Chapter 402: A Tragic Siege Battle
For knights, Il's understanding is the same as most people in this world, and he only thinks that the power of knights in this world is already the apex of mankind, and there is no other more powerful power that can be used by humans above this, but this time Jung said that there is a more powerful power above this knight, and the existence of Karst can be regarded as proving that Jung's statement is not wrong, such a shock is definitely a huge shock for Il, who has always shown people with stability. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Originally thought that the most powerful standing, it turned out to be only the lowest combat power in the world, such a surprise for Yier, in addition to a shock, but also with the humiliation of his strong self-confidence, Yir is young and talented, and now he has a heavy army, for himself, I have to say, he is a little arrogant, but after Jung's discussion, but Yir's arrogance was completely thrown to the ground, I have to say, the pressure in his heart is much greater than joy.
Ordinary knights may be overjoyed to know the news, but Il is not happy at all, he is a ruler, what he needs to do is not to make himself the first in the world in terms of force, but to make his territory bigger and bigger, and make the strength in his hands stronger and stronger, this is what he needs to do, so whether the knight can be promoted is not a particularly big temptation for Il, but now that this matter is announced, Il must master this method, otherwise if a knight of medals suddenly appears among his own people and he is not, for the image of a wise lordThis is undoubtedly a huge loss, which is definitely something that needs to be done with heart for Il, who pursues perfectionism.
Despite all the different tastes in his heart, Il still maintained the reserve and steadiness of the superior, at this time, seeing that everyone in the military tent was like having hysteria, Il frowned, at this time it was just a karst who became a medal knight, and not the entire Turin City soldiers had the strength of a medal knight, so cringe, it was simply a shame on him, Il patted the armor on his body, and let out a dull ' Knock knock, this sound immediately attracted everyone's ears, turned their heads, and looked at Earl Il, who was undoubtedly the backbone of all of them at this time, and Il looked at them and said:
"If Mr. Jung is right, then Karst is undoubtedly a knight of the Medal, which is indeed unexpected, but it has nothing to do with our strategic deployment, he is just one person, and our army has a total of 30,000 soldiers and hundreds of knights in service, even if it is a knight of the Medal, do we need to be afraid of him? My gentlemen, the battle so far, there is only one step away from victory, as long as we take the city of Turin, then we are the rulers of the whole of Susa, at this moment a praying mantis stands in front of our chariot, he has only one result, that is, to be crushed!
At this moment, tens of thousands of soldiers outside the big tent are fighting hard and horses, and behind us, there are hundreds of thousands of people who are transporting grain and grass for us, so invincible, how will the surrounding princes think of us in the future, and how will they laugh at us being blocked by one person?
My gentlemen, the outcome of this battle has long been decided, the return of Mr. Karst can bring only one gift to the city of Turin, that is, more people will die in the city of Turin, for Karst, his people are limited, and for us, Piedmont, Saluzzo, Monferrato, Genaya, are our granaries, military depots, as long as an order is given, a steady stream of army food and grass will be sent here, what are we afraid of here!
Blood will show who is the true king of Susa, and the city of Turin will be a monument to all of us in the annals of victory. “
Il's words can be described as extremely inflammatory, every word and deed, there are words such as victory, honor, wealth, etc., these words make all those who were originally afraid, and those who are eager because of the rank of knight of the medal, can't help but turn their attention to what Il's said, after saying this, the eyes of most people show a longing for war, red, as if they have stayed up for a long night.
Jonas was also shocked by Yier's courage, it seems that he really underestimated this young man, he has such courage, and his impromptu speech can be so charming, and he is really worthy of Mr. Nader's comments.
Born ruler, this is the result of the perfect charm of Il, and everyone is succumbed to his charm, shouting the proclamation of 'victory,' and looking at Il, the preacher who brought the gospel of the Lord, like a faithful believer, with a gaze so holy, a symbol of loyalty and unity, and a gaze so sinful, a symbol of war and death.
"Yes, isn't it just a knight of medals, what are we afraid of him doing, no matter how powerful he is, can a hundred knights still not be able to kill him?" The person who spoke was a young aristocrat, Jonas glanced at this person, and found that he didn't know him, he didn't think it should be a nobleman from Saruzo, this young man's arrogant way of speaking obviously aroused the taste of many young people in the tent, and suddenly shouted that the war was born one after another, and the atmosphere in the entire military tent changed at once, which made Jonas have to pay attention to this young man, and he was very good at judging the situation, which was not easy to do, especially for young people.
"Yes, yes, Lord Earl, I suggest that we change the siege strategy during this time, change the strategy of attacking every morning and attacking at night to the strategy of attacking in turn at all echelons twenty-four hours a day, so that the enemy army has no chance to breathe, and the momentum of the place is suppressed with the maximum attack. ”
This is what Mill said, compared to the empty slogan of the former, Muller's words are obviously much more golden, listening to the elderly nobles with full combat experience around them can't help but nod, for Muller's opinion, they all agree very much.
For those of them who have worked on the battlefield all their lives, a strong force is not a huge threat, just like Karst, he does have a strong strength that ordinary knights cannot resist, which needs to be noted, but for them, this is just a matter of attention, for such a medal knight, what they are most afraid of is not the force of Karst, but the impact of his morale on the morale of thousands of soldiers in Turin.
In ancient wars, the most important thing is morale, if there is no morale, even an army of five or six hundred thousand people may be broken by a pair of light cavalry of several thousand people, such a thing is not uncommon in Chinese history books, and if there is morale, even if hundreds of people face the siege of hundreds of thousands of people, they can hold out for a month, such a thing is also common in the history books, which shows the importance of morale to the army.
As the saying goes, a soldier is a bear, a nest of bears, the commander often means the morale of an army, if the commander is weak, then the morale of the army will be very weak, and a strong commander will inevitably make the whole army like a piece of steel, unshakable.
And what kind of morale will a medal knight bring to an army, this is what Muller and other military strategists are most worried about, they are nobles and knights, but even they, after hearing the name of medal knight, they are still shocked and inexplicable, and they are afraid to tremble, until Yi's reprimand makes them sober up, so for ordinary people, how huge a deterrent will such a strength be, under the advantages of one or the other, although their side occupies the majority, but if the war lasts for a long time, then the problem of suppressing in the early stage will slowly emerge。
You know, the entire Sasu region, although in fact has been controlled by the Count of Il, that is, the nobles of the Saruzo line, but after all, there is no name, and the Il has not been canonized, from this point of view, the nobles of Montferrato and Piedmont are actually not counted as the real vassals of Il, at least Piedmont is not counted now, and now they are as obedient as cats, this is entirely because of the strong military strength of the Saruzo lineage, if the war is tight, the number of deaths is increasing, and in the end these people will not be rebellious, Muller is not optimistic, after all, they are the same nobles as themselvesBut now the viscounts of Piedmont and Montferrato have to bow when they see them, the viscounts of Saluzzo, which is naturally a shame for a nobleman, who knows when this shame will erupt, and Müller has a serious sense of crisis about it.
Moreover, in addition to this internal worry, the entire Susa region is not peaceful at all, perhaps in other words, the entire Holy Roman Empire is not peaceful, everyone is salivating for the fat of Susa, and wants to tear off a piece of meat from here, the current war has dragged on for too long, and the reason why those external enemies do not attack is also to contain each other, and there is no negotiation, but if a large number of elites are lost in the battle of Turin, it is difficult to guarantee that those dukes and marquis will not make a move against Susa, and at that time, everything that the military nobles of the Saluzo family have obtained will be in vain, and even the possibility of coming underground in the coming days than before, which is absolutely intolerable to military aristocrats such as Muller.
Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, at this time, every decision must be cautious and cautious, Il's opinion is obviously very respectful, after thinking about it, he agreed with Muller's opinion, and ordered to attack the city with all his might, and all places must not slack off.
In addition, the private army that Il has treasured for a long time has also changed from combat readiness deployment to the vanguard of attacking the enemy, a total of 1,000 hoplites and half of the 3,000 standing light infantry have been pressed on the battlefield at once, with Il taking the lead, the other Saluzo nobles naturally did not dare to hide their secrets anymore, and they also took out their own family funds and put them all on the battlefield, so that Turin City suddenly fell into a dangerous situation, and was rushed to the city by Il's army several times, if it wasn't for Karst leading his own guards to personally plug those loopholes, maybe he could say that Turin City could be taken within a day。
However, although they did not take Turin City, the purpose of Yier and others to deter the soldiers in Turin City was achieved, and the reason why they showed all the elites at the bottom of the box was to let the defenders in the city know that they should not think that a medal knight can win a hundred battles and show off their might, they are not muddy, and after a battle, the enemy's morale will be damaged, which is enough to gratify Yir and others.
When it was night, the elite in everyone's hands withdrew one after another to prepare to rest, and the mobilized soldiers placed behind replaced the elite troops as the attacking troops, and the intensity on the battlefield dropped suddenly, and the elite soldiers returned to Yi'er and the others to make an inventory, and the faces of all the Saluzo nobles looked a little bad.
Because of the victory of the war, the nobles of Saluzo compared to the previous poor, most of the wealth has grown explosively, it is not surprising, war can always change the pattern of a region, Saluzo is the weakest among the three counties, but after this war, population plunder, now they seem to be the most powerful.
As aristocrats, the growth of wealth will naturally make their armies stronger, and after many discussions, all the nobles above the viscount, a total of twenty-seven viscounts, have all established their own regular troops, handed over to their vassal knights for training, and become the elite troops of each family.
Such a force, the slightly weaker nobles are only about 500 people, as for the strong nobles, more than 1,500 people, as little as 1,000 people, this number is far more than the viscount can afford the finances, but the wealth that has been plundered is enough to support such a large-scale army, and Il's acquiescence is to make the nobles more unscrupulous to expand their army number, as for the earl of Il, in the conventional army, it has expanded to a terrifying 4,000 people, including 1,000 heavy infantry, which is not done by all the viscounts, it can be said that his strength is now undoubtedly above all the viscounts。
It is precisely because of such a powerful army that Il's eyes can be swept across the entire Piedmont in a short period of time, but such an army is also the treasure of every noble, and it is easy not to dare to take it out, only in a battle that must be won, or when the situation is critical, it will be taken out against the enemy, after all, this army is different from ordinary peasant soldiers, only food can be recruited in an endless number, these soldiers need to be carefully trained, and they are naturally extra careful to use.
But in this battle alone, almost all the elite troops of the nobles have lost more than one-eighth of the number, this number can be described as very scary, if this number is placed on the ordinary peasant soldiers, they may have already collapsed and fled, and these elite soldiers can still run back in formation, I have to say, it is really elite.
It's just that this loss made the nobles feel very uncomfortable as if they had been pricked with a thorn.