The Sun King's Evidence

The defensive battle of the Spire Palace finally ended with the victory of the Brittanian army led by Ryan. Mousilon's undead army was close to victory after storming the castle for a day and night, but in the end they retreated in defeat. They were forced to withdraw from the Spire Palace and headed north. go.

The brave kingdom knight Leofric-Carral from Winford had a great championship showdown with the dead former Duke of Artois in the magical blessing "Goddess Favor" of the Lake God Witch Morgiana, and succeeded. He defeated Zilfroy and the black knights under his command.

Morgiana used the curse "False Bad Luck" belonging to the Lake Fairy. She predicted that Leofric Kalal would successfully kill Duke Zilfroy's undead in close combat. This curse directly killed Leo. Frick's power has been strengthened several times, but this knight of the kingdom must also face off against Zilfroy until the winner is decided, otherwise his goddess will be disappointed with him, which is very important to Britta. This is unacceptable to the knights of Nia.

The former Duke of Artois, Zilfroy, was tall and mighty. He was once a very powerful Holy Grail Knight during his lifetime, but after returning to Artois after completing the Holy Grail Crusade, his brutal rule made the entire Principality of Artois miserable. , Zilfroy is a very good war leader, brave and has repeatedly achieved military exploits, but in domestic affairs he is terribly incompetent and likes to manage himself. In the principal court, Zilfroy always speaks immediately after the court session. The party with the higher status is declared the winner directly, and then the loser is subjected to very cruel punishments, including but not limited to being impaled on wooden stakes, eating coal alive, sawing, wheel-breaking and beheading.

It is said that Zilfroy only smiled when he saw the tortured person making a pitiful plea for mercy.

His cruelty made him notorious as a ruler. Even the Lady of the Lake was alarmed by his cruelty. The goddess announced the abolition of these punishments. Only then did Zilfroy give up in disappointment. The Knight of the Holy Grail finally died in He died in the civil war after the Dole Tower incident and was resurrected as a vampire. He was defeated and killed again by a crusade led by Knight Taylor.

Leofric exhausted his last bit of strength to defeat Duke Zilfroy, who was resurrected again. The knights worked together to use their last strength to defeat the rear army left by Mathurbard.

However, this army was no longer able to chase the undead army. After rapid marches, transporting supplies, and subsequent fierce battles, both serfs and knights in this army were exhausted to the extreme. Ryan immediately announced that the knights were prohibited from continuing to pursue and repair the castle. Gate, take the time to rest.

At the end of the war, almost all the soldiers were too tired to stand up, and the knights were lying on the ground, but their faces were full of pride. They were proud to have participated in such a glorious battle. Many knights errant couldn't help but feel complacent, thinking that charging with Lord Ryan under the banner of the Lake God would be the best, most glorious and most precious memory in his life.

"It's too dangerous to leave the castle to pursue at this time. Most of the soldiers don't even have the strength to stand up." Ryan, holding the goddess of revenge, said to Morgiana: "We need at least two days to rest while continuing. Mobilize supplies and establish a strong defensive position in the Spire Palace."

"In this battle, artillery played a very important role. Sure enough, my father's opinion on the introduction of artillery was right." Fedmund, the knight of the Holy Grail and the legitimate son of Bodrick, Duke of Bordeaux, wiped his face with a towel and mixed it. Despite the turbidity of sweat, mud, and blood, Fedmund did not feel tired at all. Instead, the Holy Grail Knight was rosy and energetic because of this victory that could be recorded in history.

Livestock! Juan, who was lying on the stone slab next to him, thought angrily that the young Knight of the Sun felt like he was about to fall apart, and his whole body felt like he was floating in the clouds. That was a sign of extreme fatigue.

"I have gathered hundreds of artillery pieces, and more than half of them were lost in this war." Speaking of this, Ryan felt very sad. He sighed: "Fortunately, most of the artillery pieces are only damaged and can be recast. If these artillery pieces were Being taken away by a vampire will make me feel sad for a long time."

The Lake God Prophet counted the casualties. Due to Morgiana's large-scale group regeneration, the knights and soldiers were more injured than dead. This battle probably cost more than 1,200 people.

"My brothers, you have worked hard in this battle." Ryan finally spoke: "His Excellency Antelm, Count of Kuileu, will arrive soon with reinforcements and more supplies. Please have a good rest!"

"yes!"

The whole army continued to rest in the Spire Palace, repairing the gates and arranging security.

Ryan said hello to Teresa. The sorceress who had used up her magic power was also very tired. She took a rest with the help of her apprentice.

Ryan's room was naturally Count Ocasson's room at the top of the steeple palace castle. He took a nice bath to relieve the stress of continuous battles and the minor injuries he suffered while fighting Mahubad. Moji Anna helped him rub his back. The Lake God Witch was also very tired. She also took a shower and changed clothes after Ryan. After Ryan put on his nightgown and lay down, she got directly into the bed without Ryan's consent and hugged his neck.

"Today's battle was really dangerous. We almost failed." Morgiana said quietly. The Lake God Witch leaned on Ryan's chest: "Are you injured?"

"It's okay. Most of them are bruises and scrapes. I'll be fine after a day or two of rest." Ryan shook his head: "Now that we have successfully defended the Spire Palace, the next step is to recruit freedmen to transport supplies, and then wait until the spring plowing is over. Just gather all the troops, follow the Grismoray River, and completely recapture Mousilon!"

"I should have exerted more combat power, but I just retrieved the Holy Grail of Potion." Morgiana complained to herself with some dissatisfaction: "The Holy Grail of Potion has been lost in my hands for too long, and I need a period of time for the mana stored in it. It will take time for me to regain control of it.”

"It doesn't matter, you've done a good job." Ryan said softly. He held Morgiana in his arms and kissed her on the lips: "Rest first, you are tired too."

"I'm tired, but are you tired?" Morgiana was indeed tired. The Lake God Witch closed her eyes. A small jade foot wrapped in thin flesh-colored stockings hooked on Ryan's calf. She tapped lightly. Touching Ryan's chest: "Come here first and then rest? It's up to you whatever you like."

"……All right."

…………I am the dividing line between tiredness and fatigue……

At the same time, north of Mousilon, on the outskirts of Richard's Castle, on the coast of Mousilon.

Lawn-Leo Cornwall is looking far away from the coastline with his attendants. In the cold winter, the sea breeze is howling, and the ice is biting. Next to the rocks where the waves are beating, the Duke of Lawn-Lio Cornwall is talking to Lyon. Duke Aldreeld of Nassar stood together with the Grand Knight of the Holy Grail and Count Caladre Garament, looking at a spire outside the coast. This is a tower that is constantly being beaten by the waves. The black granite tower has a bit of the architectural style of the Elf Empire.

This spire is constantly facing waves and storms, and it is now in disrepair. However, this place carries the most unbearable memories of Britannia. Lawn and others revisited their hometown, and many knights looked at this spire All sigh.

The minaret is far away from the coastline, and the original narrow stone bridge has collapsed. If they want to climb the minaret, the knights must take a boat to brave the waves and storms to reach the minaret, then climb to the top of the tower and jump into the tower.

This tower is the famous Dole Tower, where the most famous "Dore Tower Incident", also known as the "Pseudo Holy Grail Incident", occurred.

To briefly summarize this event, after the Mad Duke Merovingian incident, the Principality of Mousilon was brutally cut off from its vassalage. Most of the land in the north was assigned to Lyonnais, and the remaining ducal titles were changed to Duke of Connaught. Madred, who is the Duke of Connaught, owns the small but wealthy Principality of Connaught. The Duke is constantly planning to restore its former glory. He and his magical advisor Malford have been plotting for this purpose for more than ten years. .

The opportunity came as soon as it came. The then Knight King "Jules the Righteous" died together with a Chaos Champion while fighting the northern barbarian invasion in the north of Lyonnais. The throne of the Knight King was vacant. Jules had no legitimate son and no designated successor. His daughter announced that she would be recruiting brides from the entire knight kingdom. Whoever can take revenge can marry her and inherit the title of Duke of Lyonnaise owned by Jules. The vacant knight throne also means that the king's election will be held again.

Madred felt that an opportunity had come. He and his magic consultant Malford announced that they had found the Holy Grail in a very short period of time and lured the then Lake God Witch to Mousilon. Lyanna came to Mousilon but was caught in a trap and imprisoned in the Tower of Dor.

There are two versions of the subsequent story. The first version is that Madred publicly announced that he married the Lake Fairy (some say the Lake Witch) and has an orthodox legal claim to the knight's throne. Dredd publicly announced that he had found the Holy Grail and was the King of Knights appointed by the Fairy of the Lake.

Everyone knows what happened next. Due to the disappearance of the Lake God Witch, the connection point between the Lake Fairy and the mortal world was interrupted. Although the Holy Grail Knights received a dream and knew that the Holy Grail in Madred's hand was a fake, they could not prove it. The civil war therefore It broke out until the "Rose Knight" Telefer rescued the Witch of the Lake when he passed by Dor's Tower.

The Dor Tower incident also meant the end of Britannia's golden age. It was after this that the Kingdom of Knights fell into decline. When everyone looked at the Dor Tower in the distance, most of them just sighed.

After a moment of silence, Lawn-Leo Cornish spoke, and the Duke frowned a little: "When will our confederate army arrive?"

Duke Aldreird of Lyonnais remained silent, and Laune's attendant immediately replied: "The reinforcements from the empire have arrived in the Principality of Le-Angoulant and will arrive in the near future."

"Well, we need the help of the imperial army." Lawn's frown finally relaxed a little after hearing the news.

Kalad, who was standing aside, was moved in his heart, but he did not speak.

Kalad Garament's relationship with Ryan is obviously better. Normally, he should appear in Ryan's army. However, Kalad is still affected by Jules' position. Jules has died in battle many times. Having served as the head of the Knights of the Holy Grail branch in Kurona, the relationship between Jules and Richard is obviously better. Jules is both a mentor and a friend to Kalad, and he is also his brother-in-law. , Kalad could not refuse when he received a letter from Lawn earnestly requesting his help. With the idea of ​​helping Richard one last time, he left Bastogne with dozens of his followers to report to Lyonnais.

As the Grand Knight of the Holy Grail, Kalad naturally received a warm reception from Raun. He also took the opportunity to observe Raun's army and his policies.

Originally, Raun led a thousand knights to be stationed in Lyonnasay, partly to help Aldereld, Duke of Lyonnais, suppress the rebellion and maintain public security in the territory, and on the other hand, he was also observing the effect of Ryan's Mousilon strategy.

What surprised Lawn was that he received intelligence that the Spire Palace fell in just one day! Ryan led 5,000 men to capture the Spire Palace in just one day!

Now the candidate for the throne could no longer sit still. In a hurry, Lawn led an army of 20,000 knights and immediately went south to besiege Richard's castle.

However, as Kalard, who witnessed the war with his own eyes, Lawn's so-called siege was actually "siege without attacking." The chivalry army of 20,000 people was huge, but in fact, nearly one of the 20,000 people Seventeen thousand people, all temporary serf infantry regiments established by recruiting refugees from Lyonnais.

That's right, the 20,000 knightly army is basically "water-filled pork." In order to appear to be more powerful, Lawn ordered the recruitment of refugees from Lyonnais. These refugees who had no food or clothing were willing to give them food when they saw the regent of the kingdom. Eat, and of course he enthusiastically joined the army. In less than two days, Raun immediately raised a "serf infantry regiment" of 17,000 people. Each of these serf infantry was assigned a spear (or maybe a pitchfork or a dung fork). Even wooden sticks) and tattered clothes, enjoying the lowest level of food supply.

After completing the recruitment, Raun led the army in a hurry south and surrounded Richard Castle, an important stronghold in the north of Mousilon. The scale of more than 20,000 people seemed large and very intimidating. The vampire lord here was in the castle. With less than 2,000 defenders, the pressure was so great that they had to immediately ask for help from Duke Mathhubard, who was attacking the Spire Palace.

However, both Raun and Aldreeld, Duke of Lyonnaise, actually knew in their hearts how much combat effectiveness this temporarily raised army could have? Maybe a big question mark needs to be placed.

Even in Kalad's mind, there was no need to put a question mark. The Grand Knight of the Holy Grail thought of the combat effectiveness of the serf infantry regiments in Lane's territory that had evolved into semi-professional armies, and sighed in his heart: These The army composed of refugees cannot even be described as collapsing at the first touch. They are not even qualified to contribute by waving flags and building momentum. They are not strong enough to be used as laborers and coolies. Recruiting them is not a good idea.

But recruiting these refugees is helpless. If these people are left alone and Lawn and Aldreeld leave with the elite, it will be a real disaster!

"Without the large amount of firearms, equipment and artillery from our imperial allies, we cannot directly attack the city, Mr. Lawn, Mr. Aldreeld." Kalad finally spoke: "Do you know how much combat power our army has, except for a thousand Except for a large number of knights and a small number of infantry regiments, most of the so-called soldiers are just a mob, and they have no ability to fight at all."

"I know this." Raun was wearing shining armor and holding the sword of Kurona. The Duke of Connet was not ignorant of the situation of his army. On the contrary, he knew it very well: "So I am waiting, waiting. The reinforcements are not only the empire’s reinforcements, but also another reinforcement.”

"Another reinforcement?" Kalad mused.

As soon as he finished speaking, Duke Lawn's crony, Jared de Curona, was walking towards him.

"Reinforcements led by my Dukes, Duke Aldreeld, Lord Calard, Duke Fourcade of Montfort, and Duke Hagen of Gisoleaux have arrived."

"Very good, convene a military meeting immediately!"

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