prince of europe in quintiles

In fact, the little lion is still somewhat sure of his weight.He just didn't expect that in the small county of Göttingen, in the territory of an earl, there would be such a genius!

Under this unique discovery, the only two gun carriages were all fired with spears.Due to the lack of fixed devices, the soldiers also skillfully put the wooden pipe for water intake on it to form a sleeve firing structure similar to a piece of arrow, so that the spear can be fired in a position similar to the barrel of a gun.

As a result, the semi-sea dragon, a terrifying beast the size of a truck, had already gone mad due to its wounds before reaching the city wall.It angrily bit the Saxon army around it, turned around desperately, and even wanted to sneak into the moat.For the beast's behavior of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, the Free City of Göttingen, which is armed as an iron-clad bastard, is not a high-yield target.It will have to be avoided rather than hit.It is said that the complete sea dragon has an extremely high IQ, but because it is not controlled by the animal trainer at all, it cannot be domesticated so far.

The turn of the war behemoth also led to the complete bankruptcy of the long-prepared monster offensive of the Saxon army today.

Little Bernard looked desperately at the loss of nearly half of his soldiers due to factors such as war, lack of medical care, illness and cold, and monsters devouring them in this cold and twelfth lunar month.

Of the 1 troops, only 10 soldiers and horses can still stand and walk, and there are still hundreds of wounded soldiers lying in the barracks.As for Göttingen, although Jr. Bernard failed to send out spies, as long as there is no problem with his brain, he can calculate the casualties of Huo Teng's troops to be about [-] according to the popular ratio of [-]:[-] casualties in the siege battle.

Such a large exchange ratio, the furious and uncontrollable giant war beast, and the deputy commander Hamster, who has been lying on the bed and has been unable to move, all made little Bernard feel desperate.

In fact, as long as he wanted to, he could also spur the army, arrest strong men everywhere, and even retreat to besiege Göttingenburg, forcing Huo Teng to send troops to fight him in the wild field.

But little Bernard had lost all hope at this time.Young people are full of passion when their blood is surging, but they are likely to be more desperate than middle-aged people when they encounter setbacks.This kind of extreme psychology made Bernard Jr. dare not face his father's scolding.Growing up in the shadow of the old Bernard, the little lion tasted the taste of failure for the first time.

Seeing that little Bernard had no fighting spirit, the animal trainer hurriedly tried to keep control of the half-sea dragon.

But Huo Teng also discovered that this half-sea dragon was entering the Yachi River along the moat. With the habits of sea dragons, it would definitely enter the Rhine River and eventually return to the North Sea.

Anyway, Huo Teng can't get it, so the Saxon army can't get it.

So he once again asked the archers to turn their arrows and throw them at a long distance to prevent the Saxon army from trying to intercept them.The half-sea dragon did hide in the Yachi River and headed for the Rhine along a tributary.All beasts have natural self-healing skills, and they will pull out the spears that have rubbed into their bodies by themselves, so this half-sea dragon will not die, and may even come back to harass and retaliate after the injury heals according to memory.

Seeing such an outstanding performance of the cannon carriage, Huo Teng also calmed down, and continued to command the archers on the city wall to fight back bravely, driving back the attacking Saxon army.

By the way, it was no accident that a rare prompt in the battlefield was triggered.

[Discovered a new unit: Huo Teng cannon (armor-piercing cone)]

This improved version of the gun carriage allows Huo Teng to transform the belt of the catapult into another version of the weapon with ballistics and launch armor-piercing short spears.

"Win! We won!"

When Ban Hailong fled and the Saxon army retreated completely, the Free City of Göttingen burst out with a rare burst of joy.

Even the most uneducated and uninformed militiamen should find that the enemy has little will to continue.They were not far from retreating.

It's winter now, but it's not the coldest time yet.If you don't take advantage of November to go home quickly, it will be a big problem how many people will be able to return home when the blizzard hits around Christmas.

"Now prepare hot soup, take care of the wounded, and investigate those families who have lost their labor force. We have to give generous compensation. By the way, burn the corpses of the enemies to prevent the plague from spreading in winter." Huo Teng had no time to celebrate and rest, holding Temporary wife Jones said so.

It is now in a stalemate stage of the war. According to general theory, during this period of time, neither side will suffer too many casualties, and the main body will remain intact.It is equivalent to two strong men fighting.

But once this stalemate is broken, there will be an exaggerated long-tail effect.The so-called long tail effect, that is, due to the scale effect, as long as strong logistics and storage capabilities are accumulated, the cost of selling goods will drop rapidly, so that as long as they are sold, people will buy them, which is enough to squeeze out a large number of markets.

This effect was originally widely used in business theory.It has also been expanded recently and has been applied to fields such as politics.For example, the first empire of world hegemony is often the country that enjoys the long tail effect.And once it loses its hegemony, the hegemonic country tends to shrink rapidly rather than decline slowly, because the new hegemony will quickly occupy the top of the long-tail effect.Therefore, in fact, there is no possibility of a two-strong equilibrium.Because there must be one party enjoying the long tail effect.But this judgment only applies to the same market, such as the two worlds during the Cold War cannot be generalized.

That is to say, although the two sides seem to be equal in strength in the stalemate stage, in the pursuit stage, the weaker side will pay the price of several times the previous casualties, or even annihilation of the entire army, in order to allow some commanders to escape.

In the current situation, a decent exit for the Saxon army is considered the best choice.

If a blizzard really hits, the Principality of Saxony will have to face the disastrous defeat on the Elbe River more than [-] years ago.

At that time, what will happen to old Bernard's expression depends on whether he is willing to choose Bernard's younger brother, or simply give up his election position so as to save the evening.

At this critical moment, the deputy commander-in-chief Hamster, who couldn't bear the serious injury, had to send his bodyguard to invite little Bernard.

"Little Lion, I heard the wailing of the whole camp, I heard you trembling, and I heard... the signal of defeat." Hamster questioned Little Bernard, "It has already reached this situation, you Do you still have to hold on?"

"I...I can't be sorry for my father's cultivation..." Little Bernard was indeed frowning with anxiety.

How he wished someone would jump out at this time and tell him the trick to win.

It's a pity that most of the time there is no refreshing feeling of winning with one move.

"Withdraw your troops. If you lose 1000 people for the sake of 2000 people, your father will be even more angry. Failure is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that you can't face the reality of your failure." Hamster closed his eyes in disappointment.

He believes that the old Bernard's plan to cultivate an heir has completely failed.

……

After a few more days of stalemate, the Saxon army fled overnight on a dark and stormy night.

The next day, the city of Göttingen cheered when the enemy retreated.

Huo Teng also heard a series of prompts amidst the cheers.

[You have upgraded, available skill points: 2]

[Congratulations on unlocking: elite militia unit upgrades and expansions.Currently open: number expansion (40-80 people), equipment modification direction: armor-piercing weapons, light armor, medium armor]

[Acquired Trait: Hero of Göttingen, Göttingen County Prestige +3, Local Recruitment Cost -30%, Unlock Special Unit: Lily Guardian Knight] 1

[Battle rewards: Sea Dragon Tusk Spear, armor-piercing and poisonous damage bonuses, and a 'destroying charge effect' for knights when charging. 】

[Congratulations, you have completed the main task. 】

Even so, these are no longer important.

In this way, Huo Teng will win with a small county against a big country, and Huo Teng will completely put aside the constraints of many parties and welcome a better tomorrow.

For example, are you really talking about marriage with the countess?

Chapter 79 It's Harvest Time

Finally, everything came to an end with the retreat of the Saxon Army.

Huo Teng looked at the bright sunset as if reborn, looking forward to a brand new tomorrow.

He slumped down and enjoyed the joy of victory with Jones and Amelia.In this cold winter day, Huo Teng ordered the logistics officer, that is, Greya who came to help temporarily, to take out all the wine in the warehouse and give it to the soldiers to enjoy.

In this battle, Huo Teng's army prepared for it was also disintegrated, and a large number of peasant families lost their pillars directly.They are not a symbol in the system, but a fresh life in this world.People are the sum of all social relations. These militiamen have their families and friends, land and houses, and they are also the main taxpayers in the territory.Losing them would hurt Huo Teng more than just hurting his muscles and bones.But if you compromise with the Saxon army, you will lose even more.So although it is a pity, Huo Teng also paid them excessive compensation.This is simply not available to other knights. In most cases, the knight lord will even take the spoils of the militia as compensation for taxes.

In fact, the Saxon forecast was wrong.

Huo Teng's army of hundreds of people suffered not more than 100 casualties, but more than [-] casualties.Peasant pikemen and infantry regiments suffered particularly heavy losses.The archers who shoot arrows have also been raided by elite sergeants led by Saxon knights many times.

The reason why Huo Teng was able to survive was that on the one hand, the enemy besieged the city three times, and Huo Teng destroyed the only retreat by the water, and the soldiers had to do their best; on the other hand, although the casualty rate remained high, the The defenders used a variety of defense tools and frequently dispatched troops to stagger the peak of panic, and survived the decisive battle without any danger.

This is a rare carnival in winter.

Although it was not yet Christmas, which was actually the winter solstice in the east, after Huo Teng sent a large number of soldiers to search for the remnants of the Saxon army, he also announced from ear to ear that there was no restriction on eating and drinking today, and he could play as much as he wanted.

Due to the hasty retreat of the Saxon army, they not only abandoned the corpses of hundreds of wounded soldiers, but even left some hard-to-take ordnance, blacksmith utensils, carts, etc. at the scene.Including new noodles, spices, wine and meat taken from the Grand Duke's granary, it is a rare delicacy.

The system reminded Huo Teng that he had converted about 1210 gold coins from this search.And get a rare smithy blueprint!

Huo Teng immediately agreed to exchange, and urgently replenished the money into his small treasury that had dried up.To be honest, without this money, Huo Teng would really become an ordinary knight lord, reneging on debts and oppressing farmers every day.

Of course, it's not that Huo Teng nods and the money falls from the sky.

In the eyes of the ordinary army and the people, Huo Teng just encountered a buying caravan specializing in spoils very cleverly. Hearing that there was a war in Göttingen, he went north in spite of the wind and snow, and ran here to find business.

After negotiating with the trade master Greya, the two parties reasonably settled the spoils at one thousand gold coins.

This made Huo Teng very strange, why is it different from what the system prompts?

He went to the caravan to check. When the person in charge of the caravan saw Huo Teng coming, he suddenly seemed to have some idea and asked to meet Huo Teng.

"Good day, brave hero of Göttingen. After seeing your majesty, I suddenly wished for a proper cooperation with you. I feel that this armory will be of great help to the Archbishop of Mainz in Franconia and The Grand Duke's struggle. Therefore, I am willing to increase the purchase price to 1 gold coins, but I hope you can meet with the Archbishop of Mainz at the right time."

The businessman who purchased military supplies had a clear identity.

Huo Teng also noticed from the elegant cross pattern buttons on his body that he was a businessman serving the church.

And there can only be one church that is in short supply of military supplies recently, and that is the Principality of Franconia, where conflicts have intensified to the point of confrontation.

In fact, this may be the first time the Catholic Church has seen a civilized man like the bishop leading the army to confront the old rough duke.It's the first time for everyone, so it's inevitable that you don't know how to deal with it.

Huo Teng nodded in agreement, he moved his eyeballs, and suddenly reminded the businessman before leaving: "Tell Burchard, the archbishop of Mainz, that you must not fight head-on, and fight the people's war that the Archduke of Franconia is exhausting!"

The chaos in Franconia began with the unreasonable oppression of knights and lords, and the dim sky of tax collection.The people couldn't bear it, and they rose up in anger. Archbishop Burchard responded and led the people to fight against the nobles.Isn't this the background of the people's war?

Huo Teng can only sigh with emotion that the Catholic Church, which was groping forward in the chaos in the middle ages and was blacked out by later generations, also represents justice and kindness at this time.

……

The next day, Huo Teng pushed aside Jones, who had been lingering all night last night, and sat in front of the study to calculate his final family fortune.

The more victorious you are, the more careful you are to capsize halfway.

Although Horten repelled the attack of the Saxons, the rebels in Göttingen County, such as Baron Kennan, are still at large.How can these rebellious and water-drinking guys show Huo Teng's power if they don't severely punish and deprive them of their territory?

But it should be noted that it is cold winter now.

The Saxon army will fall on the winter tiger at this time, and so will Horten.Attacking at will is tantamount to suicide.

The winter in Western Europe is indeed not as cold as in the East, but people can't afford to wear too thick clothes.Many families still stay in the normal state of wearing a set of thick clothes for the whole family, and the whole family squeezes into the bed naked to keep warm.

"We still have to play the diplomacy card." Huo Teng sighed.

In diplomacy, a piece of paper can leverage the levers of the army, and it happens to be able to make extraordinary achievements.

The rest is an inventory of the benefits of local wars.

First of all, there are two skill points, Huo Teng tapped into the line of the army.Because he found that, whether it is personal or strategic, most of these two skill lines do not involve real battlefields.However, Huo Teng urgently needs to supplement the combat capabilities of soldiers.

[Leader: Soldiers' morale weakening speed is halved]

[Archer Commander Level 1: Archer unit reload time -8%] 1

The benefits of these two skills are not large, but they are indispensable basic skills.The former is an independent basic skill and cannot be upgraded, while the latter can continue to increase.Not only increases reload speed, but also increases accuracy and power.

But the only thing that makes Huo Teng helpless is that he has been in urgent need of melee units with strong combat capabilities, but he has never been able to get them.

But fortunately, after yesterday's battle, Huo Teng was unlocked to upgrade and expand the elite militia unit.

This system is specially optimized and upgraded for such units as the Peasant Spear Corps and Peasant Archers, which are convenient and easy to use in the early stage, but start to stretch their hips when the battle is fierce.At present, Huo Teng has unlocked three directions, namely armor-piercing weapons, light armor and medium armor.Not to mention the former, the so-called light armor is to allow soldiers to wear thick linen robes filled with linen, wool and leaves, which have a certain defense against various cuts and stab wounds; medium armor is finally seeing iron , which is a poor-quality armor that connects thin iron sheets in series.To say it is like armor is a compliment.

But in Western Europe, which is generally poor, with iron armor, it is very rich.

The seemingly favorable improvement plan made Huo Teng feel slightly wrong.Isn't it a waste to add iron armor to ordinary units like the Peasant Spear Corps?

Thinking of this, he naturally skipped the sixth trait, the hero of Göttingen.

Along the way, Huo Teng has unknowingly accumulated six traits, which are Green Slayer, Duelist, Victory Commander, Fair Reward, Fearless in Danger, and Hero of Göttingen.Some of them are practical, some are tasteless, some focus on plundering income, and some focus on single-player duels, which are relatively comprehensive.

The superposition of these six traits can provide Horten with a powerful buff of +4 prestige in Göttingen County and -40% recruitment cost in Göttingen County.It can be said that in Göttingen County, Huo Teng opened his mouth more effectively than the countess.When he wanted to recruit an army, he also gave an order, and there were many followers.After a war, the passive feature of fearlessness in the face of danger seems to be the most useful.While guarding the city, Huo Teng calmed down the chaotic militia many times without causing a bigger rout.

There was nothing to look at, so Huo Teng specifically looked at the last one.

Lily Guardian Knight.

[Elite arms: Lily Guardian Knight.Basic number of people: 8 people, monthly salary of 40 gold, recruitment fee of 500 gold, and pre-requisite buildings: monastery, blacksmith shop.The Lily Guardian Knights are a team of hidden monks specially organized to defend the monastery.They have a devout heart, and with the protection of the Virgin, they are invincible in battle.Traits: Holy, improve the morale of surrounding soldiers; Guardian, can be used as a general's guard. 】

Lily, it's time for Huo Teng's religious science.

Before the worship of the Virgin Mary rose in Christianity, lilies were generally yellow.After the adoration of the Virgin, they were all painted white.Because white symbolizes purity, and lily means the Annunciation to Our Lady in the Bible.So this is a pure and auspicious flower.

Therefore, the guardian of the lily is actually the guardian of the Virgin Mary.This is a group of knights who worship the Virgin.

But their recruitment and maintenance costs are too expensive.Almost every knight has reached the salary level of the elite warriors of the Roman Empire.The annual salary of dozens of gold coins is enough to empty Huo Teng's pocket.In addition, the prerequisites for recruitment are too harsh, so for the time being, Huo Teng can only see the heroic appearance of the elite troops he saw for the first time in his dreams.

In the end, Huo Teng picked up a water-blue lance at hand. It had graceful lines and a ferocious edge. It was the sea dragon fang lance made from the scales and flesh and bones dropped by half-sea dragons.

Its most noteworthy special effect is the destruction charge.

The difference between it and the normal charge is that the latter is like a motorcycle charge, while the destruction charge is like a small truck hitting people.Not an order of magnitude.

However, Huo Teng was actually a little distressed.

Because its mount Kuai Ling, as a half-half griffin, although its blood is thin, it still has an effect similar to that of a destructive charge.The superposition of the two is actually a bit wasteful.

When he was in distress, Huo Teng suddenly heard a message from a soldier outside the door.

"Baron! Lord Baron, here comes a... a master! A pious priest!"

Soldiers don't understand the difference between gods and priests, so they are collectively called masters.

But Huo Teng saw that the prompt bar displayed: Your master-level affairs officer has arrived.

The famous monk Morris.

Chapter 80 Black people don't want to be saints

The so-called famous monks are those who are well-known in nearby cathedrals, dioceses, monasteries and other places, can be invited as guests by earls and dukes, and can be recorded on the parchment scrolls of many monasteries.This does not mean that his theology is excellent.Because only those national-level archbishops who are honored as saints have the ability to compile and interpret the Bible, or to demonstrate the content of a certain creed.Like the famous monks of the next level, as long as they are proficient in the Bible, they can debate and preach fluently, and they are well-versed in the history of Christianity, and they know a certain creed and a certain schism.Most do not have the ability to create new content.

It may sound unremarkable, but in fact, it is rare in the world just to be recorded on a parchment scroll.In the history of Catholicism, a large number of priests who were well-known at the time, known for their theology, scholastic philosophy, medical skills, or missionary abilities, were never engraved on parchment throughout their lives.Many people just had their bones piled up in the basement of the church as guardians of the church.Christianity has always had the custom of playing with bones, but it was abandoned in modern times and thrown into the garbage dump of cults, but that is actually Christianity's own ass.

But monks are another category.

Only a very small number of pious people who are willing to abandon fame, fortune, priesthood, and everything in the church system will put on black robes and imitate the way of their ancestors to pursue the path of godliness.Of course, although it is only a solitude, it is not completely divorced from the church.These hermits often live in two or three alone in the wilderness, taking pleasure in torturing themselves.Sometimes they only drank a glass of water and ate a handful of wheat a day. They believed that such pain would bring them closer to God and experience the pain and suffering of Jesus' crucifixion.When a monk lives for a long time, the place where he lives may develop into a monastery.This is one of the origins of the monastery gradually appearing in Egypt in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.