Chapter 166: The Habsburgs
In the territory of the Habsburg provinces, private armies ranging from 100 to 1,000 men were assembled and marched to the coast at the behest of orders.
The Habsburgs ruled like a feudal system, in which the nobles and knights attached to their families all owned their own castles and estates, and obeyed the orders of the Habsburgs when necessary.
This is different from the Bourbon family, the dozen or so earthen cities in the Bourbon province are all in the hands of the family themselves, and although the nobles in the province have some power, these powers do not determine anything.
The situation in the Habsburg provinces was different, and those minor nobles or knights, when they received orders from the Habsburgs, they could choose not to cooperate.
But this time it was different, the Habsburg province was now invaded by the Minotaurs, and whoever it was, as long as it was a vested interest, could not bear to have their rights and interests violated, so after the Habsburg Duke issued an order, various nobles responded one after another.
When it comes to mobilization, the Habsburgs are no worse than the Bourbons, and the petty nobles and knights who own castles or estates can easily gather their power.
"Witt, did you see that? If it weren't for the Duke of Bourbon's acquisition of our fish-men some time ago, our privates might not be able to put on sturdy armor by now. ”
The Duke of Habsburg wore heavy armor, but he did not have any difficulty, he grasped two large axes in one big hand, resting on the back of his horse, and the mount under him was also very strong, and his eyes swept over the bodies of the private soldiers, revealing a satisfied look.
For most of the past six months, the Habsburg family has also made continuous efforts to strengthen the training of private soldiers and has also made great efforts in weapons and equipment.
Werther drove his horse forward a little, in line with his father.
All around was the sound of knights' hooves, and Witt looked around, the family's elite private soldiers were now all wearing sturdy armor that covered their bodies, and the protective ability of the armor was far from being comparable to leather armor.
If their family had such good equipment when they migrated to this land, they would not have sacrificed so many excellent private soldiers.
The first few months of the Habsburgs were difficult. There was no shortage of land and rivers in their province, and there were some abandoned castles to use, but they lost a lot of good hands.
It was a vampire bat the size of a child's head. The vampire bats still exist in the Habsburg provinces, and they are burgundy in color, and when bitten by their sharp fangs, they will be weak, and then they will be swarmed by them. In the blink of an eye, the blood is sucked out.
This is a very terrible bat, many of the surviving private soldiers are still scruples about this vampire bat, the rudimentary leather armor can not protect them at all, the best way to deal with this kind of bat is to wear a heavy steel armor that wraps the whole body, so that the bat can not break through the defense, and can easily be hacked to death with a sword.
Witt was no longer ashamed, he had already figured out that the Bourbons really didn't owe them anything, but would help them, otherwise. They also don't have as much armor to equip their privateers now.
The summoned cavalry was still on the move, keeping in touch with the contingent from all directions.
The traditional gathering of soldiers by the great nobles was so grand that the whole province would be mobilized by the Habsburg dukes.
Moreover, morale is high.
Thundering did not see the Habsburgs assembling their private troops, and he even missed the fiercest part of the Habsburgs' war with the Minotaurs.
The Minotaurs are still too few, and they underestimate the strength of the Terrans, most of the time is enough for them to accumulate a powerful force, and when Thunder Ming rushed to the battlefield with the soldiers hastily assembled by the family, the Minotaurs had already fallen into the end.
"What people!"
It's still far away. Some of the Habsburg cavalry rushed over to ask questions.
However, these are not problems, the leader of the private regiment of his own family, Mullendo, went to negotiate, and Old Sean had already been arraigned. The Habsburgs also knew about the Bourbons' return to help.
Thundering's gaze passed over the heavy soldiers, and he saw a brave figure fighting a minotaur leader.
The Duke of Habsburg held two large axes in his hands, and each swing of the axe forced the leader of the Minotaur to retreat by a point, and the fighting spirit was overflowing, and the surrounding Minotaurs also fell to the ground one after another, and the Duke of Habsburg completely killed the Minotaur. Deeply encircled, still crushing the minotaur leader and slashing.
It is precisely the Habsburg Duke's fierce fighting style that inspires the soldiers to move forward bravely, otherwise seeing these tall minotaurs, the cautious and timid people will not have the courage at all.
Werther led the family's most elite private soldiers eager to break through the Minotaur formation, although his father was pressing the Minotaur leader, but after all, there were all Minotaurs around, and if there was a little accident, they couldn't get out, so they fought hard to kill.
Under the leadership of the Habsburg family's private soldiers, all the Terran soldiers who had absolute numerical superiority followed, so when Lei Ming looked over, he saw the scene of the Terran soldiers frantically beating the Minotaur army like a continuous tide.
"Young Master Thundering. "The commander of the private regiment, Murendo, got the cavalry of the Habsburgs who came to interrogate him, and came over to follow the instructions of Thunder.
In fact, when they entered the Habsburg province, they were rarely cross-examined, on the one hand, they were all Terrans, and on the other hand, the banner of the Bourbon family had already identified themselves.
Lei Ming raised his right hand high, held a spear, swung forward, and shouted murderously: "Kill!"
At this time, there is nothing to say, those minotaurs are not good at all, and there will be basically no damage to beating the water dogs, just in time for this opportunity to sell personal favors to the Habsburgs.
Soldiers also have a certain ability to judge, in the face of battle, they dare to fight, but in the face of the opportunity to beat the water dogs, they will be more morale.
The Bourbon family deployed more than 2,000 cavalry, most of which were the private soldiers originally led by Mullendo, and many more militia were selected.
The cavalry began to run, and the momentum was also very majestic.
There are more militiamen who want to behave well in the back, and as long as they behave well, they will have the opportunity to become the family's private soldiers, and the treatment will be different at that time.
Now many of the people in the province of Bourbon are eager to become private soldiers of the family, and beautiful girls are inclined to marry private soldiers, which has formed a good atmosphere.
When the Habsburg family messengers came to the Bourbon family, they kept sending messages back and forth, and at this time, the Bourbon family came to support, which was definitely a morale-boosting thing, but the communication work must be done well, otherwise a good thing might turn into a bad thing, and the soldiers would be in chaos.
While Thunder was still running wildly, the Duke of Habsburg finally cornered the Minotaur leader, and the scene where he killed Tien was also deeply seared into Thunder's mind.
The Duke of Habsburg jumped high, and the big axe in his hand was swept down by him with all his might, and the fighting spirit broke out in full force, and the leader of the minotaur who was far taller than him was cut in half by an axe that came out of his hand, and the bursting fighting spirit blew up the sand in the sky, and the sea water was affected by the fighting energy, rushing up more than ten meters high waves.
This is the power of the epic peak powerhouse!(To be continued.) )