Chapter 32 The Black Eagle and the White Phoenix
"The Republic... is over." At that time, the Swiss Speaker saw a large number of Norman soldiers outside the House, surrounded the entire House with 30% of the three floors and three outside. He aimed at the exits of the House, and was about to kill them all. At this moment, the speaker, who was originally full of energy and had fantasized about building the Swiss Republic into a continental power, burst into tears. It was for himself, and for this tragic country.
At this moment, the old man, who was over 70 years old, had all kinds of illusions in front of him. He seemed to see the scene of the slaughter of the Bernese military and civilians after the city was broken. Another change of worldly affairs was the tragic life of the Swiss who were deprived of freedom and power under the rule of the Norman Empire. Then he changed again, but it became the scene where he personally sentenced those members of the reciprocity that day.
"You will destroy Switzerland! The ** and freedom we have finally obtained will be destroyed in your hands! You are the traitor!!!"
On that day, the serious congressman cursed loudly, and his words were still heard. The speaker at that time didn't care at all, and only regarded him as a lie before his death of a fool. However, he did not expect that this so-called "lie" would become real so quickly. It was so fast that it was unacceptable...
"I...so I am the sinner who destroyed Switzerland?" The Speaker of the Swiss could not help but burst into tears after thinking of this. And Switzerland, a country that had just won the top for a while, came to an end in his crying...
The city of Bern was broken, and no one of the Swiss parliament ran away from the speaker to the ordinary MP. These "unscrupulous" "fool" people who "were out of the way" and "extremely evil" were beheaded by General Farr, whether they were dead or alive. According to convention, their heads were inserted on the tip of the spear and then hung them in the square in the city center to show their public...
Well, in fact, this "popularity" is quite a problem. Because of Egil's order, the people related to the Swiss mercenaries who finally resisted and ate the human flesh of Norman soldiers, even a dog in the bakery they often went to was not spared. So after General Fal was busy with this matter after conquering Bern. After cutting his head strictly according to the standards set by the emperor for a few days, General Fal realized that he actually had no need to be so troublesome.
Because, according to the standards given by the emperor, the entire Bern - even the vast majority of people in Switzerland could not escape. After understanding these, General Farr's heart //The fastest text update of Shumilou has no advertisements //Thinking: Just slaughter the city directly, it's really troublesome.
If it were an ordinary person, he would just slaughter the city at this moment. This is not the first time that the Norman army has done such a thing. It is very quick to do it.
But General Fal is not an ordinary person. These loyal members who were debugged by the system have always followed the emperor's orders. So even if it is such a "small matter" that is related to human life, General Fal still wrote a letter and sent it to Egil to ask the emperor for instructions.
Emperor Norman also replied to the letter and cursed General Fal in surprise. The letter went over and over again, but in summary it was like this: "I'm good at killing a good person, and I will never let a bad person go." That was so righteous and high-sounding. Even a loyal subordinate like General Fal, who saw the emperor's hypocritical words as if he was crying rat, felt a little furious all over.
Egil's actions. In nice words, it means to show the heart of the Bodhisattva with thunderous means. If it is not nice words, it means to be a bitch while erecting the archway...
However, no matter what, General Farr still strictly implemented the emperor's orders, and placed a archway in strict accordance with the emperor's standards throughout Switzerland. It took him a long time to go there. After half a year of busyness, it was only at the end of September that he could barely kill the Swiss in accordance with Egil's standards...
At the same time, when General Fal was massacre in Switzerland, General Walter also fought fiercely with the coalition forces of Hesse and Brandenburg in northern Central and European countries. The two countries were closest to Norman and were the earliest to surrender. Naturally, the benefits obtained were the most. Not to mention, the army was the first-class in the continent. The two Duke Luciverde of Hesse and Frederick of Brandenburg were also the first-class generals of Lao Yu's battle formation. The royal family of the two countries has been interacting for generations and helping each other, and are regarded as models of allies. Compared with Milan and Venice, a combination of enemies like enemies is much stronger.
After learning about the Norman army's heading south, the dukes of the two countries discussed it, and then made a decision, exerted all their strength and took the initiative to attack. The army headed north and soon met the Norman army heading south on the flat grassland of North Germany. The vanguard cavalry of both sides fought briefly. Finally, the complete victory of the Norman Hussars ended. Then, the two sides had no intention of fighting immediately. So they set up camps and confronted each other.
"This battle is not easy to fight."
General Walter, who looked honest and loyal, saw his opponent camping and soldiers patrolling from afar, almost exactly the same as his Norman army, frowned first. Then he shook his head and said something like this: "Hesse and Brandenburg survived because of the empire and were strong because of the empire. Today is the time for them to pay the price for this. Let's perish for the empire. Fools."
He still looked compassionate and lived up to his virtue value of twenty points. However, what he said made people feel furious. It seems that General Walter has made up his mind to prove the strength and greatness of the Norman Empire to this world with an unparalleled victory.
On February 20, the two sides submitted letters of war to each other and agreed to fight tomorrow. The night of early spring still seemed a little cold. The soldiers on both sides survived the night and set off their stance, arranged their lineups, and prepared to fight.
General Walter stood on the watchtower he built overnight and looked over with a telescope. He saw two troops on the other side holding almost the same black eagle. He did not follow the army's ownership. Instead, he perfectly listed the formation according to the army's ranks. He truly achieved oneness.
The main force of the army were the heavy infantry that the Hessian troops were proud of. The Hessian Guards holding two-handed battle axes and wearing composite armor on the plate chains. The Hessian heavy spearmen equipped with heavy chain armor, zither shields and spears. At the same time, there were Hessian giant shield crossbow soldiers holding heavy crossbows and carrying door shields. The array and quality of these soldiers seemed to be very imitating the Norman Army. Although they were a little bit more than the real Norman infantry, they were also proud enough.
Relatively speaking, Brandenburg's infantry looked much worse. In addition to a few elite sword and shield soldiers, as well as the super-long [Kikura] soldiers wearing chain armor, the others were shield spearmen equipped with leather and light chain armor. Although these people seemed to have undergone professional training, they were not as good as the Hesseans in terms of quality, morale, or equipment.
However, Brandenburg was not useless. Their main force was still the elite knights. Brandenburg was proud of the Black Dragon Knights. When he was expeditioning to Saladin in the Near East, he was secretly ridiculed by Egil and equipped with pure black elite heavy knights. Although he experienced the Black Death, his national strength had declined a lot. However, this knight order was still maintained at the standard of one thousand people. In addition, their knight attendants, heavy cavalry from Hessen, and the recruitment of noble cavalry from two principalities. A total of more than 3,000 people and nearly 4,000 people formed the most powerful sword of the coalition.
In addition to these heavy cavalry, there was also an army under the banner of Brandenburg, which also attracted General Walter's attention.
"These light cavalry look a bit similar... No, it should be said that they are clumsy imitations trained by the Hussars." General Walter thought for a moment and came to the conclusion, with a smile on his lips curled up, but he was a little sorry for his honest face.
Indeed, these cavalry were wearing exquisite leather armor, with Norman-style sabers and rode fast war horses. This was a unit formed by the Duke of Brandenburg and Frederick, who imitated the Norman Hussars with great military achievements. He acquired the Norman No. 3 war horses that were gradually eliminated by the Normans. He also recruited mercenaries from the nomadic tribes in Eastern Europe and hired instructors. In this way, nearly a thousand elite light cavalry were trained.
These cavalry were dressed in ornate leather armor and leather hats decorated with skeleton badges. Therefore, they were called Skeleton Hussars. The Brandenburg military was once ambitious and hoped to form a hussar legion of 5,000 men like the Normans. But in the end, due to financial and manpower, only one thousand men team was organized. After all, they did not have such a vast cavalry source and horse production in the entire Eastern Europe like the Normans.
And this thousand-man army, known as the Skeleton Hussar, was the soldiers that General Walter saw. They looked good in spirit and showed off their power. Compared with ordinary cavalry, their morale and discipline were much better. However, compared with the Norman Hussars that General Walter saw, they were completely different.
"Then, let you see the difference between genuine and fake ones this time." General Walter murmured to himself. Then he waved his hand and the sound of horns suddenly sounded around him. The 30,000 Norman army under his command lined up in neat square formations, starting to move forward slowly.
"Here!" Seeing the Norman army reacting, the Hesse coalition forces became nervous on the Brandenburg over there. The knight officers shouted. After a while, the coalition forces, which were also close to 30,000 people, slowly and slightly unevenly advanced...
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