Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 60

The Brown Banners are a unit of Kaedwenian light cavalry from Ben Grimm, well known across the Borders.

The unit's distinctive cloaks and beaver hats make them easily recognizable as an elite Kaedwenian unit.

Ban Grimm is a city in the south of Kaedwen, on the north bank of the Ponta River.

Such an elite troop has been stationed here for a long time, naturally it is precisely for the purpose of starting the war with the southern Aden at any time.

Whenever Kadwin and Aedirn clashed over the past few decades, the Tan Banners had been at the forefront, and they had done their part.

But now, the Brown Banner Battalion held high the unicorn leaping in the yellow field, and came to the other side of the Pontar River.

That is, the Loumark area in the population of Kaedwen began to demonstrate the sovereignty of the Unicorn Dynasty over this place.

The Kaedwenian cavalry proudly walked through the villages of Aedirn, pulling the villagers out of the houses and gathering in the place where the villagers most often discussed matters.

Then promote to them what "Kedwin's unquestionable ownership of the Loumark area", "Kedwins and Loumarks are ethnic brothers who had to be separated because of politics" and "Kedwin is the real liberation of Loumark By".

Looking at the "ethnic brothers" who were fully armed, the villagers who were driven out looked at them without saying a word, and there was no color in their eyes.

This made the soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion feel quite embarrassed, especially the centurion who was speaking on it, feeling like a clown.

The soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion really didn't feel used to it, as a light cavalry unit stationed on the border for a long time.

They are used to burning, killing and looting, squeezing the last coin from the residents.

Instead of talking stupidly about "national brothers" here, he looks like a clown in the cold eyes of the Adian people.

They are a force set up specifically for border raids, born to pillage and kill, not political showmanship here.

Unfortunately, robbery is prohibited.

If they are discovered, all of them will have to be dealt with by military law. They came to "liberate", so how can they burn, kill and loot.

The centurion of the Brown Banner Battalion who preached these things hurriedly read all the things, then got off the stage with a sigh of relief, rode on his horse, and left the village.

They left behind the banner of the Unicorn Dynasty, and the villagers didn't move it, just looked at it silently and left.

As border residents, they are very indifferent to land changes and will not stupidly resist looters.

But they still had an accident, that is, the Kaedwenians didn't rob this time, which doesn't look like a war style.

They didn't think much about it afterwards, no matter what, life is still going on, so let's continue to work on their own affairs.

And when the Brown Flag Camp left the village, they ran straight away, because it was too embarrassing.

"Damn it, it looks like we're idiots. I really don't know what the higher-ups think. They give orders, and then we come to be idiots, right? May they all be infected with the plague, bastards, and then there are a dozen more The village needs to go."

Centurion Digold complained. He was wearing a beaver fur hat and a red cloak. Under the cloak was a fully armed rider with a unicorn shield hanging on the saddle. He looked very mighty.

"Hahaha, your performance is indeed a bit funny."

Behind him, the soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion joked that although it is embarrassing to perform such a political mission, the centurion is undoubtedly the most embarrassing.

And his soldiers all had a beautiful beaver fur hat on their heads, a unicorn in a yellow field on their chests, and armor plates were exposed where they were not covered by the smocks.

The Brown Banner Battalion seemed to be advancing leisurely on their own land, and they were indeed wary when they first entered the land of Aden.

But after finding out that there was no Aedirn garrison on the border, and even the local nobles did not stop the resistance, after watching them advance like this, they naturally relaxed.

After “occupying” several villages, the Brown Banner Camp became like this for an outing.

If it weren't for the superiors' orders not to take off their armor, many people would even take off their armor and march in smocks.

"Centurion, how long do you say this boring show will continue, and I also heard that we are going to 'shake hands and make peace' with the Nilfgaardians, isn't it true?"

A soldier of the Brown Banner Battalion asked, looking at his face, he was still young, and he was indeed a recruit of the Brown Banner Battalion.

"I don't know, Jira, I don't know, these things are for politicians, we are soldiers, we just have to obey."

Centurion Digold shut up when he said he was obedient. His simple values ​​told him that this was wrong, and that the propaganda of fighting against the army in black with those other countries was not right.

But as a soldier, his nature of obedience made him only do what he was told above.

But he still thinks, what the hell is he doing?war?It doesn't feel like, liberating?That's even more bullshit.

Then he tried not to think about those things, just follow orders, which is what a soldier should really do.

He didn't want to think about those things either. For him who would only accept killing orders, these politics were too complicated.

And he hates the political monkey show even more, or the political monkey show he starred in.

"Jiva, don't talk about this in other places. Be careful not to be labeled. In the army, you must be cautious in your words and deeds. Remember, we are soldiers, and obedience is our bounden duty."

When the centurion was educating the recruits, their team unknowingly came to a land full of reeds on both sides of the road.

The reeds were taller than a man riding a horse, covering both sides of the road.

Pools can be seen under the reeds. Some of the pools have touched the road and submerged part of the road. There are many tubes on it, which should be reeds that have not yet grown.

This is the most common picture of lowland swamps, and the most indispensable thing here is this kind of swamp scene, where human beings are still fighting hard with the nature here.

So the soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion didn't have any doubts, and walked straight into the road covered with reeds. They didn't know how many times they walked this way.

But what they didn't know was that there were many Cossacks ambushing on both sides of the reed.

Selivalov, the leader of the Cossack war gang, was bowing among the reeds, carefully hiding his figure, carefully watching the soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion walking by talking and laughing.

The security of these people was looser than he expected. Many people even hung their weapons on the saddles instead of their waists. It was very inconvenient to draw their weapons in an emergency.

Some people have already taken off some of the protective gear and hung it on the horse, completely thinking that it is impossible for them to encounter a battle.

He silently estimated the number of these people, um, what the scouts said was correct, the enemy was just over a hundred, enough for his battle gang to eat.

The Brown Banner Battalion walked among them under the watchful eyes of No. [-] Cossacks, completely unaware that such a group of enemies was hiding around them.

"Do it! Remember it for me, catch as many alive as possible!"

With these shouts, many of the Brown Banners suddenly found themselves caught in the nooses thrown from both sides, and then the man who held the noose pulled hard, and they rolled out of the saddle.

The soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion who hadn't been pulled off their horses quickly drew their swords, but unfortunately, many of them were still too late.

Because Cossacks suddenly emerged from many people's sides, and they appeared suddenly like divine soldiers descending from heaven.

They either suddenly drilled out of the humble pool, or bravely jumped out of the reeds.

This scene is still very frightening. Suddenly a naked hunk rushes out of the water or reeds and rushes towards you. There are mud-smeared things on the hunk’s face. Who wouldn’t be afraid of this?

Then the Cossack dragged the cavalry off the horse, and then it was a good punch.

Under such a set of combos, only a small number of soldiers from the Brown Banner Battalion were still on their horses.

Some people wanted to draw their weapons, but they didn't do so because they were in the saddle, and then they were overturned by the rushing Cossacks.

Some people drew their weapons, but they were dismounted by the Cossacks pouring in from all directions, and some unlucky ones were unfortunately killed in the process.

Some people wanted to turn their horses around and escape from this dangerous place, but it was a pity that a rain of arrows shot from the reeds.

They fell wailing, and all but the unfortunate killed were bound up.

In this way, the centurion of the Brown Banner Battalion was taken down.

The Cossacks who ambushed the centurion acted swiftly and swiftly, and the whole process was done in one go.

In the land of Cossacks, troops with such performance are also elite, and this is the elite of this Ataman.

"Phew, brothers, that's great. Our mission has been successfully completed this time. Not a single person died, and most of the targets survived. It's really great."

Selivalov said with satisfaction that this ataman was also bare-chested, and he was much more decent than some of his subordinates who were not wearing anything at all.

And the next step is to pull up all the prisoners of the Brown Flag Camp who have not yet figured out the situation after being beaten, and then escort them to the camp.

The soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion, headed by Centurion Digold, are now full of confusion. Now they are advancing with a mouthful of mud or a few punches. Captured by this group of suspected barbarians?
The lingua franca they use has a very strong accent, which sounds very weird. With that kind of dress, they really look like the barbarians in the scary stories of their grandmother when they were young.

But doubts are doubts, and you still have to obey when you are being escorted forward. Your life is in the hands of these barbarians, so you can only obey.

As for the pride of being an elite army of Prince Kaedwen... I'm sorry, Your Majesty, if you can't win, you can't win. There is really no way.

But fortunately, it seemed that these barbarians didn't intend to kill them, and they just followed their orders.

Then, they were escorted to Hemei's camp.

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"Strip off all the captives, and then send these armors and people across the river, and tell His Majesty Henselt that a group of robbers wearing the costumes and equipment of the Kaedwen Kingdom have entered our country to make trouble, and they have now been arrested." Hold on, leave this to His Majesty Henselt and let him handle it. Oh, by the way, in fact, let our troops come back after taking people across the Pontar River, so that Henselt will not go crazy, and let the captives tell the information , tell the captives that if they don’t understand it once, let them listen to it twice.”

Viator carefully listened to Herme's order, and then hastily carried it out.

The place where Hemei is located is the highest hill nearby, and Hemei is looking at the soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion in the fence below from the hill.

The soldiers were sitting or lying there, and the wounded were now bandaged.

The soldiers of the Brown Flag Battalion also figured out what was going on at the moment, but it was a pity that they could not change their current embarrassing situation.

"Commander Herme, so we can solve Henselt's actions? I feel that this is still too thin."

Marendo, who always stood by Herme's side, said that although they had cut off Henselt's protruding finger, it wasn't enough to deter the king who was always full of desire for expansion.

"Of course it's not enough, Marondo, let the nobles be brought in!"

Marondo quickly carried out the order, and soon, a group of well-dressed and wealthy nobles were escorted in.

These nobles should have stood there arrogantly holding their wine glasses, but now, they were all tied up tightly, with dirty rags stuffed around their mouths.

They were sent in by a group of peasant knights, originally they wanted to show their arrogance in front of Herme.

But then they were forced to kneel under the punches and kicks, and their eyes were full of hatred for Herme.

Damn, this upstart invited them to a meeting, and then they arrested them as soon as they came, and those who didn't attend the meeting were also dragged out of their homes, and they were all gathered here.

Herme looked at these people coldly, then he searched for something on the table, and then took out a stack of letters, all of which had the unicorn emblem of the Kingdom of Kaedwen on them.

Looking at these letters, the faces of the nobles all changed drastically, because they knew what these letters meant.

And to be able to find these, it was Herme who forcibly took over those castles and towns directly in the name of the army.

The local castle towns never expected that the army under the banner of the king's army would suddenly seize control of the local area.

These guys still underestimated Herme's boldness from the bottom of their hearts, and their defense was lax, because many people were not prepared for war.

Herme directly came to seize power by force, and then relied on the dwarves to appease people's hearts, and now basically controlled the entire Upper Aedirn.

This is also thanks to the cooperation of the Vergen dwarves. Their existence greatly calmed the turbulent hearts and prevented the people from reacting too violently.

And they also helped Herme with a very crucial thing. All along, the dwarves have been responsible for the construction of various secret rooms and safes in this area.

In front of the dwarf artisans, these nobles have no secrets.

As for those of them who do not trust the dwarf craftsmen and do their own work, that is too childish, and they cannot be hidden from the dwarf craftsmen at all. The dwarves can easily discover these secrets.

"At the beginning, I thought that you were just deliberately refusing to perform your duties. I originally planned to send those who do not work and do nothing to the king, and let the king judge them, but now, it is different. Well, Traitors, traitors, all traitors, so many people have become traitors, not only Kaedwen's money, but also people who accept Nilfgaardian money, this is too surprising. Eat two at once For the money, the two countries in the north and the south serve you, it is really a blessing."

Herme said in a slightly exaggerated tone, his tone was full of ridicule and disdain, and those nobles were like mourning concubines, hoping that their secrets would not be discovered.

"According to the above name, start arresting people, Marondo, I leave it to you."

Next, Marondo started to do things according to Herme's intention, pulling people out according to the names on those letters.

The unlucky ones who were dragged away must have desperately resisted, but they were dragged away by those powerful iron hands, and then directly slashed outside, it was extremely joyful.

Some people even peed their pants during the process, which caused Herme to yell, "Your Excellencies, please be decent." It's a pity that it still didn't work.

After the names on the last letter were pulled away, three-quarters of the nobles were lost on the scene. They are still trembling and afraid of so many deaths.

To be honest, Herme also had not expected this result, and never expected such a development.

Although he knew that the upper Aedian nobles were all insects, and most of them definitely took the money, but to be honest, the insect content was a bit high.

However, considering that the most loyal nobles have all gone south, it is not surprising that such a situation occurs.

The rest were some small nobles, which made Herme sigh, Kaedwen's silver bullet offensive was really powerful, and the nobles were forced to sit back and watch Kaedwin's advance with money.

Herme's move is actually quite dangerous. Although the attitude of the local nobles is ambiguous, if there is no evidence that they have connections with foreign countries, Herme will at most let them be fined, rather than get rid of them all at once.

But now, it can be said that everything is very satisfactory, and even the procedural problems are not major, "Seeing that the local nobles were ignoring the enemy's invasion, Commander Herme decisively intervened in the undefended settlements, strengthened defenses, and discovered the domestic Spy, and then resolutely execute the national traitor."

Look, this name is justified, and the end of treason must be beheaded. There is nothing wrong with Herme's actions.

For the rest of the nobles, Herme comforted them with kind words, and then let them go.

Most of them are coerced here and have to remain neutral, which is an object that can be won.

And after experiencing everything before, these people are currently terrified.

Hemei asked them to lead their troops to follow the army, and these people naturally nodded like chickens pecking at rice, for fear of making Hemei unhappy.

When these people left, they met Marondo, who was covered in blood and had returned from the execution ground outside. They hid Marondo like a plague god, and they seemed terribly frightened.

"Send all these heads, His Majesty Henselt knows what I mean. As for those territories, they must not be given to the descendants of the traitors. According to the law, these people must also be executed or exiled, and temporarily let the distant relatives of the nobles jointly represent them. Just let them mobilize some soldiers for me, and that's it."

"Isn't it a bit risky to let the distant relatives of the nobles take over the leadership of Hemei?"

Marondo felt that Herme's arrangement was inappropriate, so he said this, and Herme showed indifference.

"Tsk, before they want to take revenge, they must first decide who will inherit the territory. Let them make a fuss. When the fuss is over, I can free up my hands to deal with these issues further. And don't forget, there is As for the dwarves, they are enough to help us stabilize the situation."

(End of this chapter)