Wizard Farming Guide

Chapter 53 Post-War Treatment

The Alliance camp is located three kilometers outside the city of Salko.

Rod was directing his soldiers to pack their belongings, preparing to evacuate.

With the unanimous agreement of the six Knights of the Round Table, this siege war waged by the alliance came to an end.

The two consecutive battles had left all the soldiers physically and mentally exhausted, and their morale had plummeted.

If the fighting continues, the city may not be captured, but the allied army will certainly suffer heavy losses.

No one wants to continue such a reckless war that offers no benefit.

Inside the camp, Rhodes's gaze swept over the shield-wielding soldiers and his retinue.

Finally, the focus shifted to the more than four hundred serf soldiers.

Their former lord has been killed in battle, and they will now follow Rhodes back to the flat-topped mountain to become his subjects.

As serfs who lacked personal freedom, they were accustomed to obeying the orders of the nobles.

Faced with this Knight of the Round Table, their future new lord, no one objected and naturally accepted this outcome.

The other five Knights of the Round Table were also aware of Rhodes's thoughts.

But they also chose to tacitly agree, even without prior consultation.

After all, it wasn't just Rhodes; they also had a large number of unclaimed serf soldiers under their command, and even knights from the fallen lords.

Everyone mobilized a large number of troops to launch a war, which cost a lot of money and resulted in the sacrifice of countless soldiers.

The reason they were willing to give up so easily was that they had already gained enough benefits, so they stopped contentedly.

The Wolf Chieftain's tribe may suffer a minor loss, but the various pioneering knights have suffered heavy casualties.

But those six leading knights will definitely make a killing!

The cleanup of the army's retreat took more than a day, but fortunately there was no movement in the ice city of Sarko.

It seems the Wolf Chieftain tribe is eager for the alliance to leave and has no intention of sending troops to stop them.

The group returned along the same route, though the number of soldiers had decreased considerably, the presence of wounded soldiers slowed their progress.

A week had passed when Charlie returned to Dragonridge.

It was still that simple two-story castle, where the alliance members gathered, just like on the day they first formed the alliance.

Unfortunately, the number of people present had halved.

"Registering military merits, distributing spoils of war, and compensating the fallen knights—you all have no objections to these, right?"

Charlie sat at the head of the table, leaning back in his chair, looking wearily at the other five.

Although the war has ended, the follow-up work has only just begun.

Just now, the six Knights of the Round Table had been arguing for half a day over the aforementioned matters.

It has only now been barely enough to reach a consensus.

Rhodes and the others exchanged glances before nodding.

The kingdom's military record will be reported to the administrator of the Round Table Council, Sir Sinclair Lenn from the City of Revival.

After he reviewed and confirmed it, it was submitted to the highest council at the core of the kingdom's rule.

The amount of military merit will directly affect the treatment of pioneering knights after they return to the kingdom, and determine the size of the rewards they receive from the king.

This is also what the pioneering knights value most, which is why they chose to come to the North.

Rhodes wasn't very interested in this thing.

After all, he was building Pingdingshan as his true territory, so he most likely wouldn't return to the kingdom.

The distribution of spoils will be based on current calculations.

The total value of the spoils captured by the Alliance in this war was around 420 gold coins.

It contains a large number of wolf chieftain's scimitars, throwing axes, arrows, armor, jewelry, the corpse of the Ironback Black Wolf, and more.

The weapons of the wolf chieftain's soldiers are not popular with knights; most of them will be converted into gold coins through merchant channels.

The prizes were distributed to the regimental commanders based on merit, and then the commanders distributed them to their subordinates.

After much effort, Rhodes ultimately received 85 gold coins, the corpses of six Ironspine Black Wolves, and a set of White Steel Wolf Armor.

The white steel wolf armor came from the mount of the man in the wolf hat.

It was obtained by Rhodes when he casually killed him during the night battle.

This was spoils of war obtained from the enemy; in fact, it also included the four hundred serf soldiers and more than four hundred crossbows and shortbows.

Moreover, these serf soldiers, as young male laborers, also had families.

Rhodes and six other Knights of the Round Table were required to provide compensation to the noble knights who had fallen in battle.

If it were actually allocated to Rhodes, he would need to pay forty-five gold coins.

The money was sent to the families of three noble knights.

Also included was a letter of condolence from Rod Rothdale and a coat of arms.

By doing so, he could legitimately take over the families of the four hundred serf soldiers in the territory of the Sacrificial Knights and bring them back to his own territory.

There are more than 500 people in total.

Rhodes made the final statistics, that is, after the war ended.

He can bring back a total of over 40 gold coins, six wolf carcasses as materials, a set of white steel armor, over 400 crossbows, and over 900 additional citizens to his territory.

"Is this the game rule for the kingdom's nobles? The lower class is sent to their deaths, while the upper class reaps all the rewards, tsk," Rhodes remarked.

Born into a ducal family, he became a Knight of the Round Table.

I have now officially sat down at the card table and joined this pioneering game among the upper-class nobility.

In a siege against the barbarians, not a single barbarian prisoner was captured.

Instead, they brought back a bunch of serfs from their own alliance, making a fortune despite not winning the battle.

For a moment, Rod was both amused and exasperated.

However, in terms of gold coins alone, he didn't actually earn that much.

Starting a war costs money.

His soldiers alone included two knights, twelve knights in attendance, shield-wielders and entourage, as well as more than four hundred newly recruited serf soldiers.

The total pay, bonuses, and compensation for this war amounted to 48 gold and 60 silver.

This includes food consumption and equipment repairs along the way.

This battle will cost him at least 60 gold coins.

In the end, Rhodes had to pay an extra 20 gold coins.

He didn't pay much attention to this, as more laborers joined the territory.

With the expansion of catfish farming, the scale of clay brick production will also increase, enough to bring him sufficient wealth this winter.

Although the war ended, the alliance did not disband; only the joint army disbanded.

After agreeing to look out for each other and stay in touch, Rod and the other five said goodbye after a banquet.

They each returned to their own territories and continued to expand and build.

After returning to his flat-topped mountain from Dragon Ridge, Rhodes gave the soldiers a three-day leave so they could go back and rest.

At the same time, arrangements were made to settle the four hundred serf soldiers and to send people to bring their families here as soon as possible.

He then immediately summoned his knights and the managers of the two territories, ordering them to come to Pingdingshan at once.

Rhodes is preparing to hold a management meeting.

This sets the tone for the future planning of the territory.

"The officials in charge of the affairs of the territory, the organization of the army and the military officers, and the bottom-up management division of various industries—all of these must be decided in advance."

(End of this chapter)