Chapter 262 What? It is!
Joan of Arc is located in the northeast of Longsand County, surrounded by half-moon-shaped mountains, bordering Mound County to the east and North County to the southeast.
With the existence of canals, Joan of Arc can be connected to the Ibe River and the tributaries of the Nauan River.
Logs and ore from Mound and North counties in the east can be transported to Fort Joan of Arc via land route, while daily necessities and food from the west can be transported to Fort Joan of Arc via waterway.
The Ibe River flows southward and passes through the Ibe Plain of 400,000 hectares of land in Langsand County, providing precious water sources for local farmers.
On the 400,000-hectare Ibe Plain, more than 60% of the knights are Laiyas and Frans.
Although they were born in the Thousand River Valley, they rarely intermarried with local nobles. They were often just French and French, Laiya and Laiya, Kush and Kush.
Only the second son, the wandering knight, and the youngest son of a minor noble family will marry locals.
On the Ibe Plain, among the wheat fields like waves, there are 1,300 knights' manor and 200 large and small churches.
After the appearance of the French Knights, the church urgently mobilized 200 extraordinary knights of Leia blood.
Half of them entered Joan of Arc to help the church suppress the French Knights, while the other half stayed in Ashheard Town, supervising local craftsmen to build weapons for mercenaries and repairing the knights' armor for free.
However, at noon on February 22, 100 knights from Ashheard Town came out in full force, and for unknown reasons, marched quickly in the direction of Mayo Town.
On the road leading to Mayo Town, an army of thousands of people moved forward slowly.
Among them, the retinue knights walked at the front to explore the road and led the armed peasant infantry in the middle, while at the back were the extraordinary knights, who were responsible for supervising the battle and killing deserters.
The horses of 100 extraordinary knights knocked on the hard ground, sending up circles of dust.
They wore red feathers on their heads, frosted silver armor, and silk cloaks tied with ribbons, flying back and forth in the warm spring wind.
The horses of these knights are all rough-hoofed horses native to the Ibe Plain. They were brought by the Kush people from their hometown of the Kush River grassland.
It’s just that the people sitting on the backs of these Kush rough-hoofed horses are no longer Kush people, but Flan people with fluttering iris flowers and Laiya people with fluttering thorn flowers.
Although they only have 100 knights, as knights close to the Bronze Eagle Castle, they have to fight against secret parties, monsters and barbarians on the border every year, so they have rich combat experience.
"Your Majesty, Earl, we still have 5 miles to reach the scheduled battle location."
"I know." A middle-aged man wearing beautiful hollow silver armor stroked his beard and smiled.
"Hurry up, don't dawdle." The adjutant beside him immediately shouted at the armed peasant infantry in front.
The church said that it mobilized 100 extraordinary knights to guard Ashheard Town, but the 100 knights were not just themselves.
Each knight generally has one or two retinue knights, and these retinue knights are usually armed farmers with no breathing method or low-level breathing method.
However, the breathing method of the retinue knight is not allowed to exceed that of the knight himself, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespectful to the master.
In addition to the cavalry, there are also infantry teams composed of armed peasants. A knight usually leads 4-5 people, holding a wooden shield and a short ax or an inferior iron sword.
So when these 100 extraordinary knights went into battle, they were followed by nearly 200 light armored cavalry and more than 450 armed infantry, as well as more than 300 public farmers carrying weapons and food.
So their army actually has nearly a thousand people.
The leader of this small army is Count Enrico de Alco, and most of the knights in this small army are his vassals.
Enrico, who was riding a horse at the front and wearing a purple gold-rimmed satin cloak coquettishly, looked around at the army in front of him with satisfaction.
He felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life.
After learning that the group of short-haired rats had slipped out of the Black Bone Swamp, Enrico immediately pulled out all the troops in Ashheard Town and attacked in the direction of Mayo Town.
For this group of rats, the knights of Fort Joan of Arc have always felt:
They are not afraid that you will pull them out to fight, but they are afraid that you will come out to carry out sneak attacks from time to time.
A sneak attack will attract a large number of their troops and make them unable to leave.
The city of Rapids was captured by rioting citizens, and the surrounding countryside was occupied by the cavalry organized by the citizens. Enrico thought that he would be sent to gnaw hard bones.
I didn’t expect it, I thanked the Holy Father for sending him a great gift. It's a pity that this refreshing feeling was quickly poured a small basin of cold water on me.
"Lord," the curly-haired young man following Enrico whispered, "The enemy may not be as weak as we thought. Maybe we should outline the formation first, and then If we continue to march, we can't advance in such a mess."
Count Enrico glanced at this curly-haired young man. His name was Bernardo, and he was the family's accountant and lawyer.
In this army, he mainly helps the earl manage logistics and marching.
"There is only one witch, and there are so many of us." Count Enrico said hesitantly, "And lightning can't break the armor. Before, Nicol and the others just suffered the loss of not wearing armor."
"Lord, but their casualty ratio and the situation on the scene are abnormal. Nikhil and the others may have missed something..."
"What? Do you want to question the two knights? "Your Majesty, I know you are kind and kind to all your servants, but he is just an accountant and a lawyer, right?"
"Yes, he is not a knight. When will it be his turn to judge the authenticity of the information."
Before Bernardo finished speaking, the other knights next to him couldn't wait to interrupt, as if It seemed like Bernardo had made some huge mistake.
After all, Bernardo is only a citizen and should be a servant. Even if Nikhil and the others really did not tell the truth for the sake of face, he is still one of their own.
If you don’t help him today, if you make a mistake tomorrow, who will help you?
Besides, servants must always pay attention to their status, otherwise they will be above their masters.
This is the truth passed down from the knights’ families.
Count Enrico's face couldn't help but look ugly amidst the noise. It was obvious that Bernardo's behavior made him feel embarrassed and disrespectful.
If he cannot show the majesty of his master in front of his servants, he will no longer have any prestige in front of his vassals.
It’s just that Bernardo was sent by the old grandmother to supervise and help him, and to a certain extent, he represented the will of the old grandmother and even the entire Alco family.
Bernardo made reasonable suggestions, and Enrico did not want to offend the old grandmother.
The atmosphere was a little frozen for a while, but finally Bernardo slowly said:
"I overstepped my bounds, and I apologize to Mr. Nickel."
"Hmph, watch your words. Behave, Bernardo." Enrico patted Bernardo's arm with some gratitude.
"I'm sorry, Lord." Bowing and saluting, Bernardo relaxed his reins and fell behind Count Enrico and the other knights.
The entire army is still moving forward slowly in its original scattered marching formation.
Forget it, Bernardo shook his head and turned to leave. Before turning around, another reconnaissance cavalry arrived.
Bernardo vaguely heard, he seemed to be saying: "There is still one and a half miles to meet the enemy."
In a quarter of an hour, the enemy marched two and a half miles, and our own side With thousands of infantrymen, they only marched more than a mile in a quarter of an hour.
Our side went into battle lightly, with almost no logistical equipment, leaving only ashes and cavalry.
The opponent is pure infantry, but their marching speed is twice as fast as them. Although this is on the road, this is still too abnormal.
Perhaps this battle was not as easy as Enrico imagined.
Sure enough, within five minutes of walking, Bernardo saw enemy rangers appearing on the hillside and in the woods
At the end of the road, a row of faintly visible soldiers suddenly appeared. The figure of Yue Yue.
"Prepare to form an array!"
(End of this chapter)