Volume 2 The Iron Baron Chapter 142 The Battle of Nolandenburg (16)
When Pino led his own men and the remaining men of Orr and ran down the mountain in disgrace, he saw the fierce look that Asedan cast towards him.
He quickly ran to Asedan, knelt on the ground, and said: "Dad, my subordinate is incompetent. Not only did he fail to capture the city, but he also implicated so many brothers. Please punish me!"
After Pino knelt down, the fifty or sixty people behind him also knelt down on the ground. In front of the Toba Island soldiers who attach great importance to honor, they had suffered such a huge defeat. They had no shame to see their brothers.
Even more embarrassed to go home to see his relatives.
Arsedan looked at Pino kneeling on the ground and the soldiers covered in blood. He sighed and said: "It is not terrible to lose the battle. We Tuoba Islanders cannot win every time, but we can win every battle."
It's terrible to lose a battle but not think about how to win it back!
Al and you are both my warriors. I sent you to lead the battle because I saw your bravery and thought that you could break open the city wall above like a sharp knife. But I didn't expect that the enemy
The city wall was not broken open, but my sharp knife was broken!"
"I...I...I'm incompetent! Dad, you can kill me now, I will never complain!" Pino heard that Asedan was so disappointed, he felt very painful, and let his boss who was so kind to him feel very painful.
So disappointed, Pino really wanted to kill himself immediately.
"Hmph!" Arthedan snorted coldly, "Incompetent? Kill you? Can this save Orr and the brothers who died in the battle? Can it?"
Hearing his wolf master's deafening question, Pino shuddered. He lowered his head even further. After a while, he replied with a trembling voice: "No...can't."
Arsedan grabbed his clothes and directly pulled Pino, a tall and strong pirate, from the ground. This shows that his strength is really scary.
Pino, who was so ashamed, did not dare to look at Asedan at all. He still lowered his head, and the two were so close that they could hear each other's heartbeats. He was so afraid that his legs were weak and his whole body was shaking.
I don't know how Asedan will punish him. He has already prepared for the worst. The worst case scenario is that he will be chopped into pieces and thrown into the sea to feed the fish.
Just when Pino was waiting in fear for Arsedan to give the order to execute him, Arsedan suddenly let go, which made Pino, whose legs were already weak, fall directly to the ground. He didn't know what Arsedan was going to do.
, but the less clear he was about what kind of punishment he would suffer, the more he suffered.
"Eggless guy!" Asedan actually laughed and cursed, and then he continued: "You have lost the battle, are you afraid?"
Asedan glanced at the group of guys who were almost lowering their heads to the ground, and said in a gentle tone: "Get up, little bastards, although you have lost the battle, I can see clearly at the bottom of the mountain that you have exhausted all your strength.
All in.
The main reason is that we were not well-prepared and fell prey to the Brick people's tricks many times in the past two days, so we suffered a loss, both last night and today.
Count Escalade often tells us not to be careless and not to think that the people on the continent of Verin are easy to bully. We just haven't met anyone who can fight.
This time, we met at Nolandenburg. I think it is a good thing. We are used to fighting with favorable winds. You don’t know how to fight. How can this be possible?
If we don't suffer a small loss this time, we will definitely suffer a big loss in the future. I think the defeat in the first battle is nothing, as long as we capture this castle."
Arsedan's words made Pino and others, who were kneeling on the ground with their heads almost buried on the ground, raise their heads. Many people cried. They couldn't imagine that they had suffered such a big defeat.
Father Asedan actually didn't punish them.
The pirates who were watching were also shocked, because according to the practice of the Toba pirates, the leader who lost the first battle would be beheaded, and his team would be reduced to auxiliary baggage troops, and would no longer be able to go to the battlefield.
The only opportunity is to be a free man doing slave work.
Asedan looked around. He knew what his men were thinking. He slowly said: "I know what you are thinking in your hearts! I violated our practice and did not punish the loser in the first battle. You are shocked, right?
Bar?
But you need to touch your heart and think about it carefully. If it were you who fought, would you be able to do better than Orr?"
Asedan's words made the pirates who were just watching the excitement lower their heads in shame. Indeed, if they led the team, not only would they not necessarily do better than Orr, but they would also suffer greater losses.
"This time, we have more than 500 people here. Excluding the more than 100 people who stayed at the dock camp, there are less than 400 people here now. Does it make sense for me to chop off the heads of a few more brothers?
Besides, it’s normal to win and lose in wars. We can lose once or twice, but only if we can take this castle and take away the 800,000 dinars and the food, we will win.
Got it!
With such a large sum of money captured, the loss of the first battle and the loss of manpower are nothing, and we can double the compensation for the families of the fallen." Asedan explained to everyone, this explanation also motivated them through wealth.
Sure enough, after Asedan finished speaking, everyone became excited again and no longer looked as discouraged as they had after losing the first battle.
"Everyone, get up. The soldiers have a good rest tonight. Pino, pick a few veterans and let's study together how to fight tomorrow!
Yesterday, today, we were careless, and we can't let this happen again tomorrow!" Asedan ordered.
"Yes! Dad." All the pirates replied in unison.
The pirates who retreated with Pino breathed a sigh of relief. They originally thought that their status as warriors would be taken away, but unexpectedly they knelt down for a while without any punishment.
You must know that on Tuoba Island, among ordinary people's professions, the highest status is definitely that of a warrior. There is no more noble profession than a warrior. An ordinary Toba Island male only needs to receive training until he is fifteen years old and pass the examination.
, you can become a warrior.
A Toba Island warrior, also known as a pirate, can earn enough to support his family every year on Toba Island. Even if he dies in battle, the warrior's children will be supported by the counts in each district, allowing them to become new warriors and warriors.
wife.
It can be said that becoming a warrior is honor, pride, and a high-paying profession for an individual. It is also pride for his family, and it is a guarantee of stability. Because of this, people from Toba Island actively become pirates.
Balian and Bess could clearly see what happened to Asedan and the others from the rooftop of Green Hill Village. Balian still admired these pirates in his heart. They were indeed born warriors, even though they had encountered each other one after another in the past two days.
It was a setback, but under the leadership of these core backbones, we became more and more courageous.