Chapter 81: Prisoners or Friends
The priest Fricks was the same age as York, and he played with York from an early age, and Fricks's mother was the nurse of the Prince of York, and the two of them were like brothers. www.biquge.info When York saw Fricks enter the hall, he quickly got up to greet him, and the two brothers hugged each other excitedly, saying comforting words to each other, only to be interrupted by a light cough from Kanderen after a while.
"You're the Priest of Frix?"
"Yes, the white-robed priest Fricks salutes His Excellency General Kanderen!" Frix lightly tapped the staff in his hand, stroked his chest and bowed his head to Kanderen.
"Priest Frix doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!"
Kandron sat Fricks next to the Prince of York, propped his two thick arms on the heavy desk, squinted and asked, "What are you doing here with me?"
The young priest turned his head to look at the Prince of York, and thought to himself, "Didn't you knowingly ask that our princes were all captured by you, and I won't do it?"
Frix held back his anger and tried to appear as calm and composed as possible.
"Our Royal Highness York has been 'invited' by your army to be a guest here, and the barracks is busy with official business, and many affairs are still waiting for His Highness to deal with, and King Wolf has sent me to ask when His Highness will return. ”
"Hahahaha!"
Kan Delun almost burst into tears, and Liang Ke also admired the thickness of Frix's face.
"Come to me and ask when your Royal Highness the Prince will return? What a joke, you don't want to ask when I cut off his head?" Kan Delun suddenly suppressed his laughter and said viciously.
The young priest frowned slightly, looking not very comfortable with Kanderen's intimidation, his staff was held tighter, his bones were slightly white, he bit his lip and said: "General Kanderen's killing of His Highness York will only anger the army outside the city, and then hundreds of thousands of our warriors will raze Cape Rambet to the ground." ”
"Hehe, young man, don't scare me with big words, I'm really interested in seeing how many of your orc warriors' bones and blood can be crushed by this giant meat grinder at Rambet Point, maybe I should kill your handsome prince now, and let your Wolf King make up his mind to attack the city as soon as possible, I believe that after this battle, you Rhine the Great will never be able to make such an army come to us again. Maybe it's me who should be happy, the head of the orc warrior will definitely help me to be promoted to marshal, I really look forward to it!" The cunning Kanderen seemed to look at a fish swimming around the bait, and teased the restless young priest with his words.
Frix Huoran stood up, glared at Kan Delun and shouted, "You...... What do you want?"
"How? I think I'm supposed to ask you. You have waved hundreds of thousands, and you have come thousands of miles to surround Cape Rambet like an iron bucket, and you have to ask me what I want!"
"I ...... I mean, what are you going to do to let His Royal Highness the Prince go? Frix also felt that it was a loss, and his voice was noticeably lower.
"Yes, but His Royal Highness York is our valuable guest, and the conditions for me to open the door to send off guests are not low, you ...... Can you call the shots?" Kan Delun lowered his head and sipped the fruit tea, not looking at Frix.
The young priest was about to flare up at Kandrun's deliberate arrogance, and the Prince of York tugged at the sleeve of his robe and shook his head to signal him to calm down. Frix realized that he had been emotionally uncontrollable by Kan Delun, and quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and sat down again.
"Your Excellency, you can tell me about your conditions, as long as it is not too excessive, we can agree. ”
"Is there anything more excessive than a siege by your army?"
Frix was speechless at Kandelen, and looked at this old fellow who was more cunning than their fox clan. Kan Delun really didn't want to continue playing this circus trick of teasing the puppy, put down the teacup in his hand, stepped out of his desk, and walked over to Frix.
"Young man, your Royal Highness the Prince is safe with me, and as you can see, we didn't hurt a hair of his hair. You go back and tell your king, that the warriors of Cape Rambet are ready to be attacked by him, and if he does not have the guts, then send someone who can call the shots to talk to me. Guards, send this gentleman out. ”
"Please!" the two guards sandwiched Frix between the left and right, and walked out of the hall quickly, and the poor young priest only had time to turn back and say "cherish" to His Highness York.
The inhabitants of Cape Rambet were very strange, it seemed that the clouds of war that had hung over the city in the past few days had been blown away by the warm spring breeze, and the people who carried the supplies for the city defenders came back to say that the orcs outside the city did not seem to be ready to attack immediately, and the defenders on the city walls were no longer as nervous as before, and occasionally joked with the big-ass woman who delivered food.
The Prince of York was extremely cooperative, so he was given preferential treatment by Commander Kandrun, except, of course, restricting his personal freedom. Liang Ke has nothing to do, and often visits this calm and skilled prince, and Prince York does not seem to hate him because Liang Ke arrested him here, but likes to exchange some personal views on governing the army and the country with Liang Ke. Although Liang Ke was not a learned person in his previous life, the mixed knowledge from the era of big science and technology, as well as the advanced experience of later generations, have created his vision far beyond that of contemporary people. As the exchange deepened, Yorke admired Liang Ke more and more, and the two became friends who talked about everything.
It was a sunny afternoon, and York, accompanied by several guards, went to Liang Ke's residence to discuss with Liang Ke the issue of coordination between the arms.
"Aragorn, you told me yesterday that different types of troops can be matched and put into one unit, I went back and thought about it, although this has the advantage of improving comprehensive combat effectiveness, but it also lacks the ability to target strikes. Moreover, the training of the army is also a problem, and the training methods of different branches of the army are different. Prince York took a piece of dessert from Deborah's hand, put it in his mouth and tasted it, feeling smooth and sweet in his mouth, he couldn't help but stuff another one in his mouth, and after eating, he raised his big fingers and praised it.
"The taste is really sweet, and Madame's craftsmanship is really good. ”
Deborah's cheeks were crimson with shame, and she ran out briskly with her long skirt. Liang Ke flicked a kernel that had just been spit out in his hand, and a "snap" hit the smooth forehead of the Prince of York, grinning in pain.
"You can eat things indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, Deborah is a good girl who is lonely, she is helpless, she helps me with the housework, you can't ruin the reputation of the young lady. ”
Only then did York realize that he had recognized the wrong person, and Jun blushed, rubbing his forehead and smirking.
"You have a point. Liang Ke swallowed the chewed flesh and continued, "Any strategy has its advantages and disadvantages, just like the Father gave you a handsome appearance but made you sing out of tune. ”
"Seriously, why did you get to singing again? ”
York was touched to a soft underbelly, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, so he quickly diverted the topic. The reason is that three days ago, Liang Ke occasionally hummed his favorite song "Camel Bell", the song was low and long, and the emotion was strong, this style of music had never appeared on the continent of Miano, and he listened to the captured prince with empathy, and begged Liang Ke to teach him to sing. Liang Ke was also idle, so he taught him sentence by sentence, but after teaching a few words, he found that His Royal Highness the handsome and dashing and mighty prince was actually incomplete in five tones, and none of them could be sung in tune, and he sang a beautiful song as ugly as a widow crying for the grave, Liang Ke laughed with stomach cramps, and he couldn't eat dinner.
"Hey, hey, it's a metaphor, so what's the excitement about? Okay, okay, let's get down to business. When we have a problem, we need to weigh the trade-offs. I don't know if you've noticed, but your orc armies are basically not equipped with professional long-range strike units like archers, what do you think is the reason?" Liang Ke asked with a hint of teasing.
"There is no need for this, our wolves ride like the wind, and in a few breaths they can rush to the enemy, and in close combat, the bow and crossbow will become a burden that gets in the way. Moreover, because the materials for making bows and arrows are very scarce in our country, we only have low bushes there, and we really can't find suitable materials for making bows and arms. ”
"Hehe! That's your choice. Humans don't have such powerful mounts, and they are far inferior to your cavalry in terms of speed, so we have chosen to use equipment to extend the arm, and we have formed archers, a dense array of archers that can be powerful at a distance of three hundred paces against your cavalry. The arrows thrown are as dense as raindrops, and the spectacle of 10,000 people firing a volley can be described as obscuring the sky, but like you said, this oppressive advantage our archers can only maintain the advantage of three arrows, and after three arrows, the fragile archers will face the one-sided slaughter of your cavalry. Liang Ke spoke, dipped his fingers in the cup of residual tea and sketched a sketch of attack and defense on the table.
As you said, God the Father is fair. The Prince of York touched his straight nose, and his heart was not without pride.
"However, if I add a large group of sword and shield men among the archers, and the sword and shield men stand side by side with the archers, and after two volleys, the archers turn around and quickly retreat one hundred and fifty paces, and the sword and shield men push the thorny chariot forward a hundred paces, and the chariot shield array can block the cavalry of your army for three or four breaths, and the forward of your cavalry will be blocked, and the speed will be greatly reduced, and the rear army will squeeze the forward at high speed, and the originally opened formation will become extremely dense, and at that time, our archers will again make two rounds of projectiles, and inflict intensive damage on the center and front of your army, and then climb the mobile arrow tower of the rear army, and they will approach the battlefield under the cover of the spearmen, and the sword and shield men will retreat in sections, forming a defensive battle formation with sword and shield hands on the outside, spearmen in the middle, and archers in the middle. I think by this time, your cavalry will be less than half as many, and our mixed arms should not have much to lose.
The suspense of the battle after that will not be too great, we have formed a three-dimensional combat pattern of outside, center, inside, upper, middle and lower, and your cavalry will always be on guard against sneak attacks from spearmen and archers from afar while attacking our sword and shield men. Looking ahead and looking at the future, they are no longer brave and fearless, and it is only a matter of time before they are defeated and scattered. ”
Liang Ke talked eloquently, and Yorke was terrified and sweated coldly when he heard what he said.