launch an attack. Instead, it is likely that it will need to switch to defense due to the emergence of the church.
And the reality was just as Nalant had guessed.
The king and the earls issued orders that afternoon, and the army prepared to return the next day.
As for Maple Leaf City, because of the addition of the church, it had no choice but to reluctantly give up.
After all, Maple Leaf City is too far away from the Fire Dragon Fort Fortress, and the Agate Principality is also not strong enough to compete against two.
Although all the nobles, big and small, were in great pain, they also knew that this was a helpless move.
Finally, the team from the Agate Principality began to return the same way early the next morning.
When they set out, they had an army of about 100,000.
But when they returned, excluding Nalant's prisoners, there were only less than 90,000 people in the team.
Fortunately, all the nobles were very satisfied with being able to return safely this time.
…
On the way back, Narante followed Bernard.
And taking advantage of this opportunity, he could ask how the king fought and killed two enemy golden knights after he and others escaped.
Bernard did not hide anything from Narant, but directly informed Narant of the battle process.
It turns out that the reason for killing the enemy's two golden knights was King Culver.
King Culver actually broke through from a gold mid-level knight to a gold high-level knight half a year ago.
However, King Culver kept this matter secret and did not tell anyone, not even the earls.
As a result, the Northern Principality and the Church naturally had no knowledge of this matter.
That day, two Golden Knights from the Holy Knights and two Golden Knights from the Northern Principality besieged him.
King Culver picked the right opportunity and cooperated with several earls to suddenly explode, killing two people in a row without the enemy being caught off guard.
Of course, these two golden knights are only at the beginning level of gold.
Chapter completed!