Chapter 284 Received 50 Dinars from the Church
The pale white sunlight penetrates the black mountains and absorbs the evaporating water vapor from the soil.

Thick, sticky black smoke intertwined with the sunlight, rising from the half-wheel frame, emitting the smell of rust and coke.

The corpse collector drove the horse-drawn carriage and threw the heavy corpses into the carriage.

The creaking sound of the wheel spokes matched the caws of the crows that were perched on the carcass, gnawing at the rotten flesh.

Occasionally, the carriage would be bumped by rocks and a corpse would be shaken violently or even roll off.

In front of the castle between the mountains, the ground was covered with broken arrows and iron filings.

Standing on the hillside, with his arm in a sling, Besser chewed some foxtail grass and stared blankly at the devastated post-war scene.

"What are you looking at?" Lannes, with a bandage on his forehead, walked over leading the horse.

"I still can't believe it... We actually defeated the Knights of the Imperial Order."

Lannes punched Besser in the chest: "You are so sad, you want to be a poet?"

"Can't you see I'm injured? Stop knocking and hitting me."

Lannes and Besser were both extremely rare officers in the Cold Spring Army who were not mountain knights.

Lannes was born into a family of stablemen and was an apprentice to a dyer before joining the army.

After the flood, he was driven out by the merchants. He first served as a chariot soldier and later as a sword and shield soldier. Because of his bravery in combat, he was promoted to a sergeant of the mountain knights.

Besser was slightly better off. He was born into a barber's family and was relatively wealthy. Later, he followed a mountain knight as a foot soldier.

However, this mountain knight died in the battle, and by some strange coincidence, Besser took his place and became the cavalry captain.

The two men were from similar classes and were both from Upper Ruifu, so naturally they gradually became friends.

"Yesterday's battle was too dangerous." Sitting under the lime tree, Besser stroked the wet grass and watched Lannes tie the horse to the post.

Besser sat down next to Lannes and took a sip of the potato root wine. "If it weren't for His Highness leading the Grey Knights to kill through the enemy camp and capture the damn Knight of the Fang, we would probably still be on the run now."

Recalling yesterday's scene, both of them couldn't help sighing.

Around the end of February, the sharp-toothed knight Arman arrived at the fort with two companies of orders.

The two sides were in a stalemate for more than ten days. The Swift-Tooth Knight, whose patience had been exhausted by the chariot forts and longbowmen, could no longer endure it and launched a charge with two imperial orders.

Several of the iron-walled fortresses were knocked over on the spot by the charging Imperial Order Knights.

Although Meliati's improved version of the Dunjar Phalanx was a fully armored infantry with an extraordinary rate of over 80%, it was still no match for the Imperial Order Knights who were too aggressive and had too much endurance.

They changed horses continuously and charged back and forth nearly twenty times, from morning to afternoon, which broke the willpower of the mountain riders.

With 20 of their own men killed and nearly 30 casualties, the two command companies almost destroyed a large phalanx of 6000 mountain knights.

It was at this time that Grand Duke Meliati personally led the Royal Guard Cavalry, defeated the Lingya Knight's troops, and began to pursue Lingya Knight himself.

This action directly forced another company of imperial orders, which had originally run out of the square formation, to run back and forth to rescue.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the officers of Cold Spring Fort, including Lannes, stabilized the formation of the phalanx and even launched a counterattack.

Led by three titled knights, the mountain knights began to fight back, successfully defeating and crippling two companies of imperial orders.

It's a pity that in the end, the sharp-toothed knight Arman escaped with two broken companies of imperial orders.

"I heard that we counted the bodies of 92 Knights of the Order?"

"That's about right. 92 Imperial Knights. Just thinking about the Kingdom of Leia having 4200 Imperial Knights makes me dizzy."

"The mountain road here is so narrow that 4200 knights of the imperial decree cannot make it through." Lannes took a sip of wine and comforted him.

Besser spat out the dogtail grass and said, "What should we do next? Advance or defend?" "What's the next step?" Lannes looked up at the tower of the Longfort not far away. "That's something Her Highness Meliati should think about. We just need to obey her orders."

Inside the tower of the Changfeng Fort, looking through the narrow window, a tall figure was sitting in front of a brazier emitting a dark red light, reading a briefing.

Leaning on the soft wolf-skin throne, the delicate and tender face under the iron mask sometimes frowned and sometimes smiled.

It’s a pity that other people can’t see this beautiful face.

"An entire command company, wiped out."

The Black Horse Knight Herman shook the briefing in his hand: "None of the 100 Imperial Order Knights escaped, only 10 Square Banner Knights escaped, and only about 20 Squire Knights escaped.

350个王宪骑士直接被吓跑，从2月20日到今天3月10日，20天拿下贞德堡……

To be honest, I thought I was reading a joke book. We have used the magic crossbow before, so how could it be so powerful?"

Intelligence Chief Fili shook his head: "It's too late to verify the accuracy of the intelligence, but at least the evidence sent from Rapid City is very clear, with both witnesses and physical evidence."

"It's unbelievable, a group of farmers..." Herman shook his head and put the briefing on the table.

He still couldn't believe how much effort they had put in and how many years of preparation they had spent to narrowly defeat the two Imperial Order Companies. It wasn't even a complete annihilation, but a defeat.

It took only half a year for those farmers to start the rebellion in September last year and take over half of the prosperous Langsand County today.

In the blink of an eye, the peasants who were performing magic tricks at that time wiped out an entire company of imperial commanders.

It was even seven days earlier than Meliati, and the results were greater and more widely known. When people mentioned the defeat of the Imperial Order Company, their first impression was the Savior Army.

Herman couldn't accept it.

Gray Horse Knight Wayne stared at Meliati's iron mask. He always felt that something was wrong with Meliati today.

"No matter what, he is on our side." Sitting up straight, Meliati put down the briefing, her red eyes flashing with the flames of a brazier. "It would be a good thing to cause trouble for the church. Instead of thinking about other people's business, we should think about our own business."

After hearing Meliati's speech, all the senior military and political leaders of Lengquan Castle stood at attention, waiting for Meliati's speech.

“Our army has won a small victory, with more than 300 casualties and nearly a thousand seriously or lightly injured. The situation is not too bad.

We have destroyed half of the enemy's troops. Although they are unable to fight in the field, it is not a problem for them to defend Gaobao City with their city walls."

Meliati stroked the golden skull scepter in her hand, her voice cold and indifferent.

“Now if we want to revitalize the entire battle situation in the Thousand River Valley, we can either break through Riverford and join up with Catherine in Rapid City, or break through Mound County and join up with the two mountain counties in the south.

Otherwise, we would be alone and sandwiched between Upper River County and Mound County on the church side, unable to mobilize all our forces and instead would be exhausted from fighting on two fronts.

Continue to attack westwards and pursue the Imperial Order Company, or attack southwards and attack Mound County. Tell us what you think. "

"In my opinion..."

"fart!"

"I didn't even tell you what it was? You're just talking nonsense? I think you took 50 dinars from the church and that's why you're looking for trouble everywhere!"

With her elbows on the armrest, Meliati tilted her head, supported her cheek with her palm, and watched and listened indifferently.

As evening approached, the stone room became increasingly gloomy. As Meliati listened, her mind wandered to who knows where.

After this battle, the Salvation Army finally made a name for itself and was included on the church's list.

If Rapid City hadn't been at the forefront, I'm afraid the church's army would have rushed out in a rage, right?
Calculating the time, the Norse knights he sent out should arrive soon. He had originally thought of providing some help to Horn, but now it seems that it is not necessary.

Looking at the middle-aged and elderly men in front of her who were about to stick their tongues in each other's faces, somehow, Meliati suddenly missed the clockwork frog.

(End of this chapter)