The ancestors of the Favonius pirates were the Morris, but after the separation from the Morris region, the Favonius pirates living on scattered islands were heavily influenced by the culture of the North. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now, the islands of the Zephyr pirates are legally included in the North, and their culture and customs are similar to those of the North.

As a result, the North's status as the largest de jure kingdom in the Empire was consolidated, and it was for this reason that the title of King of the North, which had been vacant for many years under the intervention of the Empire.

The crusaders involved in the Holy War came from a variety of sources, including the natives of Maurice, warriors from the north, knights from the south, and more from the toiling masses at the bottom of society. And there is no shortage of criminals and mercenaries among these people.

The complex provenance led to a rapid decline in the quality of the Crusaders, which had been a common problem among the Crusaders throughout the ages, but this time the Crusaders were the most serious because of the lack of armed orders of the Church and the regular troops of the High Lords.

The two dukedoms of Anjitan and Domenides had just gone through a big war and were simply not able to provide much of an army.

On the battlefield, the Crusaders were frantically suppressed by the enemy, and the Crusaders, who lacked discipline and coordination, were defeated in the frenzied attacks of the opposing pirates.

Binoculars in their hands took in all the details of the battlefield, the berserkers charging ahead of the pirate ranks had smashed the Crusader lines into scattered pieces, the giant axes in their hands could tear the steel round shields and wooden shields in their way into fragments, and the berserker's blistered minds filtered the pain of all enemy attacks.

There is no sorrow or joy, only the killing berserker is like a sharp arrow piercing armor, and like a sharp scythe, knocking down the crusaders in front of them like harvesting ears of wheat.

"Those berserkers have reached their limits. "The monoculars had not been removed from Alain's eyes before, and the duke, who had been observing the battlefield at all times, was now feeling a sore eye.

"Send our troops up. "This is a battle of horse racing, and now Alain, who has half the strength of the Crusaders, is using undisciplined cannon fodder to drain the strength of these fearsome killing machines in front of him, although cruel and ruthless, but very practical.

The destructive power of the sharp arrows is powerful, but now the opponent is at the end of the powerful crossbow.

The defeated crusaders fled to the rear without surprise, and the pursuing pirates slammed into the thick shield wall of the receiving troops, and a short sword stretched out from the dense small gaps between the shield walls, and the small ones who were not careful pierced the enemies who crashed into the shield wall one small hole after another.

A short sword with a blood groove is not capable of killing an enemy in a single hit, but a long bloodletting gives the enemy a slow death.

The shield wall of the heavy infantry was not something that the weary berserker could penetrate, and the berserker, who had no reason to speak of, finally learned about the other party's killing life in the great shield and short sword.

"Sending the archers we need to suppress the archers, and the crossbowmen will also be sent to attack the pirates who have fled. "The crumbling pirate army is still resisting, and although these pirates lack discipline and do not know what cooperation is, their personal strength and outstanding individual qualities make these troops a sharp scimitar, a scimitar that can tear through the enemy's armor and defenses.

It's just that this scimitar is already blunt.

"Inform the cavalry of the Order that they are ready to storm the enemy's flank lines and pursue the enemy's rout. "The pirates on the battlefield were still some time away from collapsing, but Alain gave the order in advance.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the orders conveyed can never catch up with the changes, and when you see the enemy rout before giving the order to pursue, it is too late.

A general who can predict the dynamics of the battlefield is an outstanding general.

The battle has continued so far, and yet another attack by the pirates is about to be broken, and now Alain is plotting how to destroy the enemy on the opposite side as best he can.

One less enemy can give you a slight advantage, and now the Crusaders are at a great disadvantage.

At sunset, when the orange-yellow light shone on the battlefield, the shouts of killing finally disappeared from the battlefield, and the Crusaders, as the victorious side, did not cheer too much, because they were also exhausted and suffered heavy casualties in this battle.

There is no need to clean up the battlefield, and now the crusaders are facing an army of pirates and undead, although only pirates are attacking today, but it is difficult to guarantee that the pirates who die today will become the undead on the battlefield tomorrow.

On the night of that day, the flames were in full swing, and the Crusaders who had cut corners would burn the grasslands and forests of the battlefield along with them.

The darkness of the sky was illuminated by the fire, like the light of daytime fire shining on the camps of both sides, and the smoke from the sky isolated the starry sky overhead, and the barrier of fire and smoke separated the two sides of the daytime warring on both sides.

"I lost six thousand men in the forest, most of them the low-level crusaders. Tasteless bread was crammed into his mouth, and Ian, the commander of the other half of the army, pessimistically reported his achievements to everyone present.

"At this point, I think the Crusaders from below will be the first to collapse, and my men have hanged several Crusaders who tried to escape. "The bright red wine poured into the mouth, it looked like flowing blood, and it was not a glorious thing to hang a deserter.

The appearance of deserters on the battlefield shows that the morale of the army has now been shaken.

"We'll pacify the army as soon as we can. The two religious leaders, who were the spiritual leaders, said in unison that they knew what the situation was now, and although they were not the commanders of the army, the various things that happened in the crusaders did not hide from their eyes.

The only two archlords, Alain and Ian, were in command of the two halves of the Crusaders, while the two archbishops of the Church helped them pacify and manage the army.

It was a tradition of the Crusaders throughout the ages, with the great lords who knew the art of war commanding the armies, and the bishops of the Church taking over the logistics and personnel movements, each doing what he could. However, the current crusaders are the weakest in history, and only the armies supported by the two dukes are weak.

"Where's our reinforcements?" the tasteless bread was put back in place, and anxious eyes finally fell on Alain's.

Although all kinds of rumors about Anjitan are strictly forbidden to spread in the barracks, everyone sitting here knows what is really going on in Anjitan.

"General Vasily's troops were stranded in the city by the heretical church, and the troops that Karl King of Lorraine and Philip King Valois promised to support us did not dare to march on Ankitan because of the heretical church. We are now isolated. Alain, who had been silent, spoke of the most pessimistic scenario, as the battle-hardened commander was now exhausted.

There are various rumors from Anjitan that this duke is no longer able to take over the affairs of the army. The Townspeople's Riot, the Faceling Assassins, and so on left him distracted, and the resurrection of his wife made him even more distracted from military affairs.

"Let's retreat now. ”

When Alain said this, everyone present turned their eyes to Ian on the field.

Behind it was Ian's territory, and retreating would undoubtedly put the enemy's army in Domenides' territory.

"I agree. Surprisingly, Ian did not make any objections to this matter, and directly agreed to Alain's proposal.

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The burqa on his body had been stained red with blood, the family crest embroidered on it was blurred, and the tattered burqa could no longer hide the chain mail and chain mail worn on his body. The clothes are still like this, and the appearance is no exception, the delicate face still has a lot of uncleaned blood, and the ponytail is also mixed with dots of red.

Dungar did not leave the fighting force because he was alone, and during the day he was involved in the melee in the forest, fighting from morning to evening, and there was not a single crusader who followed him.

"Who?" Dungar pressed his hand to the two long swords at his waist, and a figure hiding in the darkness caught the boy's vigilance.

The idea of an undead creature attacking at night flashed through the young man's mind, and he didn't put it aside until the man in the shadows walked towards him.

"Count William?" The person who emerged from the darkness was one of the few expert mages in the Crusaders, and a lord who responded to the Crusaders, but the other party was a direct vassal of Duke Ian and a member of Ian's faction.

"Count William, where are you hiding, what are you doing?" The vigilance was not lifted because the other party appeared, and the day's battle made this young man dare not relax in any way, and those who relaxed were now killed on the battlefield.

William reached into the mage's robes, and the strange gesture caused Dungar to pull out the long sword at his waist, and if he realized that the situation was not right, he immediately attacked the opponent.

"This is your father's letter, found by one of my men on a dead communications soldier. It was only when the slightly strange Earl brought out a letter that the tension between the two sides eased.

"I had a feeling something was going to happen tonight, so I wanted to look around and see what was going on. The vigilant boy made Earl William have to explain, otherwise it would be difficult to send the letter in his hand.

Dungar, who was suspicious of the letter, took the other party's letter, and when he saw the traces of unpacking on the letter, his dissatisfaction surfaced in his heart.

"Why did you take it apart?"

"I'm going to make sure if this is an enemy letter. ”