Chapter 529, Dole Tower

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

Leofric-Kalal, the mighty knight of the kingdom from Wynfort, fought a great championship duel against the late former Duke of Artois in the magical blessing "Favour of the Goddess" of Morgiana, the witch of the lake, and succeeded He defeated Chilfroy and his queen's black knights in a decisive manner.

Morgiana used the curse "False Bad Luck" that belonged to the Fairy of the Lake. She predicted that Leofric Caral would successfully kill Duke Chilfroy's undead in close combat. Frick's strength has been strengthened several times, but the knight of the kingdom must also confront Chilfroy head-on until the winner is determined, otherwise his goddess will be disappointed with him, which is very important for Britta It was unacceptable to the knights of Nia.

The former Duke of Artois, Chilfroy, was tall and mighty. He was once a very powerful Holy Grail Knight, but after completing the Holy Grail expedition and returning to Artois, his brutal rule caused the entire Duke of Artois to suffer. , Chilfroy is a very good war leader, brave and has repeatedly made military exploits, but he is terrible incompetent in internal affairs and likes to manage it himself. In the court of the principality, Chilfroy always immediately The side with the higher status is declared the immediate winner, and the loser is then subjected to very brutal punishments, including but not limited to stake impalements, swallowing coal alive, sawing, wheel-crushing, and head-breaking.

It is said that Silverroy would only smile when he saw the tortured beg for mercy.

His cruelty made him notorious as a ruler. Even the nymph of the lake was alarmed by his cruelty. The goddess announced that these punishments were abolished, and Zilfroy was disappointed. He died in the civil war after the Dole Tower incident and was resurrected as a vampire, and was defeated and killed again by the crusade army led by the knight Dao Taylor.

Leofric exhausted his last ounce of strength to defeat the Duke of Chilfroy who had been resurrected again. The knights united with one mind and used their last strength to defeat the rear army left by Matthew Bard.

However, this army was no longer able to catch up with the undead army. After the rapid march, transport of supplies, and subsequent fierce battles, the army, whether it was serfs or knights, was exhausted to the extreme. Ryan immediately announced that the knights were forbidden to continue chasing and repairing the castle. The door, 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 of participating in such a glorious battle, Many ranger knights couldn't help but be complacent, thinking that it would be the best, most glorious and most precious memory of his life to charge together with His Excellency Ryan under the banner of the Lake God War.

"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.

Lean was leaning on Nemesis, and he said to Morgiana: "We need at least two days to rest, and at the same time continue to mobilize supplies and establish a solid defensive position in the Spire Palace. "

"The artillery played a very important role in this battle. As expected, my father was right in advocating the introduction of artillery." The Knight of the Holy Grail, the direct son of Boderick, Duke of Boldrow, Fedmond wiped his face with a towel and mixed Seeing the turbidity of sweat, muddy water, and blood, Fedmond didn't feel tired at all. Instead, the Holy Grail Knight's face was rosy and his spirit was full of energy because of this victory that was enough to be recorded in the annals of history.

Livestock! Juan, who was lying on the stone slab beside him, thought indignantly that the young Sun Knight only felt that he was about to fall apart, and his whole body seemed to be floating on clouds, which was a sign of extreme fatigue.

"I gathered hundreds of cannons one after another, and lost more than half of them in this war." Speaking of this, Ryan was very heartbroken, and he sighed: "Fortunately, most of the cannons are only damaged and can be recast. If these cannons Being taken away by a vampire, I will feel distressed for a long time."

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

"My brothers, this battle has been hard." Ryan finally delivered a speech: "Your Excellency Earl Anthelm of Kuilau will arrive with reinforcements and more supplies in a few days. Please rest well!"

"yes!"

The entire army continued to be stationed in the Spire Palace to rest, repair the gate, and arrange security.

Ryan greeted Teresa, and the sorceress who had run out of magic power was also extremely tired, so she went to rest with the help of her apprentice.

Ryan's room is naturally Earl Occasion's room on the top of the steeple palace castle tower. He took a beautiful bath to relieve the fur from continuous battles and the minor injuries he suffered during the battle with Matthew Bud, Moggie Anna helped him rub his back. The Lake God Witch was also very tired. She also took a bath and changed clothes after Ryan. When Ryan changed into a nightgown and lay down, she got into the bed without Ryan's consent and hugged his neck.

"Today's battle is really dangerous, and we almost failed." Mogiana said quietly, and the Lake God Witch leaned on Ryan's chest: "Are you injured?"

"It's okay, most of them are bruises and abrasions. 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 enlist freemen to transport supplies, and then wait until the end of the spring plowing. Call all the troops and follow the Grace Murray River to completely recover Mousilon!"

"I should display more combat power, but I just got back the Holy Grail of the Potion." Mogiana complained to herself with some dissatisfaction: "The Holy Grail of the Potion has been lost in my hands for too long, and I need a period of time to store the mana in it." Time will allow it to be recaptured by me."

"It's okay, you've done a good job." Ryan said softly, he held Morgiana in his arms, and kissed her on the lips: "Rest first, you're tired too."

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

"……All right."

………… I am the dividing line of a tired dog………

At the same time, in the north of Musillon, near Richard's Castle, on the coast of Musillon.

Lawn Leo Cornwall and his attendants are looking at the coastline from a distance. In the cold winter, the sea wind is howling and icy cold. Next to the reef where the waves beat, the Duke of Lawn Leo Cornwall is talking with Lyon Alderald, Duke of Nasser, and Calad-Galament, Grand Knight of the Holy Grail and Earl of Galament, stood together, looking at a minaret off the coast. A black granite tower with a touch of the architectural style of the Elven Empire.

This steeple is constantly facing the beating of waves and storms. Now it is in disrepair, but this place carries the most unbearable memories of Brittany. Lawn and others revisited the old place, and many knights looked at this steeple All sigh.

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

This tower is the famous Dole Tower, where the most famous "Dole Tower Incident" also known as the "False Holy Grail Incident" took place.

To briefly summarize this incident, after the Mad Duke Meroving incident, the Duchy of Mousilon was decimated, and most of the land in the north was assigned to Lyonnaise, and the title of the remaining duke was changed to Duke of Connaught. Madred, who is the Duke of Connaught, owns the small and rich Duchy of Connaught. The Duke has been planning to restore its former glory. He and his magic advisor Malford have conspired for more than ten years. .

Opportunity came as soon as the knight king "Jules the Righteous" died with a chaotic champion when he was fighting against the northern barbarian invasion in the north of Lyonnaise. The throne of the knight king was vacant. His daughter announced that she would recruit relatives to the entire knight kingdom. Whoever can avenge her can marry her and inherit the title of Duke of Lyonnaise owned by Jules. The vacant knight throne also means that the king election will be held again.

Madred felt that the opportunity had come. He and his magic advisor Malford announced that they had found the Holy Grail in a very short period of time and lured the then witch of the lake to Musilon. Lianna came to Mousillon but was caught by a trap and imprisoned in the Tower of Dor.

There are two versions of the story after that. The first version is that Madred publicly announced that he married the fairy of the lake (one said the witch of the lake) as his wife, and has an orthodox legal claim to the throne of knights. The second version is that Madred Dredd publicly announced that he had found the Holy Grail, and that he was appointed King of Knights by the Fairy of the Lake.

Everyone knows what happened next. Due to the disappearance of the lake god and witch, the link between the lake fairy and the mortal world was interrupted. Although the holy grail knights got the dream and knew that the holy grail in Madred's hand was fake, they could not prove it. Therefore, the civil war It broke out until the "Rose Knight" Taylor Frudore rescued the Lake God Witch in the tower.

The Dole Tower incident also meant the end of the golden age belonging to Britannia, and the Knight Kingdom fell into decline after that. Everyone looked at the Dole Tower in the distance, and most of them only sighed.

After a moment of silence, Lawn Leo Cornwall spoke. The duke was a little worried: "When will our alliance army arrive?"

Alderlade, Duke of Lyonnaise, was silent, and Lawn's valet immediately replied: "The reinforcements from the empire have arrived in the Principality of Le-Angulan and will arrive soon."

"Well, we need the help of the imperial army." Lawn finally relaxed his frown after hearing the news.

Callard, who was standing aside, was moved in his heart, but he didn't speak.

Callad-Gallament's relationship with Ryan is obviously better. Normally, he should appear in Ryan's army. However, Callard is still affected by Jules' position. Jules, who has died in battle, has repeatedly As the person in charge of the Korona branch of the Knights of the Holy Grail, the relationship between Jules and Richard is obviously better. Jules is both a mentor and a friend to Karard, and he is also his brother-in-law. When Callard received a letter from Lawn asking him for help, he couldn't refuse. With the idea of ​​helping Richard one last time, he left Bastogne and reported to Lyonnaise with dozens of his followers.

As the Grand Knight of the Holy Grail, Karard received a warm reception from Lawn as a matter of course, and he also took the opportunity to observe Lawn's army and his policy.

Originally, Lawn led a thousand knights to station in Lyonnaise, partly to help the Duke of Lyonnaise, Alderlade, suppress the rebellion and law and order in the territory, and on the other hand, to observe the effect of Ryan's Musilon strategy.

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

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

However, from the perspective of Karard, who witnessed the war with his own eyes, Lawn's so-called siege is actually "surrounding but not attacking". The 20,000-man army of chivalry is huge, but in fact, nearly one of the 20,000 people The 17,000 people are all serf infantry regiments temporarily established by refugees recruited from Lyonnaise.

That's right, the 20,000 knight army is simply "water-injected pork". In order to appear large and powerful, Lawn ordered the recruitment of refugees from Lyonnaise. These refugees, who have no clothes and no food, are willing to give food to the regent of the kingdom. Eat, as a matter of course, join the army enthusiastically. In less than two days, Lawn immediately recruited 17,000 "serf infantry regiments". Even sticks) and ragged clothes, enjoying the lowest level of food supply.

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

However, whether it is Lawn or Alderlaard, the Duke of Lyonnaise, in fact, they all know in their hearts, how much combat power can this temporarily recruited army have? Maybe a big question mark.

Even in Karard's heart, there is no need to put a question mark. The Holy Grail Grand Knight thought of comparing the combat effectiveness of the serf infantry regiments that had evolved into semi-professional troops in Ryan's territory, and sighed in his heart: These The army composed of refugees cannot even be described as collapsing at the touch of a button. They are not even capable of waving the flag and making great contributions. 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 Alderard leave with the elite, it will be a real disaster!

"Without a large number of firearms and artillery from the allies of the empire, we cannot directly attack the city, Lord Lawn, Lord Alderlad." Karard finally said: "You know how much combat power our army has, except for one thousand Except for a large number of knights and a small number of infantry regiments, most of the so-called soldiers are mobs, and they have no ability to fight at all."

"I know this." Lawn was wearing shining armor and holding the sword of Korona. The Duke of Connett was not ignorant of the situation of his army, on the contrary he knew very well in his heart: "So I am waiting, waiting The reinforcements are not only the reinforcements of the empire, but also another reinforcement."

"Another reinforcement?" Callard thought thoughtfully.

As soon as the voice fell, Jared de Courona, the Duke of Lawn's confidant, was walking towards him.

"The reinforcements led by my Duke, the Duke of Alderlade, His Excellency Callard, the Duke of Montfort, Falcade, and the Duke of Giesoleaux, Hagen, have arrived."

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