Chapter 17: The Normans in Distress
Just as the Confederates in Port Louis were boosting their morale with delicious seafood dishes, the radical aristocratic faction, led by Count George, was glaring at the centaur general Crosas in front of him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The casualties of the Norman army caused by the seven-day battle and the failed cavalry assault were really unacceptable to the officers, and the three border regiments all suffered relatively serious casualties, and now they can barely pull out a half-complete corps, but the different races, language barriers, and the different caliber of weapons that make the logistics department faint greatly weaken the combat effectiveness, as for the centaur regiment of Crosas was pitted by the enemy and his own people, and now there are only a hundred heavily armed cavalry and more than two hundred lightly armed centaurs.
The problem was that the centaur soldiers couldn't trust their companions at all, the centaurs who had been seriously wounded these days would die if they couldn't wait for the priest's treatment, and what was worse was that the infantry often ate a lot of meat in their food, and the centaurs must have died that day.
Serious racial contradictions have always been a problem to limit the northerners, in ancient times because everyone was afraid of the demon king of Ulysses and had to succumb to the feet of the other party, in modern times, because the strong Normans frantically cleaned up the surrounding forces, before the Riberians reacted, they completed the occupation of most of the northern forces, and the resulting strength expansion and various problems were very headaches for the Norman emperor.
Because of the relationship between the conqueror and the conquered, each race must provide soldiers in addition to paying tribute and sending concubines, which makes the original pure Norman army composed of 100% humans, and now it has become elves, dwarves, orcs, giants, centaurs, etc., which is really a headache.
In addition to this, they must prepare a variety of weapons and rations for different races, such as centaurs and orcs, dwarves and orcs, giants and elves, gnolls and dwarves...... There are a lot of questions.
The battle here was even more so close that the Legion would allow non-subordinate troops to attack Fontainebleau together, but now it seems that in order to attack again, the conflict between Count George and Crosus must be resolved, although it is not at all clear that anyone wants to give in.
"Humph! It's all you cowardly bugs who have dragged down the warriors of the Immortal Heavens, otherwise I would have drunk the Riberians a long time ago! "The centaurs were the first to attack, perhaps because they had been in the imperial officialdom for too long, and even the centaurs, who were known for their bravery, first thought of shirking responsibility.
"Why don't you four-legged and two-hearted brute think about it, if you obey the command and keep harassing the redcoats, how can they meet with the army of St. Orlando, just drag them and let those mud-legged people deal with the enemy, you don't even understand such a simple reason, I think you should go back to your hometown and raise a foal." Count George stood up and pointed directly at the other party sarcastically, although Fontainebleau successfully occupied, but the enemy has not been eliminated, and his own losses are still very heavy, at this time, he must push this responsibility to the other party, he has enough troubles, and he must not be burdened with the black cauldron of fighting unsmoothly.
"You#Ā„%@" Words: Centaurs can't talk about humans after all, just like five human infantrymen don't want to win against a heavy centaur cavalry, Crosus directly scolded, and the general on the opposite side also scolded back in the past, maybe one person can't win, but here except for the centaur, they are all humans.
The noisy officers didn't even think about the wounded Norman soldiers outside the tent, these unlucky people had no sense of battle after so many days of fighting, and the consequences of the rapid march had become more and more serious, and the soldiers could only eat two meals a day, and the problem was that they made a lot of bread mixed with sawdust, sand and leaves, which was very hard to gnaw on, not to mention that it seriously tested the stomach digestion ability of the eater.
"When the hell will I be able to get home......
"Sir, how long are we going to fight......
"Mom...... No, don't! Please, doctor, don't cut off my legs! Ah......h
The sluggish morale, combined with the desolate cries of the wounded, made it seem that if there were no incentives, a mutiny seemed to be imminent, and then the sound of flying wings was heard in the sky, and the soldiers standing guard suddenly changed their faces after a little observation, and the alarm was sounded urgently-"Dragon! There's a dragon coming!! ā
In an instant, the whole barracks became chaotic, the soldiers held their heads everywhere looking for possible hiding places, and the officers desperately gathered their troops, but unfortunately the dozen or so soldiers who had been killed in a row could not calm them down, until the senior officers who heard that something was wrong ran out and were relieved.
But in Count George's tears, this is a disaster, the whole barracks is in chaos, it is simply inviting the enemy to attack, if the St. Orlando League really comes at this time, then he has to flee on horseback, but why is the expression of this nasty centaur next to him so strange, "General Crossas, what do you see?" The centaur did not return to the Earl's question for a moment, and after a long moment turned his head to look at George, whose face was ugly, "Uh...... I don't think there's any need to be so alarmed, I saw the banner of the Imperial Guard on the dragon that flew over, so ...... You know. ā
Count George suddenly realized that the elite of the Norman Emperor, the legendary most powerful Norman Praetorian Guard, the most terrifying of them were those dragon knights. Most of the dragon knights who accompanied the emperor's rise should be called dragoons, and more of them were all kinds of sub-dragoons, and the few dragon knights who specialized in ground combat were mainly flying dragons, if Crosus was not mistaken, it was really a dragon...... That means a well-known knightly officer is coming to inspect.
It's just that there is really no way to mess up like this in the barracks, so I can only beg this damn beast, "General Crossas, in order not to make the big people in the imperial capital uncomfortable, please trouble your warriors to help maintain order in the army, the contradiction between us is a trivial matter, if it is seen by outsiders, it will not be good for you and me, right?" ā
Krosus glanced at it and walked directly to his men with his helmet on, "Like you said, I'll do what needs to be done." Seeing that the centaur had accepted his request, Earl George breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately turned his head and shouted: "Go and prepare the tent and food at once, we will treat this great man well, hurry!" ā
Reinhardt felt that something was wrong when he received the Emperor's order to rush to the battlefield of Fontainebleau to deliver the order, first of all, his mount had a problem, and he had to be sent to the hospital for treatment, so he had to ride a dragon with good blood.
Then there is the loss of magic power in his enchanted equipment, and he can only change into a standard dragoon outfit, but the magic effect of this set of equipment and the previous set of dragon knight armor is poor, not a little bit bit, barely able to defend against Mithril Magic Breaker Bullet and other special ammunition, but it is said that the number of times and effects of resistance can never be counted on.
That's all there is to it, the key is that the colleagues sent by the emperor to carry out the mission together fell from the second floor and sprained their necks before they set off, and there was no time to arrange other colleagues and could not delay the mission, Reinhardt had to set off on his own with his document bag.
The thunderstorms, high-altitude currents, and unlucky monster migrations encountered during this period were not on display, and when they reached the sky of the Norman army at Fontainebleau, they encountered not a warm welcome but a bombing camp with mud-legged men screaming wildly...... As the elite of the Emperor's Praetorian Guard, the Dragon Knight's appearance is still quite high, at least Reinhardt's gorgeous short brown hair, with a chic face and a slightly vicissitudes of life, is obviously very popular with aristocratic ladies, especially beautiful women who like strong men.
It's just that the bachelors in the army didn't seem to appreciate Reinhardt's face at all, and the depressed dragon knight slowly landed and finally found a vacant land, and successfully landed in the welcome of the other party's senior generals - and then the flying dragon directly fell and ate, and flew out at least twenty meters with the inexplicable Reinhardt!
"Oh my God! What the hell is going on! Earl George, who was still smiling and ready to greet the envoy in the last second, watched in amazement as soon as the dragon knight landed and flew out, it seemed that it was because of the slippery ground?
"Sir, those mud legs seem to have poured a lot of scrap oil and excrement here...... It may be that the order is too urgent, and there is no time to clean it up, so it has to be stepped on, and the person standing on it may be fine, but the dragon is a little too heavy and the landing speed is a little too fast. ā
"Then why don't you hurry up and save people! Hurry up, hurry up! ā
hurriedly cleaned up the barracks and saved the unlucky dragon knight, but at this time Reinhardt was already a little wrong, not only did the bridge of his nose shatter and lose several teeth, but the handsome guy who looked a little like the vicissitudes of life a second ago has now become a severely disabled stinky man, and the impermanence of the world is really unpredictable.
Fortunately, Reinhardt did not forget his duty, although he was very angry that the landing field prepared by the other party was a dragon hunting trap at all, and his borrowed flying dragon directly broke three ribs and two hind legs, and it was conservatively estimated that it would take a year to raise it before it was possible to return to the army, not to mention that he was still disfigured, thinking of this, the dragon knight couldn't help but leave tears of sadness, and the faces of the senior officers were embarrassed.
"Ahem, that dragon knight, I haven't asked your name or what your mission is, can you tell us now?"
Reinhardt wiped his tears and looked at the middle-aged man who spoke, it turned out to be George, the wolf of the imperial capital? Lyle, the ultimate body of the pervert, even the dwarves feel the terrifying humanoid self-propelled estrus machine, "Count George, you don't need to be so polite, I am the Dragon Knight Reinhardt, the major of the First Wing of the Emperor's Praetorian Guard, and I am ordered to pass on the Emperor's orders. ā
As soon as they heard that it was the emperor's personal order, all the generals present stood upright, and Earl George took the official document from Reinhardt's hand, "...... It will be difficult for you to fight on the front line of Fontainebleau, and this battle is very likely to be fiercely engaged with the Empire of St. Orlando and its allies, the Kingdom of Riberia, in order to ensure that in case we have ordered the Imperial Offshore Fleet and the Allied navies to form a combined fleet to attack the port of Louis from the sea, and the Knight Reinhardt, who came to convey this order, is a very loyal and powerful dragon knight, and he will remain on the battlefield to wait for the orders of the commander, hoping that the Lords will fight hard for the future of the Empire...... DR In 1822, the Norman Emperor Craven? Written by Owen himself. ā
It's indeed the emperor's order, but it's a bit troublesome how to cooperate with the combined fleet to attack, and no one knows what the consequences will be if you forcibly order the army to open, and the dragon knight's words...... Count George looked at Reinhardt with a complicated face, the dragon knight who could have become a powerful combat power was turned into this undead by the negligence of the mud legs, and he really didn't know what to do.
"Count George, I'm ready to take orders, please tell me what I can do."
Just like you, just make a show, and when you go to the battlefield, you may be headshot by a random soldier of the Red Army, and suddenly an idea appeared in Earl George's mind, he thought about it and felt that it was very feasible and immediately said excitedly: "Then Knight Reinhardt, I have already thought of how to arrange you, you take care of your injuries first, I guarantee that you will definitely be satisfied." ā
After saying that, leaving a few orderlies, Count George took the others and left quickly, and soon heard the excited shouts of the flying dragon and the various screams of the soldiers outside, Reinhardt, who was lying on the bed, suddenly felt a little bad Before he could get up, several beautiful female priests walked in, "Handsome knight from the imperial capital, let our sisters help you check your body." With that, they all stepped forward, and the priest closest to the door cast a silent barrier to isolate the sound inside and outside.