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287 AC third moon

Friedrich Wilhelm POV

The sun was rising, and we could begin to observe the surroundings of the city and see the chaos that had occurred during the night, the attack of the iron born was almost as planned.

A large part of the fleet that attacked us was destroyed, but for reasons beyond our plan, we had to perform other maneuvers that forced us to delay the attack against the forces that attacked the arsenal, which allowed the Iron born to escape before we could finish encircling and exterminating them.

A great victory, no doubt, but it could have been better.

The iron born attack on the city left most of my commanding officers, including myself, disoriented, the attack had no strategic value other than to cause pain and the search for riches, we only considered the possibility of attacking the vital targets for the iron born rebellion to be possible.

But what commander would allow his men to plunder without having fulfilled their main objectives or could his commander foresee our trap, is something I must find out as soon as possible, if it is within the realm of possibility to offer him an officer position it should not be a problem, since most likely there will not be an Iron born lord left ruling the islands.

The battle was not long over, and I was patiently waiting for the casualty report, which should be quite sour.

The trap I had created was to have a sweet lure that would delay the iron born and keep them entertained.

The defenders of the arsenal were the perfect bait for the trap, they held out long enough to make the iron born believe they had managed to take the walls and forced them into the complex, only to be stopped by my tercios.

But the attack on the slums of the city diverted the force that was supposed to finish the job and as many of the iron born had begun to scatter through the streets looking for loot, it delayed us enough for them to escape as it forced the knights to search for the scum that we're murdering and raping my small folks.

Aleksanteri is very angry and upset as much of the information he has given us, which we used to create the plan was to some extent wrong, according to what Aleksanteri reports, the main strike force would attack the port and a secondary strike force would attack the arsenal, but in reality it was the opposite, our spy master was quite disappointed in his spy network in the iron islands, This has caused him to act in an excessively cruel manner towards the prisoners, even by the Finn's brutal standards, but even if we told him that just knowing when the attack would take place was enough to put us in a position of superiority against the enemy, he was furious and wanted to go to the Iron Islands himself to spy on the Iron Islands.

Aleksanteri told us the date when we could expect the attack on our ports, but it was a very long date, almost 2 weeks, since he could not determine the speed of the Iron born ships' travels.

With that information, I called a good part of the army for maneuvers and training near neu danzig , which allowed us a faster reaction time as the iron born were outnumbered almost 3:1 at all times between the army, knights, sailors and city guard.

Although it was a victory, it was also a defeat, but it is a good thing at the same time because we can learn what went wrong in our decision-making, so it is an opportunity to be better in the future.

Our men did not react correctly because many took too much time to put on the armor during the pressure of the moment, something that was seen in the arsenal defenders who were missing parts of the armor they did not put on to get to defend the walls faster, something that should be improved in the training of putting on the armor in complete darkness.

While I was concentrating on observing the landscape, someone approached me from behind.

''My king, I bring the preliminary reports of the battle'' said Friedrich von Roon.

''how was our battle, are our casualties too heavy or within what we expected?'' I said with a questioning tone.

''Yes my king, the casualties are acceptable, Most of them were suffered in the arsenal as the iron born outnumbered them several times, the casualties of those who fought in the city are minimal'' said Friedrich, handing me some papers.

The reports spoke of 1500 dead, most of them locals but there were some Prussians, there were almost 1300 wounded, the medical report would be missing to see how many of these wounded would recover but that report takes more time.

About the civilian casualties caused by those pirates, how many are there?'' I asked, looking at von Roon.

''those were higher almost 2000 dead and many wounded are still being counted, the Finn is already working on getting information from the prisoners as to why the attack on the slums of the city was made'' said Friedrich von Roon standing next to me.

''well this is a great opportunity, we can take advantage of this opportunity to perform acts of charity to win the hearts of those affected, the areas that were attacked are mainly people who migrated not so long ago, the houses were not built by us but by themselves, and they will have to be demolished in the future, we can give free apartments to the survivors, we have the capacity for this operation'' I said looking at von Roon.

Let me see ....hmmm.... if we have a total of 18000 free apartments, I don't think it will be a problem for the city if we give away a couple of thousand apartments, and we will gain the support of the small folks who still don't believe in our religion'' said Friedrich von Roon.

Von Roon stood thoughtfully for a moment and continued speaking.

''What about our soldiers, something for the fallen and survivors, or will we just give a condolence to the families?'' von Roon said in a serious tone.

''I was thinking of offering pensions to the children of the fallen until they reach the age of majority or pensions at 15 years if they have no children to the father or wife,'' I said, looking into the eyes of Friedrich von Roon.

Von Roon nodded at my words

I was about to speak again when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

''No doubt our men will be happy to know that you my king, care for their families as they leave the material realm and their souls ascend into the arms of the almighty'' said a bloody Charles.

Charles was completely crimson and had in his hand a bloodied breastplate with some pieces of flesh still attached to it.

''Charles, what have I told you about coming all bloody to my rooms, I will have to order the servants to clean up the blood you brought here'' I said, looking at the breastplate that had the insignia of house Greyjoy on it.

Charles began to look at his body and realized his condition.

''Oh, I'm sorry my king, I just wanted to give you the news about the fate of the iron born that attacked the port of neu danzig and I wanted to give it to you as soon as possible'' said the smiling knight showing the bleeding breastplate.

''Charles , I suppose it is important if you bring that breastplate here'' said von Roon somewhat confused.

''yes, the body of the enemy commander who led the attack'' said Charles , showing the breastplate to von Roon.

''You're sure it's his, Charles, why didn't you bring the whole body to know who you brought'' said von Roon with a serious tone.

''What happens is that this is all that's left of him, when my brothers and I were riding in pursuit of the iron born who were scouring their ships, we formed a wedge formation with no gaps left, all tightly packed together and cut through the pirates' lines like a hot knife through butter, the Greyjoy got caught in the middle of the charge and hundreds of horses ran over him, when we started looking for the bodies we found it like this, the prisoners that Aleksanteri has confirmed that this breastplate belonged to Maron greyjoy'' said Charles very proud.

''I don't think even Maron's mother would recognize him in this state, what should we do with ''Maron'' my king'' said von Roon, a little upset.

''burn him I doubt anyone will believe us that this is all that's left of the Iron born, by the way Charles, is there any confirmation of Iron born casualties yet?'' I said, looking at the crimson knight.

''they still can't confirm how many of our enemies died in combat, many were left in the same way as Maron, and it's hard to know if the body belongs to 1,2 or 3 dead pirates, besides many pirates died in that plan of the explosive ships'' said Charles dropping the greyjoy breastplate to the ground.

''well, but what about the confirmed casualties?'' said looking at the knight

''around 6000 dead and 7000 captured, plus we captured some of those ships used by the iron born'' said Charles , pointing to the coast where a group of ships stood.

''those ships are of no use to us, they are too small for naval combat and their hold is too small for transporting goods, whether for logistics or trade, should we burn them?'' said von Roon.

''they have their use not for us, but we could give them to some fishing villages, so they can use them to fish and search for shellfish for their livelihood'' I said, looking at von Roon.

''understood, what do we do with the prisoners, if there are as many as they say, we will have the dungeons full of pirates and sending them to the wall is not a good idea since according to Aleksanteri , most of them will escape a few days after arriving, maybe fill with crosses the shore?'' said von Roon pointing with his hand to the shore

''yes , some but not all, we have to send the message that the Prussians will show no mercy against the pirates, but we can't let hatred blind us, if they are going to die, let them serve their purpose let them die working in the mines, we will sentence them to 20-25 hard labor in the iron mines in the north, if they survive well, they will have paid their sentence for piracy''i said calmly

''right my king, but what if the lords see it as slavery, no one has ever done such a thing, only the iron born king who ruled Harrenhal'' said von Roon worriedly.

''I don't think anyone bothers that pirates die in the mines, besides in Prussia slavery is forbidden if a slave sets foot in our territory he ceases to be a slave and becomes protected by us, if we get serious that I need a legal justification we can find it in the obligation to pay tax, in the tax that is paid with labor and the penalty in a fine that must be paid, it is not that difficult and if someone keeps complaining well have friends in powerful places always comes in handy, I just have to offer something to King Robert and his hand of the king that they can not refuse and I will have in my hands a decree that allows it''I said as I turned and walked towards the fortress.

''understood my king I will enforce your will, do you need me to do anything else?'' said von Roon, following me.

''we need to send letters to all the great lords of the seven kingdoms about the attack and especially the outcome, send a letter to the king and above all, call my banner men to assemble as quickly as possible in neu danzing we need to be ready for when Johann wins the naval battles to land on the iron islands'' I said as I continued walking through my fortress.