Chapter 380 Who to ask for help?
The hot wind blew the white gauze curtains, and in the study room of Megedi Diaolou, there were a bunch of men and women with bitter faces sitting.
They are either senior partners of the Chamber of Commerce, or citizen leaders of some guild.
The hot weather made their armpits and chests soaked with sweat, so they could only pick up feather fans to fan themselves.
The big ice block from before was moved to the back room, which was Catherine's bedroom.
Even if you are close to the door of the bedroom, you can feel the cold air blowing out from inside.
However, no one dared to bring the ice cubes and ice skulls outside. After all, the noble Archon Catherine was sleeping in the room.
After repelling the attack of the Imperial Army, Catherine fell into coma on the spot due to exhaustion of mana.
After the wizard present confirmed that she was fine, she was transported to the headquarters of the Megdi Chamber of Commerce.
This non-war meeting will be held in the study outside her door.
"We have good news and bad news." Peltier sat by the window, being blown by the hot wind outside the window. "The good news is that the Imperial Army suffered heavy casualties and will not launch an attack in the next three to five days. We have obtained "What's the bad news?"
Petier didn't speak, just looked at the door panel of Catherine's bedroom, while the others looked away in tacit agreement.
"What are our casualties?"
"Still counting." Pelletier took out a hard-backed notebook from under his butt, "But I estimate that the casualties are about five hundred, and The Imperial Army dropped more than two hundred corpses on the wall, half of them were extraordinary knights.”
"Do you think the Order Company will be reorganized?" Karl's nostrils were blocked with a handkerchief, and scarlet blood was stuck to the end of the handkerchief.
"There is a high probability that they will be reorganized..."
Leaving aside the mercenaries and guards outside the city, there are still three important command companies in the empire.
Although they say there are three command companies, in fact only one organization, Captain Edmund's command company, is complete.
Not a single one of the hundred knights of the Order died in his company.
Although several banner knights and squire knights were killed in the battle, Lingya Knight Arman quickly recruited local knights and mercenary cavalry to supplement the army.
The other is the two and a half command companies led by Elad and Balzessa.
Since the main force of the Order Knights was not completely annihilated, the two Order Companies were beaten by Meliaty and there were only 90 to 120 Order Knights left.
Cooperating with the extraordinary knights recruited locally and the extraordinary knights mobilized from Langsand County, two full command companies were barely formed in the early stage.
However, in the previous battles, through the Red Dragon Breath and a series of large and small battles, the knights of the Order once again suffered heavy losses.
Especially in the wave last night, Catherine killed at least 30 Order Knights through the vampire vines.
According to Karl's estimation, the two and a half command companies of the Imperial Army outside the city probably have less than 80 command knights.
In this way, they have a high probability of forming a new command company.
After all, with less than half of the Order Company, it would be difficult for them to take advantage of the combat effectiveness of their Order Knights.
“Can we still have reinforcements?” Pettier, who was sitting by the window, turned his head and looked at everyone in the room.
Although this Pettier was still unknown more than a month ago, after this period of time, his importance is self-evident.
Although he interrupted everyone's discussion, once he spoke, everyone still wanted to listen to what he had to say.
Mitnich sat on a back chair, his body swaying, playing a balancing game with only two chair legs: "After the last defeat, they finally understood the current situation. At present, the citizens of Koike City have invested in it. We are recruiting troops, but we don’t know when they will arrive.”
In fact, the first wave of reinforcements from Kasha County arrived more than a week ago.
After half a year of wrangling, the atmosphere in Kasha County is gradually changing due to changes in the general environment and situation.
In particular, the ideas of the Holy Way sect, represented by the foreign student Armand and the local Martin, quickly spread among the lower-level monks.
Some insightful people in Kasha County, including local citizens and knight nobles, were affected by this and decided to assist Rapid City.
It is a pity that the two commanders belong to two factions, the citizens and the knights. During the march, the two sides split up their troops due to a quarrel and attacked from two directions.
They also euphemistically called it: pincer offensive.
As a result, not only did they arrive three days late, but they were discovered by the command company on the first day, defeated one by one, and captured more than a thousand prisoners.
If the King's Knights of France hadn't caused trouble and deliberately blocked the road, the remaining Kasha County coalition forces would have been forced to stay in Rapids City.
However, Rapid City received hundreds of Kasha County's extraordinary defeated troops into the city, and Kasha County barely supported them.
Supported, but not fully supported.
"What should we do next? Do you have any ideas?" Mitnich rocked his body back and forth, and the chair made a harsh squeaking sound under his shaking. "After all, Kasha County's No. 1 The second wave of coalition forces will not arrive until at least mid-August.”
The partners present looked at each other, but none of them spoke.
Occasionally, someone would raise an opinion, which would make Carl's blood pressure soar and he would yell, "Weird talk and nonsense." For example, poisoning the river to kill the imperial troops outside the city.
For example, write a letter to the commander outside the city and put red dragon breath in the letter box to blow them up.
Some people proposed to open the city gate to scare away the enemy.
Anyway, most of them come from various chivalry novels and folk tales, or they are poisoning and assassination.
After all, this is a more familiar part of their daily lives.
Unlike the Horn and Meliati groups, which fought in bloody wars, Catherine's military and political group usurped the throne.
They have not experienced too brutal a war, or even a few decent field battles, and of course they have little experience.
Catherine is very familiar with how to develop business, how to govern a city, and how to manipulate the market.
But when it comes to how to fight, it is estimated that her level is not half of Horn's level, and not even a quarter of Meliaty's level.
You know, Horn's group of people came out of the sword, and except for the early days, they rarely fell in rank.
"I think, since Lady Catherine is here, all we need to do is cooperate with Lady Catherine, right?"
A person in charge of the Megdi Chamber of Commerce's subsidiary chamber of commerce said cautiously.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone around her fell silent.
Everyone could see what Catherine did last night, and they had more questions after escaping death.
If Catherine is a witch, are their actions in rebellion really correct? Could it be a devil's conspiracy?
"Actually, the reconnaissance cavalry got some information yesterday." After coughing, Karl changed the subject, "The imperial army outside the city sent hundreds of extraordinary knights, but their whereabouts are unknown. It is possible Is it to attack Xiaochi Castle, or to the east?"
"The castle guard in the east is empty, I guess it is to attack Castle Jeanne..."
"Not necessarily, Xiaochi Castle. It’s quite empty too.”
Mitnair made an annoying sound as he shook his chair and stopped: “Someone said before that the Salvation Army defeated the Ibe Knight in Moncrusse? Who has the latest news? ”
The leaders and senior partners present whispered to each other before one of them raised his hand.
"I heard that they set out for Black Mountain Castle a week ago."
The whispers in the room became louder.
"Black Mountain Fort? I remember it was all in the middle of Jinhe Township, right?"
"Isn't it possible, will they advance so fast?"
"But Niedersall from the Red Copper Fortress came to help..."
Karl knocked on the table impatiently: "Quiet! Quiet!"
Seeing that everyone was quiet, Karl did not continue to say anything. He looked at the floor not far away and kept digging his fingers on the table.
The frequency was so fast and the force was so strong that everyone present heard a sound that sounded like sawing wood, but the sound stopped after Karl turned up his fingernails.
“I think we have to ask for help from the Salvation Army.” Karl, who said this, seemed to be depressed. “At least, at least they have a record of defeating the Order Company in the wild, and we... We...are not as strong as we think.”
This opinion is something that many partners are unwilling to mention because Horn's Salvation Army government has a strong-control attitude towards businessmen.
Not only are government decrees often used to force workshops, but various commercial taxes such as consumption tax and property transfer tax are also increased.
For high-altitude wines such as wine, an outrageous 50 dinars per barrel is levied, and double property tax is levied every year if the property is not occupied.
Especially the prohibition on loan sharking, it really wants to kill businessmen.
“Hey, I don’t think it’s that urgent yet?” a guild leader asked tentatively.
"What support does an army composed of a group of farmers provide?"
"And I think, if we overestimate their strength, will they still be able to conquer Jinhe Township in a month? They are probably still fighting with Knight Ibe "It's going on!"
"When did this happen? Why are you still thinking about your bottles?" Karl looked at them in disbelief.
“You can’t say that.” A senior partner’s face was full of loyalty! Sincerity! He said, "I am thinking about Catherine's governance."
"Yes, when someone comes to rescue us, we have to agree to whatever conditions he proposes."
While the partners and city councilors were arguing, a weak but firm voice came from one side.
“Ask for help from the Salvation Army.”
Although the voice was weak, it suddenly stopped all the sounds at the scene.
That was the voice of the noble consul Catherine. Catherine, who was holding on to the door frame and her face was as pale as paper, said firmly: "In my opinion, ask for help from the Salvation Army."
(End of this chapter) )