Chapter 247 – The Battle of Bitburg 3

Chapter 247 The Battle of Biddleburg 3
After Bryce and Joyce circled around the entire garrison and returned to their own camp, they immediately gave two orders:
One was to prohibit anyone from casually entering or leaving the Arda army’s camp;

The second was to prohibit any officer or soldier from participating in the “entertainment” activities within the compound.

These two orders were transmitted to the entire army that night, pouring a great deal of cold water on some of those who were eager to do something about it.

After a silent night, the next day, the allied armies assembled, familiarized themselves with each other, and coordinated their sign language, horns, and other communication methods, to try to avoid the chaotic situation in the previous battle. It was assumed that the Kent family army on the opposite side was doing the same thing.

In order to avoid scaring their own people, Alda’s army once again conducted test firings of muskets and cannons in front of all the friendly troops, and once again, the guns and cannons inside the compound were shaking the sky.

Yesterday, the generals observed the noise has aroused the curiosity of the soldiers, the entire garrison is talking about the sound that appeared out of thin air is how it is, and there is no lack of people guessed that it is the legendary “Fire Crossbow” and “Thunder Hammer”, after all, these two things are from the Aldar collar out, and yesterday just happened to be the same. After all, these two things are from Alda’s territory, and yesterday came Alda’s army.

Today’s live demonstration was an eye-opener for the lower ranked officers and soldiers, and seeing that the army with such powerful weapons was actually their own friendly army, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted for a while.

The senior officers, on the other hand, marveled at the discipline of the Alda army, which, in their opinion, was orderly and neatly organized in accordance with the officers’ slogans, an impression deepened by the uniform dress code.

“If only I could have such an army under me!”

This thought emerged unanimously from every senior officer.

The drill went on until after three o’clock in the afternoon, and with the quality of the ordinary soldiers of the other armies, it would have been really exhausting to carry on any longer, so they were dismissed and returned to their respective camps.

Bryce had just sat down when a guard came to report that three men claiming to be from a nearby village wanted to see him.

He and followed the guards to a tent, and sure enough there were three men waiting inside. As soon as they saw that someone had entered, they immediately got up and saluted Bryce.

Bryce gestured for them to sit down, and the three delegates sat down, warily.

He asked with a smile, ”What are your names, representatives? Is there something you came to see me about?”

It was important to be as kind as possible to the common folk, Bryce had always remembered the Lord Lord’s teachings.

The representatives looked at each other, and finally the one sitting in the center spoke up, he first introduced each person’s name and identity: they were the people from the three villages that had been designated as Alda’s army’s supply area, and this time they came as the representatives to see Bryce, the supreme commander, to negotiate Alda’s army’s “supply” issue.

This morning, a quartermaster led his men to their respective villages to collect the last supplies, as for which lord’s quartermaster, they don’t need to know, it’s useless to know, as long as they obediently hand over the supplies on the line.

The Quartermaster dropped a sentence as he left, “From now on you’ll be under the control of the Arda people.”

Hearing that another new army was coming, the villagers’ hearts were broken. They, the villages that were farther away from the lord, were too late to escape to the castle when the allied army hit, and even if they had enough time, the castle couldn’t hold too many people, so these unlucky lords could only stay at home and be slaughtered.

The three villages that had already been stripped of several layers of skin immediately elected representatives to this side of the garrison to find out what was going on. It had to be done, because if they were raided again, they would not be able to survive.

“This lord ……”

Seeing that Bryce seemed to be quite talkative, the representatives were a little less formal.

“May I ask …… how much grain you need?”

“Grain?”

“Yes, our three villages can still scrape together a bit, please take a look.”

The representative in the center handed over a piece of paper with the amount of supplies that could be surrendered to Arda. Even the countryside was starting to use paper, this was a really good sign. Bryce sighed as he took it and scanned the numbers on it, then he fell silent.

Seeing Bryce’s silence, a few representatives freaked out, thinking that Bryce was not satisfied with the numbers on it.

“This lord! Let us go for the sake of God, we really can’t get more. The village has already seen several crops of troops.”

They couldn’t stop pleading with Bryce.

Bryce quickly waved his hand and said, “Where were you thinking?”

He continued in a solemn tone, “Now let me tell you, and you go back and tell your respective neighbors as well – the Alda army will not be coming to your villages to levy any supplies, uh …… at least not at this stage. levy.”

Bryce didn’t put words in his mouth after all.

As soon as the words left his mouth, the three representatives looked at each other in disbelief. An army that doesn’t levy supplies from the villages near its station is really rare …… No, it’s practically unheard of.

“Please pardon our ears, but …… what did you just say?”

“I said – we won’t be collecting supplies from your village at this stage!”

Bryce repeated what he had just said while letting the three representatives hear it clearly.

“This …… this is incredible! Oh no, I mean thank you so much!”

The delegates responded by bowing and curtsying to Bryce one by one.

“Good! I’ll add one more thing to the list, if we’re really short of something and you guys happen to have it, we’ll take the money for it. I hope you guys can give a fair price.”

Whoops, and give money? The representatives gambled and swore that they would not dare to cheat the Arda army.

Bryce added, “Just now I was actually considering another matter, so please listen carefully and take my words to the village.”

The delegates straightened their ears.

“The location of Fort Bido is important, and it is likely that we and our enemies will fight over it repeatedly, so if you can’t get by here, you can relocate to Arda, where you’ll certainly be able to find a job to your liking.”

Arda? Recent news said that it was indeed developing well, perhaps relocating there would be a good way out?
The delegates took Bryce’s words to heart, “Please don’t worry, Lord General, we will definitely pass it on.”

“There is also the fact that I would like to hire the young and strong laborers of your village. Remember it’s ‘hire’ oh, but I will pay for the labor.”

Hearing that it wasn’t a forced conscription and that there was money to be made, the delegates’ eyes glowed up, it was just the right time for the villagers to supplement some of their incomes, as recently every household had been nearly bankrupted by the various soldiers and horses.

The purpose of Bryce’s recruitment of villagers was simple: when the fighting started, the villagers were allowed to carry stretchers to carry the soldiers who fell on the battlefield to the rear.

Of course, it was not necessary for them to walk in front of the army, it was fine to follow far behind, and in case the battle was unfavorable for Alda’s army, they could run away on their own and they would not be held accountable.

I have to work overtime both days of the weekend, and I have to go to Jiangsu for a week-long trip next week, so I may not be able to update a few chapters next week, so please forgive me.

(End of chapter)