Section 71: Courage (2nd Watch)
The church in Mecklenburg resounded with the sound of Mass, the women and children of the town hid in the church, sincerely hoping that their faith would help them to survive the disaster, the priest wore holy robes and held the chalice of red wine, and closed his eyes to the crucifixion Christ to recite the Bible, at this time there was a fierce knock on the door of the church, the women and children in the church were immersed in this solemn religious atmosphere, suddenly heard the knock on the door and couldn't help but exclaim, they thought that the Pomeranian had broken through the defense and broke into the outside of the churchFear suddenly permeated the church.
"Quiet, everyone, calm down." The priest who presided over the mass put down his cup, and as he comforted his faithful, he trembled towards the closed door, and several church deacons had to follow him.
"All of them ~~~." The sound of slamming the door sounded again, and the priest involuntarily drew a cross in the direction of the door, and everyone near the door avoided it.
"Who is it?" The priest asked tremblingly.
"Open the door quickly, it's Her Royal Highness Josie, the wife of Lord Count Mecklenburg and Princess of the Duchy of Mason." A voice came from outside the door, and the priest breathed a sigh of relief after listening to the answer of the outside, and he quickly nodded to the church deacon, and the two deacons immediately stepped forward to lift the heavy wooden bolt that had been put down and opened the church door.
"Let Your Highness in." The guards escorted Princess Josie into the church. It wasn't bad to look good, and she was followed by Harvey, the leader of the spies.
"Well, this is the Lord's temple and no weapons are allowed in it." The priest saw Harvey's sword and dagger and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
"Get out of the way." But Harvey ignored it, and she aimed the dagger at the priest's chest, and watched as the dagger priest wisely closed his mouth.
"Father, please pray for blessings for all of us." Princess Josie took a breath before she said to the priest.
"I will, Your Highness." Princess Josie's status is noble, and the priest said to Princess Josie with his hands folded respectfully.
"There's one more thing I need your help with." Princess Josie set her eyes on the altar. The priest didn't understand what she was trying to do, but on the altar was the reliquary that Arold used to fool the people, and inside it was said to be the bandeau of the Virgin, the bandeau inside was actually just an ordinary shabby coarse linen fabric, but the outer reliquary was finely carved and plastered with gold, which looked sparkling and sacrosanct.
On the walls of Mecklenburg over time. Although the defenders used a large number of defensive weapons, and the siege equipment designed by Arold had enough to suffer the Pomeranians, the Pomeranians were forced by the nobles to divide into three waves and continuously attack the walls, and the defenders of Mecklenburg were exhausted.
"Whew, don't hold back." Harlan hoarse, he couldn't remember how many enemies he had killed, his hands completely red with blood.
"Ahem~~~." Harun's little fat man, Xia Zuo, bent down and knelt on one knee against the wall, holding a crossbow in his hand, originally trying to bend down and open the crossbow and put the crossbow on it. But I don't know why, maybe the bowstring is more bearable than the string and it breaks, and the little fat man Xia Zuo coughed palely.
"Throw away the crossbow and draw your sword, my friend." Harun felt that his armor could be wrung out of water, his hair had become soaked into wisps, and he almost fell down while standing within the walls, and he looked around the soldiers were tired, but the third wave of Pomeranians began to attack from a distance, and it seemed that they were planning to take Mecklenburg in one day. Because everyone knows that when it comes to sieges, only the first day of the attack is the most violent. The morale of the enemy is also at its highest.
"Harlan, we're going to die here." The little fat man Xia Zuo had tears on his face, he stretched out his sleeve and wiped it, and said with a whimpering voice in his mouth, he knew that he should stay in the countryside anyway, looking at the one hanging on the city wall with only half of his body left. With his neck twisting strangely, and his eyes staring at one of his Pomeranian corpses like dead fish, Xia Zuo finally couldn't help but cry.
"Shut up, fools, we must hold out until reinforcements from Lord Earl arrive, and don't forget that Her Royal Highness Princess Josie has promised to grant us the title of knight." Harlan licked his chapped lips. He turned to look back at the tall main tower of the inner city in the distance, and his mind resounded with the promise of the beautiful and graceful Princess Josie in the lord's hall.
"It's useless if we die, and the great nobles hide in the fortified inner city and watch us die." The little fat man Xia Zuo simply spread his legs, and big tears fell in front of him, and his words resonated with many soldiers who were leaning on the cold city wall and resting on the interval of the Pomeranian attack, but the lowly soldiers could only bow their heads silently.
"Shut up, shut up, you stupid~~~." Xia Zuo's annoying words made Harlan annoyed for a while, and he was so angry that he wanted to swing his sword at the damn fat man, but at that moment he seemed to have been hit by something, and he opened his mouth wide to look at the group of people slowly coming up from the stone steps.
"Hallelujah~~~~." Princess Josie was seen slowly walking up the city wall with the support of the maids, behind her several church deacons carrying the precious reliquary, the shining reliquary attracted everyone's attention, the soldiers hurriedly got up from the ground, everyone who had been to the Mecklenburg church to attend Mass knew what it was, the cabinet of miracles, the incomparable relic, and the relics of the Virgin that could bring victory.
"Your Royal Highness, why did you come here, it's too dangerous here." Harlan hurriedly walked over, he knelt down on one knee excitedly, grabbed Princess Josie's right hand and kissed the back of his hand.
"What reason do I have to hide in the tower while you defenders fight for innocent Christian women and children, brave soldiers, defenders of Mecklenburg, I bring you the relics of Our Lady, the only holy relic in the world, the Ark of Miracles." Princess Josie's beautiful face looked wrinkled and shining in the sun, especially her pregnant belly, which looked even more radiant and holy like a virgin.
"Hail Mary, Hail Mary ~~~." The soldiers looked at the noble princess in front of them dumbfounded, they excitedly took off their helmets and hats, knelt down on one knee in front of Princess Josie, and shouted the name of the Virgin, but in the minds of the soldiers, Princess Josie in front of them was clearly the incarnation of the Holy Virgin. (To be continued......) R1292