Chapter 246 Chasing and Counterattack
"Your Highness, such a person can be killed and used, and must not be released." Oded Kessler bowed to Ladislaus and unceremoniously suggested that his monarch should break his promise and make money. "I will bring a few wanderers with me."
Done things properly, there are countless cliffs on the mountain road in Salzburg, and Pastor Thompson will fall silently into one of them."
"No, Pastor Thompson has been operating here for many years without preparation. If his preparation is too thorough and damages the prestige of the Vision Knights, you and I can't bear it. You and Kessell-Vitting's cavalry will act together. There is no need to cover up."
The key to concealment is to never allow for accidents." Ladislaus was more cautious than his subordinates expected, and he unceremoniously threw hundreds of his cavalry into the hunt for the local snake.
The pale and thin face of Pastor Thompson made him feel quite dangerous. The other party's series of reactions after being attacked made Ladislaus think that the other party might be a tycoon who was born at the wrong time. Of course, he only kept this judgment in his heart and only sent out
A larger army than his subordinates imagined was deployed to deal with him.
The actions of this black-handed priest also demonstrated his decisiveness. Although he claimed to be able to take away all his belongings and one-tenth of the salt mine shares, he fled immediately with a few cronies and almost only a few possessions.
This abnormality made Ladislaus determined to kill him.
On the rugged mountain road, if only a small team is sent to pursue the pursuit, there may be unpredictable risks, but since a cavalry team of hundreds of people is sent, Ladislaus thinks there should be no problem.
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The commander who defended the castle received a bounty of several hundred talers from Ladislaus. As a first-class garrison that had experienced battle formations, he and his troops would be given priority to be incorporated into the field army system in the next possible expansion of the army.
For the time being, Ladislaus first conducted a small reorganization and directly incorporated several officers who performed well in the defensive battle into his own army. He also overstaffed officers in certain positions.
The Austrian army could only rest in Salzburg for one day. After all, Augsburg and several other allies were still waiting for Ladislaus' army to rescue them.
Ladislaus did not sleep in the Archbishop's Palace that night, but also stayed in the castle. The castle could only accommodate a few hundred people, and other regiments camped outside and guarded some of the prisoners.
In fact, although the Archbishop's Palace has been badly damaged, there are still some properties and furniture inside, which are theoretically the property of Ladislaus, so the other trophies will be transported back to Vienna in the near future to see if they can be exchanged for some money.
Although most of the artworks have been destroyed by the rebels, those silver candlesticks and Near Eastern tapestries should still be able to be exchanged for a little money, and maybe they can be obtained by the people who are working hard on the construction site in the next few months.
There's a big pot of potato soup.
Ladislaus thought this before falling asleep.
Unfortunately, all the potato soup was destroyed before it could reach Vienna, along with the Archbishop's Palace in Salzburg.
After Ladislaus was awakened by the guards, he saw from the window that the Archbishop's Palace across the Salz River lit up the night sky like a torch in the dark.
"General Hohenzollern has organized manpower to extinguish the fire. Cassano knights and officers have also mobilized their troops to start guarding and extinguishing the fire." Although Boss Sirica said this, he was not very confident.
Although the Salz River runs through the city, the Archbishop's Palace was built on a hill for military reasons. Daily water use mainly relies on several huge storage tanks. These tanks collect rainwater and replenish it by manually carrying water. Currently, it has been
They were almost completely exhausted by the rebels, which is why they impatiently joined forces.
Now it is almost impossible to carry water from the mountains to put out fires.
"Don't worry about the Archbishop's Palace, Silica. Gather your men and prepare to counter the rebellion with my guards and the red-robed mage." Ladislaus quickly realized that the fire was just the enemy's wish.
The conspiracy to destroy the organization of the Austrian army in the dark night. "The messenger asked each regiment to not blindly counterattack when attacked, not to leave the garrison, and just defend its own defense area. Tell each regiment captain not to be afraid of the enemy's strength in the dark, only to be afraid of chaos.
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Most of the soldiers are currently engaged in meaningless firefighting. Isn't this a good opportunity to launch a surprise attack?
While Ladislaus was trying to understand all this, the Austrian army fighting the fire had already been violently attacked.
Fortunately, as Boss Sirica reported, most Austrian officers were still vigilant enough. When some people started to put out the fire, there were still a sufficient number of soldiers on guard.
So when the miners started to launch a riot, they did not achieve the big victory they expected.
In the dark night, most attacks on the Austrian army were spontaneous and ineffective. The only organized part of the insurgents was a team of about 500 miners.
Najee Thompson is not leaving at all!
His dead soldiers diverted the pursuing cavalry away, and he himself was actually lurking in Salzburg.
"I would rather die standing than live on my knees."
"I would rather die than be a slave."
Cries of defiance arose one after another in Salzburg, although it was quite ironic that such slogans were preached by a Benn priest.
And in fact not all the rebels will be demoted as slaves, but relying on the suspicion of the nobility and Ladislaus's intention to put most of the rebels into his construction project of the new Vienna City, Nagy-Thompson successfully succeeded
Another rebellion was instigated.
The Austrian army, which was not at a numerical advantage compared to the rebel army, had to barely control the prisoners after allocating a large number of fire-fighting personnel. Now it could only barely hold on to its own barracks.
Salz Castle, also at a commanding height, was the key to quelling the rebellion.
In addition to a garrison stationed in the castle, Ladislaus was accompanied by about a hundred guards, as well as dozens of rogues under Sirica and three red-robed mages.
He did not immediately send out the last reserve team, but continued to observe the situation for a while.
Several Austrian army camps showed the combat effectiveness of professional soldiers. Although Ladislaus was not satisfied with these troops because of Li Di's memory, they were indeed a first-class strong army in this era.
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All three camps successfully dealt with the internal prisoner riots while repelling the harassment from the outside. All the company captains obeyed the orders and did not let the chaos expand.
Chapter completed!