Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 195
Following Herme's command, the Aedirian army immediately began to move.

After Anglin's victory, many low-level soldiers were actually ready to take action.

Especially the soldiers who had followed Hemei's achievements in the Second Northern War, they were eager to start the counterattack immediately.

In the Second Northern War, every victory Heme won meant that they kept advancing.

And now I heard that the Nilfgaardians are in a mess. If we don't take advantage of such an opportunity, it will be difficult to find it again.

Therefore, many soldiers were very anxious for a time.

But now, the order to counterattack finally came, so the Aedianites took action.

The Aedian people's main attack direction is Anglin. After all, there are a large number of Aedian troops gathered here, and there is also the assistance of the Livias.

And Elland's offensive was not small. In order to achieve the effectiveness of the offensive, the Lord Protector also specially recruited some new troops.

With the help of the Mahakam dwarves, the surviving Temerian remnants also began to take action. John Natalis took out all the troops he could still control and joined the counterattack.

Among these attacks, the most eye-catching one is Ireland's side.

However, what makes Elland's offensive eye-catching is that the Lord Protector chose to go this way.

Wherever the Protector appears, that's where the main attack direction will be. This is basically a stereotype.

But this time, Herme was actually here to act as a smoke bomb, and the reason he came to Elland was more because he wanted to get news from Vizima as soon as possible.

Heme now travels to Elland, an important city in northwest Temeria.

He did not choose to enter the city. The city on the front line was a mixed bag, and Hemei was unwilling to enter such a chaotic place.

After all, Nilfgaard's assassins have always been famous, and he was assassinated by Nilfgaardians back then.

Although the protector of the country always has a small army by his side as a guard, he does not want to make his defense work more difficult.

Therefore, he was stationed at the Meliteli Monastery outside the city.

This famous monastery in Meriteri's faith was severely damaged during the Nilfgaardian occupation. Almost all the statues were destroyed, and the monastery itself became dilapidated.

But after the Ardainites arrived, the priests of Meriteri returned and began to rebuild their monastery.

If there is no stone carving, then use wood carving. If the monastery is broken, then use wooden boards to repair it first. What should I do if there is no food?Then grow food.

Many refugees who had been cared for by the priests also came to the monastery. With their joint efforts, the monastery regained its vitality, and the refugees also built their own houses near the monastery.

If this continues, it won't be long before a new settlement or even a town will be formed with this monastery as its center.

Herme sighed when she looked at the current appearance of the monastery.

This monastery is the place where the story of the witcher begins. Herme once paid attention to its information and knew about the destruction it suffered at the hands of the Nilfgaardians.

But now, it is radiating new life so quickly.

After walking past the ubiquitous guards, Herme came to the main prayer room of Meliteli Monastery. This is a very large room that can usually accommodate many monks and civilians to pray here.

In front of Hermey was a huge window carved into the shape of flowers. Unfortunately, the stained glass above had been smashed, but the warm sunlight poured in and fell on the wooden statue of the trinity of the goddess Meritele, which was still quite charming. Of divine aura.

Subconsciously, Herme prayed before this god who looked after women.

As the favored one of Cliff, Herme knows best that the northern gods have power.

Even if they don't interfere rashly in the world, they must maintain a respectful attitude toward them.

Especially for Herme, his identity represents Cliff's will to a certain extent. As Cliff's favored person, it is appropriate to show respect to the northern gods.

Hemei prayed that his wife's delivery would go smoothly, that his family would be happy, and that his little secret would not be discovered.

Of course, our Lord Protector did not come here just to pray.

Actually, it's more important to talk to a person here.

"Aunt Nannick, nice to meet you."

The old nanny Nannik, wearing the blue robe of Priest Meliteli, came to Herme's side.

"May the goddess Meriteri bless you, Lord Heme."

Nannik gave the customary blessing, and Herme bowed slightly to the respected old nun.
"Nice to meet you, Mammy."

Looking at the old man, Herme was filled with emotion. He knew very well what kind of relationship the old man in front of him had with Geralt.

To a certain extent, this old man plays the role of Geralt's mother.

"The favored ones of Cliff came to Meliteli's monastery, presumably not just to pray to the goddess Meliteli."

Nannick was polite, but her tone was very direct.

The Lord Protector of Aden has never been a person known for his piety. Even as a favored person of Cliff, he prefers to emphasize his identity as the Lord Protector of Aden.

When it comes to worshiping gods, he is undoubtedly slack, and it can be said that it is just a formality.

However, this information requires careful observation, and because of Cliff's favor, everyone regards Herme as a devout Cliff believer. It is still difficult to obtain this information.

"It's true that I'm not just here to pray."

Hemei said very simply,
"I'm here for the establishment of the church in the north."

Northern Church, Nannick chewed on this word. He could feel that this word represented some earth-shaking changes in the future.

"Collect and organize the northern gods and include them into the northern pantheon, and various churches will become part of the northern church and accept unified certification and unification from the government Jurisdiction. Of course, the religions of each church will be respected, but they must be under the jurisdiction of a central center."

Hemei's words were very brief, but they caused huge waves in Nannick's heart.

The church of Goddess Melitelli has never had an organizational structure or a subordinate relationship, but none of this means that the church has no authority.

Nannick is just such an authority in Meritelli's church. Her advanced age makes her unrivaled in terms of seniority.

And with so many achievements and fame, no one dares to challenge her status.

If Nannik chooses to side with Aedirn and accepts the canonization and command from Aedirn, it will undoubtedly make the Meriteri Church turn to Herme.

And this is what she doesn't want to see.

Nannick is also someone who doesn't want to have too much to do with politics, which is also the purpose of Meritelli's church.

It's just a pity that, unlike the demon hunters of Xianyun Yehe, as settled residents, they still cannot escape the hands of state power.

In the past, they could rely on their transcendent status and prestige among the people to be independent from politics to a certain extent, but even so, they still had to obey the dispatch of the country and take the initiative to send manpower and financial resources when the country needed it.

But now, with the drastic changes in the north, it is obvious that the previous routine is no longer enough, and the new rulers of the north obviously want more.

Nannick knew that something like this had happened in Redania, where Radovid's army directly forcibly took away the wealth from Meriteli Church.

Now it seems that something like this is going to happen again, but to be honest, if you just take money, it will be fine. After so many years, who has not experienced a greedy ruler.

But the Lord Protector of Aedirn in front of him obviously wanted more.

"Of course, not now."

Hermey continued, with a smile on her face that looked like she was playing a prank.

"Now it's just a matter of spreading the news, Sister Nannick, I know that it is impossible to do such a thing before the north is truly unified, but after the north is unified, everything will be possible."

Herme openly expressed his future ambitions, and Nennick was not surprised.

The talk about the "two days of glory" has long been circulated, and now everyone can see that Aedirn and Redania will definitely go to war after driving away the Nilfgaardians to determine the true ruler of the north. .

"Then why are you telling me this?"

Nannick asked. She was an old man who had seen a lot of things. It was not like she had never seen what she wanted to do to their church.

The Lord Protector of Aedirn must be planning something when he says this here. "I won't make things difficult for you, and you won't make things difficult for us when the time comes, Sister Nannick, this is what I mean."

After saying this, Hemei looked into the eyes of this old nanny.

And since the words have been spoken so clearly, how could Nannick not understand what Hermey meant?

She was also relieved that Hermey was not going to embarrass them, just as he said.

"Yeah, no embarrassment, we hardly embarrass each other."

The two people reached a tacit consensus in this way, and then they said goodbye after exchanging customary greetings.

The Church of the North, the Pantheon of the North, this is Herme's vision for northern religion in the future.

For these various churches in the north, Hermei has only one need for them in the final analysis.

That is maintaining stability.

And so many chaotic churches are obviously unable to meet the government's need to maintain stability, and it is easy to offend others by promoting one.

Then integrate them all and draw them into one system. This can also avoid the waste of resources caused by too many churches. More importantly, it will give the country a stability maintenance machine.

Of course, the Protector of the Country is also very aware that this is a long and arduous task.

But, after this war is over, he has plenty of time.

After leaving the Lord's Prayer Room, the guards and Virangs immediately surrounded Heme.

To be honest, at the beginning, Hemei still subconsciously felt uncomfortable facing such three layers of protection.

But now, he is very accustomed to these.

Then, the Protector received important information from the front line. After reading this, a smile appeared on the Protector's face.

"As expected, Radovid has begun to attack Vizima. I can't miss such a thing."

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Now that the Aedirnians have begun their attack, the Redanians will naturally not miss this opportunity.

On the wide front of the Pontar River, the Redanian army launched a full-scale offensive with the help of the Kevir fleet.

More than [-] Redanian troops were thrown across the Pontar River in a very short period of time, making all military commentators marvel at the current Redanian army.

In the hands of Radovid, this army is indeed getting stronger and stronger.

As most northerners expected, the Nilfgaardian army on the front line continued to retreat in such a grand offensive, showing itself to be extremely vulnerable.

However, during the period when Radovid continued to expand its occupation area, some less harmonious things happened.

When the Redanian army marched to Hydaris, they naturally received help from the local Temerian remnant army, which greatly helped their expansion in this area.

However, while using these remnants of the army, Radovid ordered more Redanian troops to enter the area controlled by the remnants of the army. Then the Redanians suddenly launched an attack and took control of the remnants of the army.

If you are willing to become a Redanian army, you can change your clothes and become a Redanian army, and then be dispersed into various units.

As for those who are unwilling, they will be dismissed on the spot.

This undoubtedly had a very bad impact, and Radovid's behavior undoubtedly represented his attitude towards the Temerian resistance.

You can continue to resist if you want, but you must wear the symbol of Redania and become the power of Redania.

However, such things became "little things" under the influence of Radovid's siege of Vizima.

"Hail to the true King of the North!"

Such shouts would always be heard when Radovid's team walked through the military formation.

This represents the soldiers' support and love for Radovid.

Soldiers always like generals who can lead them to victory, not to mention that now they are heading towards a super great victory.

The king did not respond to these calls. He still held his head proudly. In Radovid's view, all this was justified.

There is nothing strange about this attitude. This is the norm for kings, and they have long been used to it.

Soon, Radovid arrived at the forefront. In front of him was Vizima, the capital of Temeria.

Countless golden sun flags were hung on the city wall, and below the city wall were groups of Nilfgaardian soldiers.

The condition of these Nilfgaardians looked very bad, their queues were not very orderly, and the soldiers looked very listless.

This scene made the Redanians more eager to fight. Along the way, they defeated countless such Nilfgaardian armies.

The Redanian soldiers in red gave out cheers that shook the world, and clashed their shields and swords, creating a grand majesty.

"The morale of the soldiers is very high, Your Majesty."

Marshal Blunkett said, he was somewhat infected by the exciting atmosphere, and even his voice raised a few degrees.

"Emhyr seems to have no available troops. The ones guarding the walls of Vizima are old and weak troops. It seems that if we are lucky, we can hang him today."

Hearing these words, Radovid raised his head uncontrollably.

These words seemed to be describing the situation of the war, but they were actually praising Radovid.

If it weren't for His Majesty the King's decision, how could they be showing off like this here now?

"Your Majesty, the Aedirnians said that they will have a cavalry team coming to Vizima to help us. Just now, a messenger from the Aedirnians came and told us that in three hours at most, the Aedirnian cavalry will arrive. Do we have to wait? Are they coming?"

Hearing Aedian, Radovid frowned and thought of the Lord Protector. He disliked the Lord Protector of Aedian very much.

If it weren't for the Lord Protector of Aedirn, he should already be the King of the North, and all the northern forces should kneel before him.

"The glory of expelling the Nilfgaardians belongs to Redania, and we do not need outsiders to participate in this great victory."

Radovid's tone was not very harsh, but his attitude was already obvious, so the courtier who spoke immediately shut up.

Next, Radovid issued a series of orders very skillfully.

Since Emhyr has lined up his army under the walls of Vizima to fight him, he should teach the Nilfgaardians a profound lesson.

Dozens of messengers quickly left Radovid's side and brought the orders to various troops, and the Redanians began to become restless and prepare for processing.

The Redanian artillery was the first to move. They came to the forefront of the army and began to bombard the Nilfgaardian front.

But not long after Redania's artillery roared, Nilfgaard's artillery also roared, and the roaring sound was much louder than that of Redania.

Countless shells hit Redania's artillery, causing a cloud of gray smoke, which changed Radovi's mentality.

Damn it, the quality displayed by this artillery unit is not comparable to the previous useless performances of the Nilfgaardians.

And then Radovid thought that this was a coincidence. During the Redanian counterattack, sometimes they would encounter some Nilfgaardian troops who resisted tenaciously, and the same was true for the Nilfgaardian artillery who wanted to come here. reason.

The artillery is an important technical branch, and its treatment and training are very strict. It is not strange to maintain the same status as in the past.

Compared with the Nilfgaardian artillery, the Redanian artillery was obviously inferior in quantity and quality, and soon fell behind in the artillery battle.

If we continue to fight, this artillery battle can still last for a long time, but Radovid believes that since the artillery battle cannot be won, there is no need to fight.

Instead of losing the artillery battle and lowering morale after waiting for so long, it is better to launch an all-out assault now and have a good fight with the Nilfgaardians.

Radovid believed that the quality of those Nilfgaardian soldiers must still be inferior. As long as they engage in close combat, the men in black would collapse at the first touch, and victory would still belong to them.

As the trumpeters blew the horns in their hands with an attitude that was about to blow out their lungs, for a while, the entire battlefield was dominated by the sound of horns. As these horns sounded, the Redanian army also moved.

(End of this chapter)