Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 129

Although, Hemei managed to appease the rioting military personnel and promised benefits.

But it is still difficult for everyone to join the army willingly.

Many people here have been billed for almost a year. This is the most fundamental factor for the outbreak of armed protests. If it were not for this reason, it would be impossible for so many people to make trouble.

According to the news reported by the dwarf Dunwa, only more than 3000 people from inside and outside Sazar Fort have applied for the recruitment this time.

It can't be compared with the situation of the last expedition.

But this is also normal. After all, the military strength of Fort Sazar was exhausted last time. Herme almost pulled out three-quarters of the available males among the settlers in Fort Sazar.

But this time, many people found an excuse to stay in their hometown and not participate in the war. They really didn't want to continue fighting.

The wealth in hand has not been used up yet, so why not fight the war?

In this regard, Herme also turned a blind eye to it. This kind of thing can only be done like this. After all, his mobilization this time is too unreasonable, so he can only do this kind of small trick below.

Including the immigrants from the south and the Cossacks and nomads brought in, the total force is only [-].

Most of these Cossacks and nomads are from the group that came back from Aden with the Lord Protector, plus some old good people in the old forest of Sazaburg.

Tempted by benefits and money, they joined the army of the Lord Protector again.

For these bloody guys, to a large extent, earning one share is also earning, and two shares are also earning. Anyway, their lives are full of various conflicts, isn't it just going to the battlefield.

However, this kind of pure hob meat didn't make up much of the crowd, so Herme only pulled out 3000 people.

With the addition of some scattered troops and manpower, such as the artillery that the Lord Protector valued most, Herme's army strength barely reached [-].

The artillery unit is the best in the world, with a total of twelve artillery pieces.

And more importantly, these cannons are not only wrought iron cannons, but also more stable copper cast cannons, five of which are copper cast cannons.

As the location of the world's best gunpowder workshop and the birthplace of gunpowder weapons, Sazarburg has always been at the forefront in the manufacture of various gunpowder weapons.

The copper cast cannon has been in the experiment, but it has not been able to produce something for a long time.

But this time, after the Lord Protector returned to Fort Sazar, he knew that the research on the bronze cannon was successful.

The casting of copper cannons absorbed the casting technology of bells. People poured molten metal into a clay mold. After the castings cooled, they broke the molds, took out the castings, and then bored them with a manual lathe to complete the barrel.

With this casting method, the cannon is more stable and larger.

In fact, the manufacture of the copper cast cannon has been going on for a month, but because of the confidentiality factor - Hemei thought that he would go back soon, so he asked the gunpowder workshop not to report these new technologies - so the Lord Protector of the country was not informed.

This is a great joy for Herme. Although the copper cannon is expensive, it represents the future.

But except for the artillery, everything else can only be said to be passable, and it can only be said to be unsatisfactory.

I have to say, it's pretty embarrassing.

But there is no way, since there are only these at the moment, then only these can be used.

The only thing Hemei can be thankful for is that at least there is enough food here, and there is no need for a large-scale food requisition, which would cause a lot of troubles.

But the premise of not causing trouble is that the war ends within two to three months, otherwise looting will have to start again.

The land of the Cossacks is not easy to rob, the population on this land is extremely scattered, and the income from robbery in various villages is often not even worth the food consumed along the way.

After bidding farewell to his wife and daughter, and the castle where he made his fortune, the Lord Protector embarked on the road to the East again.

When he left, the Protector of the Kingdom was quite amazed. Last time he went to the grassland, he was just an ordinary border nobleman, but now he is the ruler of the entire Aden, the Lord Protector of Aden.

However, the difficulty of facing the target remains unchanged, and the enemy is still very strong.

The Lord Protector also carried a large number of weapons and armor. Most of these weapons and armor were captured Nilfgaardian goods, and they could be used by painting out the sun emblem on them.

The Lord Protector knew that in the battle on the Harkland Grassland, both sides lacked armor.

Even though the northern countries have imported some to the Cossacks over the years, the total amount is seriously insufficient.

Therefore, these armors will definitely play a very strong role, and it will be very convenient for arming allies or for inviting people's hearts.

In many cases, being armored or not armored means that the combat effectiveness is one above the other. Hemei believes that once these unarmored naked men in the Cossack land are armed, their combat effectiveness can immediately overwhelm the opponent.

Using the first-ever scale fleet on the Zaar River, Herme's troops quickly crossed the river.

And along the way, they received more and more messages.

The news from the east was all kinds of strange things. Some people said that Gettleman had won a complete victory, while others said that Hetleman had been completely defeated.

But whatever they say, many Cossacks are moving in search of refuge.

The war is imminent, this is the consensus of everyone on this war situation.

Herme's reputation helped him here. Since the Ratman was eliminated, he has been a legendary existence in the East, and it is a story that often appears in the songs of heroes.

Now, when his series of legendary achievements in the west came out, the legends about him became more and more exaggerated, and people worshiped the Lord Protector of Aedirn more and more.

In people's eyes, Herme is the embodiment of God Cliff's will in the world.

It is for this reason that he has won so many victories.

And this also means that if you can follow him, you will definitely win.

Some Cossacks simply dragged their families and defected to the team of the Duke Protector and the team of the victors.

In this regard, Herme is also willing to accept them, anyway, he needs a local guide.

Herme's army marched forward and grew stronger.

But although it is said to be strong, in fact, there are only a few hundred more people.

Herme noticed that most of the Cossacks had gone to Xieqi to fight, which showed the scale of the war.

The atamans all used their own strength to face this war, which shows how great the pressure brought by the Haklans is.

Finally, Herme's troops reached the area under Xieqi's governance, and here, they saw traces of the war.

They came across a village that had been destroyed by the war.

The village had been reduced to charred charcoal, burnt to the ground by Harklan marauders.

Among these ruins, charred human bodies can be seen in burnt houses from time to time.

The body was twisted to the extreme, and the carbon-black shrunken arms pointed weakly at the sky, which showed how much pain he had experienced during his lifetime.

And on the outskirts of the village, there are some skulls pierced through spears, which are a deterrent to nomads.

The Lord Protector was completely unmoved. He had seen countless such cruel scenes from the Nilfgaardians. To be honest, it was just like that now.

Among the soldiers, most of them also stopped the fights along the way, and turned to look at everything in front of them seriously.

Most of them are veterans who have seen blood, so what they see in front of them is not enough to shock their hearts, it will only make them vigilant.

Because it means that the enemy is likely to be nearby.

"Keep vigilant and look for any living people or useful things in the village."

The officer under the command of Lord Protector ordered, but Lord Protector lost interest in the village after just one glance. He cared more about what the future would look like.

After passing through the burned village, they saw more signs of war:

Burnt corpses piled together on the side of the road, fragments of armor and weapons, and corpses in the grass by the side of the road.

After going through all this disturbing, the Protector finally reached his destination - Xie Qi.

It was the same as what Herme had seen before. The city was surrounded by wide moats, wooden walls taller than Fort Sazar, and those majestic towers.

There are many banners on the tower, with various coats of arms on them.

Heme knew that each flag represented an Ataman warband.

Compared with the scene in Herme's memory last time, there are many more flags that he doesn't know, and of course, there are many fewer flags that he knows. .

This is not a strange thing. In Cossack society, the appearance and disappearance of war gangs is as normal as eating and drinking.

After all, a dozen or so people here can organize their own war gangs and draw their own flags.

At present, Xieqili doesn't have many troops. This is what Hemei knew when he met the current Chief Xieqi, and this happened to be Hemei's acquaintance, Bogo.

Bogo also went to Aedirn to fight, but after the situation in the east became tense, he led his men back to Hackland as the Xieqi side issued a call.

Naturally, Heme had to let them go back. The Xieqi Cossacks came here to help him fight because of his father-in-law's help. Now that his father-in-law needs them, of course they should be allowed to go back.

"Lord Protector, I haven't seen you for a while. You came at the right time. Now is the time when you are needed, but it would be great if you could come earlier, so that you can catch up with Lord Braven's expedition."

Bogo gave Herme a hug enthusiastically, and the two hugged each other cheek to cheek in accordance with the tradition of the Cossack society.

The relationship between the two is still very good. Bogo is the first Sheche Cossack leader Heme knew, and the two sides still have a rich fighting friendship.

When he was recalled back then, Bogo wanted to stay a few more days to fight for the Protector, and in the end he trained a new group of people to manage the Cossacks. Even so, he was still very ashamed to leave halfway through the fight.

"Father-in-law is off, what's going on?"

"The Ulu on the opposite side, that is, the so-called 'Niya's Whip', began to enter the Cossack land on a large scale a few days ago. In order to show tit-for-tat, Lord Bravin has already led his army to set off. It happened just two days ago."

"However, anyway, let's rest in Xieqi for a night. It's not early now, so it's time to rest."

Bogo didn't have any worries about Bravin's expedition. There is no doubt that this represented the trust of the Sechi Cossack leader in Hetman.

But looking at his trusting look, Herme felt a burst of worry in his heart, but he quickly suppressed these emotions.

Herme looked at the grassland in the distance, and it was as clear as he could remember. He nodded,

"Indeed, just rest for one night first."

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Herme's team quickly entered Xieqi, and since most of the team had already left, they found a random place to station.

That night, Bogo had planned to invite Herme to a feast.

Herme refused, however, because he had to march further tomorrow.

At that time, Xieqi will be released, and if it is not done well, it will have to meet the enemy immediately.

And on the second day, it really helped Herme a lot.

Because when the rout arrives, he can stand up immediately to gather the manpower and organize the rout.

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The first routs appeared just as the sun was rising in the sky.

It was precisely because of the early morning light that these rout soldiers were not treated as enemies and faced Xie Qi's arrows.

After seeing Xie Qi's city wall, many defeated soldiers fell to the ground gasping for breath in relief.

Many of them have been running continuously for a day and a night, and their bodies are already on the verge of collapse, and they just ran here in one breath.

Finally arrived at Xieqi, here is still safe, don't worry about those Haklan people anymore.

Xieqi's city gate was quickly crowded with people, and Bogo also quickly opened the gate to welcome these rout soldiers in.

Herme hurriedly asked his subordinates to participate in the assistance, and the participation of his people greatly helped the process of gathering the rout.

Then the continuous arrival of rout troops shows what kind of fiasco happened on the front line.

Hemei hastily dispatched his cavalry to the direction where the routs were coming, on the one hand to organize the routs, and on the other hand to defeat the possible enemy troops.

Looking at the number of defeated soldiers, Lord Huguo knew that his father-in-law's army might have been completely defeated.

The Duke Protector felt a little overwhelmed immediately, why did he hear the news when he first arrived in Xieqi, but he still collected his mind in time and made mental preparations for facing Haklan's army next time.

Anyone can panic, but as the commander of the army, he must not.

As for why it is necessary to be mentally prepared to face Harkland's army - after all, it is a very normal thing to cover up and kill the rout.

But fortunately, the Hacklanders did not appear on a large scale.

In the old Gettleman tent, Herme learned what happened on the front line from an important figure who fled.

"The Harklans drove the cattle and horses to attack our car formation. Originally, we relied on our army's gunpowder and various protections. We should have blocked the large herd of cattle and horses. Things did develop in this direction. The cattle and horses were successfully dispersed by us, and many cattle and horses were killed in front of the formation. We all thought that after this wave, the mutation came."

The person who was speaking was dressed in rags, and it would have been hard to tell his ataman identity if it wasn't for his beautiful and iconic hat.

This man's name is Ivan, and he is a very powerful leader in the Cossack Land. He is tall and thick, like an iron tower.

But now it seems that most of his war gang has been wiped out.

And he has another identity, that is Braven's former bodyguard, and Herme has seen this person before.

Because of his meritorious service, Yiwen received a reward from Gettleman and was able to establish his own war gang.

Of course, his warband still belongs to Gettleman's forces. In fact, the essence of his warband is the existence of the Hetman's warband, which is like a trapped army.

That's why, Herme and Bogo asked him to tell what happened.

"There were a large number of Hacklanders walking behind the cows and horses. Since the cows and horses blocked the figures of these people, we didn't notice their arrival at all, and we didn't take precautions. We let these people easily jump over the car formations. Many lines of defense fell immediately, and many car formations fell directly."

When Ivan mentioned these things, there was only resentment in his eyes. He seemed to have seen the scene of the Haklan people turning over into their car formation.

No one spoke, and everyone was listening to the ataman tell his own experience, as well as the fiasco at the front.

"The Haklans immediately dispatched their cavalry to attack the chariot formation that had not yet fallen. We faced even greater pressure, but at this stage, it doesn't matter if it's just like this. The battle has not determined the identity. But, but..."

When he said this, Ivan was gasping for breath, and his rising and falling chest undoubtedly showed how angry he was.
"That damned Semyon betrayed us. He directly led his troops to abandon the chariot formation and retreat from the battlefield from the direction the Haklans were attacking. The Haklans also took the initiative to give way to this betrayer...Damn it, this bastard communicated with the Haklans from the beginning!"

The entire big tent was immediately filled with scolding, people like Bogo yelled at him directly, those who had experienced the betrayal were silent, and Herme was thoughtful.

He didn't like that guy back then, thinking that guy was too cold-blooded and ruthless.

Later, due to the trade between them, Duke Protector's view of this person changed a lot, but he didn't expect that his first feeling was correct.

"Semyon exposed our rear to the Harklan people. There is no need to say anything about the next thing. Our rear was raided, and the entire front was shaken. Since then, the collapse has only been a matter of time, and then the collapse happened..."

When he said this, Ivan's voice became smaller and smaller, and he didn't want to recall that extremely tragic scene.

The same is true of everyone present. Everyone understands how much the impact of the defeat of the Togosak Land has been, and many people have become pessimistic.

This defeat can be said to ruin the essence of the entire Cossack land. Even though many people will flee back, it is impossible to rebuild the elite Cossack army at that time.

"I have a question."

Herme looked at the faces of the people, saw their frustration and sadness, and he spoke,
"My father-in-law, how is he doing now?"

With his question, everyone turned to Ivan.

　Something happened, it's late
　　
　
(End of this chapter)