"Hahaha, a weakling knelt in front of me last night and begged for mercy."
"As a result, I made him slit his throat with a knife, watched his body twitch, drained the blood in his veins, and then died."
After the sky cleared up the next day, Highgarden City fell into an atmosphere of celebration. They survived and defeated their enemies in an almost impossible way.
Horos Targaryen's army suffered heavy losses, with unknown numbers of casualties and casualties. They were soaked in water and marched through the night to retreat in the direction of King's Landing.
A knight from the Stormlands was bragging loudly while holding a wooden wine glass, which caused laughter from everyone present.
On the other side, the imperial soldiers who laid down their weapons and surrendered last night cast hostile glances at them.
Now they are cleaning the battlefield and doing some dirty work. After all, they are prisoners and enemies the day before. It is normal for them not to be treated well.
"Bah, if it weren't for the heavy rain"
"Those bastards are already dead!"
A young imperial soldier's eyes were a little red and he spoke bitterly.
All his friends in the military camp died in the siege last night.
"Okay, kid!"
"If you don't want that guy to stick a stick up your ass, you'd better keep your mouth shut!"
Just when the young imperial soldier was about to say something unconvincing, a prisoner behind him with gray hair and a wrinkled face stopped him.
Although his vocabulary and tone were a bit rough, it just happened to help him.
Because on the other side, the Stormland knight who was bragging happened to look over, as if he had just heard something.
His current duty was to supervise the work of these prisoners. Then he found nothing, so he withdrew his gaze and continued chatting with his friends next to him.
"Thank you, uncle."
The imperial soldier, whose eyes were red and a little angry just now, felt his throat roll when he saw this scene.
Then he turned to Bronn and thanked him.
"If this guy had heard it just now, he would have been whipped at least."
They didn't know the name of the supervisor, they only knew that he was a knight from the Errol family.
The other party had a hot temper and liked to hit people, especially prisoners of war like them. Even though it was only for one night, many people were already resentful or afraid of this guy.
Although Bronn's hair was already white, he still had a lot of strength, and he didn't sloppily do his work.
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While dragging a soldier's body and throwing it into a mass grave dug in advance, he just snorted coldly and didn't care when he heard the other party's thanks.
"Ah, right."
"Uncle, which army are you from?"
Then the young imperial soldier also did the chores in his hands, looked up and down at Bronn curiously, and then asked strangely.
Because according to his understanding, there seemed to be few people as old as Bronn in their legion, and these were all cooks with pretty good skills.
Unless the general was crazy, how could the cooks in the army be captured on the front line? Didn't they eat?
"Don't think too much, I'm not from your place."
"I'm from Tyke Village."
However, the gray-haired Bronn glanced at the other party, snorted again, shook his head and said.
"Your Excellency said that as long as we can break into the High Court, we will be freed and each of us will be given three golden dragons."
After saying that, Bronn shrugged his shoulders slightly, and several young farmers behind him received his hint and nodded quickly.
"That's right."
Teck is a village in the Reach.
Although the soldiers under Heros have always ridiculed that Yin Meng's army is composed of farmers, in this era, how can the two armies not capture strong men when fighting.
And the operation Bronn mentioned is even more normal in war.
They grabbed some strong men from nearby to supplement their numbers. During the war, some of them were pushed to the front, promising huge profits and letting them serve as cannon fodder.
Otherwise where does the word cannon fodder come from?
When the two armies are fighting, no matter how stupid the general is, it is impossible to directly send out elite troops to attack the city. It is not a good exchange to exchange the lives of one's elite soldiers for the enemy's bows and arrows.
The young imperial soldier was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then his face was filled with guilt.
"Sorry, uncle"
"Everyone! Come here!"
But before he could finish speaking, a messenger under the Second Prince ran over.
He brought good news to these surrendered troops.
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The second prince of the empire, Yin Meng Targaryen, decided to send away all the prisoners captured last night.
Anyway, they have collected all their weapons and armor. In this era, a complete set of armor is worth much more than a human life.
And just as Oberyn expected, Yin Meng captured so many prisoners, but did not have enough manpower to guard them, but he could not let them go.
Otherwise, once the army begins to pursue the enemy, the home of Highgarden will immediately change hands.
Therefore, Yin Meng dismissed all the prisoners and asked them to return to their hometowns.
"Thank you, Your Highness Yin Meng."
The captured surrender troops were very excited when they heard the news.
After all, you only know the value of freedom when you lose it, and life as a prisoner is not easy.
However, although the person who sent the order claimed that they were required to return to their hometowns after leaving the High Court, no one actually listened to this sentence.
Because the empire is now a professional army, these people's profession is soldiers and they receive fixed military pay.
And once they leave the army, they don't even have basic life skills. Nowadays, mercenaries are not very popular in Westeros. If they want to find a job, they have to go across the ocean to the Eastern Continent.
After all, what's more, many of them have accumulated military merit and are about to be knighted, or they are originally officers.
After this incident, there were not many people who were disheartened and wanted to give up and go back to their hometown. Most of them paid attention to the fact that after leaving Highgarden, they chased the large army non-stop.
"I'm going to get the Jinlong they promised me back!"
Bronn was still whispering in the midst of this.
Many surrendered soldiers around him looked at him sideways. Although they secretly laughed at this old guy for not being afraid of losing his life after getting the money, they did not doubt anything and instead believed in his fabricated identity.
Subsequently, the group of surrendered soldiers who were captured last night were released, and all their weapons and stomachs were confiscated. However, they were given a few days of rations, even covering the expenses on the way back to their hometown.
These surrendered imperial soldiers were grateful and thanked the second prince Yin Meng from the bottom of their hearts.
However, after leaving High Court with the travel expenses given by Yin Meng, most of the surrendered troops immediately set out to catch up with the large army.