MTL - Tome of Blood-Chapter 288 -138- Preemptive strike

   "Master, the entire battlefield has been cleaned, and the body of Chait de Legris was not found..."

   "Some of the captured nobles also confessed that the commander of the Legolis family did not directly participate in the battle. He must have fled among the retreating Isaac hussars after seeing that the situation was not right."

  In the occupied camp, Sebastian, who counted the battle harvest, came to Charlotte and reported respectfully.

   "I escaped quite quickly..."

  Charlotte raised her eyebrows, but she didn't care too much.

  The main elite of the Legris family had already been destroyed in World War I. Even if its commander escaped, it would not be a big problem.

  The background of the rebel army is not deep, and the standing army is not a Chinese cabbage.

  Even if Legris doesn't raise the extraordinary standing equipment of the Principality of Boulder, it will not be easy to replenish the army in a short period of time.

   It can be said that Castel's rebels are no longer sufficient, and it is almost a matter of course for Charlotte to send troops to take advantage of the victory to recover the lost ground one by one.

   "What about the hussars in the north? Why did the army in the north fall to the rebels?"

  Charlotte asked another question that was somewhat confusing.

  Sebas has a weird expression:

   "Master... the captured northern nobles frankly said that they were hired by the Legolis family with a lot of money."

   "Hired with a lot of money?"

  Charlotte was stunned for a moment.

  Although she had also heard that the nobles in the Grand Duchy of the North liked to move around as mercenaries, but they were able to bring in eight or nine thousand mercenary cavalry. The Legris family seemed to be too rich.

   "What did the Legris family pay them?"

   Charlotte asked.

  Sebastian answered honestly:

   "It's Mithril, lots and lots of Mithril."

   "A lot of Mithril..."

  Charlotte narrowed her eyes and said with a sneer:

   "It seems that it is more accurate to say that it is not they who hired the northern cavalry, but the Blood Demon Sect behind them."

  In the Northland, there is almost only one source of mithril, and that is the Castel mithril mine.

  The Castel Mining Workshop has been emptied in the past ten years, and it is very likely that it was infiltrated by the Blood Demon Cult. I am afraid that only the Blood Demon Cult can produce so much Mithril at once.

  Combining the information about the third prince provided by Viscount Romain Fall and Earl Gaston, Charlotte can almost be sure that the third prince must have cooperated with the Gorefiend Sect.

   "Master, how to deal with those captives?"

  Sebas continued to ask.

  Charlotte pondered for a while, and said:

   "For the nobles, lock them up first, take them back to Beigang and guard them, and deal with them uniformly after the war is over."

   "For the Isaac hussars, all the horses and equipment will be confiscated, and the cavalry will be kept as coolies. After the war is over, we can negotiate with the Grand Duchy of the North."

   "For the rebel soldiers... Those who can be incorporated into the coalition army will be scattered and incorporated into the coalition army. As for those who cannot be incorporated, they will be sent away after collecting their weapons and equipment and paying some travel expenses."

   Regarding how to deal with rebellious nobles, the "Holy Code" has long had clear regulations.

   Except for those non-Legolis nobles who are loyal to the Legolis family, Charlotte has the right to deprive them of their titles and take back their territories.

  Charlotte didn't intend to be a maverick, and prepared to deal with it according to the convention, but even if it followed the convention, it had to wait until after the war was over.

  She still doesn't know what role the Gorefiend Sect played in the rebellion, and she doesn't know how deeply the northern nobles are involved with the Gorefiend Sect.

  Whoever they are, Charlotte has the power to strip them of their titles and take back their lands, if there is any involvement.

  For the Grand Duchy of the Northern Territory... Charlotte has no time to deal with them now, so let's detain the prisoners for the time being, and make a big deal when the time comes.

  As for the soldiers of the rebel army, most of them were conscripted, and they were farmers themselves, and Charlotte didn't intend to embarrass them.

  The rebellion was provoked by the nobles and has nothing to do with these commoners.

  In the final analysis, they are only listening to the nobles and they are also the people of Charlotte.

  Charlotte quickly drew up a plan for dealing with the captives.

   "Your Excellency Count Castel, next...how do you plan to act?"

   Earl Gaston on the other side asked.

  Charlotte pondered for a moment, looked at Baron Angus next to him, and Baron Angus immediately understood, thought for a while and said:

   "My lord, the main force of the rebel army has been wiped out, and so many troops will no longer be needed to counter the rebellion."

   "I suggest dividing up the troops, going south to defend against possible attacks by the third prince, and continuing north on the other way to wipe out the remaining rebels in one go."

  After hearing what Baron Angus said, Charlotte nodded slightly.

  She pondered for a while, and said:

   "Your Excellency, Baron Angus, I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the anti-rebellion coalition forces, leading 1,500 cavalry and 8,000 infantry to continue northward to suppress the rebellion and completely quell the rebellion in the Northland."

   "Sebas, you are also traveling with Baron Angus, temporarily serving as his deputy."

   Speaking of which, Charlotte took a meaningful look at the Flame Elf:

   "Sebas, if you encounter a strong enemy in the process of continuing to suppress the rebellion...you know what to do."

  Sebas's heart moved slightly, and he knew immediately that Charlotte was implying that he called her name in time after meeting the Gorefiend Cult, and borrowed her power.

   "Master, I understand."

  He bowed respectfully and said.

  Charlotte looked at Earl Gaston again:

   "Your Excellency Earl Gaston, please join me in bringing the remaining troops and prisoners to the south to meet the possible invasion of the south..."

  After listening to Charlotte's order, Baron Angus put his right hand on his chest and saluted respectfully.

   Earl Gaston also gave a slight greeting, expressing his compliance.

"also…"

  Charlotte paused, narrowed her eyes and smiled:

   "Announce all the conspiracies we currently have about the third prince and spread them everywhere; in addition, draw up another article to formally declare war on the third prince in the name of independence and resistance to the tyrant!"

  After listening to Charlotte's conversation, the surrounding nobles were slightly taken aback.

   Baron Angus hesitated for a moment and said:

   "Lord Earl, are we... going to declare war? Is it too early?"

  Charlotte shook her head and said:

   "It's getting late."

   "The third prince will definitely attack us. Even if we don't declare war on him, he will probably declare war on us soon."

  “Since that’s the case, we might as well preemptively strike and occupy the moral high ground.”

  …

  After Charlotte gave the order, Castel's coalition forces began to divide their forces.

  Five days after the end of the battle on the banks of the Dorne, the third prince Philip also received the news that the main force of the Castel rebel army was wiped out...

  It was a little short tonight.

  Going to take wedding photos tomorrow_(:з」∠)_