Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 478 The incident of Prince Wu being attacked (Part [-])

Zhu Wenkui's expectation was not wrong. Seeing that he still disagreed, the other party started to act again. The knights drove the Greeks away and once again surrounded the house.

"Your answer seems like a provocation." Little Jeanne was still a little unwilling: "Let me tell you."

"Then you give it a try." Zhu Wenkui did not object: "If we can really negotiate and let them withdraw from the siege, we can discuss everything. Everyone will listen to you."

"Huh?" Seeing that he was so easy to talk to, little Jeanne was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, she decided to give it a try.

She ducked behind the wall and shouted: "Mother, mother, I'm Jeanne! I'm fine, don't worry about me. Can we stop being so tense? Everyone calm down and let's discuss anything."

However, after waiting for a while, no one on the other side answered. Instead, the sound of digging soil came from behind the wall again. Little Jeanne shouted several times, but there was no response. Finally, she herself fell silent.

"Master, I took her back." Upon seeing this, Captain Jessica glanced at her with some sympathy. After talking to Zhu Wenkui, he picked up little Jeanne, pulled a few mine wires, and returned to the car barrier.

"Let her rest. She shouldn't have come in the first place..." Zhu Wenkui muttered and started to play with the thunder in his drum again.

"Okay." Captain Jessica nodded and picked up a pistol. "I see those Italians are starting to dig at the wall again. How about we take advantage of them and kill a few of them?"

He pointed to the iron hooks and wooden sticks beside him: "I'm going to see if I can pull out a few more."

"No, wait until I finish this." Zhu Wenkui said, raising the iron-cased explosive in his hand that seemed to be quite heavy.

Captain Jessica nodded.

"I don't know why these Italians are so angry. I just thought about it and realized, why are they here?" He also muttered.

"There are a lot of Italian mercenaries here." Zhu Wenkui said: "Europe is not peaceful. When a large caravan goes out, it must be guarded. Here, Italian businessmen have always been the main participants in cross-border trade. Although in name We can only stay at the dock, but the dock area is not far from here, and there is no one to manage it at all. After this chaos, it is not surprising that their mercenaries came over."

"That's not the problem." Captain Jessica explained: "After the chaos, the Italian business group is the most unsafe, right? Although some people are attacking us now, to be honest, if it hadn't been for this accident, our side would The risk is not big, after all, the mansion is notoriously poor. It stands to reason that in a place like this that has little oil and water and is not easy to mess with, few people would insist on fighting."

"But the Italians are different. Everyone knows that they are very rich, and now they are in chaos, but they have sent the guards away - what is this for? Did the princess and them already have an agreement? Or have they already More soldiers have been secretly prepared, and they were even involved in this 'accident'?"

"This has nothing to do with us, right?" Zhu Wenkui asked.

"It's hard to say." Captain Jessica said as he covered the rope: "Don't forget, the last time Constantinople fell, it was the Italians who were behind the scenes and the French who were directly responsible. These guys , all have criminal records.”

"This time, Princess Jeanne came from France. I heard that the Italians also helped. Within the French royal family, there have been voices of moving eastward to Italy. The Italians also support them and want to use their help. To deal with the forces of the Holy Roman Empire. Anyway, the two sides are really connected, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all..."

"I'm really free. I'm still thinking about the south." Zhu Wenkui said speechlessly: "Have they dealt with the English in the west?"

"Maybe it's because we can't solve the problem in the west, so we need to get some compensation from the east, which is easier to bully." Captain Jashka guessed.

"Why is the whole world doing this..." Zhu Wenkui muttered.

"But if you put it this way, it's even more strange. Normally, a raid on the capital of Great Qin would be too risky for them. They would have no chance of winning and would only annoy them. If Great Qin is determined to intervene, the French will It's like having another enemy in vain. Just one Alemanni is enough for them. If they continue to look for trouble like this, they will never be able to gain a foothold in Italy." He analyzed.

"But since ancient times, successful military operations have broken through the 'common sense' that the parties involved think. We really don't know what this situation is. Maybe they decided to win over the closer Alemanni country in exchange for their acquiescence. Entering Italy?" Zhu Wenkui said, shaking his head:

"It's a pity that I'm not a man of control. We don't have enough manpower, so we can't go and see what's going on in the Italian homeland."

"I don't know if it has something to do with the movement from Master Guo tonight." Captain Jessica said with some confusion: "Fortunately, we have already informed them. If there is any movement, the Romans should take action in advance. prepare."

"I hope so." Zhu Wenkui also knew that he couldn't control so much now.

He picked up a long wooden stick, tied it up using the grooves on the surface of the Thunderbolt, and handed it to Captain Jessica.

"I put the bolt here at the fuse hole." He pointed to the Thunderbolt in front of the long pole: "Stretch out the stick, pull the rope, and the bolt will fire at the Thunderbolt. Know how to use it Is it done?"

"understood."

Captain Jessica was about to pick him up when the white-bearded veteran next to him stretched out his hand and stopped him. "You can take command from here, I'll go."

Captain Jessica looked at him, then stopped insisting and turned around and shouted: "Brother Zelik! Come over here!"

A young man ran over from the west side of the yard. Captain Jashka murmured a few words to him, then he took off his helmet, revealing the unique hairstyle of a monk. Then he took out a rough-carved wooden cup from his pocket, opened the kettle, and put it in. Fill up.

Zhu Wenkui recognized that it should be some kind of cheap wine, and he didn't know where they bought it. However, the people around the car showed solemn expressions and stood up straight.

"We don't have time to perform the whole ceremony." said the young monk. "Do your best, brothers. Our Heavenly Father is watching us. Don't let Him be shamed."

"Heavenly Father," several others chanted.

The monk took a sip and handed the cup to them. Everyone followed suit, and soon, everyone on and off the car drank a round and spread the word back. The monk took the remaining half cup and pondered for a moment, seeming to consider his words.

Zhu Wenkui stretched out his hand and took the cup.

"I am also a believer in Heavenly Father, so I should be a part of this place." As he said this, he also took a sip, then raised it to the sky, gestured towards the ancestral hall, and finally tilted the cup to pour out the remaining wine. Fall to the ground.

"As seen by heaven and earth, we did not do anything unjust today." He muttered: "As seen by Emperor Taizu, future generations have not brought shame on you."

With that said, he returned the empty cup to the monk.

Everyone else looked at him in surprise, and the monk also looked curious. He hesitated and asked, "What kind of ceremony is this?"

"It means that no matter whether it is heaven or hell ahead, we have a clear conscience."

"What about your ancestors? I know the new customs here in Rome. But over there..."

"My ancestor was also a country farmer." Zhu Wenkui said: "However, he defeated the foreign rulers and established a new dynasty."

"Then, on our side, he should indeed be able to become a saint." Brother Zelik thought thoughtfully, finally sighed and put the cup back.

After the simple ceremony, veteran Karl jumped out of the car, called another person, and brought a barrel over. The two walked behind the wall, and the man grabbed the rope. Carl stepped on the barrel, held the long pole, raised his hands, and stretched it out from the top of the wall.

Before the enemies outside could react, they suddenly pulled the rope. With a bang, the big iron ball exploded in mid-air.

There was a scream immediately outside the wall. Karl and his assistant fell to the ground, and a few pieces of iron even flew high and fell back into the yard. Captain Jessica immediately took a few people beside him and ran to the gap in the wall under the cover of the smoke and the chaotic crowd.

The Italian mercenaries who were originally digging into the wall were blown over a large area. The group of people who were close were killed on the spot, and everyone on standby behind was also injured. Several seriously injured people lay on the ground wailing, while those who could still move ran around in panic. Even the thugs and mercenaries working hard elsewhere also retreated in panic, and even trampled a few people down.

The French knights supervising the battle in the rear immediately stepped forward and quickly drove back those who instinctively wanted to flee. After cutting down the two wounded soldiers who were running around, the others calmed down a little. A man holding a flag shouted at them, urging them to get on with their work.

Captain Jessica pointed at the man and waved his hand. The two veterans behind him immediately stepped out of the gap and fired at the knight holding the flag. The mercenaries who were originally staring at this place were all looking at the chaos ahead and did not pay attention to this place. The two of them had free time to aim and shoot, and knocked down the flag bearer in one go. Then, the mercenaries screamed in surprise and started firing arrows here again, but those few people had already been hiding.

Seeing the flag outside fall down, the guards in the yard cheered, and the previously depressing atmosphere suddenly dissipated. However, the attackers recovered quickly.

After losing some mercenaries, they simply replaced them with even less valuable Greek thugs and came up to dig into the wall. Although these people began to stagger when walking, under the threat of the sword of the war supervisor knight, they had no choice but to rush forward, bite the bullet, pick up hoes and axes, and work hard to demolish the wall.

The explosion just now also caused damage to that section of the wall that was not very strong in the first place. Zhu Wenkui quickly prepared another one, but Captain Jessica thought it could no longer bear it, so he changed the direction and detonated it in the northwest corner.

This time, as soon as the long pole was stretched out, the people below were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, so that only a few of the closest ones were killed. The nearby knights also came over immediately to drive them away, killing several of the fastest runners in succession, causing them to roll and crawl back to where they were.

The injured thug lay on the ground and screamed, causing people to panic. The knight supervising the battle did not say a word, and executed several injured people on the spot with one sword and one man. At this time, even the man who was still bleeding ran back in a panic, not daring to neglect, but started digging more vigorously.

Now, the pressure on the guards was even greater.

(End of this chapter)