Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 22 The Winner's Proceeds

Ketai'an's sudden retreat was beyond everyone's expectation.

Although the current battle situation is unfavorable, it has not yet reached the point of despair. Most of the Hakalan people think about continuing to fight, and it is hard to say who will win the battle.

It’s just that it doesn’t work, just run away.

But what they didn't expect was that Ke Tai'an chose to run away without giving these people a chance to sell him.

When it was discovered that the figure of the chief under the banner had disappeared, and his troops began to retreat, Harkland's army collapsed completely.

Regardless of whether they still had fighting spirit or lost their fighting spirit, they all fell apart because of Ketai'an's escape, and the Haklans completely collapsed.

The scene of the collapse of the nomadic army was naturally seen by Braven, and he ordered the horn to be blown again.

Blow the horn that represents counterattack, urging the Cossacks to pursue and fight.

The Cossacks were naturally extremely happy, and everyone could see that the end of the Hacklans was at hand, so how could they not seize this opportunity to make a fortune.

Looking at the comrades who were chasing the Haklans, Herme finally let go of the anger she had been holding up all along, and felt unprecedentedly relaxed.

Now that the battle is finally over, he can breathe a sigh of relief.

And after Panasonic's breath, Herme immediately felt tired like a wave. He felt his legs go limp, but fortunately he concentrated and regained his sanity in the next moment.

Then I felt a little scared in my heart, if I fell down in front of so many soldiers, it would be really shameful.

"Marondo, I leave this place to you."

Herme dropped this sentence and called Viato to bring him a stool. He was really tired to death right now.

Viator's condition was not very good either, the young attendant's robe was already stained red with blood, and he was also fighting on the front line just now, standing by Herme's side when facing Hackland's iron cavalry.

But now his face is full of excitement, because in that fight, he killed two Harkland nobles and captured one.

Such a big victory made his excitement beyond words.

Compared with when he first came to Hemei's command as an attendant, Viato was obviously much more confident. The distant relative that Hemei brought from his hometown became more and more mature.

Herme was wondering whether to arrange some new tasks for this kid after returning.

The quality shown by Viator is still very good, and he can obviously take on more suitable tasks.

On the other side, Marondo cheered up and called on the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and restrain the wounded.

Although everyone was tired, their faces were filled with excitement.

Because they know that it is they who have changed the situation of the battle, and it is they who have won this victory, even the wounded.

This can be seen from the Cossacks who looked at them in awe. After the loud noise that resounded throughout the battlefield, everyone knew what they had done and realized their exploits.

That's why everyone in Sazarburg didn't muster up their strength and rushed out of the car formation to chase the Haklans, because they knew that they would have to lose their spoils.

Several Cossack herbalists came, and they claimed to be sent by Braven. With these professionals, the wounded could also receive proper care.

"What's that? How do you do that?"

Herme, who was resting, heard a voice familiar to him, raised his head, and it was indeed Katya who came into view.

The girl was looking at Sazaburg's fire door gun, with curiosity that couldn't be hidden in her eyes.

Herme wasn't surprised by such an expression. At the moment when the battle was settled, he thought that he would inevitably encounter such a situation next.

But Herme had a strange feeling that there seemed to be something else under Katya's curiosity, but he couldn't feel what it was.

And this strange feeling disappeared quickly, and Hermi didn't care.

"The fire door gun, the masterpiece of the warlocks in Fort Saza, a very good weapon."

Hemei introduced concisely, he didn't talk about the principle of this thing, although this thing is not difficult, but it shouldn't be said carelessly.

"Then if my father wants to buy it, can you sell these firearms?"

Katya continued to ask. Facing this question, Herme thought for a while, and then he gave an answer.

"We can talk about it. If Lord Braven wants to buy it, we can talk about it."

Hemei decided to sell it, and sell more when the fire door gun can still be sold for value.

As early as when he got the things from Dirban, he had already thought about this, and sold more when he could still sell them for a lot of money, so as to make more money.

It would be good to get Sazarburg's reputation as soon as possible. Anyway, the Harkland people have mastered the technology of the fire door gun. They will not be able to figure out the gunpowder formula for a while. This is not the north, and there are not so many gunpowder masters. Come to Sazarburg to buy.

I'm not afraid of losing my advantage because of this, because Dirban has better research.

Then it will be the real big killer, something that can change the battlefield...

Of course, he is very clear that according to the technological level of this world, those things will be everywhere within a few years after they appear on the battlefield, but if you grasp the time for weapons to appear, a few years of advantage is completely enough.

The sudden cheers attracted the attention of the two of them. They turned their heads and found that at some point, the ridge where the nomads came had been occupied by the Cossacks.

And those cheers came from behind the ridge, the voices were full of excitement and the joy of making a fortune.

The reason for cheering was simple, because they discovered that on the other side of the ridgeline was a huge camp of nomads.

That means countless livestock, countless people, and countless honors, which are only for them to take.

"Looks like they found something exciting."

Herme raised his head, he didn't see anything over there, but it didn't affect his words.

"Yeah, a brilliant victory..."

Katya murmured, but her eyes were actually on Hemei all the time, but Hemei didn't pay attention.

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The Cossacks won a big victory, a victory they hadn't had in many years.

Even the victory over the nomadic tribe more than ten years ago was not as big as this time.

Due to Ketai'an's sudden escape, most Haklan people didn't realize what was going on.

Only Ketai'an's tribe ran away intact. When the others realized what was going on and hurriedly mobilized the tribe to run away, the Cossacks had already rushed in front of them.

What followed was naturally a feast of slaughter and slave capture. Many Haklans were killed, and more Haklans became captives. Their cattle, sheep and livestock became Cossack trophies.

The nomad camp that once had 10 people was reduced to ruins, and the Cossacks cheered wantonly on it, cheering for this great victory.

However, there are still a lot of Haklans who ran out. After all, no matter what, Haklans have war horses per capita.

This determines that if they want to run, they will run very fast.

The Haklans were full of hatred for Ketaian when they fled. In their view, if this person hadn't run away suddenly, how could the situation have developed into the disgusting state it is now.

They all swore to Niya that after they left here, they would definitely seek revenge on that bastard Ketai'an, and he must pay the price for what he did!
Of course, as for the idea of ​​running away and leaving Ketai'an behind when the situation is unfavorable, I will not mention it at all now.

It's just that those lucky ones who escaped from the killing field didn't realize that it's not just the Cossacks they need to beware of, but also their compatriots...

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A group of Hackland riders rushed out of the forest. Their target was not the chasing Cossacks, but a group of Hackland rout soldiers and tribesmen who had escaped from the killing field.

Naturally, the refugees couldn't resist the fighters. After dropping a few corpses, they surrendered very simply, and then they were detained by ambushes, and all their belongings were taken away.

This happened many times at the same time, and when asked where the ambushes came from, they were all sent by Kotyan.

Yes, Ketaian.

After the Harkland chief led his tribe to retreat for a certain distance, he immediately dispatched scouts to determine the situation in the rear.

After discovering that the Cossacks did not intend to pursue them on the basis of looting the camp, he quickly made a new decision to kill him and return the carbine to arrest all the survivors.

Ke Tai'an knows better than anyone how annoying his operations here are, and has pushed many people into the pit of fire. The tribes who have been entrapped by him must remember this hatred.

Although the daily life of Hackland Grassland is full of intrigues, some things will still cause public outrage.

Then in order to solve future troubles, he should completely wipe out these tribes.

Defeating them yields livestock and loot, and manpower can be absorbed.

After all, ordinary people in Haklan have no psychological pressure to become members of other tribes.

Or sold as slaves, no matter if it was other Haklan tribes or Sericanians, there were always people willing to take slaves.

But if people such as headmen, nobles and chiefs are captured, they must be executed. They are unstable factors.

Ke Tai'an's decision terrified many of his subordinates, even the cannibals who had seen the chief.

They were afraid of Ketai'an's ruthlessness, this guy really didn't want to do anything, and he would clean things up once he did.

Because of this scene, many people swore in their hearts that they would never betray the chief. With his cruel methods, they would never be able to play against him.

Ketai'an's plan was successful, because he arranged ambushes on several routes of escape, which made most of the survivors his captives.

After completing these "finishing" work, Ketai'an brought his tribe back to the grassland.

He has to quickly realize the resources he obtained this time, so as to restore the strength of the tribe that suffered a heavy loss, and his people also lost a lot in this battle.

In order to lead the tribe to leave as soon as possible, he lost half of his livestock. Later, he relied on the survivors of the ambush to make up for the livestock, but now there are more tribesmen.

But Tai'an wasn't worried about being besieged or anything. This time, so many tribes were gone, and everyone was anxious to grab the pasture and space they left behind, and couldn't take care of him for a while.

But after that, he must have to face some challenges. If he did something that aroused public outrage in the grassland, someone must be besieging him for this reason.

But he doesn't care, he has been here for so many years, so why not be afraid, he has defeated countless enemies with his mind, and he will definitely be able to do it this time.

And after he succeeded, he swore in Niya's name that he would take revenge on the guy with the Flying Falcon flag, and he would.

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In stark contrast to Ketai'an's embarrassing run, Hemei was enjoying the cheers of the Cossacks.

No matter where they went, Herme and their subordinates would get cheers one by one, because everyone knew that it was they who could win this victory so easily.

The atamans all enthusiastically courted Hemei, but under their enthusiasm, Hemei saw their plan very clearly.

I just want to ask what is going on with the fire door gun, and most importantly, whether it can be purchased.

The performance of the fire door gun on the battlefield before undoubtedly shocked the atamans, and then they realized the role this thing could play on the battlefield.

Herme ordered to shoot at the Harkland cavalry at a very close distance, thus creating a spectacular scene of the Harkland cavalry falling from their horses.

The atamans naturally thought that this thing was very accurate, and coupled with its power and sound enough to startle a war horse, it was a good thing.

But Herme didn't agree to anyone - she hasn't discussed with her father-in-law yet, how can she do business with other people first.

Bravin's attitude towards Herme is quite complicated.

Originally, at the beginning, Rahme came here only to want his son-in-law to show his face in front of the atamans, and asking him to deliver supplies was incidental.

It is even less expected that his army can perform well on the battlefield.

For Braven, Herme's troops just went through the cutscene in a regular manner.

But he would never have imagined that the Hemei Department would actually become the core that changed the entire situation of the battle.

Originally, in Braven's prediction, this battle would have to be fought all day, or even at night, until both sides had to withdraw their troops due to the darkness.

Such things have happened many times in the history of the struggle between the Cossacks and the Grassland Germans. The longest time the two sides even fought for three days and three nights.

But now it was a morning, the Harklands collapsed, and the Cossacks won a big victory.

But after the complicated mood, what came to his heart was gratification.

As far as Hemei's performance is concerned, I don't need to think about paving the way for him in the future. The strength he has shown is enough for him to inherit his career.

And there is another thing that makes him happy. After this battle, Katya's attitude towards Herme has changed, which is a very subtle expression.

This change was actually seen by Bravin, and others at most felt something was wrong.

As a father, he knows very well what his daughter is like.

But now that she is like this, it means that she is a little moved, which is good, which is very good.

Although Bravin would simply sell his daughter to achieve his goal and earn chips, this does not mean that he does not want his daughter to be happy.

He could see Herme's love for her daughter, but the key was what Katya thought.

Over the years, Katya has rejected many suitors. If she has always maintained such an attitude towards Herme, it is hard to say what will happen in the future, but now this attitude is loose.

Naturally, Hermey didn't know about these mental activities of his father-in-law. After meeting with Gettleman to report the situation and agreeing on the pistol deal, he just participated in the night's celebration meeting normally.

The mainstay of the feast was a variety of roasted whole sheep and whole cattle from captured herds of nomads.

The number of livestock that the Cossacks acquired this time is directly in the tens of thousands, so of course everyone should enjoy a delicious feast.

As soon as the celebrations began, Heme was very excited to learn that the Cossacks had decided to give him a quarter of the spoils.

You know, Gettleman only got a quarter of it, and now Herme is getting about the same as him.

There were more than [-] livestock of various kinds, and [-] Harkland captives, all of whom were young and middle-aged. This far exceeded Herme's expectations, and it was simply too big.

At the meeting, the Cossacks danced their own unique dance. Although it was said that the dance was performed by a group of shirtless men, Herme still watched it with great enthusiasm.

What the Cossacks danced was of course the "Cossack Dance", which Herme liked very much.

Without some strength and physical fitness, this dance is not something that ordinary people can dance.

For example, the fast-twitching legs, it is hard to imagine how powerful the dancer's legs are.

The people in Sazarburg are also very relaxed and happy. Because of their achievements, it should not be too easy to catch a woman.

There are still many women among the Cossacks. There are always some tough girls who learn from the men in the family and take up weapons and go to the battlefield. The elders also treat them equally, and girls who want to learn can teach them.

And now most of these women are surrounded by soldiers in Fort Sazar.

The Cossacks had no opinion on this, at most they felt jealous, but they also thought it was what they deserved, after all, they were the heroes of this battle.

Herme saw Viato being surrounded by a group of big guys drinking wine, even though his face was flushed, the kid continued to drink amidst those shouts and encouragement.

He also saw Marondo being dragged into the shade of the tent by a gorgeously dressed young Cossack woman. This kind of scene happened everywhere. Cossacks of both sexes lived together. Such things were never uncommon, and everyone was used to it.

This made Herme's throat twitch, subconsciously, he looked at Katya.

Like him, Katya was also enjoying the food and wine, and when Herme's gaze turned away, her eyes met directly with Herme's.

The two looked at each other for a while, and finally Katya looked away first, which surprised Herme a bit. This young lady was not like this before, and he was always the one who backed down first.

But he didn't think too much about it. Although he said that tonight was a celebration banquet, there were still many things to do, so he had to get busy quickly.

On this night, Heme made a pact with his father-in-law and a large group of atamans.

The content of the agreement is very simple, that is, Herme supplies them with firearms, and they pay for them.

In this business, Herme holds the complete pricing power.

The price Heme gave was ten times the price of the raw materials used to make the Huomen Gun, but gunpowder was also added.

But even at this price, the Cossacks felt that it was very suitable, and some even felt that the price offered by Herme was too small.

This can't be messed with by Herme, but he quickly reacted and raised the price according to the trend, "making the price suitable for everyone's status."

But Hemei’s enthusiasm for these transactions is not all for the purpose of reselling Huomen guns. The most important thing is that these agreements are orders, and they have to wait and go to Fort Sazar to pick up the goods.

And it is impossible for them not to buy other things in Sazarburg. Many of these Cossacks have never been to Sazarburg. They will definitely buy more things by then, and the market in Sazarburg will become even bigger.

So in the final analysis, this wave of Hemei's operation is still aimed at promoting the trade of Fort Sazar, after all, the trade of Fort Sazar is his lifeblood.

However, Herme forgot one thing, that is, according to the tradition of the Cossack land, how could one not drink while negotiating business and signing agreements.

Seeing those vodkas, Herme suddenly remembered this, but she had no choice but to smile wryly, let's drink.

(End of this chapter)