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Chapter 576 The Next Lucky Tribe

The Germanic barbarians originally thought of relying on the city walls to fight against Richard, but they didn't expect that their city walls could not withstand the attack of Richard's army.

The four ladders were high above the city walls, suppressing the archers on the city walls so that they could not even raise their heads. Soldiers kept rushing up from the three ladders, especially the general in the lead, who was so powerful that he was not a human being.

On each of the three ladders, there are two powerful knights. These knights with fused bloodlines are like superhumans to ordinary people.

Under the suppression of Jing Lan and the six bloodline knights, no one dared to stand near the city wall and they all hid underneath. Many people died on these sections of the city wall and the corpses on the ground were piled up into small hills.

The defenders in Mainz were no match for these people and were defeated. Soon more and more people climbed up the ladders and broke through the defenders' defense.

The siege vehicle on the other side rammed the gate violently. A huge log weighing several tons slammed into the wooden door. With the joint efforts of the six bloodline knights, the force of the impact was extremely shocking.

Even though there were a large number of Germanic warriors resisting behind the gate, the gate quickly became shaky under the impact of such force.

Finally, after another collision, the door bolt broke, and even the German warriors who were resisting behind the door were knocked out.

The six men did not hesitate and pushed the siege vehicle into the gate. All the German soldiers blocking the siege vehicle were knocked away.

If you get hit by this thing, your sternum will be broken and you will vomit blood. According to the medical level of this era, there is basically no way to save you.

The six men pushed the siege vehicle and dispersed the Germans blocking the gate. Then they rushed in waving their weapons.

The ensuing battle was a complete massacre. The Germans, who had relied on the city walls, were beaten down by Richard's army. Now that the city walls were breached, they had no advantage at all and were basically finished.

A burst of war drums sounded.

The Rhine Legion, which had been prepared for a long time, rushed into the city with shields and spears held high. The barbarian foreign legions began to charge one by one, waving their battle axes.

"The enemy is defeated!"

"The city is broken, run!"

"Come on!"

Richard's tactic of surrounding three and leaving one meant that the Germans had no intention of defending to the death, and the blood knights were too strong. These people were like sharp swords, easily tearing through the Germans' defenses. No matter how brave they were, they had no power to resist them.

In the sky, the Valkyries of Valhalla looked at the Bloodline Knights on the battlefield in surprise. They could see how powerful these Bloodline Knights were.

The Valkyries pay much attention to the brave and strong ones, and only these brave and strong ones will enter Valhalla after death.

In order to resist the invasion of monotheism and prevent the decline of the Norse pantheon, the Norse pantheon built Valhalla. Any brave and strong human being could become an immortal spirit and enter Valhalla after his death.

The Norse pantheon and Valhalla have become a coexistence relationship. As long as Valhalla exists, the Norse pantheon will not die. Valhalla is more like a rule. As long as the heroes in Valhalla still exist, Valhalla will continue to exist.

The heroes in Valhalla are basically warriors and heroes in history or mythology. These people have left their marks in history, and they will not disappear as long as someone remembers them.

In this way, Valhalla will hardly die out, and the Norse pantheon will not disappear either, although of course it will not disappear, but its scale will also be limited by Valhalla.

In this way, the Norse pantheon made it impossible for monotheism to destroy them. On the contrary, the Greek gods on the other hand were a negative example.

The original Greek gods also used a similar method to keep their faith alive, and they chose the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games flourished for a thousand years, but eventually came to an end under the suppression of monotheism.

The Olympic Games, which had lasted for a thousand years, ended, and the sacred flame that had burned in the Temple of Olympia for a thousand years was extinguished.

What about the thousand-year-old Games? Although the Games were important, they were not that important, so under the order of the Roman emperor, the Games were forced to end.

In addition to the Greek gods, the Celtic gods also found a way to continue their belief. The original Celtic gods were incorporated into Roman mythology, but some lake nymphs remained.

These woodland fairies are the wonderland of Avalon in the British Isles. In order to continue their faith, these woodland fairies chose to cooperate with Merlin.

Merlin predicted a new Celtic king who would lead the Celts to defeat the Anglo-Saxon pirates and unify the British Isles.

So Avalon also began to help. Avalon forged a sword of victory and oath. This sword has great power and is the sword of the king. At the same time, this sword is also connected with Avalon and was finally handed over to the human king.

Yes, the new king was King Arthur. In the end, Avalon survived with the victory and the sword of the oath. But with the death of King Arthur, the influence of Avalon became less and less.

With the disappearance of the sword, Avalon eventually perished. In fact, Avalon was still too weak, and King Arthur only unified the British Isles.

But with the death of King Arthur, the Kingdom of Great Britain was eventually occupied by Anglo-Saxon pirates.

And these Anglo-Saxons eventually became the masters of the British Isles.

Avalon naturally disappeared.

On the battlefield, the Valkyries took away the souls of some warriors who died in battle and then disappeared. However, Richard could find that there was a faint mark on the bloodline knights.

[The Valkyrie's Attention: Your heroic performance has attracted the attention of the Valkyrie. They have blessed you and will pay attention to you. You are qualified to enter the Hall of Heroes.]

Hall of Heroes is a good place for these people. These bloodline knights are likely to become lower-level heroes after death. Of course, if they can make a big enough reputation and write their own legends in history, they will become upper-level heroes.

Becoming a high-ranking heroic spirit means that one is basically bound to human history. Unless everyone forgets history, he will not perish.

On the battlefield, with the departure of the Valkyrie, the battle is coming to an end.

A large number of Germans were killed, some fled from the city, and a large number of Germans were trapped in the city and finally had to surrender.

In addition to adult men, there are also thousands of German women and children in the city. In fact, these women and children are the wealth that Richard values ​​most.

These women and children will be assigned as wives to meritorious warriors. After all the warriors have been selected, the remaining ones will be distributed to those who work hard on farming in the territory. Of course, this is not free.

In this way, the population of Richard's territory can be rapidly increased. In just a few years, the population of his territory will exceed 100,000.

Then he could compete with the Franks for control of the Gaul province.

In addition to these women and children, there were more than 2,000 German captives and the same number of slaves in Mainz. Richard released these slaves and made them civilians to cultivate the territory.

More than 2,000 German captives were incorporated into the vassal army. These Germans were supplements to the foreign legions. In this way, Richard could recruit these Germans for his own use.

After a simple calculation, Richard gained more than 10,000 people this time, which can be said to have directly increased the population of the territory by one-sixth. The population of the Rhine Province has exceeded 70,000.

In addition to the population, there are also a large amount of food and other supplies in Mainz. There is a large amount of food stored in Mainz, and in addition to food, there are also thousands of various livestock.

All these things had to be transported away. As for the city of Mainz, Richard did not intend to occupy it. The city was a little far from his territory.

Although it was connected by the Rhine River, the population he had was not enough to fill the Rhine Province, and he simply did not have the energy to allocate a part of his energy to occupy this place.

Besides, occupying this place is not a good thing. If he occupies this place, the surrounding Germanic tribes will attack him.

We can hold it off once or twice, but if it happens too many times, the losses will get bigger and bigger. And the food outside the city will definitely be damaged by the war. At that time, we will need support from the rear.

Richard's territory simply couldn't hold on.

There is another advantage to not occupying Mainz. The land around Mainz is rich, the water is abundant, and there are cities, which is much better than other places. In the past, if you wanted to occupy this place, you had to defeat other Germanic peoples.

If Richard withdrew, it wouldn't be long before a new Germanic barbarian tribe came to occupy this place. Richard could just wait until this Germanic tribe prospered again before sending out troops to plunder.

Then we will have another good harvest. As long as we don't occupy Mainz, it will be like a monster spawning here, with Germans constantly appearing.

He can come and harvest every one or two years.

Of course, if this tactic is used a few times, it is estimated that those Germans will not come to occupy the city of Mainz even if they covet it.

At that time, he would send troops to occupy the city of Mainz. After his repeated looting, the surrounding Germanic tribes would probably have no strength left. He could then continue to grow and develop, and then annex all the surrounding Germanic tribes.

After a great war, Richard commanded the army to collect and transport the spoils. With the help of the Rhine River, many supplies could be transported by ships, which saved a lot of manpower.

The entire city of Mainz was plundered by Richard. Nothing was left behind. Of course, when he left, Richard had the city walls and gates repaired, the ground cleaned, and all the bodies buried, so that the city could welcome the next lucky tribe with a brand new look.

(End of this chapter)