Taking the Castle

Victor did not participate in the fighting after that, but simply watched as the troops defeated the Red Ginseng Territory's resistance.

To be honest, he didn't expect the operation to go so smoothly. He had learned through reconnaissance that Baron Freyzer, the lord of Red Ginseng Territory, was going to lead his troops to the county Dos City today.

Originally, Victor had set off with his troops early in the morning to avoid wasting time, but they encountered a thick fog. The sentries in the Red Ginseng Territory did not have time to send a signal before they were cleared out by Victor's advance troops.

Later, he learned from the sentries that Baron Freyzer would be leaving the territory with his troops this morning. In order to catch up with the Red Ginseng Territory's troops, Victor simply led his 300 Cavalry to attack first, leaving the infantry to follow behind.

The result was naturally very smooth; Victor led his troops along the internal roads of the Red Ginseng Territory and quickly caught up with the Red Ginseng Territory forces.

It's possible that Baron Freyzer wasn't worried about being attacked within his own territory and didn't send anyone to scout or guard the area along the way.

Victor easily reached the front of the troops. Victor originally planned to follow the Red Ginseng Territory's troops under the cover of fog and launch an attack after the infantry troops behind them arrived.

Unexpectedly, several Cavalry from the Red Ginseng Territory discovered Victor, who was spying on them, while arresting Serf Soldiers.

Having no other option, Victor launched a surprise attack despite being outnumbered, and successfully defeated the Red Ginseng Territory's forces.

It can only be said that the Red Ginseng Territory's troops had too few soldiers. Of the more than 700 men, 70% were Serf Soldiers who had no experience in dealing with Cavalry raids.

Coupled with their long, single-file marching formation, they not only failed to mount any resistance, but the Serf Soldiers, terrified by the Cavalry charge, also broke up their own battle formation.

As for the fact that the knights of Red Ginseng Territory were able to raise a small number of soldiers to form a square formation to resist, it was a fitting reward for Baron Freyzer of Red Ginseng Territory's generous treatment.

Unfortunately, Victor's Cavalry consisted of experienced veterans who had learned many Barbarians tactics during their years of fighting in the Northlands. They were very adept at dealing with infantry phalanxes with simple formations and limited manpower. In the end, the phalanx led by the fallen knight did not cause any trouble for Victor's troops.

After the last few Red Ginseng Territory soldiers surrendered, the fog began to dissipate, revealing a devastated battlefield. There weren't many Red Ginseng Territory soldiers dead; they had been attacked in the fog, their lord had fled, their commander had been killed, and most of them had surrendered.

The small Cavalry that had been chasing the Red Ginseng Territory Lord also ran back from a distance. Victor learned from them that Baron Freyzer of the Red Ginseng Territory should have escaped. After all, this was the Red Ginseng Territory, and they were more familiar with the terrain, so it was normal for them to lose him.

Victor did not blame the soldiers and told them not to worry about it. After all, the battle had been so successful in defeating the Red Ginseng Territory's forces, which had saved a lot of time.

Victor sent several Cavalry to inform the infantry units behind them. Although these infantry units were also on horseback, they were just ordinary packhorses and could not match the speed of the warhorses of professional Cavalry.

Victor needed his infantry to arrive as soon as possible, since there were still more than 600 prisoners of war here, and he only had 300 Cavalry under his command, which was not enough to guard these prisoners of war.

Victor didn't want to kill prisoners, since the Golden Sunflower Territory was foreseeably short of labor. These prisoners would be worthwhile even as laborers, not to mention that there were quite a few soldiers among them. It would be a pity to kill them.

Victor considered that he couldn't let these prisoners be idle, since they were prone to having wild thoughts. If a few clever ones tried to escape and caused a riot among the prisoners, he and the Cavalry would have a hard time suppressing it.

Victor ordered the prisoners to dig pits to place the bodies of the fallen Red Ginseng Territory soldiers. If they didn't have any tools, they used sticks and knives to keep them busy.

Just as these prisoners had dug two pits, Victor's reinforcements arrived. By then, Victor had a thousand men under his command, and he felt more at ease guarding the prisoners.

Considering that Baron Freyzer, the lord of Red Ginseng Territory, had already fled and there were no more enemy troops within Red Ginseng Territory, Victor simply divided his forces.

Victor led his Cavalry and four squadrons of infantry, escorting the remaining 200 soldiers of Red Ginseng Territory to Red Ginseng Castle.

The other three companies guarded the remaining 400-plus Serf Soldiers as they continued digging the pits. As long as the combat soldiers and veterans were taken away, these Serf Soldiers wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

As for digging tools, Victor simply sent his Cavalry to borrow a batch from the nearest Red Ginseng Territory Farm.

Victor led his team toward Red Ginseng Castle, which was very close, only four or five kilometers away. Even with these prisoners on foot, it would only take about an hour to get there.

Victor calculated the time; by now, Ron should have already led his fleet to capture the Red Ginseng Territory dock.

The successful annihilation of the Red Ginseng Territory's forces has put Victor in no hurry to attack the Perilla Territory; instead, he intends to thoroughly plunder the Red Ginseng Territory.

When Victor arrived at Red Ginseng Castle, he saw that the flags hanging on the Red Ginseng Castle had been replaced with the Golden Sunflower Flag.

"I didn't expect Ron to make such rapid progress; he's even taken the castle!"

At this moment, the soldiers on the castle also spotted Victor's group, and soon Ron rode out of the castle on horseback to greet Victor.

Ron said to Victor with a rather smug look on his face.

"Your Excellency, I have taken over the Red Ginseng Territory Castle. All the warehouses are sealed up and ready for you to arrange the moving."

Victor knew his uncle's personality well and followed up with a question.

"Well done! How did you take the castle so quickly?"