Rise of the Empire Total War

"My lord, 490 people were killed in this battle. Except for the civilian crossbowmen, everyone was wounded. Among them, 285 soldiers in heavy armor were killed, 49 were killed by imperial knights on foot, and the civilian crossbowmen were injured. Fifty-two soldiers were killed, seventy-eight cavalry sergeants, twenty-six imperial knights..."

Listening to the officer's report, Charles frowned slightly, and asked, "Then how many enemies have we killed and how many have we captured?"

"The number of enemies killed is still being counted, but the initial estimate should be nearly a thousand. In addition, our army has also captured 386 enemies, 14 of whom claim to be from the Kingdom of Ausong or Mi A nobleman of the Ganesh Kingdom."

"We can't carry so many prisoners." Charles said with a cold tone, which made the officer on the side feel uneasy, "so we must deal with these prisoners of war as soon as possible." "What do you mean?" the officer tentatively asked.

"Release them may pose a threat to our army's operations." Charles did not answer, he whispered, as if talking to himself, "but if we kill them all here..."

Thinking of this, there was a hint of ferocity in Charles' eyes. He was never the noble and virtuous lord that the bards said. On the contrary, as a general of the Danish Kingdom, he still had the fierce and barbaric ancestors of the Vikings a hundred years ago in his bones. It can also be seen from the sporadic virtues in his personal attributes. Hearing the words behind him, the officer at the side couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat, and he couldn't help reminding: "My lord, if the news about your killing of prisoners of war gets out, it will greatly damage your reputation. "

"My dear Benedis, I believe that no one in the Legion will reveal this matter, and besides them, only the prisoners of war know this matter, but I firmly believe in one truth: the dead cannot speak Yes." Charles said coldly.

Charles said so, and the officer named Benedis did not continue to persuade him, and stood there waiting for Charles' order. The latter thought for a while, and finally made up his mind, saying: "Take these prisoners of war, all Execute, we cannot take these prisoners of war to the city of Tus, this will only kill us."

"As you order, my lord count."

Officer Benedis responded, then turned and left, and walked towards the place where the prisoners of war were being held. Charles looked in the direction he was leaving, and could see those prisoners of war being watched by heavily armed soldiers, carrying the corpses on the battlefield one by one. Some prisoners of war dug pits not far from the battlefield with shovels and other tools. Those pits seemed to them to bury corpses, but they didn’t realize that they were also for burying them. Before he gave the order, Officer Benedis saw dozens of embarrassed noble-looking people gathering together and arguing with the heavily armed soldiers. He frowned and walked over. The content of the quarrel was also transmitted into his ears.

"Take me to your commander-in-chief quickly! We are nobles, and we demand reasonable preferential treatment!"

"Yes, you despicable civilians, quickly take me to your commander in chief! This is our legal right!"

"Enough, what are you doing?" A sudden yell interrupted the cursing of those people. They turned their heads to look, and it turned out to be the officer Benedis. The latter walked over quickly, glanced at him and remained silent. The soldiers who endured the harassment showed a hint of admiration on their faces, then he looked at the dozen or so nobles, and asked in a cold tone: "What do you want to do?"

Seeing someone who could speak well, the group of nobles exchanged glances, and after a while, the most vicious young man who had just called out just stood up and said, "We are from the Kingdom of Osong and the Kingdom of Meganis. Nobles, we ask you to give us proper treatment in accordance with the Nobility Law, instead of letting us work with those lowly peasants!"

Hearing this, Benedis glanced at the prisoners who were cleaning the battlefield not far away, they obviously heard the noise here,

They all looked here with uneasy expressions.

"Gentlemen of the nobility." He withdrew his gaze, looked at these dissatisfied nobles, and said, "Although I really want to meet your proposal, I am afraid that my soldiers will not agree to your request, so I still invite you Go back obediently."

"The implementation of our legal power still requires the consent of these lowly soldiers?" The nobleman said as if he had heard a big joke, and the nobles behind him did the same, with the expressions on their faces either surprised or disdainful.

"It seems that our prisoners don't want to obey our regulations." Benedis said coldly. Before he finished speaking, several soldiers who had been silent before stepped forward one after another, aiming their spears at these prisoners. The nobles made an attacking gesture. Seeing their movements, these nobles stepped back like frightened rabbits, and one of them exclaimed: "We are noble nobles, you can't do anything to us after we surrender! !"

"Then please go back and join the ranks of those prisoners of war, otherwise I can't guarantee that the soldiers under my command will not be able to resist." Benedis said, his words were full of warnings and threats.

"You!" The former young noble only felt that he had been insulted. He pointed at Benedis's nose and wanted to speak harshly, but seeing that the heavily armored sergeant at the side was about to move, he swallowed the words again. He went back, turned and left with the other nobles who were startled and angry.

"Hmph, a group of damned fellows, they have disgraced our nobles." Benedis angrily spat on the ground and said, then he turned to the soldiers and praised: "You guys did a good job, go on Keep an eye on them, if they make any small moves, don't take their identities into account, just do it directly."

"Obey!" Several people promised.

Then, he gave Earl Charles' order. In order not to leave any evidence, he decided to use the cruelest method to execute these prisoners of war—that is, to bury them alive.

It is said to be buried alive, but it is not always the case. His idea is to let these prisoners of war dig a big pit enough to accommodate three or four hundred people after all the corpses are buried. When they are ready to climb out of the pit after digging, let them The soldiers surrounded and killed all the prisoners of war who tried to come up, which also saved the step of lifting their bodies and throwing them into the pit after killing the prisoners of war. After giving the order, Benedis looked coldly at those prisoners of war who were working hard. They might still be imagining that they would be released home after the end of the war, especially those nobles, who must still be cursing Benedis in their hearts. and this army.

"Enjoy it, the last labor before your death."