Chapter 265 You are too anthropomorphic to fit here
Bernardo is from a citizen family. He studied law and mathematics with his father.
Perhaps because he inherited the blood of his true knight father, he has been interested in military affairs since he was a child.
He spent all his salary to buy any military book available on the market, and even worked as an accountant with a mercenary army for three years.
It wasn't until his adoptive father died and the old grandmother of the Arco family came to visit that he knew that he was actually the illegitimate son of a nobleman.
Since then, Bernardo has been staying with the old lady to help her handle family affairs and manage everything in an orderly manner.
Although the old lady sent him to Count Enrico, nominally to help Enrico manage grain and grass, the old lady still had an example of letting Enrico provide military advice.
It’s just that Count Enrico is much more stubborn than Bernardo imagined, and the decisions he made in every aspect were wrong.
But if he really wants to go into battle in person, even if he makes every decision right, he can't say that he will definitely be able to defeat these black-clad troops.
It is said that if you can't beat someone, you can't beat them.
He has never seen such an army, which can withstand the charge of the retinue knights without collapsing, can withstand the rain of arrows from the long archers without slowing down, and can raise its spears and actively countercharge against the extraordinary knights.
If he was really the coach, he would probably just turn this big defeat into a small defeat.
In the small area between the hills and the lake, on the grass that smelled of blood, the corpses of nearly thirty extraordinary knights lay haphazardly.
Almost every one of them was a single-game kill king in the southern battlefield, wearing ancestral armor that no one could break for thousands of years.
But now, they have eyes filled with fear, feces and urine are gushing out, their faces are pale and ferocious, their bodies exude the smell of corpses, and they are deadlier than civilians.
When Bernardo and the other knights gathered together, he counted the number of people and found that there were only 55 extraordinary knights left out of the original 100, and 45 were killed or "missing".
The retinue of 200 knights launched a charge. When they returned, there were only more than 100 people left, and when they assembled, there were only more than 90 people.
As for the remaining defeated infantry, there are only more than 300 people left who can return to their lord.
The rest of the infantry and retinue of knights either died in battle or fled out of fear, and perhaps more were captured.
Standing on the hillside while riding a horse, the setting sun is like blood flowing in the cold stream.
The blood reflected by the stream shone on the armor of this defeated army. They were gray-faced and had long lost the high spirits they had when they set out in the morning.
Bernardo couldn't help but compare them with that ruthless and cruel army, and sighed.
Would such an army have the results it just achieved when it faced the command company?
Shaking his head, Bernardo quickly dismissed this rebellious idea.
“Bernardo, Count Enrico asks you to report back with the roster.”
Walking into this dirty tent, I don't know whether he forgot or was just showing off, but Count Enrico still hasn't taken off his dusty armor.
Sitting on the pony with disheveled hair, he stared blankly at the burning brazier in front of him.
He still doesn’t understand that these peasant rebels didn’t even set up a square and heavy Dunjar phalanx, but defeated them with just a row of horizontal formations about a hundred meters wide?
What a joke!
What are those swishing and flying things? Devil's wind?
Every time a strong wind blew, several knights fell.
In the rout just now, they were first ambushed by the Second Guards Corps hiding in the woods, leaving behind five or six knights' corpses.
Later, he was ambushed by the cuirass holy gun cavalry who appeared out of nowhere, leaving behind the corpses of three or five knights.
Count Enrico panicked and it was Bernardo who pulled his reins and led the army into this safe area.
In the tent at this moment, several prestigious knights were sitting numbly, looking awkwardly at Bernardo who walked in.
"How is it?" Enrico's tired voice sounded in the tent, "Let's discuss it."
Enrico was answered by the lowered heads of many knights.
“Arianco, what do you think of the battle that just happened?” Count Enrico asked directly.
"Your Majesty, I think there must be a devil at work." Arianko said with confidence, "We are all the most elite knights. We will involuntarily flee the battlefield. This is impossible. The only explanation is The devil is at work."
"I know it's the devil, but what is the devil's wind?" As if remembering something, Count Enrico asked Arianco, "Nichol has encountered this before. Why didn’t they say anything about Devil’s Wind?”
"Maybe he saw it wrong, but it's not necessarily his fault."
"Maybe he was confused by vampire spies. These Qianhe Valley people are all descendants of vampires."
"Although Nikhil lied about the military situation, he is dead after all. It is not good to humiliate the deceased's honor."
"...Okay." Listening to the knights' chatter, Enri said Earl Co said in a pretentious manner, "Then there are vampire spies..."
"Your Majesty the Earl!" Bernardo couldn't bear it anymore, "I have to remind you, they The power of the enemy cannot be underestimated. Nikhil’s concealment caused our failure before. What if we conceal it again and cause the failure of Fort Joan?”
"Are you kidding me that the Order Knights of the Order Company will lose to the farmers?" Arianko immediately stood up to retort, and the other knights agreed. "Pay attention to your identity, Mr. Lawyer!"
"We all wear armor and knight swords. You wear linen clothes. I think you are not qualified to participate in this meeting!" "
"An illegitimate child with a mother and no father, how can you interrupt?"
"Come on, get out!"
"My Lord Earl." At this critical moment, Bernardo really couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.
The fact that these troops in black can come here means that all the areas around the town of Maio have been lost. Now that they have been defeated, with the enemy's marching speed, they may one day sneak attack on Fort Joan of Arc.
Continuing to conceal the truth will only make the disaster worse.
The clay figurine was still very angry. He was treated rudely by the knights continuously. Bernardo couldn't hold it down anymore:
"If you want to hide something, please allow me to leave first and return to The family resident and the old lady discussed their duties.”
Bernardo regretted it as soon as he said it. He could definitely say it, but he couldn't say it at this time, let alone in front of everyone.
Sure enough, as soon as the words were spoken, the entire tent fell silent. They were surprised that this civilian dared to threaten them, but they had to admit that this threat was quite threatening.
At that time, Bernardo said a few words lightly in front of the old lady, and their good image over the years would be gone.
Although he is a servant at this moment, he represents the old lady's will and dignity.
Submit to this servant?
No, the knight would rather die than surrender!
As for Bernardo, he understood that what had happened was that he was definitely hated by the knights.
Since it can't end well, let's just take advantage of the situation to finalize the decision.
In the cold atmosphere, the two sides were in a stalemate, and there was only the sound of Count Enrico's sweat dripping from his forehead.
Thank God, a burst of gunfire broke the awkward and strange calm. Arianko took the lead and said: "Enemy attack!"
Count Enrico immediately stood up: "This matter will be discussed later."
The knights and counts quickly rushed out of the tent and began to prepare to escape. Yes, they were controlled by the devil and could not help but The ground ran away.
When you go back, you must go to the church to exorcise demons and do a baptism.
Standing alone in the tent, Bernardo turned around with a wry smile and ran towards the stable.
On the hillside outside the camp, fifty cuirassiers stood still on their horses and fired continuously at the camp.
When the extraordinary knights chased them, they would quickly ride away on their horses.
They even took off their breastplates and other baggage, much faster than the extraordinary knights.
If the extraordinary knights are chasing too many people, they will flee in all directions and use their speed to get rid of their pursuers.
If the number of people chasing is too small, they will lure the knights to the direction of Jeanne and ask the saint to come down and collect their heads.
If the extraordinary knights did not move, these holy gun cavalry would beat gongs, drums, trumpets, sing, and fire lead bullets and stone bullets into the camp from time to time.
The only way is to change places to station while the extraordinary knights are chasing and entangled.
Bernardo thought he was careful enough. He cleared almost all the tracks, but he was still caught one after another.
How did they find the camp?
Walking to the stable, Bernardo put away his luggage, inserted the map, stroked the horse's back mane, and closed his eyes in pain.
Standing quietly for a second, he shook off all the distracting thoughts, exhaled, and prepared to get on the horse.
Putting his hand on the saddle, Bernardo blinked. His peripheral vision caught a dark figure. He turned slightly sideways, trying to see who it was.
But I saw a thick wooden stick getting bigger and bigger in my field of vision.
Bernardo saw the sky fall to the other side, and heard the voice of Arianco's valet in his ears.
"My master asked me to tell you that the majesty of a knight would rather die than surrender. The master does not want to dirty his hands, so he asked me to come."
"Also, I have to advise you, Servants need to behave like servants. You are too human to be suitable here.”
The stick broke through the air and Bernardo lost consciousness.
(End of this chapter)