Chapter 303

In the southern Fougeres region, the anti-rebellion army led by Princess Catherine of the Kingdom of Aldo confronted the rebel army of Greedy Wolf Giles.

The main force of the Kingdom's army arrived at the Thorn Fortress in March and joined the garrison there. Catherine immediately launched an attack on the army under the command of the rebel general Samar, and won victory after victory with the advantage in numbers.

The situation in the Thorn Fortress area was reversed, and the Kingdom's army surrounded Samar's rebels in turn.

At the critical time, Scott and other wizards who accompanied the army played a role again. They used enchantments and drugs to organize a death squad and fought hard to attack the weak points of the Royal Army. After breaking through, the death squad took on the task of covering the main army's retreat to the south.

After losing about one-fifth of his troops, Samar led his army to retreat to the Fougeres area, joined forces with the main rebel force that came to the north to support, and blocked the Kingdom's army from continuing to move south.

Grand Duke Giles has swept away all the forces that disobeyed him in the southern border, and can finally turn his attention to the north.

The size of the royal army is about 50,000, and the rebel army has more than 40,000. Although the difference is not very large, the royal army's weapons and equipment are better than the other side, especially the troops directly under the royal family, almost everyone wears armor. The number of knights in the royal army is much greater than that of the rebels.

However, judging from the actual results of the battle, the combat effectiveness of the rebels is actually on par with that of the royal army.

In the eyes of many veterans under the princess, many unreasonable things have happened to the rebels, which are reflected in the following aspects:

Super strong reconnaissance ability. When the troops enter the battlefield, if there is no shelter such as trees, they are always detected by the enemy first and the battle formation is arranged in advance.

Incredible protection ability. The protection of a wallet is comparable to that of metal armor. Did the rebels master super advanced manufacturing technology?

Extraordinary fighting fanaticism, that is really fanaticism. They don't care about their lives when fighting. The paladins in the church can't do this with the protection of faith. Fortunately, these crazy people had extremely poor discipline and had no idea what cooperation meant. They only knew how to charge and fight. Could it be the barbarian soldiers recruited by Giles? Some people have observed that these bloodthirsty maniacs often do not distinguish between friend and foe when fighting.

The last difficult thing to deal with is the longbow. There are a large number of longbowmen serving in Giles's troops. After the battle began, arrows rained down, making the royal army miserable.

The only thing that the kingdom's army can have an overwhelming advantage over the rebels is the cavalry, or more accurately, the knight team.

In addition to the knights directly under the royal family, there are also a large number of noble children from the northern lords. Thanks to their good family background, they have practiced martial arts since childhood, are skilled in archery and horse riding, and have their own weapons and armor. After a little running-in, they have formed a powerful cavalry team. Since the rebellion in the south broke out, countless noble knights who are eager to stand out have joined Catherine's army. They use lances and swords to accumulate fame and wealth for themselves.

Of course, it would be even better if you could capture the heart of Her Royal Highness the Princess while becoming famous.

Before June, the two sides fought a seesaw battle in the Fougeres region. Today I attacked while you defended, and tomorrow I defended while you attacked, with each side winning and losing. After entering June, the rainfall in the south increased sharply, and the number of battles also decreased significantly.

Fortaleza is a transportation hub city in the Fougeres region, and Catherine set up her headquarters here.

Today is another rainy day, and the whole city is shrouded in drizzling rain.

Catherine had just finished a dinner with the generals. When everyone dispersed, several senior officers in the army consciously stayed. According to convention, if there is no special arrangement, the next time will be for them to discuss the war situation with the princess.

Everyone followed Catherine out of the hall to a smaller room.

The most important topic was of course the Giles Rebellion that was just around the corner. Since the attack and defense of Thorn Fortress, the high-ranking officials of the Kingdom Army have noticed many strange things in the rebels. After contacting Giles' main force, they found that these unusual things directly affected the success or failure of the war.

"Perhaps there is some mysterious power helping Giles."

Duke Dodge spread his hands helplessly.

Catherine frowned. She couldn't help but think of the fire that turned the grain warehouse in the capital into ashes last year. The various intelligence found at that time was also puzzling.

And according to the confession of the captives, there are indeed mysterious people in Giles' army, called "priests", who can pray to the gods to give soldiers extraordinary power.

This can't help but remind people of the legendary wizard.

The whispering voices of the participants sounded, and a strange atmosphere spread in the conference room. Although reason told them not to think too much, everyone grew up listening to all kinds of strange stories about wizards.

At the meeting, Klein encouraged everyone present: "So far, we haven't encountered any unsolvable problems. No matter how frantically the enemy soldiers fight, they will be stabbed to death by swords and guns. No matter how strong their protection is, it can't stop the damage from blunt weapons. As long as we don't lose our composure and use reasonable tactics, we can defeat them with our advantage in numbers. The only thing that is difficult to deal with is the longbowmen. Giles has obviously been planning the rebellion for a long time. He has trained a large number of longbowmen among the people, and they can be directly pulled to the battlefield when the war breaks out."

This is indeed a head-scratching question. In the rainy environment of the south, the power of the cavalry is very limited on the soft ground. When the knights struggle to move forward in the mud, the longbowmen can unscrupulously shoot out arrows to harvest lives. .

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While everyone was talking about it, the female knight Aofina made a suggestion: the lords of the northwest bay used two unheard of powerful weapons in the dispute-thunder hammer and fire crossbow. Among them, the thunder hammer was extremely powerful. Being able to kill and injure enemies from a mile away sounds like the nemesis of longbowmen. Can this weapon be purchased in large quantities in the name of the kingdom's army to restrain the longbowmen of the rebels?

Ofina had been in the royal capital raising food and recruiting soldiers for the army going south. At the same time, she was entrusted by Catherine with the task of monitoring the situation in the Northwest Gulf - mainly to protect her sister who had run away from home, so she was more concerned about certain situations in the Northwest Gulf. learn.

Most people were shaking their heads at Aofina's suggestion. Do those rural lords in the Northwest Bay who have never seen the world know what war is? When the Jingyao was recovered, the northwest lords also led troops to participate. Their common image was blind arrogance, poor equipment, and lack of discipline.

Of course, there are also some good generals and troops among them, such as Baron Andrew from Bailding and Viscount Jaais from Emden. Their military qualities and the troops under their command are very good. Baron Andrew's outstanding performance was also commended by Her Royal Highness Catherine. However, one cannot be regarded as a general rule. They can be said to be rare among the northwest lords, and the army under their command can only be said to be short and capable.

In the minds of most of the top brass of the Kingdom's military, the [Usurper War] that broke out in the Northwest Gulf at the beginning of the year was nothing more than a group of farmers engaging in armed fighting. Maybe someone with a great imagination invents a few weird weapons, kills a few more people, and then is praised as miraculous and invincible.