A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

Then suddenly, the enemy raided the unprotected rear of the camp.

Under such circumstances, no army could carry out their previous siege plan. They could only, and had to, turn back to resist the attackers.

The raiders were few in number, but they were well prepared. They killed and hacked people to pieces, and set fires everywhere, causing chaos.

In addition, there is no need to say more about the destruction of supplies, killing of livestock, and looting of property.

Pity!

If it weren't for Johnson's betrayal, Giuliano would have definitely seized this opportunity to launch an all-out attack. He wouldn't be able to defeat an enemy ten times his size, but at least he could teach them a lesson and inflict heavy losses.

But now, this opportunity has been lost.

Although the enemy camp was still in chaos as a whole, some order had been restored.

All we can say is that the attackers were short of troops, and causing this level of destruction and chaos was already their limit.

But I don’t know who did it, I can only say “Well done!”

……

On the other side, Thomas rushed forward.

The entire siege camp has turned into a battlefield, with fires everywhere, shouts deafening the sky, and chaos has already begun.

Thomas rushed into a new camp, and more than a dozen soldiers armed with swords and shields rushed towards him with roars.

The silver blade slashed fiercely at the charging warhorse.

Unfortunately, to fight cavalry you need a spear, not a sword.

Thomas turned his horse's head, thrust the lance in his hand, and directly impaled a man on the lance tip, and then threw him away.

This type of horseback spearmanship utilizes the impact force of the warhorse. It is technically difficult to perform, but in fact it does not require much effort.

The man flew out howling wildly.

The other soldiers swung their swords, but because of the lack of distance, their attacks were helpless.

Thomas turned his horse around, ran a short distance, then turned again and charged again.

This time it was much more ferocious. A bullet pierced through a man's face, directly smashing his head, and blood and brain fragments flew all over the sky.

Run away again, look back, and charge.

The remaining sword and shield soldiers had completely lost their fighting spirit and began to run around in all directions.

The shields were lost.

Thomas rode his horse to catch up and shot them one by one. In the blink of an eye, three or four people were killed by the lance.

Further away, a burly enemy soldier saw this side, growled, held the sword in both hands, and rushed over viciously.

The sword was unusual, more than a person's length.

Thomas rode forward, and the two men quickly closed the distance.

Spear versus giant sword.

A dull sound.

The giant sword, more than one person's length, cut off the front half of the spear.

But the remaining half of the spear, thanks to the powerful speed of the warhorse, still pierced the opponent's face.

Thomas threw away the useless lance in his hand and continued to gallop forward, drawing his long sword.

The sturdy man froze in place, then slowly fell backwards, face up, with his eyes open.

It can be seen that these sword and shield soldiers, or the burly man just now, are not ordinary soldiers.

At this time, Freya came here riding a shorter prairie horse.

Her scalp tingled as she looked at the corpses along the way.

Although the fortune teller had long understood that she was not in danger, the battlefield was really not a place suitable for women to stay.

Even the hands that were controlling the reins of the mount were shaking slightly.

"Sir, it's just ahead!" she shouted.

“Got it!” Thomas replied.

In the center of this small camp is a particularly large tent.

You can tell at first glance that it is not an ordinary place to stay, but a place for office or storage of supplies.

Over there, there were still a dozen sword and shield soldiers guarding. Not only that, they also connected their carriages to form a line of defense around them to block the cavalry charge.

Thomas rushed to the front of the chariot formation, jumped off his horse, and in the blink of an eye he was already in it.

Freya exhaled softly.

It was not until this moment that she realized how powerful this knight named Aragorn (real name should be Thomas) was.

When fighting on horseback against infantry, one can say that he has the advantage of mounts and weapons, but it is only in combat on foot that one realizes how brave and formidable he is.

No one can match the long sword in his hand.

The average duration that more than ten sword and shield soldiers can hold out is two seconds each.

At this time, the battlefield was still in chaos. The unaffected areas were still being cautiously defended, and the main force was advancing carefully, but no one was reinforcing this area.

Thomas killed all the remaining enemy soldiers in a blink of an eye and rushed into the tent.

At a glance, you can see boxes and bags of white and yellow things.

So this is where... military pay is stored.

I guess all the military pay for the next six months is here.

Putting aside the silver coins, the number of gold coins alone is estimated to be at least 50,000 florins.

It will only be more, not less.

Damn it! Thomas sighed inwardly.

Divination is really useful!

No wonder, whether in past lives or this life, scams under the guise of divination are so common, and countless people have been deceived.

Because if you really meet a genuine fortune teller, it would be like cheating.

Thomas came out with two bags of gold coins. After a quick look around, he chose a lighter carriage and threw the gold coins on it.

"Freya!" he called to the fortune teller outside the convoy. "How much can I take?"

"Feel free to take it!" Freya answered from outside.

Chapter 64 Divination 2

Thomas had wanted to help, but wasn't sure how much he could.

After arriving in Bohemia from Hungary, the fog of information dissemination was finally cleared.

In Kyiv, and even in Hungary, there was a sea of ​​unreliable, conflicting rumors. It was difficult to sort through the fog of false information. But once in Bohemia, everything became easier.

Giuliano really joined the war as Thomas expected.

Not only that, he also became an important commander in the war and is currently in charge of the defense of Chomutov Castle.

As Thomas knew, the castle was strategically located. With it there, like a nail driven into a vital point, Count Jaromil had lost half his power.

Because its impact was so great, half the county's strength had to be used to recapture the castle.

Otherwise, coordination and communication will be inconvenient, and forcing it will leave huge hidden dangers.

Therefore, the power balance of the entire war was that Count Jaromil could only use half of his strength to fight against an enemy that was stronger than himself.

In other words, although the two earls were nominally confronting each other, the actual balance of power was almost one to three or even higher.

Not to mention that the other party was the one who launched the surprise attack.

Without the Duke's reinforcements, Thomas at least didn't see any chance of winning.

However, they were brothers after all, so the Duke's help came and immediately changed the situation.

Now, the strength of both sides is almost equal, everyone is taking a defensive stance, and no one has the energy to launch an attack.

The main battlefield was not Thomas's focus; Giuliano's Chomutov Castle was the key.

There's not much to say about this battle. To put it bluntly, it's just an extremely boring castle attack and defense battle.

In the early days, they fought several sieges with heavy losses, but failed to capture the city, so it turned into a long siege.

There were hardly any highlights worth mentioning in the siege.

But there is no solution.

The garrison strength of Chomutov Castle was in the hundreds, less than a thousand men, while the besieging force could be rounded up to ten thousand men.

In a war of this level, there is ultimately a limit to what an elite soldier can do.

He brought a loan note for 10,000 florins just to do more—although he knew very well that 10,000 florins could not do much.

If Giuliano was really in danger of war, Thomas would not be able to save him even if he sacrificed himself.

Even if he was a national defender, he was only fighting against a thousand people. Not to mention that Thomas was far from being a national defender.

Besides, a mere ten thousand florins is really not a lot of money.

Thomas originally thought he could hire thousands of people in a short period of time, but it turned out that he was overthinking it.

During wartime, the price of mercenaries rose rapidly, and ten thousand florins could only afford to hire a few hundred men.

What's worse, the large mercenary teams—the kind that can be pulled out and put into battle directly—have been bought up. The only ones left in the mercenary market are small teams of a few dozen people.

It’s not that we can’t hire them, but that even if we do, it won’t be of much use.

It was obviously impossible for a small group to challenge a large army - that would be courting death. Although mercenaries were a profession that risked their lives, they would not go to die.

Gathering multiple teams is also not an option, as such a temporary team cannot fight directly and must undergo a period of collective training.

But if they had gathered for training for a period of time... they are not blind or deaf, they would have known about this a long time ago.

This is not the PLA that Thomas was familiar with in his previous life. These are mercenaries. How can mercenaries keep secrets?

In other words, even if you gather multiple teams, it will be useless because there will be no surprise attack effect at all.

In short, under normal circumstances, Thomas would not be able to do anything even if he returned to Bohemia.

He couldn't change the situation.

Theoretically, it can't save people.

If Giuliano is to win, he can win even without Thomas. If Giuliano is to lose, he can lose even with Thomas.

That's how it should be.

But as the saying goes, fate is always a bitch.

Just because she smiles at you one second doesn’t mean she might turn against you the next.

The reverse is also true.

While crossing the border pass, fate obviously played a joke on Thomas.

Completely unprepared, he ran head-on into the calamity-level remnant of the past - the Beast Lord.

It was a complete unexpected disaster.

But then, an unexpected helper arrived.

Fortuneteller Freya.

This really made Thomas understand what a life with cheats is like.

Thomas ran directly to Cardan City. He had worked there for a year and knew a few people there.

By the way, the city of Cardan gave Count Jaromil an additional war tax, but overall chose to remain neutral.

Both warring parties avoided Cardan City.

Even the mercenary guild in Cardan City is operating normally.

Thomas took ten thousand florins and hired four hundred soldiers.