Bountiful Harvest
After the camp was breached, the will to resist of the Blazing Fire Tribe people dropped sharply. The highest-ranking Garrison Army all died in the battle to breach the city walls, and basically no one was able to organize a large-scale resistance force.
The main objective of the Two Rivers Territory's army in the Blazing Fire Tribe's main camp is to take advantage of the chaos to burn, kill, plunder, and loot within the Fire Camp. The Two Rivers Territory's troops are currently carrying out suppression missions and establishing order.
Even James abandoned his warhorse and joined the camp suppression battle with his Personal Guard. After all, according to the agreement, half of the slaves of the Blazing Fire Tribe would be transferred to his Green Valley Territory for mining and development. He had to save as many slaves as possible.
Victor wanted to enter the camp with them, but everyone persuaded him to go back, saying, "Sir, you shouldn't put yourself in danger!" "Leave this to us."
Victor understood his subordinates' intentions and had no choice but to respect their opinions, remaining on the observation tower outside the camp to observe the situation inside the Blazing Fire Tribe camp.
At this moment, Orlando also climbed up the observation tower.
"Your Excellency, you see, the location of the Blazing Fire Tribe's camp is very well chosen. It is situated on high ground with a wide view, and there is an artificial water channel that brings water into the camp. Even if this water channel is cut off, the water source is not far away, and wells can be dug within the camp."
"Indeed, it seems there are some far-sighted people among the Barbarians. I also want to build a city here. After all, this Pastureland is indeed very good. It is large enough, and the water and various animal and plant resources are abundant enough to support millions of cattle and sheep."
"But this place is too far from Two Rivers Territory, and there is no direct waterway connecting it to the Great Fish River. Even if we transfer via the Lime River and then ride a fast horse here, it would take at least five or six days. We simply cannot provide timely support here."
"Yes, it's too far. If only there were a railway, it would be great. The straight-line distance of 400 kilometers could be covered in two days by the slowest steam train. For now, we have to give up on that idea."
"Railway? Your Excellency, do you mean the transport tracks to be built in the mines and Steelworks? And what is a steam train?"
"Orlando, don't worry, you'll see in time. I won't let go of this grassland then."
"As you wish, Your Excellency."
Victor looked at the land being ravaged by war and thought to himself, "It's best to take it one step at a time. After all, he's still young. With the help of Number One and the Calculation Module, these things are not difficult to achieve."
Orlando bowed deeply. "Viscount, please allow me to take my leave. We have captured many nobles of the Blazing Fire Tribe, and I need to arrange their interrogations to extract as much wealth as possible."
"It's up to you, Orlando. Although the Intelligence Department is newly established, it has achieved remarkable results in this operation. I hope you and your subordinates can continue your efforts, and I will not be stingy with rewards."
As night fell, the shouts of battle within the camp largely subsided. The army of the Two Rivers Territory had completed its suppression operation and cleared the entire Main Camp of the Blazing Fire Tribe.
Many tall bonfires were set up in the open space in front of the Blazing Fire Tribe, illuminating the area as bright as day. The army's quartermaster and accompanying clerks were sorting and counting the spoils of war. Since it was already night, they could only count the valuables first.
Numerous wooden crates filled with gold and silver jewels were moved out of the Blazing Fire Tribe camp. These were the accumulated wealth of the Blazing Fire Tribe over the past hundred years, the treasures of the nobles of the three major clans of the Blazing Fire Tribe. Now they were all lost and belonged to Victor.
After watching from the side and figuring out that the statistics might not be completed by tonight, Victor left to inspect the troops.
After the battle was over, Victor divided the troops into three groups to take turns keeping watch and resting, since the soldiers were quite exhausted after a day of fighting.
During his inspection of the troops, Victor noticed that the morale of the troops was quite high, probably because the operation had gone very smoothly, with few casualties and a short duration.
Especially the new recruits; after this battle, they will quickly become qualified and experienced soldiers. It seems that this training through combat has been quite effective.
Victor also inspected the wounded soldiers' camp. This time, the medical squadron was still led by Isaac, and with the addition of medical personnel drawn from the territory hospital, the entire medical squadron consisted of more than 340 people.
However, due to the vast disparity in strength between the two sides in this battle, on the one hand, the main force of the Blazing Fire Tribe was lured away, and on the other hand, the Two Rivers Territory, relying on its formidable equipment advantage, crushed the Blazing Fire Tribe's remaining troops.
This resulted in a very poor casualty count for the Two Rivers Territory forces. The entire wounded battalion had fewer than 200 wounded soldiers, most of whom sustained minor injuries. After a period of rest, they were able to return to their units smoothly. In the entire battle, a total of 114 soldiers died, including those who fought against the Tribe Number Two.
Victor was fairly satisfied with the casualty figures. Even if there were several more low-intensity battles like this, the territory's military strength wouldn't suffer too much damage. However, Victor was just thinking about it, since it was all achieved by chance.
A night passed, and a light rain fell in the early morning, completely clearing away the heat of yesterday's battlefield.
At nine o'clock in the morning, after finishing his morning training, Victor sat in his tent processing official documents. The General Staff and the Intelligence Department submitted their reports on the spoils of war to him. Victor glanced through them briefly and a look of delight appeared on his face.
Although he already knew last night that the battle would be very profitable, seeing the huge figures in the report still made him excited. The Blazing Fire Tribe's century-long accumulation was indeed not to be underestimated.
After a moment's thought, Victor immediately issued an order to convene an emergency meeting. He planned to announce the spoils of war at the meeting, and as was customary, he would distribute one-tenth of them as rewards to the army.
Soon, everyone arrived at Victor's tent to attend the meeting, except for Knight Jack, who was in charge of defense.
Victor announced the figures for the spoils of war directly in the conference room: numerous slaves captured, including over 7,000 men and many women; 150,000 head of livestock, including 130,000 sheep, many horses, and 3,400 cattle, notably over 300 rare yaks, which are normally only domesticated by Barbarian Tribes further north and are rarely seen throughout the Grand Duchy; and various gold and silver treasures, totaling a great value. It can be said that this harvest far surpasses last year's battle, after all, this time they directly captured the old camp of a large tribe.
Hearing about the many spoils, everyone was overjoyed, especially when Victor announced that, as is customary, one-tenth of the loot would be given as a reward, which caused everyone to cheer.