When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 678: Strength Supremacy Black Snake Bay

In the damp and musty Sora Castle, the hall that used to be filled with voices like boiling water was now quieter than a library.

The morning light shone through the narrow window, illuminating every detail of the dust in the air amid the smell of wood smoke.

These secret party leaders, big and small, and the soldier captains sat around the large mahogany table in the center, not saying a word.

On this long meeting table, a tattered battle flag with the Ursion family crest printed on it was spread out neatly on the table, and the burning gazes of the people around it almost set it on fire.

"Didn't you print this yourself?" In the silence, an old wizard finally couldn't help but question.

This questioning was soon echoed by many people. You have to know that from March 3, when Horn entered Greenblood Town, to yesterday, March 22, it took them a total of 3 days to break through the sturdy Temple of Avis.

If we only talk about the siege, it only took 5 days.

The Temple of Avis and the surrounding villages and communities have a total of 4000 defenders, as well as a large number of extraordinary knights.

On the coalition side, the total number of people was only about 8000, of which more than were God's Punishment Army recruits.

Novia stared at the old wizard with a fierce look in her eyes: "Do you doubt my integrity?"

"No, no." The old wizard waved his hands quickly, "I just asked this question."

Raising two middle fingers towards the old wizard, Novia said with a smile: "I've been flying for too long. Do you mind if I stretch my fingers a little?"

"……No."

Danio was very proud at this moment and asked back: "It seems that as you said, the power of the Holy Grandson is greater than that of Mircella, isn't it? Old Jawa, I didn't expect you to be such a devout believer."

Although it was "one of our own" who was being laughed at, the surrounding secret party wizards still burst into laughter to watch the fun.

Old Gava, who had once made sarcastic remarks to Danio, was sarcastically mocked by Danio and his face did not look very good at the moment.

However, he had no way to refute it, so he pretended not to hear it and concentrated on studying the tiles on the ground.

Picking up the flag, his palm brushed over the silky texture, and Seromes' words were emotionless: "The Temple of Avis was actually breached within ten days... Novia, you were there at the time, can you tell me how you did it?"

"I can tell you, but I don't want to. I've been flying all night and I need to eat and sleep." Novia pointed at Danio next to her, "He has read the battle report and is familiar with the tactics of the Saviors. I'm going to eat."

Taking out the battle report brought by Novia, Danio stood up and explained calmly: "We used a new type of clockwork cannon, which you can think of as a large clockwork gun."

As a former Savior Army officer, although Danio was not at the scene, his language skills and his judgment and description of battlefield conditions were far superior to Novia's.

“Your Majesty first used five clockwork cannons to bombard the city wall continuously, blasting it open and revealing the earth wall inside. When it was about to collapse, the city guard, Count Ursion, tried to escape, but was captured by the guards who were ambushed around the dock.

The next day, His Majesty took Count Ursion to the city. Count Ursion ordered the soldiers in the city to surrender and promised that they would not be killed if they surrendered. As a result, the soldiers' morale dropped greatly and they surrendered one after another. The Temple of Avis was breached in this way. "

"As expected, they are the Patriarch's Guards who defeated the Imperial Order Company."

"In fact, the contribution of the God's Punishment Army in this battle cannot be ignored." Danio corrected, "Most of the villages and military bases were contributed by the God's Punishment Army because they did not have clockwork cannons."

Although he still had no idea, the fact that the Temple of Avis was broken was right in front of him, and Thelomis began to doubt himself.

Could it be that the reason Black Snake Bay couldn’t fight back against the Empire was because they weren’t united enough?
Shaking his head, Seromis looked at Danio for the first time. "Sir Horn, is there anything else you want us to do in the letter?"

"No, His Majesty said that protecting yourselves is the greatest help you can offer."

If the former secret party heard this mocking remark, it would surely cause them great annoyance, but now there were only a few barely audible complaints.

In Black Snake Bay, where power is everything, the bigger the fist, the more powerful it is. ………………

"What a waste! Not only was he captured, but he was even forced to shout at the door. Why doesn't he just die? Just die."

All the muscles on Duke Portosa's face were squeezed together, his white makeup was falling off, and his abusive saliva fell like raindrops on the white paper of the battle report.

Under the black tent, all the knights and earls under his command had arrived. They all lowered their heads and secretly glanced at the Duke of Portosa who was gritting his teeth.

Only Count Cazes walked straight to the table, began to flip out several maps on the table, put them together, and looked back and forth with a frown.

It's not that the other nobles are lazy, but their relationship is too distant from the Duke of Portosa.

If they were in their place, they would probably be caught and scolded by the heartless Duke of Portosa as soon as they took a step.

"These trash, you trash, you can't take down a city in two months. This is how I treat trash." Pinching the battle report with his thick and fat fingers, Duke Portoza gritted his teeth, tore the battle report in his hand into pieces, and smashed it to the ground.

"Why are you looking at me?" Portosa squinted at the group of knights and nobles, "I raised you just to watch me?"

A knight coughed and said, "Sir, since they are here, how about we take advantage of our rest and surround and attack the reinforcements?"

"I'll surround your horse and kill it. What if Sora Castle joins in?"

"Then what if we take the initiative to attack by boat?"

"We have nearly 20,000 people here. How many can a ship carry at a time? If you're stupid, just stay home and don't embarrass yourself."

Three or four nobles proposed something in succession, but they were all rejected by Potosa, and the remaining knights and nobles understood.

They are all used to the battlefield. Who hasn't fought against the frontier rebels and those bandits and horse bandits in the south?

Judging from the Duke of Portosa's performance, one can tell at a glance that he became cowardly after hearing that Prince Condé's Salvation Army had been defeated, and he just wanted to fight a favorable battle.

As soon as Ursion lost the Temple of Avis, the Duke could not bear the pressure, otherwise why would he be so irritable?
"Your Excellency the Duke is right. We should not fight in front of Sora Castle. It is difficult to fight in this area." Count Kazi recalled the contents of the battle report based on his memory. "The enemy should have a magic-driven catapult, which is very powerful but also very heavy.

They couldn't clear out the shipwrecks in the Moen River in a short time, so they could only take the land transport, and the transportation speed would probably not be fast.

Although we don't have catapults, we have knights. Everyone has heavy armor and can endure hard battles. We also have snake-men servants carrying armor, so the swamp is not difficult to survive.

So why don’t we set off now and travel day and night. They definitely won’t expect us to arrive so soon.

When we have blocked them in the swamp, Your Excellency the Duke should have assembled the ordinary infantry. You can bring the soldiers over by boat and we can join forces. What do you think?"

Although Kazi hadn't finished speaking, Potosa heard the underlying meaning clearly.

The most important thing is the two words "take a boat".

If the knights achieved their goal, then Potosa could naturally come by boat to support them and share the credit.

If the knights failed to achieve their goal, the main force would have been defeated, and it would be normal for the Duke of Portosa to avoid fighting and save his ship and return to France.

In other words, waiting for the Qianhe Valley army to attack is uncontrollable, but taking the initiative to attack is controllable.

As long as people are alive, doesn't it still depend on the supreme commander, Duke of Portosa, to write about the specific situation on the battlefield?
Even if they lost, they had found the scapegoat for this battle, Duke Portosa. Wasn't there a certain Count Ursion who abandoned the city and fled, and then shouted for the city gates to be opened after being captured?
"Look at them. If you can also have such a plan, why should I work so hard as a coach?" Patting Count Kazi's shoulder, Portosa showed a satisfied smile on his face, "I will write a report to you when I return!"

(End of this chapter)