Chapter 573 Post-war settlement and Meliati
The moonlight illuminates the sky.
The shrill cry of the whistling thrush echoed repeatedly in the shaking campfire, but such shrill cry did not cause any reaction in the entire camp.
The sentries on the wooden fence whispered, looking at the wild deer passing by and regretting not bringing a bow and arrow.
The military police and sentries in leather boots patrolled in groups of four carrying axes and guns, but they also deliberately walked lightly.
The sleeping camp was so quiet, and the occasional groans of the wounded soldiers did not make the moonlight lose half of its tranquility.
The soldiers were too tired. After these days of continuous fighting and today's extremely stressful battle, everyone was extremely tired.
After holding on for dinner, they couldn't bear it anymore, picked up their blankets and got into the narrow tent.
However, although Horn was also extremely tired, he had no time to sleep yet.
The cold wind with the smell of grass and metal licked the window panels, making the leaky house make a clanging noise.
In the residence, Horn sat behind a temporary rotten wooden table picked up from nearby, listening to the reports and summaries of several legion clerks.
The wood in the stove was still filled with moisture, and from time to time it would make a crackling sound, and a pungent blue smoke would emit.
Horn subconsciously rubbed his quill with two fingers: "Then let me summarize, in this battle, the enemy knights captured a total of 323 people, including 118 of the Order Knights, and the knights suffered a total of 271 casualties, including 98 of the Order Knights. As for There are too many infantrymen and the management is chaotic, so they haven’t been counted yet.”
The casualties in Horn's words refer to serious injuries and deaths, the kind that cannot go back to the battlefield for at least a year and a half.
After Prince Kong Dai entered Qianhe River Valley, his nine command companies and the Qianhe River Valley Church's local command knights combined totaled just over 1,000.
In the Battle of Pavia, the Battle of Montenegro, the Battle of Koike City, the Battle of Rapids City, and the Battle of Lape River, nearly four hundred Order Knights were killed and captured sporadically.
Meliaty also killed more than 200 Order Knights on the battlefield in Upper River County.
In the second half of 1445, when Prince Condé withdrew his troops from Upper River County, there were only 380 Order Knights left in his hands. He had to spend a lot of money to transfer more than 130 Order Knights from the Kingdom of Leia.
By the spring of 1446, Prince Condai had approximately 550 knights of the Order.
However, after the battle of Black Lettuce Village and the losses in the attack on the High Castle, Prince Condai only had 450 knights of the Order in his hands.
In the Battle of Cheese Cove, Horn cleared out 216 Order Knights in one go, killing only nearly half of the remaining Order Knights.
Currently, Meliati is still chasing the remaining command companies, but the battle situation has been decided, and they probably don't have much ability to resist.
Of course, it is actually very difficult to kill the Knight of the Order if he wants to escape.
Horn and Melia defeated more than 1,000 Order Knights in advance, and probably only about half of them could never fight again.
The rest were either dead or "missing", that is, they felt that there was no future in fighting in the Thousand River Valley and ran back to their hometowns.
But no matter what, the church's main reliance on force in Qianhe River Valley was completely emptied, and it became a little lamb with its hair shaved off, just waiting to be slaughtered.
"Yes, the data is expected to be available tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Pelletier, who was sitting at another narrow copy desk, handed over the copied form. "Your Majesty, please take a look, these are our casualties."< br>
The smile on his lips froze, and the happy smile turned into a bitter smile.
Lowering his head, Horn began to read the form.
At Horn's request, this two-dimensional form has been gradually promoted within the Salvation Army Government.
Without looking at the details, he scanned to the end: "Our army has a total of 1,492 casualties, and the statistics of the lightly wounded have not been completed yet... The commander of the 6th and 8th Black Crown Corps died in battle, and the 3rd, 4th, and 3rd Guardsmen were killed. The commander of the fifth army died in battle..."
Seeing this casualty, although he knew it was inevitable, he still couldn't help but sigh.
There were 1,492 casualties. They did not say the specific number of serious injuries and deaths, just because they could not judge whether some of the seriously injured people could survive the night.
One of the results of the previous rescue of Kasha County was that a large number of monks were added to Horn's army.
Drinking allicin for lightly wounded people can greatly reduce the possibility of infection.
Seriously injured people were first hanged with magic or medicine, and then witch doctors performed rituals or surgeries to save them as much as possible. If Horn had not had a medical system that was far ahead of its time, the casualties in this battle would not have been much more than five hundred casualties.
Compared with the Pavia period, when a quarter of the battle was lost, the casualties of one-eighth had been reduced a lot, but it still made Horn feel heartbroken.
Especially in this list, he also saw many old people who had followed him during the Gulag period, who could almost be regarded as Horn's relatives.
As Horn said before the war, people will die in war. Although we can no longer see those familiar faces, their sacrifices are not without value.
"Prince Condé's charge in the end was too thrilling." Even now, Pelletier is still scared. "At least one-third of the casualties were caused by the last charge. If we didn't have monks who used blessings to hang their lives, , there are also witch doctors injured, I am afraid there will be more casualties.”
Prince Condai's last charge, although Horn looked confident and fearless, looked to others as extremely thrilling.
When the prince charged, almost all the war monks tried their best to form spear arrays to block him, but they were still defeated.
Prince Condai was only thirty meters away from His Majesty the Holy Sun. That dog Charles was a half-step knight. Once he pounced on him and injured the Holy Sun, what would he do?
Having been penetrated through three lines of defense, the morale of the war monks was at a critical point or even on the edge of despair. They would either soar straight to the sky or fall into the abyss.
If Horn was really beheaded by Prince Condai, many recruits of the war monks might really break up and run away.
They were farmers a few months ago, and they don't have the determination of veterans. Even veterans are not robots.
The remaining steadfast war monks may still be able to stabilize the situation, but they may not be able to resist Prince Condai's attack, so they can only retreat slowly with the Holy Gun Cavalry.
At that time, Horn was so hot-blooded that he didn't feel much fear. He could still calmly command the gunners and falcon cannons, but now when he thinks about it, he is secretly shocked by his performance at that time.
"Try to save the lives of the seriously injured. It doesn't matter if they are disabled. There is an Invalides. Anyway, I will take care of them." Horn put down the list in his hand, "Put away all the name tags and the corpses. They will be included in the Saints of Heroes later." Church.”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Inspector Armand, who was sitting behind the writing desk on the other side, began to write a memo.
Horn put down his brush: "Is there anything else?"
"Yes, Mr. Cassani and Mr. Gigannon have just made an appointment to visit. They also brought a mysterious guest. They hope to visit you."
This Frenchman is fast enough. He just won the battle in the afternoon and they came to visit in the evening.
As for the mysterious guest, Horn used his hemorrhoids to figure out that it was Monteiac.
"Find a house for them to live in first, and wait until we get to Feiliu Castle. I have a lot of things on my hands right now and I don't have time for the time being."
Trade with the French is actually an important part of Horn's future plan, but at least half of the Thousand River Valley is currently conquered by Meliati.
With the prestige among the people and the current overall situation, he cannot be independent.
Although the battle was won, as Prince Condai said, there were still a lot of troubles ahead.
There is Putzilio's army in Kasha County, and there is a coalition of gravel plain nobles in North Mound County.
Inside, there are nobles, citizens and monasteries on both sides, and outside, there are the two countries Norn and France, who are eyeing each other.
The recent issue is Grand Duke Meliati and his division of power, and the distant issue is the possible invasion war of the Kingdom of Leia.
The most important issue at the moment is Meliati's problem. For at least ten years, it is best for both sides to avoid civil war or division.
Otherwise, no one of them would be able to compete with the Kingdom of Leia.
Thinking of this, Horn's eyes were slightly out of focus. For some reason, the half of the Grand Duchess's iron face always felt very familiar to him.
Could it be that I have seen her before?
It's impossible. Although the Grand Duke occasionally comes to High Castle City, he always wears a hood and an iron mask. He has never seen the face of the Grand Duke.
Speaking of Meliyati, Meliya mentioned.
Horn was still thinking about her affairs when he heard the sentry standing guard at the door reporting: "Your Majesty, Your Highness Meliati is here to visit."
Everyone in the room looked at each other with some surprise and uncertainty in their eyes.
"Invite her in." Standing up on the wooden table, Horn walked towards the door to greet her.
(End of chapter)