"Well, system sign-in!" Roland muttered vaguely while chewing bread. His resentment towards the devilish dishes made him even ignore the habit of signing in with his eyes open every day.
"Sign in successfully! Congratulations to the host for successfully triggering a random event - the Crusade!"
"Pfft!" A mouthful of warm soup was spit out by Roland. This crusade really showed off to him. He almost pointed at the system and asked, "Brother, this is Middle-earth, why don't you put it aside?"
What about the Crusades? Everyone in the group can have a vigorous Crusade, right?
"Note: The Crusades were an organization composed of civilian soldiers and noble soldiers after the Lagrand Empire was severely damaged. After the empire regrouped, it launched a war east of the Rune region. It was known as the Crusades in history!" This time the system actually
A rare explanation was given.
"So what is the result of this war..." Roland's face looked ugly. As a hardcore veteran player of The Lord of the Rings, he had no memory of this war... I guess either the war failed or the entire army was destroyed.
"Ding! Historically, during this Eastern Crusade, Archduchess Nyx was captured and executed. Except for the Knights of the Cross (100 people) who luckily retreated, all the other 100,000 Crusaders died in battle!" The system's emotionless electronic sound sounded.
Roland was shocked, what a guy! I'm calling you an expert! Was the Grand Duchess killed by the prisoners? All the hundred thousand troops? Are you sure this is really attacking the barbarians in the east of Rune and not the well-equipped orcs?
Or an orc?
"Wait a minute? Grand Duchess Nyx! Isn't this the small principality on the eastern border of the empire? I remember there are only three towns in the country..." Roland's head was filled with black lines, and he understood instantly.
What? The soldiers of Lagrand defeated the barbarians and wiped them out? From the Principality of Nyx? That's okay... After all, they are rich in beauties, and killing is really not what the Principality of Nyx is good at.
"No wonder I've never heard of this before. No wonder I don't know the plot of the Crusades... Maybe the whole army was wiped out within two days of fighting. The mastermind probably didn't even react to issue the mission. This plot
It's over..." Roland maliciously speculated on the situation at that time. In fact... he guessed it right!
In fact, with the high degree of freedom of the Lord of the Rings, such a large-scale military operation, whether initiated by NPCs or players, can be regarded as a summons for lords, summoning the pioneering lords in the empire to gather for attack, not to mention the continuous attack.
A grand duke himself ended up with his sleeves rolled up. However, this crusade, a mixture of military and civilian forces, really failed to live up to expectations. It suffered a devastating blow not long after setting off. The grand duke was captured and died. The entire army suffered unprecedented blows and injuries.
The next step is that during the retreat, the group was leaderless and was ambushed. Except for the knights, no one was left alive, let alone the players. The system probably didn't even respond. Even a large-scale magical reality show would not dare to do this.
"But I should be considered aware of this matter..." Roland suddenly looked strange, and he remembered a large-scale mission that he later participated in - the defense of the Principality of Nyx.
"Damn, this is the follow-up to this!" Roland complained helplessly. After all, his mission at that time was to save the Principality of Nyx from being invaded by barbarians. Unfortunately, the barbarians were driven away in the end, and the Principality of Nyx was annexed.
(After all, your grand duke and the army are gone, who can refuse a delicious food in front of you?)
"This Crusade is a revised version of current history. The number and quality of this Crusade are very different from the original Crusade." The system suddenly said.
"Good guy, the Principality of Nyx is already a waste, and you cut me off with a knife, so what's the use of activating this event to me?" Roland rolled his eyes, and now he has no expectations at all! You must know that the Crusaders are now facing
It is not the backward eastern barbarians from more than an era in history, but the Dongyi people who are the minions of Sauron in Middle-earth. Just one chariot man is enough for them to drink a pot. The following scene
Roland couldn't bear to think about it, it was so cruel!
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"Your Highness, I'm afraid we still have a long way to go!" A knight with a redbud cape behind him came to Grand Duke Nyx. The redbud flower is the family crest of the Duke of Nyx, indicating that
The visitor is her retainer.
"Well, I really want to regain our land as soon as possible! Let's stop and set up camp and have a rest. That's it for today!" Nyx rubbed his temples and turned over to dismount, showing off a bit of charm in his heroic appearance.
"Well, your highness, your kindness will be sung by everyone!" the knight complimented.
"Giggle, giggle~" came a string of laughter like silver bells, and it was obvious that the young Grand Duchess was so amused by his slightly funny compliment.
"Go, go!" Her Highness Nyx was in a great mood. She was originally a sixteen-year-old girl in her prime, but in order to restore her country and her people, she could only resolutely take up arms and embark on the road of Eastern Expedition. (Game History
It was because of her duty to protect her lord that she launched the Crusade.)
Roland would be shocked if he saw this young female Grand Duke. He would definitely not be able to imagine the inhuman torture and humiliation this young and beautiful Grand Duke suffered after being captured. In fact, in the end, he became a knight of the Knights of the Cross and Bauhinia.
With the help of various lords, they defeated the barbarians and found their lord's body again. They found that their prince was naked and had his limbs tied behind his back. A spear was inserted into his mouth from the back yard. The body was standing upright on a cross.
The place where the army was destroyed! (This torture has a prototype, which is the piercing torture in the Middle Ages.) The knights of the Knights of the Cross and Redbud were devastated. In the end, they marched alone until the entire army was annihilated. According to later player statistics, this
A group of hundreds of knights committed a brutal massacre. The seventeen barbarian tribes encountered along the way, totaling more than 300,000 people. Except for the last tribe that destroyed them, the other sixteen tribes were slaughtered.
They killed a bloody road throughout the East, and later the famous Bloody Avenue was created because of them.
"Your Highness! The situation is not good! We found the Eastern Chariot People five miles ahead! There are about a dozen chariots. They should be soldiers on patrol. What do you think we will do next?" Suddenly the front
The investigating knight came back and brought back this troublesome news.
"Ah!" Nyx's face turned pale, and he was confused for a moment. This is the eldest lady who is even more warlike than Roland. If you asked her to manage a castle and become a eldest lady, she would definitely be able to do it, but she was asked in a hurry.
Commanding an army... It's not surprising that he was captured and tortured in history. After all, he didn't have any military qualities.
"..." Nyx looked around nervously, at the countless hopeful faces behind him, as well as the resolute faces of the knights around him, and finally clenched his fists.
"Are we sure we can keep them all?" Nyx said softly.
"Of course, Your Highness! We are the knights of the Cross Bauhinia family! Your honor is the faith we are sworn to defend to the death!" The only twenty-four Cross Bauhinia knights in the team drew out their swords and shouted.
"Then just keep them!" Nyx said calmly.
"As you command!"
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As for why a grand duke can be captured even though he is protected by the knights, I need to explain this, otherwise everyone will criticize me again. First of all, she is different from Roland. Roland is a knight and he can act with the knights.
The difficulty of keeping him is equivalent to leaving the entire Knights, but Grand Duke Nyx is not a professional knight. Without the bonus protection of the Knights, she can easily be targeted in the rebellion. After all, the Knights need to be active.
Deterrence, no one will let the Knights stand guard.