Chapter 5 The Verge

After Wang Heng used his own strength to set the tone of this battle, it didn't take long for the meeting to disperse, and Sinampei returned to the room arranged for him by the quartermaster, and fell into a deep sleep - although it was obvious that there would be a big battle tomorrow, perhaps because he didn't have to play in person, Sinampei felt excited in his heart, but he was not so nervous. Coupled with the days of running, he is indeed tired.

Until this moment, he still didn't realize how much this battle had to do with him, and this fortress was also very safe, enough to allow him to spend these days leisurely like a vacation. But he never imagined that the situation the next day would collapse in a matter of hours, to the point that he could not imagine.

There was no word for a night, until the next morning, when Sinan Pei was woken up by the sound of the command to assemble and the earth-shattering shouts of the nobles. He was about to plug his ears and continue to sleep when he was woken up by one of the students he had brought in, the red-haired Tongwens.

"Mr. Si, Mr. Si, go out and have a look, the king has ordered the nobles to line up and prepare to attack!" Tang Wens shouted excitedly, "Aren't you going out to have a look?"

"Oh, so early?" Si Nanpei looked at the sun, and then suddenly realized that it was already three poles old, but he still muttered, "Why are everyone so interested in killing people?"

Shaking off his still somewhat drowsy head, he reluctantly got out of bed, and after a brief wash, he and Tongvence went to the city wall to observe the upcoming battle.

The other students had already gathered here, and in addition to them, to Sinampe's surprise, the crown prince Huge was also here, and he also held a telescope in his hand - when Pali was casting artillery, Sinampei did not forget these necessary auxiliary supplies for artillery, so he took the time to make seven telescopes that were quite suitable, although each one was not exactly the same, and the accuracy was also a problem, but it was enough under the current conditions.

Seeing Si Nanpei coming, Yu Ge put down his binoculars and waved at Si Nanpei friendly: "Mr. Si, I really didn't expect that you would have so much ability, I heard a few students say that this baby was also made by you, right?"

"Your Highness has won the award, I just provided the design drawings, and they are the main force in manufacturing. Si Nanpei pointed to the students he led, "They also contribute much more than me." ”

This is not a polite remark, because in this era there were no optical lenses for making zuò telescopes, and in the case of not having enough materials, he also borrowed money from Theresa to buy some natural crystals, and used them as substitutes after polishing, so the process of making zuò was quite difficult - however, on the issue of money, Si Nanpei, who sent people to eat soft rice under the fence, said that he was borrowing, but in fact, he borrowed or not......

"Mr. Si, I really don't like to hear you talk like that. "If it weren't for us, you could have made it sooner or later, but without your blueprints, we wouldn't have been able to make something like this in a hundred years." ”

"It's really numb. "That's it, you have to have a degree of praise for each other, it's disgusting!" the remaining students grimaced, and there was no hint of imminent nervousness on their faces.

The students he led were, like him, not yet aware of the need to participate in the war. Although it is embarrassing to say, the work of an artillery officer is really not much different from that of a riddler at present......

Yu Ge shook his head with a smile and said to Sinan Pei: "Mr. Si, in your opinion, what is the current lineup of Cape's army?"

Sinampei took a telescope from a student, looked around it and made a rather cautious assessment: "In all fairness, Cape's knights are excellent. Whether it's in terms of personal elements, or horses, I'm sure they can be ranked in the whole of Eugenia, but ...... Forgive me for being rude, the current command efficiency of Cape's army seems to be a little too low, and I am very worried about the fact that the nobles have not been convinced by anyone before, and if there is no powerful enough person to control the town, it will inevitably cause confusion in command. ”

Yu Ge's face was not good-looking after hearing Sinampei's words, but he also nodded heavily and slowly. He didn't know about these ills, but the nobles were the cornerstone of his family's rule over the entire kingdom, and even the throne was actually obtained by the nobles. So in the face of these current ills, he can only pretend not to see and close one eye.

Sinampei saw those shabby equipment and ragged serf infantry in the binoculars, he was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but say a few more words: "In my opinion, these commune conscripts are completely burdensome, why should they abandon their families and children to send them to death? ”

He did not despise these footmen, or the foot men, or the infantrymen, but on the contrary, he attached great importance to the role of the infantry as the pillar of the whole battlefield. But these traditional cannon fodder, compared to the elite army of free peasants, are too far behind, and it is foreseeable that there will never be any room for them to exert their residual heat on the battlefield of the future. In his opinion, if he was the leader of Capet, then he would rather have the nobles dismount and fight as infantry, than let these poor people die in vain.

Such thoughts also contain sympathetic thoughts, although Sinampei thinks that he has been accustomed to the suffering of the Middle Ages these days, and he will no longer be as sentimental as when he first came to Pali to bury a dry bone that no one cares about, but deep down, he is still a modern person with a "unique" moral outlook.

Yu Ge smiled bitterly, turned around and picked up the binoculars, and also looked into the distance: "Mr. Si, what you said is very right. But the current situation of the Capetian kingdom does not allow people to come nonsense. ”

As the saying goes, the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, although this sentence is quite correct, but in many cases, it is often the authorities who have seen through the puzzle, but they cannot solve it. Huge is a little pessimistic that he is in such a predicament.

However, this is also a matter to be discussed later, if the Galedonians cannot be driven out of Capet, Hugue's superfluous ideas are all just a pipe dream.

Here, when the Capetian army slowly lined up its formation, the Galledonian army also lined up on the opposite high ground, waiting for the Capetian attack at any time.

The big war is about to break out.