Chapter 414 Is it so difficult to bear the pressure for a long time?
"Our original goal is to rescue Rapid City."
Sissi chased behind Jeshka eagerly, trotting to persuade Jeshka.
"It was Rapid City that looked down on us in the first place. We came here to fulfill our covenant, why should we risk rescue?" Jeshka walked forward quickly with a headache and impatiently refuted Sissi's words.
“If it weren’t for the lightning-shaping wizards introduced by Lady Catherine, would we have been able to gather the Holy Guns before the Battle of Pavia?”
"Without the help of Your Excellency Catherine, could "The Expedition of the Saint Sun" be spread throughout the Thousand River Valley? Can the victory of the Saint Sun be transformed into prestige?"
"Without the channel of Your Excellency Catherine, how could Martin go? To Langsand County? Without the kindness of Sir Martin and Catherine, could the food agreement between Casha County and Langsand County be signed so smoothly? "
Sissi asked in rapid succession.
"What? Moral kidnapping?" Being annoyed by Sissi's words, Jeshka blushed for the first time with Sissi, "Why didn't you mention Rapid City's spying in Kush's territory? What about trying to infiltrate and seize power to save the military government?"
"Megdi Chamber of Commerce has various branches and affiliated organizations, and we don't understand every organization." Sissi's face stiffened, but she still argued her case. He said, "Didn't Your Excellency Catherine send you a list of activities in Langsand County and let your Majesty punish you?"
"You are from the Megdi Chamber of Commerce, of course you have to say so." Hakuto, who was guarding the central army, said in a sinister manner, "Who knows what you are really like?"
Out of curiosity Considering the situation on the battlefield, Hakuto sided with Jeshka. They had no feelings for Rapid City and simply fulfilled their previous alliance contract.
If the great enemy Arman can be defeated here, Rapid City will be destroyed if it is destroyed. It is not their city, so what does it matter?
"But..." Sissi rushed over and stopped in front of Jeshka, wanting to persuade her again.
"Sissi, we are old friends." Looking at the stubborn Sissi, Jessica's red warmth retreated, and the only eye left blinked guiltily and helplessly, "I know that in Rapid City They are all your relatives and partners, but the Salvation Army is also our relatives and partners.”
"Let's bombard them with fireball crossbows here. If we bombard them for a while to force them to attack, we will win. Then we can still rescue Rapid City." Hakuto, who crossed his arms across his chest, added.
"By that time, the entire Rapid City will be burned to the ground and razed to the ground!" Sissi couldn't persuade Jeshka and Hakuto, so she walked quickly towards Jeanne. Go, "Sister Jeanne, those are tens of thousands of innocent civilians!"
Jeanne had just returned from the battlefield at this moment. She pulled out a piece of greasy intestine from the gap in her skirt and lowered her head. She raised her head and asked, "How long is it from Rapids City to us?"
"Eight kilometers." After thinking for a moment, Sissi said, "You can let the cavalry go first, and then unload the saddle of the carriage and let one The infantry regiment rode over and it took less than half an hour. "Is there still time to relieve the siege?" Jeanne turned her head and took off her riding boots with difficulty, pouring sweat from her boots. , "I mean what if by the time we arrive, Rapid City has surrendered, and it is the church that is defending the city?"
Sissi said firmly: "I believe Lady Catherine, she will definitely insist on fighting the street fighting with the church army. You know me, please trust my judgment."
A hesitant look appeared on Jeanne's face, But under Sissi's hopeful gaze, she sighed and nodded: "Okay, if it's for the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people, then I'm willing to take the risk."
In a two-to-two tie In this case, the final decision maker is only Horn.
To be precise, in the Salvation Military Government, even if it is zero to ten thousand, Horn still has to make the final decision.
Horn usually follows the voting results and opinions of the ministers and elders. The essence is to give them face and ensure the normal operation of the government and the dignity of the ministers.
If you really want to be stubborn, then the power of the Saint Sun can be said to be unlimited.
If you are not convinced, be careful that the Holy Father comes to the world to possess you in public and give you one-on-one guidance.
In front of her was the calm Saint Sun. Sissi gritted her teeth and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, if you can capture Rapid City, the entire Magadi Chamber of Commerce is willing to accept you as their master."
Hunched over and wiping the inside of her shoes with a rag, Jeanne suddenly straightened her back.
Wearing a knee-length Milan-style full-body armor, Horn inserted the blood-covering cloud sheath in his hand into the ground, stepped on a big stone under his feet, and looked towards the direction of Rapid City in the distance.
"Don't argue, I'm thinking."
Horn neither agreed nor refused.
At the current location of the Salvation Army, except for those high-level knights with excellent hearing, it is basically impossible to hear the bells of Rapid City eight kilometers away.
According to the news brought by the cavalry, they should have broken the city twenty minutes ago.
Twenty minutes ago…
Horn rubbed his brows. He thought that Niedersall's Kush Knights were enough to be useless to their teammates. Why did Rapid City appear again?
The last letter was fine, let the Salvation Army fight slowly, don't worry, the next letter will be that the city is broken.
No, sisters, the main force of the church has been mobilized here. Is it that difficult to carry the pressure for a long time?
Even if the city is broken, there must be a process. At least some foreshadowing. I was in good spirits one second, but why is it so bad the next second?
"We, the Megdi Chamber of Commerce, are willing to bear all the expenses of the Salvation Army!" Seeing that Horn was still silent, Sissi added in a panic.
This time Horn finally responded. He raised his eyes and glanced at Sissi: "Don't say this a second time."
Knowing that she had made a mistake, Sissi quickly closed her mouth, as if she was begging. Like a white rabbit, he stood aside and waited for Horn's decision.
Withdrawing his gaze, Horn cast his gaze on the army in front of him that had come all the way from Qiumu Island. No one understands the power of the Salvation Army better than Horn.
This is not Horn’s usual joking nonsense, but a fact.
Due to the need to develop Holy Gunners, unlike most religious leaders of this era, Horn needed to spend a lot of time accompanying the war monks.
So he is quite familiar with the combat effectiveness of the war monks.
If it were in his hometown, these Salvation Army infantry could easily defeat these late medieval feudal armies without extraordinary powers.
But analyzing the specific issues in detail, due to the extraordinary existence, the knights can ignore the trench, ignore the horse, ignore the car and fort, and ignore the mortal super long spear phalanx.
If it weren’t for the extraordinary, in this empire without cannons and gunpowder, the chariot and fort tactics they used on the long and bloody road would have been a surefire kill for the knights.
But with extraordinary powers, these terrifying knights can physically smash the chariot and even jump over the chariot.
If you continue to use rigid car and fort tactics, the consequence will be that soldiers become dependent.
Without timely transformation, it will be difficult to have the motivation to promote field combat capabilities on the plains in the future.
This forced Horn to adopt the more flexible Gallar horizontal formation tactics, coupled with the Holy Gun Cavalry and Hussars, to form a barely complete tactical system.
It’s just that since the birth of this system, it has been using the concept of defensive counterattack using car-fort tactics, which actually goes against Horn’s original intention.
He just realized that the car-fort tactics were not flexible enough, so he chose the Galar horizontal formation.
But there is a gap between reality and ideals. Horn's starting environment was too poor and his development was too rapid. As a result, even if he provided enough meat, the entire army was still in the process of quantitative changes.
That is to say, the extraordinary rate and training do not match their morale. They can display their full strength in static defense, but in offense, they can easily expose their flaws and be counterattacked.
To put it simply, the original knights had high attack power and thick blood, ordinary mortal battle formations had low attack power and thin blood, and the Dunjar phalanx, which popularized extraordinary and armor, had low attack power and thick blood.
After Horn's Gallar Phalanx was equipped with the Holy Gun, it changed the problem of low attack power of mortals and brought the extraordinary knights to the same level - both sides have high attack power and low health, and when they meet each other, they Second.
This is why Horn has been trying to use defensive counterattack tactics. The combat effectiveness of the extraordinary knights far exceeds that of the knights on the earth. They should try to reduce casualties as much as possible.
But the problem is that if we fight like this, we will win tactically, but we will be at a disadvantage strategically.
If he sat in silence with the church army here and the Rapid City was massacred, maybe the people of Qianhe Valley knew that this was a last resort, but in the end they would be a little disappointed with him.
You must know that Horn's identity as a saint is very sensitive, just like a ghost, you may believe it or not.
Compared with other traditional powerful figures in Qianhe River Valley, his influence is not deep, and it is mainly spread among the refugees at the lowest level.
If you watch Rapid City being massacred, you will not only lose a lot of people's hearts, but also lose part of the legal principles, especially Rapid City is an important strategic stronghold.
When entering Rapid City, you can go down the river to attack Feiliu Castle or go north to support Meliati. When you retreat, you can retreat to Xiaochi City. If it is taken away by the Church, you may fall into strategic passivity.
Thinking of this, Horn couldn't help but shake his head. He couldn't accept such an ending.
Seeing Horn shaking his head, Sissi's heart froze, and her whole spirit was shattered like a porcelain doll.
A few seconds later, he returned to normal, but there was a bit of tragedy in his eyes: "If you don't want to go to the rescue, please lend me a war horse and a long sword. ”
"Who said I won't go to the rescue?" Horn was surprised and lifted the bloody cloud that was lying on the ground and hung it around his waist again.
"You just..." Sissi opened her mouth in shock.
Grey firewood smoke drifted from the upwind mouth, making the entire battlefield a little blurry.
But Horn could still see rows of black sergeants standing neatly, as straight as iron rods stuck in the ground.
The steamy wind made the clothes sticky. From time to time, someone would reach out to secretly lift up the clothes to fan themselves or scratch their noses.
Except for the occasional low noise, there was almost no other sound. In this small range of maneuvering and standing, they were like a long steel wall.
Since the war, the Salvation Army has almost always fought positional warfare.
But this is not a long-term solution after all. Horn cannot choose the battlefield every time. There will always be encounters or even ambushes.
The ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law after all.
“Order!” Pulling blood from the scabbard to cover the clouds, Horn’s voice was as sonorous as steel and pointed at the enemy’s right wing, “March diagonally to the west and outflank them laterally!”
(End of this chapter)