Standing on the ruins of the Principality of Aquitaine, Duke Bordeaux, Bodrick, couldn't help but think of the previous turmoil.
Bodrick is already a hundred years old this year. If he hadn't drank the water of the Holy Grail, the old Duke would have been completely aged by now. Even after drinking the water of the Holy Grail and then stepping into the sanctuary, Bodrick began to gradually understand
There is not much interest in internal affairs anymore.
In the previous civil strife, Bodrick himself had always been in a neutral position. He neither sided with Ryan nor chose to join Free Britannia, even if the knights and nobles there started to win over him.
Even though the price was extremely high, the old Duke was unmoved.
He was really a little tired.
But he knew how serious the crisis was this time. Carcassonne had been destroyed, and the Skaven were marching straight into the hinterland of Britannia, and even into the city of Jean in Lane. If the enemy could not be intercepted in the old Aki,
In the Principality of Tan, the disaster caused by the Skaven would greatly weaken the entire Kingdom of Knights, so Bodrick himself decided to lead the attack in person.
The old Duke couldn't help but smile when he thought of this. His son Fedmund gradually matured and had children.
Naturally, there will not be too many Bordeaux troops temporarily mobilized, but thanks to Bordeaux's extremely prosperous urban business environment, high degree of industrialization and the continued expansion of the Poseidon fleet, with just an order from Ryan, Bordeaux immediately formed an army.
An army of 12,000 people marched out of the principality. Although Boderick knew that the number of Skaven was countless, so what? Skaven always rely on numbers to win.
As captain, Bodrick's army was in the center of the line, with Poseidon Knights and Mannann Guards guarding the Duke himself, as well as Bordeleau's Marines and five regiments of Freemen's Infantry, these troops had proven to be durable.
The test, unlike most of the Principality of Brittany, Bordeaux was the first principality to equip artillery. The old Duke looked at his two artillery regiments, with a total of 22 artillery pieces and 4 rocket launchers, and he was still satisfied.
The army on the left was the defeated Vichy army of Juan, Duke of Magritte, with 4,000 men. These troops were composed of the Estalia militia, knights of the three knight orders and a small number of Juan's own personal soldiers.
Bodrick looked down upon this group of Estalians. Due to historical reasons and the pride of having defeated the Armada by the Poseidon Fleet, the Duke of Bordeaux and the Admiral of Brittania believed that the Estalians were all
These bereft dogs without eggs.
The army on the right was the Berlion Army, led by Duke Theodoric, with 3,000 men.
This is also an old cunning guy. As soon as the goddess's belief came into question, the Duke once again started his career of repeated provocations. His attitude towards the Fairy of the Lake, the patron saint of the kingdom, did not deny the goddess' love for Britta.
Although he did not think that nothing happened, in the face of Ryan's speech and orders, Theodoric did not listen to the instructions. He still stayed in the Principality of Belion and monitored every move of the southern country.
From this point of view, Theodoric is competent.
But after losing the lady's faith, this guy's old habits relapsed. He started drinking again, indulged in sex, and hooked up with noble women and even the wives of free people. Duke Theodoric's old problems made him probably
He would never be able to get close to the Holy Grail, but he didn't care.
Things quickly reversed. With the success of Ryan's speech, the first thing Theodoric did was to repent. He immediately responded to Ryan's order and loudly confessed his sins to the goddess. If he wanted to fight,
To show his sincerity, Theodoric did it. Under his horse now hung the heads of five Skaven warlords, Gray Seers or Skaven captains.
Theodoric must fight first and charge forward. Bodrick was surprised by Theodoric's bravery and determination. However, recklessness is not a bad thing for knights in many cases, right?
"Our central army will be responsible for dealing with the enemy's main force." The tactics were very familiar to Bodrick. The naval marshal said to Juan and Theodoric: "Our artillery, musketeers and crossbowmen corps will be with us.
Skaven engagement, our strong shield walls and arrays will be able to handle the Skaven numbers, and when the time is right, the knights charge through the flanks, targeting the Skaven warlord."
"A group charge of knights? This is too obvious." Juan hesitated.
"The Prophets of the Lake God will provide us with thick fog cover." Bo Derek continued: "And the Knights of the Poseidon will assist you, and I will charge with them."
"I understand the Skaven. These rats cannot withstand any setbacks, and our knights will give them the most fatal blow!" Duke Theodoric said excitedly.
Gradually, thick fog began to appear on the plain.
Boderic de Bordeaux, the old Duke of Bordeaux, looked at the battlefield he had chosen. The Principality of Aquitaine was once a very beautiful and fertile place, with crisscrossed fields and prosperous manors.
and noble knights, but everything changed after the Red Duke incident.
Most of the current Principality of Aquitaine has been merged into the Principality of Bordeaux. Most of this place is plain and undefeable, which is very conducive to cavalry charges. Historically, this principality was not easy because it was surrounded.
Facing the invasion of foreign enemies, the knights and nobles here loved internal fighting. They built a large number of castles on the plains. As time passed, most of these castles became ruins.
Perhaps one day, the prosperous Bordeaux will also become ruins?
Bodrick looked at the beautiful scenery in the distance, the pastoral scenery of Aquitaine, and the old Duke could already faintly hear the bells of the Skaven and the very chaotic sound of horns.
Regarding the truth about the Fairy of the Lake, Bo Derek once scolded, regretted, and was upset, but he was probably the Duke who was the fastest to accept the identity of the Fairy of the Lake as an elf god. The reason is very simple. First, he is
The Knight of the Holy Grail is a vested interest. Secondly, he not only believes in the Fairy of the Lake, he also believes in the sea god Mannann.
If one fails, at least there is another.
The old Duke looked at the battlefield and tightened his grip on his Poseidon Trident.
My old friend! We will fight side by side again, thought Lord Bodrick.
The ocean, the trident, and the unique smell of fish and sea.
For the lady, and even more for Brittany and Mannann!
The orders were conveyed like flowing water, the troops were arrayed, the artillery entered the position, the shield wall was formed, and there were also the temporarily recruited free people who were nervous and full of expectations for chess. Although the Poseidon Knight did not fight on the ocean where he was best,
But still gearing up.
"Prepare artillery fire~"
"emission!"
The sound of the first artillery fire spread throughout the battlefield. Duke Bodrick closed his eyes. Such a beautiful place in Aquitaine was about to become a slaughterhouse of flesh and blood. The sound of horns continued to rise and fall, and the emboldened horns and shouts of the Knight Kingdom's army
Overriding the chaotic sounds of the Skaven, hundreds of slave rats made the first wave of attacks, and were then overwhelmed by bows, arrows and artillery.
The armies of both sides began to compete.
Even if they are equipped with muskets, bows and crossbowmen still prove to have their place. The proven Brittanian longbowmen and the crossbowmen group equipped with dwarf hand crossbows have delivered satisfactory results, round after round.
The shots made the slave rats at the front suffer
With the huge casualties, Ict-Claw also noticed, and the chief engineer ordered the soldiers to move forward. However, amidst the overwhelming "yesyes!" and "diedie!", the Skaven's triangular shield coverage was poor.
.
All the Skaven don't care, slave rats are just for giving away.
Duke Bodrick also noticed that the number of slave rats was particularly large, so many that they covered the entire front and continued to advance. The old Duke secretly cursed how many rats were there in the enemy? Then he ordered Juan's Vichy army to press from the left wing.
superior.
Let those Estalians and slave rats be exchanged! The only goal is to defeat the Skaven center! Bodrick judged that only by letting the Skaven taste defeat can the Skaven army be defeated.
Can cause them to collapse one after another.
"Theodoric, Duke of Berleon, is here! My dear grandson of the Rat Man! Your grandfather is here! In the name of a lady, go back to your underground!" Duke Theodoric was the first to initiate.
In order to charge, the brave and fearless Theodoric may be an old pervert, alcoholic, violent and reckless guy, but he is also a brave warrior. Theodoric holds the giant of Balduin, the first Holy Grail companion.
With the axe, he rushes into battle himself and is invincible wherever he goes.
"Where is your courage, descendants of Balduin?"
"We are here!"
"Don't let any rat go!"
"Yes, Your Excellency."
Theodoric's courage greatly improved the morale of the Berlion army. Behind him were dozens of knights from Berlion, two hundred knights' retinues, and the famous group of stupid pig rogues, a thousand people
As soon as the battle started, the army rushed forward and started a life-and-death battle.
"Skavin~yesyes~breakbreak~Skavin~the strongest~the most powerful~"
"We have a lot of rats~a lot of rats~"
"The Horned Rat bless the Skaven, will bless the Skaven, yes, bless~"
On the other side, Ict's Skryrian army is also in high morale. Clan rats and slave rats form a sea of rats. Under the overwhelming force of rats, the Skaven are in high morale. The plague monks raise their filthy weapons.
The flag chants the motto of the Horned Rat, and the engineering wizards activate the terrible war machine. With the will of the Horned Rat, the technology of Ict-Claw and the blessing of the plague, Skaven, what else is terrible?
?Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid!
Duke Theodoric also knew very well that the number of Skaven was huge, so when the war started, his target was the commander on the left wing of the Skaven, the deputy of Ict-Claw, who came from history.
The engineer warlock of the Curry clan, Barequent-Mazquik.
"Cavalry, there are so many cavalry, so many~" Balequint-Mazquick's troops had thousands of clan rats and a larger number of slave rats, but facing Duke Theodoric's personal attack, its troops were a bit
Unable to resist, the soldiers of the Berleon Piggy Rogues followed the Duke and marched forward bravely. Although they and the Duke disliked each other and wanted to die facing each other, but at this time facing foreign enemies, the Berleans still remained
United together.
"Forward! For the sake of the lady and Berleon, and for Britannia!" The stupid pig rogues holding shields, spears, and swords first attacked the weak points of the Skaven army. The number of the Skaven was really overwhelming.
There were so many that the formation was not spread out, and a considerable number of clan rats were blocked behind, and the slave rats often collapsed at the first touch.
Theodoric, Duke of Belion, did not choose to gather the cavalry in one place, but dispersed the cavalry slightly. He personally led the charge with forty cavalry. Theodoric only had one target in his eyes, and that was this Si.
The head of Cavan!
"Damn rat, get out! Your Grandpa Theodoric is here to get your rat head!"
A large row of clan rats set up a spear formation, thousands of them at a time, trying to block Theodoric's charge. The Duke shouted loudly, and he raised the artifact battle ax in his hand, the ax shining with the blessing of the Lake God's Prophet.
The blade swept across, and more than a dozen spears snapped. Theodoric's angry roar made the Skaven nearby feel timid: "Rat, get out!"
"Hmph! Ignorant hairless thing, ignorant!" Rats are rats. Barracund, the Skaven warlord and engineer warlock, has no glory at all. It laughs at the enemy's brainlessness and recklessness, as well as chivalry syndrome.
, I thought to myself, I still have at least ten years to live, how could I trade with a hairless guy like you?
"Poison Wind Grenadier, Poison Wind Mortar, prepare." The engineering warlock waved, and dozens of Poison Wind Grenadier and three weapons teams' Poison Wind Mortars stepped forward, firing dozens of poisonous wind mortars filled with plague.
Balls and cannonballs fired.
Duke Theodoric had to order his army to retreat temporarily in order to avoid the poisonous gas. The Berlion army threw away more than a hundred corpses and gave up the attack in some confusion.
"Hahahaha~" The engineering warlock loudly laughed at the incompetence and fragility of human beings, not caring that it had lost at least 1,500 ratmen, and at least 500 ratmen were poisoned to death by its own poisonous gas.
"Bah!" Duke Theodoric spat: "Shameless people, rats are rats."
"Your Majesty the Duke, what shall we do now?" his valet shouted.
"It's okay. We are already prepared. Your Majesty has reminded us that the poisonous gas of the Skaven is very powerful." Duke Theodoric raised his artifact battle ax.
After the military formation, the two Lake God prophets cast spells together, and a blast of wind gathered under their control. The unclean wind blew the Skaven poisonous gas and plague directly towards the Skaven military formation.
The left wing of the ratmen suddenly collapsed. The slave rats and clan rats howled to avoid the oncoming poisonous wind, and the formation became chaotic.
"Reform! Attack again." Duke Theodoric charged again.
At this time, the engineer warlock Barequint began to realize that something was wrong. In addition to the sound of horse hooves from Duke Theodoric's team of knights, there was another team of knights rushing towards where it was.
The leader is the Holy Grail Knight of Carcassonne, Sir Armanric de Gadelon.
This old Holy Grail is a strong man in the Holy Realm. Even in southern Britannia, there are very few Holy Grail knights who are as tall, strong, mighty and full of confidence in the goddess. Carcassonne was destroyed, but he is still
There is still a chance for revenge.
"Send the Stormvermin Legion and the Lift Team to support Balequint."
"Tristan, send two teams of Poseidon Knights to defeat Skaven's left wing."
The two orders were issued almost simultaneously.
Bodrick and Ictor both decided that the confrontation between the Berlion army and the Skaven left army would be the key to this war.