"Your Highness, urgent report, the commander of the El Legion has successfully captured the city of Gypsies. According to the captives, the next fortress city, Robert Via City, also only has a city defense force of 1,000 people. The medical base of the soldiers has a large amount of medical medicine in reserve. The commander of the El Legion requested to continue to raid the city of Robert Via, and he is confident that he can take this city before the armed forces of the Commercial Alliance react... "
Genorio looked a little sleepy, and yawned while reading the message from the Eagle that just came. Lorist hadn't closed his eyes for three days and two nights after taking Morant City. As his personal attendant, Genorio only took time to rest for less than four hours. Basically, all the high-ranking members of the Norton family were busy running around, and no one could sleep well if some arrangements were not made properly during these three days.
"The order to let El come back is enough to take the city of Gypsys. We don't need to take the city of Robert Via. Ovekis has recruited nearly 30,000 laborers in the shantytowns and slums outside the city for a fee to go to Thomas The city moved the food and supplies reserves for us. Let the commander of El Legion hurry up to clean up the armaments and materials in Gipsies City and transfer them to Thomas City. He only has two days. By then, all the materials that cannot be transported will be burned. It fell into the hands of the armed forces of the business alliance, we just leave them an empty city."
Lorist's eyes were slightly bloodshot. Even though he is a sword master and has a strong body, sleeping is a human instinct. He is also very tired after suffering for so long, but he can't fall down at this time. Gotta hang on.
"Tell the head of El Legion that if the frontline business alliance armed forces get the news that Morente City has fallen and Thomas City and Gypsy City have fallen into our hands, they will definitely send troops back to attack Morente City. Without the rear With the logistics supplies provided, the commercial alliance armed forces on the front line will definitely not be able to last for half a month. Therefore, if the entire army is not to be wiped out, the commercial alliance armed forces must take Morent City within half a month. What we need to do now is It’s enough to gather troops to defend Morente City, and leave the rest to the Flying Tiger Legion and the Chaser Legion.”
"Yes, Your Highness, I understand, and I will send a letter to Captain El Legion immediately." Genorio pulled himself together and hurried away.
"Your Highness, Mr. Tagle is asking to see you." A guard came in and reported.
"Let him in." Lorist said.
The same tired Tagle appeared in front of Lorist.
"Has everything been arranged?" Lorist asked.
"Yes, Your Highness, the top officials of the twenty-nine chambers of commerce and their families, the seventeen great sword masters and their relatives have all boarded the ship, and at the same time, ninety-two nobles from the commercial alliance and the golden sword masters were also on board. There are a total of 1,748 people in the military family, and 648 maids and servants are also on board. Master Jim has placed five bronze doors on each of the eight large armed warships around. The artillery is 50 meters away from the chain of berths, ensuring that the VIPs on board have nowhere to escape..." Tager stood at attention and reported.
"Woo..." Lorist let out a long breath: "At last we can let everyone sleep peacefully, you should go and have a good rest, these three days have really worked hard for everyone."
The surrender of the inner city and the acquisition of Morente City did not mean the end of the matter. On the contrary, Lorist and the senior management of the family were even more vigilant. Without him, it is because there are seventeen great sword masters from various chambers of commerce and about forty golden swordsmen in the inner city. This is a high-end combat power that Lorist cannot ignore. Although they had put down their weapons and surrendered, Lorist could not put them aside at will.
With Lorist present, nothing would happen, but if Lorist was not present, no one would be able to stop these great sword masters and golden swordsmen from attacking. The problem was that Lorist could not always be in charge of guarding these high-end captives. After much deliberation, Tagle finally came up with an idea.
Tagle said that if these captives were not placed on the ship, Zangjin Bay is now under the rule of the Norton family fleet, and placing these high-end combat captives of the business alliance on the ship can also reduce the number of guards. If it is placed on land, it will take at least one regiment just to guard against these captives.
Lorist was overjoyed. He was inspired by Tagle's suggestion, and immediately ordered the two giant ships of Seppnim, which were surrendered by the Fourth Squadron of the Armada, to be the center, surrounded by a circle of damaged large armed forces. The battleships were connected to the captured medium-sized fast armed warships on the periphery, and all the masts were removed, and a three-story chain berth was built by connecting them with wooden boards, and then dragged to the center of Zangjin Bay to be anchored, and then all the great swordsmen, The golden swordsmen, high-ranking members of the chamber of commerce and nobles of the alliance are all placed on this chain of slipways.
Anyway, Zangjin Bay is calm and calm, so there is no need to worry about being bumped by wind and waves on such a huge chain of slipways, standing on the slipway is like walking on flat ground. Even in order not to make those prisoners feel shabby, Lorist ordered people to bring in a large amount of exquisite daily necessities from the inner city, laid expensive carpets on the berth, and allowed these noble prisoners to bring their attendants, Handmaidens and servants go to this huge slipway to spend their captivity.
With this chain of slipways as a way to accommodate these noble captives, and the high-end combat power of the business alliance that caused Lorist a headache, the Norton family armed forces that occupied Morent City were finally relieved and did not need to deploy a large number of troops to go Beware of these captives. Lorist selected eight of the more than ten large armed warships equipped with bronze cannons that blocked the estuary, anchored around the berth, and asked Jim, the deputy commander of the artillery battalion, to arrange for each of the large armed warships. It was only then that I felt foolproof after aiming five land-combat-type bronze cannons at the berth.
"Your Highness, the noble prisoners on the berth have been settled, but the hundreds of thousands of residents in the inner city who were arranged in the prisoner-of-war camp in the fleet area protested to us." Tagle did not go to rest, but smiled wryly. speak.
"Protest? What are they protesting? We have done what we promised them!" Lorist raised his lips. After separating the high-ranking members of the chamber of commerce, nobles, great swordsmen, and golden swordsmen who surrendered from the ordinary members of the chamber of commerce and armed guards, these ordinary captives can only be manipulated by Lorist.
"They protested that the food we provided was too meager to fill their stomachs..."
"Hehe..." Lorist laughed loudly, "They can buy it with gold coins if they can't eat enough, and we didn't infringe on their sacred private property rights, anyway, they took their money with them when they left the inner city. We have provided them with food and water for free to ensure that they will not starve to death. It is a time of war, and they should know the value of food. They cannot be prisoners and ask us to provide them with food. Wine and meat, there is no such reason in the world."
Lorist always kept his word, and he did fulfill his promise, providing free food and drink to the hundreds of thousands of captives in the inner city and guaranteeing that their personal belongings would not be moved. However, what he provided was only two bowls of porridge with visible shadows for each prisoner a day, and clear water was enough. Lorist had someone dig a canal to bring them to the prisoner-of-war camp.
But at the same time, Lorist opened a tavern in the prisoner-of-war camp, as long as the prisoners paid for it, they could eat and drink in the tavern. Because it is a monopoly business, the price is a bit expensive. Outside, a glass of ale costs five copper coins. Here you need a big silver coin. Outside, there are three croissant honey breads that only cost a small silver coin. Here you sell a Goldford... Since the prisoner-of-war camp has only been open for three days, this The tavern is currently doing very little business, but Lorist is not in a hurry.
"Well, I will order Pachico to bring a regiment of guards to maintain the order of the prisoner-of-war camp and the fleet area. Anyway, the Armada is gone now, and Sambawood will send the prisoners of the Armada to Hilowas Island When the list of prisoners of war is sent over, we can divide the families of the sailors and sailors in the fleet area into two parts. Those who are still alive can send their families to Hilovas Island. The prisoners in the inner city are combined into one battalion. I believe that the 12,000 guards in Pachico will be enough to deal with these hundreds of thousands of unarmed prisoners."
Lorist thought for a while and made a decision. The 100,000 members of the POW camp in the inner city are the backbone and loyalists of various chambers of commerce in the business alliance. They are either managers or armed guards. Lorist has no interest in winning over these people. And efficiency, in his eyes, these prisoners of war are human-shaped wallets shining with golden light, and what he is thinking about is how to squeeze these people dry. In order to make these people surrender, he promised very generous conditions, promising not to plunder the private property of these prisoners of war, but this does not mean that there is no way to empty the wallets of these prisoners of war...
If it is Lorist in the twenty-fourth district of the outer city, maybe Lorist needs to think more about it. After all, those twenty-four communities have a population of one million, and even if there is a riot, it will hurt both sides even if it is suppressed. But the hundreds of thousands of people in the inner city left the inner city and were placed in the prisoner-of-war camps in the fleet area. They are like fish and meat in front of Lorist. They can be slaughtered however they want. If there is a disturbance, Lorist can do it. This is an excuse to overthrow his promise to kill and loot their property. Anyway, these people will not be used by him, so it is better to kill them all.
"By the way, are the sailors and their families who surrendered from the Fourth Squadron boarded?" Lorist asked.
"On board, Your Highness, they set off for Hilovas Island at three o'clock this afternoon." Tagle replied.
The dock area of Morente City is public, but the fleet area is an exclusive residential area for members of the Armada. Lorist was already thinking about the surrendered sailors and sailors of the Armada. These were experienced navigators. In the next plan, Lorist needed a large-scale transport fleet. In the absence of manpower, he turned his attention to the crew and sailors of the surrendered Armada.
It was not Lorist's kindness to send the survivors and sailors who surrendered and their family members in the fleet area to Silovas Island for reunion, but to force those sailors and sailors who surrendered to live for their families. It's better, and taking refuge in the Norton family to work for him is also taking these family members as hostages. As long as they have something in their hearts, these crew members and sailors will do their best to do the affairs they are responsible for.
"Also, Your Highness, Captain Berunek of the Rock Legion has led a regiment to occupy the warehouse area outside the east gate, and Captain Jades led three battalions to occupy the commercial area. Lord Reddy has gone to the outer city The twenty-fourth district maintains order, Mr. Bodfinger leads a battalion to stay in the inner city, and the city of Morente is basically under our control..." Tagle concluded.
"Alas!" Lorist sighed again, it's hard to hate when the soldiers are in use. There are 96,000 troops in two regiments and eight regiments, but it is stretched to spread in this city with a population of more than one million. Manpower is needed everywhere, and there are defense loopholes everywhere. Still thinking about searching for wealth, now even the treasuries of those chambers of commerce in the inner city lack manpower to clean them up.
Four regiments of the Guards Corps, El and Ovikis led a regiment to raid the cities of Thomas and Gypsys, and Hughes Great Swordsman led a regiment to defend the outer city wall. One of the remaining two corps defended the dock area, and the other corps was commanded by Pachko to guard the fleet area and the inner city prisoner-of-war camp arranged there.
There are four corps of the Rock Legion. Reddy led two corps to maintain the order in the twenty-fourth district of the outer city. One corps was led by Nerunek to occupy the warehouse area outside the east gate, which was arranged by the business alliance in Morente City The largest material storage base in China, there is no room for loss. The remaining corps was divided into two, and Jades took three battalions to occupy the commercial area, which was the commercial and trade center of Morente City, where all registered chambers of commerce gathered by the commercial alliance had set up commercial shops. It is also a place where wealth gathers.
Bodfinger took the remaining battalion to garrison in the empty inner city, where the warehouses, vaults and arsenals had not been cleared by hands. And Morente City also has the temple area and the college area, and some places such as Bollinger Hill have no troops to occupy. Lorist has really run out of manpower, and now even he is surrounded by a guard of a hundred people.
"Just wait for El and the others to come back." Lorist said in a self-deceiving manner, "Tager, is there any news about the letter eagle sent to the family territory?"
"Not yet, I guess it will take one to two days." Tagle replied.
"Okay, let's do this first. Being able to coax those great sword masters onto the berth has relieved us a lot of pressure. People are more popular than others. There are so many great sword masters in the business alliance, and all the chambers of commerce are staying behind. There are so many in Lent City, which already exceeds the total number of great sword masters in our kingdom... "
"Your Highness, do you want to recruit some of these imprisoned great sword masters for our family?" Tager made a suggestion.
Lorist shook his head: "Forget it, it is difficult to guarantee the loyalty of the great sword masters recruited. These great sword masters are either trained by those chambers of commerce or are like Injerek. They are greedy for life and afraid of death, and their subordinates have no ability Forget it, in a few years our family will have a few more great sword masters, like Tiger Ross and Bodfinger may be promoted to great sword masters."
While talking, Lorist also yawned: "Let's do this first, I'm going to lie down for a while, I haven't closed my eyes for three days. Tagle, you also go to rest, take care of your body, so that you can do a better job for the family. Potency…”
"Yes, Your Highness, take a good rest, I will step back first."
Lorist said to lie down, but after he lay down, he slept for seventeen hours at a stretch. After waking up, he opened his eyes and found Genorio standing in front of him with red eyes.
Lorist was taken aback by him: "What's the matter, what happened? You didn't even take a break?"
"Your Highness, it's not good. After taking over the storage base outside the east gate, Lord Berunek made statistics and found that the food reserves there are not enough to supply the millions of people in Morente City. Most of them are coarse grains. It is estimated that at most It can only last for another fourteen or five days." Genorio reported the bad news to Lorist.
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