When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 910 The inevitable decisive battle

After nearly a week of scorching sun, Kenk Town finally welcomed the first rain in July.

Lightning danced wildly, piercing the thick black clouds.

After a snapping sound, the rain began to fall down.

The residents and soldiers in the town put on their hoods or ran under the eaves to avoid the rain.

Outside the town, on the former pasture beside the King's Road, stood a camp that was almost as big as Kenk Town.

The camp was built of wood, and the tallest building was the three-story wooden building in the center.

The misty rain turned into clouds and fog, covering the entire camp, and even the rain drifted into the three-story wooden building through the window.

Count Alaric of Tiellenberg, or rather Duke Alaric, reached out and closed the swinging window.

A few days ago, he was conferred the title of Duke, and Genegis transferred several vassals to him.

This was mainly to allow him to serve as the commander of the Second Legion of the Kingdom Army. Otherwise, how could the earls and dukes be willing to obey the orders of an earl?

According to the original strategic design, Alaric should lead the Second Legion of the Kingdom Army to support Adamburg at this time.

Because Jinigis felt that it was not appropriate to hand over such an important castle as Adam Castle to the Duke of Omes to attack.

If several large legions had not yet completed their rest and reorganization, Omes would never have been allowed to attack Adam Castle.

Unfortunately, Alaric was still a step too late.

"Where has the breakthrough been? How far is it to Haji Castle?"

"What do you mean you just went back on your own because you didn't want to fight anymore?!"

"Why didn't you nobles of Dawn Island stop him? Didn't Duke Latland bring a thousand people to monitor him? Why did you run away with him? Why didn't you stop him?"

"Stop it? Can the fingers of a thousand people twist the thighs of ten thousand people?"

"quibble!"

"Wasn't His Majesty's royal messenger also supervising? How did he get away?"

Facing the quarrel between the two groups of nobles, Jinigis sat upright in a high-backed chair without saying a word.

A desperate calmness appeared on his face.

In June, the Leia army captured the town of Kenke.

At that time, Jinigis even boasted at the celebration banquet that "this is the breakthrough in the entire war in Thousand Valley."

But before long, he was distracted by internal problems in the army.

But this time it was not because of the nobles, but because of the lowest-level knights, sergeants and ordinary infantry.

Damn Deshka, when they retreated, they left tons of propaganda material in the town.

Propaganda posters of Jinigis's coup, propaganda posters of peace with the Flesh and Blood Court, and propaganda posters of the Leia people opening the gates of Hellfire.

All of the paintings were detailed and even though the Leia soldiers could not read, they could understand the paintings.

It turned out to be a painting. I had to believe it now.

After all, compared with pictures, words do lack intuitiveness.

Especially those simple comic strips with only a few words, which can clearly show the shaping, construction and testing methods of the Blood Knight.

Jinigis had done enough to exclude the Blood Knights from the regular army.

He even announced to the higher-ups that these blood knights were living creatures, not zombies, and had heartbeats.

However, the rumors could not be stopped from spreading. Throughout June, Jinigis could only send two corps of miscellaneous soldiers to attack the Adamburg-Hajiburg defense line.

The rest of the time was spent on internal affairs and calming people's hearts.

Having been away from home for too long, even the kingdom and the King's Guards have begun to become irritable and war-weary.

Many ordinary soldiers showed a cowardly mentality that was different from before. Fear of the Thousand River Valley people was secondary, and the biggest fear was being turned into Blood Knights.

Recently, Jinigis has been reluctant to let the Blood Knights take the field, fearing that it will affect his own morale.

After much difficulty, the internal problems were resolved.

Just as they were about to attack, they heard the sad news that the Border Knights had been completely defeated.

Both the Pope and Jinigis could not sleep all night. His Holiness the Pope was now in Xialu City. He had to rest because he fell ill after the defeat of the Border Knights.

Okay, it doesn’t matter. Winning and losing are common. Jinigis had a backup plan and launched the coup on the 18th.

As soon as the order for the riot on the 18th was given, the Norns joined in, which made Jinigis both happy and worried.

But the joy did not last long, as news came that the riot on the 18th was suppressed by Meliati.

They thought the Norns could slow down the progress of the Thousand Valley people, but they were defeated near Salt Flats.

At that time, Jinigis comforted himself, it didn't matter, at least he could tie up a battle group.

As a result, at the end of the month, the mountain knights followed Melia to the Thorn Garden and began riding and looting.

By the time the Thorn Garden suddenly withdrew, leaving the front line empty and allowing the army of Adam Castle to break through and form an encirclement of Haji Castle, Jinigis had little emotion left.

"Stop quarreling!" Alaric finally stopped the chaos. "You quarrel from morning to night, and from night to morning. Do you think you can kill the people of Qianhe Valley?"

The two groups of nobles stopped attacking each other and just sat down sulking.

"Now the Iron Fist Army and the Mountain Knights are outside, and there are six enemy regiments inside. The troops that can be mobilized are no more than about 3." Seeing that His Majesty the King did not speak, Alaric had to take charge himself.

"3, is that too little?" Duke Barry from Eagle Foot Bay tapped the table with his pipe. "One leader, including the Iron Fist Army and the Mountain Knights, will have nearly 4 troops. Is that too little?"

Originally, the Leia people had only about 60,000 troops. After the 20,000 troops from the Garden of Thorns were gone, there were only about 40,000 troops left.

The Holy Alliance of the Thousand Valleys had to contain the Norns while fighting against them, and they only had 30,000 people.

Duke Barry comes from Eagle Foot Bay, which is not as wealthy as Dawn Island and other places, but it is a region with medium finances.

He didn't even dare to say that Eagle Foot Bay could support 4 soldiers.

Qianhe Valley was once a region of inferior finances, but it was able to support 4 soldiers. How did they afford it?

"It's the Franks who are behind this." Alaric expressed his anger and contempt undisguisedly.

"How much can the Franks give? They are the most shrewd." The person who spoke was the second rare great knight of the Kingdom of Leia, old Bodman.

Everyone was silent. With 4 troops, even the Franks themselves would have to attack the windmill land. Where would they get so much money?
Since the Thousand Valleys gained independence, it has fought against the Norns, the Franks (Battle of Black Snake Bay), and the Leia people one by one.

It's a real hard nail, and it's really not worth it to hit it.

"Given the current situation..." Duke Barry said in a low voice, "I'm afraid we have no choice but to withdraw the troops from Haji Castle first..."

Duke Barry was halfway through his speech when he heard Jinigis slowly say, "It can't be delayed any longer."

After all, he was the king, and he attracted everyone's attention as soon as he opened his mouth.

Jinigis said in his usual calm voice, "We can't delay any longer. If we delay any longer, and give Thousand Valley a song, we will retreat like the Duke of Omes did."

Seeing that everyone hadn't reacted yet, Jinigis let out a breath of foul air: "Everyone has been fighting for too long, we are too tired, and we miss home."

Yes, this battle lasted from the civil war in the kingdom to the Battle of the Thousand Valleys, with almost no time for rest.

When the finances collapsed, they sold land and borrowed money. If they couldn't borrow money, they advanced city taxes. If they still had nothing, they turned to the jihad treasury.

They still want to continue to fight as before, but it no longer exists.

"I thought I had paid enough attention to Horn, the evil monk who attacked and killed Prince Kongdai." Jinigis's voice was still calm, "In the end, I underestimated him."

Jinigis thought he had made all the preparations. He sent people to survey maps, incite rebellion, and ambush spies in advance.

He launched a surprise attack, shaking everyone in, draining out the troops and manpower, and even using the Blood Knights.

He attached great importance to Qianhe Valley and made detailed plans. He fought so smoothly in the early stages, but he made no progress after the siege of Xialu City.

He bet all his fortune on the gambling table called war, but was about to lose it all in the first gambling game in Qianhe Valley.

Even if Jinigis wanted to carry out his original plan to turn around and attack the Thorn Garden, it would be impossible.

"Send Lavle here. The First and Second Corps of the Kenk Town Kingdom Army will all go to support the Third Corps of the Nobles in Haji Castle."

"Your Majesty..." Alaric took three or two steps to Jinigis, seeming to want to persuade him.

However, Jinigis shook his head firmly and stood up with a staggering step.

"The Haji Fort support battle is not only a relief, but also a main battle, an offensive battle against the Haji Fort defense line, and also the final decisive battle!"

(End of this chapter)