Chapter 024: Yak Phalanx
The triumphant return of the Coalition army back to the city of Karta, the biggest hero of this battle is undoubtedly Camille, who has just joined the coalition army, this news quickly spread throughout the city, and for a time the name Camille almost represented a miracle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Soon after, Kenny receives a letter from Bill, the leader of the Peace Army, in which Bill angrily reprimands Marcy for his actions, stating that this ridiculous war was not ordered by him, and that he has severely punished the fool Marcy, and proposes to convene another coalition meeting in Black City to stop bringing unnecessary war to the people of the First Continent.
After the assassination, he no longer believed any of Bill's rhetoric. Kenny writes back to Bill that if he doesn't want to be a prisoner of the Confederates, he will revoke the slave order, retire from Blacktown, return to his own territory, Robin City, and send Marcy's head to honor Luke Sr., who has served Saint Tak all his life.
Kenny didn't hear back from Bill, and it was clear that it was almost impossible for Bill to agree to his terms, and in terms of strength, Bill's Peace Army was as good as Kenny's, not to mention that there was a terrifying figure in his camp, the Dark Magic Wizard Ryan, who was a well-known Dark Magic wizard in Black City, although he often researched some failed potions.
Lawrence arrives in the city of Kartal with his army, and Marvin can't help but introduce Camille to Lawrence, and tell the story of the ridiculous battle, showing off his protégé.
The two leaders of the Confederate army discussed the battle in the main hall, Kenny proposed that he lead a small army to attack Marcy, the weakest of the peace army, Lawrence led the combined army of the strongest infantry regiment in the First Continent to attack Ryan in Deraman, and after the victory of the two sides, he flanked Bill, who occupied Braque City. Lawrence did not hesitate to veto Kenny's decision, it is obvious that he does not believe in his command ability at all, he is more suitable to be a pre-battle general, he is very good at killing people on horseback, but commanding the troops to attack the city, it is still lacking in the fire.
After deliberating with each other, they decided not to divide their forces into battle, as they were likely to be defeated one by one, and decided to attack the city of Saints, where the peace army was weakest, and then storm Black City from the northeast, forcing Bill to retreat to Robin City to the northwest.
The previous battle had left Marcy with a lot of energy, and Kenny wanted to take advantage of Bill's failure to send troops to help Shotoku City and strike a complete blow. Shengde City, which was originally known for its poverty, did not have many troops, and Old Luke had no money to support more soldiers, Shengde City was in the northernmost part of the First Continent, and the cold weather made the residents there have to buy food from the outside world, plus one-third of the residents of the city were slaves, and taxes were decreasing all year round.
In addition to the Angolan cavalry regiment still on the road, the Union army was once again brought together, this elite force had created countless myths during the holy war, and the tacit cooperation and Kenny's outstanding command ability made this force of more than 60,000 men almost sweep the entire First Continent.
With the Great War imminent, Kenny left his Guards behind to defend the city of Karta, and put the command of the Guards in the hands of Camille, who was small in number and more effective than the others in the event of an emergency. While the idea of attacking Saint Tak City first seemed a good idea, if Bill had stormed Kalta City at this time, it would have been difficult for them to come back in time to help, and Kenny was worried about the city's residents, and of course, he was more worried about Nina.
The perennial campaigns in recent years have left him and his wife Nina less together, and Kenny doesn't know how many times he's been on the expedition.
Every morning, Nina would carefully trim Kenny's beard, she was looking forward to seeing her man in silver armor, and after she helped him put on his helmet, she would hug him tightly from behind and say that he would come back alive.
War horses stepped through the steel gates of the city of Karta, and the wide bluestone streets were crowded with people who came to see them off, and countless voices shouted in the crowd, and most of the words that could be heard were peace and triumph. There were many elderly women who wept goodbye to their children and husbands in the crowd, and every expedition meant that some people in the crowd might lose their loved ones.
The cruelty of the war years has impacted the family that should have been harmonious again and again, but with the continuous change and evolution of human ideology and civilization, those nobles who fought for their rights have all drifted with the tide in the long river of war and have been remembered by history.
After nearly a week's long march, the Confederates reached the south of Shotoku, which was so open that if Kenny were to storm it, they would be tortured enough by Marcy's archers, and they set up camp ten miles south of the city, hoping to find a way to minimize casualties.
Lawrence proposed to use a large siege catapult to smash it first, and it didn't matter if he could smash the city walls, at least in terms of momentum, the Union army had already won, and he couldn't wait to see Marcy hoisting the white flag on the tower, pleading bitterly.
This proposal was quickly rejected by Kenny, the catapult's catapult distance is difficult to accurately grasp, even the best operators have no way to control the parabola within 100 meters, they attack from the south of Shotoku City, and the slave area is just on the border to the east of the city, even if it is not a slave gathering area, Kenny does not want to hurt the innocent citizens, he can't slaughter the people in the city in order to seal the mouth of the people after the city is broken. For the power family, in addition to absolute strength, you need more people's hearts, Kenny never dared to forget what his father said.
While the two were discussing countermeasures in the tent, Marven came in from outside, and he handed Kenny a truce letter from the cavalry in Shotok City. Kenny opens the letter, which begins with Marcy's self-criticism, in addition to a lot of apologies, he begs Kenny to return to the city, and he is willing to use the 5,000 black slaves in the city as compensation to make up for his mistakes last time.
Kenny couldn't help but smile after reading the letter, he was simply sad for Marcy's touching intelligence, and the poor creature didn't think that he was like him, and he was hit by a cow on the way to the army, and then fled back to the city with his tail between his legs.
At this time, Marcy must not know that Kenny did not send troops this time to avenge his last invasion, but that he had launched a war of aggression north of Blacktown.
Kenny tossed the letter aside, and then ordered the best 2,000 archers to strike at the southern walls of Shotoku Castle with precision. The generals who received the order selected the most accurate archers in their legions, and for them, this was undoubtedly an opportunity to show their faces.