king of the castle

Chapter 487

"How could this be?" Alonso III, who had been watching the battle, thought that the city would be broken soon, but he didn't expect tens of thousands of cavalry to appear suddenly, not only smashing his own army to pieces, but also losing more than half of the Royal Guards. 【】This huge contrast and serious loss made the king's eyes go dark. After barely asking such a sentence, he opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground.

"Protect Your Majesty" Senna, the new head of the palace guard, rushed up to help Alonso III, and escorted the king back to the tent with several palace guard soldiers.

Alonso III fainted unexpectedly, which also gave Roger the opportunity to expand his results.Originally, when one's own infantry was attacked by the opponent's cavalry, the best solution was to also send cavalry to intercept the opponent's cavalry, buying time for the almost defeated infantry to retreat.However, the commander of the army has fainted now, and the others are not qualified to command the cavalry to attack. They can only watch the enemy's cavalry chase and kill their own soldiers.

Although a few nimble nobles went directly to the commander of the cavalry to explain the situation and asked the cavalry to immediately join the battle to rescue their comrades.But how easy is it to find a specific officer in a barracks of nearly 10 people and explain the situation?After Alonso III had been sent to his tent, his cavalry remained silent, allowing Roger's cavalry to chase and kill the fleeing enemies to their heart's content.

Speaking of it, this is also the lack of experience of the new palace guard captain Senna, which caused this situation.It stands to reason that in the event of an accident with the king, the captain of the palace guard has the right to take over the command of the army.But Senna was only busy helping Alonso III, completely forgetting about his duties.If Massa was still with the king, he would never have made such a mistake.

But Roger would not let go of the enemy's mistakes. Seeing that Alonso III hadn't responded for a long time, he even sent out more light cavalry to hunt down the fleeing enemies.The Griffin Riders were also ordered to take off and bombed over the enemy's base camp, causing huge losses to Alonso III.

The battle did not end until the sky darkened.In this campaign, nearly [-] troops of the Thorne Kingdom were thrown into the siege battle, and [-]% of them were killed in the previous battle and the subsequent charge of the heavy cavalry. Even the Kingdom's elite troops, the Royal Guard, were severely damaged. Less than [-]% of the original.

The subsequent bombing of Roger's Griffin Knight also wiped out thousands of enemies, and more importantly, several nobles were killed, and the highest title was even a Marquis.

After today's battle, Alonso III still has less than [-] troops. Most of them are noble private soldiers and the kingdom's second-line army. Their combat effectiveness is completely untrustworthy.After this battle, Alonso III's advantage has been exhausted, and he can no longer pose any substantial threat to Roger, so he can only switch to a defensive posture.

And Roger suffered heavy losses in this battle.Nearly 7000 heavy spearmen and more than 2000 armored swordsmen were sacrificed in the castle defense battle. In addition, more than 1000 crossbowmen, more than [-] cavalry and hundreds of light cavalry were killed. Two people were also lost, and dozens of junior magicians were lost.

Fortunately, a large number of enemies were eliminated in this battle, and the soul power absorbed was enough for Roger to train recruits several times the loss.So for Roger, today's battle can be said to be a complete victory. As long as he is given a little time, Roger's strength can be restored to be stronger than before the war.

The civilians in the castle saw that the lord was able to turn defeat into victory in such a critical situation, and naturally had more confidence in Roger.At this time, the castle was full of joy, and even the nobles who were originally in a bad mood were beaming with joy.

Contrary to the atmosphere in the castle, Alonso III's camp was full of gloomy clouds.Although the attack was ineffective and some soldiers were lost a few days ago, the army's muscles and bones were not injured after all, and they still had the strength to fight Roger.However, today's offensive ended in a complete defeat, which really brought the morale of the army to the bottom.Especially after Alonso III took over the command, he sent the kingdom's most elite royal guards to a desperate situation, and even killed several nobles on the spot.Such a heavy blow made the nobles who came in response to the mobilization order a little shaken, thinking that participating in this war was not a good idea at all.Before, many people thought that they could get some benefits from it, but now it is not bad to save their lives.

In this pessimistic mood, many nobles have already begun to retreat.They found various reasons that they could not continue to stay in Kent, and then hurried away with their private soldiers while the king was still awake.Alonso III didn't designate the commander of the army at all when he was in a coma, so no one could stop these nobles from taking their private soldiers.When Alonso III woke up in the middle of the night, the army he could use was [-] less.

The captain of the palace guard Senna told the king what happened after he fell into a coma with grief and indignation, which almost made Alonso III faint again.But after all, he can be regarded as a king who has gone through the storm, and he barely suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, closed his eyes and meditated for a while, and then ordered: "Go and invite the bishop."

Senna quickly followed suit, and it didn't take long for the royal bishop Trulli to arrive in a hurry.The royal bishop is a bishop specially sent by the church to deal with the royal family, and it is also the link between the royal family and the church.For Trulli, the prosperity of King Thorne's royal family also directly affects his status, so Trulli is definitely on the same front as Alonso III.

In fact, Trulli had come to treat Alonso III not long ago, otherwise the king would not have woken up so soon.Seeing that Alonso III is in good spirits now, Trulli couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

"Master Bishop, thank you for your timely rescue." Alonso III was still very polite to Trulli, thanked him first and then said in a deep voice: "The royal family has encountered an unprecedented crisis, and this time we must rely on your help to get through this difficult time.”

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Trulli didn't say anything at all, and nodded without hesitation: "The members of the royal family are all devout believers of the Supreme God. I have a bounden duty to maintain the dignity of the royal family."

The bishop's words reassured Alonso III, and he lowered his voice and said to Trulli: "My lord bishop, tomorrow morning..."

The king whispered to the bishop for a while, and Trulli finally nodded and said, "I see."

Chapter 487

Chapter 487