Chapter 201: The Coup d'état in the Papal States I
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"The soldiers outside have been transferred, and it seems that it is time for us to decide where to go next. www.biquge.info"Luca, the leader of the cavalry squadron, jumped off his horse, although the results of the investigation into the poisoned food incident had come out and the potato mercenary group was "acquitted", but the cautious Fide still let the cavalry squadron patrol around the mercenary camp first.
Now there are only the mercenaries of the original Mulihua Mercenary Group and the mercenaries of the Potato Mercenary Group in the camp, but there was no Mulihua Mercenary Group a few days ago, and now there is only a medium-sized mercenary group with nearly a thousand people - the Potato Mercenary Group. Jasmine once complained to Feder that the mercenary group's name was too rustic, but Feder had no intention of changing it. Originally, it didn't matter what the title was, and this name was decided by everyone at the beginning, and his mercenary group had already made a name for himself in the western border of the Papal States and the Oguna Empire, and he was one step closer to making his mercenary group stronger.
By the time Fide left the camp with all his men, the watchers of the Theoguna Empire were completely out of sight. There was neither a send-off nor a surveillance, looking back at the huge city, the battle of defending the city was still vivid, everything seemed to have happened yesterday, but now all this has calmed down, the regent Xiumo and the chief of the general staff Stanley no longer need their mercenaries, and many refugees from the southern city have also been assigned by the regent Xiumo to the northern lands of the Western Oguna Empire, under the jurisdiction of various lords.
"Let's go back to the Holy Light City first," Fei De didn't know if his uncle would write a letter to him, although Fei De was determined not to return to the Kingdom of Salins in his heart, but what Egges said still made Fei De very concerned about his uncle's current situation, "It was the Pope and the Archbishop who ordered us to transport food together, and we should still be the resident mercenary group of the Holy Light City." Fide also wanted to meet with the deputy head of the Order, Rashard.
The Potato Mercenary Regiment set out from Doret City, the capital of the Western Oguna Empire, in the morning, and marched mightily towards the City of Holy Light. Along the way, they could meet many caravans and civilians of the Theoguna Empire, and when they saw the flag with potatoes painted on it, they came forward to inquire. They were all very grateful for the contribution of the Potato Mercenary Regiment in the battle to defend the capital, especially in the event of protecting the Virgen Goliath at a critical moment. Although some civilians would think that the magic of St. Goliath was endless and did not need protection, as one of the few mercenaries who were still on the side of the Theoguna Empire in the face of difficulties, they still highly respected the potato mercenary group - especially the leader of the group, Fidel. After months of fighting, they all knew about the deeds of a young mercenary named Fed, and they also knew that the son of the evil prime minister, Horlow, had been killed by Fed.
A civilian mercenary killed a high-ranking nobleman, and such a thing has become a rumor in the community. Fide watched as Noor held the enchanted weapon "Sun" in one hand, and the enchanted greatsword used by Carlos on his back, plus the golden shield that Ayana had taken from killing the enemy earlier and which Avi had left in the camp. Each of these enchanted weapons has its own uses, but it seems that there is no suitable person to use any of them. Fei De knew that if a certain captain could be good at using these enchanted weapons, he would naturally be able to greatly increase the strength of the potato mercenary group.
Jasmine wielded a heavy crossbow, Ayana was an archer, Noor was not skilled enough to handle them effectively, Patrick privately stated that he didn't need any other weapons, and even Cavalry Squadron Leader Luca considered himself a temporary squadron leader and was not qualified to use any of the enchanted weapons.
Fylde remembered Eggsie, who had already had a talent for using weapons at a young age. Eggsy would often appear in Master Djimon's shop, taking all sorts of weapons to play with, and if he was in his own team, there would be no one to use the power of these enchanted weapons.
Feder suddenly had an idea, since the Holy Maiden Golia could control magic, maybe the other party would also deconstruct the enchanted weapon. Because compared to the users of several other enchanted weapons, Fed cares more about the "black flash" on his body. How many kinds of enchantment power are contained in this enchanted armor that originally belonged to my father? If I can control the power in it, will my strength reach the level of my father Faulkner?
Ayana could see that Fede was thinking about something, and she asked lightly, "What are you thinking?"
Fei Delen paused for a moment, and then replied casually, "Where do you want to go after returning to the Holy Light City?" ”
"Go to a place where you can increase the strength of the Potato Mercenary Group as soon as possible. ”
Be concise and to the point. That's what Feder thinks too, going to a place where he can improve his strength. Now I have a lot of money, and I can form a mercenary group with a larger number of people, but the number of mercenaries is not the most important thing.
In Fed's mind, he had always believed that a strong captain was the most important part of a mercenary group. There may not be many mercenaries in the mercenary group, but as long as the squadron leader in this mercenary group is capable enough, it will not be difficult to gain a foothold in this mercenary-ridden world.
But by the time the Marcus brothers had been lost, Fidel's team lacked an experienced squadron leader who could take charge on his own—if only André had been here now, would he have been a more suitable candidate for regimental commander?"
By the time the Potato Mercenaries reached the border of the Western Oguna Empire, there were already many civilians there waiting for permission to cross the border and leave the Western Oguna Empire. These people, more or less affected by the Empire's civil war in the West, intend to live in a more peaceful place. Among them, the three principalities are the first choice, and the combined land area of the three principalities is equivalent to half of the Oguna Empire, but it is a little smaller than the Kingdom of Salins. Moreover, although the three principalities are hostile to each other, there has not been a large-scale war for many years, and even living between the borders of the three principalities will feel safe.
Fidel remembers the food reception at the meeting place of the Three Duchies, where the village was very deserted, and it seems that the civilians who had been "tricked" into living in the Three Duchyes had not seen it with their own eyes.
When the soldiers in charge of handling the entry and exit at the border saw the Potato Mercenary Regiment and the Commander of the Field, they let them go without saying a word. It turned out that Lord Möngke had already sent someone to take care of everything, and he and his father Montres lived in the north, and they had even more say here than the regent Xiumo, so the road back to the Papal States was very smooth.
By the time the Potato Mercenary Group arrived not far from the Holy Light City, it had only taken them less than ten days to return here. However, before the Potato Mercenary Regiment entered the city, when everyone was resting in a small village outside the Holy Light City, a knight of the Church Order wearing a light yellow suit suddenly came to the door, saying that he had something very important to tell Fidel.
"Is it Captain Fidd?" Noor led the other party into the tent where Fid was temporarily staying, and the other party still asked again to confirm his identity even though he saw Fid with his own eyes.
"That's right, you're a knight of the Church Order?"
The knight immediately rushed over, crying and hugging Field's legs, and shouted loudly, "Ask Captain Fielder to save Deputy Commander Rassad..."
Patrick and Luca and the others were surprised, but when the knight finished talking about what had happened and what had happened in the Papal state, everyone was speechless.
Just as the Battle of Doret City broke out, a major event occurred in the City of Light.
The Papal faction, led by the Pope, staged a terrible coup d'état. The commander-in-chief of the coup d'état was the deputy head of the Order of the Church, Rashad, and in addition to the knights of the Order of the Church who supported the Pope, there were also the Papal Guards and some soldiers of the Kingdom of Sallins stationed not far away, and even the white-haired general Guillermo, who had played an important role in the Battle of the River. The other side placed all the infantry of the Kingdom of Sallins outside the city, preparing to work together to remove Archbishop Arthur Auerbach from power.
The coup d'état happened very quickly, and the entire city of light was controlled by Rashad in a very short time, but everything that seemed to be going very smoothly was changed by a lightning reversal event - the leader of the Sharp-claw mercenary group "Fang", who had a very bad relationship with the archbishop and agreed to attack the archbishop together, suddenly turned against him, directly took off the pope's head, and also threw the pope's body and head in front of the group of church knights led by Rassad. In an instant, the entire coup group collapsed, morale plummeted, and even Rashad could not prevent the complete defeat of the Papal faction.
Archbishop Arthur Auerbach, under the protection of the regimental commander Satnam and several knights, defended the castle and held off the last counterattack of the coup enemies. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Sallins also immediately left the Papal States because they saw that the matter was revealed, and there has been no official statement to explain their military activities so far.
"The deputy commander is not dead!Please, Captain Fed, please save him!," said the knight, who was very loyal to Rassad, and cried, not at all as a knight should be.
The other captains were speechless in surprise, but Fid had already accepted the fact, but he didn't expect that "Sharp Claw" would be the key to the victory - the "Sharp Claw" captain who had been making things difficult for his brother on all occasions had made such a mistake by Rassad.
Fed recalls what "Tala" had said to him when he left the Papal States a few months ago: "I advise you not to come back here, the people here are very ambitious. ”