Chapter 374 Rewards for the first battle!
In the morning, just as the autumn sun rose above the horizon, the sound of horns rang out one after another from the outskirts of the City of Glory.
"Oh! Are we finally going to set off?"
Awakened by the shrill sound of the horn, Gervis rubbed his slightly swollen head.
Last night, because of practicing and testing the new healing skills, Gervis overdrew his mental strength. Even though he slept all night, he has not fully recovered and his head still hurts a little.
"grown ups!"
Gervis rubbed his head and sat on the small bed, trying to rest. At this time, a crisp greeting came from outside the tent.
"Lilia, come in!"
This voice was now quite familiar to Gervis; it was that of Lilia, the captain of his medical team.
Recently, Lilia has been acting as a temporary maid every day, so Lilia is responsible for helping Gervis get dressed and wash in the morning.
With Gervis's permission, Lilia carefully opened the curtain of the tent and walked in with a bucket of water.
More than ten minutes later, after washing up and fully armed, Gervis walked out of the tent. Although his eyes were still a little red, he was still in good spirits.
At this moment, the camp was bustling with people, and all the soldiers and serfs were busy packing up and repairing their weapons and equipment.
"Sir, the Earl has just sent a herald to ask you to go directly to the gate of the City of Glory after you get up. The king will give a pre-war speech there in a while."
Just as Gervis stretched lazily, Ike, who was guarding the door, handed him a plate of bread and barbecue. After handing the plate to Gervis, Ike reported to Gervis in a low voice.
"Oh! I see!"
To be honest, Gervis hated this kind of speeches by leaders the most. There was basically no substantive content, but they were long-winded. He had no idea how many times he had been poisoned since he was a child. He didn't expect that even as a lord in this foreign world, he would still have to deal with such things.
But even though he didn't like it, this was his first time to participate in a war, so Gervis still decided to go and take a look.
After finishing his breakfast in no time, Gervis rushed to the gate of the City of Glory under the escort of his personal guards.
From a distance, Gervis saw a large crowd of thousands of people gathered at the city gate.
Gervis came closer on his unicorn, looked around and soon saw the flag belonging to the Jones family.
Gervis then dismounted, leaving the unicorn to Ik and his men, and walked towards the front of the crowd.
There are no loudspeakers in this world, so it is certainly impossible for the king to give a speech to tens of thousands of people. Those standing here are all noble lords with titles, and the king's pre-war mobilization only needs to be conveyed to these lords, both big and small.
As for those ordinary soldiers and serfs, they have no human rights at all. Once they go to the battlefield, they just have to obey orders and no one cares about their feelings.
Gervis pushed his way forward. The little nobles who were pushed forward wanted to get angry at first, but when they saw Gervis's appearance clearly, they all immediately changed their angry expressions into smiles, and these smiles were very sincere and friendly.
"Viscount Gervis, well done!"
"Viscount Gervis has relieved us!"
"Viscount Gervis, next time kill the Earl of Charles' family as well!"
In addition to giving Gervis a kind smile, these people also cheered quietly beside Gervis. It was obvious that these people had also heard about what happened yesterday.
Gervis was of course in a good mood about this situation. Although he couldn't say anything, he nodded to them one by one and showed respect to them.
"Grevith, go to bed earlier next time, otherwise it will affect your combat effectiveness during the day!"
When Gervis finally squeezed to the front of the line and stood next to Alice, Alice glanced at Gervis and saw that his eyes were a little bloodshot, so she couldn't help but say something lightly.
"oh!"
Without further explanation, he said that the bloodshot eyes were due to excessive mental exertion, not from staying up late.
After responding, Gervis stopped talking because King Lawrence on the city wall was already giving a speech.
"Today is another great day. This year's southern expedition is about to begin!"
"Every year we witness the exploits of countless warriors in the City of Glory, and see them become glorious nobles!"
"And you are also warriors who walked out of the City of Glory. I want to thank you here!"
"The Duchy of Alban! He was founded by a despicable traitor!"
"My father, Emperor Trede Gene, suddenly passed away, and the shameless Marquis Hayden Harold took advantage of the empire's leaderlessness to establish his own principality!"
"As the eldest prince of the Snow Eagle Empire, I will never let such a shameless traitor off easily!"
"So, over the years, our Principality of Jean has been fighting against this shameless traitor every autumn! We want to take back the vast plains occupied by the traitor Hayden. That rich land belongs to us!"
"Tell me, are you willing to follow me to defeat the traitors and restore the glory of the Snow Eagle Empire!"
King Lawrence stood on the city wall and used his fighting spirit to empower himself while shouting. Although his voice could not be heard throughout the entire Glory City, the thousands of nobles standing under the city wall could still hear it.
"I am willing to serve you, Your Majesty!"
When the king's words fell, all the nobles, big and small, responded loudly, regardless of whether they were sincere or not!
"Defeat the traitor Hayden! Restore the glory of the Snow Eagle Empire!"
King Lawrence stood on the wall and was quite satisfied when he heard the shouts of thousands of people below, and then he continued to shout at the top of his voice.
"Defeat the traitor Hayden! Restore the glory of the Snow Eagle Empire!"
Thousands of nobles below continued to repeat the slogans shouted by the king, and for a while the gate of the City of Glory was filled with shouting all day long.
"Very good. Then, I declare! This year's autumn southern expedition officially begins! Our first target is Baiyan City, fifty miles away!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
At this moment, the atmosphere under the city wall had been aroused by the king's just words. The moment the king announced the start of the southern expedition, these nobles drew their swords, raised their swords high and shouted.
For the old nobles who had participated in many southern expeditions, the southern expedition was the time for them to make extra money every year. As long as they were lucky, the income from the southern expedition would be faster than collecting taxes from serfs in their territory.
Of course, since it is a war, there will be casualties, but generally speaking, the casualties are only serfs and soldiers, and the lives of noble lords are generally not in danger.
Even if you are accidentally defeated and captured by the enemy, you don't need to worry too much about your life.
Because the nobles on this continent are sympathetic to each other, the three principalities were actually split from the Snow Eagle Empire. Perhaps decades ago, these nobles of the three principalities were related by blood or marriage.
Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, captured nobles all enjoy the right to preferential treatment as prisoners.
As long as the two sides agree on the ransom after the war, the captured noble can return safely to his territory and become a noble lord again.
The nobles below the city wall kept shouting excitedly for more than half a minute before King Lawrence waved his hand with satisfaction, signaling the crowd below to be quiet.
After the crowd below was completely quiet, King Lawrence continued to speak: "White Rock City is the largest military fortress of the Principality of Alban close to our Principality of Jean!"
"White Rock City becomes a stumbling block in our southern expedition every year, so I have another announcement to make here!"
"In the battle to attack Baiyan City, whoever is the first to enter the city and guard the entrance to allow the army to enter Baiyan City, then all the spoils obtained by his earl family in this southern expedition will belong to him, and he does not need to hand them over for distribution!"
Wow!
The king's words caused a huge storm, just like dropping a bombshell in the hearts of these nobles.
In an instant, all the nobles, big and small, were stunned for a moment. After they reacted, they quickly started discussing with the people around them, and their faces showed expressions of excitement and desire.
You should know that in previous southern expeditions, everyone's spoils of war had to be registered and handed in in advance, and these spoils would be distributed and returned in different proportions based on merit after the war.
After all, when attacking some castles or big cities, one or two small nobles would not be able to capture them alone.
After the spoils were handed over, they would either be handed over to the earl above them or to the king above them.
The spoils that were finally returned and distributed had been passed on several times. Even if one had made great contributions in the battle, it would be good if half of the original spoils remained.
Of course, no matter whether they are great nobles or small nobles, they are not happy about such things, but handing over the spoils is a rule passed down from the Snow Eagle Empire.
Moreover, this rule is very necessary to prevent the army from losing its combat effectiveness due to fighting for spoils.
Therefore, the king's statement of giving a family the opportunity to hand over their war items can be said to have set a precedent for dozens or even hundreds of years, and it is a huge temptation for any family.
It would be fine if they captured a small castle, but what if they captured a viscount's castle or even a count's castle?
The dozens or hundreds of years of heritage of the great nobles are enough to make these small nobles rich!
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