Chapter 457: Convergence in front of the capital
Leaving aside the intentions of the two Easterners, the pursuit of the defeated Norvids was still going on near the original garrison of the Western Route.
Prince Kirunde quietly left with his hundreds of guards, undetected by anyone.
William couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment on his face as he looked at the Denlenburg infantry who were slowly pursuing the enemy, such a situation was rare before.
However, even if the current situation occurs, William will not consider reducing the armor of the soldiers, which will cause a large number of casualties, which is really not worth it.
The light cavalry rode wildly, and they relied on the speed of the fleeing Norwids to carry out large-scale slaughter, and the sabers in their hands flew up and down, and one by one the Norwids fell to their hands.
In addition to the light cavalry, William's light infantry and all the men of the Western Jihadist pursued the fleeing Norwids.
There are not many Norvid people left, but the losses of the Jihadist Army are also very large, and the Western Road Jihadist Army, which originally had more than 70,000 people, only has more than 30,000 people left at this time, and more than 30,000 soldiers died in the previous battle.
That night, the jihadist pursued the fleeing Norvids for a full forty kilometers, and it was only at dawn that the pursuit was completely ended and the garrison returned.
There were not many Norwids who fled, only 10,000 or 20,000 escaped from this battlefield, and as for where they went next, it was not for William to think about it.
General Brinville came to William's side with a dozen generals and high-ranking nobles around him.
The two sides met, and William dismounted and exchanged pleasantries with them.
"Thank you for your support, honorable Count of Denlenburg, my dear brothers of the Holy Cult! If it weren't for your rescue, I'm afraid we'd all die here! We will never forget your kindness! ”
General Brinville spoke first, setting the tone for the meeting.
William, who had always been humble and kind in front of others, said: "Hehe, you should thank these three valiant knights, if they hadn't broken through the siege to find us, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found you by now!" ”
William pointed to the three of Sir Trede, and said to General Brinnville with a smile.
"Today is a day worth celebrating, why don't we hold a celebration banquet today, of course, the main thing is to thank our savior, the honorable Count of Denlenburg!"
General Brinville said, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to go down and prepare, and William did not refuse, and smiled and agreed.
Although the battle is over, the work of the Denlenburg infantry is far from complete, they still have to restrain their comrades who died on the battlefield, and the knights who died during the charge have to be braceleted.
But to be honest, this is still a bit difficult, after all, this is a brutal battlefield, and the corpse can't be so intact to be able to easily restrain them.
The remnants of broken arms and mutilated corpses are either without hands and feet or without heads, or they have been disemboweled, which looks very terrifying, but for these veterans who have been honed on the battlefield and are rolling in the sea of corpses and blood, it is nothing.
It's nothing more than talking about which hands and feet are randomly pieced together, and then converged together.
The real difficulty was the knights who died in the charge, their bodies were not as intact as the other soldiers.
The corpses of each of them have been trampled by countless war horses, and they have long become a piece of meat that is not even enough to make pies, not to mention who is who, or their appearance and identity, even if it is difficult to distinguish whether they were once a knight.
The cruelty of war is such that everyone is ready for the Horse Leather Shroud.
Fortunately, William gave each of the Iron Cross and the Denlenburg infantry an iron nameplate with his name, location, and home address, making it much easier to distinguish between them.
The next day, the banquet for the celebration officially began, although due to the war, the Western Road Jihadist Army did not bring too many excellent ingredients, but the merchants who had accompanied the army before did not all flee.
There were still some merchants who stayed in the camp, or were trapped in the camp, and they still had some good, easy-to-preserve ingredients in their hands, and just like that, with their assistance, the banquet was successfully held.
During the banquet, General Brinville raised the wine glass in his hand, and some of the ale in it was spilled, and he got up and said gratefully: "In this battle, I want to thank our benefactor, William, Earl of Denlenburg!" ”
He sincerely walked up to William and said, "Thank you for your assistance to us, without you, the consequences of the matter would be unimaginable, here, I express my highest gratitude to you, please drink this glass!" ”
In this way, the atmosphere of the banquet was very harmonious, and all the nobles present showed great enthusiasm for William and greeted him one after another.
The banquet lasted for a whole day, and while the nobles were feasting, the soldiers were also eating their celebratory feast, and the whole camp was jubilant.
Many of the soldiers of the Western Road Jihadist Army were drunk, but the Denlenburg army did not, they did not drink alcohol due to military discipline, and under the influence of the Iron Cross Knights, the other two knights also did not drink.
Early the next morning, the Western Mujahideen Army and the Denglenburg Army once again embarked on the march to the enemy's capital.
The enemy had been routed, and their plot had been completely crushed by the force that had come from them, so the march went smoothly and without hindrance, and after eight or nine days they had reached the vicinity of a frozen lake eighty kilometers away from the enemy's capital.
At this time, a jihadist army had already arrived here, even a mid-lane jihadist army that the enemy had not knocked down.
At that time, the route of the re-convergence of the three holy armies had already been determined, and this was intended to consume a large number of enemy forces and cleanse the scattered tribesmen in the territory of the Norwids, otherwise, they would have come directly to the capital after the convergence.
The mid-lane jihadist army seemed to want to be happy, after all, they did not encounter the enemy's blocking army, and they came here very smoothly for a long time.
And there is no need to worry about the sneak attack of the defenders in the city, after all, the main body of the Central Lane Jihadist Army is composed of the troops of the Rhoderan Empire and the army of the Gilnian Empire, and the rest of the kingdoms are just foils.
The two empires were extremely powerful, one was the number one power in the Holy Cult world, and the other was the Gilnian Empire, known as the Crown of the East, which held the mighty Piars at bay.
Now the Western Road Jihadist Army and the Central Road Jihadist Army are all gathered here, and only the Eastern Road Jihadist Army has not arrived.
However, it is also normal, the enemies that the Eastern Road Jihadist Army has to face are far from being comparable to the other two.
At this time, I am afraid that they still have not broken through Darlings Fort, and the tens of thousands of defenders in it can definitely hold out for a long time, and now they only need to wait for the arrival of the Eastern Road Holy War Army, and they can enjoy the final attack on the enemy and end this war.