Chapter 13: The Cease-the-War Alliance

"I want to put an end to this, too!" Finally, a war mage called out.

Charlie smiled at him and nodded, "What's your name, soldier?" ”

The war mage wiped away his tears and said, "Rand Enrique." "His father had died in battle with the old king in the war ten years earlier.

"You're good, Rand." Charlie said approvingly.

Rand's face was a little feverish, and he scratched the back of his head and asked, "Wang...... Lord, although I am willing to put an end to all this, I still want to be a believer in the goddess. ”

"Yes! What's wrong with that? Charlie asked with a smile.

Rand and the other war mages widened. They thought that Charlie was going to completely drive the Cult of the Gods out of the kingdom of Andris.

"As Egbert said, I will set you free and let you reunite with your family, and as a free person, you should naturally have free faith, and of course you can continue to believe in the Messianic Goddess. Even, if you continue to choose to believe in other gods, I will not object to it. ”

Hearing this, the war mages cheered happily, for there was no better outcome for them to keep their faith and be reunited with their families.

Allowing faith in other gods sounded a bit of a rebellion, but they didn't have the heart to think about it that much at the moment.

"But ......," said Charlie, looking at them in a sincere tone, "please remember the lesson, and never again turn against others because you believe in different gods, and different religions will not be against each other." ”

"Do as the king commands!"

All the war mages knelt down on one knee and surrendered, including Mark, who wanted to fight DeWitt at first.

"It's just...... What should we fight for? At this point, it was the same Rand who asked the question.

All the war mages raised their heads and looked at their king.

King Charles smiled faintly, stretched his arms, and said loudly: "You are soldiers of the kingdom, so naturally it is time to fight for the country!" And the wealth of the kingdom comes from the people, and you should fight to defend their lives and property. ”

"The country and the people ......," muttered many war mages.

"That's right!" Charlie nodded emphatically, "This is what a soldier should fight for his life to protect!" ”

Hearing this, the surrounding Praetorian Guards, both infantry and cavalry, raised their heads proudly.

And the war mages are finally convinced.

"I am willing to fight for the country and the people under the command of the king, and fight for the rest of my life!"

The war mages shouted in unison.

King Charles smiled and said, "Get up!" ”

It's just that King Charles, who had just subdued the War Mage Regiment, didn't know that at this moment, his teacher Shangguan Zhige was standing on the west wall of Kevin City, looking at him and sighing.

"For the country and the people, loyal to the country and loyal to the people, Yue'er! So what are you? Calling King Charles's nickname of Seris, Shangguan Lao'er was extremely worried.

He has always complained about his beloved disciple's concept of governing the country, although his apprenticeship is borrowed from the national system of the Warring States period 3,000 years ago, and then slightly modified. The system itself is very good, and the righteousness is awe-inspiring, which is enough to unite people's hearts.

But if both the army and the people are loyal to the country and have become the masters of the country, then what are you, the king? How do you deal with yourself?

Do you really want to be a servant of the country and the people as you say?

Shangguan Zhige shook his head, he knew that his apprentice was an ambitious person, how could he be willing to do this?

"Alas!"

Shangguan Zhige let out a long sigh and turned around and went down the city wall. The future of the disciple was a fog, and he couldn't see it clearly.

It's just that he knows that he will never abandon him.

An hour later, in the barracks outside the west gate of Kevin City.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, look at what I have found!" Bill, with a spear more than four meters long on his shoulder, ran in front of Charlie.

"Oh, what is it?" Charlie, who was talking to a few civil officials who had come from the city to take action, turned around and asked.

"Horse lance, it's horse lance, king!" Bill shouted happily.

Hearing this, Charlie was startled, raised his eyes and looked at the spear in Bill's hand, and found that it was really a horse lance.

"Wait a minute, stand down! If you are really talented, you will definitely keep it. He waved his hand and sent the civil magistrates away in a kind manner, then turned and took the lance from Bill's hand, and examined it carefully.

"What a weapon!"

"Is that not it?" Seeing his king's eyes light up as he looked at the horse, Bill smiled proudly.

"Anything else?" King Charles raised his eyes and asked him.

"Still?" Bill's face was immediately full of embarrassment, "Your Majesty, this thing is hard to find!" Where are there so many? ”

Charlie's expression faded instantly, he stuffed the horse lance back into Bill's hand, and said helplessly: "What is the use of one shot?" ”

After this actual battle, he realized how bad Taomu was when he rode a gun. With just one impact, his lancers turned into sabre cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

If only there were enough lances to give each of the lancers a shot.

However, this thing is in the Western Continent, and a single stroke costs at least 10,000 gold. I can't afford to equip it at all!

And it's not just a question of whether there is money or not, but whether there is goods or not.

"Alas. When will Lone have the cavalry like the iron chain horses of the Seris Empire? King Charles sighed.

Bill rolled his eyes, his own king's heart was too big.

The Iron Horse of the Cyris Empire is not only heavily armoured, but also connected by iron cables, and even the weapons are extravagant horse lances, which are much more gorgeous than their Praetorian Guard Iron Horses.

But the problem is that they are the heavy cavalry of the Cyris Empire that dominates the Eastern Continent, where can a small country in the Western Continent like the Andris Kingdom be compared?

In fact, Charlie's new cavalry tactics were born out of the ironclad chain horses of the Cyris Empire - dense formations like infantry, three rows of weapons in the front, middle and back, three consecutive waves of onslaught, and so on. (King Charles's new cavalry formation in the book is based on the real Western modern wall cavalry, and there is not much to do with the ancient chain horse formation in China, and the chain horse in the book is just the setting of the Seris heavy cavalry in this book, so please do not sit in the right seat, put the ancient chain horse in our country into the set, thank you.) Broken Army Press)

He just removed the chains, and bound the cavalry together with the chains in his heart.

But to put it simply, this is actually an epoch-making progress.

Thinking that the ironclad chain horse is connected by iron ropes, not only is it inconvenient to operate, but if one horse is knocked down by the enemy in wartime, the rest of the entire platoon of cavalry will also be implicated, compared to his iron cavalry of the Praetorian Guard, which can fill the array at any time, and is invincible and fearless, it is simply unreasonable.

But the heart can be connected by faith, and there is no way to equip it.

However, Charlie really despised the Emperor of the Serisyun family, who obviously had such a strong national strength, but turned the country into a castle on the beach.

"Barnes, are the results and losses counted?" Seeing General Barnes coming in a hurry, Charlie hurriedly threw the depression in his heart out of the clouds and asked out loud.

Barnes nodded, "Back to the king, our army has killed 13,600 enemies in this battle. (Most of them are the results of the pursuit after defeating the enemy, and they have lost their organization, and the enemy who has no will to fight is weaker than the sheep, and has no resistance at all.) )

"What about the loss?"

"The cavalry killed 1,300 people, seriously wounded and disabled 200. The infantry lost 500 killed, and more than 90 were seriously wounded and disabled. ”

King Charles raised his eyebrows, the losses were not insignificant, especially the cavalry. But there's no way around it. His new cavalry tactics were just that brutal.

It's just that he only has a total of 30,000 Praetorian Guards, and it only took one afternoon to have 2,100 people. This can't help but make him a little painful. (Serious injuries cannot recover combat effectiveness in a short period of time, which is equal to battle damage.) )

King Charles pondered for a moment and said, "First send heralds to all parts of the kingdom to inform you of today's events and the new deal of Lonely. Then do your best to recruit troops and make up for your losses! ”

General Barnes nodded, although the new recruits would make the troops less combative, but this was the only way to do it.

"Bill!" Charlie called.

"Yes."

"You go and tell the teacher that the military and political affairs of the kingdom will be handed over to him for a while, and I will go to the south."

"Southside?" Bill's eyes widened.

Charlie nodded, "Prince McGee is my ally, and the reason why I have the money to train the Praetorian Army and hire you is because he has provided strong support. ”

Bill looked at him a little hesitantly, no matter how doveish McGee was, he would not pay for nothing to help the king train the army, he must have a plan......

Charlie smiled bitterly and explained: "I don't have to hide it from you now, Prince McGee and I are like-minded friends, we are both determined to end the war and reform the religion of our country, but I am a little poorer, so he will support me." ”

"I see." Bill nodded, if that Prince McGee was also such an enlightened monarch as his own king, there was hope that the millennium war would be over.

"Your Majesty, ...... you go this time?" General Barnes interjected.

"What else can be done?" King Charles raised his eyebrows, "Officially form an alliance and ask for assistance!" You know, the next thing we need to deal with is the siege of the surrounding eight countries! ”

Barnes and Bill looked at each other, bowed at the same time and said, "I wish the king success!" ”

"Well, without further ado." King Charles turned over and stepped onto the horse brought by his attendants.

"Lonely, let's go now!"