Chapter 981: Expedition to Europe (16)
"Run!" Kondra saw the army suddenly appear in front of him, and the officers and soldiers in the army were all black-haired and black-eyed Orientals, and the armor on his body and the weapons in his hands were also very strange, which made him immediately feel very bad, and immediately shouted and turned and fled back, the number of the other party was at least tens of thousands, and there were only two thousand knights around him, he was not stupid, so he naturally would not stay and take risks.
Hu Yanqing, who led the troops in the rear, also saw the fleeing army of Condra in front, but he did not order anyone to pursue, first, he didn't know that such an important person as Condra was in the army in front, thinking that the other party was just a Roman army that happened to be going out, and secondly, behind Condela was the city of Rome, Hu Yanqing They crossed the sea and didn't carry a war horse at all, so they couldn't catch up with each other with their feet at all, plus the other party was preparing to flee into the city, which made no difference to Hu Yanqing at all, anyway, he was going to capture the city of Rome.
Condra went and returned, and also came with two thousand knights, which made the guards of the city of Rome also very frightened, thinking that the other party was trying to raid the city of Rome, after all, Rome has not been invaded over the years, just Condra's grandfather and father have entered the city of Rome several times, so the defenders of the city of Rome are also very wary of the army of the Condra family, and the guards of the city gate even immediately made a decision, and even closed the city gate and refused to let Condra enter the city.
Encountering this situation, Condra was angry and wanted to scold his mother, and immediately came to the city gate and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, we find a large army coming towards the city of Rome, and all of them are composed of black-haired and black-eyed Orientals, I suspect that they may have come to attack the city of Rome, hurry up and let us in, otherwise we will be in danger." ”
The guards at the gates did not believe much in Condra's words, after all, Rome was often invaded by foreign tribes. But very few black-haired and black-eyed Orientals will fight here, after all, in the eyes of the Romans, the so-called Orientals actually refer to the Turks, but the Seljuk Turks are fighting the heat of the Eastern Roman Empire, where is the chance to run to Rome?
Seeing that the guards at the gates didn't believe his words, Condra couldn't help but become anxious. At that moment, he yelled again: "Open the city gate quickly, I am the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and I was still discussing with the priests yesterday, if I am in any danger, you are afraid that a little guard will not be able to afford it!" ”
Hearing Condra say this, the guards at the city gate also hesitated, and after thinking for a moment, he finally spoke: "You wait a minute, I'll report to the superiors to see if the superiors agree to let you into the city?" ”
Seeing that the Oriental army in the rear was about to kill. The guard of the city gate still had to ask for instructions, which made Condra angry again and wanted to scold his mother, but he had nothing to do about it, so he could only wait patiently, and after a while, he saw the gate keeper bring a bishop to the city gate, as far as Condra knew, the Holy See also attached great importance to the safety of the Roman city. Every day, a bishop made his rounds of the city to prevent the army from slacking off. I just don't know who the bishop is today?
"Maurice?" When Condra saw the bishop at the head of the city, he immediately felt cold, because the bishop who was in charge of the security of the city wall today turned out to be Morris, who had already taken refuge in little Henry, if he let the other party know his current situation, I am afraid that he would not open the city gate, and then he would really die.
"Huh? It turned out to be His Majesty Condra. It's just that you haven't already left Rome, why did you come back with your troops? Morris also said with a cold expression when he saw Kondla, yesterday Kondra visited many families, but did not visit his family, which is obviously a kind of alienation. Coupled with the fact that he secretly took refuge in little Henry, he naturally had a natural hostility towards Condra.
"Bishop Maurice, we have a huge army of Orientals coming towards us, please hurry up and open the gates, otherwise we will be in danger!" Although Condra knew that the situation was not good, he could only ask Morris in a low voice.
"The army of the Orientals? Your Majesty Condra is not joking, where is there any Oriental army here in Rome? Morris sneered at this time, he didn't believe in Condra's words at all, and even if there was really an army of Orientals to kill him, he wouldn't necessarily open the door, and it would be even more perfect if Condra could die at the hands of others.
Seeing the mocking expression on Maurice's face, Condra also knew that the other party might not open the city gate, so he glared at the other party angrily, and then turned around and left, since he couldn't enter the city of Rome, he could only flee to other places, hoping that those Orientals were not coming at him, otherwise he might not be able to escape.
However, just as Condra turned around to leave, he saw that the Oriental army in the rear had already caught up, which made him scream badly, turned around and fled along the city wall in other directions, but unfortunately this time the distance between the two of them was too close, and Hu Yanqing was embarrassed to let him go again, so immediately a crossbowman was ready, and with the order of the general, countless arrows flew out, enveloping Condra's two thousand guards in a rain of arrows.
"Snort~" Condra never expected that the other party's bow and arrow would be so strong, and it could be shot from such a distance, so he was not prepared at all, and for a while, countless people under his command were hit by arrows, even his own head was hit by an arrow, but fortunately he was blocked by a helmet, and he was lucky to pick up a life.
In fact, this is not surprising, the bow and crossbow of the Great Song Dynasty was originally very strong, even the Western Xia and Liao Kingdom could not be compared with the Great Song Dynasty, as for the use of bows and arrows in Europe, it was still very primitive, and even the recurve bow did not appear, and the range of the arrows was very close, so Condela underestimated the range of the bow and arrow of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was a big loss at the beginning, otherwise with the advantage that most of their European knights were equipped with shields, even if there were casualties, it would not be too serious.
"Defend! Defend! Condra saw that nearly half of his knights fell in an instant, and he was also distressed as if he was dripping blood, these were the most elite troops in his hands, but he didn't expect to be easily slaughtered by others, and he didn't even have the power to fight back.
Maurice on the city wall also woke up from the shock at this time, he did not expect that there was really an army of the Easterners, and without saying anything, he launched an attack on Condra's army, and even some arrows were shot at the top of the city, although they did not cause casualties, but it showed that the opponent's weapons were very strong, at least he had never seen a bow and arrow with such a long range.
"These European armies are really weak, we are all in range, and we don't even know how to defend and counterattack." Hu Yanqing didn't know that the bows and arrows on the European side were lagging behind, and when he saw that the other party was easily killed by nearly half of his own bow and crossbow, he shook his head and sighed with disdain, because if the opponent was too weak, it would be difficult for him to have any sense of achievement.
Berger and Alec father and son were by Hu Yanqing's side, they had seen the power of the Great Song Dynasty navy before, and now after seeing these navies ashore, they still burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, and they were even more in awe at the moment, especially for the endless powerful weapons of the Great Song Dynasty, which made them feel that the strength of the Great Song Dynasty was unfathomable.
At that moment, Hu Yanqing commanded the army to come forward and surround Condra and others, and at the same time the others were also ready to attack Rome, Condra saw that there was no hope of escaping, and his knights also suffered heavy losses, and he was very sad and angry at the moment and said loudly: "Who are you, why are you attacking us?" ”
"Huh? He turned out to be His Majesty Condra? When Berger saw Condra in the middle of the knight's guard, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, he had seen Condra before, and he naturally recognized the other party at a glance, but he didn't expect to see each other in Rome.
Although Hu Yanqing couldn't understand Berger's words, he had an interpreter with him, and when the interpreter told him that the besieged person turned out to be Condra, the eldest brother of Prince Agnes, he was also very surprised, because as far as he knew, although Condela was supported by the Holy See, he was usually in the Holy Roman Empire and rarely appeared in Rome, but he didn't expect that his luck was so good this time, and he blocked the other party at the gate as soon as he arrived in Rome.
"Tell him that we are the army of Her Royal Highness Princess Agnes, and let him lay down his weapons and surrender, or he will be killed!" Hu Yanqing excitedly instructed the interpreter beside him, Capturing Condela alive in the first battle, this is a real good start, if the next actions are so smooth, then it may not take long to conquer Europe.
The interpreter immediately translated Hu Yanqing's words aloud, but when Condra heard his sister's name, he was obviously stunned, because he hadn't heard Agnes' name for a long time, and even a few years ago, he wondered if Agnes was dead, but now he suddenly heard his sister's name, and this powerful army still belonged to her, which made Condra not know how to react for a while.
"Lay down your arms and surrender!" Seeing that Condra did not react, the interpreter yelled again, and at the same time, the surrounding Great Song generals also opened their bows and arrows, as long as Hu Yanqing gave an order, Condra, a knight group with more than a thousand people left, would definitely be completely wiped out.
Seeing this situation, Condra could only sigh helplessly, and then ordered his subordinates to give up resistance, after all, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and his thousand people faced this eastern army of tens of thousands of people, which was not enough to stuff people's teeth.
With the surrender of Condra, the surrounding Song troops immediately stepped forward with a "hula", took off their weapons and tied them up, because they knew the identity of Condra, Hu Yanqing also specially sent an army of 2,000 people to ensure the safety of Condra, and Condra's identity will be of great use to them in the future.
Condra was furious when he saw that he was tied up, making it impossible for him to maintain the dignity of an emperor, but then he was glad that he had chosen to surrender, as he saw the horrors of the Oriental siege. (To be continued.) )