Chapter 363 The Principality’s First General

When the Eivor people retreated before, many of them were paralyzed on the spot.

Later, the Eagle Army chased them and caught many tongues.

So under the interrogation, the situation at that time was restored, and this made Raven shake his head again and again, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

The core factor of the other party's defeat, in the words of the captives, is:

"Do you know how much impact 20,000 heavy cavalry are rushing towards you?!"

20,000 heavy cavalry, iron hooves trampling on the ground, it is just like a flood rushing out of the flat ground, almost with the power of nature.

The fear of being crushed into meat paste in the next second is absolutely incomprehensible to those who have not experienced it personally.

The Eagle Army is fully armored this time, so that they can immediately engage in battle after arriving and catch the opponent off guard.

At first glance, it really looks like heavy cavalry.

But if you really look at it from the perspective of an experienced person, you will find that it is not the case at all.

Except for the real heavy cavalry in front, most of the war horses don't even have tunics, let alone horse armor.

In terms of weapon configuration, real heavy cavalry must be equipped with lances and knight swords, while ordinary infantry seems to be casual, with lances, swords and shields, or simply crossbows on the horse's buttocks, and very few equipment.

Moreover, after fighting for so long, the opponent should be very clear about the configuration of Raven's troops, and know that Raven can't conjure up cavalry out of thin air.

After all, heavy cavalry and infantry wearing heavy armor and riding horses are completely two different concepts.

Why can Raven only get together 1,000 heavy cavalry?

The limited number of horses is one aspect, and the riders also need long-term training.

Especially in inland agricultural provinces such as Nord Province, most soldiers have no experience in riding horses. If you train them from scratch, you can't expect to have the ability to fight on horseback without 3 or 5 years.

Just like this time, although Raven's advance speed is fast, there are actually many people who fall behind in the process. Many soldiers tied themselves to the horse with ropes to prevent themselves from falling off.

"It's fine if you don't understand, but don't your leading nobles understand?"

The hyena asked when interrogating the captives.

The captives' answer was also very direct:

"They are the fastest runners!"

"Of course, there are also some who are scared silly, but their knights and nobles have horses, and the horses took them away and directly destroyed their own lineup."

Although the answer was a bit nonsensical, after listening to it, Raven basically guessed the other party's overall mental journey.

The moment they saw their 20,000 troops, the other party should have been stunned. Most of the ordinary soldiers were scared, and the grassroots nobles and knights fell into panic, ushering in the first wave of chaos.

And their main general had no war experience, and failed to restrain the team in the first time, resulting in an unstoppable collapse.

In that situation, it is indeed not easy for people to calm down and think.

After that, the overall retreat of the other army is better explained.

As the saying goes, three people make a tiger. The fleeing soldiers shouted about 20,000 heavy cavalry, but the camp in the rear could not get close to investigate. From a distance, 20,000 heavy cavalry was almost certain.

Maybe they thought that Molinier's reinforcements had arrived!

And Quentin was never very courageous.

20,000 heavy cavalry, on a plain terrain, if they really broke through, the camp would not be completely safe -

Chaofan led the way to blast open the wall of the camp, and the heavy cavalry rushed in, so many people would be useless.

And what about fighting 20,000 heavy cavalry on the plain?

Let alone Quentin, Raven himself would not have such a big dream.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the retreat and evacuation happened one after another.

It can be seen that Quentin thought about it before retreating, otherwise he would not have set fire to his own camp.

"My lord, what should we do next? Continue to pursue?" Hyena asked.

Raven was slightly moved, but still shook his head: "Don't chase, integrate the remaining camps, and then leave a few places empty, waiting for Earl Jonah to join us."

The enemy retreated, and chasing them at this time could indeed expand the results of the battle.

But now that they have been riding for 6 consecutive days, the soldiers have been seriously exhausted. Continuing to pursue, especially at night, is likely to suffer a lot of losses, which is not worth the loss.

Thinking of this, Raven sighed with some regret.

The reason why he did not wait for Jonah and started to advance as soon as the warhorse arrived was to kill as many of the enemy's living forces as possible in Winterspring Valley and further reduce the enemy's strength.

After that, whether it is fighting or negotiating, there will be more confidence.

This time, although a great victory was won unexpectedly, a lot of supplies were seized. In terms of food reserves alone, the food left in these camps is enough for Raven to support another 2 and a half years.

But the killing of the enemy's personnel is quite limited.

Raven recalled what the woman named Q had said to him before.

The words of Cairns XVI were really caring and warm, as if the two of them were really on the same front.

But Raven knew one thing, that is, never talk about friendship with the emperor.

If he could not conquer the Principality of Eivor and obtain military access within this year, then Cairns XVI, the "brother", would definitely not share the hardship with him.

"Blue Castle..."

Raven muttered these two words.

Is this capital of the Principality of Eivor really going to be taken by force?

...

10 days later.

"Come on, serve me some wine."

Blue Castle, the residence of the Grand Marshal.

Quentin sat in the dark study, the curtains blocked the sun, but the fireplace was burning, making the whole room stuffy and dark.

The clothes were wrinkled, the red face was covered with greasyness, and the feet were all kinds of overturned wine bottles.

The remaining wine flowed all over the ground and evaporated under the smoke from the stove inside the house. While filling the air with the smell of wine, it also made the fluff on the carpet stick together.

The door opened, and a maid walked in carefully and brought a large vat of wine.

Although this kind of wine is not cheap and can be sold for 1.27 gold coins per barrel, it seems to be unaware of it at all in the eyes of the Marshal.

But now, Quentin ignored all this, took the barrel, cursed and got out, bit off the barrel with his teeth and poured it into his mouth.

Dong.

The door was closed, and the sunlight that shot directly into the house was also isolated.

The light and darkness made Quentin's eyes ache. When his hands loosened, the barrel rolled down and ran far away.

Gudu, Gudu, Gudu...

The bright red wine flowed on the ground.

Quentin just looked at it numbly:

"Will my head look like this when it falls?"

Since returning to Blue Castle, Quentin locked himself in the room and kept drinking.

He knew that he had a few good days.

The defeat of Boland City was also used by Earl Frank to take the blame; while the failure of Winter Springs Valley was beyond refusal.

"It's over, it's all over!"

Prime Minister Jiatugan has long been dissatisfied with Quentin, and Quentin killed Frank again. Now that he has lost two consecutive games, Gatugan will definitely make Quentin pay the price.

After the Battle of Winter Spring Valley, Quentin returned to Blue Fort with the remaining nobles and troops, and slapped Evor VIII again.

So much so that after Quentin returned to Blue Castle, he asked to see Evor VIII, but was turned away and did not even see his sister.

Inside and out, offended me!

That's why Quentin has this kind of behavior. He is drunk all day, hoping to pass the hard time before waiting for punishment.

But in a trance, he could always see that scene.

The court eunuch came to read out His Royal Highness's will, depriving him of the title of Grand Marshal, and then the Katugen faction would turn out all the things he had done before and completely nailed him to death!

What will happen?

Hanging...or even more merciless beheading?

"Wait, you can't go in!"

"Mr. Marshal said, who would..."

Amid a quarrel.

Dong--

The door was kicked open and the Marquis of Aragon appeared in the room.

"It's you." Quentin sighed, acting calmly:

"...It seems that Your Highness is preparing to judge me publicly."

"I'll go wash up, change my clothes, and I'll go with you."

Aragon walked up and said, "Mr. Marshal, you should indeed change your clothes. After all, there is a great joy waiting for you!"

"I recognize what I have done." Quentin shook and stood up, saying dissatisfied:

"But the decision we made to kill Frank was the decision we both made together. Even if you don't watch coldly, you shouldn't humiliate me like this, right?"

There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!

"Ah? What?" Aragon was stunned. Then he realized that Quentin had misunderstood and said loudly:

"No, no, Marshal, you would have misunderstood!"

"There is really a happy event. Now the cabinet meeting has been confirmed and you are responsible for the defense of the entire Blue Fort!"

"Now, you will be commanded by reinforcements, imperial guards, city defense forces from all over the country, as well as the mobilized militia, a total of 320,000 troops in Blue Fortress!"

"Ah?" Quentin stood there in a daze and shook his head.

Have I not woken up yet?

Raise your wrist and slap it.

Slap.

It's crisp and loud, and the palms are still full of burning pain!

"I'm not dreaming?"

The Marquis of Aragon covered his swollen face:

"No, really not!"

Quentin calmed down, walked to the corner of the room, wet the towel, and wiped his face: "Tell me, what's going on?"

At this time, Aragon also took the towel handed over the maid and grinned on his face:

"You have been staying at home these days, and you have missed so many!"

As Aragon tells, Quentin gradually went from confusion to doubt, from doubt to clarity, and finally couldn't help laughing.

Fate is really fucking magic!

It turned out that after many nobles returned to Blue Castle, they took the initiative to attack and began a propaganda offensive just before public opinion rose.

The core content is how powerful Lei Wen is.

In the mouths of these people, the battle in the Winter Spring Valley was not because they fled, but because they had a real bloody battle with Lei Wen!

The sky and the earth are dark, the sun and the moon are gone, and even the law of creation is about to be erased.

Lei Wen is not only strong, but also has a very deep mind. He has 20,000 heavily armored cavalry under his command. His previous military configuration was all so-called smoke bombs.

This will inevitably make people wonder-

Lei Wen is a baron. No matter how rich he is, how could he afford to support 20,000 heavy riders?

If you spend 20,000 heavy riders, you will need at least a few hundred or tens of millions of gold coins, and the annual maintenance cost will also start at 500,000.

This is not counting the military pay of full-time soldiers.

The answer is, these are all conspiracies of the Keynesian Empire. They are already ready to invade Ever, and Raven is just a cover!

How could Raven have kept the news secret after so many wars?

The answer is that there was a traitor.

It was a group of traitorous nobles led by Frank who helped Raven cover up the secret for the sake of wealth and glory!

Why did Earl Tudor die? Why did Marquis Faraday also die after being captured?

It was because they discovered the truth, and Raven wanted to kill them to silence them!

These two explanations are of course full of loopholes, but the nobles said the same thing, and it became the mainstream of public opinion.

Even if someone questioned it, they would be drowned by the saliva of the crowd--

Can you know more than those hundreds of nobles who have been to the front line?

Since Raven had 20,000 heavy cavalry, it is not surprising that he failed after a bloody battle.

New problems arise.

Since Raven is so powerful, why can these nobles come back intact?

Because the Principality of Eivor still has a genius who has never shown his true face, a true war master, a great man sent down by the gods to prolong the life of the principality-

Grand Marshal Quentin!

It was because of his superb command and excellent overall view that Raven was unable to swallow up the soldiers of Winterspring Valley in one fell swoop, and the nobles retreated to the Blue Castle.

Previously, in Bolan City, it was because of Quentin's "meticulous and meticulous" and "decisive and confident" that he was able to find out the traitor Frank in the first time, and then led the troops to retreat in an orderly manner!

A bloody fact is-

Since Raven entered Eivor, Quentin is the only coach who can survive from Raven, and twice in a row!

Once is a coincidence, is it still a coincidence twice?

Therefore, now the entire Blue Castle has given Quentin a shining name:

"The first famous general of the principality!"

In such an environment of public opinion, Quentin's attitude of staying indoors after returning to the Blue Castle was interpreted as humility, confidence, restraint, etc., and some people even thought that Quentin was making a plan to deal with Raven.

No one guessed that he was actually scared out of his wits!

This twist made Quentin feel the wonder of fate. After laughing, he asked again: "Your Highness appointed me to lead the entire army. Does that old guy Gatugen have no objection?"

"The old guy is in a mess now and can hardly save himself!" Aragorn sneered:

"Someone must be responsible for this defeat."

Quentin nodded slowly.

Since he, the original first person responsible, has become the hero of the principality and the first general, the person responsible can only be Prime Minister Gatugen who made the decision to station troops in Winterspring.

"Has the disposal plan for him been decided?"

Aragorn shook his head: "Not yet, but it should be a matter of time."

Quentin frowned slightly.

Someone must do the right thing.

If Gatugen gave up, the Blue Castle, which now has 320,000 troops, would be in chaos.

But even if I thought so in my heart, I couldn't say it out loud:

"I have to talk to His Majesty about this. Prime Minister Gatugen has worked hard for the Principality for so many years. We can't blame him too much because of a temporary gain or loss."

"The Marshal is really magnanimous!"

After chatting for a few more words, Quentin simply washed up, changed into new clothes, and came to the Posuo Palace.

The nobles had been waiting here for a long time, and they all praised Quentin. Only Gatugen was very cold and had a hint of loneliness on his face.

Soon, Eivor VIII appeared and announced in public the news that everyone present had already heard. Quentin truly controlled the entire Bolan City with a total of 320,000 troops.

Then there was an indispensable cocktail party.

The nobles became more and more enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that Quentin was even a little flustered.

Until Gatugen came to him.

Quentin thought Gatugen would say something harsh, or at least complain a few words.

Unexpectedly, Gatugen only toasted him with a glass of wine, and then patted the back of his hand:

"For the principality, carry the burden well."

Quentin opened his mouth, his mood became inexplicably complicated, he didn't know what to say, and could only watch Gatugen leave.

But at this time, Quentin didn't care too much, because according to the procedure, he should toast His Highness the Grand Duke.

But before he walked in front of Eivor VIII, a palace eunuch suddenly came and whispered something in Eivor VIII's ear.

The Grand Duke looked shocked and hurriedly left the hall.

Quentin frowned.

What happened?

……