Chapter 546: It’s not like the most desperate battle has never been fought
There are more and more black soldiers on the streets of Rapid City.
The soldiers in black who had left in droves returned again.
They built their own barracks in the ruins area between Rapid City and the port, and also helped clean up a lot of debris.
In the process of helping, the citizens of Rapid City gradually became familiar with these soldiers, and no longer had the fear of staying behind closed doors.
Because these black-clad soldiers are different from other mercenaries, they almost never do things like stealing or robbing or killing.
The worst thing they have done is that some war monks of the Black Crown Chapter will intimidate shops and refuse to pay for meals or purchases.
But as soon as the shopkeeper blew his whistle to call for the night watchman and the gendarme, these war monks would pay the money with curses.
After a few times, almost no shopkeeper would be deceived by the black-crowned monks.
As for the guards monks, they are almost all shy and honest farm children. They pay honestly for meals and purchases, and they are not very good at bargaining.
The night watchman even received several cases of guardsmen being defrauded of money.
Of course, the consequence is that the store owner and the gangster who defrauded the money were first fined and confiscated of all their cash, and were disqualified from opening a store.
Then he was kicked in circles by the Guards monks and dragged back to the barracks. To this day, he is still cleaning toilets and emptying buckets for the Guards monks.
But as the number of black-clad soldiers increased, many citizens became worried.
So many barracks and soldiers mean that there will be a huge war next.
This is indeed the case.
At this time, six Black Champion regiments, six Guards regiments, and a total of 6,750 war monks had arrived in Rapid City.
There are also 400 Holy Gun Cavalry and 500 Orc Hussars who entered Rapid City yesterday.
There were even 300 Kush knights from Jinhe Township led by Perini, 900 North County mountain infantry and horse archers led by Murat, a hundred-man mage group led by Lulesi and 600 Black Snake Bay barbarians. Still on the way, they will arrive one after another.
If the assembly is completed and the Skitarii are brought along, the force mobilized by Horn this time will reach 12,000 people.
This almost squeezed the limit of Horn's hand, and there was really no drop left.
The military expenses of these 12,000 men cost about 6,000-7,000 gold pounds every month, and the jihad bonds in Rapid City, Fort Joan of Arc, and the Holy Armament Court were sold like crazy.
Although the people did not understand the opportunities brought by the Leia Civil War, they did not understand the window brought by the division between the North and South churches.
But they believed in Horn. If His Majesty Sheng Sun was going to put in so much effort to complete this matter, then it must be a major event related to their destiny.
Many citizens believe more in the interest rates on bonds. If they win, they will be issued!
Unlike Saint-Sun, who was believed to be the winner in many people's minds, Horn was frowning at the moment.
In the conference room of the Uffizi Palace, he looked at the letter on the table and said nothing for a long time.
"You all should watch it." Horn raised his head and looked at the gloomy conference room. "The Gravel Plains army has invaded North Mound County. Our previous battle plan may not work."
"It's impossible for the Gravellings to invade North Mound County and capture it so easily." Jeshka was the first to talk. "Given the dangers of North Mound County, it would only take two months to capture Cold Spring Castle." ”
"Is there any difference? The march route of the Gravel Plains army happens to be stuck behind the Grand Duke of Hema Stone. Meliyati can't go back even if she wants to."
"Will they help Prince Condé further?" Busac asked worriedly.
Mitnich waved his hand: "Impossible. They have nothing to do with this matter. It's okay to get benefits and fight with the wind. It's impossible to really help attack the Grand Duchess.
Unless Prince Condai cripples the Grand Duke first, I guess they would be willing to kick him a few times. ”
"La Cunho, La Cunho..." While the cardinals were all talking, Horn kept murmuring the name. Assassinating Ludvik, invading Kasha County, raiding the Gray Knights, triggering the gravel plains, and forcing Meliati to launch an attack on Prince Condai who was waiting for work with no way back.
The three shackles of Zhishuiwu, Lujiao Township and Nan Nao'an River blocked Horn's movements, forcing him to watch the fire from the other side.
In twenty days, he could break through Lujiao Township.
But even if he arrived at the sentry fort, Prince Condai had already gone north to attack Meliati.
His Salvation Army was mainly infantry. Without river transport ships, it would be extremely difficult to catch up with Prince Condé.
When they catch up, they will probably have to use their exhausted troops to fight against the imperial company, which is waiting for work.
The root cause of La Cunho's ability to turn the situation around in half a year is simple: he has too many cards in his hand.
He has the aristocratic power of the entire Kingdom of Leia backing him, and the resources he can mobilize are far more than Horn can mobilize.
If Horn could mobilize the knights of Xianshidian to steal Prince Condai's back door, even if they were to burn, kill and loot on the edge of Hotam County, Prince Condai would be so anxious that he would jump.
However, it was beyond Horn's expectation that he could achieve such perfection.
Racunho, Racunho, how could a general of your caliber remain unknown for thirty years?
Is it possible that you have no military exploits at all? Is it possible that all the generals in the empire who are generally rated as "mediocre" have such a level?
As if he suddenly thought of something, Horn glanced at Mittern, who was standing aside in a daze: "Did Prince Condé, the Grand Duke who killed the vampire on the battlefield, work under this Racunho?"
"Well, La Cunho has been the leader of the Border Knights for thirty years. Prince Condai was twelve years ago... Well, killing the vampire happened to be during his tenure."
Then it’s not surprising, then it’s not surprising...
People only see the sharpness of the sword, but they cannot see the hand wielding the sword.
But it was useless to think about it now. Horn straightened his sitting posture and named several people:
"Jeshka, Hakuto, Karl, you are all veterans for many years, and you are very familiar with the geography of Qianhe River Valley. Can you tell us that we can penetrate Lujiao Township in ten days?"
Hakuto and Karl looked at each other and said nothing.
Jeshka hesitated to speak, but finally sighed: "If you give me a hundred red dragon's breaths and build a mortar road in Lujiao Township in advance, ten days will be enough."
Although it is not directly denied, the meaning is extremely obvious. If the Lujiao Township cannot be drilled in ten days, it will be equivalent to being divided and attacked by Prince Kong Dai.
"What about attacking the stagnant dock?" Jeanna raised her hand and suggested.
"Difficult, the detention dock is a fortress built by the Duke of Kush, Clavaron II. The terrain is difficult and it is specially used to deal with mountain barbarians.
Later, the church expelled the Kush people to the east of Rapids City. In order to prevent the Kush people, they specially rebuilt the detention dock, which could accommodate more than 4,000 defenders and was cemented and reinforced with holy water.
Later, we occupied Rapid City, and the church temporarily built a large number of temporary castles near the detention dock, which were even more difficult to attack than before. ”
As the Chapter Master of the Black Crown Chapter, Jeshka's defense line is stationed near the water dock.
He had personally led troops to investigate the detention dock before, and even launched one or two exploratory attacks, but with no results.
After sitting in the main seat and thinking for a long time, Horn suddenly stood up: "Okay, that's it for today. Let's discuss it tomorrow after everyone thinks about it.
Rapid City is a transportation hub. Let's gather the troops here first. Whether it's going north or taking a detour or whatever, let's gather the troops first.
It’s not like we haven’t fought more desperate battles before, haven’t we survived?
I always believe that those who have won the support of the people will receive more help, and those who have lost the support of the people will receive less help. For the rest, we will do our best and then it depends on the Holy Father’s will. ”
(End of chapter)