Chapter 730 Camp Roar
After the failure of the first joint attack on Lion Harbor with Giles, King Garret III of Collins did not give up the big piece of fat meat in front of him.
While the commander of the Holy See, General Cook, was busy commanding the offensive against Niceburg, Garret III connected with all the forces in the Crusaders who were also coveting the wealth in Lion Harbor. They gradually formed a small group and conspired to take over the small port of the Ordos.
On a morning like any other day, General Cook conducted a routine inspection before the siege. Unexpectedly, he found that a large number of troops were not deployed in the designated area.
The old general was furious. After checking, it turned out that several city-states headed by Collins were not in place.
He had to suppress his anger and did not explode on the spot. He just ordered a suspension of the attack. After all, in the composition of the Crusaders, Collins was the main force second only to the Holy See Expeditionary Force.
Just as he was about to send someone to ask, a subordinate hurriedly reported to him that he had witnessed Collins' army heading towards Lion Harbor.
The whip fell from his hand to the ground. Cook, shocked, instantly recalled Garrett III's strange behavior at yesterday's meeting. He was quite absent-minded when discussing the new attack plan, and his words were extremely perfunctory.
"Damn it! I should have been alert long ago!" Cook regretted, "A bunch of bastards who will only cause trouble for me."
"Quick! Send someone on the fastest horse to stop the group of idiots!"
Following his order, several messengers galloped towards Lion Harbor, raising long smoke and dust all the way.
When they approached, they first heard a rumbling sound, and then saw a shocking scene.
The walls of the Aldo people were not high, which was why Collins' army did not bring large siege equipment-they only carried light ladders.
However, the short wall became a forbidden wall. A strange firearm was deployed on it, spewing flames at the invaders who dared to approach, accompanied by a thunderous roar.
Every time that weapon spitted out, the attackers fell down like being slapped by an invisible big hand. Some died directly, and some lay on the ground wailing. It was really horrible.
The frightened messenger hurriedly rode back to report the situation. As for the Corinthians, as long as they were not stupid, they would not continue to bite the bullet and attack this small city shrouded by the power of the devil.
Cook waited angrily in the tent until Garrett III and his accomplices returned with a group of defeated soldiers.
On the eve of this victory - after all, the most powerful Horn Bay Alliance among the enemies only had a shaky city left - a fierce conflict broke out among the high-level members of the Skitarii.
"You actually provoke the Aldo without obeying the unified command, and you have wasted the opportunity to attack Niceburg. If you were not the king of Corinth, your head would be hanging on the flagpole now."
Cook angrily rebuked Garrett III.
According to etiquette, this is actually inappropriate. After all, no matter how small the area of Collins is, Garrett III is the king of this city-state and wears a crown on his head. But Cook can no longer care about many things.
"Go to your unified command!" Garrett III shook his thick arms and retorted, "If your command is so good, why haven't we held a victory parade on the streets of Niceburg now!"
"Anyway, you shouldn't provoke the Aldo people!"
"I'm short of money! I say it again, I'm short of money! I'm short of a lot of money! The money promised by the Holy See has not arrived yet, so I have to find a way myself!"
Cook looked at the originally noble king in disbelief, shouting like a gangster.
"You! Your Majesty, the King of Collins, lost his honor and faith for money! In fact, I wanted to say it a long time ago. You plundered so much wealth along the way and made the Holy See lose face for you. Aren't you satisfied?" He turned to morally condemn Garrett III.
"Why, does a person who has eaten breakfast not have to eat lunch and dinner?" The king raised his arm and shouted, "Go to your honor, go to your faith! General Cook, please come back to reality. What do you think we are fighting for? For faith? Let me tell you, it's for money! And how do you think we turned defeat into victory and reversed the situation? Let me tell you, it's because I distributed the wealth in the treasury to everyone who can go to the battlefield, which inspired them to fight hard, and then they gained the advantage on the battlefield and pushed back all the way here! It was money, not you, the great General Cook, who brought us victory."
General Cook was angry. He looked at the crazy King Collins. This was completely blasphemous. He even implicitly denied that the victory of the Crusaders was the power of the Father, and tried to explain it with vulgar money.
He drew his sword with extreme patience.
"What do you want to do?"
King Collins was shocked and drew his sword to confront him.
This immediately caused a chaos, and the subordinates of both sides drew their swords, and it seemed that a fight was about to begin.
At the critical moment, it was the local Jiaowan Church that stood up and tried their best to ease the attitudes of both sides.
"Everyone, I just received a good news. Our army in the north has won another victory and will soon approach the city of Eaton, the evil wizard country!"
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"The final victory is coming, and the current difficulties are just a brief darkness before dawn!"
After the representatives of the Corner Church gave an exciting speech in the name of the Heavenly Father, everyone expressed their willingness to work hard to overcome the current difficulties and achieve the final victory first. As long as there is victory, any problem will be solved.
But unfortunately, the blessing of God seems to have ended here. The siege of Niceburg by the Crusaders seems to have been the peak of their great holy war, and then they have been helplessly sliding down.
The conflict at the top was temporarily mediated. After nightfall, the entire military camp fell into silence, and the soldiers fell asleep to accumulate physical strength for the next day's battle.
But just after midnight, at the darkest moment of the night, a small noise came from somewhere in the camp.
It may be a fight between several drunken officers, or it may be that the soldiers who got up at night accidentally overturned the brazier. If it were normal, such trivial matters would be quickly resolved by the patrol officers and soldiers.
But the long-term attack on Niceburg for many days has accumulated a sense of anxiety among the Crusaders, especially for the lower-level soldiers. They have to charge hard during the siege, and face severe punishment after retreating. The terrible casualties and exhausted body and mind are like a mountain oppressing their spirits.
The high-level conflict that just happened has caused rumors to spread and people's hearts are uneasy. The terrible weapons that Collins encountered in Lion Harbor have also been exaggerated.
This small noise at night was not suppressed immediately, but it continued to spread to the entire military camp as if it caused some chemical reaction.
The Crusaders' camp exploded!