Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

"So you sold out your uncle?" John asked Count Milo directly with a gloomy face.

"Ah, that's not the case. I was knocked unconscious at the time and didn't notice it at all. When I woke up, I was in the carriage. If you don't believe me, go ask the legion commander," Count Milo said and turned to the legion commander.

"Governor, what Count Milo said is right. After Sir Jules gave Count Milo to me, he took Count Kozon with a sword to stop the enemy." The legion commander explained.

"And then? How many soldiers did you bring back?" John asked.

"Um...according to the current count, there are about 5000 people." The legion commander said awkwardly. He didn't expect that after all the preparations, there would be only so few people left.

"I came back so young, you are amazing." John was not going to scold them. The most urgent thing was to prepare to cross the river and occupy the castle that was not occupied by Yoda, otherwise it would be too late if he delayed any longer.

"Uh... why are we crossing the river? The second prince has also been captured," Count Milo asked him.

"Who cares to help that Shaobing? We should help the first heir of Balden, the eldest prince of Balden. After crossing the river, we should go north to the capital of Balden and have the eldest prince crowned first. Then we can go south to fight the third prince's troops." John told his general plan.

"But we only have so many soldiers right now. What can we do even if we cross the river?" asked the legion commander.

"I'll think of a way to deal with the soldiers. Get your troops ready to cross the river tomorrow," John said in a commanding tone. Although the legion commander was puzzled, he still did as he was told.

In the dungeon, John walked towards the room where Adam was imprisoned.

"Is this man still alive?" John asked the guard.

"This person is in good mental condition at the moment. Apart from being a little thinner, everything is fine." the guard responded.

John ordered the guard to open the cell door, and then he saw Adam sitting and sleeping in the innermost cell. He had lost weight and didn't look as strong as before.

Seeing him sleeping so soundly, John felt a little embarrassed, so he came up and slapped him twice to wake him up.

"Baga, what are you doing!" Adam woke up and saw John was about to hit him, and then said: "I am one of the most powerful nobles in Yoda, I...what are you going to do, why don't you come over, ah!!!"

After beating him for 10 minutes, John walked out of the cell and said to the guard: "Clean him up, and then find a carriage to tie him up and throw him on it." After that, John walked towards the office.

After returning to the office, John began to think about where the soldiers would come from. He would definitely have to recruit from the system, and then from the existing soldiers, many of whom were experienced and had participated in battles.

After much thought, John could only ask Charlie Hank for help, so he sent Charlie with his group of more than 3000 mercenaries and let Hank continue to guard the place.

Then came the happy moment of the system recruiting soldiers, but this time John had to bleed heavily.

Because this time the purpose is to stop the enemy, cavalry will be used more frequently later, so the cavalry needs to be strengthened.

If you have money, you will definitely hire good people. John immediately took a fancy to the Frankish knights. They were well-equipped, had a large number of people and high morale. They would be the ones to rely on for the cavalry charge.

Then came the infantry for close combat, and John chose the foot Frankish knights, which were very direct, except that they had no horses.

The next thing is the long-range attack. Since John will be facing soldiers that may be several times his number and various heavy cavalry, he plans to use some artillery that can destroy the morale of the enemy. So John hired a team of long-barreled cannons and some archers with a longer range. So John chose English longbowmen, and by the way, John hired a team of muskets to try out whether the muskets are easy to use.

So the next day, Count Milo saw many forest governors and several cannons placed on the field.

So Count Milo asked: "Governor, where did these troops of yours come from?"

John said unhappily, "What do you think? I spent a lot of money to recruit these people. If the Earl hadn't suffered a defeat on the front line, I wouldn't have had to spend so much money."

When Count Milo heard this, he thought that these soldiers were hired by John with great effort and money, and now they had gained nothing. When they returned, they would definitely report him to the king. Even if the king wanted to punish them, Uncle John had already sacrificed his life for the country, so he would definitely not be punished severely. He would be the only scapegoat then. Those nobles were also worried about not being able to vent their anger because of the loss of their own troops, so they would definitely vent their anger on him.

After five seconds of ideological struggle, Count Milo did something that went against his ancestors.

He took an unfilled check from his pocket, wrote for a while, and then secretly gave the check to John.

At first John didn't know what Old Deng was trying to do, but when he looked, he saw that Old Deng had exploded with gold coins, checks for the gold coins, so he happily accepted them with a smile.

"Governor, these are the gold coins my family has stored in the Windham Bank. You can take them whenever you need them," Count Milo said quickly.

"Sure," John said, putting the check into his pocket.

Count Milo knew at a glance that this would definitely work, so he wiped the sweat from his head.

"Why hasn't Charlie arrived yet?" John saw that Charlie's troops hadn't arrived yet, so he didn't wait for him and shouted: "All soldiers, listen up! Follow me across the river and kill those Yoda dogs!"

The soldiers below also raised their weapons and shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill!" Then, under the command of officers from various troops, they began to march from the barracks to the city gate.

On both sides of the street, many people came to watch the soldiers going out. Because John had killed many powerful people, the remaining ones were basically unwilling to cause trouble. The lives of the people were also improved a lot. In addition, with the commercial routes established by John, many agricultural products could be transported to Binsey faster, and no merchants dared to raise prices. The prices of various foods returned to the level that the people could accept. For a time, John was the saint of this city. With the propaganda of Bishop Sibalden, more and more people believed that John was the master of this city.

Seeing more and more people cheering on both sides of the street, John sighed: "People in this era are so easy to satisfy. If you can feed them, you are a wise ruler in their hearts."

Count Milo interrupted at this time: "Isn't this what these civilians are like? Do they want to pursue something else?"

John took one look and said, "I guess I won't have any other ideas until now."

Only after leaving the city did John see Charles's troops, who had arrived late, and the ten cannons behind them.

"I was wondering why you were so slow? Where did your cannons come from?" John asked, and Charlie reported the situation to John in detail.

"Who is this?" asked Count Milo.

"Oh, this is Charlie, the leader of the mercenary group Black Watch. I hired them to fight the Yodas with us." John replied, and then gave another order:

"Now that everyone is here, let's get ready to cross the river!"