Chapter 144: Military Control

"You think kidnapping the king is what we want to do? If it weren't for his disrespect to my cousin, I wouldn't have treated him so maliciously, you know, there is no need for me to kidnap my cousin, who has become the emperor of a country......"

Wang simply spoke rudely to the herald opposite her, his voice gradually decreasing and leaning forward, allowing the Dharma King to completely block his body, blocking the shooting position of the opposing crossbowman, while observing the next way out from all sides. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The situation at this time was very different from what they had expected, and even if they were able to break into the royal castle inside the royal city in the previous plan, they might not really be able to hurt Philip II, and even if they could really hurt Philip II, the escape route planned before would definitely be different from the current one.

Now that they were almost the only way to take it had been blocked, it was absolutely impossible to leave the gap where they had entered the defensive circle by returning the same way. Moreover, on this not particularly wide road, the current army of the Dharma King and the halberd soldiers who defended it, although the combined number was equal to that of his own men, had formed a flanking situation.

They were all waiting to prevent themselves from doing any further harm to the French king, perhaps their forbearance was to gather more troops to completely block the way of Wang Simple's team of more than 100 people.

No matter what their good intentions are, at least one thing can be certain, that is, they will never dare to really do anything with Wang Jian now, which is also the only thing left for their more than 100 people.

A bad mood is starting to ferment in the simple team, and it all comes down to the composition of King Richard's own team. During the Third Crusade of the Eastern Shang Dynasty, she said that the Liberty Shinra was the same age, and the alliance of the three kingdoms with France and England as the main force.

He himself was the Duke of Normandy, and during his decade-long reign as king, he lived in England for only four months, and the vast majority of his army was composed of French lands rather than England.

England was seen by him as nothing more than a grain for the war effort, so that a certain percentage of the French in the army of the Duke of Normandy, who had been loyal to Philip I, were among them, many of whom had been influenced by his charisma in the Third Crusade he had organized.

The relatively complex organizational structure of the army was the only flaw of his troops, which was not obvious during the Crusades, but was very obvious in the war against France, and the people's hearts were somewhat fluctuating, and they began to become less rigorous and resolute.

In the previous plan, Wang Jian didn't think about the way of evacuation in too much detail, because in his opinion, as long as he killed the King of France, the mission was successful, and he could naturally leave this mission world completely, and he could selectively choose the rest of the more than 100 people to let him die.

This behavior made everyone think that he was ashamed of his king with the confidence of death, and this behavior also caused almost everyone who actually entered his army when he divided his army to come here with the confidence of death.

The situation in front of them was blurred, and at this moment everyone actually saw the hope of life, but if people held on to death, they would have great courage, and if there was a glimmer of hope of survival, they would not be so resolute.

This was also the first time that there was a whispering sound in the troops behind Wang Jian, people no longer became so solemn, everyone began to awaken some small thoughts of their own, and the desire to survive began to explode and began to expand.

When the man was no longer willing to die, he had to resolutely make himself vulnerable, the desire to survive was greater than the determination to die, the king's loyalty was left behind, and for the first time there was a tendency among his men to surrender, and these people began to fear.

"Since it is a misunderstanding between brothers, there is no need to make such a big move, please Your Highness calm your anger and return my king, with my king's mind, I will never worry about my brother, please rest assured that His Highness ......"

The hearts of Wang Jian's subordinates were persuaded by the herald, and several people in the farthest distance looked at each other and thought of escaping, but before they could put it into action, they were attracted by Wang Jian's next order, which temporarily appeased them and did not flee.

Wang Simple's methods of these soldiers were also extremely rudimentary, just talking softly with the other party, while putting away the stove hook in his right hand and dragging Philip II, and his left hand received a gesture behind him to prepare to attack, signaling his troops to be on alert and ready to break through.

These people did not defect immediately, and it also depended on the good military obedience system established by King Richard for ten years, although King Richard the Lionheart had reached an outrageous point of arrogance towards his soldiers, and he had repeatedly ordered his soldiers to slaughter the city and even plundered it all the way if he was in a hurry. However, his spirit of obedience to orders from the fact that he was a troop instructor is something that ordinary people simply cannot do.

It is with this ability and this spirit that the forces under his control and the Crusader coalition have been able to win battles many times in front of those who have won five times as many battles as themselves. This is why he is considered one of the greatest military commanders of the Middle Ages.

Wang Jian is now just using the Jinli system established by King Richard for a long time to control these soldiers who are already a little discouraged, relying on the habit they have developed for a long time to accept orders and carry out orders.

Otherwise, just by virtue of the king's simple prestige, there is no way to control such a group of sergeants who come to the retest, they can come to the honor of their king and shame at all, they are not afraid of anything at all, and the only thing in their bones may be the discipline of the soldiers, which can restrain them to a certain extent.

These people were just pilgrims who came on pilgrimage to fulfill their vows, and their faith was both God and King Richard, and a man like Robin Hood was not qualified to be a strong man in the Crusades, because he did not worship the king and did not love King Richard.

The king's simple saint attributes played a role again, which also formed the embodiment of his centripetal force for this army. It is only by relying on these that he can barely control a force that may collapse at any time.

Each and every one of the Crusaders was a devout fanatic, a fanatic who had never hesitated to sacrifice his life for the sake of the Holy Land in his own hands, for the sake of pilgrimage. The three kings who signed the Third Crusade were pious on the outside, but greedy on the inside.

At this time, the king who controlled King Philip II finally began to enter a normal state, and the people in the collapse were on alert, ready to attack and break through.

(To be continued.) )