Chapter 51: Charge
However, Prince Mulchertč's rebellion could hardly affect the side of Count Don Jr. and Grand Duke Mulchid. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
First of all, the reason for the road conditions, the Grand Duke is not like Desmond, the Earl of Don has to build roads to attract investment, but North Munster is born with superior geographical conditions, even if it does not attract investment, merchants will automatically run there. Moreover, once the merchant's carriage overturned, his goods automatically became the possession of the Grand Duke (the law of ownerless things, described in chapter 9).
That's a lot of money! In that case, why did the Grand Duke build roads?
But in peacetime it is good to collect money, and when it comes to wartime, the disadvantages of this potholed road are manifested - the messenger does not dare to ride his horse at all!
Therefore, the Grand Duke may have to wait two days to receive the news.
Moreover, Prince Mulcheltci and his sword masters, who had done what a man of normal intelligence would do - and this must still be thanked to Priest Philip - forcibly sealed off the entire castle, severed all ties between the castle and North Munster, and declared that it was the prince's concern that the Earl of Donchester might raid it, so that the castle was specially strengthened.
Such a reason is enough to deceive ordinary peasants, even if someone is vaguely aware of it, but in the final analysis, the prince is still the head of the Grand Duke after all, and once the Grand Duke returns, is he pleased or dissatisfied with this bold action of his first son?
No one is the Grand Duke, and no one knows what the Grand Duke thinks, so most of those who perceive it are still watching, and when the Irish Union Mercenary Regiment is stationed here, even those who are watching will not be able to speak.
However, the more in such an environment, the more opportunities there are for careerists.
"Are you saying that the boss even killed the two illegitimate sons of the third child?"
In a small farm outside the castle, now that Prince Tad had died, Prince Murcheltče's second brother, Prince Diarmat, who was desperately looking for him, was hiding less than twenty miles from the castle, and what was talking to him was a few cavalrymen who followed Prince Murcheltč's rebellion!
Who would have thought that a fifth of the cavalry that Prince Murcheltci thought he could fully trust would be Prince Diarmat's men!
"Yes, Boss, that fool's teacher is a very vicious man, and the first thing he did when he entered the castle was to kill the two little cubs. But now that the fool has completely trusted us, even the conspiracy is no longer shy away, and we can ...... tonight if you wish, Boss."
One of the cavalrymen said with a sinister smile, and then made a fierce gesture to wipe his neck, and the other cavalrymen saw it and laughed too.
"No, it's not the time yet." The prince thought about it for a moment, but finally shook his head and rejected the tempting offer.
"You, no, I, I will personally go and tell my father about the rebellion of the eldest brother of the Grand Duke of Murchid. The eldest brother killed the third brother and killed the next generation of the family, and the father would definitely be furious when he heard it, but the third brother was dead, and the eldest brother rebelled again and lost the legal inheritance. At that time, I will be the only one who will be able to inherit the throne of the Grand Duke. ”
Prince Diarmat said this, and the cavalrymen who listened to it were all fascinated and fascinated, how could he follow such a sinister and vicious ...... I mean, the scheming master? What a blessing!
"By that time, you will all know who I am, and I will never treat you badly. But I have said that if anyone dares to betray our plans, then even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, I will not let him go! ”
After contemplating the future, Prince Diarmat turned his head again and said to the cavalry.
Coercion and temptation, give a sweet date with a stick, these are all the ways of the emperor!
"Don't worry, boss, we brothers would rather die than reveal a little news."
Hearing the prince say this, immediately some cavalry showed their loyalty, and the other cavalry hurried to follow, and no one was willing to slow down.
"Don't worry, boss! My mouth is tight! ”
"Whoever dares to snitch, I will kill him with my own hands!"
In this way, Prince Diarmat, hearing the scrambling of his men for allegiance, nodded with satisfaction, and then consulted with the cavalry again, and then got on his horse and hurried on his way.
Two flowers bloomed, one on each side, and after talking about the great changes on the side of North Munster, it was time to return to the war between the Earl of Don and the Archduke of Mulchid.
"Kill, kill, kill—"
At that time, although there was still a golden iron horse on the battlefield, the murderous aura was soaring into the sky, but everyone could hear that the shouts of killing had begun to become weak, not only because of the decline of blood and qi, but also for some practical reasons - they were all injured.
If you want people who are bleeding to still howl with all their strength like normal people, that's too difficult for them!
However, the battle had already reached this point, and almost all of the mercenaries of the Count of Don Jr., and the infantry of the Grand Duke of Mulchid, were now almost all wounded, dozens of them were wailing with broken arms and legs, and there were more corpses lying on the ground!
The massive axes, and the swords as thick as the doors, the heavy meteor hammers, and even the sharpened wooden spears, these delicate, crude, common, or bizarre weapons were now carrying out their original mission, and they were created for the sole purpose of slaughter.
Giant axes, great swords, and meteor hammers, these things can kill half a life as long as they touch it, even if they are lucky enough not to hurt the vital point, but it is inevitable that they will be injured and bleed, and in this unfortunate era, let alone being injured and bleeding, even if it is just a common cold, it may turn into a great plague!
What's more, there are those who are not lucky enough, they are directly stabbed to the vital point, and those who die on the spot, their bodies lie on the ground, and then they are ruthlessly trampled and trampled by former comrades or former enemies, until they are trampled into flesh.
So, soon, the soldiers on both sides began to waver.
Mercenaries are of course professional soldiers, but two fists are invincible to four hands, and heroes can't stand up to wolves, as long as the infantry is willing to give up their lives and hug their waists, mercenaries can't play even if they have great skills. But the infantry who can make such sacrifices are only a small number after all, and in the final analysis, they are just a group of armed civilians, most of the time, they are waiting, waiting for some fool to make a sacrifice, and then they go up to pick up the bargain.
So, in the end, the casualties of the mercenaries turned out to be even fewer than those of the infantry!
But the number of infantry is too many!
experienced two fierce battles without respite in a row, and all of them were already wounded, and the death toll even reached 20%. The battle has reached this point, the mercenary forces have not collapsed, it can be said that they really deserve to be the strongest military force in today's era, and they can already be called first-class strong troops!
However, even in a strong army, there is always a limit to patience.
But the infantry is even more uncomfortable, armed civilians, their military spirit is lower, their morale is lower, and their organization is far less than that of mercenaries who are professional soldiers, and their casualties are more, if it weren't for the supervision of the knights behind them, and the bloody heads of the old tricks, I am afraid they would have run away crying and shouting by now.
So the Grand Duke of Murchid was satisfied.
Now some book friends may ask, hasn't Count Tang's pikemen never moved? Why is the Grand Duke satisfied?
Here, we are going to introduce the concept of a 'battlefield vision'.
The so-called 'battlefield vision' is how far a commander can see on the battlefield and how much battlefield intelligence he can grasp.
Some people may not have tried it - in fact, it's similar to the Spring Festival, which is crowded in places where you can't even see the light, let alone see how many people there are. And in the chaotic battlefield, the human wall composed of soldiers is enough to block the commander's sight, so that the commander cannot understand the actual situation on the battlefield.
This is why, we see that in the movie, those coaches will build a conspicuous tower, and then stand on the tower themselves, not because they want to be handsome, let alone because they all like excitement, but they have to do it, otherwise they will not be able to give orders!
But Archduke Murchid, as we said, this archduke's military ability is really not very good, Ireland is not the kind of chaotic place in the HRE, the archduke has really not fought a few battles in his life, and it is inevitable that he lacks some military common sense.
So now the Grand Duke was misled - and the mercenaries were brave enough to match the 'valiant pikemen' described to him by Prince Tad that the Grand Duke thought that these were the elite soldiers of the Count of Don - and as to why the pikemen did not take their spears, you would have to ask the Count of Don the Younger, not him.
"Let the infantry intensify their attack! Then let all the heavy cavalry attack from both flanks! Ladies and gentlemen, wealth and fame are at hand, God bless the brave! Defeat them, it's time to end this war! ”