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"Humph. How is this kid always one step ahead? Before we even said we were going to fight him, he seized our Rumer River defense line; we just decided to fight desperately, and he ran away with his cowards, you guys Say, does he know sorcery?" A knight from a branch of the Biron family suddenly raised a question.

"Yes, this kid is very wicked."

"So what? Are you being beaten by us? Go on, you have to go to Göttingen, eat up his wheat, and smash his pot and bed!"

The Saxon knights boasted to each other, and the morale of the army seemed to have returned to the pre-war level.

"Duke, please give me an order. We will rest here today, and tomorrow we will go to the countryside to catch farmers and repair siege equipment. I know the castle in Notheim, and it is not particularly strong." A knight volunteered.

"No, we lost... I mean, we lost a layer of speed. If the speed can be a little faster, it can be done in one battle." Old Bernard obviously wanted to say 'we lost', but he drew As soon as the wind turned, he just twisted this sentence into regret.

Fearing that the knights would not believe it, he hastily announced to all the knights again: "The food supply from the Harz region should be on the way, and it is only a few dozen miles away from here. It can arrive in two days to replenish the army's food. Arrive It’s time to prepare our military spirit, but it’s just a matter of winning more and winning less.”

The subordinate knights didn't notice anything unusual, they were still obsessed with the joy of finally crossing the Rumer River and conquering the Horten camp.

Probably because of the sense of joy and quick recovery of self-confidence, or the support for him to continue the battle, old Bernard opened his mouth, and finally did not say any more.

In fact, he already wanted to retreat.

……

The lights on both sides of the Rumer River were dimly lit, and Viscount Hamster, holding a torch, was pacing along the river with difficulty.

He had already learned the details from returning soldiers.

Although it was claimed that hundreds of Huo Teng's troops had been annihilated and his granary taken away, the real inside story was that Huo Teng ran away at full speed, leaving Bernard with only a badly burned camp. A batch of wheat that was half-burned and finally salvaged, and a batch of relatively rich blacksmith tools.The last batch of tools were very useful, and Huo Teng reluctantly let them go because he couldn't take them with him when he was running.

"Viscount Goslar, you look very sad?"

Goldistein walked lightly with lotus steps, and on his quiet face, those two glass-like pupils reflected the ripples of the Rumer River and the moon in the sky.She was wearing a long brown-red dress, with strings of trimmings at the corners of the skirt, making her look like a blooming rose, showing its fragrance alone under the moon.

"Is there? Uh... Well, it is true. But you don't need to know these things, you should go back quickly to avoid accidents." Hamster dodged Gaudis Diu's sight, and walked a few steps quickly to get out of the way .

But the latter kept chasing after him and asked, "What went wrong? Didn't my father just win? Although the price is really..."

She couldn't bear to say more.

Little Bernard, who was deprived of his son's bag, finally paid a heavy price for his rebellious and dissolute behavior.Now little Bernard was slumped on the bed, even needing the help of his servants to defecate, his whole body was like a waste with almost no vitality.Like the hostile Pope imprisoned in the Fulda Abbey, the countdown to death has impatiently prepared to ring the death knell for him.

"I... well, little lady, I'm only telling you these things here, and you must not tell others. I only hope that you can accept this reality by then. "

Hamster thought for a long time, and finally decided to speak.

But his purpose was not pure, he hoped that Goldistein would make sacrifices.

"I……"

"Listen to me. All armies can never have two peaks of morale in the same war. The spirit of crazy soldiers will be tired in an instant. The more you consume, the more you lose. You should know I can see that our barracks has reached the brink of collapse. Apart from knights and strong warriors, who else can survive? The old duke decided to fight Huo Teng desperately, but he missed it! All he caught was a piece of Dilapidated tents and unbearable roasted wheat ash. Today is like this, what about tomorrow? If Hartz’s food does not come, our army will be on the verge of collapse every day..."

Actually, Hamster didn't need to say so much at all.

Only one sentence is enough, go all out, then decline, and exhaust three times.

If the little Bernard's attempt was not the first boost, the asphalt burning battle of the old Bernard definitely consumed all the momentum of the army.

Goldilocks finally understood.

With tears in her eyes: "What sacrifices do I need to make in exchange for peace for the Saxons?"

There will never be peace in Saxony unless old Bernard is dead.

But Hamster would not say that, he just said: "When the Saxon army is defeated or retreats, I will take these poor people to the kingdom of Goslar to temporarily avoid the disaster and give them something to eat." .And you...you take your maid, stand behind the Saxon army, and go to Huo Teng. Go and tell him that you want to marry him..."

Having said that, Hamster himself felt that he was too shameless.

Is it plausible to give a little girl to the queen of three thousand troops?

Chapter 170 Seven Whom God Chooses

Hartz Mountains.

Standing on the edge of the territory left by Titmar II, Earl of Harz, he has established a foothold in the mountains, controlled two bandit dens on the top of the mountain, and Jeffrey, who is about to reach the pinnacle of his life, lectured to the bandit leaders who belonged to him .

"Listen to me, from now on, you have to call me the butler of Millhouse Castle, this is a noble aristocratic status! Obey my orders honestly, otherwise you will all have nothing to eat in winter!"

The bandit leaders were really afraid of Jeffrey's aristocratic status, so they bowed down and knelt down to him for mercy.

Although he is indeed called a nobleman, Jeffrey is still full of gangsters, and he is out of shape.However, he did not forget Huo Teng's exhortation, and tried his best to attack Bernard's rear, so as to prevent him from getting the food in the rear.Huo Teng once told Jeffrey that if such a tactic is successful, then this is likely to be a military revolution in the East Frankish Kingdom.Jeffrey's unique tactics of cutting off the enemy's food road will be recorded in the annals of history.

Of course, these are all Huo Teng’s words to deceive Jeffrey. The tactic of cutting off the food roads has been around for a long time. Forgot all about it.It was not until the Magyars invaded that they gradually regained the bravery of the Germans.

But for Jeffrey, who is pursuing honorary titles, this exhortation is too important.He will soon become famous, break away from the status of a chivalrous man, and open up to the nobles.

After reprimanding a group of bandits, Geoffrey gave them orders again: "Now, I heard that some bastards in the north robbed Titmar, Earl of Harz's food, and it was very fun. I warn you, no one is allowed to mess up Come, those are the rations sent to the Battle of the Rumer River, and the bishop of Halberstadt is in charge of escorting them. We are looking forward to a just war, so don’t interfere, otherwise don’t blame me for being rude.”

After saying this, Jeffrey actually took the people away.

The bandits left behind looked at each other in blank dismay. It wasn't until the evening that someone suddenly came to their senses, and then without saying anything, they immediately mobilized their troops and ran to the north.

The old bandit beat the little bandit: "You idiot, don't care if his bullshit is true or not, let's grab one first and talk about it first. Or eat thatch in winter?"

The old father encouraged his son: "Your father is a bandit, and you are also a bandit. Don't try to get rich by farming. If you don't rob or steal, that's a woman."

Jeffrey?

When the noble lord comes again, let's talk about his presence.

This group of bandits, who are vying to survive the damned winter first and not die in the harsh winter, are looking forward to that batch of generous military rations.

Most people think that Jeffrey has a brain hole, how can you stop us from robbing your enemy's food?

Only a few people clearly realize that every sentence of Jeffrey's is a hook.He mentioned the raiser, director, transporter, and destination of this batch of food.For a group of bastard bandits who intend to rob food, this is comparable to a strategic policy instructor, peeling away the fog for them and finding out the truth.

The organizer Titmar II, in fact, sensible people know that this guy has an average relationship with the bishop, but a strong relationship with the duke.So he will definitely raise a lot of food and send it over.

And the team responsible for the escort turned out to be Bishop Arnulf's team. This was a great situation where egg rolls were sandwiched between bread and it would be too stupid not to eat.

Just in the Harz area, there is a large plain on the north side of the Harz Mountains, and the bandits all know which way they will go.

As a result, several bandit gangs on the south side of the Harz Mountains moved out in groups across the valleys of the Harz Mountains, and appeared noisy in the plain rivers and canals on the north side of the mountains, tracking the roads where church members appeared.

The bandits in the south dared to cross the border and enter the north?

The bandits in the north were not happy. They grabbed a bunch of tongues and tortured them. After learning that there would be a huge amount of food passing through the border in the north, the entire Harz Mountains were boiling and burning. Thousands of bandits were dispatched in groups to block the food delivery road. .

Arnulf, who didn't understand military affairs, faced such a magnificent group of bandits and didn't know what to do for a while. He could only find a way to hide the food in the monastery to prevent the bandits from taking it.

But in this way, the food cannot be transported.

The bandits couldn't grab food, and faced the siege of Titmar II's army who was shocked. They wanted to go back to their hometown but had no food.

To Huo Teng's surprise, Jeffrey used tricks to cheat and launch a sneak attack, which not only delayed the food supply in the Harz area, but also starved to death and killed more than half of the bandits in the Harz Mountains.

……

On the other side, Huo Teng stood at the highest point of the castle and gave his speech of justice to the people.

"People of Northheim, rest assured, God, will not allow wild beasts to devour the soul and flesh of his followers. The enemy eats everyone they catch, we protect everyone we can find; the Saxons lead the beasts Cannibals, we fight with wild beasts. God praises the benevolent righteous men, but will not protect the man-eating demons, whoever wins is determined at the beginning!"

In order to appease people's hearts, Huo Teng introduced it here in advance, or chose a special direction, and made a conclusion first.

He first denounced the Saxons as man-eating demons, and then raised his own kindness to the level of a righteous man. Compared with the two, he argues that God will win because of the omniscience and omnipotence of God.

Victory is not because the army can fight, but because God has chosen Huo Teng to win.

When the topic goes in this direction, it has become a religious theological debate.At least for now, God's election is not considered a mainstream trend of thought, and it will be more popular during the rise of Protestantism in the future.To be honest, the Roman Catholic Church is also critical of this kind of thinking. After all, this thing has a tendency to develop in a more evil direction no matter how you look at it.

At least for now, Huo Teng can't control that much.

He was the most literate and debating person present, and after some pre-conclusive brainwashing, the people and soldiers of Nottheim gathered in a castle with a per capita area of ​​less than one square meter. With simple moral concepts, he believed that Huo Teng's That statement is very true.

God is all-knowing and omnipotent, and the enemy leads beasts to eat people. Does God want to protect the terrible enemy?

Here, if other priests jumped out to object, thinking that the defeat was also a test given to him by God, it would be really difficult for Huo Teng to end.

Fortunately, the monastery in this poor place is outside the city.

Through constant and repeated propaganda that God chose Huo Teng to win, the morale of the army and the people has been steadily restored, but it was able to repair the city wall of Nottheim overnight. Under the command of the craftsman, he used various damaged parts to piece together the Two under-functioning torsion trebuchets.

Of the original eight trebuchets, two were destroyed in the asphalt smoke killing of the Rumer River, and the rest were also destroyed during the retreat.

In the early morning, Huo Teng, who hadn't slept all night, looked at the neighing sea dragon in the distance.

Breeding such a few big monsters must consume an astronomical amount of meat every day.

Huo Teng had a hunch that the decisive battle between him and Bernard would probably be in this city defense battle.

"Come on, let's see who God chooses!"

Chapter 170 The Battle Between Heaven and Hell

In winter, the warm sea breeze brought by the west wind nourishes the cold and dry severe winter.

A wet wind blew over Huo Teng's mouth, making him lick his tongue instinctively.He wants to drink water, he wants to moisturize his lips, but in such a small castle, each person only has a daily quota of one jug of water.Absolutely don't drink too much, otherwise, once the stalemate lasts for a long time, you can survive without food, and you will be completely finished without water.

Huo Teng can't drink too much water.

At least you can't drink too much on the face of it.

Below the tower, Amelia, as the temporary hostess, personally served as the master of food distribution.Her eyes were indeed vicious, and she quickly caught a few bastards who pretended to be other people to receive food. These guys were dragged out and whipped, and then pushed into a hard labor camp to accept endless death hard labor.

According to Huo Teng's pre-selection theory, these people are sinners who have been directly abandoned by God.Prayer and confession are useless.

Sinners do not have the value of being saved by God.

If the church heard that he dared to talk so nonsense, I am afraid that the punishment of excommunication would be light.

"One can per person, you can pick it up tomorrow after drinking it! Three cakes per person, and pick it up tomorrow after eating it!" Amelia inspected the people in the border, but her thoughts had already flown to the top of the city.

At this most important moment, Huo Teng didn't dare to listen to what kind of good news Amelia brought.

On the other side of Göttingen, Jones gave birth to a boy or a girl, healthy or sick.Huo Teng was afraid that if he knew, he would not be able to calm down and continue to fight Bernard in Northheim.If you have a child as your sustenance in your heart, you will be soft, as if the roots of the mountain soaked by the flood will collapse at some point.

Men are cruel.

At least at this moment, Huo Teng began to feel that he gradually understood Liu Bei's toughness and thickness, coldness and ruthlessness.

On the top of the city, Huo Teng held the Sea Dragon Spear upside down in his hand, and the attendants around him held their shields tightly, patrolling every corner.

"It's not that we haven't dealt with their sea dragons and half-sea dragons. In fact, they are also afraid of throwing guns. The trebuchet we repaired urgently can also throw stones, spears, and pitch cans. Don't be stingy. When you see it Greet to death. Feed all our javeliners, and whoever can't pierce Hai Long's flesh, I will knock his head off!"

Huo Teng kept urging and repeating the same words.

He took pains to hide the catapults and pitch cans, and dispatched the best spear-throwers to the front line.The goal is to prevent Bernard's war beast.

At this moment, Huo Teng regretted that his family background was still too shallow.Whether it is the blacksmith shop or the monastery that studies technology, it is just the beginning. If the war can be delayed two years, if Huo Teng and Conosha declare their independence two years later, it may be more calm to fight.But at this moment, it's too late to say anything.

Huo Teng looked at his mount, Kuai Ling, which had a quarter of the blood of a griffin. It was standing with a group of army horses, shaking its head from side to side anxiously.

"After going back, let the halfling explain clearly, where can we find better war monsters in the north, we have suffered from the Saxons, we can't remember to eat or not to fight." Huo Teng said to his followers a little laxly.

He pretended to be in a relaxed mood, and the attendants responded sparsely, pretending that they were in a good mood.

But in fact, everyone has no bottom line. How should we fight this battle?

……

Saxon Army.

"Little Bernard has been loaded into the car and sent to the city of Goslar by the Viscount Hamster to be resettled. Hamster also has his own arrangements for them to either flee for their lives or go to Goslar. Have a full meal."

The subordinate knight told the Duke about the situation of the camp on the other side of the river.

The people over there have almost left, and Bernard's prestige has dropped significantly, so that as soon as he left, the soldiers completely lost their morale.

"None of it matters, none of it matters."

Old Bernard grabbed his pants unnaturally, and he used all his remaining energy in one place, Nottheim!

This small castle, the village to the north, is about to usher in a historic moment.

There will be [-] armies belonging to both sides, fighting fiercely here to fight for the ownership of that piece of land.

Perhaps for the Billund family, Nottheim and Göttingen are actually not that important.After all, the inherent territory of the Billund family is large enough and rich enough, with the benefits of vehicles, boats, cattle and horses, and the wealth of merchants from all over the world.If there is such a dream, the old Bernard can dream back to two years ago, he may warn himself at that time not to think about Göttingen.

But after firing the bow, there was no turning back.

"Your Excellency, you have sent envoys to the monastery to welcome His Royal Highness Dimar back to Lüneburg."

Another squire hurried with the latest news.

Since little Bernard was eunuched, there are only two legal heirs left of the old Grand Duchy. One is Dimar, who was picked up from the monastery and gave up the vows he had taken; Gaudistius, Hamster on his way home.