In fact, just like most city defenders in this era; perhaps relying on strong city walls, they can achieve impressive results, or show enough tenacity and bravery. But once the city defenses are broken through, morale and
Fighting spirit also ebbs/disintegrates faster.
Especially according to the information provided by the city representatives, the Free Army troops that poured into the city continued to take turns shouting in the streets; after emphasizing that they were only targeting the royalists and the old aristocracy, the resistance of the original city guards became weaker and weaker.
Some people even defected and tried to lead the way.
Therefore, with more and more surrendering city guards leading the way, the Free Army was able to successfully suppress most of the city, searching, killing and capturing at least 3,000 royalist elements. However, it was said afterward that there were still quite a few
The royalists who tried to hide were killed by enthusiastic citizens.
Finally, when the Free Army pacified most of the main city and advanced to the small town in the southwest, they encountered a little trouble. Because the tributary of the Garonne River passed through the city here and surrounded the platform where the small town was located, forming a line with only
Two bridges connect each other, a medium-sized natural water barrier.
The Holy Kingdom army was stationed in a small city on a slightly higher ground on the other side. At the same time, they used lit obstacles to block the passage on the bridge. They also temporarily built several bridges with furniture and vehicles on the shore of the bridge.
He hid behind the echelon fortifications and shot arrows, and repelled many probing attacks.
However, this did not trouble the soldiers of the Free Army; soon a warrant officer had an idea and hoisted the relatively lighter four-pounder cannon in the artillery sequence to the walls on both sides of the small town. He calibrated the shots one by one from a high position.
After reaching the boundary, they began to bombard the fortifications within the range.
The temporary fort built with crude furniture and vehicles can certainly block the shooting of ordinary crossbows and muskets, but it is really not enough when faced with larger and more just punishments. Therefore, as one after another,
The bridgehead was shattered and the temporary defense line collapsed.
Those soldiers of the Holy Kingdom who seemed to be well-trained and skilled in combat could only drag the corpses and wounded of their companions in a hurry and scramble to escape inward. Several people were knocked down by the fire cannons fired from across the river.
After breaking through the obstacle of this riverside defense line, the next battle in the small city will be simple.
Although there are still eight or nine hundred people in the Holy Kingdom Army, divided into three companies, they intend to continue to resist the war. However, the wealthy families and big businessmen's mansions in the small city obviously gave up; they soon
Send someone to secretly point out the possible hiding places of those Holy Kingdom soldiers.
At this time, it was the turn of the grenadier company, which has always been good at urban suppression/demolition work, to start showing off its skills. Carrying boxes of gunpowder cans and incendiary cans, they began to target places and spaces where enemies might be hiding.
to carry out fixed-point blasting and cremation operations.
Therefore, before they blew up the bed or set fire to the eleventh house, they also used a specially made thrower to turn a tower that they were holding on to with all their might into a bright torch that could be seen throughout the city, as well as burning several flying trapezes that fell down.
After that, the remaining Holy Kingdom troops also raised the white flag at their last stronghold.
As the flags of the Tomahawk Knights were seized one after another and discarded in bundles on the ground, Jiang Tian also said to the deputy captain Lisius, who had disheveled hair, covered in blood, and tied his hands behind his back: "What a coincidence, we are so fast
We met again. I am a person who always does what I say, so we met on the battlefield."
The next moment, he suddenly raised his head, with angry eyes and blue veins all over his face. He shouted: "Shameless blasphemer, suffer death!" With a sudden crash, he broke free from the restraints of his hands and flew away.
The soldiers on the left and right rushed towards Jiang Tian who was close to Chi Chi, reaching out to grab the opponent's neck.
However, when Lisius saw the Free Army soldiers standing on the left and right, they instinctively took several steps back and made way for a large enough space. Then, Lisius screamed loudly, but it was lust.
The palms of the opponent's hands that were trying to capture and hold him hostage were crushed, then turned upside down and thrown to the ground.
Hearing continuous clattering sounds, the deputy leader of the Tomahawk Knights was like a rag being scrubbed. His armor and stomach were deformed and cracked, and his mouth and nose were bleeding. He passed out. Then, Jiang Tian let go.
He had already shaken off his twisted arms; he sneered: "Who gave you such confidence?"
However, the other captives of the Knights present watched all this in silence and shock; then a bald, middle-aged armed monk spoke with some difficulty: "It turns out that you are also the inheritor of the ancient bloodline, but
Our leader was told that you gain power through blasphemy."
"That's unreasonable!" Duval, the captain of the cavalry regiment and the commander of the special attack company, shouted angrily: "Shameless slander, a clown who deserves to go to hell! Your Excellency has the oldest and purest blood in the kingdom.
Inheritance doesn’t even come with any cost; how could it be..."
"That's enough..." Jiang Tian waved his hand to interrupt him, then turned to the armed monk with a Mediterranean head and said: "If you know anything else, just tell me; for example, why did you suddenly appear?
In Toulouse, is this the instruction of the Holy Kingdom, or is there someone secretly contacting you?"
However, what was unexpected next was that the bald armed monk named Delan was full of respect and respect in a certain sense for the so-called ancient blood inheritance. Therefore, during the subsequent interrogation,
He confessed almost everything without reservation, just hoping to stay.
In order to get the chance to observe and understand these inherited knights in the Free Army and the awakening of their bloodline; at the same time, he also wanted to witness with his own eyes how the Free Army searched, attacked and eliminated those aliens hidden in the crowd. So he was almost
Answered all questions and answered all questions.
For example, the Tomahawk Knights stationed in Aquitaine, one of the three core territories of the Holy Kingdom, were actually invited by members of the family of the former Grand Crown Lord; they sent deputy commander Lisius to lead a branch to come.
Stand in front and test the waters. Therefore, once you gain a foothold in the local area, you will quickly follow up.
Of course, this seems to involve the complex political structure and current situation within the Holy Kingdom. As a country established by the Holy Knight Roland under the leadership of the Holy Knights of Thorns during the Restoration Movement of the Western Continent, the Holy Kingdom has been a knight from the beginning.
A country where territories and ancient provinces coexist.
As a descendant of the royal family of Saint Laurent, each generation of kings also has the dual attribute of the commander-in-chief of the Grand Knights; therefore, while ruling the administrative officials and royal legions under the classical provincial system, he also serves as the commander-in-chief.
Controls various armed forces composed of territories belonging to the Knights in various places.
Therefore, these knights are equivalent to the common formations between regiments and regiments in the Western Continent; although they follow the orders of the king as the head of the regiment, and recruit and organize into armed forces to follow the expedition or obey the dispatch, they also represent
There are different positions, interests and demands in all kinds of places.
The Tomahawk Knights, whose headquarters is located in the city of Saint Angeli in Aquitaine, is one of them. As one of the dozens of large and small knights in the kingdom, they were not able to join due to certain political factions in the country.
The intervention army organized by the kingdom to support the Burgundian Dynasty in the north.
However, as tens of thousands of intervention troops went to the north, they gained a lot of rights and interests in the kingdom; these knights/border military districts located in the southern border areas were somewhat unable to sit still. Subsequently, the protection treaty signed by the Burgundian Dynasty,
Coupled with the invitation from the royal party, practical action was finally taken.
Therefore, it is not so much that they represent the overall position of the Holy Kingdom, but rather the demands and ideas of the knights of Aquitaine/nobles who stayed in the country. For another example, the Knights of the Tomahawk/Frontier Garrison District now has three jurisdictions:
Each group has three or four regiments, totaling 4,000.
Among them, there are only a few hundred formal and candidate knights, and the others are sergeants and retinues. In addition, there are several knights' territories in nearby areas, which can probably provide a similar number or even slightly more troops.
In each knight order, it is said that there are also several blood inheritances.
Therefore, as a bald armed monk, Delan, after knowing that the Free Army had several (dissatisfied) companies of (new and old) heritage knights, he was simply stunned and speechless for a long time. Therefore, it was determined
After identifying specific enemies and future threats, it's time to clean up the situation.
The first is to arrest the members of the Inquisition who are already notorious and full of public resentment; then, together with the captured royalist armed forces and the urban aristocrats, they will accept complaints from the citizens on the streets and hold public trials. Finally, in
After the parade around the city, street lights were hung up in a formal manner.
Secondly, the survivors of the local committee in Toulouse, as special representatives following the Free Army, went to various cities and towns in the surrounding areas; they announced and exposed the royal party/old aristocracy, betrayal of the country, seducing foreign enemies, perverse practices, and religious structures.
Various criminal evidence and deeds have formed public opinion.
In addition, the news that Toulouse, the largest city in the area, was captured by the Free Army in an instant as soon as they met; also spread with the fleeing defeated soldiers. In the following days, the Free Army took over in one fell swoop with almost no resistance.
, most cities and towns located in the Garonne River Basin.
Even when they saw the flag of the Free Army, whether it was the remaining royalists or the armed forces of other hostile factions, they almost fled from their strongholds/towns. Finally, they gathered to the southwest, where the Haute-Garonne province and neighboring countries
In the Pyrenees province, in the important town of Tarbes/fortress on the border.
And here, another branch of the Tomahawk Knights is also stationed.