Chapter 29 Soldiers Died
The gentle slope of Pingdingshan Mountain at night.

The soldiers used their spears to pierce the necks of the barbarian corpses one by one, making sure that no one was missed.

This sudden battle to defend the territory came to an end.

The shield-spear soldiers dropped their heavy weapons and sat on the ground, panting.

Feeling their hearts beating wildly and looking at each other's faces, they laughed out loud with the joy of victory.

The militia was coming from the sentry tower on the cliff.

Amidst a muffled exclamation, they took over the next task.

Start cleaning the battlefield, dealing with enemy bodies, and bandaging soldiers' wounds.

Noah walked around the battlefield and found nothing wrong, then came to Holmes.

"The powerful barbarian soldiers you mentioned are just like this." He said in a teasing tone.

On weekdays, when Holmes trained soldiers and knight attendants on behalf of Rhodes, he always emphasized the strength and terror of the northern barbarians and urged the soldiers to intensify their training.

This made Noah, who was standing next to him, very unhappy.

In his eyes, the so-called barbarians were nothing more than wild beasts waiting to be conquered.

It is a sign of cowardice to exaggerate the enemy in the army before meeting him!

However, after Noah questioned Holmes, the other party just picked up his sword and motioned him to go to an open space nearby.

Competitions between knights are common in Jianling, and Noah certainly couldn't refuse.

The gap between elite knights and ordinary knights was fully demonstrated in this competition.

In less than ten moves, he was knocked to the ground by Holmes, with a sword at his neck.

Although the two were of equal rank in the army, the gap in strength left Noah speechless.

While practicing my skills hard on weekdays, I can only keep my unhappiness to myself.

And now, facing this overwhelming victory, he can finally come to Holmes with confidence, express his dissatisfaction and laugh out loud.

Holmes remained silent and chose to accept the ridicule.

The knight Noah standing before him had his armor covered in blood and gaps, with half of his breastplate brutally torn open.

The pauldron on the left shoulder disappeared, leaving a huge and hideous wound on it, with the white bones vaguely visible, and blood still dripping from it.

In stark contrast, Holmes' armor was intact except for some bloodstains.

This is not something to brag about.

Faced with the obstruction of two wolf riders, Holmes was stuck in a stalemate with one of them due to the restraint of his horse.

But Noah relied on a crazy attack that almost meant mutual destruction and dragged another wolf rider off the wolf's back.

Eliminate the enemy before him and turn the tide of the battle.

From that moment on, the scars on the opponent's armor turned into glory, making Holmes bow his head.

Below the gentle slope of Pingdingshan.

Rhodes was returning dragging the body of the wolf cavalry leader.

He came up to the two men and saw one with his nose turned up in excitement, while the other was depressed and silent. He roughly understood what was going on.

Although Holmes is an elite knight, his combat power on paper is much higher than Noah's.

But in the peaceful environment of Jianling, his honed fighting skills and vigilance against the barbarians became shackles that restrained him from drawing his sword on the battlefield.

This conservative mentality has been integrated into his knightly skills over time.

Whether or not he could change depended on himself, Rhodes could not interfere.

As for Noah, he went to the other extreme, like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger.

If the wolf rider's scimitar had penetrated a little deeper, he would be lying on the ground now!

Both of my knights have big problems, but now is not the time to focus on that.

The end of the battle was just the beginning of trouble, and there were still a lot of problems that Rhodes needed to solve.

"Don't stand there stupidly. Go find your attendants to bandage you and lie down." Rod instructed Noah.

At the same time, he called the knight's squire and asked him to dilute the blood-replenishing potion made from high-quality black wolfberry with water and feed it to the seriously injured soldiers.

After consuming this bottle of blood-replenishing potion, Rhodes was left with only the last high-grade black wolfberry.

Noah was urgently carried away. The gentle slope was full of militiamen running back and forth, constantly stripping the equipment from the enemy's corpses and cleaning up the battlefield. Several knights' followers shuttled through the battlefield, supervising everyone's work.

One of them came to Rhodes and reported the post-war situation.

Mainly spoils of war, damaged equipment, and casualties among soldiers.

The loot includes wolf tooth scimitars, throwing axes, wolf chief chain mail, fur armor, etc.

The barbarian equipment is not valuable when sold to the fortress. A complete scimitar costs 10 silver coins, and most of the armor is severely damaged in the battle, and the recycling price ranges from 1 to 20 silver coins.

On the contrary, the three sets of armor that were pierced through the chest by Rhodes' sword can be sold for 2 gold coins each.

The total value of all is around 23 gold coins.

The materials of the other six Iron-backed Black Wolves were not included in the calculation, and Rhodes planned to keep them for his own use.

Although they gained a lot of spoils, their own army also suffered heavy losses in equipment.

Rhodes' armor was covered with cracks from the scimitar, and Noah's was completely scrapped.

The arrows of the knight's squires needed to be replenished, the steel spears of the shield spearmen were damaged a lot, and eight war horses died. The total loss exceeded 24 gold coins.

But these are not the most important things.

After listening to the casualty report from the knight's squire, Rhodes remained silent.

Twelve people were seriously injured, but it's not a big problem. With blood-replenishing potion, they will be able to recover in less than a week.

but,
Six people were killed.

Rhodes looked at the list of casualties, let out a breath, and tried to calm his restless heart.

Even if you have the upper hand, you can use the terrain to launch stone attacks and crush the enemy's morale.

The Wolf Chief's soldiers were still powerful enough to take away six of his soldiers before they died.

From now on, the fifty-two-man shield and spear formation will be reduced to forty-six people.

Rhodes knew very well that the death of soldiers would become the norm in the future development of the Northern Territory, and he must learn to adapt.

This would not affect his judgment, but it would inevitably cause anger to ignite in his heart.

"Notify everyone except the seriously injured to gather in the castle area in two days. Soldiers, put on armor and prepare for the battle."

Rhodes instructed the knight's squire, looked towards the direction of Hekou Town, and grasped the scabbard of his sword in his hand.

As daylight rose, the battlefield was cleared and the ban on residential areas was lifted.

After hearing the descriptions from the militiamen who returned home, the villagers finally learned what happened last night and could not believe that it was an attack by the barbarian army.

In the noisy residential area, Lily ran out and searched everywhere.

After finally seeing Rhodes, he patted his chest and put his worries aside.

"White Bread, how did you become like this? You're so ugly." She suddenly noticed the white bread next to Rhodes.

Seeing its bald patches, Lily couldn't help laughing and rubbed its neck with both hands.

Baimianbao thought this was not a good idea and wanted to push her away.

He is the hero of this battle. When the soldiers see him now, they have to respectfully call him "Lord White Bread"!
How could the previous owner still treat it like a dog? Is this acceptable?

It whimpered twice and wagged its tail comfortably under the rub.

In the end, I decided to respect my body, rolled over onto my back, and stuck out my tongue to indicate that I should not forget to touch my belly.

After checking the white bread and finding no serious wounds on it, Lily felt relieved.

After patting its head, he walked up to Rhodes.

"Sir, you don't seem happy?" Lily couldn't help but slow down her pace.

She clearly remembered that the militia said that they had won a great victory in this battle.

But she didn't see a smile on Rhodes' face.

"Because there are people who deserve to die but are not dead yet." Rhodes looked at the letter in his hand.

This was the message sent to him by the Chamber of Commerce in Hekou Town via a carrier bird.

The batch of grain he purchased was now being forcibly detained in Hekou Town.

(End of this chapter)