16. The First Battle
(Thank you book friend "Hua Xiaoxiao" for voting for the evaluation!) Wang Qinian saw Franklin stop and said, "Go on!"
Franklin went on to recount that his cousin was a knight, an authentic knight of the seventh rank, the second son of the family, who had taken refuge with the Baroness Edmund, and that a few years earlier Franklin had been sent by his father to study in Lidua, the capital of the Duchy of Lea, and that when he returned, there was no longer him in the house.
Wang Qinian pondered for a while and said: "Before, you asked me why you couldn't hate Robin, but now I can sue you, because you don't have a sense of identity with this family, the baron didn't ransom you with 30,000 gold coins, you are a little unhappy in your heart, plus three days, Robin didn't abuse you, so you can't hate it subconsciously, and that assassin is strange, I'm afraid it's not very peaceful." ”
Franklin's face froze, and he sneered, "I see. ”
"Like you, there are two ways out, one is that you try to keep a low profile, don't make mistakes, and others can't find fault with you, and when your father enters the kingdom of heaven, you can inherit this title along the way. Wang Qinian said.
"Is there another way?" asked Franklin, after a moment's hesitation.
"There is another way, which is to actively strive for, you have been hollowed out, on the surface you have to change your behavior, the family, no matter what, you have to show your bearing as a brother, don't think that you don't call the baroness mother, you have to please them at home, not the kind of fake orangutans, you have to give sincerity, so that outsiders look like you are a well-educated young nobleman, this is not enough, the title is from military merit, you have to have your own arms, but you have no way to start, because the arms already have a master, your family knight has been controlled by your cousin, and you can't touch him, what should you doWang Qinian was unceremonious, he said as he observed Franklin's face to see how he behaved.
"Call that woman a mother, I can do it!" Franklin gritted his teeth and said, "But what if you have your own arms and don't move Friedrich's knights?"
"You still can't, what is that woman, she is your mother, although she is a stepmother, you have to call your mother in front of people, even if it is a lie, you can't have the slightest slackness, you have to be respectful in your attitude, and your sister and brother, they are the same, you must show your brother and brother in front of people, and you can't give others a little tongue, so that your father can rest assured that he will pass on the title to you. As for the issue of armament, it is very easy to solve, since it is impossible for the knights, you just take it, and you can't subdue the crowd for the time being, so it is better to start anew. Wang Qinian said.
"Starting anew?"
"Yes, start anew, first it can only be infantry, I think your father received a conscription order, the war between Count Edward and Count Lane is far from over, you just need to ask your father for this errand, I think your father will agree, the same, Friedrich will also go to the war, he is a knight, you are nominally a knight, I am afraid you can only be regarded as a low-level knight. ”
"Yes, I'm only a fifth-rank knight, and he's a seventh-order full-fledged knight, so how can I have more credit than him in war?" Franklin asked.
"There is no need to compare with him, he is leading a knight, and you are leading a peasant army, as long as you are not defeated by the enemy, you are qualified to take the lead in the family, after all, you are a descendant of the Edmund family, and you are the eldest son, he is not. It's just a dozen subordinate knights, and they don't have allegiance to him, as long as you establish your prestige, there will naturally be people who will be loyal. Wang Qinian said.
Franklin was overjoyed: "I'll go to my father." ”
"Don't be busy, you have to show that you want to achieve military merits and not inherit the title from the family, so that your stepmother can rest assured. Wang Qinian said, Franklin thoughtful.
Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and Franklin acted according to Wang Qinian's orders, at first the family was very surprised, and gradually his attitude began to soften, and he also formed an infantry of twenty people, which was selected by Baron Edmund from his team, but he was not very obedient, and some looked down on Franklin.
Raymond was in charge of the training of this army, he began to train in the way of knights, and was stopped by Wang Qinian, this army was all from peasants, Wang Qinian's heart moved, remembering the method of infantry against cavalry, so he drew a strange weapon, let Franklin build, fortunately, there was a small iron mine in the fief of Baron Edmund, and it was quickly built, this weapon is the hook sickle, this kind of strange-shaped blade appeared for the first time in this world, and the sickle is relatively large.
In addition, two crossbows were prepared, which were not recommended by the Holy See, but the nobles were sometimes equipped with equipment, so they should pay attention to their use.
Wang Qinian only taught them two styles, one is stabbing, and the other is hooking, a group of four, the movements are neatly one, there is no other movement, and the other is running, this training method makes other people laugh.
Wang Qinian was still the same, and Franklin hesitated. Wang Qinian smiled and said nothing, he just put forward this kind of idea, and it was Lei Meng who realized him, and the other thing was to strengthen ideological education, constantly inculcate that one qiē action obeys the command, is loyal to the master, and the lie is repeated 10,000 times, and it becomes the truth.
The development of the troops, divided into three units, Friedrich's knightly troops set off first, although most of them were subordinate knights, and there were a few low-level knights, they were still very powerful, but the team was not neat, focusing on personal martial arts, and not focusing on cooperation.
After the knights left, there was the newly formed army of Franklin, the queue was relatively neat, with strange blades developed, and it was still two days before Baron Edmund set out.
Twenty-four people, four of them on horseback, were Franklin, Betsy, Raymond and Wang Qinian, and a carriage with military rations and grass on it, and it took them about twenty days to get to the front line of the war, because they were infantry, Wang Qinian told Franklin that the march on the road was the time for training, and all of them were set up according to wartime, and they were not slack at all.
In the evening, camping, all according to the training, Raymond executed meticulously, arranged the camp, put up a fence around it, arranged the light and dark sentinels, and the two scouts also dispersed to find out the situation ahead. The four men were nestled in tents, and Franklin said, "In six days, we will be at the front, can my team do it?"
"It can be done!" Wang Qinian cheered him up, he had something to say in his heart, although he was a layman, he had watched a lot of war movies, and he couldn't consider it at the strategic level, and at the tactical level, he was just a tutor, and the soldier's training time was short, but there was an advantage, and the other soldier's was the same, and even many nobles had no training at all, just a group of peasants, and it would definitely work.
War can still be done by attacking the weak with the strong and avoiding the strong enemy, not to mention that it is only a battle between two counts, most of them rely on the bravery of the knights, but their own side is another form, and the prepared can always defeat the unprepared.
Raymond also nodded, and was just about to speak, when the scout came to report, there was a small team in front of them, coming towards them, and Franklin immediately became nervous.
Wang Qinian asked calmly: "How many people are there, what is the origin?" His composure immediately relaxed the tense atmosphere, and Wang Qinian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Franklin relaxed.
Soon figured out who it was, the battlefield was staggered, Count Edward was very fierce this time, Count Ryan was a little caught off guard, this team was owned by a baron under Count Edward, just a small team, for some reason, carelessly, it broke into the hinterland of the other party, a total of twelve people, there were two knights, and the remaining ten were foot soldiers, and what was worse was that they robbed all the way, probably forgot to rob.
After figuring out the situation, Franklin immediately gathered his men and went up, this was the first battle since the founding of the army, the soldiers were very nervous, the other party did not understand the situation, as soon as they saw a team lined up in front, a swarm of bees came up, no wonder, they did not encounter any strong enemies for several days, those villagers collapsed at the touch of a touch, and developed their arrogant feelings.
On the contrary, looking at this side, although the soldiers lined up, they had not seen blood, and their breathing was heavy, and many of them not only sweated in their palms, but also began to turn pale, and the two crossbowmen almost couldn't even hold their crossbows.
Seeing this, Betsy held a wand and was about to cast a spell, Wang Qinian stopped her, he knew that this was the first battle of his soldiers, and the advantage of troops was the best opportunity to train soldiers.
Raymond calmly estimated the distance: "Crossbow, release!" shouted, the soldiers seemed to have a strong backbone in their hearts, the two crossbowmen buckled, the crossbow arrows flew out, an arrow did not know where it flew, and an arrow flew past the face of a knight, which startled him.
"The crossbowmen stepped back, raised their guns in a row, and stabbed!" With the password, the hook and sickle spear stabbed out, and the hook and sickle spear commander killed two foot soldiers at once, and the other two were wounded, and the two follower knights were also caught by Wang Qinian and Franklin.
With the progress of the password, the hook and sickle appeared on the battlefield for the first time, although it was two actions, but it was practiced tens of thousands of times, once the fear was put aside, the soldiers gave full play to the advantage of collective unified combat, and the opposing soldiers collapsed at once, turned around and fled.
Wang Qinian urged the war horse, "choked", the sword was unsheathed, a sword light was extremely fast, the opponent was just a knight squire, he didn't see it clearly at all, a sword had broken into the throat, the opponent was wearing chain mail, but he didn't protect him, Wang Qinian is a magic sword, ignoring his chain mail at all, the sword in his hand was raised, and it hadn't been split down, Wang Qinian's sword was already on his throat.
At the moment when Wang Qinian's sword was unsheathed, Franklin also moved, his big sword slashed, and the opponent also slashed up, but Franklin was a low-level knight, but his strength was much greater than him, and when his body was crooked, he fell off his mount.
Just as he was about to struggle to get up, the sword was already pointed at his throat, and he did not dare to move, and he saw another knight spurting blood from his throat and falling from his horse.
At this time, the overall situation on the field has been decided.