Chapter 161 Long Bridge, bloody road! (Part 1)
The city hall of Castle Joan is brightly lit again, but this time in the hall of the imitation Ayr Council, the person sitting in the hall is not the citizen representative who was summoned overnight, but the distinguished Duke grown ups.
Beside the window, Bamanda covered her mouth and nose with a feather fan and also sat on a velvet chair.
The Duke of Kush was wearing pajamas and angrily cursed at Zanderbek: "When did I say that I would make all the fifteen-year-old children of Castle Joan of Arc into wine?"
"But that's what they said."
"Also, when will the imperial company kill them all?"
"I don't know. Maybe we suppressed them too hard before and they have a grudge..."
In fact, even if the Duke wanted to kill Joan of Arc, he couldn't do it because he didn't have the strength at all.
Not to mention the crazy thing of making all the fifteen-year-old children in Castle Joan of Arc into wine.
Even if he did, so much wine would only cause the price to plummet, and the shelf life of blue blood wine is very short, so it would not be a loss.
Besides, he is a dealer, not a manufacturer.
Where is the Imperial Company?
Prince Kong Dai cherishes feathers more. The massacre in Xiaochi City is pure nonsense. It was all fabricated by the citizens and small workshop owners who were robbed and extorted by mercenaries.
Besides, the Duke knows that the refugees are poor people with no money to exploit, so doesn’t Prince Kongdai know that?
The first reason Prince Condé came to Castle Joan of Arc was to respond to the church's decree on catching short-haired men, to seize Horn and give an explanation to the Pope, and secondly to make a fortune.
The most he can do is bring trouble to the local citizens, businessmen, and armed farmers and landowners. Didn't he see that the well-informed stonemasons fled to the countryside in advance to hide?
"Then what should we do now? They have arrived at the canal now."
Dane looked at his wife Bamanda aside, Bamanda covered half of her face Hidden behind a feather fan.
She also did not expect that her extreme pressure would fail, mainly because she did not expect that Horne did not escape from Castle Joan, and also exposed the Blue Blood Orphanage in public.
Bamanda had not expected that refugee riots would occur after the flood tax bond and food prices exploded one after another. However, the fact that they were able to mobilize nearly 10,000 young people to arrive at Fort Joan of Arc was indeed unexpected.
During the French Blood Winter riots, 300,000 peasants set out from their homes. When they arrived and besieged the royal capital, only 100,000 people were left.
After the remaining Puxin farmers became enthusiastic, they abandoned their teammates and ran away without looking back.
It’s a miracle that these refugees arrived with all their beards and tails intact.
Should we just take a step back? Or bribe the other party’s leaders and public representatives?
After much thought, Bamanda made the final decision: "During the French Blood Winter riots, we sacrificed 50,000 farmers and 3,000 citizens. You should also have this awareness. Go! ”
The mob had to be killed, and it was impossible not to kill. I originally wanted to kill them slowly, but as soon as the Blue Blood incident was exposed, both sides were at odds, and there was almost no room for mediation.
The leader of the other party is still a die-hard member like Saint Sunhorn who is famous on the church's wanted list.
The only way is to kill the opponent.
"Okay, Frisisca, I appoint you as the full authority..."
"No." Before Darnay could finish speaking, Bamanda interrupted forcefully. , "We have to stay here and take command. You don't know, if we leave, the local soldiers will most likely be incited to rebel by the other side or directly become deserters."
This is the valuable experience the French gained after suppressing countless mob rebellions and secret party uprisings - outsiders are always more trustworthy than locals.
"You are not here, they think you can't see their betrayal. Don't underestimate this small gap, it can often determine who has the last laugh." The Duke immediately felt a little embarrassed: "Then otherwise Shall I go to the other side, closer to the castle?"
Glancing at Darnay with some disdain, Bamanda sighed impatiently: "You go over there and set up defenses. Supervise the battle on the Citizen Road."
The couple agreed to separate, and Bamanda asked Frisiska on the side: "Where are they?"
"They went to the labor district first."
"Quite smart." Bamanda muttered.
The entire Fort Joan of Arc was built along the canal, with the citizen blocks, craftsman blocks and labor blocks all running parallel to the canal.
Each of the three blocks has a road, which is also parallel to the canal. Among them, the public road is made of stone ground and the road is wide, suitable for the cavalry.
The road on the side of the laborers and craftsmen is mud and relatively narrow. There is a canal on one side of the road, so it is difficult for the cavalry to use it.
Horn's purpose in going to the labor area first was that if he launched a direct attack along the westward longitudinal Citizen Road, he would encounter cavalry on a wide and flat ground.
But if you take the longitudinal roads of the labor and craftsman neighborhoods, reach a position parallel to the castle and the city hall, and then launch a horizontal attack from the alleys between the houses, the whole process will be a narrow tactic that is unfavorable to the cavalry. Location.
Although you will still encounter knights in front of the city square, it is better than encountering waves of them on Citizen Road with nowhere to hide.
At this moment, walking to a position parallel to the city hall according to the original plan, Horn stopped the huge army, and the army of tens of thousands slowly stopped.
According to information obtained by local spies from an anonymous cousin citizen.
The Duke and Duchess were at the Town Hall, and the Civic Road was lined with mercenaries and hundreds of knights.
This is actually in line with Horn's prediction of the Duke's strength. There are more than 2,000 and less than 3,000 infantry, of which about half are vigil guards with rubbish combat power and mercenaries with good combat power.
The most important thing is the nearly two hundred extraordinary knights. As long as those extraordinary knights can be eliminated, the only step left is to capture the Duke and the castle.
In the light of the sky, a long and thick queue formed on the chain bridge above the canal. The forest of spears reflected the moonlight, firelight and the red light in the eyes of the refugees.
Thick iron cables lift up the thick wooden plank bridge. With four piers and a distance of about 110 yards, you can reach the neighborhoods where citizens live.
It's a pity that what Horn can think of, Bamanda can also think of.
"Beep beep——" The rapid whistle echoed in the night sky.
“The enemy, the enemy is coming!”
But at this moment, standing on the roof of a house, a spy sent out shouted loudly towards Horn. roared.
As soon as he finished speaking, a crossbow arrow was shot out. Although he subconsciously dodged it, the arrow still pierced the left side of his face and came out from the right side.
The spy rolled off the roof on the spot.
The sound of neat footsteps came, and the reflection of metal lit up in the darkness.
On the stone road along the river in the citizen block opposite, from the darkness of the streets and alleys, large numbers of mercenaries wearing blue and black woolen jackets poured out from the alleys, raising their spears and axes. gun.
(End of this chapter)