702 Demonstrations (4)
The sky in Paravon gradually changed, becoming more gloomy, more depressing, and more unpredictable, and when Bolisus appeared on a hill on the west side of Paravon with 3,000 soldiers of the Falcon Legion, the battle flag of the falcon symbol quickly attracted the attention of both sides who were facing each other outside the city
The first to send people was the crusading army outside the city, these guys under the banner of the orthodoxy of the kingdom were very nervous about the Falcon Legion appearing near Paravon, and now the situation is unclear, although according to the agreement, the crusading army and the Falcon Dynasty are in an alliance relationship, but the previous several requests urging the Falcon Dynasty to send troops to jointly attack Paravon were all in vain,
Now the Falcon Dynasty suddenly sent troops to appear on the flank of the crusading army, if the army of the Falcon Kingdom combined with the rebels in the city launched a surprise attack, then the 200,000 crusaders outside the city will be in a situation of being attacked from the back.
The soldiers of the crusading army, who were already demoralized, could not compare with the Falcon Kingdom army that defeated the Dongting army, and even as long as they put on an attacking posture, this nominally powerful 200,000 crusading army soon showed signs of collapse.
With the defeat of the Dongting army first in Ruibogen, and then in the disaster of Emira, in the hearts of Ruierdian, a unique comparative view of military strength has been formed in the hearts of Ruierdian, one elite cavalry of Dongting is equal to two Ruierdian knights, three to four Ruierdian infantry, ten peasant soldiers or more, and the Falcon Cavalry, which almost wiped out the entire army of the Dongting cavalry, its combat effectiveness can be imagined
After a brief communication with Euberisus, when he learned that the target of the Falcon Kingdom Army was not a crusade army, but only a small force of only 3,000 people against the rebels in the city,
After the initial panic, the minister quickly turned into arrogance,
He looked at the falcon soldiers who were arranging the defensive belt, and in front of Belisus, he pouted his lips with some dissatisfaction, indicating something meaningful
"Your country is really stingy, and your country is married to the noble and glorious King Haraus, what a great honor this is, as an external member of the royal family of Raldian, doesn't His Majesty Falcon send a large army to assist His Majesty Harlaus to eradicate the rebels entrenched in Paraven in one fell swoop?
"It's perfunctory like Your Excellency with 3,000 troops, I really don't know what His Majesty Falcon thinks, you look at our Rui Erdian, you can pull up an army of hundreds of thousands of people at will"
"Your country is really strong, how can it be like we have to be careful every time we fight, so we have to use inferior troops to meet the 100,000 army of Dongting people"
Belisus deliberately pretended to be in pain, shook his head, and said casually, "If our Majesty had hundreds of thousands of troops like Haraus's Majesty, we would have already defeated the rebels in the city at this moment and set up a celebration wine in the palace."
“......”
This Minister of Ryordian was speechless, his face was slightly red, how could he not hear that Bolisus was satirizing their incompetence, although there were 200,000 troops, there was no way to take tens of thousands of rebels, and the Falcon Dynasty had broken through the 100,000 elites of the Eastern Court with tens of thousands of troops, compared to the fact that his judgment just now was so clumsy and ignorant
"Ahem, the 3,000 soldiers brought by Lord Bethisus this time don't seem to be the rumored terrible Vekian crossbowmen?"
He had already discovered that the 3,000 soldiers did not seem to be regular hoplites or rumored crossbowmen, these soldiers were noticeably taller than ordinary people, and they all wore a special kind of ring-shaped iron ring on their arms, which seemed to be used to match something
Bolisus smiled indifferently, "The eyes of the adults are really vicious, these are indeed not crossbowmen, but archers, this time my mission is to welcome relatives, there should be no need for assistance in the battle."
"Three thousand archers?" the Raldian minister's gaze paused for a moment on these burly soldiers, and then the contempt on his face became more and more intense, what a strong body, how could he become an archer,
Archers are not taken seriously in the advocating heavy armament of Rui Erdian, especially in the past two years of the rapid rise of Vekia crossbowmen, compared to the strong armor-piercing ability and ultra-long range of Vekia crossbowmen, the setting of archers in various countries is consciously weakened,...,
The training of a qualified archer often takes more than half a year, and on the battlefield, the role it can play is becoming more and more limited.
This is the mainstream idea of infantry warfare on the mainland, as long as it can defeat the opponent's infantry defense line, archers or something, it can almost be ignored, these troops who don't even have basic chain mail will definitely run the fastest in the rout,
After hundreds of years of chaotic war history on the continent, except in siege warfare, it is almost difficult to see the large-scale appearance of archers in field battles, even the cavalry of West Kugit mainly relies on the mobile attack of light cavalry to harass and cut off the supply of the other party, only the Dongting people, who have always been closed off from the country, and there are large-scale archers
"Well, since Your Excellency said so, then I will go back first."
The minister of Raldian, who found out the situation, saluted like Bethissus, and was about to turn away, 3,000 archers, such a force is indeed not enough,
"Oh, by the way," as if remembering something, Belisus took out a letter from his bosom, "This is a letter written by His Majesty Falcon himself to His Majesty Haraus, and I ask you to bring it back with you."
Seeing off the Minister of Ryrdian, a sly smile appeared on the corner of Belisus's mouth, and he ordered the heralds who were already waiting outside, "Order all squadrons to enter the defensive area according to the previous arrangement, and immediately put the 10 Thor we have collected on the top of the mountain."
The messenger of the second prince of the city of Paraven came a little later, and got off his horse, just in time to see a thunder god being hung by a rope and pulled high on the top of the mountain, and a round incendiary bomb was piled on the ground, where several officers shouted something at the top of their voices, and the black and dark barrel was exactly the same as it was rumored,
"This is Thor, right" The messenger in the city was frightened by the scene in front of him, sweating on the spot, he had fought with the Vikia army, was a member of the Northern Army that was released back at the beginning, and had been baptized by Thor in several breakthroughs, with experience he knew that the range of this terrible weapon was about 400 meters, and the power was enough to tear through the defense of a city wall
If you stand on the top of the mountain, with the height and angle, you can just bomb the Paraven city wall 500 meters away, the Wikibians do this, no matter how you look at it, it looks like preparing for the siege of the city, the Paraven city wall is the only line of defense of the rebels, once it collapses or destroys, the crusaders outside the city will definitely rush in, and then it will be the end of the rebels
"Your Excellency Belisus, you ...... What are you doing here?" the messenger was almost trotting all the way when he happened to meet Belissus patrolling the hillside defenses,
"Oh, what's the problem?" said Belisus, looking confused
"That, what is that, is your country doing this to help the rebels outside the city?" the envoy angrily pointed to the top of the mountain not far away, and the muzzles of the Thor cannons were faintly visible, the black and faint shining with a terrifying luster, and the hideous black hole seemed to be able to suck even the soul into it
"Your Excellency has been thinking too much, it is just a row of devices that release ceremonial flowers, and when the princess gets married, it will shoot out breathtakingly beautiful ceremonial flowers to express our majesty's welcome to the arrival of the princess."
Belissus looked in the direction of his finger, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his face was as pure as a baby,
"Is it an amazing explosion or a sky-high fire that has ignited over Paraven," the messenger's face flushed with anger, and he stared at Belissus as if he was about to breathe fire, and said word by word, "Don't think I don't know, it's one of the most terrible weapons of your army, and the Thunder God Ghost Kingdom is putting this weapon opposite the wall of Paraven, it is a demonstration against Paraven, and it is a contempt for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Prison, and you are bringing about your own destruction."
"Really?" Belissus shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, and said lightly, "If Your Excellency wants to think so, then I can't help it, I am a soldier, my duty is to carry out orders, it says that this is a ceremonial flower, then it is a ceremonial flower, if you are not satisfied with anything, please go directly to the Falcon Majesty Xià to petition"
"However, I heard that the city has not been peaceful recently, and I don't know how long His Royal Highness the Second Prince will be the supervising crown prince" Belisus's voice paused, and suddenly said in a mocking tone, "What an embarrassing thing it would be if the Second Highness had an accident when the petitioning messenger met with our king."
"What do you mean by that" The messenger's face turned a little pale, and under the rather playful gaze of Belisus, the messenger felt like a clown without clothes,
"Isn't it?" Belissus smiled at the corner of his mouth, staring at him keenly, "His Royal Highness has not been recognized as the crown prince until now, although he has regained his active posture and has repeatedly appeared in front of various countries. But the wealthy families of Kyoto, the nobles of the place, who really supported him,
Let's take the Marquis of Berdach this time, those family members who verbally profess to support His Second Highness, after entering Beijing, will they first meet this Marquis of Berdock, or will they first meet His Royal Highness? Who is the real master of Paraven, Your Excellency should know better than me."
"This ......"
The emissary's face was full of shock and shame, he didn't expect the Falcon Army to know so much about the situation in the city,
Indeed, as Bethisus said, the first thing that the wealthy families who entered Beijing from those places did when they arrived in Kyoto was not to visit His Royal Highness the Second Crown Prince.
Instead, he first visited Berdak, the most powerful person in Kyoto, as if he was the real master of Kyoto...... ,