Chapter 29: The Verge
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The Marquis of Cornell looked at his king in disbelief and stammered, "This ...... This will provoke a civil uprising, right? β
"So what?" King James pouted, "If they dare to make trouble, we will send troops to suppress it!" I have 50,000 soldiers, and it will be no trouble to suppress the rabble! β
"......"
"Do you have any objections?" King James asked in a fierce voice.
Marquis Cornell gritted his teeth, "No. β
King James snorted, "That's good! I'll give you 20,000 auxiliaries, and all the craftsmen who accompany you, and you'll have to build me three pontoon bridges in two days!" β
"Yes." The Marquis of Cornell stroked his chest and saluted, "But after the army crosses the river, the garrison of the pontoon bridge ......"
King James waved his hand and said, "Just leave a thousand-man team!" β
"A team of thousands?!" Marquis Cornell was so frightened that he almost jumped.
What is a team of 1,000 people capable of?!
King James glanced at him and explained in an impatient tone: "If you don't have to worry about food and grass, you don't have to think about retreating, just concentrate your forces and force Charles to fight a decisive battle." As long as I can win, what if he takes my back road? β
"But that's too risky, isn't it?" Marquis Cornell asked urgently.
"You're wrong!" King James shook his head, "Dividing your forces is a risk in a decisive battle with a kingdom that has been at the forefront of warfare for thousands of years. We need to concentrate our efforts by any means to ensure victory! β
In fact, he didn't want to stay in that thousand-man team.
Seeing that the king could not be persuaded to change his decision no matter what, the Marquis of Cornell, despite his helplessness, had no choice but to give up, and bowed again and retired.
Looking at the departing figure of the Marquis of Cornell, James pursed his lips, "What great thing has been achieved by such a woman's kindness, looking forward and looking backwards?" β
Two days later.
The 100,000-strong army of the kingdom of Adonis crossed the Atani River and marched south.
All the soldiers and civilians who dared to resist along the way were nailed to the stakes by King James on the side of the road.
Looking at the nailed corpses of the Andris on both sides of the road, James sat in his chariot, his big bearded face full of pride.
that you dare to oppose me!
Yesterday during the assault on a dock fort, the Adonis army met with fierce resistance, so after the fort was breached, all the surviving men, women, and children of the castle were driven out with swords and spears and nailed to both sides of the road.
James was annoyed to see an old man who looked like a lord scolding himself for being an invader and saying that King Charles would avenge them.
Charles is just a shameful apostate, and I am the king crowned by the Pope himself, one of the most legitimate and reasonable kings of the Thirty-Three Kingdoms of the Cult of Creation.
The people of this country are apostates!
They all deserve to be nailed to a stake!
James thought viciously.
But what James didn't know was that most of the people of the Andris Kingdom actually did not support Charlie's coup d'Γ©tat, and they would be suspicious of the new policies he preached, and it was his James's atrocities that completely pushed them to Charlie's side!
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A day later, the Andris Army Camp, the Chinese Army Tent.
A young man with a bloodstained and charred face fell to his knees and cried out with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, please avenge my father and my people!" We're just defending our property, it's perfectly legitimate and legitimate, and that butcher of James has nailed all of our people to a stake in one of our dock forts! β
Charlie hurriedly walked a few steps, came to the young man, helped him up, and swore to reassure him: "Certainly, Lone will definitely let James pay for his blood debt!" Lone swears in the name of the goddess! β
When the young man heard this, he fell on Charlie's chest and cried.
Charlie stretched out his hand and stroked the young man's hair and said, "Child, go down and rest!" Leave the matter of revenge to the generals of Lone and Lone! β
With that, Charlie nodded to one of the guards, who immediately came over and helped the young man down.
"Your Majesty, how many of them have been in the past few days? James's behavior is insane, let's go against him! Bill stood up from his position, shook his fist, and said excitedly.
King Charles' face sank and he turned around, raised his hand and pressed down, signaling him to be calm.
"I know this young man, he is the son of Andy Sr., lord of Fort Abt, under the jurisdiction of Kent, and his dock fort has been breached, which means that James's army has penetrated three hundred miles into our territory." Blaise said.
"Hmm." King Charles nodded, "Tell the Navy that the time has come to swim against the current." β
One of the heralds who had been standing in the tent immediately rushed out of the tent, and then he would rush to the garrison of the Anitan River Fleet without sleep, and inform them of the order to march.
"Jamie." King Charles summoned another of the generals in the tent.
"Your Majesty is here." Jamie Bunier, the general of the light cavalry, stood up and saluted.
"Divide the two hundred-man teams under your command and take these survivors of the dock fort to all parts of the country to preach the atrocities of the Holy See army, so that all the citizens know that if they do not rise up and resist, there is only one way out."
Jamie was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly promised: "Obey." β
"That's it!" King Charles glanced at all the generals in the tent and said solemnly, "It's time to crush the invaders' army!" β
When the generals heard this, they all stood up, "May the king be attached to the tail!" β
King Charles nodded.
But what the generals didn't know was that after they left, the king, who was still sitting on the throne, had a strange arc on the corner of his mouth.
"James, you've done Lone a great favor! Since you want a dignified victory, then Lone will fulfill you! β
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A day and a half later, two large armies confronted each other on the plains of Letrid, north of the Andris Kingdom.
The big war is on the verge of breaking out!
Standing on a small mound on the edge of the battlefield, King Charles looked far away, and the company and battalion of the Adonis army stretched to the end of the field of vision, looking like a large army.
"100,000 men, 50,000 soldiers......," King Charles silently read the information he had received, "this should be two-thirds of Adonis's regular army, right?" β
"Yes, Your Majesty." General Barnes confirmed later.
"As long as it can be crushed, one of the eight countries will lose its combat effectiveness." King Charles said lightly, but his hand tightened the reins of the horse.
General Barnes frowned, "However, in this battle, our army must not lose too much, otherwise it will not be able to deal with the threat of other countries." β
"Lone knows, Barnes, you can rest assured! We can definitely win this battle easily! King Charles said confidently, and without looking any more, he turned his horse and went down the mound toward the camp.
A wry smile appeared on General Barnes' stern face.
The king of his own family has always been so confident!
At the same time, King James of Adonis was also standing on the wooden tower of his own army camp, and the camp of Andris the Lookout.
"Twenty-five thousand regular soldiers, thirty thousand auxiliary soldiers, and only half of our army. Charlie, are you here to die? James said with a sneer.
"My king, although the enemy army is outnumbered, it is better not to underestimate the enemy." Marquis Cornell said with some concern.
King James pursed his lips, "You always think too much, how can a war be so complicated, as long as the command is proper and there are no mistakes, the side with more troops will naturally win." β
Marquis Cornell sighed lightly and said nothing more.
At this moment, a knight of the guards under the wooden building shouted, "What person? Stop, or I'll let go of the arrows! β
Both James and Cornell looked away.
I saw that under the dim torch light, an old man in a bright yellow robe appeared.
It's Archbishop Eden.
The veins on James's head twitched twice, and the old god had been nagging in his ear for the last few days of marching, saying that the Andris were also the children of the goddess, and that they could not kill indiscriminately, and that they would annoy him to death.
At the sight of this old god, King James's good mood suddenly vanished, and he went down the ladder to the wooden building, stepped on his war horse, and walked away, as if he had not seen Archbishop Eden.
Looking at the departed king, Archbishop Eden's bloodshot eyes burned with rage.
"James, you're going to hell!"