Water Margin people

"The pagan flag!"

Bernard pointed at the Qi-character dragon flag and shouted that he had heard of this flag, but he didn't expect it to be planted near them.

"kill!"

When the Vatican guards heard this, they roared with excitement and rushed forward. They were all of noble birth and had been selected to be the Vatican guards since childhood. They lived a life of luxury and were respected by everyone.

But the biggest regret of these people is the lack of opportunities to achieve success. Even in holy wars like the Crusades, they have no way to participate and can only stay in the Vatican forever. But who in this land would offend the Vatican headquarters?

"Stop!"

Bernard shouted. He noticed something was wrong with the village. The village was surrounded by a high wall made of logs and there were also sentry towers for shooting. It was obvious that this defense was built by an expert.

No one paid attention to Bernard's shouts. The overly excited guards only wanted to kill the pagans and gain merit.

"hateful!"

Bernard gritted his teeth and followed. In fact, he didn't want to bring these guards with him, as these noble children were the most difficult to manage. But the Vatican had no other troops.

The horn sounded, and on the sentry towers near the village walls, young men were on guard with bows and crossbows in their hands. At the door, there were a large number of men holding swords, guns and shields, ready to charge at any time.

The Vatican guards sneered when they saw the village's defenses. Although they had no combat experience, as Vatican guards, they were equipped with the best armor and weapons, which were no match for the peasants in the village.

When the bows and crossbows were fired, they hit the guards and only made a "ding ding ding" sound, leaving a series of white marks.

"splash!"

As the guards approached the wall, a large amount of boiling hot water was poured out with a loud roar.

The water penetrated every hole and flowed in through the gaps in the guards' armor.

"what!"

Screams were heard, and the guards in the front were screaming and crying out in pain from the heat. The war horses under their crotch were so burned that their four hooves jumped around in panic, and several guards were thrown off their horses.

The chaos caused the charge to become disrupted, and the guards could only bypass it from the left and right.

The already few guards became even weaker after they were dispersed. They used their spears and knives to chop the logs, but even a strong blow could only cut off a piece of bark.

The villagers in the village kept throwing stones at the guards, causing harm to some of the guards.

"Stupid, come back!"

Bernard saw all this and shouted anxiously. It was impossible to break through the village defense with this kind of fighting method. This was not the way cavalry attacked a city or a stronghold.

Bernard took out the horn and blew it, and the guards who had been attacking for a while calmed down. They knew that it was impossible to break into the village by fighting like this.

After gathering the team, Bernard came outside the patrol.

"We are from the Holy See. Why are you hanging the flag of a cult in your village?"

Bernard shouted towards the village.

"We don't know anyone from the Church. This is the village of the Imperial Church. Get out of here!"

Inside the village, a middle-aged man roared, not giving Bernard any face at all, nor showing any fear of the Vatican's guards.

"Pagans, you are seeking death!"

A guard yelled.

"Humph, if you come again, I promise to kill you!"

The people in the village were also roaring. When the Black Death broke out a few months ago, countless of their relatives and friends died. At that time, they begged the Holy See to save them, but the Holy See turned a blind eye. Only the Imperial Church extended a helping hand and successfully curbed the spread of the Black Death. Now that they had just found hope to survive, the Holy See came back. Now they are unwilling to care about the Holy See anymore.

"The Black Death was spread by that evil cult! You have all been deceived by them!"

Bernard shouted to the men.

"Don't talk nonsense. The Imperial Church is our savior. The Black Death is caused by the extravagance and debauchery of you people in the Church, which angered the gods, so they brought down divine punishment!" The shouts in the village rose again.

"Lord Saint Bernard, there is no need to talk to these pagans. Let's just charge in and kill them all!"

The guards roared in anger. They had never seen pagans before, and now seeing someone so arrogant, they were filled with indignation and wanted to rush forward to show their loyalty.

"Prepare the torches!"

Bernard gave the order, saying that they were all heavily armored cavalry and were few in number, and attacking cities and strongholds was not their forte.

The guards quickly prepared dry firewood and were ready to burn down the village.

The people in the village also took action quickly. The elderly, the weak, women and children held buckets of water and prepared to put out the fire, while the young men wore gloves and prepared to throw away flammable materials, which could also block the enemy.

The guards on the watchtowers were armed with bows and crossbows and stones, ready at any time.

The guards bypassed the heavily guarded areas and tried to set fire from behind the village.

"kill!"

Suddenly, the village gate opened, and civilians wearing chain mail and holding weapons and shields rushed out, hacking and killing the guards in front of them.

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"No, go back."

Bernard was shocked. He didn't expect that the villagers were so brave that they dared to attack their guards.

At this time, there were only a hundred guards guarding the main gate, and the distance was very close, which was not enough to launch a charge.

The civilians had chain mail, shields, swords, axes and hammers, and were obviously heading for the war horses.

"They know how to chop off horses' hooves! There are experienced soldiers among them."

Bernard reacted immediately. Ordinary civilians would not dare to attack cavalry, let alone the well-equipped and oppressive guards.

Although the guards had little combat experience, they saw the purpose of the civilians and waved their spears to stop them.

But the civilians raised their shields to defend themselves, and bent over to swing their swords, axes and hammers to chop at the horses' legs.

The cries of war horses were heard and the entire cavalry formation fell into chaos. The horses ran around in pain and the cavalry could not control them.

"Those behind should push up from both sides!"

Bernard shouted to the rest of the Royal Guards.

The rest of the royal cavalry immediately rushed over from both wings and stabbed the civilians with their spears.

But each of these civilians was protected by a shield, and the cavalry could not do anything to them for a while without the impact force.

The cavalrymen who went to set the fire had just thrown the torches in, but they were immediately thrown out by the villagers. The flames frightened their horses so much that they took several steps back.

"Throw stones!"

The villagers in the village kept throwing stones out. The stones were not big, about the size of a fist. Although they could not hurt the armored knights and horses, the large number of them forced those people to retreat a little.

"You are not ordinary civilians, who are you?"

Bernard shouted at the villagers.

"You don't need to know who we are! You just need to know that this is the village of the Imperial Cult, and outsiders are not allowed to enter!"

A man with a stern look roared.

"No outsiders allowed!"

The rest of the civilians were roaring, their roars were full of determination, and they looked like they were ready to fight to the death.

The Black Death took away too many people. Now, with the help of the Imperial Church, the village has finally become safe. How can they be willing to let outsiders come and destroy this hard-earned peace? (End of this chapter)