Chapter 499: The Indulgence Note That Was Detonated(1/2)
Sam Leiden's war ideas are in line with Bruno Stuart, the Emperor of Idal.
Therefore, the siege ideas that the Idar army upholds are actually very simple to cover firepower!
When rich, firepower is covered, and when poor, tactics are interspersed. Generals at all levels of the Idar army are well aware of this catchphrase that is often spoken by Bruno.
In the eyes of His Majesty Emperor Idal, it is by no means a wise move to accumulate victory with fresh lives when weapons and equipment are obviously ahead.
In addition, the Rock City is not far from the Idal's land. Although it has not been connected to the railway tracks, the Idals' ammunition supply is also very sufficient, so there is no need to worry about the logistics and supplies.
So, Sam Layton actually never thought of siegeing the city by relying on human life.
What era is it now?!
In this era of rapid development of magic technology, how could General Idal, who keeps pace with the times, retain such primitive siege methods? That is simply a reversal of history!
As an Idal general, Sam Leiden knew very well the important value of population to the Idal Empire. Nothing else, from factory companies to workshops and farms, which industry is there in the Idal Empire and which field is not short of manpower?
Moreover, for this war, the Idar Empire had already prepared a large number of military supplies and carried out countless sand table deductions, and there was no need to adopt such a tragic fighting style.
In one sentence, just bang!
In many cases, human joys and sorrows are not consistent.
Perhaps in the eyes of the Holy Sect soldiers guarding the city, the artillery fire falling from the sky and the roaring sounds that came from all directions were like the chanting and wailing of the hell messenger, and in the blink of an eye, they ruthlessly took away fresh lives.
But in the eyes of the Idal soldiers, this loud sound like thunder seemed to be an inspiring melody, which was a march that inspired the Idal soldiers to move forward bravely and defend their homeland!
The warmth of the artillery fire melted the frost land around it, and the loud noise woke up the sleeping beasts in the forest.
The birds waved their wings hard and ran around under the flames of war. Their dense gray-black figures were like dark clouds.
Under the command of each company and battalion commander, the Idal soldiers skillfully operated the artillery in front of them according to their experiences gained in past exercises.
Accompanied by sharp whistling and dull roar, countless artillery fire poured over the towering walls of the Giant Rock City.
Even the cold wind from the extreme Arctic ice field seemed to be afraid of the rumbling artillery fire. Under the invasion of the rolling heat waves, even the cold wind that was willing to act in winter could only quietly dissipate outside the city walls.
The ground was trembling, and the tower was crying.
The solid city walls were scattered with cracked gravel, and the towering arrow tower seemed to be crumbling under the attack of artillery fire.
The soldiers of the Holy Cult who had no time to find the cover were blown away by fierce artillery fire in an instant, or were burned by the scattered flames.
Since the Church of Light has been on guard against this, there are no flammable and explosive dangerous items in the Stone City.
This also makes the built-in explosion array after the magic shell is triggered, but it is difficult to ignite the buildings in the Stone City.
But even so, the shrapnel, gravel and flames that burst out after the shells landed on the ground also caused heavy losses to the soldiers of the Holy Cult in the city.
However……
This is just the beginning!
Sam Leiden knew very well how much the Church of Light attached to the Rock. According to the information obtained by the CIA, not only were there tens of thousands of enemy soldiers stationed in the city, but also prepared sufficient food and grass in advance.
He must take down the city as soon as possible and cannot cause too much casualties to his side. Then he can only rely on firepower to open a gap for the Idar army.
The consumption of ammunition can be compensated by subsequent transportation. The damaged weapons can also be produced and maintained in the arsenal in Idal. But the soldiers of the Holy Cult Army are no less than one death!
Under Sam Leiden's order, rounds of artillery fire broke through the sky, and violent explosions almost covered the entire Rock City!
The deafening roar seemed to shake the air around her, and could even thrust the fragile hearts of the soldiers of the Holy Cult.
And with the continuous bombardment of artillery fire,
The fear finally began to spread among the soldiers of the Holy Cult Army...
The Holy Sect Army is also a human being.
Even though most of them have their own beliefs, as long as they are humans, they will feel cowardly, cringe, and fear!
Not only in the religious texts mentioned by the Light Church, there are so many logical and self-consistent areas that people in this era believe in the Light Church in fact, more of the helpless expectation.
And now...
Even though the Church of Light depicts the world after death incredibly beautifully, looking at the giant rock city in front of us that became like hell on earth under the attack of artillery fire, it is really hard not to have doubts in the hearts of ordinary soldiers of the Holy Cult.
The Idars believed in Protestantism, which is a heresy in the eyes of the Church of Light.
The artillery fire pouring into this city is the fire of hell in the eyes of soldiers.
In this case, can death at the hands of the Idars and on this land really go to the heavenly kingdom on earth in the church?
The reason why the Holy Cult Army was able to frequently take the lead in past wars is because they believed that after they sacrificed their lives for the church, the kingdom of heaven on earth would open their doors for themselves.
But facing such a violent explosion, even the most devout believers will eventually feel fear and tremble.
You should know that although the soldiers of the Holy Cult Army stationed in the Giant Rock City are as large as tens of thousands, these soldiers are not all veterans who have been through the battlefield for a long time.
A large part of them were the tyrants who were temporarily recruited before the arrival of the Idar army.
Although in terms of recruiting soldiers, the Holy Cult Army, which was holding the flag of the God of Light, would not do such a slap in the face as a forceful person.
But it is actually no different to making a group of new recruits who have never seen blood fight with the Idar army with cross-age weapons.
As rounds of artillery fire continued to pour down, many new recruits had the same doubt in their perceptions. How could the war be like this?!
Swords, armor, arrows, round shields...
These equipment are the weapons considered by most soldiers of the Holy Cult Army, and are also the daily practice arrangements for soldiers of the Holy Cult Army.
However, the way of fighting in the Idar army made many soldiers of the Holy Cult confused on the spot.
Where is the human? Where is the enemy?
The Idars were far away from the city wall, but the Holy Priests in the Giant Rock City had already suffered a heavy blow.
If it weren't for Karavi Wendel, the commander of the Holy Cult Army, who had made early defenses and supported by the most devout elite veterans, the defense line of the Rock City might have collapsed in a blink of an eye under the double blow from the ground and the sky.
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The sound outside the house was noisy and chaotic. With a loud bang, sand and dust seemed to rise outside the window.
At this time, Bishop Howard didn't care about his decent attitude as a bishop. He hurriedly put up a pure gold candlestick. Before he could even look around, he could spot a corner of the house and hurriedly penetrated under an inconspicuous table, not daring to make any noise.
"Clang"
The door of the room was suddenly knocked open by the crowd, and a group of ragged civilians finally rushed into the wide mansion located in the city.
The civilians who broke into the mansion were all holding messy "weapons", including simple farm tools such as hammers, hoes, rakes, and even covered with some soil that had been fixed.
Excited, nervous, cowardly, fearful, brave...
In the eyes of many civilians, they can see complex and contradictory expressions, and can clearly realize the entanglement and uneasiness in their hearts.
But……
These complex emotions turned into grief and anger the moment they broke into the mansion.
This is Louisburg, located in the south of the Principality of Sidon, and these intruders holding "sharp blades" are the civilians and serfs who have lived in this land for generations.
As the most important central city in the southeast of the Principal of Sidon, Louisburg not only lives in many merchants and gentlemen who claim to be high-ranking people, but also inhabits a large number of nobles of all sizes.
So although from the outside, this wide mansion covers a considerable area, it is not very eye-catching in this city.
However, when these civilians really rushed into it and worked together to smash the door of the house, what appeared before these civilians was a luxurious scene they had never imagined.
The pure gold candlestick is lit with bright candlelight, and the veil as thin as a cicada's wing is just the most common decoration.
On the long oak table in the room, the still warm white bread was placed. The thin and soft white bread had just been broken apart. The baked suckling pig was dripping oil, and it emitted a burnt fragrance.
The silver wine glass is filled with clear and transparent wine, and the soft fluffy light red velvet cushions are leaning against the Gothic high-back chair.
Almost all the civilians who were originally aggressive stopped in front of the door, staring at everything that appeared in the room in amazement.
Until a civilian who could not bear the hunger pushed away his companion in front, plucked up his courage and strolled forward, grabbed the piece of white bread that had been gnawed and stuffed it into his mouth...
The civilians present seemed to suddenly react from the shock and realized where they were now.
This is Bishop Howard's mansion, where the cardinal of the bishop of Louisburg, lives and lives on weekdays.
but……
Is this really the residence of the poor, kind, pious and dignified Bishop Howard?
Even before this, they had heard from "Mr. Walter" that the unknown luxury behind Bishop Howard.
But this is a completely different feeling from witnessing all this with their own eyes after breaking into the mansion.
In fact, the reason why these civilians stand here today is more because they are encouraged by others to vent their anger and resentment towards indulgences in their hearts!
But the scene at this time undoubtedly shows the luxury behind the church nakedly before the poor civilians!
In the Principality of Sidon, the church not only had conventional means of making money such as indulgences and tithing, but also levied many taxes of different names.
The lives of civilians are already hard, and the current unstable situation has led to the phenomenon of forcibly levied indulgences becoming increasingly common.
In this way, even the Sidon civilians who have always been particularly obedient to the church actually led by an Idal CIA agent with the pseudonym "Mr. Walter", to force hundreds of believers with difficulties and commit the "abus" of forcing the bishop's mansion.
Most of the civilians who broke into the mansion were used to living a hungry life, so when they finally realized that the long table in the room was surrounded by crazy civilians.
They grabbed the food that they could not even see on weekdays and stuffed their mouths full.
To be continued...