(648) Hunt and kill
The Plains of Lamb, about a day's journey from the Blackwater Valley, is flat and easy for cavalry and carriages to navigate.
It was here that the kingdom's army suffered a defeat a day before.
The battle was not a decisive one, and the cathars did not win easily, as the lack of horses left the remnants unable to pursue the fleeing enemy or move quickly.
With the Great War in the Blackwater Valley over, what awaits them will be a strong counterattack by the Kingdom Army and a quick surprise attack by the Imperial Heavy Cavalry.
Sure enough, the counterattack began the next day,
The exhausted remnants of the cathars were soon crushed, and the true believers of Voodoo had been killed in battle, and the rest were cathars who had joined the cathars for a living, and their morale collapsed when they suffered setbacks.
The soldiers who once boasted of their piety turned and fled, the Voodoo twelve-pointed banner was thrown to the ground and trampled, and even the summoned monsters felt fear.
In the midst of the fleeing crowd, a cathar general was shouting at the deserters:
"What was the purpose of training you from a farmer and a leatherman to a soldier? Run away? β
Everyone is running for their lives, and no one pays attention to him,
A group of soldiers fought for a mule, for which three people died, and the mules did not survive, and the madness was played out all the time, and some people were injured and could not run, so they began to make white flags in the same place.
"Crazy, all fucking crazy!"
The general jumped into a carriage and shouted: "Are you sweating on the training ground and strengthening your body so that you can tear off the fabric of your pants and surrender as a white flag?" β
Someone impatiently dragged the general out of the car and scolded:
"You fool, feel free to do whatever you want to do for that old fellow Diamond, but don't take us with you!"
The general, who fell to the muddy ground and his uniform dirty, was still unwilling, stood up and loudly rebuked the soldiers for their cowardly behavior, drew his sword and prepared for a final resistance.
At this time, a well-equipped contingent of Imperial cuirassiers rushed out from the flank of the road,
The armored knights on tall horses stood in stirrups, stooped down and slashed at the fleeers.
The heavy straight-edged saber slashed the body, split the head, and cut off the arm,
Pistols and carbines shoot bullets at the back, blooming with bright blood flowers......
"Don't kill again, I surrender!"
Someone raised his arms towards the cuirassiers, but his head was cut off by a saber, and the comer responded:
"I'm sorry, man, Her Royal Highness the princess has an order, no prisoners will be kept, and there will be no mercy!"
The day before, as soon as the cathars had won the battle, they had plundered and slaughtered the nearby pagan villages, killing more than 1,000 innocent villagers, including pregnant women, the elderly, and children.
Seeing the bloody and miserable appearance in the village, the princess in military costume issued a brutal order to hunt and kill.
The corpses of the fleeing soldiers paved the entire road, and the cavalry pursued them until the brook, where they turned their horses and returned to see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net.
The hooves of the heavy war horses trampled on the bones of the corpses, making a terrifying "creaking" sound, and the bones were broken and tendons were broken.
Those who lay down and pretended to be dead could not escape their fate, and several people saw that the situation was not right, and fled to the side of the road, but they were also shot from behind by carbines, and none of them escaped.
There was only one cathar officer left on the whole roadβ
It was the cathar general who rebuked his subordinates for fleeing and insisted on fighting,
The man swung his sword wildly around him, and the knights teased him by throwing withered pine cones at him.
"What's up ahead? Why is there still a living mouth? β
"I've caught a famous general, and everyone is making fun of him."
"Oh? I'll check it out. β
The brigade commander of the cuirassiers restrained her horse in front of the general, she took off her helmet and tucked it under her armpits, her long straight silver hair poured down like a waterfall, and her violet eyes revealed a wild fierceness:
"What's your name? Which troops? β
The other party was not timid, straightened up and said: "Lieutenant General Moussa Deno, commander of the 15th Infantry Division of the Apologetic Army." β
"What a warrior, but it's a pity that he believes in a cult."
"You're slandering me! Stupid woman! I'm not a foolish voodoo! β
General Moussa spat bloody on the ground: "I am a noble Solan nobleman, a member of the Templar Church, baptized and highly educated. β
"Keep your mouth clean, old man, do you know what kind of person this person is?"
"I don't care who she is! It doesn't matter if you are a lady or not! β
The knights were furious and wanted to devour the rude man in front of them, but the princess was not angry, she liked the grumpy general a little:
"Oh? If you're not a voodoo, why did you join the Protectors? β
"I have a bitter enmity with the royal family of Lafalit! Louis Lafalette I harmed my whole family! β
"So you're going to join the cathars and help these scum fight?"
"Hmph, Lao Tzu doesn't care what kind of power he has, it doesn't matter if it's good or bad, as long as he can fight against the king and help avenge my family!
Duke Leclerc, that old fool...... Unexpectedly, the stupid Prince Ingram was put on power, and if this evil dynasty was not overthrown, the Solan people would not have a good life! β
"Interesting." The princess asked sharply; "Do you know about yesterday's massacre in a nearby village?"
"Human sacrifice...... That's all the good work of the Voodoo priests and dark acolytes, and I have nothing to do with it, I just have to fight and beat the army of the stupid king!
Now that Louis I bastard is dead, I'm going to slaughter his stupid son!" β
Major Nikolai Sergeyev rode up to the princess in uniform and threw a large handful of captured cathar flags on the ground:
"This Lieutenant General Moussa Deno is obviously lying, he is playing tricks in a vain attempt to evade punishment, I don't believe he did not participate in yesterday's massacre, Your Highness Princess, let me slaughter him, take out my heart and liver to see what color it is."
"Wait."
The princess in uniform urged the war horse to take a few steps forward, lowered her head and looked directly at the general.
Moussa Deno lived for more than fifty years, a long life in this war-torn age, he was a grumpy and reckless man, he had never lost in the eye in his life, and every time the other avoided his eyes.
And this time the opponent is obviously different, those violet eyes are like sharp arrows,
Easily piercing through his shell, looking directly into his heart, penetrating his soul, and even if he is as strong as him, he can't help but tremble his legs, which is the instinctive reaction of humans to fear powerful creatures.
The princess concluded, "I'm very good at discerning lies, this man didn't participate in the massacre,
Moreover, if he really wanted to escape, he would have run with the crowd just now, and would not have come up to meet him alone with a sword and stupidly, this guy wanted to seek revenge on King Ingram, and he was bent on dying.
He's a man who longs for revenge for his family, and as for the factional strife between the Solans, we have no right to intervene, and in short, I don't think he's guilty of anything. β
Moussa Deno was stunned for a few seconds and burst into tears: "Madam, you are really my confidant, if only we were not on opposite sides, I hope to be friends with you." β
"Come on, General, less set almost, most men will make this request when they see my face, since you have not participated in the massacre, I will let you go and give you freedom."
Edgar's words were astonishing, and the knights around him were talking, and Major Nikolai hurriedly persuaded:
"Your Highness, are you crazy?
This guy will definitely wait for the opportunity to assassinate the king, and if it is found out that you let him go, then our relationship with the royal government will be in trouble! Once your mother is to blame, no one can get out of it. β
"Hey, hey, hey!" Edgar interrupted him; "Little Nikolai, you are so lenient, we are soldiers, not politicians,
If he can kill King Ingram, it will be his ability, after all, revenge is his right. β
"Uh...... But ......"
Nikolai Sergeyev didn't know what to say,
He is also a ruthless character who is not afraid of heaven and earth, but compared to this willful princess in disguise, it can be regarded as a small thing.
"But what is it, it's decided!"
Edgar drew a whip and swept away the sword from General Mosa's hand:
"What are you still doing in a daze, let's go, lest I change my mind later!"
"You're quite chivalrous, and I'll remember you, ma'am."
Moussa Deno was amazed and delighted in his heart,
What is surprising is that this lady is so strong in martial arts that she can disarm him with a whip, and she is happy that she finally has the opportunity to avenge her family.