When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 871 Witness
The young Pope of Qianhe Valley is not someone who can sit still.

On May 20, he arrived at Ladenburg and was about to begin building fortifications.

On May 21st, there was a report that Andrei had taken advantage of a broken bridge on a mountain road and killed hundreds of people, and thousands were surrounded and killed.

On May 22, Besser, who had just changed into the robes of a staff monk, was woken up early in the morning, mounted his horse, and followed the Pope to the north of Ladenburg.

Accompanying them were the Vanguard Corps, the Holy Armor Guards, and five or six other corps, as well as four six-pound cannons.

Including the thousands of Crusaders and Rangers who followed them, the total number was estimated to be over four thousand.

On this trip, neither the chief or deputy privy councilor, Pettier and Bernardo, who were in charge of these privy monks, came.

The former was responsible for advising the overall defense of the Nauan River in the detention dock, while the latter was cooperating with the front-line work in Kenke Town.

Therefore, the person in charge of guiding the new Privy Monk Besser was a middle-aged staff monk.

The two sides had a pleasant introduction and conversation, and Besser integrated into the staff team much faster than he expected.

To Bether's surprise, this middle-aged staff monk was called Leosmi, and he was actually a Kush knight from Jinhe Township.

Isn't the Knight of Kush also of noble birth? How could he be allowed to be with Horn?
Although he didn't understand the specific definition of a staff officer, Besser could roughly equate it with a consultant.

In the empire, advisors are outsiders, but they are the most important people around the supreme lord.

As if he saw Besser's surprise, the staff monk smiled and said, "I went to college in Faran for a year before, and then the Kush Foundation paid my tuition and allowed me to study in the staff department of the St. Danji Military Academy.

You know, there are very few monks serving as advisors to the Privy Council, less than fifty in total, so we recruit as many as we can."

Today, the St. Tangier Military Academy has a total of four departments: infantry, cavalry, artillery and staff.

The staff department receives less tactical training, but has to learn geographical surveying, geometry, mathematics, intelligence analysis, and case analysis.

"As for specific practices, such as how to arrange logistics? How to arrange fortifications according to the terrain? How to choose the battle site? How to write plans and strategies, etc.

You have a good foundation, but you have no experience in these things, so you need to learn from your seniors first."

Leosmi was quite friendly to this new staff officer who suddenly appeared.

It’s not anything else, it’s mainly because there are too few staff officers. One more newcomer is like one more ox or horse.

He said so much about learning from predecessors and laying so much groundwork, but what was it all for?
Isn't it just so that Bethel can be a good slave and do the most tiring work?

It’s about learning and practice, that’s it.

Wasn't Leosmi also asked by Pettier to work overtime and sleep in the office?
"Learn, learning never ends." Leosmi said meaningfully.

Besser nodded solemnly. This was the purpose of his coming.

As the temporary chief of staff of these five staff officers, Leosmi explained the current intelligence and terrain analysis to the newcomer Besser as he walked.

Ladan Fort is located at the foot of the Hematite Mountains. The Nauan River on the west and the foothills on the east spread out like two wings, surrounding Ladan Fort.

Less than 20 kilometers north of Ladenburg are groups of sentry beacon towers with thirty to fifty people.

Further north is an uninhabited buffer zone of about ten kilometers. Neither the Gravel Plains Army nor the Thousand River Valley Army can enter it, and only a small number of shepherds dare to graze in it.

Further north is the Gravel Plain Control Area, with large stretches of river valleys, meadows, ponds and small plateau grasslands.

But as he was talking, Besser couldn't help but ask, "Then why did we run to this buffer zone? And His Majesty is still here."

As the commander-in-chief, instead of staying at the rear, you rashly ran to the front line of the battle. Aren't you afraid of being assassinated by the witcher?
Although the empire was still in the warfare state of the late Middle Ages, it was rare to see a general charge unless it was a critical moment.

Generally, they are knight commanders or something like that, who lead the charge on behalf of their own masters.

Otherwise, the commander would be captured and the ransom might be higher than the war expenditure.

"Your Majesty once taught the officers that as an officer, you must do your own work." Leosmi looked at Horn's flag in the distance.

As if not understanding what Besser was saying, another staff monk beside him imitated Horn's speech vividly:
"A corps commander arrived at the designated location, set up camp and went to sleep. How could he sleep?
With his military post and battlefield, how can he sleep well? Does he have any brains?!
How is the camp being built? How are the sentries arranged? What is the surrounding environment like? What is the attitude of the locals towards the army?

If you don't look for yourself, don't ask for yourself, and don't do it for yourself, you won't even know when your head falls off.

If after a battle, your thighs are not rubbed by the saddle and your soles are not covered with blisters or calluses, it means you are a mediocre general.

In the Empire, mediocre people can survive, but in our Salvation Army, such trash is not welcome." This is the experience Horn summed up on his long journey of blood and sweat, but he was forced to do so at the time.

As the founder of the Holy Alliance's universal military theory, Shengsun himself also practices it.

Not only did he work hard himself, but a number of legion commanders and battle captains also worked tirelessly, always running to the dangerous front lines and being ambushed by the enemy knights several times.

Recalling his previous performance in the Mountain Knights and Iron Fist, Besser blushed.

Because he was the kind of person who, after setting up camp, would just walk around the camp, eat, play cards, and sleep.

Could it be that this is the reason why their mountain knights are repeatedly inferior to the Holy Alliance Army in their war performance?

Looking at the guards marching in an orderly manner, Besser felt that there might be more than one reason.

"In that case, why not just take a few hundred cavalry? Why do you need to bring so many troops along?" Since there was nothing to do during the march, Besser continued to ask.

At this moment, Leosmi suddenly became serious. He glanced at Besser and raised his chin: "Yes."

Following the direction in which Leosmi raised his chin, Besser straightened his back and stretched his neck.

There is not a single cloud in the clear sky.

On the sparkling water, several rafts and sampans were rocking rapidly. The rangers on the rafts even abandoned their horses and paddled desperately.

As for the direction they were fleeing, they could see a flag with a green background and a white horse fluttering in the sky.

Nearly a hundred humanoid monsters wearing heavy armor, long beards and bone spur earrings jumped out from behind a slightly curved mound.

On the four-legged horse, a human body grew out from where the horse's neck and head should have been.

The black iron-colored armor draped over the sturdy body made a rustling sound as he ran.

"What a bad horse-trapping foundation! Damulada Laxing has it!"

"The people on the other side, tell me your names! You must be the Batu of the cavalry tent of Muradala!"

The Centaur warriors roared at the rangers who were leaving on the boat, but they used a strange Leia language that they could not understand.

"Mula Dala is at the root, the arrows are released!"

The Centaur Batu roared, and the monsters all took out their bows and arrows. The arrows rained down on the water, creating ripples.

The Centaur Cavalry has arrived. No, that’s not right. It’s the Border Knights that have arrived!

Seeing the other side of the river covered with flags, Besser suddenly came to his senses.

In plains like the Gravel Plains, the Border Knights, an army mainly composed of cavalry, can maneuver very quickly.

A journey that might normally take a week might take them only two or three days.

If Horn had not brought his guards to Ladenburg in advance, then with the speed of the border knights, it is possible that they could have taken a pontoon bridge and caught Ladenburg off guard.

However, when Horn completed his deployment in Ladenburg in advance, the so-called surprise attack became a fantasy.

This deployment seems ordinary, but when Besser was in it, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Horn and his staff had anticipated the attack on Upper Riverside at the beginning of the year.

Not only that, they anticipated that the attackers were the Border Knights, and that the Iron Fist Regiment would be able to cut off the mountain road.

It was also expected that the Border Knights would choose to continue the attack after facing the mountain road being cut off.

It was even anticipated that the Border Knights would gather some horses and maneuver quickly in advance in an attempt to launch a surprise attack on Laden Castle.

In addition to surveying the terrain and patrolling, an important point of Horn's trip was to use clockwork cannons to stop the enemy on the other side of the river.

No wonder, no wonder he brought artillery!

The Holy Alliance anticipated every move of the enemy and prepared for it in advance.

It was as if Horn was the commander of the Leia people.

Could it be that the invisible hand of the Holy Father can control fate while controlling the clockwork machinery?
(End of this chapter)