Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Blood Crown (I)
"Enemy attack! enemy attack!" the herald spread the news throughout the city as quickly as he could. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"How is that possible!" General Armitage was already at the front, and he couldn't believe that the enemy could come from the Weimar Confederation!
"First Squad! Follow me! Second Squad, you go west for reinforcements!" General Armitage had already drawn his great axe.
"Kill!" General Armitage's giant axe was already stained with blood, and he was destined to dye his armor red today.
The Weimar Confederation's offensive was fierce, and the eastern walls were already in danger, so how could their mere 1,000 defenders resist an enemy ten times their own!
Outside Sintra, the Weimar Confederation is in the main front.
The middle-aged man waved his hand, and he decided to increase the balance again.
"My lord, are you going to join the Second Brigade so soon?" a staff member asked the commander.
The middle-aged man made a shattering gesture, and he patted the young staff member on the shoulder.
"Don't give your enemies a chance. ”
Under the orders of the commander of the Weimar Confederate, the 2nd Brigade of the 6th Army of the Weimar Confederation quickly joined the main attack in the eastern sector, and he also ordered the 3rd Brigade to pin down the enemy to the south.
Just when the outer city of Sintra was in an emergency, Bondakov in the Duke's castle looked at the sand table in front of him with a frown, and as the battle reports from the front line continued to come, the chief of the general staff knew that it was only a matter of time before the outer city was lost.
"I want to see Your Majesty. Bondakov left the General Staff Headquarters, and he stood outside the reception hall of the Duke's Castle.
"Take a step to speak, Your Majesty. "Bondakov saw the nobles in the hall, and although he was surprised, he acquiesced to the actions of 'Your Majesty'.
'Your Majesty?' Alfonso Leon played with the tea set in his hand, and he rose from his seat to greet Her Highness.
Juana followed Bondakov out of the hall, and Yu Chen, who was second in the hall, also got up and left his seat, and he accompanied Her Royal Highness by her side.
It wasn't until they had walked far away, and only the three of them were left in the corridor, that the Chief of the General Staff, Bondakov, expressed his thoughts to His Royal Highness.
"Your Majesty, the situation is critical now, and it is only a matter of time before the outer city is breached, and the old minister requests that the outer city be abandoned immediately, if we concentrate all our forces on the Duke's castle, then we can hold out for a while. Bondakov was right, but it was a risky move, and once the outer city was broken, they would have no room to maneuver.
"How long can we hold on to the Duke's castle?" said Juana, worried.
"Half a day at least, half a month at most. Bondakov gave an ambiguous answer, which was clearly not what Juana wanted.
"When will the old duke return?" Juana knew that once she retreated to the inner city, she would have to wait for reinforcements from the old duke.
"Two days at the earliest. Bondakov held out two fingers, knowing that once he had made a decision, there was no possibility of regret.
Juana took a deep breath, she was a little afraid to make a decision, because her "willfulness" had already killed too many innocent people, and Juana was "afraid" that her next decision would kill more people.
Bondakov touched his monocle, he was waiting for His Majesty to make a decision, this was a big gamble, if the Weimar Confederacy lost here, then they would completely lose the strategic initiative. From the departure of the Randster envoy to the raid of the Weimar Confederation, the Chief of the General Staff, Bondakov, had already sniffed something out of it, and he knew that the Northern Army needed to prove its worth.
"Abandon the outer city and retreat to the Duke's castle. Juana hesitated but made a decision, she knew that this decision had to be made by herself, and she knew that this decision could only be made by herself!
The princess had made up her mind, and the order of 'Your Majesty' was soon spread throughout the city through the General Staff, but Juana later made some minor changes to her own order, and she ordered the soldiers of the outer city to hold out for half an hour, and the whole city would retreat to the ducal castle.
The mass migration began, and the people became calm from the initial panic, for they saw Her Royal Highness, they found their backbone, and they knew that they had not yet been abandoned.
A small number of soldiers kept order, while all the other soldiers retreated in an orderly manner, and they entered the ducal castle in batches.
But there were so many people in the city that they couldn't all enter the Duke's castle in the limited time, and Juana was anxious, knowing that what she needed most now was time.
'No way. Juana gritted her teeth, and she raised her saber aloft.
"Where is the Knights of the Guards!"
"Boom, boom!" hundreds of knights tapped their weapons together, waiting for orders from their masters.
"Charge with me!" Juana rushed out on her warhorse, she had to buy time for her people!
With that beautiful touch of blue, the knights behind Her Royal Highness poured out, that was the last force that Juana could mobilize, that was her last hole card.
"She's still a little girl. ”
"Are we going to watch our Royal Highness in danger?, are we going to watch our Royal Highness protect us?"
"That's our Royal Highness! We should protect her, it's a shame to let a child go to battle!" I don't know who shouted from the crowd, and the emotions of the people were quickly ignited.
"What kind of man is a little girl to shed blood for us!" a voice spoke loudly to the hearts of the people, and countless adult men clenched their fists as they felt they needed to do something.
"Shouldn't we protect our wives and children?" As the first person began to follow in the footsteps of Her Royal Highness, then there was a second, and then a third.
How can they accept this refuge with peace of mind to accept the protection of a young maiden, and to accept the protection of a young lady with peace of mind, at least so do the bloody Galicians of Sintra.) )
Countless adult men said goodbye to their wives and children, countless brave men chose to take up arms, some were just farmers, they had never even touched a weapon in their lives, but this time they picked up their sickles and hoes, and they chose to fight side by side with the princess.
With the addition of thousands of new troops, the precarious eastern section of the city wall was temporarily stabilized, and the people of Sintra willingly threw themselves into battle, gathered under the command of Her Royal Highness, and fought for themselves (their own relatives) against the princess!