For Muxi Town, this is destined to be an unusual morning.
An army without any flags was stationed outside the town.
The finest war horses, exquisite armor, and sharp weapons were placed in the square.
In the church chapel, the old knight Cumberland took the list compiled by his subordinates and read aloud: "Fifty-nine horses were captured, eighty-seven sets of heavy and light armor of various types, seventeen people were captured, and a number of supplies were taken."
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Todd sighed from the depths of his heart. It was nothing more than a saying in his previous life, "When a cannon goes off, there is ten thousand taels of gold." Making war fortune would indeed make people jealous. What they grabbed in one night could actually be worth a fortune.
It is much higher than Muxi Town’s income in the first half of the year.
"Where are the casualties?"
Cumberland closed the list and said: "We have five seriously wounded and twenty-two lightly wounded."
Todd, who has never been on the battlefield, still only understands war through games and movies. In his opinion, using more than 200 infantrymen to defeat a company of elite cavalry with zero casualties is simply unbelievable.
It's a complete victory.
The old knight looked at the priest on the pulpit and said slowly: "Sir, does this mean that the test has been passed? My men and I are allowed to join Muxi Town?"
Todd was about to speak.
But there was someone in the church who took the lead and said, "Sir Todd, I think you should be more cautious about whether you agree to these people joining Muxi Town."
Everyone looked at the sound. Friar Qiao frowned and said while thinking: "Once we officially accept this army, it means that Muxi Town and the Silver Ring Kingdom are completely at odds. Mr. Todd, I have two
Questions: First, will the church approve this kind of arbitrary behavior? Second, will the kingdom send more troops in the future? If so, how should we deal with it?"
To everyone's surprise, the first person to stand up and answer the question was Rachel: "In my opinion, the Papal State will not only not be disgusted with our actions, but will also support our actions. For these hundreds of years ago,
For the barbarian kingdoms that have converted to the Church of Heavenly Father, the Church has always maintained an attitude of division and suppression. If we make the water muddied, isn't that what those people want to see?"
"As for the second question, let me answer it." Cumberland stroked his beard and said, "It will take about three days for the news of the annihilation of the cavalry company to reach the council chamber. The king will organize ministers based on the battle report.
We are discussing this matter. Since this escape involves the royal family, public grievances and Muxi Town, the resolution to send troops again is almost certain to be passed. First, I want to explain a few issues..."
The old knight took off his long sword, handed it to his entourage, and said: "The first question is that the Silver Ring Kingdom has three legions, namely the Northern Legion, the Eastern Legion and the Southern Legion. This time, the queen was secretly arrested and the palace guards were not used.
, did not call the Northern Army and the Southern Army, but only used the Eastern Army. Why? The palace guards are the royal family's soldiers. They
There will definitely be resistance to the arrest of the queen; and the northern army will be responsible for guarding the border and resisting the barbarians; the two commanders of the southern army, one is me and the other is Earl Emerson. According to the tempers of the two of us,
We will definitely not support secret arrests; after all calculations, we can only draw troops from the Eastern Legion who are close to the nobles..."
When Todd heard this, he suddenly thought of a question: "So, if the Silver Ring Kingdom attacks Muxi Town again, what kind of troops will be deployed?"
Cumberland nodded and said: "Sir Todd, this is the second question I want to explain... If we attack Muxi Town again, the kingdom does not have many choices in terms of military strength. Due to the rebellion of the palace guards,
, there should be a major purge and will not be sent to the battlefield in a short period of time; the northern army will be responsible for resisting the barbarians. If the northern defense line is lost, then the Silver Ring Kingdom will become the world's most powerful army.
The enemy that all kingdoms in the Fatherland jointly denounced, so I think the troops of the Northern Army will not be requisitioned; then there is the Eastern Army. The army of the Holy Acropolis is close to the border and has deployed a cavalry company and a hundred infantry. It is already the Eastern Army.
The limit of tolerance of the legion. From this point of view, there are only two options for attacking Muxi Town. One is the private soldiers of the nobles, and the other is the Southern Legion."
Todd said with some surprise: "You defected from the kingdom with two hundred soldiers of the Southern Legion. Will the king and nobles still trust this legion?"
Cumberland shook his head and said: "Earl Emerson was once the late king's tactics teacher and was absolutely loyal to the royal family. Maybe my defection will make those in the kingdom doubt the Southern Army, but they will never question Emerson's loyalty.
As for the earl himself, perhaps he would criticize the arrest of the queen, but if Guy VI asked him to go to war, he might still agree."
The old knight raised his head, looked at the Holy Cross directly above the church, and sighed: "To be honest, I really don't want to go to war with that 'old turtle'. He is one of the few people in the entire kingdom who can
One of the people I like. And in the army, I am good at attacking and he is good at defending. If we fight him, it is really difficult to determine the outcome."
Seeing others fall into silence, Rachel, who was good at finding out and filling in the gaps, asked a crucial question: "Mr. Cumberland, if the Kingdom were to attack Muxi Town again, when would the attack be approximately?
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Cumberland pondered for a moment and said firmly: "It will be spring next year."
The woman was a little surprised: "Spring next year?"
The old knight explained: "The king does not have any military power. The mobilization of troops requires repeated meetings and discussions with the nobles. This involves many entanglements of interests and political tricks. When the war decision is officially issued, the mobilization
Linghe's emergency recruitment order will also be issued, and then
The collection of military rations, the formulation of tactics, the appointment of commanders, etc. When all this is over, it will be two months at the earliest. It happens to be the end of November or the beginning of December, and the depth of winter is approaching, which is not conducive to marching. Therefore,
, I will say the next attack time will probably be in the spring of next year."
Rachel thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and said, "Mr. Cumberland, I have one last question. What do you think the size of the enemy's army will be in the next attack?"
"No less than a thousand people."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
The total population of Muxi Town is only over a thousand people. The next battle will actually involve an enemy force equal to the population of the town?!
Huggins said at this time: "Mr. Cumberland, could you be mistaken? Why are there so many enemy troops?"
Cumberland turned his face towards Todd, with a half-smile on his face: "I'll have to ask the head of the regiment."
Todd's face was full of confusion: "Me?"
The old knight stretched out his fist and first raised his index finger: "The silver will be refined again."
Then the middle finger: "Gospel flower."
Next is the ring finger: "The place of miracles."
And finally the little finger: "The alchemist blessed by God."
"You may not know that the name "Muxi Town" has spread throughout the streets and alleys of Silver Ring City. From the king to the vendors, everyone thinks this is a holy place blessed by Heavenly Father, Todd
The priest has mastered the golden touch given by the Holy Spirit to the mortal world. There are even rumors that the water here has the power to cure diseases, and the land here can grow gold. In short, everyone is eager to obtain wealth from here, especially
Those nobles who hold military power."
Cumberland clasped his fists in front of his chest, smiled at Todd and said: "Let's put it this way, even if there is no defection, Muxi Town will become the target of Silver Ring City sooner or later. So, you need a
Commander, an old guy who really knows how to fight. How about that?"
Todd looked at Huggins, Alfonso, Friar Joe and Rachel in front of him. Finally, there was no objection on everyone's face. He nodded towards the old knight: "Mr. Cumberland, welcome to join Muxi
town."
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"Monster! Monster! Don't come near me!"
A man wearing leather armor was crawling backwards on his hands and knees on the ground, looking at the person slowly walking toward him in horror.
A lifelike wolf head mask, strange and complex patterns on the skin, a cloak made of animal fur, the upper body is naked, and a small steel buckler is worn around the heart. Such a strangely dressed creature, in front of the leather-armored man
, stretched out his hand and grabbed the dagger on his chest, and pulled it out violently. The dagger fell to the ground with some blood, but the wound on his chest slowly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The man in leather armor was so frightened that he took out the cross from his clothes, raised it forward and shouted loudly: "You are not a human! You are a mutant! The posthumous son of the devil! Heavenly Father, save me!"
The wolf-faced man walked up to the man, knocked the cross out of the man's hand, grabbed the man's collar, and lifted him into the air. A harsh sound like steel rubbing against steel resounded above the woods: "Indiscriminate killing of innocent people."
A robber who dares to shamelessly ask for the Holy Father’s protection?!”
Grasping the opponent's head, he misplaced his hands, and a heart-stopping sound of bone breaking suddenly sounded.
Dropping the corpse in his hand, the wolf-faced man turned around and looked at the corpses scattered in the woods.
Some robbers were caught in spike traps, some were pierced through the heart by bows and arrows, and some were cut in half alive.
Walking in front of the convoy of mule carts and handcarts, the wolf-faced man glanced at the people kneeling on the ground. These people did not dare to take another look at the scene in front of them, which was like a Shura field. Their faces were pale and their bodies were like sieves.
He didn't even dare to make a sound.
He found a man who looked like the leader: "Where are you going?"
"Mu... Muxi Town..."
The wolf-faced man raised his hand and pointed to the west: "Just keep walking along this road, and you will be able to see the town in less than a day."
After saying this, he turned around and planned to leave.
"Thank you... for saving us..."
The voice of thanks behind him made him pause, and a moment later he embarked on a new journey.