It was not an easy task to cross the river in a surging water, especially since the original bridge had been demolished by Lancelot. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

And this is not the first time that Lancelot has done this kind of thing, in order to slow down the eastward advance of the Crusaders, they have already demolished many bridges.

After all, there are many mountains and rivers in the western part of the empire, and now it is the rainy season, and there are dozens of rivers crossed by the crusaders, which is very cumbersome.

In the case of the destruction of the stone bridge, the Crusaders had only four ways to cross the river, one was to make a detour, one was to force the water to cross the river, the third was to erect a pontoon bridge, and the fourth was to use boats to cross the river, and the Crusaders used these methods in turn on the way east.

However, judging from the current situation, the surface of the Misty River is originally open and wide, and the river water has risen sharply in the past few days, so it is impossible to wade across the river.

At the same time, the Misty River is also the gateway to the Misty City, an important town on the Western Front of the Empire, if you want to bypass the Misty River, not to mention protracted times, you will encounter several areas with dangerous terrain, so it is also not advisable, and Lancelot not only demolished the bridge on the river, but also burned all the ships.

As a result, the Crusaders were building pontoon bridges and boats to cross the river, even if they managed to cross the Misty River.

On the other side of the river, there are already 20,000 elite soldiers waiting for them, which is definitely in a very disadvantageous situation.

If it is a slightly more rational commander, in the face of such a situation, he will choose to temporarily stop, wait until the ships are requisitioned, and then start a large-scale river crossing, without full preparation, if he forcibly crosses the river, the consequences will be absolutely catastrophic, and he will suffer very large losses.

In fact, as one of the few legions in the crusaders made up of professional soldiers, the head of the Holy Knights, Odyssey, had an opinion on this.

"Your Excellency, the enemy is now eyeing the other side of the Misty River, and it is a very dangerous thing to cross the river in such a situation, and I think we should wait patiently and be prepared before launching the crossing operation, otherwise it will be very serious if we are blocked by them. ”

Odyssey is about thirty years old, in the prime of life, he is tall, with thick eyebrows, a square face, and a decent person.

The armor he wore was shining, a great sword hung from his waist, and the cloak behind him made him even more majestic, like a god descending from heaven.

As a professional soldier, he was trained in tactical thinking from an early age, and this time he also participated in this expedition as a deputy to Bishop Gregor of Light.

"Odyssey, we are devout followers blessed by the Goddess of Light, and the dangers we have encountered along the way are but tests given to us by the Goddess of Light. ”

Gregor shook his head, he didn't care about the Odyssey's proposals, in fact, he, as the Bishop of Light, was in the interpretation of doctrine.

Even the high-ranking Pope can't talk about him, but if it's a march to war, then he doesn't understand it at all, and he's a layman at all.

But for him there is no need to learn the things that only savages can learn, and even if he is good at them, what is the use.

All they need is the blessing of the goddess of light, which is enough to make them invincible, and no one can stop them.

"I have never wavered in my belief in the Goddess of Light, and it is the guidance of the Goddess of Light that has brought us here step by step, but Your Excellency, now we are facing not only the test of the Goddess of Light, but the extremely murderous infidels, and we must not be negligent. ”

Odyssey immediately bowed his head, he could not convince Gregor from a military point of view, he could only start from a doctrinal point of view, he did not want to see the soldiers die in vain.

It was all thanks to him that he had avoided many unnecessary casualties along the way, otherwise this mighty expeditionary force would have collapsed before it reached the imperial capital, Odyssey complained about this, but out of reverence for the goddess of light, he still held back.

"You are right, those who refuse to be bathed in the light of the Lady of Light should be cast into hell to burn their bodies with fire, and to awaken them from their sins and pains by striking their heads with lightning, and we are to give them the hammer of light punishment. ”

Gregor agreed, and as the Pope was second only to the Pope in the Church of Light, he had traveled all the way to the land of the Empire.

Naturally, he was in his calculations, and the empire was originally run by Alfonso, the third man in the church, but due to the defeat of the Empire's civil war.

Cardinal Alfonso fled under the protection of the Knights of Light and fled back to the Holy City, where his status plummeted.

Originally, Alfonso was a close confidant of the elderly Pope who had been trained to balance Gregor and now Alfonso has lost power, which means that the Pope has lost a card to balance Gregor and Gregor will be able to stand in front of the Pope openly and seriously challenge his position.

And once he won the Empire, it would be a good card for Gregor to get rid of the Holy City, and he could use his understanding of the doctrine to divide and build a new Holy City on the land of the Empire, and confront the old Holy City far away, so that he could hope to go one step further in status.

"The hammer must land in the right place to exert its maximum power, so we should be careful before listening to the cry of the Goddess of Light, I think His Excellency must have listened to the instructions of the Goddess of Light, and under the guidance of the Goddess of Light, we will win every battle. ”

Odyssey tried to persuade Gregor not to risk his advance, and as a military commander he knew the dire consequences of doing so.

"Odyssey, you are the hardest hammer of light bestowed, and the goddess of light will guide you to victory, but the sanctions of light must not be delayed for too long, as it will make the foolish heretics think that they will escape the judgment. ”

Gregor pondered for a moment, he trusted the Odyssey very much, and he had the same place in Gregor as Austin did to Alfonso.

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, rest assured, the goddess of light is above, and the punishment for them will definitely not last long, they will eventually be thrown into hell and suffer the punishment they deserve, then I will go down and prepare. ”

Odyssey was relieved to receive Gregor's response, he was most afraid that Gregor would force him to cross the river desperately, and that the loss would be too great.

Now that Gregor was loose, he had room to maneuver, and he had to wait for the rain to subside a little before building enough canoes.

Then it's time to cross the river and attack!