Chapter 21: The Bloody Early Spring
The peaceful days did not come to an end soon, and at Edward's orders, not long after the beginning of spring, before the snow and ice had completely melted, the soldiers of Caledonia began to get busy. The cavalrymen, in particular, were again sent to the Pali Plain on a raiding mission—that is, raiding, or beating grassy valleys, as they had done in early winter—and they were preparing for the continuation of the offensive. The two sides did not lick their own wounds, and they were already planning to add new wounds to each other, because only in this way can they ensure that they will not be injured again in the next time.
Cutting off people's food and clothing, what a vicious strategy, and the Caledonians are also extremely bad, picking the most critical moments. Whether it's in early winter, when the warehouses are full, or in the early spring, when the farming is busy, it is quite fatal to let the Galledonian cavalry gallop through the Pali Plains, the main agricultural area of Capet.
The Capetian have lost their spirits, but they can also risk their lives for their own food, and in this season of life, countless skirmishes have broken out between the two sides, and the corpses of both knights can be seen everywhere in the plain.
Many people were crying, not only the peasants, but also the knights - except for some of the great nobles, who were also poor, and in this era of low productivity, they also had to work in the fields, and some poor fellows were not even willing to use ploughing oxen.
Cape's light cavalry is quite good, plus they are already red-eyed, and the Caledonians don't take much advantage, but their task is to destroy, while the task of the Capetian knights is to protect. It was often the case that the Caledonians had set fire to the entire countryside when the Capetian knights had just arrived, and even if they could kill as many Galedonians as they could, their manor had already been reduced to ashes and could not be saved. There may be time to replant during the season, but what about the wheat seeds? What about the money? And no one knows if the wheat that has just been replanted will be burned again.
On such a dreary day, Sinampe would always instruct Miss Lisa to push herself, come to the south gate of the fortress, quietly watch the knights of Caledonia talk and laugh and set off, and then silently carry the corpses of her companions back covered in scars, and look at it all day.
He was counting the number of people who went out and came back, but there were always fewer people who came back than there were people who went out. Observing the expressions on the faces of the Galledonian knights every day also became one of his hobbies - in the beginning, the Galledonian knights tended to be happy about how much money they had robbed today, and which beautiful girl they had robbed themselves of, but gradually, no matter what they gained, it was difficult for them to laugh. Watching their companions being summoned by the Lord one by one is certainly one of the reasons, but they themselves are slowly getting tired of this hellish world.
Cape's captives laughed every time they saw a dead man on the Caledonian side, but the smiles on their faces slowly diminished. Sinan Pei noticed this very carefully. It stands to reason that when he saw the Galledonians who had harmed him so badly, Sinampe should have laughed with them, but from the beginning Sinampe failed to laugh, this is different from the modern society on the earth that is deceitful but still dressed in a layer of civilization, here is the troubled era of Chiguoguo, human life is cheaper than grass, this qiē killing is too far from his values, he often thinks that these dead Galedonians will also have families, they don't know how to be sad when they learn of the death of their relatives。
Whose fault is this qiē?
Sometimes Father Cecilio would sit with Sinampe and wait quietly, and then chatted about all aspects of this sorrow, but unlike Sinampe, his purpose was to wait here and save the wounded soldiers as soon as possible.
According to Cecilio himself, he treats anyone in any country equally, and he will save everyone unconditionally, even if he has a lot of blood debts - in his eyes, everyone is guilty, everyone is the same, and there is no difference in his eyes whether he has killed many people. Sinampei didn't believe at first that he would save Cape's people, but later he did—the compassion on the old man's face when he saved people couldn't be faked.
The old man was completely different from those big-bellied priests who only knew how to make money, and his style reminded Sinampei of a person who had been vaguely remembered - the old man Clement from the town of Aliai. There are so many tragic things that I have seen these days, so that Sinan Pei almost forgot that there is a glimmer of light.
When he said this to the old man Cecilio, the old man smiled: "I used to be a partner with him." ”
I see. Sinan Pei smiled, as the saying goes, things gather by like, and people are grouped, which is really true. The old man is surrounded by a saint, so he is also a saint, so what about his own side? Duke Lori, who has a dark belly but is quite kind, looks pretty good; Crown Prince Yuge is still a chivalrous person; the paranoid "evil witch" Christina, I'm afraid she is not a good person; Baptiste, the "mathematical pioneer" who sees money and pesters herself all day to inquire about the route, is probably also a commodity that eats people and does not spit out bones; as for the king's uncle, cut through the shell of the king's demeanor, who knows what kind of black it can look like inside TM! Thinking of this, Sinan Pei sighed, the more he thought about that fiasco battle, the more suspicious Si Nanpei became, and what disgraceful role the king played in it.
If you are mixed with such a person, you are not a good person at all, right? On earth, you have cheated and killed people! But fortunately, there is a priest by her side, and Sinampei is happy to confide in him his doubts.
The old man just smiled and pointed at himself, "Do you think I'm a good person?"
"Absolutely. Sinan Pei nodded affirmatively.
"But when I was young, I was also a wicked person who had done all the kidnapping. Cecilio grinned, revealing his gums, which he didn't have many teeth left.
Si Nanpei, who didn't expect the old man to say this, was stunned for a moment.
"Each of us has sinned so much from birth, and we have nothing to hide from the Lord's discernment. This situation cannot be changed by a few people in you and me. Cecilio stared south, "However, if you can be yourself, love others, and entertain the gods, there is nothing wrong with it......"
As he spoke, he smiled dumbly: "Well, I feel that it is a little too early to tell you this, you are a wise person - unlike those so-called smart people, if you reach my age, you will also have your own set of mature ideas." There's no need to torture yourself like this now. ”
Another group of Galledonian knights, carrying the corpses of their companions and carrying half-torn flags, appeared on the southern horizon.