Chapter 727, From Victory to Next Victory

On the ruins of the Giant Tower, the expeditionary army is counting their own gains and losses. Nearly a thousand people were killed in this battle, but judging by the results of the battle that wiped out thousands of wild greenskins, it is completely worth it. of.

The knights and serfs have plundered a lot of wealth, and the wild greenskins like shiny things the most. Although they are all garbage, the greenskins never mind filling their city with garbage. Many precious metals and weapons obtained from the dwarves, as well as many good things excavated and mined by the green skins themselves were looted by the expeditionary army. When Ryan ordered the soldiers to withdraw from the city, Veronica prepared to When the flames were summoned to burn the entire city to ashes, there were still many soldiers reluctantly looking for possible gains in the greenskin town, and some even tried to dig the greenskin cesspit.

And the things that are really treasured by green skins are a bunch of delicious mushrooms (for green skins), deliciously roasted farts with a unique spicy taste (for green skins), dried and stuffed Salted lizards, and those puffy ball fungi that grow in round shapes and emit a unique pungent smell, are the ultimate delicacy for greenskins.

Among them, the food that makes green skins love the most is the puff ball fungus. After releasing the pungent smell, it is stuffed with marinated fart, and then roasted with green mushroom wine (made by goblins). This kind of food is considered a legend. Grimgor-Ironhide, the hairy God of choice, can't resist, only in a giant waaagh! After the victory, the green skins will take out this delicacy to enjoy.

Facing the attack of the expeditionary army, the green skins would rather destroy the food than leave it for humans to enjoy... In fact, no human beings intend to enjoy the food of the green skins at all.

This knowledge was told to Ryan by Bellegar. In the hundreds of years of war with the green skins, Bellegar was already an expert in the culture of green skins and skaven. This dwarf king knew very well about green skins and Skaven. habits, and know how to deal with them.

But it was the same for his two old rivals, Skarsnik, the Warlord of Eight Peaks, and Quick, the Headhunter of the Eight Peaks God of War. Belgar knew them, and they knew Belgar.

Ryan and Bellegar looked at the fire that covered the entire giant tower in the distance. The King of Knights nodded in satisfaction. Ryan did not make a move in today's battle. He was wearing his own gray knight's full body precision power armor, and he held Thor's Hammer in his hand. , the goddess of nemesis hung on his waist, the King of Knights knew that he was the commander in chief now, and there was no reason to take the lead in any war: "This battle is very important to us, Brother Bellegar, we need such a victory."

"Well, maybe you are right." Bellegar lowered his head and thought for a while: "The Giant Tower is our first goal, along the entire Blackwater Bay, there are at least a dozen such greenskin strongholds, Maybe we can't harvest so much wealth in every stronghold, but maybe this can bring confidence to your people... If you want me to say Brother Ryan, your soldiers, especially the infantry, are too fragile, they are almost collapsed .”

"You can't compare your dwarven armies with ours,

Every dwarf is a born warrior. "Lian complained: "Even the most ordinary dwarf warriors have undergone at least ten years of training, and our serf infantry regiment spends most of the year plowing the land. Not on your army. "

"Oh, Brother Ryan, you are very self-aware!" Bellega stroked his white beard, and the King of Eight Peaks proudly affirmed what Ryan said: "Yes, after all, human beings are a race that produces defective products. There is no way to compare with the powerful dwarves, but it doesn't matter, just leave the infantry to the dwarves! As long as you let the knights charge up, we will cooperate, and we will be invincible!"

"..." Ryan rolled his eyes secretly. He knew that this was what Bellegar was waiting for. Since Bellega wanted it, then give it to him. Anyway, he didn't lose anything.

In front of the two kings, a huge army is sharing their harvest.

Knights and nobles gathered in groups of three or four, loudly displaying their harvests, some of which were military exploits, which meant how many greenskins the knights hacked to death, how many heads they got, and some of the gains were gold and silver treasures, but Seeing the expressions of the knights, almost all of them were smiling.

Freed from the shackles of chivalry, the knights' looting when facing the green skins was even crazier than that of the empire and the dwarves. They greedily searched for everything they saw, and used their sharp swords and shields to kill them. Every green-skinned enemy they saw, they knocked down the statue of Gorkomag, smashed it, and then took the pickaxe directly from the dwarf miner, and smashed Gonkol's face into a ball of dust, just to dig out Gorkomag Pair of diamond-studded eyes.

The entire expeditionary army greedily searched for everything, just like the Chiyan expedition hundreds of years ago.

Half of the looted property must be handed over according to the regulations, and the rest, the merchants from the Oliver Chamber of Commerce and the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce are already salivating for the spoils. The two chambers of commerce also sent many people to participate in the war this time. They are almost comers Acquisition of all trophies without refusal, which will then be transported by merchant ships to Maritime Pass, Lucini, Miragliano, Estalia, Pordereaux, Le-Angoulant and Marienburg for sale God knows how much benefit Oliver and Hadrian can get from it, but judging from their expressions, you can tell that selling stolen goods is an extremely profitable business.

For this reason, the entire camp was full of merchants, knights, nobles, and soldiers arguing. How could many serfs see so much gold and silver in their lifetimes! They quarreled with the merchants about how much the things they grabbed were worth, how many gold coins could they exchange for, and how much could they send to their families as far away as Britannia?

Thanks to Ryan's years of hard work, the entire Britannia postal system has been established with the cooperation of the Fairy Church in the Lake and the great nobles headed by François. As long as it is not too remote, the postal system is generally can be delivered.

It’s no wonder that Marienburg merchants look down on the Bafeng Mountain’s national debt. The profit is only 10%. How can it compare to the sale of stolen goods, where the profit is conservatively above 50%. Ryan noticed that Anthelm, who was counting the harvest, Suria's uncle, Anthelm, Earl of Kuilau, gained a lot from this looting. Dozens of sacks were filled with all kinds of gold and gemstones alone.

But it doesn't matter, Ryan knows deeply that the group of business princes in Fort Marien only dared to do some small tricks on the national debt of Bafeng Mountain and caused some disturbances. They would never dare to stand up to confront Ryan. Didn't even dare to leave Fort Marien.

Ryan knew this group of bourgeois too well. The bourgeoisie had their own weakness and compromise, and they would not confront Ryan head-on. Originally, for these business princes, the best way was to support a powerful opponent, who would He pushed to the foreground and confronted Ryan head-on, while they hid behind the scenes to engage in some small actions and provide financial and influential support.

But the question is, who can stand against Ryan? Who can the business princes of Marienburg support to fight against this knight king, human hero, and sanctuary powerhouse?

Representative of the old nobles, Kingdom Regent Lawn?

Impossible, Lawn is the Holy Grail Knight. He is the most devout believer of the Fairy of the Lake. Confronting Ryan is tantamount to facing the Fairy of the Lake. It is impossible for Lawn to agree, and it is precisely because of this that Ryan appointed him as regent with confidence.

Grand Duke Schulz of Marienburg?

hehe.

Emperor Karl Franz?

Obviously impossible.

Even if the princes of the business world put their ideas on Chaos Eternal God, they can only draw untenable conclusions. Of course, Chaos Eternal God can fight against Ryan, but Chaos never makes sense with businessmen. It can be seen that the guys who break the agreement suddenly are the most feared by the businessmen.

snort! At that time, if these business princes still can't see the situation clearly, let alone eat meat, they won't even be able to drink soup. Ryan thought so.

In the camp at night, in the Old Guards barracks, the gorgeously dressed Old Guards gathered together in twos and threes to enjoy dinner. As the elite army formed by Ryan, the food and rations of the Old Guards were obviously the best Yes, today's dinner is chicken stew + whole wheat bread, and there are a lot of extra supplies. Their food is even better than that of some knights in the principality. Looking at their exquisite weapons and dazzling military uniforms, many Knight-errants are not short of jealousy.

Mr. Raymond, the company commander of the Old Guards and knight-errant, was sitting in front of the fire with an iron pan, having dinner with several old guards. In the Battle of the Tower of Giants, since the Old Guards were not put into battle, Only the central army played the role of suppressing the formation, so there was no chance to show their strength, and when they started looting the giant tower, the old guards participated relatively late, and did not grab too many good things. The soldiers were all angry.

"Company commander, look at the complacency of those soldiers!" Raymond ate a few mouthfuls, and an old guard complained to the officer: "Damn, what's there to be proud of, we have tens of thousands People, the opponent only has a few thousand green skins, and still paid a thousand casualties, but it's just a green skin stronghold, why doesn't your majesty let us solve it?"

"That's right!" Another old guard said, "Damn it, our speed is slow, I just grabbed these few silver ingots, and the money is only enough to wait until the merchant's camp to vent!"

Everyone glanced at the merchant's camp. It was extremely hot now. The serfs and knights who had just obtained a large amount of gold and silver in the plunder were consuming wildly. Naturally, there were many merchants and knights in this great expedition. Various small vendors and even chefs followed, and many chefs were cooking on the spot. Some serfs who made a fortune even ate beef noodles, which were almost impossible for serfs to eat before.

In addition, there were one or two hundred women who followed the merchant, and they were also doing business.

"Are you still venting? I heard that the low-grade goods there have been raised to three silver coins a time, and there is a time limit of 30 minutes!" An old guard joked: "For the money you snatched, If it’s not enough for you to vent a few times, it’s better to save it, or give it to the people of the Oliver Chamber of Commerce and send it back to the kingdom!” Someone complained, “Damn it, our Old Guards won’t just watch those serfs get rich like this, right? ?”

"Impossible." At this time, Raymond finally spoke. This old guard officer and knight-errant knight is also a well-known figure in the army. After years of experience, Raymond now has a sturdy Momentum: "This great expedition will be unprecedentedly difficult. Easy at the beginning does not mean it will be easy later. Your Majesty will need old guards. We just need to wait patiently."

"Well, that's right." Raymond's words made several people sitting around nod in agreement.

At this moment, a group of old guards carried several large boxes into the camp, and the commander of the old guards, Knight Bertrand of the Kingdom, slammed the boxes a few times: "Everyone, listen to the order!"

"Yes!" Almost instantly, all the old guards immediately stopped everything they were doing, and they stood up collectively. Both the knights and the serfs were surprised by the prohibitive demeanor.

"Adhering to the decree of His Majesty King Ryan, the best soldiers must be worthy of the best enjoyment!" Bertrand reached out and hammered the box vigorously. He pulled out his saber and pried it open, and took out a large wooden box from inside. barrel, placed on the ground: "This is beer! Imported by the Empire!"

"Yeah!!!" Cheers erupted from the old guard.

"This is football and rugby for entertainment!" Bertrand said with a serious expression: "Enjoy tonight, old guards, this is an order!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty the King!"

"Long live His Majesty Ryan!"

Surrounded by a fiery atmosphere throughout the night, people celebrated the victory of the war and counted the seizures. After a victory, the expeditionary army officially announced its arrival to the entire evil land!

In this way, throughout December, the expeditionary army carried out righteous and noble looting of all the greenskin strongholds and fortresses along the entire Blackwater Bay!

More than a dozen greenskin strongholds were destroyed, and all the wealth and various resources were plundered wildly. The knights let go, slaughtered all the greenskins within their sight, and wiped out all the greenskins they could see. The things of value are taken as their own, and wherever the expeditionary army passes, there is nothing but scorched earth.

By the end of December, the time had already entered the Winter Veil Festival. Ryan and others led an army to conquer the last greenskin stronghold of the greenskins along the coast of Blackwater Bay. In addition, tens of thousands of goblins were brutally slaughtered. Facing their ancient enemies, neither the Britannian knights nor the dwarves of the Angrund clan showed any mercy. After the entire fortress was looted again Burned to a white ground.

The expeditionary force also suffered more than 3,000 casualties.

Now, Haimen Pass is in front of you.

News of victory one after another, news of one victory after another spread from the badlands, to Haimen Pass, to the border princes, to the southern kingdom, across the black mountains and gray mountains, to the empire, to Breeze Tania! Ship after ship of booty was transported back from the badlands. It was the victory of His Majesty Ryan, the victory of the expeditionary force, the victory of the Lady of the Lake and the victory of Britannia!

This news greatly inspired the whole kingdom of knights. People took to the streets, telling the news of victory joyfully. Large sums of gold, silver, treasures and various resources were transported back to the kingdom, so that the knights, nobles and serfs of the kingdom could get There are real benefits! Even Hubald, the Duke of Carcassonne, couldn't help smiling when he saw the thousands of bags of salt and dozens of sacks of gold, silver and precious stones piled up in the country.

But at the same time, the greenskins in the depths of the badlands and the greenskins in Eight Peaks also heard the news that Belegar and the knight army had returned again.

"Damn canned dried shrimps! Kill my fart so I can't eat happily ~ Destroy my tribe so I can't waaagh!"

— Rumors of Greenskins in the Badlands