The black army that An Ning defeated was only part of the rebel army in the Konta area.
Now the rebels in the entire region are frightened by the "prestige" of the National Guard and have fled to the core city of the Conta diocese.
As a result, a large number of rebels gathered in Konta City.
These rebels were all led by Colonel Gallup Donald.
After gathering information from various places, Colonel Donald came up with a bold guess.
"The enemy is probably just a small force. Although it is fully equipped with artillery and cavalry, the total strength is not very large." The colonel said to the leader of the rebellion in the Konta area, Archbishop Hart of Konta Diocese, "Although we do not have artillery,
and cavalry, but we have six thousand infantry, and we can win with our superior strength."
Although An Ning defeated 3,000 rebels in the Battle of Apple Grove, he actually killed only a few hundred rebels. Including the wounded, a thousand would be considered good.
The remaining more than 2,000 people were defeated. Although An Ning sent Christina's cavalry to chase and kill the defeated troops, Christina only had 200 cavalry and could not kill many at all.
At this time, most of the defeated black army gathered at Konta and came under the command of Colonel Donald.
Together with the various rebel armies that were originally scattered throughout the country, Donald now gathered six thousand rebels.
And unlike the rebels during the Apple Orchard War, the rebels had been looting for a while, and their military discipline was poor and their fighting spirit was low.
The rebels who have gathered now have a priest watching over them, so their military discipline is quite acceptable.
After all, most of the rebels were conservative farmers, who were relatively pious and were embarrassed to go too far in front of the priest.
Bishop Hart of Conta said with a straight face: "Are you sure? Rumors about the enemy have been spreading all over the sky recently. It is said that their commander is a famous aristocratic killer in Paris, and the troops he brought also captured the Bastille.
The meritorious troops, their cavalry, are still the French King’s Guards Cavalry Regiment, it’s better not to underestimate the enemy.”
Colonel Donald snorted: "I asked, the so-called King of France's Cavalry Regiment is actually the Queen's bodyguards. What use can a group of girls do? When we win, we can capture the noble ladies.
Issued to soldiers as rewards."
Bishop Hart frowned: "What are you talking about? How can you do this?"
"Okay, then we will send the noble ladies to the soldiers where the priests can't see them." Donald shrugged.
"You're going to hell," Hart cursed.
"I am a soldier fighting for the Lord. It stands to reason that we should go to heaven." Donald said, "My soldiers believed in this and rose up against those patriots."
Bishop Hart pursed his lips and did not reply.
At this time, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in." Donald turned and looked at the door.
The door opened, and Donald's adjutant came in and saluted: "Colonel, a few civilians said they were from Gaotang in the north of the city. They said that troops flying the tricolor flag arrived at their place this morning, but a few officers went into the city to take a look.
Then he turned around and left."
Donald: "Call them in and I'll ask them personally."
After a while, two villagers, a man and a woman, were brought into the room.
As soon as the villagers came in, they looked timid when they saw the cardinal, crossing themselves piously and lowering their heads.
Hart: "Don't be so formal. Colonel Donald has something to ask you."
The colonel took a step forward: "Look at me, are you sure you saw the army flying the tricolor flag?"
"Yes, sure! The flag is a tricolor flag, and there is a round three-circle cap badge on the hat. The officer also brought three beautiful ladies."
Hart: "That's right! It should be them."
The colonel raised his hand to signal the bishop to be silent, and then asked, "Have you seen how many there are there?"
The male villager looked at the sky: "I was working in the fields outside the city when they came. As soon as I saw them, I lay down and let the wheat block me. Their queue I saw was not very long, and there were still people in the queue.
Several carriages."
Colonel: "It's the baggage train accompanying the artillery. How many people do you estimate they have?"
The male villager hesitated for a while, then said with a troubled face: "I don't know. Judging from the length of their team, I think there must be one or two thousand people. But I was far away and couldn't estimate clearly. You were wrong.
Don’t blame…”
At this time, his wife stepped forward and spoke: "Mr. Colonel, Bishop! It's so scary. The leader of the devil in blue entered the village and directly found my child and wanted to eat my child!"
When the colonel heard this, he hesitated: "Want to eat your children? Uh..."
The female villager said emotionally: "It must be! Otherwise, what can they do? My son is only four years old, how can I catch a four-year-old child and question him? They must want to eat my son! These people don't believe in God.
The devil!"
The colonel frowned, suppressed his desire to complain, and asked the female villager: "So, you directly saw the leader of this self-defense group?"
"Yes, he is not tall, and he does not look like a noble and well-educated man at all. He is obviously fighting, but he actually has four women with him!"
The male villager pushed his wife's shoulder: "Don't talk nonsense. I heard from old George that those are female knights sent by His Majesty the King. They are all just like the Maid of Orleans!"
"What female knight? I think she is a mistress! Mr. Colonel, my good Mr. Colonel, their leaders are like this, they will definitely not be able to fight. You must deal with them quickly! Don't let these demons bully us!"
The colonel coughed: "Okay, I understand, you can go down."
Female villager: "Mr. Colonel, deal with them quickly!"
The male villager pulled hard on his wife's sleeve: "Okay, let's go. Didn't you hear Mr. Colonel asking us to leave?"
"What are you doing! I'm talking to Mr. Colonel! You are really useless. When the devil in blue tried to eat our son, I was the one who went out to drag him back. You knew how to hide in the ground!
"
"I'm not afraid!"
The two villagers left the room while quarreling.
The colonel sighed: "It seems that the Self-Defense Forces from Paris have indeed reached a place less than twenty miles away from Konta."
Hart: "So what are you going to do?"
Donald was silent for a few seconds, and seemed to have made up his mind: "I want to lead the troops to attack. The enemy has artillery, so it will be slow to move. Our troops can solve the accommodation problem on the spot, and they will definitely move faster than the enemy if we attack lightly."
After speaking, he raised his voice and said, "Someone is coming!"
Immediately a lieutenant opened the door and came in: "Colonel!"
"Assemble the troops and prepare to attack."
The lieutenant was a little surprised: "Attack? The enemy's army is pressing on the border. Shouldn't we defend the city?"
"Asshole! Where did the army come from to press the border! The enemy only has two thousand people at most. We are going out today to make them look good!"