Chapter 21: Instability
WAR-DOG
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It's the same for both anyway.
War sideburns, ugly scavengers, their tails swaying towards blood, their bodies revolving around death, crows are their forerunners, greed is synonymous with them, and where they are, there will be the scythe wielded by death under the black robe.
I'm talking about mercenaries.
Ever since Magnus uttered the words, 'Whatever they grab is theirs,' the group of mercenaries has been crowded forward like a rabble.
Even Chauncey's Carol Mercenary Regiment is the same.
The goods left behind by the merchants, such as fruits, furs, or clothing, and silver rings in their hands, were not worth a lot of money, but they were not without a lot of help.
In fact, the happiest one to grab at this time is Chauncey.
And he was the most cruel of all.
Maybe...... Can it also be called benevolent?
The merchants, the merchants who had been pierced by Lefèvre's javelins, did not know whether to call them lucky or unlucky, and there were always a few who did not die, but whose bodies were pierced, nailed to the ground, and who could not be saved.
Instead of letting them continue to suffer, send them to heaven now.
Probably, Chauncey thinks so.
But it's not a good thing for his subordinates.
Those recruits' eggs - you should remember, as mentioned earlier, the Carol mercenary group was sold once, and most of the veterans died, so they had to expand the recruits - Chauncy should have just wanted the recruits to see the blood, but these guys who couldn't even hold the sword accurately pierced the heart, and stabbed a dozen times a person, turning everyone into a broken sack.
Presumably, Chauncey will be on the same level as Satan in the eyes of the dying merchants.
Magnus looked a little sick to his stomach.
But what is said is spilled water, and it is difficult to collect it. The most important thing is that as a 'superior person', it is only the life of some businessmen, and it is not worth Magnus to backtrack.
Life is precious, but everything must have a superior and inferior, some people are heavier than Mount Tai, and some people are lighter than Hongmao. As for the dead, from the day England fell, there were enough people who died in front of Magnus, so many that he was used to it.
Even, Magnus was still wondering if he should learn from Chauncey's method and ask his Praetorian Guards to open the meat as well.
No, the Praetorian Guard, who had fled with him all the way from England to France, had been picked up from the pile of dead, and had seen more dead than alive. Rather, those recruits in the future may need to learn.
An army that has never seen blood, no matter how rigorously trained, it is not a trump card.
However, it is a little too early to think about it.
Magnus reminded himself that even if he got off to a good start, the opponents he met were a bunch of fools, but there were smart people among the fools! What's more, these in front of him are, to put it bluntly, cannon fodder, the real elite should be on their way at this moment.
When the time comes, it will be the real victory.
Speaking of elites, Magnus unconsciously thinks of Lefèvre.
This somewhat naïve young knight, the hundred cavalry under his command, was the most elite in Magnus's army, even the Praetorian Guard, which Magnus was proud of.
After all, infantry is synonymous with cannon fodder in this era, and cavalry, each of which was trained from an early age and was proficient in various martial arts.
But it's a pity that in order to defeat the Duke of Brittany as soon as possible, Magnus had to send out all the most powerful cavalry, wasting this force in vain.
Well, the conversation is divided into two ends, and it just so happens that Lefèvre is in some trouble on his side......
"Captain, what kind of prince did you say His Royal Highness deliberately manipulated us?"
In the early spring forest, the silence was so great that only the sound of birds chirping and horses trampling branches could be heard, and in this almost suffocating silence, I don't know who spoke first, and the team suddenly became noisy.
"It's just that everyone else can rest. Let's just keep running. ”
"It's still in this muddy forest."
"And you say that you want us to attack the castle of Nantes, the kind of well-guarded castle, can a few of us take down? This is clearly to send us to death. ”
"It was meant to be sent to death."
“……”
It's a headache.
Lefèvre kept knocking on his head.
His Royal Highness Prince Magnus said that he would let him attack Nantesburg, but later he also made it very clear that if there was a chance, he would take it down, and if he didn't have a chance, he would wander around Nantesburg, as long as he could put pressure on the defenders of Nantesburg.
As long as the defenders of Nantesburg were surrounded, the Duke of Brittany would naturally be in a dilemma, and at the same time, the morale of the soldiers who had been cut off from the back road would also be greatly reduced. When the time came, Magnus attacked from the front, and Lefèvre led the cavalry to gallop from the rear, attacking from both sides, and even the soldiers of Brittany were heavenly soldiers and generals.
But could he tell the cavalry?
In fact, this is not a question of whether to say or not, this is the distraction of the military.
In the final analysis, Magnus is just an outsider, and these proud cavalrymen don't take him seriously, while Lefèvre is still too young and not prestigious enough to suppress these fierce soldiers.
If Louis VII had personally ordered that they would have been sent to death, there would have been no call.
"Don't say it, Your Majesty let us obey His Royal Highness's orders, then there must be his reason, you don't believe me, don't you still believe Your Majesty?!"
Seeing that this group of cavalry was getting more and more noisy, and even had a great posture to go home, Lefèvre had no choice but to carry Louis VII out.
The cavalry soon fell silent.
I have to say that in the Middle Ages, this alone was quite good.
If a boy wants to become a cavalryman, or even further, a knight, the first thing he has to do is to go to the house of a superior lord and become a servant.
It is said that it is said that it is a knight's etiquette.
In fact, it is to be a hostage, and by the way, brainwashing.
It was only after a few years, usually at the age of fourteen, that the superior lord confirmed that the boy was indeed loyal, and began to teach him horseback riding, swordsmanship, and archery.
Although the knights cultivated in this way are quite rare, after all, it takes an average of more than ten years to train a qualified knight. But in the past ten years, the knights have grown from a child to a man, and they have never separated from the figure of the lord, and their loyalty to the lord is naturally very strong.
It's like Odega, if there is no major accident, he will generally not betray.
"Go on, and if you have any grievances, you can wait until this war is over before you go back and tell your majesty; But now, the order given to me by His Majesty is to obey the orders of His Royal Highness Prince Magnus, and therefore we must obey his orders. ”
……
The cavalry was silent, and the team marched forward again, only this time, even a blind man could feel the raging anger burning under the silence.
But Lefèvre was also quite helpless.
Suppressing His Majesty is the most tasteless thing.
The degree of lack of quality is roughly equivalent to the teacher calling the parents in the school.
But he really couldn't help it.
He is too young, not qualified enough, not experienced enough, not prestige enough, and if he doesn't bring His Majesty out, none of these bastards will be obedient.
Now, Lefèvre can only hope that what Magnus said is true, and that Nantesburg are indeed defensively empty enough to give him a big win.
As long as there is victory, prestige and so on, isn't it all piled up by victory!
However, he didn't have to worry about it right away.
Because the scouts in front reported that a small army of unknown origin and no flags was being unnoticed, approaching them without noticing.
PS: Sorry for the late update, it's still two updates today, but it's the time of the next chapter...... I hope it will come out before 12 o'clock.