Chapter 232 Sharp Sword, Sharp Eyes
Sissi’s deerskin boots made an empty sound as she stepped on the wooden plank road at the dock of Fort Joan of Arc.
He was wearing an exquisite long skirt and a gauze hat, covering his original face, and his right hand was holding Mitnich's arm, as if they were a couple.
Mitny had two thick black crescent beards on his lips, making him look like a fat middle-aged man.
On the cold river, he exhaled white steam from under his black beard, rubbed his hands and looked around, carefully observing the small town in front of him that had experienced a tragic war not long ago.
The ground that was once stained red by blood has long been washed away by the rain, and only half of the bridge is still hanging on the shore.
As for the black marks of lightning on both sides of the river and on the walls, they will be gone in a short time.
“Be careful, handle with care!”
Turning sideways, Mitnich shouted to the guys moving the goods, playing the role of a businessman with ease.
The guys carried wooden boxes one by one and replied to Mitternich: "Don't worry, Mr. Megdi, I promise there won't be any damage."
Carrying a wooden box and wearing a scholar's robe, Martial squeezed through the crowd of people disembarking. Accompanying him was Andal, the guard leader sent by Megdi.
"Sorry, sorry." Martial held the book bag in his arms, "I was obsessed with copying books last night. Some of them fell asleep, so I kept you waiting for a long time."
"Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay. We have to wait for the priest on the pier to finish ordering the goods before we can leave." Mitnich said with a rough smile.
Standing next to Mitnetne, Andal, dressed in leather armor, held a sharp sword and scanned the surrounding crowd with sharp eyes.
On the dock, hundreds of hard workers carried wooden boxes and goods and transported them to small carts on the roadside.
Beside the road at the end of the dock, more than a dozen mule carts, horse-drawn carriages and large donkeys were waiting by the roadside, waiting to load the goods and then transport the goods to the commercial port.
Andal whispered to Mitternich: "When I came to Castle Joan three years ago, it was also winter, and there were many more people than there are now."
"Fort Joan Thirty percent of the surrounding population was taken away by the Salvation Army," Sissi said with a chuckle, her voice as sweet as an oriole.
“The previous war had an almost devastating blow to the economy of Fort Joan of Arc.” Martial sighed and reached out to touch the grain bag beside him. “Fortunately, the local grain prices have finally been suppressed. "
"The price of food has been suppressed. It's not that the nobles and wealthy businessmen suddenly have a conscience, it's just that they have been here." Sissi's delicate fingers traced the rough sack.
"Have you noticed?" Mitigny said to Sissi mysteriously, "The people around me don't have a good attitude towards those priests."
Listening to Mitigny's words, Sissi and others Looking around, it turned out that just as Mitnich said, these local residents had a very average attitude towards the priests.
You know, when they usually face priests, they are all hunched over.
But now, although they are still lying low, their backs are straight, and they will secretly spit at them from time to time.
"They are quite nice to those French knights. Hey, where did the French come from?" Andal suddenly whispered.
Following Andal's line of sight, Miterny narrowed his eyes slightly.
The gilt breastplate, the blue and white robe and the irises on the robe, even though they were far away, he could still hear the dry French language.
Knights of France?
This is a thing made by the Kingdom of France after imitating the Royal Company. Although it is a copycat version, it is not inferior to the knights of the Royal Company in cavalry combat.
With Sissi on his arm, Mitnich walked to the edge of the pier, where several old workers were sitting on wooden boxes drinking water and resting.
Mitnich held a dinar between his fingers: "Brother, I have a few questions to ask you."
"Say." Seeing the silver brilliance of the dinar, the old laborer immediately A smile appeared.
“Where did the French come from in Castle Joan of Arc?”
“Oh, you’re talking about this.” The worker replied, “The French produced a copy of the Silly Duke Darnay The land replacement contract stated that the land should be transferred to Bamanda's father, but the church refused, so the French forcibly sent the French Knights to take over."
"Is this according to imperial law?"< br>
"The greedy lady's father is an Aiel. I often say that she is so greedy because she inherited her father's Aiel blood... You know, whether it is legal or not is just a matter of the Aier's mouth. "
"Then the church just watched the French send out the knights? "
The laborer didn't say anything, just stared at the dinar in Miterny's hand. .
Sisi simply pulled out the dinar and handed it to the worker. The worker stuffed it into his pocket before talking non-stop.
The Salvation Army’s previous allocation of fields near Fort Joan of Arc caused a lot of unhappiness between the church and the Laiyas and local residents. To be precise, after the Salvation Army left, a large amount of land belonging to local people in Fort Joan was recovered.
The scene of farmers running to Castle Joan of Arc to protest was almost repeated again.
It wasn't until the French came and the local residents threatened the church to support the French rule that the church's return to their hometowns and land seizures stopped.
After all, originally they could only choose the church, but now they have a second choice, and the church is naturally a defensive weapon.
The entire Castle of Joan of Arc is currently in a strange balance between the church, the Kingdom of France and the local residents.
Mitnich did not ask any questions to prevent his identity from being revealed, but on the way to the hotel, he kept silently counting the number of knights.
When he waited at the hotel, he could probably conclude that, based on the number of officers and horses, there were 400-800 knights in Fort Joan.
Including an order company of 300 extraordinary knights left by Prince Condai and the temple knights left by the church, the number of extraordinary knights currently stationed in the entire Castle of Joan of Arc is about 1,000.
As for why Prince Condai did not intercept Horn at Castle Joan, there is naturally a reason.
Some time ago, the eldest prince Imberla led troops into the palace in an attempt to seize the throne, but he was bribed by Genigis and his subordinates were completely annihilated.
Today in Changsong City, the capital of the King of France, King Tormund is seriously ill and bedridden, and is basically unable to govern.
At the suggestion of Pope Johnny VIII, the Crown Prince Guinigis became regent and took charge of the affairs of the kingdom.
The first request is that before the beginning of spring, the three great nobles holding the imperial company should go to the royal capital to participate in this year's New Year's banquet.
The two royal Dukes, who learned of what happened to Imberla, decided to hold a royal dinner and cordially invited Prince Condai to attend in March of the following year.
Looking at these behaviors alone, it is really inexplicable, but if you look at the orders together, the situation will become clear immediately.
There are 42 command companies in total as the field mobile army of the Kingdom of Leia.
They are each in the hands of the king, the eldest prince and the three royal nobles, and they usually have their own residences.
After the old King Tormund and the eldest prince Imbra died of illness and death, Genigis had 17 command companies in his hands.
On the other side, the two younger brothers of King Thomund, Duke Luel and Duke Neidbach, controlled a total of 16 command companies.
As the former royal family, Prince Kong Dai controlled 9 imperial companies and eventually became the largest neutral force.
Because everyone knows that the nobles in Laia will not let Prince Condai become the king.
This has been the dilemma of the Kingdom of Leia for many years. There are big nobles in the royal family who control the mobile field force of the Kingdom of Leia.
There are also great nobles outside the royal family, who control the local defense force of the Kingdom of Leia.
In the entire Kingdom of Leia, the royal power is stronger than before the Hundred Years War, but the great nobles inside and outside still rule together.
At this juncture when both sides are evenly matched, whichever side Prince Kong Dai joins will be strengthened at an epic level.
In Miterny's opinion, Prince Condai and his six imperial companies were stationed at Feiliu Castle just to wait and see who could offer a higher price.
“This is both a good thing and a bad thing for us.” Mittern analyzed, “The good thing is that the Kingdom of Leia is constrained by each other and cannot spare the energy to deal with us.
The bad news is , In order to prevent the weak balance from being destroyed, Prince Condai and his 9 command companies will stay in Qianhe Valley at least until March."
"If we can quickly defeat the churches and nobles everywhere. Prince Kong Dai saw that the situation was over, and he might just leave as he pleased. "
Sissi followed up and analyzed: "His core location is the Kong Dai area of the Windmill Land, and we will force him to take advantage of it. It’s not cost-effective to waste all your power.”
"But from another perspective, if Prince Condai attacks quickly and defeats each of us before we are connected together, what awaits us is still a failure." Sitting on the bed in the hotel, Mittern said calmly.
Andal looked at the faces of Sissi and Mittern and asked hesitantly: "We want to fight quickly and join forces as soon as possible. Isn't supporting the Salvation Army just a distraction?"
"The Salvation Army is more familiar with Fort Joan of Arc than we are. If Fort Joan of Arc can be eradicated, we can eliminate the hidden danger of being attacked from both sides."
"But do you really think that the Salvation Army has the ability to defeat Fort Joan of Arc?" Thousand Extraordinary Knights? This is not the case before.”
Sissi and Miterny looked at each other and said nothing.
Martial came out and said with a smile: "Isn't our trip just to evaluate whether they are qualified?"
(End of Chapter)