Chapter 323 The Grand Trial of the Heretic Devils of the Nobles of Jinhe Township
After an additional orderly without hands was added to the hussar's lycanthropy, Jeanne's team set out again.
Seeing the miscellaneous fish prisoners of war being dejectedly imprisoned in the dungeon of Sour Melon Town, Jeannaling Colebo temporarily took over the Holy Gun Cavalry, tucked his legs under the horse's belly, and headed towards the castle of Joan of Arc.
Bypassing the stream and forest, several newly built sentry towers outside Fort Joan of Arc come into view.
The war monks on the checkpoints and towers naturally knew the Holy Lady, and the doors were opened all the way to allow Her Royal Highness to fly past.
Driving her horse into the main street of Castle Joan of Arc, Jeanne looked around and saw that there were only a few lonely people walking on Citizen Street and Artisan Street.
Some poor traders and small shopkeepers still had their doors open, and military policemen wearing pointed hats and holding wind-up guns and T-shaped crutches stood on the roadside at every street intersection.
Citizens and craftsmen hid in their homes and looked out of their windows.
The monks in charge of temporary emergency purchases kept knocking on the doors of the shops, while the covered carriages traveling between Casha County and Langsand County in the morning and evening were parked on the roadside.
Although the war has not yet begun, the residents of the city still smell the smell of war.
After dismounting in front of the city hall, a Guardsman stepped forward and took away the squealing turnip.
"The Holy Father bless you, Your Majesty Jeanne." The monk of the Guards on guard extended his three fingers to his chest and saluted, "Your Majesty, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please come with me."
< br>Opening the door of the city hall conference room, ten corps commanders, four cardinals from Fort Joan of Arc, several senior representatives of the Senate and senior monks from the Order of the Holy Father were all present.
Standing in front of the ten-year-old oak table in the city hall, Busak was reporting the damage to everyone present:
"...from May 20 to today On May 21, the Ibe Knights of Jinhe Township dispatched nearly 200 extraordinary knights and 300 retinue knights to launch an attack on the Jihad Special Zone, but all of them have been repelled so far
The Ibe knights did not display any flags, and even only looted a small amount of loot, but there were many cases of burning wheat fields and houses.
Currently, a total of six hundred-household districts have been attacked, 15 villages have been plundered, more than 1,200 people have been lost, and the loss of materials and food is insignificant..."
Sit down under the arrangement of Armand Going to Horn's left side, Jeanne opened the documents on the table and read them carefully.
In the conference room, the senior leaders of the Papal State sat in a circle.
The cardinals frowned. Lock, the representatives of the Senate looked worried, and the senior monks of the Order of the Holy Father stared expressionlessly at the Pope sitting at the top
"These damn devils didn't just stay and die, but they even ran wild on our territory!" Rudillo, the commander of the Black Hat Army, slammed the table, "Look, I'll send the Holy Gunsmen over and send them all down one by one. Hell!"
"Don't worry, our war plan has just begun to enter the propaganda stage." Thomas was shocked when Rudillo slapped the table, "The specific logistics and mobilization have to wait."< br>
“The situation on the battlefield is constantly changing, we can’t wait.” Jeshka interrupted him directly.
“You have to wait if you don’t wait.” Madeleine said with a bitter face, “Food and carriages cannot be created out of thin air.”
Coleman, the commander of the Black Hat Second Army, was even more direct: "Your Majesty, give me the order."
At this kind of highest military meeting, new army commanders like Jourdan and Momri were too nervous to say a word.
On the contrary, veteran generals such as Victor and Das dared to give opinions.
Horn did not answer, and turned to Jeanna and asked: "Jeanna, please tell me about the situation on your side."
"Yes." Jeanna didn't even look at it. He stood up and said, "On the morning of May 21, the sentry reported that there was a cavalry attack. I led my troops to repel them, but they launched a counter-siege against the hussars.
I arrived at about 14:00 in the afternoon. Defeat them again
But the strange thing is that they were clearly ambushed and surrounded, but they still had some strength left, their resistance was not fierce, and their fighting spirit was very low.
Currently we have captured some prisoners of war and have handed them over to Cheka for memory recovery. The results of the preliminary recovery are that they seem to want to lure us deeper..."
"Be defeated by looting , to lure the enemy deep in, and then ambushed and defeated, luring the enemy deep again? Das scratched his scalp, "So many people died, isn't the price too high?" "
"Is there a possibility..." Mengsai smiled narrowly, "Every time the knights lose, they say they are luring the enemy deeper. ”
The old bishops and senators who had followed from the Gulag smiled and nodded.
"Brother Coleman, why are you laughing?" Jourdain asked Coleman quietly.
Coleman grinned and recounted his past experiences vividly.
The rest of the senators added while telling the latest Holy See joke.
Seeing that the topic of discussion was gradually getting distorted, Armand quickly stood up to maintain order: "Don't discuss irrelevant topics. Let's talk about these things after the meeting."
Drawing the topic back again, Horn coughed With a cry, the entire venue immediately fell silent. "Our frontline must move forward." Horn said bluntly. "Being passively beaten will lose the strategic initiative. Our new political power is not yet stable, and we cannot afford to fight them."
“We are going to fight in the first place.” Hakuto agreed, “Even if we lure the enemy deep, we can still fortify the stronghold and fight the battle, advancing step by step.
Jinhe Township They are surrounded by Kasha County to the west, North County to the east, and Black Snake Bay to the south. They are all our people, and they are the ones who should be anxious.”
Although he is surrounded from all sides, Horne. What can be expected is that they cannot spare their hands to cooperate with their attack.
Black Snake Bay is blocked by the Red Copper Fortress. The Northshire Knights mainly focus on attacking Mound County. Kasha County is not willing to sacrifice itself for big things, so in the end, Horn has to do it himself. .
He even had to pay attention to the church knights who came to attack River County.
Every time he thought about the situation, Horn felt inexplicably tired.
Why is it that one of the subordinates and allies is always an insect?
“My opinion is to push forward twenty miles.” Horn stretched out his hand and tapped on the map, “Advance the front to Heitao Town. The distance to transport food is not too far.”
"What about the food transportation problem?" Madeleine raised her hand and asked, "We don't have enough money, so we have to save some money."
"Issue war bonds first, raise funds from citizens, and use the money to hire civilians." Horn took a charcoal pencil and drew circles on several monasteries on the map, "Take several monasteries and castles near Black Pottery Town. , auctioning their real estate and concessions, only allowing bonds to be purchased
Sissi, please work harder and stay up late with Saint Kuting to do actuarial calculations and cost accounting for specific jihad bonds.
You can invite some friendly wealthy businessmen, such as the female widow and Grandpa Werther, as consultants, and let them discuss together."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Sissi stood up immediately. Get up and salute.
"Okay, what's your opinion? If you disagree, you can say it now." Unlike during the Gulag period, Horn asked this question sincerely.
"Agree!"
"I agree."
"Great, let's do it!"
After a concise and efficient meeting, the legion commander, the bishop and others The senior officials quickly returned to their posts and began preparations for war.
By the next morning, the notices that had long been printed by the Ministry of Truth were carried in the arms of the traveling monks and military police cavalry, and headed towards the villages in all directions.
As the morning dew dropped, the farmers who had just gone out saw the military police arriving quickly.
While carrying small buckets to clean the notice board, the military police read aloud the notice "The Grand Trial of the Nobles, Heretics and Devils of Jinhe Township".
“Dear fellow believers, villagers, citizens, and all followers of justice,
Today, we stand at the crossroads of history, facing a grim reality—Jin The nobles of Hexiang, those who claim to be the guardians of noble blood, are actually heretical devils who have betrayed their faith and the people.
Their actions are to make us return to the precarious life of the past. Let’s put on the shackles of being the people again!”
The citizens of Ashheard Town raised their heads and looked at the passionate traveling monk with worry and fear.
“...In the past few days, these so-called nobles have used their extraordinary knights and retinue knights to launch a merciless attack on our homeland.
They burned our homes. The wheat fields destroyed our homes and took away the lives of our relatives. Their actions were cruel and outrageous.
However, they were not satisfied with this. Their ambition and greed were as deep as the abyss. Bottom out.
We can no longer sit idly by and allow these heretical demons to continue to wreak havoc in our land.
Now is the time, we unite, in the name of the Holy Trinity, I will bring them the final judgment! "
Reading this, Grosien, the head of the Hundred Household District of Lasso, was so excited that his voice was distorted.
"...Here, the sinner Horn, in the name of the Papal State, , issuing a call to all devout believers:
Gather your strength, whether it is sword and shield, or faith and courage, it will be our sharp blade to judge heretics.
We will organize a righteous army to launch a great trial against the heretical devils in Jinhe Township in the name of holy war.
This is not only a jihad to defend our beliefs and values, but also a jihad to avenge our former relatives and friends, and even more so, a jihad to protect our homeland!
May the light of the Holy Father shine on your path, my dearest believers! ”
(End of this chapter)