Chapter 1026 The ambition of the lord (six thousand, ask for a monthly ticket)
.Lorraine held the telescope in hand and carefully observed the city top of Prisca.#baidusearch
Watching the security guards in black uniforms stuff a shiny brass shell into the barrel, then pull the rope and blast it towards the city wall, Lorraine felt like his heart was bleeding. This was all money.
Ah~!
More importantly, this is all my money~!
The artillery shells were manufactured by the Flying Eagle Group at the expense of the Flying Eagle Group. They were loaded onto the Flying Eagle Group's transport ships and were directly brought to the front line to be dispatched to the troops.
Neither the Ruman Empire's tent nor Queen Isabella's tent was taken.
Every time a cannonball is fired, Lorraine and Leo's assets will decrease by a few gold coins.
Lorraine secretly wondered in her mind whether she should sneak the bill into the peacekeeping force's ledger. Fortunately, Nicole, the accountant, is our woman.
If that doesn't work...just raise the price of cannonballs for the Almohads and Parthians.
Anyway, the losses have to be recouped. Others make money from fighting, but I pay for the war myself. If word spreads, sir, my glorious image will be completely ruined.
Hassell saw Lorraine's distressed and regretful expression, but just ignored it. The obsolete front-loading artillery equipped by the new army could not knock down Prisca's city wall.
Only Lorraine's new breech-loading cannon can do this.
Hassel is also a devil, and he will not open his mouth to let Lorraine seize some excuse to blame the Almohads for this.
Three hundred thousand gold coins of shells were fired in one day. If Queen Isabella received the bill, she would faint from fear, and then the cruel woman would have to tear herself apart.
Hassell silently recited "Safety first, safety first" in his mind, and then quietly took two steps away from Lorraine.
The power of the new cannonballs is astonishing. The cannonballs will crash into Prisca's city wall at high speed and then explode. Large swathes of the city wall will first be shattered and then fall apart.
The artillery fire concentrated on a section of the city wall above the city gate, using only more than twenty cannonballs. The wall was as damaged as the teeth of a seventy-year-old woman, and it could no longer hold on and suddenly collapsed.
The new troops who had already been waiting in formation in front of the city wall let out a cheer. They had been waiting for this moment to cross the city wall, march into Prisca, and liberate the last fallen city in the north.
Hassell raised his arm and was about to give the order to attack. Lorraine, who was holding a telescope, suddenly grabbed his arm and said, "Wait, there's something going on."
Hassell quickly pulled out his binoculars.
I saw a sudden chaos on the city wall of Prisca.
Two groups of Confederate soldiers fought face to face on the narrow city wall.
This incident also stunned the new army waiting at the city gate to prepare for the attack. Everyone looked at the top of Prisca City in a daze and thought: Which song is this from?
The turmoil on the city wall of Prisca ended quickly in less than a quarter of an hour, and then more than a dozen corpses were thrown from the city wall.
Immediately afterwards, a white flag made of bed sheets swung back and forth on the city wall.
Lorraine was so angry that she almost wanted to smash the telescope and cursed: "A bunch of bastards. If you don't surrender sooner or later, you have to wait until I finish firing the cannon before surrendering. I will circle you Chacha and pay for my money."
Come~!”
Hassel suppressed his smile and solemnly ordered the New Army siege troops in front of Priska to retreat, which showed that the New Army was willing to surrender.
Then several southern officers and soldiers carrying white flags climbed over the collapsed city wall and stood gingerly opposite tens of thousands of New Army soldiers.
Just a hundred feet away, there was a row of ferocious and terrifying artillery in front of them. The black muzzles were staring fiercely at them. Prisca's new army had suffered enough from this kind of terrifying weapon. Some people even shot it just now.
During the bombardment, he suddenly went crazy.
A group of New Army soldiers were touching their knives and looking at them coldly.
Like Lord Luo, they had a reason to be angry. They could just rush in and grab money and things justifiably. But these bastards surrendered.
Looking at those white flowers and the golden metal that cannot be touched will make anyone worried for a long time~!
Looking at each other's wolf-like eyes, these Confederate soldiers felt as if their lives would be in danger at any moment.
Lorraine was thinking about whether to drive towards the southerners who had come out to surrender. They were standing right under the muzzle of the cannon, and they didn't even need to take aim. Otherwise, it wouldn't be enough to satisfy their hatred.
Hassell asked seriously: "Sir, look..."
Lorraine waved his hands angrily and said: "Forget it, tell them to hand over their weapons and get out of here. We will suffer a big loss today."
Hassell ran out quickly and dragged the Confederate soldiers who had surrendered out of the city to him.
Lorraine watched them negotiate from the wall of the camp. It could be seen from Hasel's arrogant attitude that the Southern Army guys were completely frightened. They had already lost everything and could not compete with the New Army.
A bargaining chip in military negotiations.
After the conversation, the negotiators of the Confederate Army rushed back to the city of Priska. A moment later, cheers suddenly came from the city. The soldiers of the Confederate Army laughed excitedly and hugged each other on the city wall, as if they had defeated.
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Lorraine sighed, the spirit of the Southern Army had been wiped out by the artillery fire of the security forces.
Without fighting courage and spiritual support, the Southern Army was nothing more than a second-rate force.
The legion that followed Hadou and created countless legends was killed by himself.
Will future generations who read this history sigh over the fate of the Confederate Army?
Lorraine suddenly shook his head, wondering why he suddenly became artistic, then kicked the city wall and said bitterly: "Go~!
All the bad guys who interfere with me being able to spend time with my wife and children, and prevent Sir Alex from realizing his grand goal of ‘distributing seeds to the world’ must die~!”
Now, there is no obstacle in front of the coalition forces. They only need to cross the Zabia River and then take over the Zinderen Mountain Pass in Peteus, and then they can face General Hadou's lair~!
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Although it was afternoon, gray dark clouds shrouded the earth. The entire earth was almost like night.
The rain fell like a torrent.
In that heavy rain, a small red flower on the grassland kept swaying and struggling hard.
At this moment, a rapid sound of iron hoofbeats was heard.
Several rapid whirlwinds swept across the grassland.
Under the turbulent airflow, the little flower finally couldn't bear it and fell from the grass stem, but then it was lifted high and landed on some high-speed object.
At this time, a blazing lightning flashed across the sky.
Only then did he see clearly that they were more than a dozen knights wearing black cloaks and full body armor~!
Although the wind was raging and the rain was pouring, each of these knights gritted their teeth and ran as hard as they could on their horses, letting the heavy rain soak them all.
At this time, a huge thunder rumbled.
Immediately afterwards, the leading knight suddenly reined in his horse.
The war horse roared loudly, and then stood up. Under the strong inertia, it took several steps forward, and then stopped.
As he stopped, the knights behind him immediately reined in their horses and stopped together.
Although this is just a simple tactical action, through the neat and orderly actions of the knights, it can be seen that these knights are definitely the best among the best.
This not only requires them to have sophisticated riding skills, but also requires at least three to five years of tacit understanding.
This team alone is enough to defeat over a hundred ordinary soldiers.
Looking at the whole world, there are not many legions of knights with such superb training.
This also makes people feel a little strange and nervous. Such a small group of elite cavalry running wildly in the heavy rain must have something urgent to do.
After the knights stopped, they did not ask or speak. Instead, they leaned forward slightly, held their swords in their hands, and looked around vigilantly in case any enemies suddenly appeared.
At this time, the black-robed knight at the rear of the team rode down.
He looked at the leading knight and scolded coldly: "Why don't you leave? Why are you delaying? Don't you know the urgent military affairs we have?"
The leading knight bared his teeth and let the pouring rain flow down his face. Then he raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction in the distance and said: "Sir, we will be there soon."
The black-robed knight was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked in the direction of the knight's finger.
He saw a huge shadow vaguely in the distance. At first he thought it was just a dark cloud.
But with the fleeting light of lightning, he could see clearly at once that it was a huge fortress level.
It squatted there like a silent beast, waiting quietly, ready to devour everything.
An ominous premonition suddenly arose in the heart of the black-robed knight, and he couldn't help but shudder.
The leading knight couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw his stunned look, and whispered: "My lord, my lord..."
At the same time, he looked curiously at the face of the black-robed knight hidden deep in his hood.
The black-robed knight finally came back to his senses, snorted coldly, and glanced at the knight sharply.
The knight hurriedly lowered his head, coughed slightly, and said: "Sir, we are about to enter the city, should we take out the flag?"
The black-robed knight suddenly woke up. But he said coldly: "Do you need to say this? Do you still want me to teach you such a trivial matter?"
The leading knight couldn't help but curse in his heart, but on the outside he could only look submissive and said yes again and again.
Immediately, someone nearby took out the flag hidden in the package and handed it to the leading knight.
The knight took the flag in his hand and suddenly showed it.
Just listen to a "wow" sound.
A battle flag depicting a wild tiger was immediately unfolded.
Although it is pouring with rain, it is still swaying in the wind.
From the badges on the battle flag, it is immediately clear that this team is the personal guard of the world-famous General Hadou.
At this time, the leading knight held up the battle flag in his hand, and then shouted angrily: "Brothers, let's go~!"
As he spoke, he clamped his horse's belly and galloped toward the distant fortress.
The remaining knights shook their reins one after another, galloped, and followed.
The iron hooves roared, the sound was like thunder.
In just a moment, everyone had arrived under the city gate.
The leading knight raised his head, looked at the city gate, and shouted loudly: "People on the city, listen, open the door quickly, we have urgent military affairs."
The guards on duty at the top of the city were taking shelter from the rain. When they heard the commotion below the city, they couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it, what kind of trouble are you coming out at this time..."
Before he finished speaking, he looked over and saw the flag below, and his face turned pale. He almost fell to the ground. Then he jumped three feet high and kept shouting: "Brothers, open the door quickly, hurry up.
Open the door. General Hadou has sent someone, please open the door quickly..."
As he said that, his buttocks were on fire, and he rolled and crawled down the ground.
After a while, under the vigorous push of more than a dozen soldiers, the huge city gate slowly opened with a series of harsh and unpleasant sounds.
The knights did not wait for the city gate to be fully opened. They immediately shook their reins and rushed into the city in the wind and rain.
The war horses rushed past the soldiers defending the city one after another, and their heavy iron hooves stepped across the street, immediately splashing the dirty muddy water all over the soldiers.
The older soldiers may have been smoothed by current events, or they may have seen and heard the arrogance of the guards, so they all endured it with an indifferent expression. But one of the young soldiers could not help but curse.
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At this time, the cavalry had already rushed out for a certain distance, but the black-robed knight at the end of the team seemed to have heard something, and turned back and glanced coldly.
Even though the soldier was young and vigorous, he shrank his neck in fear and could not utter a single word for the rest of his words.
After a while, until the other party disappeared in the rain, he murmured: "Who is that person? You can hear it even though you are so far away."
A veteran next to him reached out and touched the rainwater on his face, then looked at him jokingly and said, "Who is that? Those are all General Hadou's tiger guards. They are all murderous.
A noble knight with superb martial arts.
Someone once looked at them one more time and was killed with a knife.
You, a mere soldier, dare to scold them, you are really brave..."
After saying that, looking at the pale face of the young soldier, I couldn't help but reach out and pat him on the back, and then laughed.
Several soldiers nearby also looked at the young soldier and kept laughing.
The leading city gate officer also laughed and cursed a few words, and then looked in the direction where the knights disappeared: The Tiger Guards went out in the rain, something big must have happened.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frowned worriedly.
At this time, the soldiers had already closed the city gate again with laughter. Then they turned around and walked towards the room not far away.
A soldier looked at the officer and said: "Sir, I bought a bottle of good wine, a high-strength wine produced by Feiying. It's very strong. Come and drink some to warm yourself up. On this rainy day,
Be careful not to catch a cold."
The officer's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "High-strength wine? What is it? Wuliangye or Moutai? Let me tell you, I won't drink bad wine."
The soldier took out a bottle from his arms, shook it, and said quite proudly: "The legendary Y Erguotou, and it's from Red Star. It also has an anti-counterfeiting bottle cap. The loud smuggled goods are not the fake ones we have adulterated with water."
goods."
The officer was immediately overjoyed, rubbed his hands and said, "Okay, okay. Very good. So, so and so, I still have some pork head meat in the house. Go get it and let's all have a few sips together."
A group of soldiers nearby cheered: "Sir, you are wise~!"
The crowd gathered around the officer and walked toward the room together.
The thoughts I just had have been forgotten a long time ago. After all, they are just a bunch of little people. It is not their turn to worry about major events that concern the country and the world. They are satisfied with a glass of wine and a bite of meat.
And happy.
In the foreseeable future, there will not be many opportunities for leisurely drinking and eating meat.
All the officers and soldiers in the fortress are living life on their own, and they can live with ease every day.
When the enemy comes, the entire fortress will probably turn into hell, and the fate of these little soldiers can be imagined.
Otherwise, a soldier would not spend almost a month's salary to buy a bottle of good wine that he would never bear to take a look at. An officer would not abandon his mission and lead a group of subordinates to have fun.
After hearing the horrific descriptions of that station by the soldiers who had escaped from Prisca, everyone knew that the days were numbered.
Although they arrived in the city, the knights were still galloping on their horses in the rain. Iron hooves as big as bowls hit the stone road in the city, causing sparks to fly.
They headed straight towards the city guard's mansion.
In a short while, I had arrived at the door.
At this time, the guards at the door had already seen them and were about to greet them.
The knights didn't stop at all, they rushed straight through the gate, rode their horses, and crashed in.
They rushed to the front hall and then reined in their horses and stopped.
The leading knight sat upright on his horse and shouted angrily: "General Hardou has an urgent military order~! Where is General Petereus, the guard of Zinderen?"