Chapter 236: Establishing Authority (Please subscribe!)
Three consecutive rounds of magic cannon bombardment almost completely destroyed the will to fight of the Odin people on the other side of the river.
When the remaining Odin soldiers finally escaped from the bombardment range of the Idar people's artillery fire, they all showed fear on their faces.
Odin's soldiers are indeed brave, but each of them has received prenatal education.
This can be easily inferred from the fact that Raymond O'Sullivan, Odin's general, could not even recognize a few words in the letter.
So... the Odins naturally regarded the bombardment from the Namur Fortress as "fire from the sky"! Fire from the sky was a punishment sent down from the sky!
The Odin people do not believe in the Church of Light, but they also have their own religious culture.
However, what they believed in was not gods, but nature.
The Odin people have an almost fanatical worship for the power of nature. They combine the changes in nature with the power of magic to form a complete belief system.
In Bruno's opinion, this is probably a localized variation of primitive religion formed in the magical world.
The Odin people's faith is based on shamanism. Although it cannot be said that this religion is a combination of the shortcomings of hundreds of schools of thought, but... compared with the Odin people's state religion, animism, the Norman Empire's Church of Light has become more high-end and classy.
Human sacrifice is just one of the many anti-human religious rituals of animism. As for the many other unimaginable religious ceremonies, they are too numerous to count.
Whenever there was a good harvest and the weather was good, the Odin people would sacrifice a few serfs to thank nature for its gift; whenever there was an earthquake, tsunami or volcanic eruption, the Odin people would sacrifice a few serfs to pray for nature's forgiveness.
All in all, the unlucky ones are definitely the serfs and civilians... or the captives.
Shamans hold a high status in this belief system, and the so-called shamans are actually wizards of the Norman Empire.
In the Odin Empire, shamans have a status far beyond that of ordinary people. Because they can mobilize the magical power of nature, in many cases, they can even be on equal footing with some tribal leaders.
The Sagu School in the north of the Norman Empire actually has close ties with the shamans of the Odin Empire.
The violent explosions and magic storms were considered by the Odin people as punishment from nature, so... the Odin soldiers who had just escaped from the artillery fire had completely lost the courage to fight the Idar people.
Could it be that... nature doesn't want me to attack the noble territory in front of me?
In fact, this thought had appeared in Raymond O'Sullivan's mind when the bombardment just began, but... this idea was quickly suppressed by him.
Because Raymond could see clearly that this "sky fire" was controlled by the Idar people hiding in the fortress! Damn! For a moment, Raymond felt that the fortress in front of him was simply a hot potato.
If he was asked to retreat, Raymond would definitely be unwilling to do so. After all... after this battle, Raymond wanted to know more and more urgently, what exactly is in Idar Territory? How do they control these skyfires? So...
"All troops retreat! Back to Sorenburg!"
The analysis of the Idar agents was correct. Despite suffering such a huge setback, Raymond still had illusions about the Idar Territory. After all...
When Odin's soldiers were bombarded by artillery fire and had no will to fight, and could not take care of both ends, the Idar people gave up the best opportunity to fight and did not send cavalry across the river to fight.
This gave Raymond an illusion, that is...
Even though the Idar people had the help of "Sky Fire", their morale was low and they had no desire to fight. They were only willing to defend their territory and did not dare to act rashly.
Raymond O'Sullivan, his face covered in dust, walked at the end of the team, dragging his frightened horse.
This vanguard force, which originally had thousands of people, was reduced to less than 700 people who were able to leave standing after three rounds of bombardment from Idar's artillery.
On the other hand, the Idar territory only lost some artillery shells.
This was the most painful blow Raymond had ever suffered since he became Odin's general. He finally turned around, took a vicious look at the Namur Fortress not far away, and secretly swore that he... would definitely come back to fight again!
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Eli Cook finally vomited.
The battlefield was in ruins after the artillery bombardment. The broken bodies of Odin people could be seen almost every few meters, and the dark red blood that gradually seeped into the soil made the battlefield look even more tragic.
In fact, many Odin people were not dead yet. They were just scratched by shrapnel from the shells and then collapsed to the ground and unable to move.
Whether it is the Norman army or the Odin army, their attitude towards the wounded is actually the same, which is to let them fend for themselves.
Although this sounds cruel, the problem is... based on the understanding of medical care in this era, the backward medical level is simply unable to provide the wounded soldiers who have lost too much blood with proper treatment, and most soldiers do not die at the hands of the enemy on the battlefield, but die from wound infections after being injured.
In this era, only the military doctors led by Idar gradually learned to use alcohol to disinfect wounds at Bruno's request, greatly increasing the survival rate of the wounded soldiers.
"My Lord Earl, those wounded soldiers left behind by the Odin people..."
Sam Layton hesitated.
If it had happened in the past, the soldiers would have definitely gone up and killed these Odin people with a single blow, after all, they were definitely going to die.
But the problem is that the current Idar people are fully capable of keeping these Odin soldiers alive.
Doctor Doug can perform surgery! This has spread throughout Idar Territory, although complex surgeries are still difficult to perform and prone to infection.
However... operations with relatively lower difficulty, such as caesarean sections, circumcisions, appendectomy operations, etc., can now be attempted. As for removing shrapnel from the bodies of wounded soldiers, it is even easier for the Idar people.
"Kill them all!"
To Sam Layton's surprise, Bruno said in a cold tone.
The reason for asking Bruno was that Sam Layton knew that his lord the earl usually liked to incorporate the captives into the ninth production team to supplement the labor resources of Idar Territory and let them contribute to the construction of Idar Territory.
But what he didn't expect was that Lord Bruno went against his usual behavior this time and directly ordered the execution of these Odin soldiers.
Under the protection of the guards, Bruno looked calmly at the Odin soldiers who fell to the ground and wailed for mercy.
These Odin soldiers lying on the ground certainly looked miserable, but... the tragedy that happened on the Valens Plain was still lingering in Bruno's mind! Rape, murder, looting, and all kinds of evil.
Most of these Odin soldiers have taken the lives of dozens of innocent people. They are extremely evil and have committed many crimes.
Therefore, in Idar Territory where medical resources are extremely limited, Bruno would not use Idar Territory's precious medical resources to treat these wounded soldiers, thus creating more unstable factors in Idar Territory.
and……
Most of these soldiers belong to the tribe of Odin's royal family O'Sullivan! In this battle, Idar needs to establish his authority! Thanks to "Lazy to the End" for the 5,000 points reward!
Thanks to "Xiantian Yiqidao", "Golgi Golgi" and "Suynku" for the 1,500 points!
Thanks to "牛困人凶日已高" and "Zhong Duxiu" for the reward of 500 points!
(End of this chapter)
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