Chapter 39: The Battle to Recover Maple Leaf Manor (Part 5)
Balian's sword was waved forward, and the trumpeters blew the horn of the general attack. More than two hundred Brick soldiers rushed in frantically. The soldiers of Fort Noland also rushed in under the leadership of Eomer.
However, Balian's request to them was to spend less time in melees and more in finding valuable items in the manor halls and warehouses. After all, they had achieved enough military exploits, and the second mission of this expedition to make money would be officially launched.
Balian and Viscount Merry waited until the battle was almost over before they went in. At this time, there was only one pirate left trapped in the middle. This pirate was the leader Ham. His fighting ability was amazing. Brick died in his hands.
There are seven or eight soldiers, and now he is the only one left. Several knights leading the army want to capture him alive, but this guy is too strong, covered with wounds, and can still kill the county soldiers and peasant soldiers who are close to him.
, so that no one dared to step forward.
Ham, who was covered in blood, stood in the open space holding his battle axe. The wounds on his thighs and waist were bleeding out. He didn't bother to bandage them, because he knew he would definitely not survive, so he might as well take advantage of them.
If you have the strength to kill two more people.
His shield had just been shattered and thrown aside, and his helmet had been lost when the city was broken, not long after the battle. Now he is like a beast that has fallen into a trap, although he knows that he will not die soon.
However, he still grinned and wanted to kill any creature that came close to him.
Everyone saw Balian and Viscount Merry coming on horseback and took the initiative to make way for them. After they dismounted, they came to the front of the formation and took a look at the pirate leader. Viscount Merry smiled and said to a trainee knight beside him: "Go and ask.
, is he willing to surrender? If he surrenders, he can avoid death."
The apprentice knight walked to the front of the formation and shouted loudly: "My Lord Sheriff has an order. As long as you surrender, you can survive. Please put down your weapons and surrender!"
"Hahaha!" Hearing that the Bricks wanted to surrender him, the pirate leader Ham laughed to the sky, "You lowly Brick dogs, you also want to surrender me? Bah! You tell me
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That mentally ill county guard, if his mother is willing to be my mistress, I will surrender to him and be his father."
The distance was not very far. Viscount Merry heard what Ham said clearly. His face turned green with anger. He gritted his teeth and ordered fiercely: "Shoot him to death with random arrows and throw the body away."
Feed the wild dogs in the mountains!”
An order was given, and no one dared to disobey. More than fifty crossbowmen shot Ham into a hedgehog on the spot. This bloody and highly skilled pirate leader, after killing many people,
Because of his cruel words, he got shot by arrows and died, which can be said to be a great retribution.
After the Toba pirates were eliminated, the leading knights began to frantically search for valuable items in the manor. However, because the pirates had transferred all valuable items such as property to the ship in advance, they did not find many valuable items.
However, more than 200 of the original serfs in Maple Leaf Manor were found, as well as the merchants, caravan guards, craftsmen, etc. captured by the pirates when they robbed the caravan in the past few months. There were more than 350 people in total.
.These people were originally prisoners of the pirates. Although they were rescued now, Viscount Merritt's attitude did not mean to give them freedom.
Balian knew where the pirates' belongings were, but Viscount Merry and the others didn't know. Viscount Merry ordered people to interrogate the two captured pirates. The two pirates were tough at first, but after several rounds of torture, they became obedient.
He told everything he knew.
After Viscount Merry heard this, he quickly ordered people to go to the dock to see if the pirate ship had left. However, their hard work only resulted in the news that the pirate ship had disappeared. This greatly disappointed Viscount Merry and the leading knights present. They originally thought that the village was ruined.
I can still make some money in the end. I didn't expect this result. Everyone's faces showed disappointment. They made such a big sacrifice but didn't get anything. Of course, there was a lot of food piled in the warehouse.
Still no problem.
But Belliangent
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When the soldiers sorted out the corpses, they found that the pirates' weapons and armor were very good. Almost all the pirates had dozens of silver coins in their wallets, and leaders like Ham also had one or two gold coins. After sorting it out,
The seizure of the war was more than 5,000 dinars, plus more than 50 sets of armors, pirates' weapons, as well as horses, cattle, poultry, etc. in the manor. Overall, it was not a small amount.
In order to appease everyone, Viscount Merritt laughed loudly and said: "No matter what, we won the battle, and everyone should be happy. But it is true that the seizure is too small, and it is not enough for everyone to share. How can this be done?
?
That’s what I think. Before we set off for the expedition, I said that after the Maple Leaf Manor was recaptured, each of the leading knights would be given another hundred dinars. This still counts. I personally and the county will give a total of five thousand dinars.
Come on, plus what we seized, the total is more than ten thousand dinars, plus armor and weapons, let’s get a share.”
The ensuing spoils-sharing meeting was even more lively than the war meeting. Two trainee knights fought over who had done more and who should get more. The scene was extremely chaotic.
Finally, at the decision of Viscount Merry, each of the seven leading knights, including Balian, received 500 dinars for the more than 10,000 dinars, and the leading knight who died in the battle received 1,000 dinars.
As a pension, the county soldiers received two thousand dinars, and Sir Pippin, who was seriously injured and unconscious, also received a thousand dinars.
Other knight squires and trainee knights who died in the battle also received pensions ranging from one hundred to three hundred dinars, and ordinary soldiers who survived also received bonuses from two to five dinars. At the beginning of the war, the battle losses
More than half of the city militia received only 600 dinars. This was due to Balian's struggle, and Viscount Mery saw that they were really pitiful and took care of them.
If we put aside the opinions of the leading knights and give these city militiamen a hundred dinars, who would let their leaders have no titles and have not made any military exploits?