Chapter 312: The Army in the Forest
Seeing that the battle on the city wall was in a stalemate, General Yousen didn't even think too much about it, and directly ordered more soldiers to rush forward.
A thousand royal infantry led two thousand nobles' armed infantry to walk towards the city wall, this time, they were not as neat as before, because the nobles' soldiers would not receive extremely strict training like the king's army, and they were not a collective, and their cooperation would be much worse.
Blood splattered, and the severed arms covered the city walls and the ground below them, and I don't know whether they were red or white brains were scattered on the ground.
The corpses of the soldiers who had been splashed and burned by the oil fell to the ground, the charred corpses unrecognizable, and even some of the charred corpses still burned with unextinguished flames and wisps of green smoke from the extinguished corpses.
The tragic situation was enough to make anyone who had not experienced the battlefield tremble, even King Brolin frowned when he looked at the situation ahead, he had never seen such a tragic war.
The two sides were still engaged in a difficult tug-of-war, and the center of the battlefield was on the city wall and on the ladder, and the king's army was constantly falling from the ladder or the well, and the army of the Duke of Bunkerson was falling from the city wall, and the number of casualties was very large.
Even on the ground, there is a dense layer of corpses, most of which are still incomplete, and the broken arm of the residual value alone is the most present.
And just as King Brolin was carrying out a frenzied attack on Fort Cancherin, a seemingly large force appeared in a grove a hundred kilometers away from Fort Cancherin.
Their number is about 10,000 people, which is already the vast majority of the troops that the Kingdom of Ribone can mobilize, after all, since the defeat of Laughlinburg last time, not only the Kingdom of Tskma, but even the church has bitten hard from them.
Until now, the strength has not been restored, and if it were not for the strong request of Pope Ubander II, King Bansail would not have sent any troops to support.
This time, King Banser sent an army of more than 10,000 people, and Pope Ubander II sent only 400 Templars to the expedition, although more than 3,000 of these 10,000 were nobles loyal to the Church, but the remaining 7,000 were all direct troops of King Bansel and nobles loyal to him.
Although the Kingdom of Ribone at this time was incomparable with the Kingdom of Cikma in terms of national strength and military strength, King Bansel still retained a certain strength.
This is also the reason why the kingdom of Ribone has not yet become the best "heaven on earth" in the church's philosophy.
The kingdom of heaven on earth has only appeared once in history, and the royal family of that country is really weak, and its direct territories are constantly being invaded by the Church in various names, not to mention the number of armies.
In addition, the last king was still a child who did not understand the world, and basically most of the nobles in the country threw themselves into the arms of the church, even if there were a few loyal nobles who were still loyal to the royal family, they were still powerless.
Eventually, the country's past was seized by the Pope at the time, convicted of blasphemy against the Holy Father, excommunicated, declared his crown illegal, arrested and burned at the stake, and after a series of operations, most of the rights of the kingdom were finally incorporated into the Church.
General Dampier rode on a tall warhorse, dressed in fine leather armor, and accompanied by several knights, marching silently ahead.
He still has no hair on his head, a very smooth bald head, but his face and complexion are obviously not very good.
Compared to the last Battle of Laughlinburg, he is obviously much older, and he still looks a little haggard, far less physically strong than he was at that time.
This is normal, since his last defeat, he has borne most of the condemnation on behalf of King Bansel, even if the cause of the defeat is not him but the bishop, but because of the power of the church, King Bansel still has no way to punish the bishop.
Then the only one who is responsible, of course, is the main general of the army, General Dampier.
If the incident happened in the Kingdom of Tskema, not to mention whether King Brolin dared to punish that bishop, if that bishop dared to dictate to the army, then needless to say, General Yousen would immediately cut him with a sword.
What's more, the number of troops belonging to the church in the kingdom of Cikma now does not even exceed three hundred, most of them are the guards of some churches, and some small nobles who are loyal to the church.
"Deputy Chief Nellbrand, we are still about a hundred kilometers away from Fort Cancherin, whether the reinforcements from the Lillard Kingdom will arrive on time, I hope you can give me an accurate answer!"
General Dampier seemed very tired, as a general in a country where the royal family was not strong and the church dominated the overall situation, he really couldn't get up.
Otherwise, in the Battle of the Four Kingdoms, he is also a very tough figure, and he can confront General Yousen head-on without falling behind.
Vice-Master Nairbrand, one of the two Templar Vice-Commanders of the Church, was ordered by Pope Uban II to join forces from the Kingdom of Ribourne to reinforce Duke Bunkerson.
And counting the Lillard Kingdom, the three parties have reached an agreement, and this time it is bound to defeat the Tskema Kingdom and bite a piece of meat fiercely.
After all, the development speed of the Brolin Kingdom is too fast, King Brolin has been on the throne for just a few years, the national strength has begun to flourish, and now the national strength of the Kingdom of Tskema has surpassed the Lillard Kingdom that defeated King Brolin's father eight years ago, that is, the previous king.
At that time, the Tskema Kingdom also compensated 400,000 silver coins and ceded a northwestern border territory, which was a loss of face.
And now the Kingdom of Tskema has a chance to be ashamed, even if there is no Principality of Bunkerson, the Kingdom of Lillard and the Kingdom of Riborn, as well as the church, will not allow the Kingdom of Tskema to rise so smoothly and become a superpower.
If the kingdom of Tskema wants to go further, it will inevitably face a brutal bloody battle for so long, and even William will face this situation.
"It has been determined that the Kingdom of Lillard has mobilized the forces of the whole country, and the fifteen thousand soldiers led by General Thurmusen have reached a high ground fifty kilometers from the outskirts of Fort Cancherin, and now we are waiting for us to join them!"
Deputy Regiment Commander Nellbrand was expressionless and did not show any emotion, and told General Dampier all the information he could tell in a proper manner.
"Alright then, it's time for us to get the soldiers up now!"
General Dampier looked at the speed of the troops' march and said with some dissatisfaction.