Chapter 24 Battle to Recapture the Royal Capital 1
Jingyao Castle is the capital of the Kingdom of Aldo. It is named after the huge crystal stone on Rabson Mountain near the city.
The previous kings of the Rodney Dynasty moved their capitals several times, and finally settled here in the fifth term. Since then, it has gradually become the political and economic center of the entire kingdom. After the careful management of the subsequent eleven generations of kings, the royal capital now had a population of more than 100,000, making it one of the largest cities in the known world.
In the spring of the year 1990 of the Holy Calendar, the eastern territory of the kingdom was harassed by highland barbarians. Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine personally led the army to expel them. After all the princess’s army arrived in the eastern highlands, Grand Duke Giles, whose fiefdom was in the south, raised the flag of rebellion and began to rapidly march toward the north.
But worse things followed. Sir Hass, the commander of the city guard who stayed in the royal capital, betrayed the royal family and launched a rebellion in response to Giles in the south.
It was already noon, and the fields on both sides of the King's Avenue leading to the royal capital were still busy.
It’s not that the farmers don’t want to rest, it’s just that the rebellion of the city guards a few days ago caused chaos around the royal capital for a while. No one dared to go out, which delayed a lot of farm work. Now they are a little more stable. In order Not to miss the farming time, many people work from dawn to dusk.
Many birds were chirping from the north. People looked up and saw an army appearing at the end of the road.
Some people started to get nervous and breathed a sigh of relief until they saw the flags flying in the team clearly.
As one team after another of soldiers passed by, smoke and dust billowed on the road. A large number of people, horses and countless flags merged into a colorful river, winding and rushing towards the royal capital. go.
"Drive--" A group of people dressed as knights rode past groups of walking soldiers and rushed towards the front of the team. The leader was a female knight, with shiny golden hair that moved in the wind, like gold. flames flying in the air.
When they were about to reach the front of the team, the knights found someone on horseback galloping towards them. They pulled the reins one after another and slowed down the horses.
The visitor quickly arrived in front of the knights. He faced the leading female knight, put his right hand on his chest and nodded slightly: "Your Royal Highness."
Catherine waved her hand to signal him. Without being polite, he asked: "What's going on ahead?"
"The forwards have joined the Qinwang Army who arrived first in Oren Town, and the temporary headquarters has been set up, waiting for you to come over."
"Okay, everyone, hurry up and let's go there quickly."
"Yes!" Everyone behind them took the order one after another, urging their horses to gallop away after Princess Catherine.
About half an hour later, Catherine and her party arrived at the Oren Town Government Affairs Hall, which served as the temporary headquarters. Just as she dismounted, a female general appeared at the door, walked to the steps and knelt down on one knee. .
"Your Highness the Princess!"
The female general has black hair and black eyes, and is wearing black armor, which is in stark contrast to the princess's white armor.
Catherine immediately stretched out her hands to pick up the female general, then hugged her tightly and said happily: "Ofina, thank the Lord of Light for arranging for you to be with me in such a critical time."
"Your Highness, I have sworn to follow you forever."
The female general's frosty face showed a hint of tenderness.
"Thank you, Ofina..."
"It is my duty to serve the Lord. Your Highness, Lord Qin from all over the world is still waiting for your summons."
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"Okay, I saw a lot of people along the way. I really didn't choose the wrong person when I sent you to summon King Qin's army."
While praising, Catherine held Aofina's hand tightly, and together they Enter the government affairs hall.
Seeing the princess arrive, all the people who were having a heated discussion stood up to greet her.
Catherine walked to the main seat in the hall and sat down, gesturing for everyone to sit down. Ofina sat on her right side, and the rest of the people who followed the princess also looked for seats to sit down.
The princess looked around the hall and nodded with satisfaction.
"After the change in the royal capital, my father was in poor health and ordered me to temporarily take charge of state affairs. This is an order signed by His Majesty himself."
The princess unfolded a roll of paper, and an attendant immediately took it with both hands and handed it to the hall. Everyone in the room circulated it in turn, and the edict was indeed signed by His Majesty the King.
No one has any objections to Catherine's regentship. Her Royal Highness the Princess is already well-known for her abilities. She can write at the age of five and martial arts at the age of ten. When her peers are still reading books honestly She was able to assist the sick king in handling various affairs, and the ministers also praised her.
She formed her own knighthood when she was fifteen years old, and repeatedly led her troops to the highlands to drive away the barbarians that invaded the kingdom. No wonder she was asked to lead the troops again this time.
Catherine said loudly: "Only when the country is in crisis can we discern the hearts of the people. If you can abide by the ancient oath and help the royal family in emergencies, my father will be extremely pleased."
Everyone present stood up and responded to the princess.
"Your Highness the Princess, the Harden family will follow the royal family to the death..." "God testifies that the Delhi family is always loyal to the royal family..."
"I love you The Deli family is willing to lead the way for His Highness to defeat the traitor Giles!"
"Giles betrayed His Majesty the King, and the Lord of Light will punish him."
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After all the lords from other places expressed their loyalty to the royal family, the meeting entered a substantive stage: discussing how to regain Jingyao Castle.
“Your Highness, Giles’ main force has been blocked by Duke Dodge and is temporarily unable to rush to the rescue of the rebels in the royal capital. The city guard only has 5,000 people, and we have more than 40,000 troops. There is no need to wait. King Qin’s army has arrived. Tomorrow we will gather all our forces and we can take back the royal capital in one go.”
“These five thousand people are the elites guarding the royal capital. They are not farmers recruited at short notice. It is better to be more cautious. Okay.”
“Do you look down on us foreign troops?”
"I definitely didn't mean this."
"My intelligence shows that Hals has coerced at least 20,000 young men to defend the city for him."
"Lord Merlin was overthinking, and the crowd was just a mob. There is nothing to worry about. When the time comes, they will collapse like wild beasts when they see the royal family's flag."
"They only need to be able to operate the city defense equipment. The walls of the royal capital are not those in the countryside. The broken earthen wall is difficult to conquer without more than 10 times the troop advantage.”
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After an afternoon of discussion, the meeting decided that Duke Walker would lead a force of 15,000 people to pretend to attack the north gate of Jingyao, and Princess Catherine would lead a main force of 25,000 people to attack the east gate of Jingyao.
The next day, the offensive at the North City Gate began first.
On the Royal Party’s side, catapults and archers first appeared. Due to accuracy issues, catapults mainly served as a psychological deterrent. It was the archers, groups of archers, who really put huge pressure on the defenders. A dense rain of arrows was thrown towards the city wall.
The rebels lacked archers, and there were occasional sporadic counterattacks. Most of them could only rely on wall walls and shields to resist the attacks of arrows.
With the cover of catapults and archers, a large number of royal soldiers pushed large equipment such as siege engines and battering rams to slowly move towards the city wall.
From time to time, people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground on the city wall. The real city guard soldiers were relatively calm and held up their shields to protect their bodies tightly. However, the forcibly recruited militiamen could not be so calm, especially when there were people around them. When hit by an arrow.
A militiaman finally couldn't stand it anymore. People on the left and right were dead and injured. He estimated that the next arrow would be inserted into himself, and left his defensive position before the next wave of arrows arrived. , quietly moving towards the horse road to the city.
"Get out of this damn place quickly."
This was the only thought in his mind.
The militiamen were about to be happy when they saw the horse crossing and there was no one guarding it, when suddenly a sharp pain hit their chest and back. Looking down, he saw a bloody spearhead emerging from his chest. Before he had time to figure out what was happening, his consciousness gradually blurred and he fell forward on the city wall.
The city guard officer at the back pulled out his spear with red eyes and shouted hysterically at the others: "This is the fate of deserters who leave their posts without authorization, they will be killed without mercy!!!"
At this moment... …
“Bump!” A huge collision sound came, which was the sound of the siege vehicle hitting the city wall.
“Kill——”
A large number of royal soldiers shouted loudly and rushed up the ladder of the siege vehicle.
"Prepare the fire oil! The sword and shield soldiers move forward."
The rebels are also ready to prepare.
"Woo——"
The offensive and defensive sides blew the horns in unison, announcing the official start of the offensive and defensive battle in the royal capital.
I’m not very good at describing war scenes, readers can just make do with it.
(End of this chapter)