Chapter 355 Gold shines wherever it goes
The setting sun was like blood. After cheering, the parliamentary soldiers began to change their defenses.
Carrying spears and shields, they walked down the stairs in twos and threes.
These soldiers defending the city are mainly composed of semi-professional mercenaries and infantry knights, and are filled with flesh and blood from the city guards of Rapid City.
These citizens and shop assistants were just street vendors a month ago. After two months of training and a month of war, they have become more or less iron-blooded.
"I heard that Mr. Siolin sponsored a batch of beef?"
"Can we eat beef tonight?"
"Do you really eat beef? That's for the knight. "
"I don't eat beef, so soup is good."
Rubbing their sore muscles, the soldiers chatted and began to discuss what kind of food they could have tonight.
For this uprising, three months' worth of food and grass had been stored in the warehouses of Rapid City. The soldiers outside the city had already eaten dry cakes, but they could still continue to eat bread.
While they were carrying wine bottles and talking about which restaurant they would visit when they were full in the evening, a soldier grabbed the corner of his companion's clothes.
The companions silently silenced their voices, turned their faces in awe and fear, and did not look at the wizards passing by.
Although they helped them repel the church's army, the citizens still believed that they were evil pagan wizards.
Hiring heretics to fight heretics is just a temporary measure.
They were all good believers, but they had no choice but to get involved with the evil devil.
Cai, I didn’t accept help from the wizard. The relationship between the two parties is just an employment relationship.
At the beginning, many citizen councilors expressed objections to Archon Catherine's strategy of hiring wizards to fight for them.
However, as the intensity of the siege war gradually increased, the citizens had no choice but to acquiesce to their existence due to the brilliant achievements of the wizards.
Although the cooperation with the wizard may have ruined the reputation of Rapid City and its citizens, it can't be controlled so much at the moment.
The wizards of Black Snake Bay have long been accustomed to the looks of soldiers.
They supported each other, too tired to say anything. As they staggered, they took a sip of the medicinal wine hung around their waists from time to time to stabilize their spirits.
After the wizards left the city wall, the weird atmosphere dissipated, and the hungry soldiers dragged their tired pace towards the food shed.
Looking at the soldiers with envy, although the city defenders were hungry, they could not go to the food tent to eat.
They must follow the regulations and first go to the command room to report to Pettier.
The watchtower where the command room is located is located behind the monastery, which is exactly the blind spot of the trebuchet.
The command room on the second floor of the watchtower was filled with captains and officers of all sizes, reporting the situation to the young man in the middle.
"The third section of the city wall was damaged, and ten people were killed and injured..."
"The damage to the fifth section of the city wall was not serious, there were no casualties, but there were three deserters..."
Petier stood in the center of the command room, with unfolded maps and charts neatly placed on the long table, with dense markings on them.
A month ago, Pettier was just an unknown logistics officer in the parliamentary army, but a month later, he was already the actual commander-in-chief of this defensive battle.
To put it simply: the army is still controlled by Catherine, but Pellet takes charge.
Judging from his status in the parliamentary army, Pettier is the third-ranking figure under Catherine and Karl.
The reason for this rocket-like promotion is simple.
Three weeks ago, a stone thrown by the church army hit the city wall and bounced off, knocking down a bell tower.
Next to the bell tower happened to be the command room at that time, where the chief city guard and senior generals held meetings.
After the senior officers spiraled into the sky or were seriously injured, Pettier, as a logistics officer, stepped forward, temporarily replaced the commander-in-chief, and carried the day's offensive with perfect command.
Katherine immediately promoted him to city defense advisor, and what followed was the beginning of Elard and others’ nightmare.
No matter how they attack, every section of the city wall can be defended.
Others may think that the reason for the easy defense is that the parliamentary army is too strong/the church army is too weak. Only these city defenders know that one of the real reasons lies in this thin young man.
Every morning before changing defenses, Pettier would convene a meeting with the garrison officers from each section of the city.
The specific content of the meeting is quite simple and is divided into three parts:
First, who will lead a few hundred soldiers, a few wizards, and a few red dragon breaths to which section of the city wall, and who will lead dozens of The soldiers and several wizards went to another section of the city wall.
Second, who will lead troops as reserves for which sections of the city wall, and who will be responsible for assisting defense in which direction.
Third, what should we do if something happens?
Then the meeting adjourned, everyone took their soldiers and supplies to the city wall, and then defended the city step by step.
The magic is that the strength of each city wall deployed according to Pettie is just enough to repel the enemy every day.
Many people even doubt whether Pelletier is a divination wizard or a psychic wizard who can predict the future or eavesdrop on his heart.
Otherwise why under his coordination, every time the last red dragon's breath is used up, the enemy retreats.
No more, no less, almost no waste.
"...the soldiers on the seventh section of the city wall had a lot of casualties. There were twenty, but fifteen of them were slightly injured. They can be re-entered the battlefield after being bandaged."
"Okay, there are still people to add. "?" The fast-moving quill stopped, and Peltier looked around with black circles under his eyes. The city guards present looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Okay, let's break up the meeting and come early every morning for the meeting." Pettier and the remaining soldiers ordered, then turned and walked towards the third floor.
The city guards breathed a sigh of relief, said hello and headed towards the tavern.
Pettier rubbed the gum from the corners of his eyes and climbed up the stairs to the third floor. In the small study on the third floor, Catherine and other senior members of the parliamentary army gathered in this small room.
According to the previously established practice, after the city defenders have reported their work, Pellet will go to the second floor to report to Catherine.
Seeing Pettier's haggard appearance, Mitny walked to the tea table and poured Pettier a cup of ice-cold mint tea.
After thanking him, Pettier placed the compiled briefing on Catherine's desk.
“How are things going today?”
"Fortunately, the number of casualties is only seventy." Peltier hesitated, "Lord Consul, I have to remind you that our two dragon breaths are not enough."
" Not enough? How could it not be enough?" Karl, who was standing by the window, turned around, hanging his left arm, and there was a sword wound on his cheek that extended from his chin to his ear.
"The Parliament was designed based on the fact that Ansenberg could defend it for a month, but Ansenberg was breached in two weeks, and there was no reserve left." Pelletier walked to the table and pointed to the numbers on the briefing. , "I tried to save as much as possible, but it's still not enough."
"How long can the current two dragon breaths be used?" Catherine asked, scanning the numbers on the briefing.
Petier licked his dry lips and thought silently for a long time before sighing: "I think, at the current speed, it will be used up in two weeks at the earliest. Save some money, less than three weeks." .
In the original plan, this time point was just right to receive the second batch of support in early August, but the situation was different after all. The congressmen considered it too extreme, leaving no room for error. "
"Can the secret party coalition forces from Black Snake Bay be allowed to come in advance? "Karl walked to the table, picked up the briefing sheet and asked while scanning it.
"I sent them a letter before the port wall was breached. ”
“Do they have any news? How did you recover? "
Katherine looked at Mitnich with a solemn expression, and Mittnij helplessly whispered to Karl: "The news came from Black Snake Bay at the end of June. ”
"What? Why didn't I know?" Karl asked with a pair of bull's eyes.
Mitnich pulled out a letter from the pile of documents: "After the arrival of the last batch of wizards to support us, the defense of Black Snake Bay has weakened a lot.
Garrisoning Red Copper Niedersall, the sand sculpture knight of the fortress, led his troops to sneak attack from Longyan Township and plundered a large number of wizards who were good at fireball.
Black Snake Bay was not only unable to send wizards and secret party mercenaries in advance, but even 8 people. The reinforcements at the beginning of the month were postponed until the end of August. I was afraid of affecting morale, so I kept silent."
An unspeakable silence spread in the room. Catherine took off her glasses and leaned back on the chair. Go up, rubbing the center of his brow, saying nothing.
The rest of the black knights and congressmen, you look at me and I look at you, they also don’t know what to say.
"How is the war in River River?" A councilman suddenly asked, "When will Lord Meliati come to rescue us?"
"Same as usual." Mitte Nirvana was sitting on his desk, "Fighting a tug-of-war with the castle near the high castle."
"Don't keep thinking about saving us." Karl still cherished his original dream of counterattack, "Maybe we can Can we fight back by ourselves?”
But Karl himself knew that after losing the port at the beginning, it was just a fantasy to talk about counterattack.
But he had to say this, otherwise the morale of the Black Knights would drop.
Petier seemed to have thought of something: "Horn of Fort Joan of Arc, I mean, can the Salvation Army of Saint Sunson come to the rescue?"
"Find him for rescue? Not yet? By that time, right? We, the Black Knights, can still fight." Carl said the beginning with great dignity, but at the end, he seemed to be weak.
With a face full of uncertainty and doubts, Karl turned and looked at Mitnich beside him: "Mitnich, why have you never spoken?"
Mitnich smiled bitterly and read from the letter again. He pulled out one from the pile: "This is the news from Kasha County. The knights of Jinhe Township are at war with the Salvation Army. It is estimated that they will not be able to rescue us within two or three months."
"Why at this time?" A black knight standing at the door complained in a low voice.
"Yes, how can you rashly start a war with the knights of Jinhe Township?" After hearing this, one of the congressmen's voice became a little higher.
"This is not a choice for them, nor is it a choice for us." Catherine, who was resting her mind, finally spoke, and the original noise dissipated a lot.
After all, the woman in front of me took advantage of the war and claimed to be in power during the war, purging a large number of opponents in the Rapid City Council.
If anyone wants to hang out in the dungeon with those former congressmen, you might as well speak out against it now.
"Or should we hire another group of mercenaries?"
"The ports have fallen into the hands of others, and the rivers have been blocked by shipwrecks. Where can we hire them? How can we get in once we have hired them?"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"...I don't have a good idea."
Katherine opened her eyes, hiding her tired eyes, and looked Looking at the slightly depressed senior members of the parliamentary army, she sighed:
"I didn't want to talk about this at first, in case there were spies who passed the news to the church army outside the city, but now that they are almost here, it shouldn't matter."
This is nonsense. A few words from the brain confused several people present.
"Katherine is in power, what do you mean?"
Katherine stood up and looked around at the people around her:
"Kasha County officially raised its flag against the church. I estimate that their reinforcements will arrive within three days at the latest. By then, we will break out and cooperate with them in a beautiful counterattack.”
(End of this chapter)