Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 563: Chapter 23: A Surprise on the Last Day Before the Spring Brings Life to All Things Festival

The entire formation was thrown into chaos after only a few rounds of bombardment. The army of three thousand completely lost its structure, scattered across the plains like loose sand, stretching for several miles. Under such circumstances, they couldn’t even cooperate, let alone resist.

And just as the rebels fell into disarray, Gilles’ cavalry decisively charged in from both the east and west flanks, like the wind sweeping through the rebel side, completely shattering the already chaotic rebel forces into bits.

The speed of the rebels’ defeat far exceeded expectations. They attempted to find cover to avoid the cavalry charge, but the terrain of the Star Meteorite Land was too open, offering no natural barriers to rely on. The iron hooves of the Knight Legion trampled over the corpses and wounded of the rebels, staining the meteorite-struck land with blood.

Their overextended and loose distribution made it impossible for them to pose any threat to the cavalry, as they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. A single routed rebel often faced attacks from over a dozen Elite Knights, while their fellow soldiers could be tens of meters away.

In such a situation, there was indeed a Treachery Caster within the monster wave, but there was simply no opportunity to turn the tide.

Irelia had been circling in the air and decisively swooped down when she noticed that there were surprisingly few guards around the enemy caster, using the jagged and menacing bone spurs of the Green Dragon to shred the caster into pieces in close combat.

This type of warfare was the Green Dragon’s favorite.

With more people on her side and the outcome decided, when the enemy was about to be defeated, and her side had already launched a thunderous attack, the sneaky and cunning Green Dragon, who had been observing for a while, decisively struck to determine the battle’s outcome in one swift move.

After the battle, Aeliria transformed into a human form and gazed down from the cliffs at the countless prisoners kneeling densely below, her cold brows slightly furrowed.

She had intended to fight the war against the Hesse Territory this way.

But somehow, the outcome ended with her being blindfolded every night, kneeling on the white sheets, conquered and whipped by Su Li.

Of course, Su Li was unaware of Aeliria’s confusion.

On the last day of the year, the night before the Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony was about to begin, Hilude found Su Li in the hot springs and reported the good news of the war victory.

”Lord, Edwin and Gilles have sent word of victory from the frontlines. We have slain the rebel commander-in-chief and wizard.”

”Edwin handled the post-war proceedings well and ordered the execution of 845 Green-skinned War Gang members, cultists, Chaos Knights, and notorious raiders.”

”We captured 1742 rebellious peasants, forest bandits, and some Evil Land vagrants.”

Su Li leaned against a rock in the hot springs, enjoying the gentle massage given by Ingrid. Since slaying Duke Archibald, his prestige had skyrocketed, and no triflers dared to cause trouble anymore, allowing him to enjoy and explore many places within the territory during this time.

Even in some Holy Lands, he left many traces of training with Ingrid and Aeliria.

As a result, his relaxed mood showed signs of making a subtle breakthrough in his training progress.

This secretly surprised him, wondering if he truly was a training prodigy.

If this progress continued, he might really break through to High Tier Elite Knight next year, and perhaps even envision becoming a Champion Knight.

So, he was in high spirits lately and asked while lying back: ”There are Green-skinned War Gangs among the rebels? Are they mercenaries? Do we have any special captives from them?”

Green-skinned War Gangs sometimes accept contracts from rebels, and there are even some notorious Green-skin Mercenary Corps.

Many races in this world are known for working as mercenaries.

In this respect, Ogre Mercenaries lead the charge, of course.

Hilude nodded and replied, ”We captured about 230 Ogres among them. However, they have already attracted attention from the Half-Elf merchant caravans following our army, offering supplies and seeking business opportunities.”

”The Half-Elves are willing to buy these mercenary captives from us at a price of 10 Gold Coins each and an additional 230 Golden Crowns for Elite Level Ogre Bull Warriors.”

Su Li smiled, indeed, just as Marshal Orstein had said, this was an opportunity.

Without even having dealt with these spoils yet, they had already earned nearly 3000 Golden Crowns.

If every battle were this easy, fighting two or three times a month could accumulate a considerable fortune for the territory.

But that wasn’t all, Hilude continued, ”We also selected elite captives to replenish the Black Steel Redemption Knight Order. This time, we selected a total of 3 Elite Knights, 10 Knights, and 27 Apprentice Knights. These people were originally fugitives of the Empire, ruffians, Wandering Knights, or raiders with numerous crimes. We plan to have them serve in the Black Steel Redemption Knight Order for some time to redeem their sins before considering integrating them into the territory.”

Su Li nodded with satisfaction, with 40 new Knights, the Black Steel Redemption Knight Order’s scale would reach 300 people.

Just these 40 Knights alone, calculated at their slave value, were close to 1000 Golden Crowns.

The remaining workforce was worth at least 5000 Golden Crowns.

This battle’s earnings were at least 10000 Golden Crowns.

Su Li laughed and said, ”Receiving such good news on the last day before the Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony, this is a good omen indeed. Command them to quickly return to the territory, and prepare to immediately commence production after tomorrow’s grand ceremony! We missed this ceremony last year, and we must hold a magnificent one this year.”