. When Raul appeared in the royal capital of the Daisy Principality, no one was the least bit surprised by his arrival.
It¡¯s a day in August. The weather is sultry and sultry. Even if you stand in the shade and don¡¯t move, you will sweat all over your body, as if you had just been fished out of the river.
But Raul, who had just arrived, and the troops composed of paladins, priests, and other miscellaneous people who accompanied him, were not tired at all. They were full of energy and looked at this strange city with a little curiosity. When he noticed the person who greeted them, he quickly looked back.
"Your Majesty, did the journey go well?" Katniss came up with a few people and greeted with a smile.
"With the gift of my Lord, nothing happened." Raul responded with a smile, and then asked pointedly, "Is it still peaceful here?"
Katniss nodded, "The knights of the Daisy Principality are also devout believers of our Lord. With their efforts, we all have a lot of leisure." Then she smiled, "They come to beg Henry every day. Please ask him to introduce them to you."
Hearing this, Raoul felt reassured and laughed immediately, casting his gaze at Henry behind Katniss, "Then I will really do you a favor."
Henry also laughed, "This is what I should do."
Katniss chatted with Raul for a while, and then ordered someone to lead them to a place to stay and rest. She rode side by side with Raul again and took the time to ask some questions that were not convenient to ask in public.
"Lord Raul, how confident are you in this matter?"
What the girl is asking now is exactly the purpose of Raul and the others coming this time.
It¡¯s at the beginning of this month. His Majesty, the king of the Cornflower Sacred Empire in the north of the Daisy Principality. I feel that all the conspiracy activities have been done properly. He no longer took into account the strong opposition from his loyal ministers and lords. The flag of resistance was raised brazenly.
He declared in his own royal capital: Katniss, the holy child, was just a heretic who was tempted by the "devil". Trying to use the black magic given by the devil to lead the world to corruption. And he. This is the place where you can truly receive the teachings of ¡°Father God¡±. Now we must save the world from water and fire.
??Seriously. Feng Feiyang heard these words for the first time. The expression on his face is really wonderful. If he hadn't been determined to leave this matter to the world, he would have to deal with it himself. I am afraid that I will rush to His Majesty immediately. Use scrying to take a good look. That guy knows it after all. What are you thinking about
???????????? But the papal kingdom bosses. But they don't know what their earth gods are thinking they just know. What His Majesty did. But they didn't take their master seriously at all. And I felt the anger of the wind flying in my prayer. (This was of course a pretense. At that time, Feng Feiyang was actually more curious) The crowd became even more angry.
They simply discussed it. The will of the Pope, the Knights, the Wizards Association and its committees is completely unified. They regarded that king as a heretic and a blasphemer. Declare the countries of the Western Continent. Then he couldn't wait to raise troops and march north. Use force to promote justice!
And Raul. He is the supreme commander of this Northern Expedition.
This time he went north, bringing with him nearly 90% of the paladins and trainee paladins who stayed in the Papal States, a total of more than 200 people, and nearly 50 chaplains who accompanied the army. They did not bring spearmen who were simply trained by farmers, nor other auxiliary units such as swordsmen and archers.
In addition to paladins and priests, their group is composed of coolies recruited to transport food and ensure logistics. The team looks extremely thin.
Although Katniss has never experienced a war, she knows that this situation is very strange and extremely abnormal, so she asked the same question as before.
When Raul saw Katniss speaking, he knew what she was worried about. He laughed immediately and repeated the words he said to others at the Holy Hill Council, "Please don't worry. We will not lose!"
"oh?"
Katniss wanted to ask what happened, but Raul changed the subject, "Lord Son, have you ever heard of the Mamluks?"
"Mamluks?" Katniss thought, and it took her a long time to remember something from Raul's weird pronunciation. "Slave cavalry? Knights from those pagan countries in the East?"
"That's right." Raul slightly praised Katniss's erudition, and then said, "The caliphs in the East bought some children as slaves and trained them to become warriors from childhood" He introduced the Mamluks Origin, then sincerely praised them, "Don't look at them as slaves, but they are stronger than half of the knights no, stronger than most knights. On the battlefield in the East, they are our biggest headache. , the most difficult enemy Once there is a horse on the opponent's positionThe appearance of ??Liuk means that the battle will be endless. "
Raul's tone gradually became lower, and his eyes became blurred. It was obvious that he was now lost in memories, "I remember one time, I led a team of field knights to support Gonzalez, but in the On the way, we unexpectedly met the patrolling Mamluks. At that time, we had nearly forty knights not counting the attendants, but they only had about twenty people. But even then, they still looked at us the first time they saw us , took the initiative to launch a charge."
"We admired their courage, performed knightly salutes, and charged towards them" At this point, Raul stopped as if he couldn't bear to remember, opened his mouth several times, and finally said again, "But after a charge , we shot down seven of them, but twelve knights were chopped off their horses"
Raoul sighed and suddenly laughed again, "So after meeting you, I often can't help but think that if I could sense the majesty of my Lord a few years earlier, I would never do such a thing ¡¡±
Although Raoul didn¡¯t say it clearly, Katniss knew that he was referring to the Eastern Expedition. But that can only be heard. When Raoul encouraged the church to launch the Eastern Crusade, Katniss was still a girl in her early teens. How could something like that come true?
He would say this out of regret, right?
Just when Katniss thought this, she heard Raoul say again, "No, although I have misunderstood God's teachings, I don't feel regret for those ignorant actions in the past - if I want to atone for this after death, , that¡¯s what I deserve.¡± He suddenly grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist and said in a firm tone, ¡°But I still want to thank our kind Lord for giving us such strength. With all this, I have the consciousness that I can remove all the sins in this world for God!¡±
Raul said decisively, "Even those Mamluks are no longer our opponents. With ten paladins, I dared to charge against a group of forty, no, a hundred people. And I also I dare to say that as long as we carry out two such charges, we can completely destroy their will!"
"So from the beginning of this battle, there is no possibility of our failure!"
Raul finally responded to Katniss¡¯s question head-on, letting her relax. Then he suddenly frowned and said, "But, Lord Holy Son, a sage said it is right: war is just a continuation of politics. In fact, there are more things for you to worry about than us"
"Oh?" Katniss turned around and asked with a smile, "So, what do you want me to do?"
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Covering his face, he explained in a low voice: This chapter has been rewritten several times, and the scrapped version has more words than the original version