When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 546 The most desperate battle has been fought before
There are more and more black-clad soldiers on the streets of Rapid City.

The black-clad soldiers who had originally left in boats returned in boats again.

They built their own barracks in the ruins area between Rapids City and the port, and helped clean up a lot of debris.

In the process of helping, the citizens of Rapid City gradually became familiar with these soldiers and no longer had the fear that kept them indoors.

Because these black soldiers are different from other mercenaries, they almost never steal, rob or kill.

The worst thing they have done is that some war-brothers from the Black Crown Chapter would intimidate store owners and not want to pay for meals or purchases.

But as soon as the shopkeepers put out whistles to find the night watchmen and gendarmes, these war monks would pay with curses.

After a few times, almost no shop owners would be cheated by the Black Crown Monks.

As for the guards, most of them were shy and honest farm children. They would pay honestly when eating or buying goods and were not very good at bargaining.

There were even several cases of guardsmen being defrauded of money received by the Night Watch.

Of course, the consequence is that the shop owners and gangsters who cheated money were first fined and all their cash was confiscated, and their qualifications to open a store were revoked.

Then he was kicked and circled by the guards and dragged back to the barracks, and he is still cleaning toilets and emptying chamber pots for the guards.

But as the number of black-clad soldiers increased, many citizens became worried.

So many barracks and soldiers mean that what will follow will be a war of huge scale.

This is true.

At this time, six Black Champion Regiments and six Guards Corps, a total of 6750 war monks, gathered in Rapids City.

In addition, 400 Holy Gun Cavalry and 500 Orc Hussars entered Rapid City yesterday.

There are even 300 Kush knights from Jinhe Township led by Perini, 900 mountain infantry and archers from North County led by Murat, a hundred-man mage regiment led by Lulos, and 600 Black Snake Bay barbarians are still on the way, and they will arrive one after another.

If the assembly is complete and the Crusaders are included, the number of troops Horn has mobilized this time will reach 12,000.

This almost squeezed out the limit of Horn's resources, and there was really not a drop left.

The military expenses for these 6000 men would cost about 7000 to gold pounds every month. The jihad bonds of Rapid City, Jeanne d'Arc and the Holy See were all selling like hot cakes.

Although the people do not understand the opportunities brought by the Leia Civil War, nor do they understand the window brought by the division of the North and South churches.

But they believed in Horn. If His Majesty the Saint Grandson was going to put in so much effort to accomplish this, then it must be a matter of great importance to their fate.

Many citizens believe more in the interest rate on bonds. If they win, they will get rich!

Unlike the Saint Sun who many people thought was sure of victory, Horn was frowning at this moment.

In the conference room of the Uffizi Palace, he looked at the letter on the table and said nothing for a long time.

"You all have seen it." Horn raised his head and looked at the gloomy meeting room. "The Gravel Plains Army has invaded North Mound County. Our previous battle plan may not work anymore."

"It's impossible for the Stonebreakers to invade North Mound County so easily." Jieshka was the first to speak out. "Given the strategic location of North Mound County, it would take at least two months to attack Cold Spring Castle."

"Does it make a difference? The route of the Shattered Stone Army just happened to be stuck behind Grand Duke Hemashi. Meliati can't go back even if she wants to."

"Will they further help Prince Condé?" Boussac asked worriedly.

Mitternich waved his hands and said, "Impossible, they have nothing to do with this matter. They can get some benefits and fight for the advantage, but it is impossible for them to help attack the Archduchess.

Unless Prince Condé cripples the Grand Duke first, I think they would be willing to give him a few kicks.”

"Lacunio, Lacunio..." Horn kept muttering this name while the cardinals were talking. Assassinating Ludwick, invading Cassia County, raiding the Grey Knights, triggering the Gravel Plain, and forcing Meliati to attack Prince Conde who was waiting for the opportunity.

The three shackles of the Detention Wharf, Lujiao Township and Nannaoan River blocked Horn's movements and forced him to watch the fire from the other side of the river.

In twenty days, he will be able to break through Lujiao Township.

But even if he reached Fort Sentinel, Prince Conde had already gone north to attack Meliati.

His Salvation Army was mainly composed of infantry, and without river transport ships, it would be extremely difficult for them to catch up with Prince Condé.

By the time they catch up, we will probably have to use our exhausted troops to fight against the well-rested Imperial Order Company.

The reason why Lacuno was able to turn the situation around in half a year is simply that he had too many cards in his hand.

He has the support of the entire noble power of the Kingdom of Leia, and the resources he can mobilize are far more than those of Horn.

If Horn could mobilize the knights of Fairstone to steal Prince Condai's back door, even if they just burned, killed and looted on the edge of Hotam County, Prince Condai would be so anxious that he would jump to his feet.

However, Horn was still surprised that he could do it so perfectly.

Lacuno, Lacuno, how could a general of your ability remain unknown for thirty years?
Could it be that you have no military achievements at all? Could it be that all the generals who are generally regarded as "mediocre" in the empire are of this level?

As if he suddenly thought of something, Horn glanced at Mitternich who was standing beside him in a daze: "Was it under this Lacunio that Prince Condé killed the vampire duke on the battlefield?"

"Um, Lacunio has been the leader of the Border Knights for thirty years, and Prince Conte was twelve years ago... Well, the killing of the vampire happened to be during his tenure."

That's not surprising, that's not surprising...

People only see the sharpness of the sword, but cannot see the hand that wields the sword.

But it was useless to think about it now. Horn sat up straight and pointed out a few people's names:

"Dieska, Hakuto, Karl, you are all veterans, and you are very familiar with the geography of the Thousand River Valley. Can you tell me if we can drill through the Deer Horn Township within ten days?"

Hakuto and Carl looked at each other and said nothing.

Jieshka seemed to be hesitant to speak, but finally sighed: "If you give me a hundred red dragon breaths and build a mortar road in Lujiao Township in advance, ten days is enough."

Although there was no direct denial, the meaning was extremely obvious. However, if they failed to dig through Lujiao Township in ten days, it would be equivalent to being divided and attacked by Prince Kongdai.

"What about attacking the detention dock?" Jeanne raised her hand and suggested.

“Difficult. The Detention Dock was a fortress built by the Duke of Kush, Klavaran II. The terrain is dangerous and it was specially used to deal with mountain barbarians.

Later, the church drove the Kushites to the east of Rapid City. In order to guard against the Kushites, they specially rebuilt the detention dock, which could accommodate more than 4,000 defenders and was reinforced with holy water.

Later, when we occupied Rapid City, the Church even built a large number of temporary castles near the Dockyard, making them even more difficult to attack than before."

As the Chapter Master of the Black Crown Chapter, Jeshka was stationed at the defense line near the detention dock.

He had previously personally led his troops to investigate the detention dock and had even launched one or two exploratory attacks, but to no avail.

After sitting in the main seat and thinking for a long time, Horn suddenly stood up and said, "Okay, let's stop here today. Let's discuss it tomorrow after thinking about it.

Rapid City is a transportation hub, so let's gather the troops here first. No matter whether we go north or take a detour or whatever, let's gather the troops first.

It’s not like we haven’t fought more hopeless battles before, and we still managed to survive, right?

I always believe that those who win the hearts of the people will get more help, and those who lose the hearts of the people will get less help. As for the rest, we will do our best and then see what the Holy Father means."

(End of this chapter)