Chapter 522 The Dust Has Settled

The knight was also unlucky. He also saw that the defeat was inevitable, but the Earl Aini, to whom he was loyal, flew away alone at this time.

The commander-in-chief had already fled, and as a subordinate, of course there was no need and obligation to continue fighting to the death.

So, if Tahan's lance came a little slower, the knight would probably have prostrated himself and asked for surrender.

But there is no if in reality, and the only thing to blame is the knight, who joined the wrong camp and chose the wrong object of loyalty.

Of course, the knight holding the flag had no chance to surrender, but others still had this opportunity.

When the flag representing Aini fell, the morale of all the troops still belonging to Aini on the entire battlefield dropped by at least 15 points.

The flag represents the commander-in-chief. On Earth, the fall of the flag is even more serious than the death of the commander-in-chief.

After all, not many people can see the death of the commander-in-chief with their own eyes, but the absence of the flag means that the commander, at least the command system is invalid.

This world is much better, because the hero commander can attach attributes to the soldiers.

With heroes, your sword is sharper, your armor is thicker, you run faster, and your attributes are stronger. These are all very easy to perceive attributes.

But even so, the falling of the flag also means that the command is out of order. After all, the magic signal stone is not a popular prop, and not everyone has mana to support it.

Therefore, when the flag falls, it not only causes a decline in local morale like casualties, but also a decline in overall morale, and the closer to the flag, the more morale drops.

The key is that as the flag falls, the states attached by Aini also disappear.

It is easy to think that after the flag falls, is the commander also killed by the enemy?

The panic caused by it made all the troops under Aini lose all their fighting spirit in an instant, and they rushed to escape.

Those troops under the command of the nobles were fine. Most of the nobles would raise their own flags when they saw this situation and try to take more of their own people away.

The rest, most of them, ran around like headless flies.

Obviously, Reina only has a few thousand troops, and now she is short of manpower to gather the surrendered soldiers, but the soldiers feel like there are thousands of troops chasing them.

There is no way, panic is contagious.

And because of the departure of Count Eni, even the high-level soldiers of level 7 and above began to flee without the protection of the ultimate leadership, which further deepened the fear of ordinary soldiers.

On the battlefield, such chaos is too deadly.

Reina has urgently adjusted the order. Joseph and his knights, who are more autonomous, are no longer covering the infantry, but constantly comforting these ordinary soldiers.

This battle is not only a civil war among humans, but also a civil war between the same camp or even the same region. It is really unnecessary to kill them all.

The decrease in the population of the grassland has reduced the combat effectiveness of the entire grassland area. Otherwise, Xu Lai will directly send a few Doomsday Judgments, and who dares to complain to him.

Moreover, these soldiers who are not well-trained, at least have received military training, are Xu Lai's best source of soldiers.

If Xu Lai was at the scene, he would probably directly release all restrictions and let them run away as much as possible.

Anyway, he could recruit these people again after they ran back. Anyway, he was unwilling to cause a large number of casualties for a few surrendered soldiers.

Xu Lai might be more heartbroken than those nobles for the death of every person here.

However, Lena didn't care much about human life. She only knew that what Xu Lai lacked most at this time was soldiers.

And these ordinary soldiers with no morale, low treatment, and no special status were the best targets for conversion.

When the battle flag was cut off, it also meant that the war that had lasted for many days was finally over.

Those troops who were ordered to pursue Jimmy didn't know where they ran to.

Only the infantry who were originally blocked at the city gate and had nowhere to escape silently put down their weapons and surrendered to the targets they were attacking just now.

The rest of the things are nothing more than cleaning the battlefield and collecting spoils.

You don't need to worry about recruiting soldiers. Just pick up the gold coins left after they disappear.

But those wounded soldiers on the ground who died in battle or were trampled to death must be treated and handled.

Otherwise, the dead air formed by the accumulation of a large number of corpses can easily create various natural undead creatures.

Of course, these things do not need to be worried about by Reina, the commander-in-chief, just give orders.

And there is a powerful priest group in her team, and purifying corpses is just their counterparts.

Other things are more time-consuming, especially the collection of a large number of captives and spoils.

Relying on them, it may not be possible to mobilize the Qingfeng Corps of a thousand free people at most, and it is not easy to do this job.

"Hello, beautiful lady, Jimmy Martell sincerely thanks you for your help."

Fortunately, although the logistics troops in the rear have not arrived yet, there are hundreds of thousands of residents in Martell who have moved back to the city early.

With so many people and no enough manors in the city to provide food, if Earl Aini sieges for another week or so, Jimmy will collapse without a fight.

It was precisely for this reason that Count Eni had not been in a hurry before, as he did not want to suffer heavy casualties on his side due to the siege.

At this time, Jimmy Martell couldn't wait to seize Aini's logistics reserves.

Otherwise, their villages and towns will either be occupied by Aini or destroyed. There will be no way to resume production immediately, and people may starve to death.

"You must be the lord of Martell City. Hello, I am the commander of the Qingfeng Legion, Lena Memphis. You can just call me Lena."

"Ms. Reina, thank you so much. That old guy Aini didn't know what kind of medicine he took, and he suddenly started attacking without caring about the lives of his knights."

Reina could probably guess the reason. She was probably stimulated by the military parade in Qingfeng City.

Xu came to the military parade to show off his strength. He originally wanted to help Jimmy relieve some pressure, but unexpectedly he encountered an unexpected assassination, which put too much pressure on Aini.

"My lord asked me to lead the troops to Martell City within two days. Fortunately, I was still in time.

However, our unit has too few manpower. After defeating Aini and his troops, we will not be able to do many things in the future. Can you please help? "

"No trouble, no trouble, this is what I should do.

Don't worry. There are at least hundreds of thousands of civilians in Martell City now. I will immediately call them out to help.

We have been besieged for too long. Can you give us some of the food and grass left by Aini and the others? "

"Of course there is no problem. The food and grass we carry for this expedition is enough.

There is also a logistics team responsible for the response at the rear. I have sent knights to notify them and come to help as soon as possible. "

When Jimmy heard this, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

He didn't know the news that Conaston had fallen, but he knew that Aini was finished this time, and it was completely finished.

Ever since he first escaped from the battlefield, he would never gain the trust of other nobles again.

Even if there are still those who are stubborn and loyal to Aini life and death, Aini is already helpless.

To besiege the city of Martell, Aini used hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Even if he had some left at home, it would not be of much use.

The most important thing is that it doesn't matter even if one's own troops do not have the advantage.

He could clearly see from the city wall that the soldiers on Aini's side were several times more numerous than the enemy, but they were defeated head-on by Reina with only a few thousand troops.

And when Reina and Xu Lai and the others conquer these surrendered troops, the gap in military strength will no longer exist.

No, it should be said that as long as he, Reina, Xu Lai and others join forces, the gap in military strength will be made up.

Of the 3,000 elites he brought out, more than 1,000 were killed or injured, but there were still more than 3,000 people on the city walls.

Because there were no priests or priests in the city, many people were lost during the continuous attack on the city, and there were still 45,000 wounded soldiers in the city.

There happens to be such a large group of priests here in Reina, and it should be possible to treat all the wounded soldiers in two or three days.

If you add this up, there will be 20,000 to 30,000 troops, not including these surrendered troops.

These troops, as long as they are not attacking cities, are not inferior to Aini when it comes to field battles.

"Your Excellency Viscount Martell, you should be familiar with Aini's troops."

Jimmy nodded quickly and said, "Of course, I know most of the officers."

Reina nodded and said: "That's good, these are soldiers with valuable practical experience, and their commander has abandoned them, so it should be easy to persuade them to surrender.

It would be better if His Excellency the Viscount knew their commander. Could you please help us persuade them to surrender? "

"No problem, this is what I should do." Jimmy patted his chest.

Reina smiled and said: "It would be great to have your help, I am worried about how to arrange them.

Sorry, I just saw that your casualties were quite high. I wonder if there is a teleportation array in Martell City that connects to Conaston. "

Jimmy was stunned and said: "Yes, there is, but after I took refuge with Mr. Xu Lai, the teleportation array was closed immediately."

Reina nodded and said: "Then you can open it now, I have just asked Mr. Xu Lai.

He has successfully taken Conaston and occupied the teleportation array and the city hall.

However, due to the shortage of manpower, they only monitored Kaunaston Castle, and there were not enough manpower to control Aini's castle in a short period of time.

Therefore, I need to send some manpower to help.

If Lord Martell..."

"Please call me Jimmy, Ms. Rayna."

It's rude to interrupt someone in the middle of a conversation, but Jimmy really couldn't stand Lena continuing to be polite to him.

Every word that came out of her mouth made Jimmy panic, especially the news of the fall of Conaston.

Jimmy never dreamed that yesterday he was still asking Xu Lai for support, and Xu Lai indeed agreed and provided support.

Xu Lai, who Jimmy had high hopes for, was not present, but even though he himself was not present, the troops he sent also repelled, no, they defeated hundreds of thousands of Aini tribe.

At this time, he didn't know that Aini also had a logistics force that was paralyzed on the roadside due to interference from Yan Feng's archers and gale knights.

However, although Yan Feng could barely control the tens of thousands of logistics personnel, his military strength was still slightly insufficient if he wanted to win.

Therefore, Reina specifically asked the knight to notify Wang Chao's troops at the rear and ask him to get closer as quickly as possible.

At this time, with Jimmy's help, she could free up her hands to send out Joseph and Nalu's cavalry.

We only need to leave Tanhan here to deal with possible unpleasantness.

Of course, at present, this kind of unpleasantness probably won't happen.

After learning the latest news about Xu Lai, Jimmy lowered his posture even more.

After a pause, Reina smiled and said, "You don't have to be like this, Mr. Jimmy. Xu Lai thinks highly of you. When he knew you were in danger, he sent us out as soon as possible."

Jimmy also smiled bitterly and said, "I know, you should call me Jimmy, I feel better."

Reina shrugged and didn't dwell on such trivial matters.

She nodded and said, "Okay, Jimmy, you can also call me by my name, Reina.

In short, Xu Lai needs a lot of reliable people to help him.

I have very limited manpower here, so if you have anyone you can trust, you can go with my people to assist Mr. Xu Lai.

In addition, this battle is not over yet, and I still have a cavalry unit fighting with Aini's logistics unit.

Xu Lai also has an angel legion, and they can help revive the troops we lost in this battle.

Of course, many soldiers on your side have also died.

As long as the body is roughly intact and the time of death is no more than 24 hours, you can send it to Conaston together with our dead."

Jimmy slapped his thigh excitedly. The people he brought out to charge at the end were all his confidants.

Many of them were directly from the Martell family. They and the Martell city rose and fell together, and they fought very hard.

"Great, how many people can I bring?"

Jimmy knew that Xu Lai had an angel army. He had seen it when he was outside the mountain village.

But he didn't expect that the angels' precious resurrection technique actually had a quota for him.

Reina glanced at the sky. It was already late, and it should not be long before 12 o'clock tonight.

"You can take anyone who meets the requirements.

I don't know how many angels Xu Lai has resurrected, but he has a lot of angels, and it will be 12 o'clock soon, so he should be able to revive a lot of lives.

I will try my best to delay the battle until after 12 o'clock. Of course, if the resurrection is enough, please give priority to resurrecting my subordinates."

"Of course." Jimmy patted his chest and promised.

Reina nodded: "Then please act quickly, time is precious."

"Don't worry, I will go find someone right away, the teleportation array will be opened soon, and I will let my son lead the team to assist His Excellency Xu Lai."

Just as Reina was about to nod, Tahan rode over on a fearless warhorse and said:

"Captain of the Legion, let me lead the team to assist the Lord. This flag may be helpful to the Lord."