Kamen did not disappoint Laurist's expectations. He quickly organized the slaves gathered at the pier and started setting up the camp. He sent slaves familiar with Nubit Port to lead the way for the Norton Family's armed forces. They occupied the warehouses outside the inner city and began to gather slaves. He even organized a team of a hundred young slaves to maintain order with wooden sticks in their hands. They were in charge of standing guard. He had the old, weak, women, and children cook for them, boil water, and deliver soup. He made a great contribution to the logistics of the Norton Family's armed forces.
As the famous slave trading market of Galinthea, Nubit Port was a large city that had been greatly expanded. Its inner city was not large. In the hundred years since its founding, Nubit Port had never been attacked. Thus, the slave masters and merchants of the Haneabada Kingdom had long since lost their vigilance and defenses. They had wantonly expanded outside the inner city. They had mansions, manors, warehouses, and trading companies. But now, everything had fallen into Laurist's hands.
Countless slaves gathered joyfully, and the newly established camp continued to expand. Seeing the doors of the warehouses being opened one by one, and large amounts of food and supplies being sent to the slave camp, the slave masters and merchants who were still watching the enemy from the top of the inner city felt as if a knife was being twisted in their hearts. Wails, cries, and curses could be heard continuously.
Around three in the afternoon, the defenders on the inner city walls began to throw torches outside, igniting a large number of residences built close to the inner city. Perhaps they wanted to use fire to burn everything outside the inner city, but Laurist reacted quickly. He ordered and organized a large number of slaves to help the family's armed forces set up a fire barrier outside the range of the crossbows, causing the enemy's plan to fail. They also used the crossbows to fire suppressively at the top of the inner city walls, causing great damage to the defenders.
Near evening, a group of family soldiers who had gone out to search brought good news to Laurist. They had found the missing Clerk of Syrovas Island, Hickold.
Laurist was overjoyed. The newly built slave camp now had around seventy to eighty thousand slaves, which was less than a third of the slaves around Nubit Port. In the next few days, the number of slaves would explode. The more people there were, the more things to do. Laurist was busy with this, and he was not happy when he heard that Hickold had been found. He had a candidate to deal with these troublesome matters.
When Syrovas Island was attacked by the slave traders and slave hunters, Hickold could have evacuated to Falama Village first. However, when he left White Bird Town, a group of slave hunters caught up. The mayor, Hugo's father, brought a dozen strong youths to resist them. Hickold organized the panicked townspeople to evacuate, but with this delay, he was caught by another slave hunters. In the end, he was captured and became a slave.
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From Hickold's point of view, the members of the slave hunters were all beasts, wolves in human skin. They were not humans at all, and they did not have a trace of humanity. Not to mention the massacre of the elderly and disabled in White Bird Town when they left, they had defiled all the remaining women in the ten days at sea, except for some girls who had been selected to be brought back to the slave owners. At the very least, there were women who could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide by jumping into the sea every day.
Hickold was lucky. The slave owners he had been assigned to quickly discovered that he was different. After learning that he was originally a clerk of Syrovas Island and a former top student of the Mauper Academy of the Krisen Empire, they did not treat him like a slave who sold hard labor. Instead, they made him a miscellaneous clerk in a trading company in Nubit Harbor, responsible for registering and tidying up the messy things in the warehouse.
When the armed soldiers of the Norton Family, led by slaves, appeared in front of Hickford, Hickford was dumbfounded. He had once thought that Laurist might send someone to redeem him and the family knights who had fallen into the hands of the slave owners, but he had never thought that the Norton Family's armed forces would come knocking on his door in just two or three months.
During the day, Hickold stayed in the warehouse to tidy up the mess and did not know what was going on outside. Now that he saw a group of Norton Family's armed forces appear in front of him, he quickly announced his identity after returning to his senses. Just like that, he quickly appeared in front of Laurist.
After a simple greeting and comfort, Laurist immediately assigned Hickold a new job. Looking at the stacks of documents on the table, Hickold felt his scalp go numb. At this moment, he even felt that it was better to tidy up the mess in the warehouse.
"My lord, you've been talking for a long time, and it seems that I'm responsible for everything. What's the point?" Hickold asked.
Only then did Laurist realize that it seemed a little too much to push all the work to Hickold. "How about this? You're mainly responsible for handling the slave affairs. Our family attacked the Haneabada Kingdom this time to rescue the captured family knights and civil officials like you. The second is to retaliate against these slave owners for attacking our family's territory. The third is to plunder the Haneabada Kingdom's property to solve the problem of insufficient development funds for our family's territory.
To put it bluntly, in fact, our family took a huge risk by sending troops this time. Except for a few of us in the upper echelons, no one knows that apart from the logistical supplies when we came here, we only have seven days' worth of food. In other words, apart from coming here, our fleet doesn't even have enough food to go back. If we encounter a storm at sea or something, our tens of thousands of people are likely to be wiped out.
So from now on, all the logistical supplies of our family's armed forces have to be supplied from here, and the key to this matter is to get the help of the slaves. We claim that we are here to take revenge on the slave owners and rescue the slaves here to give them freedom. But the premise is that these slaves must be organized by us. Otherwise, if they are out of control, these slaves will quickly mess up everything because of their revenge. That will turn into a disaster.
There were more than 400,000 slaves in the Kingdom of Haneabada, of which there were more than 100,000 in the plains near Hamidas' capital, and another 100,000 in the 27 neighboring islands. The remaining 200,000 were in the area around Nubit Port. Today, we have gathered more than 70,000 slaves in the newly built slave camp. In the next few days, there will be more slaves coming after hearing the news. How to manage and organize these slaves to follow the order and assist our family in arming the armed forces is the biggest key to our victory in this expedition … "
"My lord, I understand. I will manage these slaves well." Said Hickold.
Laurist shook his head. "Hickold, don't treat these slaves like refugees. That won't please you. We can't let these slaves stay in the camp. The key is to make sure they don't stay idle. What I'm most worried about is that these slaves will indulge in revenge on the slave owners after obtaining their freedom. If they can't find anyone, they will set fire to the manor houses. This is very likely to lead to a disaster … "
Laurist took out a document and handed it to Hickold. "Look, these are the two warehouses of linen we seized. I ordered them to transport these linen to the slave camp and have them make new clothes for each slave. The purpose is to increase the slaves' goodwill and confidence in us, to make them believe that we are sincere in rescuing them and not deceiving them.
Another purpose is to let these slaves have something to do instead of staying in the camp and doing nothing. That way, it will easily cause trouble, and it will even give some ambitious slaves an opportunity to form gangs to dominate the slave camp. Once it becomes popular, it will bring a lot of trouble to our family. There are two to three hundred thousand slaves here, but our family's armed forces are only thirty to forty thousand people. "
"You have to remember a few things when you go to manage the slave camp. First, set up a craftsman camp and select the craftsmen from the slaves. Second, set up a few guard camps and select honest and reliable young and strong slaves from the slaves to be responsible for guarding and maintaining order. Third, screen the slaves. Pick out all those who are glib-tongued and rely on pleasing the slave owners to bully other slaves. Don't let go of those who have human lives. Those who don't have human lives will be imprisoned in another camp for hard labor. These people are the most likely to bring chaos …
In addition, all the captured captives must be strictly guarded. I will give you two heavily armored barracks and a single-wheeled steel crossbow battalion. They will be responsible for guarding the captives and warehouses. They will also be responsible for guarding the slave camp. Once there is a riot or disturbance in the slave camp, you must immediately use these three battalions to suppress it. No matter what, you must not let the slave camp lose order …
I have already ordered the Sea Legion to sweep the surrounding islands. They will bring back the captives and slaves. At that time, the population of the slave camp will reach more than 300,000. It's September, the harvest season. We can't waste the ripening grain on those islands. You can organize slaves to harvest. If any slaves are willing to settle down on the archipelago, we can promise to give them land. They can become our subjects and live and work here in peace and contentment, enjoying freedom and happiness. "
"Your Excellency, do you mean that this place will become our family's territory in the future?" Hikard asked.
"Yes." Lorist nodded. "I want to destroy the Kingdom of Haneabada. This place will become our family's overseas territory in the future. After you screen the slaves, you can arrange for the families of those who have families and are willing to live here to work on those islands. Our family will distribute daily necessities to them and give them farmland to build houses. "
"Your Excellency, what are you going to do with those captives? Do you want them to do hard labor? "
"Hard labor? Haha, dream on. They don't have the qualifications … "A sinister smile appeared on Lorist's face." Ask the family soldiers if they are willing to let the murderers go after seeing the tragedy on Sirovas Island. Penal servitude is for men, not beasts. To tell you the truth, Hikard, I'm not going to let go of anyone in the Kingdom of Haneabada, regardless of whether they are nobles or commoners. I'm going to kill them all, so that the future ones … "
Hikard shivered. The murderous aura emanating from Lorist's body made his hair stand on end. "Your Excellency, it's right for you to execute those slave owners, slave traders, and slave hunters. Even those nobles and garrison soldiers can be said to have committed heinous crimes, and their deaths are not worthy of pity. But those commoners, women, and children didn't do anything wrong. You can't vent your anger on them … "
Lorist smiled and shook his head, but the coldness in his eyes made Hikard tremble. "Hikard, you're a good person, but you forgot that this is the Kingdom of Haneabada, a country filled with the souls of countless slaves. For example, those commoners, women, and children, it's the greatest sin for them to be born here. Perhaps they have never killed a slave with their own hands, but their usual enjoyment is still based on the blood, sweat, and tears of slaves. Now that retribution has come, they can't escape … "
"Your Excellency, there are more men than women here. Most of them are young and strong. We can use those captured women to build a military brothel as a reward for those slaves who obey our management. In the future, we can also betroth them to slaves who are willing to settle down here as wives. Moreover, the soldiers of our family's armed forces need to vent after killing, so I think it's better to give those women a chance to atone for their sins … "Hikard took a step back and came up with an idea.
Lorist was silent for a long time. After a while, he finally said, "You're right, Hikard. You'll be in charge of this matter. Go and do it. Remember, managing the slave camp is the most important thing. "
"Yes, Your Excellency. I'll go and do it now." Hikard bowed.
'Take the relevant documents with you. Also, I'll call Kamen, who's in charge of the slave camp, to see you. He's also a slave, but he's awakened his Qi and is a three-star Black Iron Warrior. He can be trusted. After you use the slaves to form the garrison, you can appoint him as a commander. Tell him that when he advances to the Silver rank, I will accept him as a family knight. '
"Yes, Your Excellency, I understand."
Hikard retreated. He would be very busy next. Lollister finally heaved a sigh of relief and sat down.
War was not just about charging and breaking through enemy lines. It was more about countless trivial matters that were intertwined together. Logistical supplies, supplies and fodder, injuries and deaths, marching and stationing troops, defense and vigilance. Only when these matters were handled properly would the fruits of victory be borne. Thirty to forty thousand elite family armed forces were enough to sweep through the Haneabada Kingdom, but the organization and management of more than four hundred thousand slaves was related to how much the Norton Family could obtain from this war and how much victory they could obtain.
Boddinger walked into the tent and said, "Your Excellency, what you ordered has been done. The more than two thousand heads have been chopped off and are being embalmed. The headless corpses have been buried by the slaves. The bodies of our family's soldiers who died in battle have also been cremated, and their ashes have been collected. "
Boddinger hesitated. "Your Excellency, I don't understand why you gave such an order. Why do you want the enemy's head? Also, what's the use of ordering Ferocious Tiger Ross and the others to bring back the enemy's head? "
Lollister smiled. Just as he was about to speak, a guard outside the tent reported loudly that a messenger with a white flag had arrived from the inner city of Nubit Harbor and wanted to see his Excellency.
"We'll talk about your question later, Boddinger. Let's hear what these turtles in a jar have to say first."
The messenger sent by the slave masters in the inner city was an old man. This old man introduced himself as a viscount of the Haneabada Kingdom, but he did not have a fief. He was just an honorary noble. He had been unlucky enough to draw the red lot and was forced to come as a messenger.
Laurist and Bodefinger were sitting in the tent. The old man expressed his protest while trembling, protesting that Laurist had led his army to attack the Haneabada Kingdom for no reason. This was an affront to the peaceful Haneabada Kingdom. They had brought blood, fire, and war to the prosperity here, causing the nobles of the Haneabada Kingdom to suffer heavy losses. All of this was an unforgivable crime …
Lollister laughed loudly and stood up. "I think you all know who we are, where we come from, and why we're here. I won't beat around the bush. Since you have the guts to attack my family's territory, then you have to obediently accept our revenge. Don't tell me you're willing to compensate us. To be honest, you can't afford it, unless you can let the innocent people who died on Syrovas Island appear before me alive … "
Lollister patted the old messenger's shoulder kindly. "We are very reasonable. As a messenger, I won't touch a single hair on your head. Although we are at war now, we will still treat you well. You don't have to be so afraid. We will let you go. Tell the people in the city to have a good meal and enjoy yourselves. You only have one night. It's best if you take a bath so that our soldiers won't dirty their weapons when they attack tomorrow … "
The old man's body trembled as he tried to show that he was strong and unyielding. He choked out a few words, "We will not give in. We still have sixty-six Great Swordsmen. We can hold on until the King's Royal Guards arrive …"
"Mm, you're right," Lollister said happily. "I've only killed three great swordsmen this morning, and I'm not satisfied at all. I hope that the six of you can hold on a little longer and don't disappoint me. As for your king, don't worry. He'll be joining you soon. "
The old messenger broke down and returned with tears and snot running down his face.
"Bogue, bring some people to clear an empty space in front of the inner city. Then, arrange the embalmed human heads into the shape of a pyramid. Stick the heads of the four great swordsmen in front of it with wooden sticks. Light more torches and make the pyramid brighter …" Lollister said.
"My lord, you're …"
"Don't ask. You'll know once you're done."
A hundred meters in front of the inner city walls, Bogue cleared an empty space and began to arrange the human heads. This was a place where the ballistae and longbows could shoot. When they had first started clearing the area, the guards on the walls had been shouting and yelling, but when faced with the volley of a hundred single-wheeled ballistae in the distance, no one dared to straighten their backs. In any case, the enemies below didn't seem to be preparing to attack the city. The guards on the walls could only crouch down to see what was going on through the jagged gaps.
When a few carriages transported a large number of human heads and a dozen or so brave soldiers began to arrange the human heads into the pyramid, the top of the walls was completely silent. Bogue even thought he could hear the sound of teeth chattering. Not a single arrow was shot from the top of the walls in the hour from when they were set up to when they were finally evacuated. Not a single sound could be heard.
So this could make the enemy tremble in fear and cause their morale to plummet. That's what Finge thinks, self-righteously.
At two o 'clock in the morning, a guard rushed into the tent and startled Lollister, who had just fallen asleep. "My lord, the enemy has broken out of the encirclement. They've mobilized the entire city and charged out from the back gate. They don't care about the casualties and only know how to run. The defensive lines at the back can't stop them at all. Great Swordmaster Angelek requests for my lord's immediate reinforcements and pursuit …"
Damn, setting up a fort actually scared the enemy away … Lollister thought gloomily.
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