Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

"Woooooo~~"

This long sound was the retreat signal of the Yoda people. After hearing it, the Yoda people immediately formed a circle and retreated eastward. Anyone who dared to attack them would be shot and killed by the crossbowmen in the circle.

"Don't worry about them for now. Go capture a noble from East Balden first. I have something to ask him." John gave instructions to the person closest to him and asked him to convey the message to others.

"Capture the nobles of East Balden!" The cavalry shouted as they ran and quickly passed the message to the soldiers on the battlefield.

"Retreat! Cover our retreat quickly!" Count Kosong was about to run, but when he heard about capturing the nobles of East Balden, he immediately jumped on his horse and galloped away, followed by a group of East Balden nobles of all sizes and their guards.

"Assholes! Why are you following me? There will be fewer people chasing you if you run separately!" Count Kesong shouted at them, because he had already seen the armor of the Midland Knights behind them shining in the sun, and the small hammers in their hands were knocking nobles off their horses one after another. The knights behind them tied them up with ropes, put them on their horses, and dragged them back like Mian Yang.

"I can't stay in Balden anymore. When I return to the territory, I have to pack up and go back to the Yoda Empire." Count Kesong thought. Although he was very unwilling to lose the territory, he would definitely lose his life if he stayed.

Thinking of this, he decisively ordered the guards around him: "Stop those people and don't let them go this way!"

When the guards heard this, they had no choice but to do as they were told, and immediately turned their horses around to stop the nobles behind them.

"Hey, what are you doing?" A nobleman couldn't help but get angry when he saw himself being stopped.

"Count Kesong has ordered that this road is closed to traffic!" the guard responded.

"Sweetheart, he said we can't pass, so we can't pass? Get out of the way quickly!" another noble shouted.

"The Midlanders are coming." No one knew who shouted this, and the entire noble army immediately dispersed and fled into the surrounding woods, and the guards also hurried to Count Kosong.

"What should we do? Should we split up and chase them? Isn't that too scattered?" asked a knight.

The leading knight took a look, selected a man with more people, and then led the knights to chase after him, thus allowing Count Kesong to escape.

On the battlefield, Mitlan and Balden soldiers were transporting the wounded, carrying corpses, and dealing with the spoils.

John received the casualties of his own troops, and was shocked by the death of about 800 people. A large number of them were killed by Balden's rebels during the front-line charge. In addition, more than 2000 people were injured to varying degrees, and some could not go to the battlefield even if they were cured.

In this battle, Count Milo's troops suffered the least losses. They were lazy the whole time, and John's troops defeated all the difficult enemies. However, even so, they were still killed or injured by the deserters while they were still pursuing. They were really useless.

The troops of Borian X also suffered heavy losses, because they were fighting against Yoda's troops. They were inferior in combat skills and equipment, and could only rely on their willpower to barely defend the line. However, this was already a good result for him who had just succeeded to the throne. He won a defensive battle that had not been fought in a hundred years right after becoming king, which was enough to go down in history.

At this time, a guard came to John and said, "Governor, a man who claims to be the commander wants to see you. He said he wants to talk to you about the counterattack."

"Then let him in," said John. He also wanted to see what kind of person could command the lower-class people of East Balden to revolt.

So after the guard opened the door, a middle-aged man in ordinary civilian clothes, a brown cloak and a peasant hat entered the room.

At first glance, John saw that he had an ordinary face. With the clothes he was wearing, he would be completely indistinguishable in the crowd.

The man noticed John's expression, then smiled helplessly and said: "Governor, do you think that the way I am dressed now is very different from what you expected? Do you think I look like an ordinary citizen?"

"Indeed, I think that someone who can be respected by so many people must at least be a squire-level figure. Having fought in wars for many years, he must have his own unique set of weapons and armor," John expressed his inner thoughts.

"But these may be the only clothes I have, and I'm just a civilian," said the commander.

"Then I'm more curious. You must have some education to be able to command so many people. Where did you learn to read and write?" John asked.

"When I was a child, I lived in a village in East Balden. We were very poor. The only places with books were the castle of the nobles next to the village and the church in the village. When I was a child, I was sold to the local church because my family had no money. I became a member of the children's choir. The priests there were quite nice to us. In addition to two meals a day, we also had various courses in theology, mathematics, medicine, etc. There was also a small bookshelf with all the books that priests of all generations liked. After the priest allowed me to go there to read books, I also learned some military matters from the "Crusades of the East" left by a priest who had participated in the crusade against pagans before."

"Then you should be living a pretty good life. Why do you want to go against those nobles?" John asked.

"Every day, people go to the church to pray, hoping that the master will forgive their mistakes. Because the villagers can't support their families just by farming and paying various taxes, they often go to the forests of their territories to plant crops privately, or pick up branches for firewood, or go to the river to catch fish and make dried fish."

"Until one day, the lord went crazy for some reason and demanded that the forests and rivers be turned into his own property. Anyone who wanted to go there had to pay taxes. At the same time, people were sent to re-inspect each family's farmland. If you privately reclaimed farmland, you had to pay more taxes. This was actually not so bad, but often a farmer reclaimed more farmland, but after paying various taxes his income was actually less than before. There was no way, the villagers could only pray in the church to relieve their sorrow." The commander explained to John the current living conditions of ordinary people.

"So you already had the fire of revenge at that young age?" John joked. He also knew the character of these nobles, or perhaps most of the nobles in the world were of this character.

"How is that possible, Governor? I was still a child at that time. When I was in my teens, I was too old to stay in the church, so I decided to go out and explore on my own. I traveled around various territories, learned a lot of knowledge, and met different people. Only then did I realize that the nobles had a system, so they could often oppress the defenseless villagers. The villagers must have an organization to compete with those nobles." After the commander finished speaking, he continued:

"Governor, I am not telling you this to complain to you. I want to remind the nobles of Balden that the lower-class people in East Balden, Balden, and even Midlanyoda can no longer bear any more suffering. I hope you can ask His Majesty the King to consider giving us more freedom and tolerance so that we can return to normal life."

"So, if your king drives away the Yoda people, and if things are still like this, are you still going to rebel against the king?" John asked. After all, it is very rare to have such determination in this era.

"If you force me to answer, my answer is, absolutely," the commander responded.