After a night of fierce fighting, Gunuo City, the capital of Longjiao Province, was finally captured.
Brand new flags fluttered on the city walls and towers, and the streets were still littered with corpses, bullet casings, ashes, debris, and scorch marks left over from last night.
Compared to the bustling scenes in the past, the city is now extremely quiet. No one dares to go out at will, and most shops are closed. Pairs of eyes are hiding behind doors and in the gaps of windows, secretly observing the outside.
Near noon, teams holding flags and official documents appeared on the streets. They began to post notices, announcing the future governance guidelines and the philosophy of the Fairywood organization.
In the former Governor's Mansion, Loran Hill opened the curtains and pushed open the windows to let the fresh air from outside in, then turned around to look through the various documents on the desk in the study.
Many of them came from the center of the empire, that is, the imperial capital Titania, and some came from the surrounding provinces, which were announcements about the latest intelligence.
'Wanted remnants of the rebel army from Purple Shan Province, characterized by...' This document describes the recent suppression of an uprising in central empire.
'Annual Arms Supplement List'
"Notice regarding the suspension of the pursuit of the descendants of the Pascal family. Our primary goal will be to appease the local residents..."
Autumn Expansion Recruitment Plan and the Allocation Quota for Each Province
Through these documents, Loran Hill also understood the plans and ideas of some of the upper echelons of the empire.
It seems that the regent has also realized that the current foundation is somewhat unstable, and is preparing to focus on appeasement and expand the army to strengthen the power of the royal family.
However, despite the order being issued, the governors and local military officers did not fully implement it, and most of them were perfunctory. Many newly promoted military nobles also took advantage of this opportunity to make money and colluded with local officials.
In fact, this is not surprising. The reason they joined the army was for wealth and honor. Now that they have finally climbed up, how could they let go of the fat meat in front of them? Especially since most of the original nobles in the southern border have been defeated and there is not much resistance.
In the name of eliminating the remnants of the Pascal family, many people began to blackmail and extort the former lords, or simply charged them with crimes and confiscated their property.
It is no wonder that at the end of last year, when Xia Lanluo made a call, many old aristocratic forces followed and came to become vassals, simply because they were also furious.
As the girl was sitting at the desk reading carefully, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." She looked up and saw a non-commissioned officer standing in front of the door.
"Lord Jialan, we have cleared out the remaining enemies in the city and have counted the casualties."
"Yeah." The girl nodded.
"After last night's fighting, a total of 3,346 of our men participated in the battle, of whom 508 were wounded and 189 were killed. The seriously injured have now been placed in the military camp inside the original city for treatment."
"After the battle, we killed about 1,200 enemy soldiers, captured about 2,600, and seized nearly 7,000 guns, 12 cannons, not counting bullets, and more than 300 sets of elite cuirassiers' equipment."
"Report completed."
The results of the battle were very good. Most of the casualties were caused by the enemy's cuirassiers. In the later stages of the battle at the city gate last night, the charge of those elite cavalry resulted in many casualties and serious injuries, which were later dealt with by the arrival of Loran Hill.
Fortunately, it was night, and the cavalrymen could not fully exert their strength. If they were allowed to directly charge into their own army, it might cause a large number of casualties.
These elite troops carefully trained by the regent do have strength commensurate with their status.
"Where are those captives being held now?" Thinking of these thousands of captives, Loran Hill felt a little headache. What should he do?
We certainly cannot release them at will. Who knows if they will run away to other provinces and continue to join the army? But if they are detained for a long time, not to mention food, manpower consumption is also a large part, and we also have to be wary of possible riots.
The number of soldiers on our side is limited to begin with, and if we divide them up, there will be a shortage.
"Most of them are imprisoned in the original city cells and the vacant training grounds. There are watchtowers and musket teams to suppress them. A small number of elite extraordinary people are imprisoned in the dungeons. There are solid facilities there to prevent extraordinary people from escaping."
Well, the nobles did leave behind some useful things.
"Where are Mr. Gouldworth and Mr. Lubin?"
"Lord Guhuas is currently in the dungeon reprimanding those unruly officers, and Lord Lubin is inspecting the city's warehouses and counting supplies."
After listening, the girl nodded and put down the document in her hand.
"Have someone seal this study. Don't touch anything inside, and then take me to where the wounded are being held."
"Yes, Lord Jialan." The soldier saluted gratefully.
Everyone in the Fairywood organization knew that this young woman from the East was highly educated and a highly skilled herbalist and healer. As long as the injuries were not fatal on the spot, most people could be saved.
After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Loran Hill headed towards the military camp under the escort of a team of soldiers.
A small number of pedestrians began to appear on the street. Most of them gathered under the notice document. Some of them saw Loran Hill and others passing by and looked at them carefully and curiously.
"Who is this girl? Why is she so protected by these people? Is she some distinguished figure?"
A small number of people had heard of the rebels' ideas before and were now excitedly standing under the official documents, explaining the contents and meaning to their fellow villagers and companions. When many people heard that the land would be redistributed according to family members, many of them cheered excitedly.
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