At this time, Charles's cavalry had not decreased compared to before—instead, it had grown.
From these two counties, he had raised another cavalry force.
This newly added cavalry numbered around two thousand men.
Of them, about a thousand were human cavalry, while the other thousand or so were half-elf cavalry.
There were now too many half-elves within the territory; he could not possibly cast aside such a ready fighting force.
These half-elf cavalry had been branded as rebels and were now fighting to atone for their sins.
Thus, Charles's regular cavalry force had reached around 8,500 men.
In addition, there were 700 Armored Knights.
This time, Charles also brought along 5,000 mounted infantry.
Their mounts had likewise been acquired from those two counties.
When Charles's infantry had first been established, they had originally been mounted infantry. But as troop numbers steadily expanded, there were no longer enough ordinary mounts to go around.
Coupled with several years without war, Charles had abolished the mounted infantry establishment and converted them all into regular infantry.
Now, Charles was restoring this establishment.
Therefore, the total force Charles deployed this time reached around 14,000 men.
The remaining infantry continued campaigning through the half-elf territories of those two counties, establishing stable rule.
Charles left behind two third-tier Blood Ring Knights to oversee the area and assist Bruce with his work.
With the newly reorganized prisoner infantry included, Bruce now commanded around 13,000 troops in total.
That was enough for him to hold this newly conquered territory. So long as the half-elves from the other provinces did not send troops over, there would be no problem.
It could be said that the entire Half-Elf Royal Court was watching the battle in the Land of Chaos.
Both elves and half-elves alike.
This was where the war had officially