"Chapter 40: Three Days of Heavy Rain"

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- Michelangelo (sculptor, architect, painter and poet)

The Battle of Agincourt made the English longbowmen famous, and the French heavy cavalry became the laughing stock of all their peers, and it was unimaginable that the most powerful heavy cavalry of the Middle Ages should be defeated by the longbowmen who seemed to be weak.

In fact, the peculiarities of this battle led to a brilliant victory for the longbowmen, not that the longbowmen really had the power to defeat the heavy cavalry, and if that were the case, the war between England and France would not have lasted for a hundred years.

If the British and French armies in the Battle of Agincourt were deployed in an open and uninhabited meadow, it would only take 11,000 French heavy cavalry to launch a charge, and the British army's 5,000 longbowmen would inevitably be wiped out, and there would be no chance of a fluke.

The only thing that the British 5,000 longbowmen could achieve was probably the maximum cost of 1,000 casualties paid by the French heavy cavalry in front of them, and the Battle of Agincourt would be another victory for the French army, rather than a humiliation for the whole of France.

The reason for the defeat of the French army was simply the muddy terrain of the small village of Agincourt, which was like a swamp after heavy rains, and it was quite laborious for the French soldiers to step into this land to even take a step, let alone charge.

Compared with the difficulties of the French army, the British army, which had occupied the high ground before the outbreak of the battle, was undoubtedly the superior side; they did not need to evade the French attack at all, nor did they need to retreat in a panic, but only need to start round after round of salvo fire on the high ground.

The French infantry in the quagmire could only brave the rain of arrows of the British longbowmen to push forward desperately, and the situation of the French heavy cavalry was no better than their infantry.

Countless knights who wanted to urge their horses to speed up their march would soon fall into the mud with his horses, and the unfortunate ones would be crushed to death on the spot by their own horses, and this French quagmire became the cemetery for the French army.

The 5,000 longbowmen of the British army kept repeating their movements, drawing arrows, shooting arrows, and round after round of arrows rained over the heads of the French troops in the quagmire, bringing them a real catastrophe!

Because of this quagmire, the 36,000 elite French army, consisting of 7,000 crossbowmen, 18,000 foot cavalry, and 11,000 heavy cavalry, was completely defeated by the British army, which had only 900 foot knights and 5,000 longbowmen.

Therefore, in Bai Feng's eyes, it was not the British longbowmen who really won this war, but the tacit cooperation between the British longbowmen and the quagmire; without the existence of five thousand longbowmen, the obstructive effect of this quagmire could not be infinitely amplified, and without the existence of the quagmire, no matter how sharp the five thousand longbowmen were, it was impossible to block the strong attack of the French army.

With 5,000 longbowmen, against 36,000 elite French troops, including 11,000 heavy cavalry, that is even more terrifying than using 10,000 longbowmen against 150,000 barbarian troops, after all, the heavy cavalry in the French army was the strongest combat force in the Middle Ages!

Of course, Bai Feng never planned to use the 10,000 longbowmen under his command to fight against the 150,000 army under the command of Francis;

Putting aside whether Bai Feng can get out of this muddy land for the time being, even if this muddy land is really managed out by Bai Feng, will Francis's army definitely fall into this quagmire and advance with difficulty?

The warriors with spiritual power are not comparable to the French soldiers on the earth, and the quagmire is absolutely extremely limited in the effect of these barbarian warriors, however, the existence of spiritual power is not all bad for Bai Feng, because the longbowmen under his command also have spiritual power.

This means that the 10,000 longbowmen in Rome can shoot sharper arrows when shooting, bringing more fierce attacks to the enemy, and the enemy warriors will be strong because of their spiritual power, and the longbowmen of Rome will also be strong because of their spiritual power.

Thinking of this, Bai Feng needed to think of the most way to make the outskirts of Queen Boudicca's camp into a quagmire, it seems that this thing is not something that can be done by manpower, maybe a large number of water magicians can do it, but there are no magicians in Rome City.

The spell that the caster can use is a 'Gathering Spirit Blade', which is used to kill enemies on the battlefield, and if you want them to come up with some tricks to make rain, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, and it is simply impossible.

In addition to the spellcaster, the only person Bai Feng can turn to is the High Priest of Binglan, as the High Priest of the Temple of Apollo, the temple she represents will always have some special abilities, and things like changing the weather can only rely on the High Priest of Binglan.

High Priest Binglan had also told Bai Feng more than once that the power of faith was far more powerful than he imagined, and since the power of faith was so powerful, why couldn't it be used to change the weather? You know, changing the weather is something that even a magician can do.

I can only think of Bai Feng, who is looking for the high priest of Binglan, and go to the temple of Apollo with three statues, at this time, Bai Feng still has the last eighteen statues left in his hand, and he is still waiting for the city of Rome to enter the city stage, and use these statues to complete the building of the city of Rome in one fell swoop!

For the sake of this war with Francis, he can only endure the pain and take out three idols first; there is no way, Queen Boudicca's camp is the bridgehead of Rome to march to the east bank of the Cangluo River, and its strategic value is greater than their symbolic value, Bai Feng must not give up!

After coming to the temple again, Bai Feng, who was in an urgent situation, did not say anything else to the High Priest of Binglan, but directly told the High Priest of Binglan his purpose and asked the High Priest of Binglan if he could change the weather.

Originally, the answer of the High Priest of Binglan was no, but after Bai Feng showed a disappointed expression, she changed her tone and said yes;

The role of the Temple of Apollo was far greater than Bai Feng thought, and the power of faith could naturally change the weather, but all of this had a basic premise, that is, it had to be carried out within the sphere of influence of the city of Rome.

In other words, Bai Feng could use the power of faith to ask the High Priest of Binglan to help him create a thunderstorm out of thin air in any area controlled by Rome City, but he could not make a single drizzle outside of the control area of Rome City.

There is no doubt that the Esine tribe controlled by Queen Boudicca, which belongs to the vassal forces of Rome City, their camp is naturally the sphere of influence of Roman City, and what surprises Bai Feng even more is that the power of faith contained in a god statue can bring a whole day and a night of torrential rain!

Therefore, Bai Feng immediately took out these three god statues and asked the high priest of Binglan to conduct a rainstorm of three days and three nights within a radius of fifty miles east of the camp of the Aesini tribe, completely changing the situation in this area!