Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

After John left, the celebratory atmosphere in the tent was immediately disrupted. Many nobles bluntly accused John of ignoring his superiors and speaking rudely, some said that he attacked his colleagues, and some even directly said that they wanted to remove John from the position of Governor.

Jules saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly said to Count Milo: "Count, please don't bother with John. John didn't know the tradition of looting in the city. He just became the governor not long ago, and he is still a 16-year-old child. He doesn't understand many things. He has led the troops to do so many things these days, but in the end he got nothing. The child must be resentful. Please don't hold grudges against him. John has no merits, but he has worked hard. Please let him go this time."

Count Milo agreed with this. After all, although there were indeed underage people who engaged in military affairs in this era, they were not many. Teenage nobles like John were basically found in schools in various cities, and would rarely go to the battlefield. If they ran around for him and got nothing in the end, they would definitely be angry. They are not fools. Who would follow you if there is no future? Moreover, this kid was strongly recommended to him by General Conseil before. If he was really dismissed, he would definitely cause a feud with the faction that Conseil belonged to.

So, as a veteran among the nobles, Count Milo quickly weighed the pros and cons and chose the safest approach.

Before Count Milo could finish his words, the royal envoy at the side said first: "Governor John was selected by His Majesty the King and the court after many considerations. You cannot veto him directly."

The royal envoy shut up all the nobles present with just one sentence. Anyone who was not stupid knew that if they wanted to depose John, the final consequence would definitely be enmity with the royal family and court nobles. Although Midland was a feudal country, without the support of the royal family and court nobles, their future promotion would definitely be a long way off.

Count Milo was also surprised. What? Is this kid so important in the royal family? How did he make the royal envoy speak like that? It seems that he has to have a good relationship with this kid in the future.

The royal envoy continued, "Governor John is so angry this time because, first, the armies of the nobles and the mercenaries are not doing well in the battle, second, the military discipline of the army is lax and they ignore military regulations, and third, Governor John has not received the rewards he deserves, so it is reasonable for him to be like this." Then the royal envoy said to Count Milo, "I believe that as the commander of the army, the Count should be able to handle it well."

Count Milo was startled by this turn, and then hurriedly said: "That's natural, that's natural..."

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After returning to the camp, John lay on the table and thought over and over again. What was the point of working for this governor? He was clearly working so hard for him. Basically, he did most of the command and dispatch as well as front-line attacks, but in the end he got nothing. Those useless troops even made things difficult for him.

"I can't go on like this. If I keep fighting like this, I will definitely suffer great losses, and I might even lose my life," John thought.

So John prepared to take out the gold coins he had accumulated for so long, mainly the gold coins robbed from the Balden nobles, to increase his troops!

First of all, the infantry. Because of the upgrade of more advanced military camps, John can recruit not only conscripts, but also more advanced sergeants. As the main feudal echelon, they have both equipment and military qualities that ordinary conscripts do not have. Therefore, the army in the future must use sergeants as the main force, so that they can have the ability to fight on the front line.

The second is archers. Hiring crossbowmen is really useful, but unfortunately their range is too short. We need to train those with high armor-piercing ability and long range.

Next is the cavalry. Needless to say, we will definitely get heavy cavalry such as mounted sergeants and feudal knights in the future. We don't need to be as unparalleled as the Eagle Group, but at least we need to be able to fight Yoda on equal terms.

Finally, there are the gunpowder troops. This is too expensive now, so we’ll talk about it later.

In short, John found his goal. He came to Barden this time to make money and then go back to recruit better soldiers. It would be best if he could make money sustainably in Barden so that he wouldn't have to worry about maintenance costs.

But this time John will definitely not be the main attacker.

So John ordered his men: "We will not fight tomorrow. Let everyone rest. The Earl will send someone to say that there are too many wounded soldiers and they cannot fight."

The next day, John was sleeping in bed when he heard the guards report: "Your Excellency the Governor, the Earl has sent many boxes of gold coins and various precious gifts to reward the troops. Also, the Earl has dealt with several officers who violated military regulations yesterday and beat them all with military sticks."

"Oh... nothing else, right? If not, I'll go back to sleep. I was almost dead tired yesterday, so I need to make up for my sleep. Please help me keep a close eye on the situation of the Earl's army."

In the inner city of Binsay, the Earl looked at the inner city of Binsay from the outer city wall, and then looked at the west gate of Binsay.

"Governor John's troops haven't been dispatched yet."

"No, the Governor's troops are still camped west of Binsey to rest. As for the Governor, he seems to be sleeping."

"It seems that he is really not coming. Let's not delay any longer and start the attack immediately." Count Milo ordered the attack. In his opinion, the defenders of Binsey who lost the outer city would be like a turtle in a jar and would surrender soon.

The first to come was the trebuchet, but this type of trebuchet couldn't even break down the outer city wall, let alone the inner city used for military defense. It could basically only make a mark and couldn't penetrate at other heights.

Seeing that the catapult was not effective, Count Milo decided to have soldiers climb the ladder instead, so he gave the order to let the infantry go up, and whoever went up first would be rewarded with 10 gold coins.

The soldiers must have been very excited to hear that there were gold coins to be taken.

So the first batch of cannon fodder set off, most of them were mercenaries, followed by Midlan's noble troops and regular troops, slowly advancing with shields raised.

The defenders of Binsey used all the measures they could to defend the city, including rolling logs, falling rocks, gold juice, and everything else that could be thrown at the Midland army, which gave the Midland troops a rough fight. The troops behind them could only retreat when they saw that they could not attack further.

So Count Milo could only continue to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements. At this time, a noble said: "My lord, I graduated from the Siege School of the Windham Military Academy. I invented a rotating barrel of gunpowder. As long as you push this barrel under the city gate and light the fuse, you will definitely be able to blow the city gate open."

So Count Milo readily agreed. Under the cover of the soldiers, a mercenary who had received a large sum of money bravely pushed a gunpowder barrel and advanced towards the city gate under the attack of arrows.

"Light it up!" As soon as the mercenary pushed the barrel to the door, the noble ordered people to light it. Instantly, the fire directly followed the fuse and touched the gunpowder barrel. The poor mercenary was blown to death just after receiving the money.

"Uh, the fire was lit too early, but a gap has been opened in the gate," the noble hurried to confirm the situation.

"That's good, let's rush in while the smoke is clear." Count Milo flew up happily and quickly ordered his men to attack. A bunch of soldiers rushed to the entrance, but after passing through the door, they found:

How come there is a city gate in such a sweet place?

So everyone had to retreat, but those outside wanted to go in and those inside wanted to come out, so they were crowded together for a while. When the defenders saw this, they saw that they were sticking together, so they directly attacked them. The trinity of gold juice, falling rocks and rolling logs caused huge damage to Midland's army. There were countless casualties for a while, and only a few people escaped back. Many of them were infected and would have to be amputated directly or were simply hopeless.

"Hurry up and find Governor John," Count Milo said helplessly.