Chapter 75 Seventy-five Time Method
The Letilen family did not appear wealthy. All their household items were made of ordinary materials. They did not pretend to be poor nor to be rich. The fireplace burned dry firewood, and the long table was not made of a single piece of wood.
He personally carried the boxes of gold coins and placed them on the table. He picked up his account book, counted the coins one by one, and divided the money.
The merchants lined up first, the older ones followed by the younger ones, and Olivia watched from the side.
These uncirculated gold coins, with no damage to the edges, more than 2,000 of them were tightly stuffed in the box. When they were spread out, they shone with golden light, which was truly spectacular.
The merchants received the money, looked at it in their hands, and were very happy.
However, Mr. Gordon was a distant relative of the Baron and had once delivered things to the Earl on behalf of the Baron. He knew the rules around the Earl: it was easy to send money, but there were layers of hurdles to go through when trying to withdraw money.
To be able to get such real gold coins from the Earl's men, one must either have face or substance.
Listening to the rumors outside, Gordon knew that Caesar had made great military achievements and had some face, but this lady must have spent a lot of money on him.
He couldn't help but compare Olivia with Baroness Berggru, as the former was not greedy for money.
A person who works so hard and seriously is either doing it to make money or to gain power. Gordon thought about it and felt that he should have more options.
Olivia distributed the money to the merchants, and there were only more than 100 gold coins left out of the 2,500.
After giving out the holiday gifts, there were still some gold coins left in my pocket, a total of 200 gold coins.
After leaving Letilen, she went to her aunt's house, where she rested for a while, had a comfortable meal, and went to church together, which was considered a holiday.
In the afternoon, Olivia returned to the manor, packed up, and headed towards the camp.
Now all the soldiers in the camp have been dispatched, and some of the logistics personnel have gone to the front line, responsible for transporting food from the stronghold to the tents on the front line.
There were only a few hundred logistics personnel left in the camp, and they were responsible for delivering all kinds of supplies to various strongholds and sending letters back to the quartermaster.
These hundreds of logistics personnel in the camp were managed by a servant named Rielna.
Olivia had met him before. This time, she gave him some money and entrusted two boxes of things she had packed at home to him. One box went to the northern border of Linkai City, and the other went to the port of Dongfeng City.
Ten days later, the two boxes were sent to the front line by the logistics department among the military rations, and arrived safely in their tent.
On the border, after the last defeat, the rebels were left with only a few thousand remnants, which combined with Hobbes's several thousand men to barely make up 10,000.
The leader of the rebel army seemed to be very emotional. Instead of thinking about how to preserve the strength of 10,000 people and escape, he started to confront the Knights.
He seemed to be unable to believe that he, who had been so powerful in Constant County before, was now in such a mess. All his brilliant plans seemed to have become a joke.
Meeting a worthy opponent was not a good thing for him, but rather a humiliation that was not unique.
As late December approaches, the weather is getting colder and colder, with blizzards occurring from time to time.
Without even catching their breath, the assembled rebels could not wait to march south, find the main force of the Knights Templar, and launch a counterattack.
However, this 10,000-strong rebel army was not as confident as the main force of the first attack.
In the repeated battles, the loopholes in the rebel forces became larger and larger, and the number of personnel was reduced to fewer and fewer.
Thousands of infantrymen of the Knights were lined up on the edge, divided into twelve camps in total, sweeping away the remaining rebels from the outside inward.
Caesar and Ssonna, with several thousand cavalry, pursued the rebels fifty miles to Hobbes County and arrived at the Paluik Mountains. It was mid-January.
In Caesar's eyes, all the leaders of the rebel army have lost their former discipline and confidence, and their strategies are beginning to be full of loopholes.
Even though there are tens of thousands of people, they look like an elderly man with clumsy hands and feet.
He assisted Ssona and divided the main cavalry and archers into two groups, each leading one and coupling them with each other.
The encirclement was tightened little by little, and it took more than half a month. In early February, the last few thousand remnants of the rebel army were driven to the foot of Mount Paluk and surrounded on all sides.
Ssona had wanted to take advantage of this encirclement to wipe out the thousands of people with his last breath.
Caesar shook his head and suggested continuing the siege for another ten days.
Ssona agreed and ordered the cavalry to surround the valley two miles away and block it.
After a few days of siege, as expected, the leader of the rebels committed suicide, and thousands of rebels mutinied. They tied up several leaders and surrendered without bloodshed.
That same night, Caesar returned to the camp. After his commanders celebrated their victory in private, he opened the box sent from home, took out the spices and salt inside, and went to hunt a few grouse together to cook and improve the taste.
The families of other officers also sent some things over, mostly some spare clothes or some drinks, but they couldn't just drink without doing anything during their private celebration.
In Caesar's box, there were not only spare clothes, but also food, drinks, dried meat and preserved fruits.
A few days later, in mid-February, the military report was sent back to Dongfeng City. The Earl was somewhat incredulous. He looked at the number of prisoners on the paper sent back by Ssona, and his mood was indescribable.
Unexpectedly, he thought he could only weaken the rebels and drive them back to the island.
However, it was unexpected that the leader of the rebel army seemed to have some grudge against Ssona and Caesar, and ended up in this way.
In the military newspaper, the command summary was written on one page a day. The count checked the work and took a closer look.
"On the morning of January 11th, two hundred cavalrymen advanced twenty miles west of Mount Paluk, and one thousand infantrymen advanced thirty miles northeast of Mount Paluk..."
There are densely packed words below.
Within one day, the main force dispatched no less than twenty times, with brutality and indifference, forcing the rebels into a desperate situation mile by mile.
The Count held the military report and indicated with a little man on the map of the meeting room.
He asked his eldest son to help him up and carefully studied the last few days of the battle between Caesarssonna and the rebels.
The Earl's eldest son, De Luohua, looked delighted and said after thinking for a moment:
"Sona's battle was truly a victory, as he accurately calculated the rebel leader's thoughts and intentions.
The leader of the rebel army made one wrong move and lost everything.
If I were a rebel, I would definitely suspect that there were spies among my own people. It would be strange if I didn't mutiny."
The Earl pursed his lips. This time he did not allow his eldest son to participate in the command of the Knights.
De Luohua was reluctant at first, thinking that the count did not want him to share the land with Odinson.
Later, the main force fought a fierce battle with the main force of the rebels. De Luohua realized the danger and stopped complaining.
The second son Odinson was well aware of the detailed situation in the army. He knew that the credit for this command did not all go to Sthona, but he would not remind Drovah.
The Earl discussed with his two sons and planned to issue an order to kill thousands of rebels on the spot.
The Knights continued to move north, deep into the capital of Hobbes, and within a month they wiped out the remaining scattered rebel forces in Hobbes and then retreated to Constant.
Legally, Hobbs County is not within their reach, but now that no one is trying to pick up this piece of fat meat, anyone can get involved.
So the Knights had no choice but to continue advancing northward, claiming to be clearing out the rebels, but in fact they were declaring sovereignty to the forces of the other three counties.
The altitude near the capital of Hobbes is relatively high. The mountain peaks are now covered in silver. Under the unexpected sunlight, they appear vast and holy, like a golden mountain.
On the march, Caesar rode a horse, his body tightly wrapped in sharp iron armor.
At first glance, all I could see was the cold iron armor. I couldn't see his expression, but I could feel that he was carefully looking at this world.
Ssona on the side pointed to the huge mountains in front.
"This must be the Gladif Mountains. This is my first time here, and I don't know when I'll be back next time."
The entire mountain range surrounded King Hobbes, and the rebels here had long since abandoned the city and fled.
All the remaining people in the royal capital, freed from forced slavery by the rebels, headed south, intending to seek a living in the occupied County of Constantine.
This unowned land will surely be fought over by military strategists in the future, and no common people would dare to stay here for long.
Caesar rode his horse and looked at the mountains in the distance. He did not answer Sthona. He shook his head. Time flew by and it was almost March now.
They arrived at the northernmost tip of Hobbs and walked along the border until they were almost at the polar no-man's land, then headed back south.
The Knights slowly returned to East Wind City in Constant County. It was already March.
Thanks to the earl's careful operation, the king was forced to issue an edict announcing the legal status of his grandson and grandson's wife as the Lords of Constantine.
Now, the eldest son's line inherited Roslingay, and the second son's line had Constant.
The Earl thought that he would no longer have to worry about the inheritance dispute between his two sons.
In early March, the Knights followed the Earl from East Wind City and prepared to return to Lavosen, where the Earl planned to celebrate his victory.
As the army returned to the La Voisin camp, the count and his two sons agreed on a new administrative map for the Constant region.
They divided the entire County of Constantine from the original five towns into nine towns.
These towns were given new regional names.
The original Dongfeng City was divided into two by the Earl, separating the eastern mountains from the western coastline and cutting off the depth.
The eastern part was renamed Eindhoven and the western part was named Dunfermline.
As for Linkai, Kuzne, Sharus and Warendorf, these four places were also broken up into seven towns.
However, the Earl had not yet decided who to reward. He planned to return to Lavosen to ask some old servants what they thought.
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Ravosen.
As the temperature rose, the glaciers melted and the ice became much thinner, so the army divided into nine groups and crossed the river from different places to find a solid river surface.
After crossing the river, they began to return to the Lavosen camp.
The Earl, his chamberlain, and other soldiers returned to camp before returning to La Voisin.
The day he returned was a sunny day. A group of barons, knights, servants, and knights' families were waiting for the Earl's arrival outside the city gate. Fortunately, he was able to report the good news to the Earl.
In the manor, Olivia didn't go to the crowded place. The housekeeper was surprised, but then he thought about it.
Everything that needs to be done has been done. Now whether to show up or not, or whether to receive compliments or not, is no longer the most important thing.
In the afternoon, Olivia asked the servants in the manor to prepare a basin of hot water, shaving tools, scissors and an iron comb.
Caesar finished his banquet and returned with several soldiers who had accompanied him from the village.
After not being at home for the past few months, Caesar found everything new. There was a flower garden outside the house, and the lakes and streams had begun to thaw.
A group of servants came out and took care of him and the soldiers. Caesar looked calm on the surface, but he was actually homesick and felt a little embarrassed to be praised by his servants.
When he saw Olivia, he was overwhelmed with emotions, and before he could say a word, she dragged him into the bathroom.
While Olivia was talking about what had happened in the manor over the past few months, she cut his overly long hair and shaved off the hairy beard on his face.
Then she gave him a good scrub. She always felt that this man had been away for a few months and was very dirty, so he needed to be washed thoroughly. If she had anything to say, she could say it after he was clean.
Caesar also sat obediently in the bathtub and let him do whatever he wanted.
After washing for an hour or so, Olivia finally let him out and put a robe on him.
While she was buttoning her clothes, Caesar was unbuttoning them. Then he carried her out horizontally and pressed her on the pillow, his short stubble rubbing against her slender neck.
A short separation is better than a new marriage. Olivia looked calm and smiled gently, letting the man push her back and stroke her back gently, drawing circles with his fingertips.
He buried his nose deep in her hair, greedily taking in the scent, his hands were restless, and he was muttering to himself.
It's so cold outside and there's so much snow. I can't eat or sleep well. I want to go home every day. That place is simply not a place for people to live in, and I have to live in the same tent with a bunch of smelly old guys.
After hearing all this mumbling, Olivia found him both pitiful and funny.
Like a dog that was kicked outside, it is particularly clingy to its owner, looks aggrieved, and is extremely difficult to coax.
After tossing and turning with him for an entire afternoon, the man finally returned to normal.
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