Chapter 126: Close Combat
In the south of Einweiden, the territory of Marquis Desiso has become the first battlefield where close combat takes place.
In the cold north, the heavy snow seems to fill up all the potholes between heaven and earth.
The last time the Knights came to the north to fight in such cold weather was for Constantine, under the help of Caesar.
Now they have come to the north, but times have changed and they are turning their attention to those who once fought alongside them.
The soldiers could not disobey the military order, so they all came to the territory of Marquis Desiso, intending to continue north and start the attack from Lorki.
After a day's march, an army of 10,000 to 20,000 men entered Lorki's territory, only to find that there was no obstruction.
The attendants had some understanding of Caesar and knew that it would be absolutely impossible for this matter to be without fraud.
Therefore, the attendants chose to camp at the border and would not move forward until the enemy came out.
The winter fields were covered in white snow. The animals and birds could sense the tense situation and remained silent, making the scene even more desolate.
The stalemate lasted until December, when one of the aides could no longer stand it and sent a team to the depths of Lorki to gather information.
As a result, this team never returned.
This time, they could no longer hold back, so they organized a vanguard and entered the heart of Lorki.
The group of people walked tremblingly. They knew that Caesar was a powerful leader and did not dare to advance rashly, but they were also curious about what he was trying to do.
Why are you so patient?
Lorki is a poor place. The nearest village is a long way from the border. In such a cold winter, you have to walk there, so it is normal to be delayed for two or three days on the road.
The target of thousands of knights' soldiers is the nearest manor. What they fight for is nothing more than occupying the manor, taking food and supplies, occupying the terrain, and then pushing the front line forward.
When they really arrived near the manor, everyone thought that a tough battle was waiting for them.
The manor is located between the mountains, near a mine entrance. All the residents are miners. There are local knights and direct territory troops active there, but the person who was spying on the matter has disappeared, and they are not clear about the actual situation.
Thousands of knights marched to a few miles near the manor when they suddenly felt the mountain shaking violently.
The tremors were followed by flying sand and rocks on the snow-capped mountains. No, flying snow and rocks. The thick snow, carrying rocks, collapsed along the mountain.
The soldiers were so frightened that they retreated several miles.
They rested on the spot, wondering what the vibration was. Was it a miracle? This was impossible.
What on earth was Einweiton doing? Could it be that they used this method to quickly capture the entire Vero Island?
The soldiers thought, since they all have the ability to quickly capture the pirate base, why don't they take the initiative to fight?
The soldiers thought about it again. They didn't see any bodies of the spy team along the way. In such a cold day, they couldn't even roll out of the avalanche. Even if people were dead, there must be one or two horses that could run back to the camp, right?
There are no traces at all, which means they might still be alive.
Since he is still alive and has not returned, it is obvious that he has surrendered to the enemy or been captured.
The soldiers became more excited. It seemed that Caesar still didn't want to hurt them or fight with them.
The soldiers returned to the camp hesitantly and told everything they had seen and heard. After listening, the officers understood what had happened.
Among them, the aides-de-camp Arthur, Bilson, and Ssona held a short meeting that night.
Originally, Arthur supported the Crown Prince, Bilson and other attendants supported the Duke, and Ssona took advantage of the situation to avoid fighting.
The three of them fought each other, and in the end they were all sold out.
They reluctantly stopped fighting and headed north, fighting and cursing each other as they marched, and even engaging in free fighting in the tents.
As comrades-in-arms for so many years, we have experienced times of unity and separation due to different political views, but now at Eintracht Frankfurt, we are faced with the same choice.
Do you want to treat him as a traitor to the end?
However, their wives and children are still in the royal capital. If they openly rebel, their family members may be in danger and killed by the city guards.
At this moment in the fortress, Caesar also knew that the time had come.
He sent George to lead a team of people, carrying various daily necessities, snacks and drinks, and sent them to the vicinity of the local camp and placed them in the place he designated.
The next morning, when the people in the camp went out, they saw that there were suddenly several more donkeys in the valley not far away. They were pulling supplies and chewing the snow aimlessly in the mountains.
They were so frightened that they immediately sent a large group of people to carefully approach the donkeys and take them back for research.
They found a letter written by Caesar to his attendants on the donkey.
He also said that everything on the donkey was for them, with food and drink in it, so they should celebrate Christmas well.
The soldiers couldn't resist the temptation, tried it, found it was not poisonous, and stuffed it into their mouths in big gulps.
After they had their fill, they couldn't help but start thinking that Caesar was actually a good man and very capable, and they didn't want to fight him.
Several attendants looked at the knights below and saw that they were all thinking the same thing, then looked at the letter sent by Caesar, and they all fell silent.
In the letter, Caesar said that if they wanted him to submit to them, they could put on a few shows for the king to see.
As the three of them were talking, they had a fight in the tent until late at night. Then they wrote a letter with bruised faces and noses and secretly sent it to Einweiden.
Since then, after December, the real "war" began to break out in the north, which had been silent for half a winter.
From the perspective of everyone in the royal capital, the Knights were fighting fiercely with Einwidden in the north, going back and forth.
Their initial calmness was just a test of each other. Now that the test is over and the Knights have started to take action, it must be that Einwidden's strength has been clearly ascertained and there is nothing to be afraid of.
The Crown Prince and the Duke had a plan in mind and were preparing to secretly continue to win over their own forces. They seemed to be integrated and had reached an agreement, but in fact they were acting independently.
I was still thinking about how we would plot against each other after the war, when I suddenly received a number of military reports.
The battle line was very long, with defeats here and victories there. The tug-of-war continued until February, and the national treasury was depleted of a lot of money.
Seeing that things were not going well, Wang Du quickly dispatched a group of nobles from the south, gathering 10,000 to 20,000 people to go north for support, and even sent out the city defense forces.
These southern viscounts, barons, marquises and earls saw that the Knights were fighting fiercely and thought they could take advantage of the situation by going up.
They drove their soldiers to the north in triumph, and it was already mid-February.
The north was still covered with snow. When they arrived at the border of Lorki, they found that it was quiet and deserted. Even the camp of the Knights was nowhere to be seen.
Just when they thought things were too strange and wanted to go back, countless enemies suddenly appeared in the valley.
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