Chapter 282: War Profits

Master Blacksmith Fengsi's son did not suffer from any incurable disease; the reason he was in critical condition was purely because he had been beaten to a pulp by those overseers and could not heal himself, leading to his wounds festering over time.

After Aierlong went over, he treated the rotting flesh on the other's body, and with the help of medicinal herbs and a potent Healing Spell, he managed to pull the other's life back.

According to Fengsi, although sixteen-year-old Bao Luo had not yet awakened his Battle Qi Seed, his forging skills were quite good, and he had every chance of becoming a Master Blacksmith before the age of twenty.

There would be two Master Blacksmiths in the territory in the future, and Luoning felt very happy about this.

At the same time, he also wanted to use Master Fengsi's connections to invite more blacksmiths and even craftsmen from other trades to join Wubei Territory.

With the development of the territory and the future plan to build a port, it would be impossible without a group of skilled workers.

In any case, he now had an extra twenty thousand gold coins in his pocket, so recruiting more people was not a problem at all.

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The war continued without any hitches.

The Noble Allied Forces very smoothly took back Sali Town, Liusha Town, and Anbian City.

Since the fighting was taking place in Wushan Territory, the allied forces did not harass the unrelated civilians too much; their targets were mostly placed on the castles and mansions of the members of the Polante Knights.

Gold coins, jewelry, warhorses, luxurious gowns, weapons, and equipment, etc., were all objects of their plunder.

Without any resistance, the subsequent war was more like a carnival for seizing spoils of war.

Half a month later, Luoning received a message from the cavalry.

Qiaofuli and his Knight Squad were already on the road back to Chishan Town.

During this expedition, they had encountered resistance from small groups of enemies several times, but they had defeated the enemies without exception, and in the process, they had captured quite a few surrendered soldiers and servants from the bandit group, which served perfectly as manpower for transporting the spoils.

On August 15th, the leaders of the Noble Allied Forces gathered at the Chishan Town castle to discuss the distribution of the spoils.

Because Luoning had occupied Kaxier Town and Chishan Town himself, and Qiaofuli and Luogena had also seized quite a few resources, he did not get much from the remaining spoils.

After some tallying, in this war, besides the resources and gold coins that could not be moved, Luoning obtained fifteen warhorses, including two of excellent quality, as well as fifty-two riding horses and twenty-eight pack horses.

Wubei Territory would not have to worry about horses for a short time.

In addition, there were knight swords, armor, spears, shields, bows, arrows, and other supplies; in any case, they filled over a dozen large and small carts.

War meant getting rich for the victors; Luoning finally understood this a little.

Each family had earned a fortune and, feeling satisfied, decided to set off to return to their respective territories.

As for how to manage places like Jushi City and Anbian City, that was a matter for Wushan Castle to consider.

Although Luoning was highly valued and favored by Lulansi, he did not overstep his bounds to manage these few places.

However, he still let Tolu lead the Knight Order to temporarily maintain order in various places, so as to prevent these three places from deteriorating and causing population loss.

Kaxier Town and Chishan Town had stabilized under Luoning's management, and had even attracted many people from the surrounding areas to defect.

He was also happy to point these people in the right direction—go to Wubei Territory; there was land and fields there, as well as a benevolent lord, suitable for you to settle down and start a life.

Believe it or not, the recent propaganda and Bao Luo's personal experience had taken effect, and quite a few people were truly willing to move their whole families and follow Luoning's team back to Wubei Territory to live.

"Ruidar, Kaxier Town and Chishan Town will be left to you for now."

In the hall of Chishan Castle, Luoning was giving follow-up arrangements to his subordinates.

In order to maintain these two territories, he had to leave a team of men here.

As the only Golden Knight in the territory, and with his past life as a commander of the Flame Expeditionary Army, leaving him to manage the two towns was absolutely no problem.

Besides Ruidar, Luoning also had Qiaofuli, Babulin, Geladuo, and Tuomashi stay behind with fifteen cavalrymen, thirty infantrymen, and ten archers to assist the commander of Wubei Territory.

After returning this time, he needed to re-recruit soldiers and, at the same time, consider recruiting more knights from the outside.

The knights he had on hand were not enough.

The knights all looked at Ruidar with envy; they all knew that, if nothing unexpected happened, Ruidar would be the first enfeoffed noble of Wubei Territory.

"Rest assured, My Lord, I will definitely look after this place for you."

Ruidar's tone shifted: "However, the grain reserves in Chishan Town and Kaxier Town are not very sufficient, and the autumn harvest was also damaged; I am afraid we will need to purchase grain later."

"You don't need to worry about this matter; the autumn harvest in Wubei Territory should be quite good. I will allocate it in time according to the situation, and then just let Luogena be responsible for transporting it over."

Kaxier Town and Chishan Town now had many more people, and since they already had little arable land, their grain was naturally insufficient.

It was also thanks to Luoning splitting a large batch of grain from Jushi Castle to serve as provisions for the Wubei Territory Knight Squad, otherwise, a grain famine would have broken out soon.

"Maiken, you take the remaining people and prepare; we will set off to return to Wubei Territory tomorrow morning."

"Yes, My Lord!"

The war on the southwest front ended with the complete victory of Wushan Territory, and the bandit group that had caused trouble for many years, led by Amikusi, was completely wiped out.

Luoning's performance in this battle was astonishing, and his outstanding command would soon spread to every town in Wushan Territory as the Noble Allied Forces returned home.

On the southeast side, the Black Gold Brotherhood was also forced into retreat by the Noble Allied Forces, losing two Baron Territories in a row, leaving only the Baron Territory of Yuanguangzhen and a Viscount Territory near the Vila Principality.

"Balindun, if we continue to attack, the Black Gold Brotherhood will be wiped out by us."

Inside the An'an of Black Python City, Baron Taini of Zilei Territory could not help but say: "My suggestion is that we have gone far enough; we should create a situation for withdrawal as soon as possible."

"I know."

Balindun's face was gloomy.

The Black Gold Brotherhood's action this time was originally meant to support the Polante Bandit Group, but he did not expect the latter to be defeated so quickly, so suddenly, and so thoroughly.

And here, he could have originally suppressed Kabier, but Meilongnika, whom he hadn't seen for many years, had to show up.

This guy relied on pure strength to forcefully kill two of the Brotherhood's Golden Grade leaders, turning the tide of the battle.

Balindun did want to pull some strings to cause accidental damage to this group of knights and squads from Wushan Castle, but there was no suitable opportunity.

He couldn't even force it; he had to cooperate with Meilongnika to some extent.

"Hesusu is really a useless guy; he couldn't even pick a proxy with a bit of brains, and he actually lost to a brat. No wonder that despite being the King's brother, he can only be an Earl."

Balindun cursed inwardly and stood up: "I will go tell Meilongnika now that the Haide Bojueling is suffering from a disaster and the autumn harvest is not ideal, so we cannot continue to sustain the war consumption for Along time. The Black Gold Brotherhood has already been severely damaged, so I suggest they consider withdrawing their troops."

The excuse seemed to be found casually, but in fact, there had indeed been a locust plague for a while, though the scope was very small.

Watching Balindun leave, Zilei sighed, but in his heart, he was very resistant to Luoning.

The last time was because Luoning eliminated the trouble Leisen had caused for him, forcing him to spend a large sum of money and pull many strings to settle it;

This time, it was again this young man who led a team to wipe out the Bolante Bandit Group, causing their plans to be cut short.

"If I had known that when Leisen asked me to arrange assassins, I should have sent a Golden Grade assassin directly."

He felt some regret, not knowing if it was too late to send people over now.

As Balindun spoke up to advise withdrawing the troops, the progress in the Southeast Territory slowed down; after a two-day stalemate, Meilongnika and Kabier agreed to withdraw the troops after receiving a letter from Wushan Castle.

However, people were still arranged to guard the two newly recovered towns.

For two consecutive years, the Black Gold Brotherhood had suffered heavy losses; even if they had the resources to grow strong again, it would take quite some time, and they would certainly be able to quiet down for a year or two.

Wushan Territory seemed to have ushered in a brief period of peace. (End of chapter)