Chapter 436, Siege of Montfort
By the time Ryan, Suria and the others arrived at Helen Hilde's meeting hall, almost all of Winford's participating nobles were already present.
Suria's uncle, the Earl of Anthelm, and others were already present, and there were more than a dozen nobles present. These people greeted Ryan and Suria when they came in together, and Ryan and his wife also greeted them one by one. respond.
After marrying Suria, Ryan finally fully integrated into the core of the principality.
Many members of the Brotherhood of Champion Knights of Quinalis were present, and here are a few very famous and legendary knights.
The most famous were without a doubt François "Longlegs", Duke of Winford, and his son-in-law Lane, Earl of Glamorgan "The Pious".
Many of the remaining legendary knights are also famous in the kingdom and even in the old world.
Knight of the Holy Grail, Earl of Kuilau, Anthelm of Orstair.
Paladin of Azarix, Sir Gerald, cousin of François.
Ser Geoffrey of Angleton the Brawler, who single-handedly slew a dragon named Scala.
"Wanderer" Tolan, the expeditionary knight fought a ghoul king Skotos for two days and one night at the Tainhe Pass.
Sir Leon of Tula once beheaded a powerful vampire baron.
Count Conde-Reynolds once led several knights to defeat the entire Goblin tribe.
Fastrick the Ghoul-Slayer, the famous knight, leads an entire Pegasus troop called the Speedy Pegasus to assist François and Lane's forces in this war.
The meeting hall of Helenschild Castle is full of talents and stars. Today, these heroes of the Breton folk songs, these epic creators who created countless epic stories, gathered together.
Together they will face this crisis.
"Lyan, Suria, are you here?" Francois, Duke of Winford, was looking at the map. Seeing that Ryan, Suria, Armand, and Bellegar had all arrived, Francois stretched out his hand and signaled: "sit down."
"Hey guys, are you interested in hearing me tell a story?" With so many legendary knights gathered together, the eyes of Belegart Hammer, the king of the Angrund clan, lit up, and he wanted to be these people All go to participate in the expedition to Eight Peaks Mountain, defeating Skarsnik and "Headhunter" Quick is just around the corner!
"The story will be told later, Belega... the king." Anthelm, Count of Kuilau, called the king, feeling awkward in his heart. The dwarf king in front of him didn't even have a fortress, so he was ashamed to say that he was the king. king?
But this is not the point now: "Ryan, now that you are here, let us introduce what we have learned so far."
"How's the situation?" Ryan signaled Bellegar not to rush to tell the story, the business was important, Bellegar shrugged, he found his own small bench, Belega's arrival was expected by Francois, the conference hall was full of There is a raised small bench placed in the front position.
The crowd began to listen to Anthelm's account of the situation.
Ryan took Suria to sit down. He held Suria's little hand, and the female knight put her little hand on his big hand to show that she was fine. The couple smiled at each other and began to listen.
"Two days ago, the Duke of Montfort, Forkad, sent people to ask for help from the whole of Brittany. A huge army of undead came out from the Blackstone stronghold in the Gray Mountains.
The target is directed at the Monteverl Castle in the Ax Bite Pass. "The huge map of Brittany was hung on the wall, and Anthelm pointed to the Monteverl castle in the axe pass and said: "The Duke of Forcade thought at first that the enemy was coming out to make a tentative attack on his principality. , Fulkard himself has experienced hundreds of battles, he did not carelessly but assembled an army of 3,000 led by 200 knights to go to the conquest, and ordered to retreat immediately if the situation was unfavorable. "
"On the plains near the town of Sodden on the upper reaches of the Grassmore River, this army encountered the army of the undead, and was immediately surrounded by the army of the undead after the First World War. There were less than a hundred knights and two hundred farmers left. The soldiers withdrew."
"Knowing the seriousness of the matter, the Duke of Furcade immediately ordered to fortify the walls and clear the fields. He ordered all the serfs and nobles on the way of the undead army to immediately go to Monteverde Castle for refuge. Sai Town temporarily repelled a small number of vanguards of the undead army, and responded to the retreat of the refugees. According to the reports from the scouts, the number of the undead army was astonishing. It was initially estimated to be more than 50,000. Duke Furkad knew that his army was not enough to fight against the undead army. King and all dukes call for help!"
"Is there any reply from the king?" Francois frowned, and Duke Winford himself asked first.
"The Regent of Lawn received the news of the request for help. His response was to let the Duke of Furkad hold on temporarily. The entire kingdom is currently in the autumn harvest, and he is temporarily unable to immediately organize an army of knights. He asked the northern dukes to gather their troops together. , Before facing the threat of the undead army, the army must be assembled and reorganized, and any sporadic support will only increase the number of replacements for the undead army." Anthelm said.
"Correct judgment." Ryan, who was sitting next to the round table, nodded and said. Lawn's approach may be relatively unreasonable, but what he did was undoubtedly correct.
"Duke Bohemond of the Principality of Bastogne has just received a request for help. It will take time for him and his principality to assemble an army. We all know that Bastogne's national conditions are special..." Anthelm continued: "So at least until the fall harvest is over."
Most of the knight lords in the Principality of Bastogne are Holy Grail Knights, which makes the entire principality immersed in the glory of the past. It is also relatively low, especially Bohemond himself. He always appoints a deputy to manage the principality, and he stays with the knights of the Red Dragon Knight Brotherhood in Bastogne Castle all day long to compete and drive out all kinds of powerful enemies .
Under such circumstances, Bastogne must spend a lot of time in order to organize an army.
"Carcassonne doesn't need to think about it. Its border is too long. It would be great if the Duke of Hubald's army can defend the border..." Ryan continued to think: "Similarly, Bo Leon doesn't need to think about it."
"Then Palavon and Boldro are left... Will the Sea God Knight support us?" Jerrod also raised his own question.
"Don't place your hopes on others, Gerald, the only thing we can rely on is ourselves." Francois interrupted Gerald's question, and the Duke still frowned: "I can be sure that the other party is Heinrich, the great wizard of the undead. - Kemmler and his Tomb Legion?"
"That's for sure."
There was a whisper in the conference hall, Heinrich Kemmler returned, and he brought him and his ancient tomb army back.
"So what should we do now? Should we temporarily stop the autumn harvest and immediately support Monteverl Castle?" said Sir Geoffrey of Angleton.
"If the army is recruited now regardless of the autumn harvest, it will be a huge loss to the territory."
"But if we don't support Monteverde Castle as soon as possible, maybe the castle will fall. This is not allowed. We must not let the land that the lady gave us to the Bretons be desecrated by the hands of the undead."
"Montefort Castle is a well-known strong city in the old world, and it is not so easy to fall! We must be fully prepared."
A quarrel broke out in the conference hall. The nobles were arguing over whether to send troops during the autumn harvest. After all, the autumn harvest is in their own interests. Monteverl Castle is a famous fortified city in the old world. Many knights thought that the Tomb Legion would not be so easy Storm the castle of Monteverl.
Furthermore, the knights and nobles in Wenford all understand that fighting against the undead army must be done quickly without delay. Every dead knight and soldier will become a new undead, and refueling tactics are not advisable.
Ryan also frowned, what should we do?
"Furkad's request for help this time is really straightforward. According to his pride, he would not have asked for help so quickly." Anthelm continued: "However, the destruction of the ax-bite pass at the beginning of the year made the Principality of Montfort economically weak. He suffered a major blow, so Furkad immediately asked for help from the entire country, and by the way, he also asked for help from the empire, and the imperial court has not yet responded."
"Let's reorganize and gather the army first, and when the autumn harvest is over, we will send troops immediately!" Finally, Francois' decision was finalized.
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Britannia, in the mountains of the Duchy of Montfort.
A huge number of undead legions that can't be seen all over the mountains are marching along the mountain road. Tens of thousands of zombie legions and skeleton warrior legions have crowded the entire mountain road. The black bat legion and sky ghost legion cover the mountainous gloomy In the middle of the army, Kemmler's two most elite Grave Guard Corps and the Tomb Ghouls and Tomb Evil Corps advanced slowly. He himself was holding a staff and did not ride a horse.
Matthew Bard led two legions of undead knights and a team of blood knights to follow Kemler. This black knight of Mousilon was wearing black cursed plate armor and followed Kemler. He is this The main provider of cavalry in this war.
"Montefort Castle is now a crowded meat barrel, and most of the refugees have been evacuated into the castle under the cover of Furkad." Matthew Bard said to Kemmler: "You The slow march gave Furkad plenty of time to prepare."
"Are you questioning my decision?" Kemler raised his head, his torn and frayed wizard hat lifted slightly.
"No, my task is to assist you. This is the condition of our alliance." Matthew Bard said disapprovingly.
"Hmph! Then follow my order." Kemler lowered his head again.
Kemmler and his Tomb Legion were actually not ready for the coalition attack with Lane and Francois, but the attack during the autumn harvest will make Brittany scrambled. They have launched the offensive for three days. There is no sign of a massed army yet.
However, Kemmler's march was not particularly smooth at the beginning. The Principality of Montfort had very little farmland, and most of the serfs relied on grazing and mining for a living. The reaction was to turn around and run.
At this time, Kemmler ordered not to pursue. On the contrary, except after slaughtering several villages in a row at the beginning, he slowed down the army's marching speed, which allowed the Duke of Montfort, Forkad, to have time to bring the refugees into the castle. , and perfect the defense of the castle.
Matthew Bard was quite confused about Kemmler's order. Since he wanted to rush to attack during the autumn harvest in Brittany at the beginning, why did he slow down and march now? Since it was planned from the beginning to massacre to create a large number of corpses to replenish the army, why did Kemmler let the Duke of Volkad cover the retreat of a large number of refugees?
Isn't this a contradiction?
This great necromancer really lost his mind after Francois chopped off half of his head?
Well, just try your best to die, Kemmler, Matthew Bud showed a ferocious smile on his face hidden under the helmet. When you die, I can take over all your forces.
Do it to your heart's content!
The undead army continued to advance. On the rugged mountain road, Kemler looked at Matthew Bud without any trace, and he also sneered in his heart.
He didn't persuade me, this kid wanted me to lose so that he could take over all my forces.
If the kid tells me not to do it, then he wants me to win big.
Like Matthew Budd's calculations, Kemmler had his own plans.
Monteverl Castle is extremely strong, and the undead are a race that is not good at siege. His ancient tomb army has no siege equipment, and it is almost impossible to conquer this castle quickly.
This is why he asked the Duke of Furkad to lead the refugees to retreat. So many refugees, how many mouths? How much food is stored in the castle? How long can the castle last without food?
What he has to do is to fight for reinforcements. The Principality of Montfort must ask for help from the Kingdom. He only needs to wait for other reinforcements from the Knight Kingdom and annihilate them!
At the same time... Kemmler recalled the battle of La-Messenelle Abbey more than 20 years ago, and remembered that François rushed to him on horseback, and in the wrath of the lake god, the unicorn sword slashed. The memory of when a cold front nearly beheaded him, the hand of the necromancer tightly clenched his noisy skull staff.
Francois, I will repay everything you have given me a hundredfold!
A week later, Brittany, Monteverl Castle.
Montfort is a model castle in Brittany. It is located in the middle of the gorge of the ax bite pass. At the very end, it ends at the altar on the eastern pass. The castle collected likin from all those who crossed the border, and a thriving trading city also formed in the fort.
It is said that Montfort was the fortress of the dwarves in ancient times, but it was abandoned after the decline of the dwarves. The current Montfort Castle is built by the Breton tribe who crossed the Gray Mountains to fight against the green skin tribe on the dwarf fortress site. of.
The main fortress of the castle is on the north side of the mountain pass. It is a giant fortress more than 20 meters high. The five-storey stone fortress is filled with obsolete artillery imported from the empire and fixed giant catapults. Each floor is divided into Separate two fortifications. The lower three floors are parallel to the edge of the cliff, and the top two floors are towering watchtowers.
Every city wall is filled with Bretanian defenders. There are tens of thousands of them, but even behind such strong and tall fortifications, their hearts are still surrounded by fear.
Now, the entire giant castle is overwhelmed by a sea of undead.
Standing on the watchtower, the Duke of Furcade looked at the army of undead that could not be seen at a glance, with a serious face: "My lady, this will be the most severe test that Monteverde Castle will face in decades. May you grant me victory."
"In the face of the undead, there is no peace, no surrender, the people of the Principality of Montfort! We can only fight to the end!"
"Together, under the faith of the lady, we have only one battle, may the lady bless us!"
"May the lady bless us!" The huge echo in the castle echoed in the valley.
As if responding to the words of Duke Furkad, the distorted and hateful horn sounded in the undead army.
The war has begun.