Ride and Cut

"Hurry up to clean up the loot, count the casualties, what are you still doing here?" Li Cha found that the idlers who were watching the fun were not leaving, and started to chase them away with a loud voice, "There are still prisoners, where are the prisoners? Be careful to screen out the officers and soldiers, and report the results!"

Seeing that the chief had a tendency to yell at others, the big soldiers ran away in desperation.

"The captives are already gathering," Buster said. As the only professional officer present, routine post-war treatment was like eating and drinking for him, and he didn't need to think about it at all.

"Very good, did you ask where the army commander's camp is?" Li Cha's speed of asking new questions was obviously beyond Buster's ability to solve, he scratched his scalp and spread his hands:

"This... I haven't had time yet."

"Why are you looking for a camp?" Bedrick asked a stupid question, and his response was a blank stare from Richard.

"For the purpose of robbery..." Seeing the suddenly enlightened expression on his face, the lord lord could not hold back a long sigh: "No wonder, of course it is to search for important information and documents, and that is the most valuable loot."

"The camp is probably in the original mayor's mansion, but where is the mayor's mansion?" Li Cha looked around, and all he saw were the same shabby and low stone houses, and he didn't find any one that looked particularly rich. "Where's Dracula?"

He thought that Stuart people should be familiar with Stuart architecture. Facts have proved that this kind of thinking is indeed reasonable. Dracula nodded immediately after arriving, and led a group of people to start walking on the rugged stone road.

It was also at this time that Li Cha discovered that there were many frightened and flickering eyes behind the doors and wall holes on both sides of the road, which meant that there were still many civilians living in Chakeshi Town. Whenever this group of Pompeians in full armor passed by, there was always a slight commotion and whimpering.

"What's so strange about this." Buster shrugged his shoulders, with a face full of surprise, "Even if the demobilization was carried out before the war, there will always be some people who have nowhere to go and can only choose to stay, and the number may be far beyond your imagination."

"If the itinerary permits, the soldiers can grab it and enjoy it. After all, the loss of the siege is not small."

Li Cha nodded noncommittally, and he also knew that looting after a bitter battle was almost a common practice nowadays. But he would definitely not allow his subordinates to participate, it had nothing to do with morality or mercy, it was purely because looting would destroy the discipline and arrogance of the army itself, once it started it would be difficult to stop it.

"Don't knights have to show mercy to the weak?" Although Bedric was an outlier among the high-ranking nobles, he hadn't participated in wars much after all. It was obviously not easy for him to openly talk about robbing civilians.

"Knights want to show mercy to the weak, but only for knights. The big soldiers are not knights." Buster shook his head.

He didn't have the nerve to say that when such things really happened, knights or even higher-ranking nobles participated in the cases.

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The mayor's mansion of Chakeshi is roughly in the center of the town. It is so shabby that it doesn't look like an official mansion. It doesn't look much different from the surrounding houses. If it weren't for the copper nameplate nailed to the door, it would be hard to tell.

There is no doubt that this is a temporary camp, because there are still a few Stuart swordsmen standing guard right now, and it is probably too late to know that the entire Griffin Ambition has been defeated. They were quite brave, but the result was nothing more than being knocked down by the accompanying barbarians, and they were accompanied by their former comrades-in-arms on the road.

Li Cha kicked open the door and walked in. There was a large hall directly opposite the door. A thick layer of wool carpet is laid, and the feet are too soft to stand on it. There are a few pieces of white porcelain scattered on such a soft carpet. It is conceivable that the owner must have been very annoyed at the time to smash the precious porcelain cup through the carpet.

The surrounding furnishings are very comprehensive, with exquisite materials and fine workmanship. All metal accessories seem to be made of gold and silver, and are also inlaid with large and small red and green gemstones, which is magnificent and noble.

All of these are incompatible with the poor walls and roofs, and needless to say, they must all be the property brought by the legion leader himself.

Li Cha saw a half-drunk bottle of cider on the table, took it, put it under his nose, and sniffed it.

"The wine is not bad, it's quite enjoyable." He curled his lips and put it back again.

On the wall facing the door was a super-large military map. Li Cha walked to the wall and looked it over carefully. Except for a slight difference in the text, it was almost identical to the Pompeii military map. He first found the town of Chakeshi, and soon found that the marching path of the forward troops was outlined with charcoal on the map, indicating that the other party had indeed been aware of it a few days ago.

"Boss, why is it focusing on us instead of their own allies?" A barbarian warrior stood beside the lord and asked stupidly.

"If he marked it, we can't see it all now?" Li Cha shook his head and looked helpless while talking, "Take this map and take it away."

"Look, I found the official documents." Bedric rushed out of the side room holding a few pieces of paper like treasures.

Li Cha reached out to take it and began to read it. The few pages of the official document were not long, and the grammar was not difficult to understand, but the more he read, the more he frowned.

"It's really undead. How can Stuart's command be so chaotic?"

Judging from the content of several official documents, Griffin Ambition and Blood Knight had to rush back and forth on the road because they received several conflicting orders in a row, and they were finally blocked in Chakshi and couldn't move.

Even bare-bottomed children know how to fight with mud, hesitating back and forth is impossible, and if you want to win, you have to find the right target and hit hard. Li Cha couldn't believe it, Stuart is a big country with profound background, and he would do stupid things worse than a child!

He even once suspected that the documents in his hand were fake and misleading, but after thinking about it, it was impossible—the ambition of the Griffon and the number of Blood Knights were strong, so how could he leave a few fake documents with the idea of ​​failure.

"Look here." As a member of the royal family, Bedric has never eaten pork, but he has seen pigs running a lot. He divided the official document into two parts and pointed to the signature at the end.

"Hurry up and pass a copy to the rear with the Messenger Falcon." Li Cha slapped his forehead, "By the way, should we continue to move forward or stay for a rest."

"I found Capet's personal letter." Buster ran out holding a few envelopes as if he had found a treasure. His nose was covered with sweat from being overexcited. "That 'Mad King' Majesty of Stuart actually began to interfere with the command at will. God bless Pompeii!"