Lorraine couldn't help but be surprised when she saw them standing still in the middle of the intersection.
A thought occurred to him. Could it be that there were remnants of enemies in the city? No, if there were, shouldn't they have drawn their knives and charged forward, or run away? What was going on with them doing nothing but just blocking the road stupidly?
?
At this time, I heard a huge and enthusiastic noise coming from the front.
For the sake of safety, Lorraine hurriedly prepared his troops to fight, then rode over and said, "What happened?"
Gerardor was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw Lorraine. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, then stepped aside and said: "Earl, you'd better see for yourself~!"
Lorraine glanced at him suspiciously, then raised his head and looked over. He was immediately surprised.
I saw that the street was crowded with people and a large area of darkness. No, it should be said that almost all the young people in the city came noisily from a distance.
They came over in a chaotic manner, all in high spirits, with bright smiles on their honest and loyal faces, as if they had won the Mark Six lottery. They were holding tables, chairs, cloth rolls, and dinner plates in their hands and on their shoulders.
There are all kinds of things including toilets, etc.
When they saw the army here, they hurriedly stopped and silently confronted everyone.
Everyone here looked at each other in confusion and felt terrified.
Looking at the common people who refused to advance or retreat, these brave warriors didn't know what those common people were doing.
Welcome yourself? But has anyone seen someone using a toilet or a bench to welcome others? But if they want to resist invaders like themselves, why do they smile so brightly, as if the sun shines all the way to the bottom of their hearts.
These young warriors were not afraid of the light of swords and fought bloody battles. However, they were helpless in the face of this strange situation.
They racked their brains but couldn't figure it out. They didn't know what they should do in the face of such a group of people.
Someone asked in a low voice: "Sir, what should we do? Should we go forward and kill them?"
Gerardo looked up at Lorraine, then turned around and reprimanded: "You idiot. Kill a bunch of unarmed people. Do you want the inspection team military police to cause trouble for me?"
"Then... let's run... run away?"
Gerardor was furious, raised his hand and whipped the man, and said: "Are you still a soldier?"
The young and even naive soldier said hesitantly: "Sir, then... what should we do?"
Gerardor looked up, and then said helplessly: "We... let's wait and see here~!"
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh, obviously he couldn't make up his mind either.
Lorraine looked at it, and suddenly a strange scene flashed through his eyes that he had seen a long time ago. Then he laughed and said, "Don't worry, everyone. They probably took advantage of the fact that all the guards in the city escaped and jumped out to rob government property."
, have no idea of the overall situation at all, they are just ordinary people who care about their own selfish interests."
Gerardor couldn't help being shocked and said in a voice: "He...is this how they treat their own country? Couldn't they take up arms to resist invaders like us?"
Lorraine glanced at him strangely and said, "Don't forget, this country has written the 'right of first night for nobles' into law. How much favor do you expect these common people to have towards those dog officials?"
Gerardo's eyes suddenly widened and he said: "At the beginning... at the beginning... at the beginning..."
Lorraine saw him stammering in excitement and couldn't even say a word. A trace of ridicule flashed in his eyes and said: "What? You want to try too? I really didn't see that, you guy has a straight nose and a straight mouth."
Fang, you can be so coquettish inside~!"
Gerardor immediately blushed, waved his hands repeatedly, and said: "No, no, no. I didn't mean that. I just said..."
He paused, then took a deep breath to calm down, and said: "I just mean, don't those common people know how to resist? Are they willing to be bullied by them like this? What are their hands for?"
Lorraine thought for a moment, then pointed to the jubilant common people not far away and said: "Aren't they resisting now? Facing us invaders who occupied their land, they were indifferent and ignored them at all. But they were busy going.
Isn't this the best way to resist the empire by robbing things?"
Gerardor was speechless for a moment.
Lorraine smiled, and then asked softly: "Do you still think they will pose any threat to us now?"
After saying that, he jumped on his horse, took the lead, and walked over in a swaggering manner.
The rest of the people looked at it and hurriedly followed for fear of making a mistake. At the same time, seeing the dense crowd, they were also ready to fight, planning to kill the opponent on the spot if there was anything wrong.
Lorraine came in front of the people. He neither slowed down nor increased his speed. He just walked past slowly and arrogantly. When the people saw that Lorraine's horse head was almost touching their heads, they hurriedly stepped out of the way.
Retreat, like the tide, retreated to both sides, giving way to the avenue in the middle.
Lorraine walked through the middle without even raising her eyes.
Behind him, a group of soldiers looked at each other and hurriedly followed.
The people in the group also looked at each other, and then each took the things they had just grabbed and passed by the soldiers who invaded their own land.
The common people went home and closed the doors and windows tightly. Even though everyone in Lorraine acquiesced in their robbery, no matter what, they were still invaders to these common people~!
But this did not prevent the later emperors of the Ruman Empire from writing in the history books with elegant ancient language that represented profound knowledge: At this time, all the people in Harbin were eating pots and oars.
, to welcome the king's army and so on.
This is understandable, because firstly, their wages were paid by the Ruman Empire government. Secondly, if the true situation at that time was written, it is difficult to guarantee that some people would not be sued in court, saying that they had tampered with history. They may not even be able to protect it, the Imperial Gendarmerie
It is possible to invite him to have coffee and cut raw pork on a certain day.
Because of this delay, Lorraine finally took the opportunity.
He led his trusted guards to take the lead and occupied a large area of comfortable and luxurious area for his troops in the wealthy area of the east district of the city.
He exerted the heroic characteristics of all soldiers and kicked out all the original owners of these houses. Then he allowed his troops to stay and rest here with peace of mind.
Lorraine's wise move won everyone's praise. Everyone found that with the leadership of this lord, they no longer had to worry about food and accommodation. Everyone gave him a thumbs up and called him a warrior.
Such a considerate person~~!!
Later, even General Wabador gave up the official office of the garrison and came to huddle with them. In his words: There was nothing I could do. Those bastard people robbed everything there.
Not to mention the bed, there is not even a toilet left. How can anyone sleep?
In the next few days, the Maple Leaf Danlin Crusade Army has been hoarding supplies and renovating its troops in Hafs.
General Wabador, Lorraine and Rest, and other officers sent out scouts to formulate the next action plan.
Lorraine even bribed some foreign businessmen in Hafs in order to obtain something valuable from them.
The entire army was repaired and recovered. After the young soldiers regained their strength, they were gearing up every day, screaming anxiously, looking for opportunities to have a good fight with the Almohads.
This morning, the sun had just risen. Lorraine came to the restaurant and was eating and chatting with everyone.
At this time, Leo also got dressed and ran in. He rushed in with his teeth and claws bared, ran to Catherine, and shouted loudly: "I've thought about it, I've thought about it..."
Everyone ate their own breakfast without paying any attention to him. As for him running to Catherine every morning, announcing his policy plan, and then being dismissed by Catherine... uh... the training plan for the future emperor has been
No wonder.
Lorraine's view on this was that Catherine was simply taking pleasure in the little ruffian.
Catherine casually spread butter on the bread in her hand and said, "Okay, let's talk about it."
Leo shouted loudly: "I've thought about it. Collect heavy taxes from the people, then recruit the army, and give them the best treatment and equipment. Now no people will dare to rebel, right?"
After saying that, his big eyes looked at Catherine eagerly without blinking.
Catherine sneered and said: "Rejected."
Leo couldn't help but said "Huh" and said stubbornly: "Why? Why did you reject it again?"
Catherine sneered and said: "The common people may not dare to rebel. But your generals want to be emperor and rebel against you."
Leo was stunned for a moment, then became angry and pointed at Catherine's nose, saying: "No, again. You...you are just lying to me~!"
Lorraine glanced at him and smiled secretly in her heart, you little ruffian only realizes it now~!
Catherine raised her eyebrows and said, "What? Do you want to be canceled from tomorrow's test?"
Leo originally thought he could win for sure this time, but his wish was once again in vain. At this time, he also lost his temper and shouted angrily: "I'm afraid of you~! I fought hard to get a beating today, but
I have to express this tone of my heart~!"
After saying that, he yelled, shook his fat little fist, and rushed over with his teeth and claws.
Catherine immediately raised her hand, picked up his collar very skillfully, and then picked him up. She gently flipped Leo over in the air. Then she put her face down on her back on the table.
Then he raised his hand unceremoniously and spanked him hard.
Leo immediately screamed in pain. But at this time, his temper was rising. Although the tears were flowing from his eyes as if he wanted no money, he begged for mercy without saying anything.
Lorraine looked at it and couldn't help but sigh. Just as he was about to speak out his advice, he saw a soldier running in quickly, saluted him and said: "Sir, the Commander has an order to summon you to the headquarters.
We have important matters to discuss."
Lorraine stood up immediately, returned the salute and said: "I understand, I'll go now."
After saying this, he said hello to everyone, then stretched out his hand to pull Catherine up and said, "Okay, if he does something wrong, just hit him twice as punishment to let him know he was wrong."
Catherine snorted coldly, then waved her hand and put Leo aside.
Lorraine turned to look at Leo and saw that his face was full of tears and his little nose was twitching. He looked extremely pitiful. He couldn't help but sigh and thought to himself: Even if you want to fight, you have to estimate your own strength.
You are so powerful. If you fight against Catherine now, aren't you just looking for a beating?
He reached out and took out a handkerchief, handed it over, and said, "Wipe your tears. If nothing happens, come and play with me at the headquarters."
Leo immediately broke into laughter, then picked up a handkerchief and wiped it on his face twice, then picked up the butter that Catherine had just spread for him from the table, put it on the plate and bit the bread randomly.
, while urging: "Go quickly, go quickly..."
Lorraine looked at it and couldn't help but sigh. It would be very difficult for a person to reach this point of his heartlessness~! From this aspect alone, he has the talent to become a great politician.
He took Leo with him, rode a war horse, and quickly arrived at the headquarters that was temporarily converted from the garrison in the city.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a group of officers gathered there, all bent over and looking at the map carefully. The atmosphere was extremely serious and busy.
Lorraine pulled someone over and said, "What happened?"
The man smiled and whispered: "A large group of reconnaissance cavalry sent by the enemy was discovered outside the city."
Lorraine's heart moved and she said, "New troops?"
The man said: "It should be."
At this time, General Wabador asked the scout: "Where is the enemy's scout?"
The scout points out the location on the map.
General Wabador looked at it and said: "Based on this distance, they are still about fifty miles away from Hafs."
When he turned around and saw Lorraine, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Earl, what do you think?"
Lorraine thought for a while and said: "The one who came here so quickly seems to be a team sent from the neighboring province of Sfax."
He thought for a moment, looked at the map, then pulled out a document from the table, opened it, and said: "According to the intelligence we received, Sfax only has about 50,000 regular troops, and it can raise 50,000 during wartime.
There are 80,000 civilian troops. If they can come so quickly, it seems they are regular troops."
General Wabador nodded and said: "Yes, it will take at least a month to recruit 10,000 militiamen. It seems that we must win this war within a month, otherwise if we are delayed, Almohad's
The civilian army can overwhelm us."
The other generals nodded in agreement.
Lorraine said: "The top priority is to destroy the army in front of us, otherwise we will be entangled by flies, and if Almohad comes to support the army one or two times, it will be difficult for us to advance."
General Wabador: "Conducting an armed reconnaissance, we need to find out the enemy's size, combat effectiveness level and marching direction to see if they are coming towards Hafs City, or if they want to intercept us on the way south."
Noila Mo said at this time: "I'll go, General, just the knights under me will do. The speed of the Templar Knights is beyond the reach of any cavalry. With a few mages to cover it, everything will be safe."
General Wabdor said: "Okay, focus on detection. If there are many enemies, retreat back. Safety first. It's not time to fight the enemy desperately."
Lester also said: "I will assign the five most experienced mages to you, and you must protect them."
Noila Mo saluted and said: “Sir, I know what to do.”
Noila Mo took the order and left. General Wabador said to his generals: "Now, strengthen the city defense, strengthen the security in the city, send all the soldiers up, and make complete preparations. Everyone, time is running out, let me tell you
My subordinates must be very alert."
Half a day later, Noila Mo led his team back to Hafs City, and walked into the headquarters with his men covered in dust. The knight behind him dragged the prisoners of Almohad.
Seeing Noila Mo walking in, Lorraine hurriedly asked: "Thank you for your hard work, how is the situation?"
Noila Mo saluted and said: "Sir, judging from the size of the enemy's march, there are about 40,000 to 50,000 people. The march looks like a regular army. The enemy is coming straight towards Hafscheng, which is forty miles away.
We encountered a small group of enemy cavalry on the road. After the battle, we cut down almost half of them, captured a few prisoners, and others escaped. We only had a few minor injuries. The equipment of the enemy cavalry was okay, but their quality was
generally."
Lorraine said with a smile: "The average quality depends on who you compare with. If you can get an average evaluation from the Templars, they are considered elite in the Almohad. It seems that they are the garrison of Sfax."
General Wabdor said: "Well done, Noila Mo, I'll take note of the credit and let your people have a good rest. Take these prisoners down and interrogate them."
Wabador turned to Lorraine and the generals and said: "Everyone understands the basic situation. Let's talk about what to do."
Lorraine said: "It seems that the enemy will probably arrive at Hafs City tomorrow. If they want to attack the city, it will have to be the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. We can either sit back and wait for work, launch a defensive counterattack, wait until their attack on the city is frustrated, and then counterattack, or we can
Fight them directly under the city and rely on our mages to defeat them quickly."
Other generals also nodded in agreement, and some suggested that an army should be ambushed first and surprise the enemy from behind when they attack the city.
General Wabador pondered for a while and said: "Closely monitor the enemy's movements. We wait for them to come. We don't have many troops. If we encounter the enemy head-on, the battle behind will be difficult. The infantrymen go up to the city.
Guards, the cavalry are resting and preparing for battle. Lester, this battle is up to you."
Lester nodded and said: "Don't worry, I still have four hundred mages who are idle. Haha, it will definitely be enough for them."
General Wabador said: "The terrain near Hafs is flat. We have no place to hide an ambush of several thousand people. There is no point in ambushing far away. Unfortunately, we cannot be sure whether the enemy wants to attack the city."
Lorraine said: "Judging from the Almohad military orders we captured, I think the enemy will definitely attack the city." Lorraine said with a smile and said: "At least attack Hafs against the Almohad generals.
It’s a political mission.”
General Wabador thought about it, nodded and said, "Lorraine is right. Organize three thousand cavalry and transport them upstream by the fleet. They will detour back to the enemy's side and act accordingly. We will set off at midnight tonight."
The leader of the Knights Templar stood up to accept the order, and General Wabador said to him: "Don't fight a tough battle with the enemy, we can't afford to lose."
The next day, Lorraine could already see the enemy's forward team on the city wall of Hafs. A cavalry team of several hundred people advanced to a few miles away from Hafs, pointing towards the city of Hafs.
With some instructions, General Wabador sent out a cavalry team from his predecessors. When the enemy saw that the city gate opened and the cavalry ran out, they immediately turned around and retreated.
The cavalry of the punitive army did not pursue them and retreated again.
Soon, a large black shadow appeared on the horizon. Lorraine looked from the city. They were like swarms of ants, covering the originally yellow earth.