When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 541 Spring Counterattack?
February 2th is the beginning of spring in the agricultural book of 18, which is the first day of spring.

On this day, with the unanimous consent of 55 senior Juano monks, Martin Calvin became the new abbot of Blago Abbey.

After all, most of the powerful Juano faction are in the dungeon of Shelley City. According to the order of succession and seniority, it is time for Martin to take the position.

But everyone knows that the decisive factor is not the people in the voting booth, but the people in the audience.

While the senior Juano monks were writing down their names and waiting for the votes to be counted, someone would always look up and sneak a peek at the absent-minded Saint Sun Horn in the audience.

He crossed his legs, looking absent-minded with an expressionless face, and no one could tell that he was the famous Pope of War.

With the preparation and publicity during this period, the saying of the Twin Peaks of Thousand River Valley is now spreading in Kasha County and Lower River County.

As for which pair of talents they are, they are naturally Meliati and Horn.

The people of Kasha County have extremely complicated feelings about these two pairs of jades.

On the one hand, the people of Kasha County realized that they were the only two people in the Thousand River Valley who could lead them to victory and independence, and both of them were from the Juano branch, so they should have been their saviors.

But on the other hand, both of them are radical in the same way.

Whether it was the monarchical dictatorship and military officer rule advocated by Meliati, or the unification of politics and religion and equal distribution of land advocated by Horn, both would harm the interests of their "orthodox Juano faction".

Many narrow-minded citizens found this ridiculous. Didn’t the Juano faction’s proposal to nationalize church property harm the interests of the orthodox faction?

The orthodox found the Juanos too radical, while the Juanos found the Doctrine and the Meliate too radical.

But the situation was stronger than the people, and no matter how dissatisfied the Juanno faction was, they could not express any opinion.

Given the current situation of the fall of Shelley City and most of Kasha County, no matter what they say, they feel they lack confidence.

Besides, Saint Sun has the terrible Cheka and gendarmerie in his hands. For the sake of their own safety, they still have to act like cautious quails in front of Horn, who smiles every day.

When the senior monks left the city hall of Xiaochi City, when they turned around, they could still see the young pope sitting alone.

At the last moment before the door was sealed, many senior monks swore that they saw the new abbot kneeling and pledging allegiance to the Holy Grandson.

This is actually nonsense. The Salvation Army has long since stopped kneeling and swearing allegiance.

"How can a thirty-year-old monk like me become the abbot of Brago Monastery?" Martin looked at Horn helplessly and distressedly and asked, "I don't know how to govern a county."

"Don't worry, I'll help you."

This is the loyalty ceremony within the Salvation Army.

Martin, who was relieved, sat opposite Horn and said, "You were absent-minded when we were voting just now. What happened?"

"This morning, the Hotam County rebels and the Grey Horse Knights sent me an urgent letter." Horn rubbed his temple. "Three days ago, Prince Kongdai led nearly 10,000 troops to set out. They should have besieged the Sentinel Fort today."

"What?" Martin stared, took the letter from Horn and began to read it quickly.

After learning the news, Horn had to admit that Lacunio was a tough opponent.

The timing was so perfect.

The Salvation Army has always considered the Imperial Company as an adversary, not Prince Condé as a major enemy.

As the war progressed and internal discussions took place, the cardinals in the royal court had discovered that Prince Condé had little planning and strategic thinking.

He always takes one step at a time and knows how to fight to win, but he doesn't know what to fight for or why to fight.

So he always wins, wins, wins, and finally loses everything.

When old Pope Johnny VIII was still around, he could still hide his true nature and complete some famous battles.

After the death of the old Pope and Mizam, this famous imperial general who had lost his advisers and shackles began to make stupid moves one after another.

Perhaps the ancestors of the Goldfinch family did not want to see their descendants fall into ruin, so they sent him the old captain Lacunio.

Although he is not well-known, Horn seems to be much stronger than Prince Condé, or he makes up for Prince Condé's biggest shortcoming.

Martin quickly finished reading all the letters and asked worriedly, "Since you got the news, why don't you run away?" Horn shook his head, "They said it was a surprise attack, where to run? Can they give up the offensive just because of our words?
To be honest, after being raided by the Imperial Order, they were able to escape to the castle and hide. This was probably intentional by Lacunio, who was preparing to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements.

As for the reinforcements, they are most likely from Meliati, who is closer, rather than us.

Prince Conde is quite confident. He hopes to deal with Meliati first, and then turn around and annihilate us who are isolated and helpless."

Horn figured out Lacunio's plan, and it was simple to say.

The essence is to find a detachment to attack Kasha County to tie up the Savior Army, and then free up one hand to deal with Meliati.

High-end wars often only require simple strategies, because the more complex the links, the greater the probability of errors.

Lacuno first asked for reinforcements from the Thorn Garden, and then sent people to assassinate Ludwig.

Taking advantage of the civil unrest in Kasha County after Ludwick's death, he led the Thorn Garden army into the county, forcing the excess troops of the Savior Army to enter Kasha County for defense.

Although Horn had determined Prince Kongdai's whereabouts at this time and could attack Kasha County with peace of mind, he could not participate in the duel that would determine the fate of the Thousand River Valley.

The Salvation Army captured cities and strongholds along the way. It took them more than half a month just to reach Shelley City, and it would probably take another half a month or even longer to capture Shelley City.

This way the total duration will be about one and a half months or even two months.

Asking the Black Snake Bay and the Franks for help is even less reliable, and it will take even longer to go back and forth.

By that time, the daylilies are cold.

"Didn't the rebels in Hotam County say that the nobles of Hotam County and Prince Condai had a falling out? Can we make something of this?" Martin asked, pointing at the contents of the letter.

"It's difficult." Horn shook his head, his voice echoing in the empty meeting room, "If a fence-sitter is willing to break off relations with either party, can he still be called a fence-sitter?
If Prince Condé had killed Count Guerignon when he captured him, they would have been desperate.

Although Garignon's joining the army was a way to his death, being hanged openly and dying accidentally on the battlefield were two different concepts.

At most, they dare only to do minor actions, but they don’t have the guts to start a real uprising. Unless their hopes are completely shattered, they won’t have the guts to do so.”

Horn cannot pass the detention dock to the west, and is separated from Horn Township to the north.

If the troops from Kasha County do not return, they will not be able to join forces to deal with Prince Kongdai.

If the troops from Kasha County return, the defense line of the Nannaoan River will be lost, and the rear may become unstable.

This is probably what Lacunio predicts Horn’s next behavior will be.

Horn almost applauded him, but the only thing he missed was the Savior Army's recruitment capabilities and dispatch speed.

The Crusaders may not be able to stop the knights led by Putsilio, but they are more than enough to hinder their attack.

Although this still failed to escape the shackles designed for them by Lacuno, it did give them more room to maneuver.

"Martin, you have lived in Cassia County for many years. If we withdraw our troops, can these Juano troops in Cassia County alone deal with those local servants?"

Martin gave an awkward smile, coughed, and wanted to say something but held it back.

"Okay, I will order the recruitment of 2000 Skitarii to fill the Nanauan defense line, and then leave two Black Crown Chapters to cooperate with the local army. It should be enough to resist Putsilio's offensive."

After this deployment, the remaining Guards Regiment can head north to attack Lujiao Township.

They made up their minds to use up all the remaining red dragon breath and attack the castle with all their manpower. Taking into account the marching time, they estimated that they would be able to reach the outpost fort in three weeks.

Although the condition was definitely very bad at that time, at least we still had Meliati as our ally.

Then there are only two questions left:

The first was whether the Salvation Army’s attack on Lujiao Township could be faster than Putsilio’s attack on Nannaoan River.

The second is whether Meliati can hold Prince Conte back long enough until the arrival of the Saviors.

Horn couldn't help but sigh.

Plans are not as fast as changes. The planned summer counterattack will now become a spring counterattack ahead of schedule!
(End of this chapter)