Section 59: The Sacking of the Temple (2nd Watch)

Arold used the camouflage created by the javelin cavalry to delay Kang Tuoyi's army, but he also knew that this camouflage would soon be dismantled, and at this time in front of the temple the cavalry cut down trees as if they were going to attack the temple with great fanfare, the high priest of the Lomwa temple stood on the gatehouse, his eyes were full of fear and uneasiness, those Germanic people looked brightly armored and strong, at first glance they were elite soldiers, and now there were less than a hundred people in the temple who could take up arms, most of them were women, children and old people.

"High Priest, what are we going to do? Or throw the gold out of the temple and let the heretics take it and leave. There was such a way of sacrificing, but it was quickly refuted by others.

"If we throw the gold out, they'll think there's more gold in the temple, and no, it's not going to work."

"Then let's negotiate and see what they want?"

"Well, send an envoy to find out the bottom of the other party." The High Priest nodded in agreement.

"Squeak~~~." A crack opened in the temple's closed door, and an emissary was pushed out, and the door was quickly closed again.

"An emissary has been sent from the temple, Lord Earl." At this time, Arold was supervising the cavalry to cut down trees, and in this era, the trees were dense and forested, and there was no need to worry about the lack of materials, and the temple was not an important military fortress, and there was no concept of cleaning the woods and stones around the temple.

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"Emissary? Don't bother to kill. Arold held the sword at his waist, he had no intention of negotiating with these temple priests, not to mention that if it was known that he had made peace with the pagan priests, it would undoubtedly turn into gossip and slander himself.

"Oh no~~~." The two attendants grabbed the messenger from the temple, ignored his pleas and screams, dragged him to the clearing between the temple and the forest, and cut off the messenger's head with their swords. In religious wars, there is no such thing as not killing messengers.

"They killed the messenger we sent." The priests became even more panicked when they saw this, it seemed that these heretics were determined to attack them, and the priests of the six gods and gods looked at their leader.

"Don't panic, we need to send someone from the secret passage to Watergast Fort to report that Lord Kang Tuoyi has gathered thousands of troops in the castle." The high priest didn't care about any secrecy at this time, when every temple was being built. will leave an escape route, the secret of which only the High Priest knows.

"Great, these damn heretics will definitely be wiped out by the leader of Kang Tuoyi." The other priests were relieved, and a quick-witted young apprentice departed through the passage, the other end of which was beside a small river about two miles from here, which the Mecklenburgers would not have discovered in any way.

"Lord Arrod, what the hell is going on, why did you kill the messengers sent by the priests?" Angry and frustrated, Bilis finds Arrod, who thinks he can convince the priests to join Arrod's side. But Arrod had other ideas.

"Those sacrifices won't open the temple gates." Arold impatiently said to Billis, since entering Watergaster, the former lord of Watergast County has returned with some confidence, and it is true that many old-fashioned Slavs are still inclined to Bilisian's rule, but most of the nobles are difficult to accept Bilis's return to Watergast with the help of the Germanic forces.

"But angering the priests will make the nobles and commoners of Watergast even more fiercely rebel against us." Biliss stared at the young Earl of Mecklenburg in front of him, he knew that Arold had bad intentions, and therefore a deal with Arold was tantamount to a deal with the devil. It was full of dangers and uncertainties, but Billis didn't expect Arold to be so crazy. Not only did they wreak havoc on the villages in Watergast, but they also attacked the temples of the sacrifices.

"They only need to obey, there is no need to accept us, Lord Bilis, since we have an agreement first, then you should still listen to me about the war." Arold smiled contemptuously, his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword at his waist. Does Bilisi think he's still a lord? However, in Arrod's eyes, there is not much value other than his claim to domination, although Arold asks Miss Shirley to make poison to control Bilis, but if Biliss is not interested, Arrold does not mind letting Biliss break his neck due to an accidental fall from his horse.

"Whew." Billis was keenly aware of the murderous intent in Arold's eyes. If he had been unafraid of this threat, but in the flight and constant defeat, Bilis seemed to gradually lose his courage, and he hung his head and turned away without saying a word.

"Keep up with him." Arold immediately said to the knight of the Inner House beside him, Victor. Sir Duncan immediately followed with two knights, who did not trust these heretics at all.

"Gray Law ~~~." The horses neighed, and the Mecklenburgers combined a heavy wagon with a heavy wagon with a thick felled tree, covering the four sides of the wagon and the wooden frame above it.

"What's that?" The priests standing on the gatehouse watched the crash car tied up with flax rope, which moved fast because it was pulled by a blindfolded horse, and the temple was built on a flat terrain, so there were no obstacles in the process.

"Archers, stop them." The High Priest watched in horror as the collision approached, and he ordered the archers on the gatehouse to immediately concentrate on shooting at the crash, hoping to prevent the thing from approaching the doorway.

"Whoosh, whoosh~~~." The arrows shot like locusts at the moving crashing cars, but the arrows were blocked by the covered leather, and could not penetrate the tough raw leather.

"Hurry up and shoot with a rocket." Fortunately, a priest with a little military experience said to the high priest, at this time the high priest was already the master of the six gods, he quickly nodded and agreed to let the temple guards do the same, the torches were quickly lit and distributed to the hands of the archers, and during this period of time, the crash had been pushed to a position less than a hundred meters away from the gate.

"Huhuhu~~~." The ignited arrows flew out and landed on top of the crash, but the rocket did not react to the leather, and even the flames on the rockets that were still lit gradually extinguished.

"Why can't it be lit, do these heretics use some magic?" The priests stared dumbfounded at the leather, which was not in the slightest sign of a problem, and which was clearly not coated with wet mud.

"Hurry up, hurry to the door, God I'd rather fight those heretics and die than suffocate in this." A cavalry attendant who had been buried in the crash covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve and complained angrily.

"Haha, no wonder our Earl ordered us to pee on those leathers, it turned out to be for fire prevention." Another knight of the Inner House said with a laugh.

"Ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong~~~." The crash was pushed five meters from the door, and the six horsemen and knights drew their swords and cut the ropes tied to the horses, and then pushed the crash car violently, and the crash car slammed into the gate with a log, and the door made a ping-pong sound, and then the cavalry worked together to push the car away from a certain distance, and then pushed and slammed into the gate, over and over again.

"Gather the guards at the door." The temple was already in a panic, they did not expect that their defenses would be so vulnerable to the attack of the Mecklenburgers, and the walls of the temple that could provide a sense of security were useless, and they had to rely on the remaining guards to resist the Mecklenburgers.

"Wow~~~." Temple guards wearing peaked iron helmets, well-dressed leather armor, armed with spears and shields, flocked to the gate, their weapons and equipment were better than those of ordinary Slavic soldiers, but their pale faces betrayed the cowardice in their hearts, these temple guards were usually pampered, and had never seen real battles at all, and now they heard the sound of the gate being slammed, and thought that on the other side of the gate the fierce Mecklenburgers were waiting with swords, and many of them were sweating in the palms of their spears.

"Boom~~~Crackle~~." With a loud bang, the wooden door of the temple was knocked open with a large hole, and the guards in the temple let out a cry and hurriedly stretched out their spears from the big hole, trying to resist the chariot that hit them, but this was useless, and the inertia broke the spear instead.

"Forward, get to the door." Arold immediately ordered the knights and squires to dismount, and the heavy cavalry rushed to the door with their swords and shields, and in the last charge, the gate finally fell crookedly, and the spearmen inside the door and the swords outside the door were intertwined, colliding with each other and making a noisy noise, and both sides were crowded and shoved at the narrow doorway, and the temple guards knew that if they were breached, they would not be spared.

"Push, push." The knights of the Inner Mansion lowered their heads and blocked their shields in front of them, and the people behind them pressed against the backs of the people in front of them, and they all blushed and used all their strength to eat, after all, the temple guards were too few in number, and they were pushed backwards.

"Poof, poof~~~." The squire cavalry was not to be outdone, in addition to a shield and sword, some of them generally had a sharp knife pinned to their waists, this knife was actually a tool of the squire's work, that is, to cut meat for the nobles who served at any time, but now they pulled out the meat cleaving knife at their waists and bent down, lay on the ground and drilled through the crowd, picked up the knife and stabbed the legs and lower pussies of the temple guards without hesitation.

"Wow~~~." Finally under the attack from above and below, the temple guards finally couldn't bear it, and the blood and the corpses of their companions broke the pampered guards, and they began to scatter in all directions, scurrying around like headless flies, and Arrod's knights and horsemen rushed into the temple.

After taking control of the gate, the other cavalry rode into the temple, and the temple that originally served the Lomwa gods suddenly became purgatory, and the soldiers raged everywhere, and the cavalry seized the sacrifice and tortured out of the storehouse, plundered the valuable jewels and gold inside, and then burned down the storehouse, and a thick smoke rose over the temple. (To be continued......) R1292