Chapter 487: The army was defeated like a mountain
"How could this happen?" Alonso III, who had been watching the battle, thought that the city was about to be broken, but he did not expect that tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared, not only beating his own army to pieces, but also losing more than half of the Royal Guards.
【】This huge contrast and serious loss made the king's eyes darken. He reluctantly asked such a sentence, opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground.
"Protect His Majesty" Senna, the new captain of the palace guard, quickly rushed to help Alonso III, and escorted the king back to the tent with several palace guard soldiers.
Alonso III fainted unexpectedly, which also gave Roger the opportunity to expand his victory. Originally, when one's own infantry was attacked by the opponent's cavalry, the best solution was to send cavalry to intercept the opponent's cavalry, because they were almost defeated.
The infantry fought for time to retreat. However, now that the army commander had fainted, the others were not qualified to command the cavalry to attack. They could only watch the enemy's cavalry chase and kill their own soldiers.
Although a few clever nobles went directly to the commander of the cavalry unit to explain the situation and asked the cavalry to immediately join the battle to rescue their comrades. But how easy was it to find a specific officer in a military camp with nearly 100,000 people and explain the situation? In Afghanistan,
After Longso III had been sent to his tent, his cavalry still made no movement, allowing Roger's cavalry to pursue and kill the fleeing enemies.
It seems that this is also the lack of experience of the new Palace Guard Captain Senna, which caused such a situation. Logically speaking, in the event of an accident to the king, the Palace Guard Captain has the right to take over the command of the army. But Senna only rushed to rescue him.
Alonso III completely forgot about his responsibilities. If Massa was still with the king, he would never make such a mistake.
But Roger would not let go of the enemy's mistakes. Seeing the delay in Alonso III's response, he even sent out more light cavalry to chase down the fleeing enemies. The gryphon knights were also ordered to take off and arrived.
The enemy's base camp was bombed, causing huge losses to Alonso III.
This battle did not end until the sky turned dark. A total of nearly 100,000 troops from the Kingdom of Thorne were engaged in the siege. 80% of them were killed in the previous battle and the subsequent heavy cavalry charge. Even the elite troops of the kingdom were killed.
The Royal Guards also suffered heavy losses, and the remaining combat effectiveness was less than 20% of its original strength.
The subsequent bombing by the Griffin Knights on Roger's side also wiped out thousands of enemies, and more importantly, killed several nobles, the one with the highest title was even a marquis.
After today's battle, Alonso III still has less than 50,000 troops at his disposal. Most of them are private soldiers of the nobility and the kingdom's second-line army. They are completely untrustworthy in terms of combat effectiveness. After this battle, Alonso III's advantage has been
After being exhausted and no longer able to pose any real threat to Roger, he could only switch to a defensive posture.
Roger's losses in this battle were also very heavy. In the castle defense battle, nearly 10,000 heavily armored spearmen and more than 7,000 half-armored swordsmen were sacrificed. In addition, there were more than 2,000 crossbowmen.
Thousands of heavy cavalry and hundreds of light cavalry were killed in the battle, two more high-level magicians were lost, and dozens of junior magicians were lost.
Fortunately, a large number of enemies were eliminated in this battle, and the soul power absorbed was enough for Roger to train several times the number of new soldiers he lost. Therefore, for Roger, today's battle can be said to be a complete victory, as long as he gives
With a little time, Roger's strength will be restored to even stronger than before the war.
The civilians in the castle saw that the Lord was able to turn defeat into victory in such a critical situation, and they naturally had more confidence in Roger. At this time, the castle was filled with joy, and even the nobles who were originally in a bad mood were overjoyed.
tip of brow.
Contrary to the atmosphere in the castle, Alonso III's camp was full of misery. Although the attack in the past few days was ineffective and some soldiers were lost, it did not hurt the bones of the army after all.
However, today's attack ended in a disastrous defeat, which really made the morale of the army fall to the bottom. Especially after Alonso III took over
After taking command, the most elite Royal Guards in the kingdom were sent to a desperate situation, and several nobles were killed on the spot. Such a heavy blow made those nobles who responded to the mobilization order a little shaken and felt that they would participate
This war is not a good idea at all. Before, many people thought they could get some benefits from it, but now it is considered good if they can save their lives.
In this pessimistic mood, many nobles have begun to retreat. They found various reasons to express that they could no longer stay in Kent County, and then hurriedly left with their private soldiers while the king was still awake.
Alonso III did not designate an army commander when he was in coma, so no one could stop these nobles from taking away their private soldiers. When Alonso III woke up in the middle of the night, he had 20,000 fewer troops at his disposal.
people.
Senna, the captain of the palace guard, told the king what happened after he fell into a coma with grief and anger, which almost caused Alonso III to faint again. However, he was a king who had gone through the storm after all, so he managed to suppress his uneasiness and closed his eyes.
After pondering for a while, he ordered: "Go and invite the Bishop."
Senna quickly complied, and it didn’t take long for the royal bishop Trulli to arrive in a hurry. The royal bishop is a bishop sent by the church to deal with the royal family, and is also the link between the royal family and the church. For Trulli, the royal family of the Kingdom of Thorne
The prosperity of the club also directly affects his status, so Trulli is definitely on the same side as Alonso III.
In fact, Trulli had come to treat Alonso III not long ago, otherwise the king would not have woken up so quickly. Now that he saw that Alonso III was in good spirits, Trulli couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Bishop, thank you for your timely rescue." Alonso III was still very polite to Trulli. He thanked him first and then said in a deep voice: "The royal family has encountered an unprecedented crisis, and it must rely on your help this time.
Only then can we get through the difficulties.”
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry." Trulli said without hesitation and nodded: "The members of the royal family are all devout believers of the Supreme God. I have an unshirkable responsibility to maintain the dignity of the royal family."
The bishop's words made Alonso III feel relieved, and he lowered his voice and said to Trulli: "Your Majesty Bishop, tomorrow morning..."
The king whispered to the bishop for a long time, and Trulli finally nodded and said: "I understand."
Chapter 487: The army was defeated like a mountain
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