But no matter what, with the death of this strange beast in public, it also announced the demise of the last large-scale royalist force in the south; and the city of Montpellier, which was suffering and full of ruins, also ushered in a new chapter.
.The next step is how to rebuild and restore this commercial town.
The Marquis de Sade still didn't find it, but he found a secret passage with traces of beatings in the tomb area under the church; it led all the way to a certain dyeing workshop in the shanty town of the outer city. Then, with traces of some residual energy contamination,
Several gold and silver artifacts buried in the corral were found.
In addition, because no one was alive, we could only infer after the fact based on the traces and evidence at the search site. At the last moment, these fanatical believers/royalists called the Crusaders directly drank some kind of alien extracted alcohol.
The filthy blood causes the whole body to be polluted;
Therefore, under a certain kind of despair and fanaticism, side effects such as mental madness, physical deformation and loss of pain appeared. A small number of them were directly injected with dirty blood and achieved further transformation, but this also allowed their animalistic instincts to
He completely overpowered his reason and turned into a crocodile.
In fact, this strange beast that has been hidden in the cathedral was an important basis for the Royal Party to conquer the city of Montpellier; it was also the main pillar for the Crusaders to maintain their fanatical spiritual beliefs for a long time; it was known as
"Fafnigo" means the dragon that rolls around the earth.
What follows is a months-long public display/pilgrimage and four-way tour to witness and promote the martial arts and dominance of the Free Army. Therefore, after the Free Army settled the new immigrants and finally evacuated the city of Montpellier
, but there were several more specially formed companies.
Unexpectedly, this was a plan devised by Brother Teresa from the Holy Kingdom and the congenial priest Father Lacha who came together to target the current ideological reform and subsequent punishment policies for those prisoners of the royal party.
A special product called the Redemption Company.
In other words, not all of the prisoners accumulated after various wars will be sentenced to death or to long-term punitive labor after the process of exposing their crimes and public trials; there are still some who have been brought here under duress and have not had time to do so.
Members who do evil or have relatively minor behaviors.
In this case, it was not appropriate to put them back directly. So they came up with a plan, which was to try to brainwash these people with repentance, form several special redemption companies, and use their sacrifices and performance on the battlefield.
, to atone for past mistakes.
As long as they can survive three battles, it means that God's mercy and favor have not completely abandoned them; they can naturally obtain personal freedom. Then, whether they choose to return to their hometown or continue to join the Free Army to receive salary
It will be all right.
Although Jiang Tian felt that this strategy seemed a bit familiar, after careful consideration, he still approved the preliminary pilot. However, under the leadership of these atonement companies who fell into another kind of fanaticism, they subsequently pacified the Hérault province.
The process was surprisingly smooth.
They stormed every stronghold and fortress with almost unnecessary casualties. Therefore, in a short period of time, the Free Army was able to sweep through most of the cities and towns in the province; they rebuilt local garrison companies, security patrols, and junior local courts; and appointed
A large number of mayors and town officials gathered.
In the end, only part of the Sardinian army/Carrilla regiment in the city of Saumiere in the north was left. However, as the Free Army marched north, they received a report from the Duval Cavalry Corps from another route; saying that it was them
On the way to join them, they encountered the Sardinians heading south.
As a result, in the encounter in the city of Ganges, Duval's leading cavalry defeated at least six or seven Sardinian naval combat companies; it also thwarted their intention to enter the Ode province. Therefore, when the main force of the Free Army arrived in Sordin,
Near Miel, I also met a Sardinian messenger.
The commander-in-chief of the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, in a letter sent privately, made a surprising suggestion. He hoped to pay half a million Ecu in exchange for the Free Army to release the blockade of the roads along the way, so that the remaining Sardinians could
Conditions for the troops to embark on board ships at the port of Sète and withdraw safely from the country.
In response to this, Jiang Tian just smiled after showing it in public; then he said to the messenger: "Let him wash his neck and wait for me to chop it off. As a foreign invading army that supports the royal party, he has caused many problems for the subjects of the kingdom."
After suffering, do you still think you can escape punishment?"
However, when the 30,000 main force led by Jiang Tian and the 8,000 troops of the Duval Corps successfully joined forces from the south to the north, and surrounded and blockaded the fortress of Saumiere, they encountered the Sardinian messenger again.
This time they are willing to hand over equipment, food and fodder in exchange for complete conditions for returning to China.
But Jiang Gao still refused, and began to build forts one after another around the fortress of Saumiere. So that night, the Sardinian troops in the fort began to break out from the three city gates; however, this time
However, they encountered new equipment put into battle by the Free Army.
It is a primary wire barrier made of three strands of hot-drawn thick iron wire. It is usually wrapped with wooden sticks at both ends, and a pack horse can carry two large bundles with special equipment. After it is completely unfolded, it can be laid out into
A hook-and-thorn defense line that is twenty to thirty meters wide and nearly one meter high;
Then you can hang bells and empty tin cans to act as a triggering sound alarm in a sense. So these are these inconspicuous sections of interlaced wire barriers hidden in the night; they eventually became the Sardinians' full-scale breakout.
Unexpected catastrophes and death traps.
The soldiers of the Free Army who were awakened at night did not even need the guidance of visible targets. They shot directly at the dark place where the screams came from; they always gained something. Then they threw explosives and incendiary cans, and it was revealed.
The enemies hanging on the barbed wire were struggling and screaming.
Therefore, after daybreak, enemy corpses were piled up in layers on the criss-crossing barbed wire fences like moths flying into the flames. This shocked both the enemy and ourselves. I really didn’t expect that this kind of look was very crude.
The equipment can actually produce such great results.
In the end, when several redemption companies who had been armed in front of the battle rushed to the fortress of Saumières without hesitation, they did not encounter much resistance. Then the gate of the fort inside the fortress opened on its own initiative, and the gray-haired Sardinian Corps deputy general,
He led a group of defeated soldiers and presented his sword.
Since then, three of the four main forces of the Northern Italy/Ciro coalition that invaded the southern part of the kingdom have been destroyed; only the Duke of Verona army, which is on the front line of Lyon in the north but has been harassed from the rear, is left. The Free Army controls
The provinces in the southwest and southeast are also geographically connected.
Although, in some marginal areas, there may still be some stragglers and sporadic strongholds left, and there is no need for the battle-hardened main force of the Free Army to kill the chicken. It can be completely handed over to the newly formed provincial garrison, which is full of strongholds.
The military training nature was gradually cleared and cleared.
However, the impact of the defeat of the Holy Kingdom army finally spread in ripples. This is not like the Northern Italy/Siro coalition forces that have always fought independently; it is one of the powerful countries that can influence and interfere with the situation in the Western Continent. Therefore, in
On the way back to the army, various messengers and news came one after another.
For example, the messenger from the Rhone region/province in the north, the Grand Governor of Lyon, directly promised that as long as the Free Army was willing to provide military support or take corresponding measures to contain the Verona army on the northern front,
The position of deputy can be directly awarded.
There was also a more unexpected letter from Elder Faria, the current dean of the Saint-in-Liya Hospice in Toulouse. He made a suggestion on behalf of the local church and asked Jiang Tian if he could consider marrying a female descendant of the Grand Duke of Languedoc.
, or take her as your lover.
This is because the last Grand Duke of Languedoc, who fought hard to resist the Albigey Crusade until the very end, was one of the few nobles in the kingdom who did not exploit his subjects exhaustively. He was also good at developing the local economy, encouraging commerce, and advocating religion.
A tolerant and enlightened ruler.
Therefore, against the backdrop of the perverse behavior of the feudal nobles, there was always a voice of nostalgia and sympathy among the people. Therefore, even after many years, there were occasionally rebels under the banner of the Languedoc family who came out to seek help from the royal family.
A little trouble, a little trouble...
Of course, behind this suggestion, there are actually more political demands; that is, which region will be the center of rule and development focus of the Free Army that is currently in full swing? Among them, the real ones with competitive intentions are only Toulouse and Prolet.
Just Swan.
However, this also reminded Jiang Tian that after integrating the spheres of influence of the southern provinces, it was time to formally establish a legitimate political system instead of relying on and continuing to use the so-called southern government under the name of the overturned former charter government.