Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

As the shouts became louder, the offensive outside gradually stopped. John saw that he had a great advantage now, so he decided to stop while he was ahead and solve the problem quickly, otherwise it would be bad if it got out of hand.

John walked to the gate of the camp and said, "Listen, mercenaries inside. I am Governor John Hohenzollern. Come out of the camp now. Some of you have violated the laws of the territory. I am bringing people to search."

The leader of the Forest Brotherhood was so angry that he didn't even hear what John said about the governor. He thought it was the villagers who said it before, so he shouted angrily: "You bunch of lowly people, how dare you attack the guards of Prince Balden II? Are you looking for death? Wait, I will chop off all your heads."

Other mercenary group leaders: Send. Is there something wrong with the leader of the Forest Brotherhood? He will be skinned alive if he doesn’t die.

John originally wanted to have a good talk with them and ask them to release the man, but he heard that they were very brave. He couldn't find any evidence before, but this time so many people heard it, so he just killed him to scare the monkeys and establish his authority!

"Have the infantry use their axes to break open the gate, and the other soldiers immediately go in and take control of the camp. If you encounter resistance, kill them immediately."

So after receiving the order, the soldiers immediately chopped the gate with axes. The door of the camp was not made that thick at that time, so the soldiers quickly chopped a big hole in the door. After entering through the hole, the soldiers controlled the mercenaries next to the door, and then opened the gate. The soldiers outside rushed into the camp like a spring.

"Don't catch me, I surrender."

"Sir, I am a good citizen, a great good citizen."

Many mercenaries knew that there was no need to risk their lives because of others' stupidity, so they put down their weapons and walked out obediently. Some mercenaries were caught and dragged on the ground before they could even recover.

After a careful search by everyone, the little boy was also found in a carriage, which contained some valuable objects and some gold and silver coins.

After driving out all the mercenaries, John asked directly: "Who kidnapped the people in my territory?"

A smart mercenary leader immediately said: "It was done by the Forest Brotherhood. Their leader is over there." He then pointed to the leader of the Forest Brotherhood who was hiding behind the crowd.

The leader of the Forest Brotherhood said hurriedly after seeing that he couldn't escape: "Do you know who I am? I am a noble chosen by the Second Prince of Balden. I protect the Balden royal family. I came to your territory on the orders of the prince. It is your honor to take things from your territory. Mitland and Balden are close brother countries. Are you trying to destroy the relationship between Mitland and Balden by doing this? What are your intentions?"

John walked right up to him and swung his armor gauntlet at his face, knocking out two of his front teeth. Then John continued to swung his armor gauntlet while saying, "Say it to me again, sweetheart?"

"Are you a noble?"

"I……"

Snapped!

"Do you have the paperwork, do you have the crest, do you have the family flag?"

"I……"

Snapped!

"Who do you think you are to teach me?"

"I……"

Snapped!

After a few rounds, the leader of the Forest Brothers was beaten to the point of death, and he was almost about to see the God of Light. Then John stopped and ordered his men to tie him up and take him to John Castle.

The Midland military camp wanted to go over to see if they needed any help, but John said directly: "Don't bother you, I will take him directly to see Count Milo, you guys go back to the camp to rest." So today the incident of villagers fighting mercenaries became a hot topic in the entire Midland military camp, and almost everyone was discussing it.

"The people here are tough and brave. It's a good place to recruit soldiers."

"Do you think these villagers will behave the same way when they see Yoda's troops?"

"Don't say that for now. If they surrounded you, would you be scared? I remember you flirted with the tavern owner's daughter yesterday and got glared at."

"I won't dare to do that next time. But I think the governor is in charge here. Look at our nobles. They basically don't care about us ordinary people being bullied by mercenaries. Otherwise, we wouldn't join the army..."

"Shh...you don't want to live anymore!"

Regardless of the situation in the military camp, John still brought the leader of the Forest Brothers and his mercenaries back to Johnburg. After hearing this, Count Milo was also quite surprised. On the one hand, he was surprised that the mercenaries would rob other things and engage in human trafficking. On the other hand, he was secretly shocked that the villagers in John's territory could fight the mercenaries on equal terms. If this place was used well, it could develop into a considerable military force. Therefore, in order to win over John, he had to stand with him on this matter.

"Well... this matter is very serious and must be handled properly. We still have to pay compensation to Governor John," said Count Milo. In his opinion, it was just a matter of arresting a villager's child. It was not a big deal and could be solved by just giving some money.

"My Lord, I have one more request," John said at this time.

"You can say whatever you want, I will try my best to satisfy you as long as it can be satisfied," Count Milo said generously. In his opinion, if the talks could not be concluded, it was just because the money was not paid enough, and the Forest Brotherhood would just have to pay a little. Anyway, he was just going through the motions and doing a favor.

"Cut off the leader of the Forest Brothers and stick his head on a spear for a month, then make all the Forest Brothers work as laborers in the mines until spring," John stated his conditions.

"What?" Count Milo could no longer sit still this time.

"Governor John, these mercenaries were recruited by Prince Balden, so they belong to his private army. Because they invaded the territory first, we could attack them. Now they have given up resistance. Even if they commit crimes in Midland, they must be involved by Prince Balden." It means that this matter is too big and I can't make the decision. The specific implication is that the risk is too great and not proportional to the income.

"Don't worry, I have a way..." John leaned close to the earl's ear and said:

"There are a lot of priceless equipment in their car, and a lot of money that can be used as military expenses."

When Count Milo heard that there was money to be made, he thought it seemed that he could make some money this time, but he just stared at John without any expression.

So John said again: "I can use my army to replace the missing troops this time."

So for Count Milo, this was equivalent to making some money in exchange for more of his own troops. After all, many of John's relatives worked in his faction, so Count Milo was very reassured about this and said: "Let's start the trial tomorrow."