195. Chapter 195: Seriously
Without much hesitation, William agreed to Father Peter's request. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info This surprised Father Peter very much.
People in this era have a very low tolerance for such a thing as desecrating the corpse of the deceased. Even many very immoral lords and nobles have listed this as the basic bottom line. The reason why alchemists are notorious is also related to their continuous theft of corpses and dissections.
Although William knew, and at the same time Father Peter tried to explain, they were performing a medical, scientific dissection. But the vast majority of people in this era still regard their actions as blasphemy. Stealing them and dissecting corpses is seen as ghoul-like behavior. Or the study of necromancy, the resurrection of the dead, and other dark magic.
But of course, William was not. William understood the role of anatomy in modern biology and medicine. So it was easy and without hesitation, I agreed to Father Peter's request.
This, in turn, startled Father Peter. Look at William's understatement, with a look of "this is nothing". Father Peter naturally didn't know that he had more than a few hundred years of knowledge, but William was a ruthless character with a very low moral bottom line......
And just like that, the experiment began.
Although the vast majority of the berserkers died under the bombardment of artillery and grenades, there were no bones left. But there were still a few relatively intact bodies of berserkers, which fell into the hands of the Goths.
Soon, however, the relatively intact corpses became incomplete.
Father Peter disemboweled, examined the stomach, kidneys, heart and brain. Then those things are separated, distilled, and purified. Hopefully something useful can be taken out of it.
But, of course, it's not too simple. At least for now, Father Peter did not achieve anything.
And on top of that, the fanaticism of this guy after he got into the working state, plus the bastard's craftsmanship is not very passable. So soon, the basement that William had carved out was made to look like a slaughterhouse.
But it all makes sense - even if Father Peter can't recreate the real "berserker potion" from these messy guts. Anyway, it can make progress in science, medicine, biology, anatomy, etc. It's worth it.
But of course. William had not come to Father Peter to discuss these things with him. He has more important things to do.
"Father, I don't have time for you to say those useless words. I just want to ask now, and then, hope to get an answer from you, that's all. William said to Father Peter, "That is, what about those people?"
"Those people ......," said Father Peter, who looked a little nervous, and then smiled wryly: "They are not interested in the war that takes place in the great frontier area. Or, rather, they are pessimistic about the war situation that follows. Not many people thought the Hereford family would emerge victorious. ”
"So they don't want to play for me?" said William, frowning.
"Yes. Hearing the word "potency," Father Peter looked a little uneasy and a little unhappy at the same time - yes, they were talking about the organization of alchemists. At the beginning of the war, William, through Father Peter, sent an offer to the Alchemists' Guild for cooperation, help, and alliances. But of course it failed.
Seeing William frowning, he looked unhappy. Father Peter was a little anxious - not only for the sake of his own alchemist organization, but also for his own future - if the alchemist organization ended up at odds with William, then it would be difficult for him, caught in the middle, to seek development in the Duchy of Mystia.
And such a potential and rapidly developing force as the Duchy of Mystia, which is almost guaranteed to make a profit, cannot be found in the entire human world.
Father Peter is no longer young. He didn't want to live in a small, dark and damp church in the countryside anymore, living a dark and hopeless life.
He had already realized that if he wanted to go further, he had to, must, he had to seize the opportunity for the Hereford family to take off. For this reason, he was like John the Merchant, who had a name in the Church of Rome and the Alchemists' Guild, but had actually become a minister of William.
"Hmph. It was when Father Peter was so nervous that William snorted lightly. Then he shook his head and continued, "This is also to be expected. I'm afraid these people have lost a lot in the previous crusades, right?"
"Yes. Father Peter breathed a sigh of relief when he heard William say this, but at the same time he felt his heart tugging - yes, it was just as William had said. In the previous crusader rage, the alchemists contributed money and efforts. It is hoped that it will be possible to gain some advantages in the new territorial allocation. Or even to really build a state, dominated by alchemists.
It's a pity that the bamboo basket is empty. All the efforts of the alchemists were finally flattened by the iron hooves of Sarida Khan.
This made the alchemists lose a lot, and at the same time made them uninterested in any war, related to the Sarida Khan, to the centaurs of Tartaria.
"But it doesn't matter. After I defeated those centaurs. There will always be a day when they cry and beg me. When William had finished saying this, he turned and left without looking back. This left Father Peter in a conflicted mood.
On the one hand, the monarch he followed was victorious, and naturally he also had a light on his face. On the other hand, in this case, the Alchemist Guild to which he belongs did not give charcoal in the snow, and then if he wanted to add icing on the cake, it depended on William's mood.
However, it was the second day, and then the third day...... In the next few days, William's confidence became weaker and weaker.
Only because the attacks of the Tartarian army are becoming more and more intense.
They use their berserker potions almost uncontrollably. In the ensuing war, they barely used normal Slavic soldiers, attacking the fortress.
At the same time, their long-range projection power has increased considerably. More centaur marksmen, more Slavic troops armed with smoothbore guns, and more artillery added to the fire delivery of the fortress.
To make matters worse, they have completely disregarded morality, accidental injuries, and the mood of their own soldiers, as their projection units continue to fire as the berserkers charge forward, approach the fortress, and even charge the city.
The artillery, shells, bullets, and bows and arrows caused a large number of casualties among the Slavic berserkers.
But they don't care. Yes. They don't care how many Slavians they die. They only had one result - that is, in the event of an attack by the Slavian berserkers, the Goths had to emerge from behind the parapet. And in this case, ranged fire can kill more goths.
That's enough. Kill and injure goths with long-range firepower in a few to one exchange ratios. This is what the Tartarian army wants. Because of this, the casualties of the defenders of Mystia began to skyrocket......
The battlefield, which was originally regarded as a battlefield with some "rules" and some "moral constraints", finally turned into an infernal purgatory at this moment.
Tens of thousands of berserkers charged towards the bayou fortress like waves of the sea—and by this time, they had gone from being "unconventional forces of last resort in order to break through enemy lines" to regular troops.
Moreover, the troops that make up these berserkers have gradually changed from professional samurai to civilian men. And then in the end, there were a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled people who were forced to take drugs.
It can be seen that they were all Slavites who had been forcibly captured by the Tartarians.
Yes, yes, yes, they are innocent. But it makes no sense. They were on the battlefield of hostility with William. They had weapons in their hands that could kill or injure the soldiers of the Mystian Army, even if they were even a crude wooden stick.
That's it, the whole war was fought to the exhaustion of the Mystyan army. And the consumption of weapons and ammunition is also very large.
The other side seems to want to use this method to continuously consume the materials and manpower of the Mystian army. It must be said that this tactic, although very cunning and shameless, was quite successful.
Tens of thousands of berserkers were involved in each battle, which also marked the fact that William could no longer use gunpowder weapons to attack from a distance to crush the opposing army.
In this way, the Tartarian army used a group of feudal troops, even those without professional training, to use a morale level close to that of modern armies.
In the Bayou Fortress, hand-to-hand combat became more common and more brutal. Tens of thousands of Berserkers of Tartaria rushed to the city one after another. Then batch after batch of battles were killed. At the same time, the Tartarians no longer thought about guarding the corpses and centralizing the disposal of corpses. At the beginning, the Maisti runner dealt with it. But it soon became clear to William that it was most likely the plan of Tartaria's army as well.
They may have wanted to use this method to consume the firewood and oil in the fortress - and at the same time, the Tartarian army had already surrounded the fortress of the estuary a few days earlier. The fortress was cut off from the outside world. There is no longer access to supplies from the outside world.
In this case, William paused the handling of the corpses, just dumped the corpses inside the fortress outside the fortress, and then bombarded the corpses with gunpowder weapons as much as possible while bombarding the enemy with each siege......
Naturally, it is impossible to clean up all the corpse parts. And in early autumn, the weather and light are still a big problem. So for a few days, the walls of the fortress at the mouth of the river were filled with a strong stench of corpses......