our family is gone

Chapter 56 Artillery Company

Hitting refugees with cannons is indeed something that the empire can do, or it is normal in this world.

Because of low productivity, once a catastrophe occurs, it is impossible to support so many people. It is obvious what these refugees will develop into.

It's better to give them a cannon than to feed the refugees.

This is the kindness of the master.

Anyway, the masters in the city can't see it, if they can't see it, then there is no one, if there are no refugees, then the empire is flourishing, and the four realms are singing and dancing.

And this artillery company also thinks so, how difficult can it be to beat a refugee?
According to what the third child said, they belonged to the newly formed artillery company of the empire. There was only one regiment in the entire eastern province, with six companies under it.

You must know that a cannon needs 4 to 6 horses to pull it. In addition, the professional knowledge required by artillery is very difficult. In this era before universal education, it takes a lot to train a non-commissioned officer, which is more valuable than cavalry.

An artillery company has 150 men and is equipped with eight artillery pieces of different calibers.

At that time, three companies were dispatched, that is, nearly 500 people, plus almost 24 artillery pieces.

In addition to infantry, spearmen, cavalry and other official troops, as well as knights called by local lords, there can be 3000 troops such as peasants and soldiers.

This configuration is enough to fight a big battle with the regular army. Isn't it easy to deal with this kind of refugees?
Until they encountered a terrible war.

At this point, the third child stopped, even if Lance asked him again and again, he refused to continue, but shook his head in panic.

"After the battle, we got separated from the main force, and there were less than 100 people left. There were many other companies, and as for the artillery, there were only three guns left.

Originally, although we were remnant soldiers, we could prove our identity as long as we went back according to the time, but for some reason, we were attacked when we appeared in front of the regular army.

We only learned later that our identities might have been deemed dead in battle, and now we can only become deserters in front of the empire, and deserters are capital crimes no matter where they come from. mountain forest.

Running away all the way lost most of the luggage, in order to survive, he had to attack the robbers and bandits all the way, get food from them, and then find the way home.

Until the woman was rescued from a group of robbers, she claimed to be a nobleman, but the guards were killed by the bandits and she was taken away, and after being with that woman, the captain also became crazy..."

I heard Disma mentioned that there is a very alluring woman among the bandits before, but now I am somewhat speechless when I hear the third child again.

A group of deserters plundered caravans, attacked villages and towns, burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes, but they pinned the crime on a woman.

He had heard these words too much. Back then, those feudal dynasties also pushed the emperor's incompetence and stupidity to others. Even when he took over Hamlet, he blamed his ancestors on the steward and the mayor.

Lance is not interested in these depraved stories, and it is more important for him to solve the current problem.

"Where is the artillery? Can it be used? Is there enough ammunition?"

"It's in the camp, and it can be used. As for the ammunition, although there are not many, it can still fire a few rounds."

Hearing this, Lance was glad that he chose to take the initiative to attack instead of waiting for them to attack. Once the cannon opened, his defense line would completely collapse, and it was impossible for those recruits to stop hundreds of bandits.

"Do you think the captain will bring artillery to attack the barbarians?"

"It is estimated that only one eight-pound gun will be carried. The other two are too heavy to move in the wilderness, and one gun requires eight skilled gunners to use."

"Who do you think has a greater chance of winning?"

"Of course it's us, how could those barbarians be the opponents of the imperial artillery."

The third child has no hesitation. Although he became a deserter, he still has the pride of being an imperial artillery~
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The second child and the injured two elite fled back to the camp and immediately caused a sensation.

To be honest, nesting in the ravine every day is very tormenting, even if there is a woman, she will feel tired after a while.

So everyone has become sensitive, as long as there is a little thing, it can spread throughout the camp in an instant, let alone such an obvious big situation.

Two teams of elites plus two bosses, only three came back in the end. What happened here aroused everyone's curiosity.

"What the hell is going on?" Of course this included the captain, but his curiosity was laced with obvious anger.

Originally, I was still waiting for the good news at home. If you just give him a big one, who can bear it?

"Manzi, we were ambushed by... the barbarians..." The second child ran back and was still angry, "Hurry up and save the third child, they won't last long."

The captain was also taken aback by him, and immediately called a group of younger brothers to rush back to the camp where the incident happened under the guidance of the second child.

It's just that this side has already been dealt with at this time, and there are only some blood-stained pieces of meat left in place, and there is no sign of a corpse at all.

"Where's the mother?" Looking at the empty camp, the captain already had a bad feeling in his heart, and quickly asked the second child.

"Still fucking playing with your broken gun, let me ask you where?"

The second child was also panicked when he saw the scene, and couldn't help but look around to find some traces.

This back and forth is all gone, not even a corpse?

"Is it here? Let me ask you where you are?" The captain continued to ask when the second child didn't answer, "Where is the third child and the two teams?"

"I can't make it~"

The second child is also helpless, it is indeed here, but there is nothing here.

Hearing this, the captain confirmed that the third child and the eight elites were gone, and he immediately became angry and shouted towards the dense forest.

"Manzi, I'm not finished with you, you just wait for me!"

The bandits around looked at the captain's crazy look and kept silent, for fear of being implicated.

After venting for a round, the captain quickly calmed down, what happened to him?If this mentality is on the battlefield, it won't last long.

It seems that he has become so irritable since he came here. Did the discipline relax after becoming a bandit?
But even after venting, he still felt faintly distressed.

He would feel better if it was just the death of eight miscellaneous soldiers, but what is the concept of eight directly subordinate elites?
Those were the elites he brought out from the artillery company, who could read, shoot cannons, and shoot.

"Tell me what's going on." The captain suppressed his anger and looked at the second child.

"We followed that man out, and sure enough, as he said, all the corpses disappeared, and there were wolf paw prints and leftover human bones on the ground. The only ones who can drive wolves in this area are those savages.

Later, we traced along the traces and found that the bandits in several consecutive camps had been killed, and all the bodies were gone.

When we came here, we were attacked by hidden savages. They had at least ten gunmen, and they were all very accurate. Before we could react, most of us fell down, and we finally fled back desperately. "

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