The next day, it was still a pursuit, lackluster, not much to say. otbnkotgt Yelich, who had a better brain than Perchberg and ran a step earlier, was surrounded by them in this fortress.
The castle is a good castle, and after all, it is a business that has been run by the family for hundreds of years.
The outer walls of the masonry-structured castle are thick enough, and are equipped with facilities such as observation towers, shooting platforms, towers, arrow towers, caves for hiding soldiers, secret doors and other facilities.
At the same time, this castle adheres to the cautious mentality of medieval nobles.
It is built on the top of a hill that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It is surrounded by cliffs on three sides and a rugged and steep mountain road on the other side.
"Can you transport the artillery up?"
In front of Fort Sandomitz, William frowned and turned to ask the gunner.
One or two of the gunners hired from the Blue Hat Merchant Group, who spent a lot of money, shook their heads like rattles.
One of the artillery captains said to William: "It's useless to transport them up.
Ours are all field artillery with small caliber, which can't be used in such a castle.
We have to have large-caliber siege artillery."
"This is troublesome."
William couldn't help but frown and said, this kind of castle fortress built in a dangerous area is the most troublesome.
Before the invention of modern artillery and high-explosive bombs with ranges beyond eye range, it had few natural enemies.
Although some say it was the emergence of gunpowder that ended medieval castles.
But that also depends on what kind of castle it is.
If it is an ordinary medieval castle built on a plain, or a castle that is not too dangerous, then there will naturally be no problem at all.
Just bang it twice.
But if it is a castle built in an area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, then if you want to break it, you can just "Prepare gunpowder."
William thought for a while and then said.
Just before, he was looking through the war books in the spiritual reading room and found a method that seemed to be pretty good.
That is, the tactic of gunpowder blasting is not common in Europe.
European generals with relatively rigid ideas blindly pursued muskets and artillery in the use of gunpowder weapons.
In addition to using artillery as siege machines, they did not conduct more in-depth research on the use of gunpowder weapons alone.
It was not until modern bastions and fortresses that replaced castles appeared in modern times.
When the power of modern artillery was not enough to capture these fortresses, the generals came up with this tactic.
They used pickaxes and crowbars to dig open the fortress walls, load them with gunpowder and blast them.
In contrast, Chinese generals have more in-depth research into the art of siege and warfare.
They used gunpowder to attack the city, which also gave them another option.
From the use of iron artillery to bombard city gates during the Yuan Dynasty, to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the Hunan Army used "coffins" against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, burying coffins filled with black powder under the city walls to blast down the opponent's city walls.
Then go back to the "earth tanks" during the Civil War of the Republic of China, which were covered with multiple wet quilts and bullet-proof Eight Immortals Table.
Soldiers hid under the Eight Immortals Table and moved under the opponent's city wall, and then laid mines to collapse the city wall and used gunpowder blasting for attack.
Examples of urban warfare are common.
And it usually has good results.
"Prepare a coffin and gunpowder barrel.
Transport it up, dig out the ground under the castle wall, bury it, then light it and detonate it."
William was thinking about this matter in his mind, and imagined what everyone would see after this tactic achieved results.
His eyes were full of awe and admiration.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard the cheers of the soldiers beside him.
The cheers brought William out of his reverie.
Only then did he get the news that Yelic had surrendered.
"Really" This made William not know what to say for a moment.
It seems that the stunt he originally thought of to attack the city will have to wait a while longer before it can be unveiled.
In this way, the war that affected a quarter of the Grand Duchy of Mazovia finally came to an end.
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Despite their reluctance, Yelich and Perchberg were eventually forced to sign the agreement to transfer the earldom.
The agreement stipulated that they would transfer all their property and land to the Hereford family.
In this way, all the combat goals that William originally expected to achieve have been achieved.
The entire northeastern part of Mazovia fell under the control of the Hereford family.
Although in the past, in order to hire mercenaries, Sandomici and Vitra's treasury was almost emptied.
But the new Circassian army, the Hereford family, or William still made a good fortune.
There are no three major disciplines or eight points of attention in this era.
After capturing territory, looting is the norm.
William never thought about being independent or anything like that.
And it is different from the previous refugee army.
William has a special "robbery talent" under him, namely businessman John.
Regarding what is valuable and what can be sold for a good price.
This guy is really good at it.
Precisely because of the guidance of professionals, William's army gained a lot.
The families of the two earls have been operating in these two counties for hundreds of years, not counting the floating wealth of gold and silver coins.
Antiques, luxury goods, and decorative furniture are also very valuable.
William didn't need so many luxuries.
And he didn't want to live in those castles either.
So all this wealth was taken out and sold off.
Originally, Businessman John wanted to keep it all to himself.
But he had no choice but to let the whole world know about this war.
War mongers and businessmen waiting to buy the spoils almost came in droves.
Businessman John came to see William, but William pretended to be helpless and said he had no choice.
After all, he couldn't offend so many people just for Businessman John.
In fact, William himself did not want merchant John to monopolize the sale of his loot.
So in the end, Businessman John only got a "right of first refusal" which was better than nothing.
The auction for the trophies went on with great enthusiasm.
A large number of trophies were sold at a good price.
There were even some things that William didn't recognize, which caused a fight among the merchants.
In the end, William made a lot of money.
But looking at the cheerful virtues of these businessmen, William felt that they must have made a lot of money.
"Why don't you organize a business group yourself and handle the spoils yourself?
Although the money will come a little slower, the gains will definitely be much more than just changing hands like this."
So, William couldn't help but have this idea in his mind.
Then, for the squires of Sandomici and Vitra, the small landowners and small businessmen were blackmailing William.
He did not rush in and rob and kill like ordinary military leaders.
This is very inefficient, will damage the local economy, and can easily create enemies.
He has regarded these two counties as his own territory, so naturally he will not go too far.
Therefore, William's policy for them was to ask them to spend money to buy their lives.
According to the amount of each family property and land, a sum of money will be allocated to labor the army.
If there is no cash, use land or physical objects as mortgage.
Even though these squires would suffer heavy losses through doing this, it was still better than losing their lives.
So in the end, the robbery went smoothly.
The only thing that made William feel uncomfortable was that his behavior of not killing people and only robbing seemed to be misunderstood by some people as "cowardice", so these people begged and threatened at the same time.
I want William to charge less money, or even no money at all.
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As a result, of course, these people all died.
William was more scrupulous about killing nobles or something.
But he did not hesitate to take action against these country squires who had no status.
In two days, a large number of squires in Sandomici and Vitra were killed by William.
Family property and land were confiscated.
In this way, the resistance in both places disappeared instantly.
This made William very emotional.
Although this is not a nice thing to say, it is true that some people are so mean.
He feels so bad about being nice to him, and he only knows how to be afraid if he has to use a knife or a gun.
All in all, after experiencing a series of robberies, murders, murders and robberies, the situation in the two counts of Sandomici and Vitra has finally stabilized.
The squires, the stewards of each village and the mayors of several small towns have finally stabilized.
The chief, the leading figures in these territories, finally recognized the rule of the Hereford family.
Despite the displeasure that the underlying structure has not been shaken, there is still a huge degree of autonomy.
However, William did not have enough administrative talents under his command, so he had no choice but to recognize the existence of these forces in order to maintain the stability of the territory.
In this way, after experiencing some wars, hustle and bustle, robbery, auctions and rewards, and banquets, the northeastern area of Mazovia returned to peace again.
Chalumi got her wish and took on the role of Countess Baudelaire.
At the same time, the earldoms of Sandomitz and Vitra were obtained by the Herefords respectively.
William finally got rid of his previous embarrassing status as a retainer and became a nominal noble.
However, this is not the end.
That is, on the third day after the war ended, in the name of Count Otto, the Hereford family's envoy left Sandomitz with a large amount of property, and its target was Krakow.
To be more precise, the Archbishop of Krakow.
William hoped to obtain the approval of the Archbishop of Krakow and the church power he represented to seek a dukedom for his father, Count Otto, and for the Hereford family.
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