Chapter 321: Forming the Second Magic Beast Cavalry Battalion
Caesar is a ninth-order epic knight with strong resistance to human immobilization. Although Richard invested a lot of magic power, he could only immobilize Caesar for more than ten seconds at most.
In the fierce battlefield, one second is very fatal. Caesar's tragedy is doomed if he cannot move for more than ten seconds.
In an instant, Caesar was targeted by dozens of archers.
Now Caesar has been defeated and has lost the people around him to protect him. Without anyone to provide protection, these enchanted arrows easily consumed Caesar's protective shield. In an instant, Caesar turned into a hedgehog, and his powerful vitality was consumed.
Caesar lost his life, which greatly hit the fighting enthusiasm of the soldiers of the Sixth Legion on the East Coast.
The central army immediately collapsed on a large scale, and soon formed an avalanche effect.
In a blink of an eye, Richard's ears were full of the sound of capturing prisoners.
Seeing that the battle had been won, Richard immediately issued an order. "Hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Dispatch magicians and middle and high-level warriors to ride the magic hot air balloon together to scout the information of enemy reinforcements. Let Viscount Romen and Sophia participate in the reconnaissance operation to protect the safety of the magic hot air balloon. The last reconnaissance found a high-level enemy magician. Let everyone be careful."
The task of cleaning up the battlefield was very heavy. The soldiers dragged the bodies to the open ground, stripped the armor off the enemy's bodies, collected the weapons and equipment and sent them to the logistics department. The scattered gold and silver coins basically fell into the hands of the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield.
The enemy's logistics and baggage were left intact in the camp.
Richard ordered the soldiers to dig a big pit and bury the bodies of the dead enemies in the big pit.
It is now late May, and the climate has become hot. If the bodies are not buried in time, it is easy to cause plague. Even if Harland has many medical personnel accompanying the army, the outbreak of plague is still quite troublesome.
Richard began to interrogate the captured officers one by one. His questions were very detailed, ranging from the geography of the East Coast United Kingdom to religion and customs, and even the personality and habits of middle and senior officers. Every time he interrogated, he would write down several pages of densely packed information. As the information was compiled, millions of words were accumulated.
It took most of the day to clean up the battlefield. The coalition forces of the four provinces in the northern border buried more than 5,000 enemy soldiers, but it took two days to capture prisoners and interrogate intelligence. Through interrogating prisoners of war, Richard finally found out the general intelligence of the East Coast United Kingdom.
"In this battle, we killed 5,600 enemy soldiers, captured 8,100 prisoners, and about 1,600 defeated soldiers fled. Our spoils in this battle were very rich. In addition to 120,000 East Coast gold coins, there were 10,000 pieces of iron armor, 600 pieces of enchanted armor, 126 flame horses, and thousands of enchanted weapons."
"What are our casualties?"
"The first battalion had 91 deaths and less than 200 people with minor or serious injuries. The 13th and 14th battalions had a total of about 200 casualties. Including the casualties of the cavalry, our total casualties in this battle were 607, with 203 deaths. Our medical capabilities are relatively strong, and the wounded have been properly treated. Most of them can recover, and only 86 people are disabled."
Richard nodded, Then he asked, "How are the casualties of the four-province coalition?"
"The left camp led by Viscount Raphael suffered 400 casualties, and the right camp led by Viscount Romen suffered 300 casualties."
Hearing the casualty figures, Richard sighed and said, "The total casualties were 1,300, but our central camp suffered the most casualties."
"We also achieved the greatest results. We directly defeated the enemy's most elite and powerful central army, killed the epic knight Caesar, captured the deputy legion commander Feigen, and seized the enemy's camp, which played the most critical role in the victory of this battle. If the central camp had not failed, the casualties on the left and right wings would have increased. It is precisely because we defeated the enemy that the casualties on the left and right wings were lighter."
Listening to the report of the staff officer, Richard's face showed a little smile.
"When we collected the spoils, I heard that Viscount Raphael was very unhappy and was unwilling to hand over the captured Warcraft horses and enchanted weapons." Seeing that Richard was in a good mood, the staff officers around him immediately decided to give Viscount Raphael some eye drops.
Although Viscount Raphael is a woman, she is very arrogant. She is arrogant and looks down on others. She doesn't respect the officers of the headquarters and offends many people in the headquarters. After the war, she was arrogant and dared to compete with Harland's soldiers for spoils, causing a big conflict. Even Richard has heard about it.
"In a large army, military discipline must be strict. I personally ordered Viscount Raphael to hand over all the spoils. If she doesn't obey the order, Raphael's position will be immediately revoked. If she dares to resist, I will authorize the soldiers to kill Viscount Raphael. If there is a problem, I will explain it in person at the Noble Council and accept the questioning of the parliamentarians."
Harland's soldiers played a decisive role in this battle. Richard was a little unhappy when he heard that Raphael dared to snatch the spoils.
In the two battles before and after, Harland's army suffered nearly a thousand casualties, and the total casualties exceeded 15% of the entire army. The morale of the officers and soldiers was reduced by a few points after the expedition.
Especially the officers and soldiers of the First Battalion, although they were elite and good at fighting, they suffered nearly 500 casualties in the two battles, with a casualty rate of more than one-third, and 150 deaths, with a death rate of more than 10%. Now there are still 350 wounded soldiers in the hospital, which can be said to be a full camp of wounded soldiers.
The regular army of the Grant Kingdom, when fighting abroad in a war of aggression, would have lost its combat effectiveness long ago due to such heavy casualties.
The reason why the first battalion of Harland Territory can still maintain its combat effectiveness is the honor of the soldiers, years of training, excellent logistics, and the feelings between officers and soldiers.
Another key point is that Harland Territory has implemented a policy of pensions for disabled and deceased soldiers for more than ten years. The pensions spent on the families of disabled and deceased soldiers add up to more than 100,000 gold coins. Although it has increased the economic burden, it also allows the soldiers of the territory to bear higher casualties and are willing to fight for Harland Territory.
All these factors add up to allow the soldiers of Harland Territory to bear greater casualties and bear heavier responsibilities.
The soldiers of Harland Territory made the greatest contribution to the annihilation of the Sixth Legion, and Richard must take the richest spoils of war.
The eye drops applied by the staff officer to Raphael were instantly very successful.
In an instant, Richard actually rose up with malice, and the violent emotions filled his heart.
Richard is a person with very good emotional management ability and can always regain his composure quickly.
The Grant Kingdom has a special physique, and the status of noble officers is very high. Even if Richard is the commander-in-chief of the four-province coalition, he cannot easily kill noble officers, let alone kill someone like Raphael who has great influence among noble officers. Dealing with officers of Raphael's status must be justified.
After calming down a little, Richard thought about it for a moment from the perspective of Raphael and Romen, and felt that it was human nature to fight for spoils for his soldiers.
Richard modified the order, weighed it a little, and said to the messenger beside him: "Raphael, Romen and others have contributed to this battle. According to convention, gold coins and iron armor will be divided for Raphael, Romen and other nobles. Enchanted weapons and armor will all be left to strengthen our infantry. All Warcraft horses will be concentrated, and the backbone will be drawn to form the second Warcraft Brigade."
Richard is the commander-in-chief of the coalition. When dividing the spoils, of course he has to take care of his own people. Besides, Harland led the soldiers who played a decisive role in the battle, so of course he has to eat the fattest piece of meat and take the biggest share.
As long as Richard is in this position, even if Raphael, Romen and others are not satisfied, they must obey orders under military orders.
The herald took the handwritten order written by Richard and went directly to Raphael's camp. Seeing that Richard's handwritten order was very severe, Raphael, although unhappy, did not dare to resist the order and had to hand over the Warcraft Warhorse and the enchanted weapon.
After Raphael, Romen and others handed over the most valuable spoils, Richard gave them a share of the ordinary iron armor and seized gold coins, which stabilized the morale of the noble coalition.
The reason why the nobles of the four provinces were willing to fight with Richard was mainly to gain merit and be granted titles and land. As long as they could win the battle and make military achievements by following Richard, they could only endure it even if Richard was unfair in sharing the spoils. Besides, Richard had not yet made the people angry and lost the morale of the army. Most of the seized iron armor and gold coins were distributed to the four provincial coalitions.
After collecting the enchanted weapons and warhorses, Richard gave the enchanted armor to the soldiers of the first brigade, and the enchanted weapons to the thirteenth and fourteenth brigade.
Together with the six hundred pieces of enchanted armor seized, the first brigade has equipped one thousand three hundred pieces of enchanted armor. Even the wounded in the hospital are wearing enchanted armor, which can be said to be armed to the teeth. In the Grant Kingdom, it is also the best equipped infantry.
In the two battles before and after, the Sixth Legion of the East Coast United Kingdom was annihilated, and more than two hundred warhorses were seized in total. These flame horses were not castrated, and they are a complete population.
Relying on these flame horses, Harland Territory can breed a second type of warhorse.
The physical difference between the two warhorses is not big, and perhaps they can be crossbred to breed better warhorse.
Of course, it is still in the war, and the soldiers of Harland Territory are not familiar with the habits of the flame horses. To form the second warhorse brigade, they must rely on the captive soldiers of the East Coast United Kingdom.
In this battle, the four-province coalition captured more than 8,000 enemies, among which there were a large number of professional officers, including officers and soldiers of the enemy's Magic Beast Cavalry Battalion.
All these people were selected by Richard to cooperate with Harland to form the second Magic Beast Cavalry Battalion.
Because Richard did not explain the commander of the second Magic Beast Cavalry Battalion, the staff officer of the headquarters had to ask: "Your Excellency the Duke, who are you going to let be the commander of the second Magic Beast Cavalry Battalion?"
Since Richard decided to form the second Magic Beast Cavalry Battalion, he certainly weighed the pros and cons in his mind. He said without thinking: "I plan to hand this cavalry battalion to Vito, the captain of the fourth battalion. He is already a sixth-level warrior and has enough qualifications and military merits to take over. Now Vito is still in the northern border, and it will be temporarily handed over to the squadron leader Danon for management."
After Richard led the four-province coalition to annihilate the Sixth Legion, he had just cleaned up the battlefield and interrogated the prisoners, and the reinforcements of the East Coast United Kingdom, the Thirteenth Legion, appeared nearby.
The 13th Legion really strengthened the strength of the magicians accompanying the army, and selected 16 middle and high-level magicians to hunt down the air scouts of Harland Territory.
Magicians can master extraordinary powers such as invisibility, levitation, and flight, and have ways to ambush the magic balloon team and the lion cavalry.
Especially the magic balloon team, if they are conducting reconnaissance in weak wind weather, they move slowly and are easily ambushed by magicians. If you want to deal with the enemy's magicians, the most suitable way is to send high-level professionals to hide in magic balloons to hunt the enemy.
Sophia and Viscount Roman hid in the magic hot air balloon and successfully killed a five-ring mage. They fought with an eight-ring and a six-ring magician and beat back the enemy. The reconnaissance mission was successfully completed.
Seeing that the opponent had strengthened the anti-high-altitude reconnaissance force, Richard had to reduce the frequency of high-altitude reconnaissance. After all, the Harland leader felt the pain of being shot down by a magic hot air balloon.
The magic hot air balloon team not only had high-level magic apprentices, but also archers. Harland could not afford to lose too much of such a capable force, and of course did not want to consume it all in the southern war.
After suppressing the high-altitude reconnaissance soldiers of Harland, the 13th Legion of the United Kingdom on the East Coast was finally able to detect some enemy intelligence. After interrogating the fleeing soldiers and synthesizing the intelligence, Simone, the commander of the 13th Legion, looked unusually gloomy.
"Through the interrogation of the defeated soldiers and the intelligence from the enemy in the past few days, we have to admit that the Sixth Legion has been completely wiped out, and the commander of the Legion Caesar also died in the hands of the enemy.
The enemy can annihilate the Sixth Legion, so its strength should not be underestimated. From the intelligence we have, the enemy's losses are not serious. We are only one day away from the enemy now, and I think we are in danger.
The Seventh Legion is still 200 kilometers away from us. The top priority is to get closer to the Seventh Legion. Only when the two legions work together can we defeat this enemy."
Simone and Caesar are both members of the Yunis family and the twin stars of the Yunis Duke family. Although neither of them is the Duke of Yunis, their bloodlines are far apart, and there is a hidden competition within.
But when hearing the news of Caesar's death, Simone's heart was extremely heavy.
The Sixth Legion is one of the two main legions controlled by the Yunis family. This legion was completely wiped out, which dealt a serious blow to the authority of the Yunis family. If there is a problem with the Thirteenth Legion again, the Yunis family may be removed from the list of great nobles. So when making decisions, Simone can only seek stability.
In fact, the spearhead of the four-province coalition army, led by Harland, has already blunted its spearhead. The core backbone of the First Battalion suffered heavy casualties, and it is no longer possible to crush the enemy as easily as in the previous two battles. The combat effectiveness of the 13th and 14th Battalions is far inferior to that of the First Battalion, and it is difficult to break through the enemy formation in a short time.
Harland's army can no longer fight, and the noble coalition on the left and right wings will only fall into a stalemate when fighting with the main army of the East Coast United Kingdom.
The four-province coalition may not win the battle against the 13th Army. Seeing that the 13th Army chose to retreat, Richard also stopped when he saw the good, and did not force it. He led the army to retreat more than 100 miles and retreated to Sack Castle.
After returning to Sack Castle, Richard immediately wrote a letter to King Roger, asking him to mobilize reinforcements for himself.
The East Coast United Kingdom has a steady stream of support. Although the Duke of Harland still has spare strength and has more than 20,000 regular troops in the northern border, Richard will not easily consume his old capital in the southern war.
At this moment, other great nobles should also take on greater responsibilities.