Flying into the sky together, there were also short spears, javelins and flying axes thrown like raindrops; then it was like a flower unfolding on the ground, with weapons and human bodies intertwined with each other. The huge petals suddenly lost their support and cracked. His head hit the crowd gathered around him.
For a time, wherever Jiang Tian passed, people were lying on their backs and mourning was everywhere; the bodies that were smashed were half dead, and even the bones were brittle and the flesh was rotten, and the injured were pierced by scattered weapons and struggling and wailing on the ground, but they could not be killed immediately; just like They were rings inside one another, scattered around him.
Although, because the self-upgrade/transformation of the "Dimensional Bubble" module has not yet been completed, and the "Space-time Hole" function it comes with, it is temporarily unusable; resulting in him losing an important means of large-scale destruction. But Jiang Tian still had enough confidence and means to deal with these traditional armies.
However, at the next moment, some of the noble cavalry gathered under the silver-bordered deer-headed banner, also led by dozens of gorgeous Saxon knights, launched a desperate charge towards Jiang Tian without hesitation; crossing a distance of several hundred meters like a strong wind, Several forest-like leaf-shaped spear points were thrust in front of him.
At the same time, Jiang Tian, who was still taking a leisurely stroll in the midst of thousands of troops, finally drew his sword, which he had almost never used. It was a stabbing sword as pale as bone. The moment it was exposed to the air, it suddenly expanded and extended into a moon-blade halberd and slashed out with lightning and flint.
Just like cutting through a thin piece of paper, he cut through the thick plate armor, chain lining and armor of the knight in the front row, as well as the long-trained body. From the tip of the blade, it turned into a spreading line of blood; wherever it passed, whether it was the horse's head, arms, thighs, or torso, they were all broken out of thin air.
Not a drop of blood was shed from the place where it was severed; no matter the bones, muscles or organs, they all became waxy white; it was as if all the blood and activity had been sucked out along the sharp blade in an instant. And Jiang Tian also faintly felt the joy, desire and excitement emanating from the weapon in his hand;
The dozens of Saxon knights/cavalry who rushed in front of them in the blink of an eye, including their men and horses, turned into broken limbs and fragments on the ground; while the other cavalry who rushed after them were so frightened that they were deflected as if they were divided by a torrent. The horse's head wanted to avoid the invisible range; but the man and the horse lost control and were thrown away.
As the charge of these cavalry collapsed in an instant, they were once again exposed in front of Jiang Tian. They gathered in a short time. Guards wearing heavy plate armor and hooded helmets, as well as the same thick and abnormal square shields were like walls; they were almost surrounded and blocked. The silver-bordered deer-headed banner standing in the sky.
However, Jiang Tian just stretched out his hand towards them, grasped it in the distance, and then struck hard with the hammer. In an instant, several large shields exploded with a loud noise on the overlapping shield wall; the guards who were exposed inside were hammered down by invisible force. , rolled into a ball, and forced a gap in the shield wall.
The next moment, Jiang Tian suddenly kicked off the ground, causing the earth and rocks to fly like artillery fire, scattering and frightening the enemy soldiers that had gathered around him again, and swung his halberd into them like lightning and flint. After the entire shield formation stopped for a few breaths, it suddenly exploded in the center with rain of blood and scattered limbs.
However, before most of the splashing blood rain had time to fly far, it was pulled by some invisible force and regrouped on the pale spurge in Jiang Tian's hand; in fact, it had absorbed so much flesh and blood. After that, the weapon became paler and sharper.
Until the next moment, he was blocked by a large sword of ancient shape that was swung in front of him. However, while he was attacking Jiang Gao one after another, this man looked unusually tall and tall, and was wearing a Western Empire-style plate armor, with his head The enemy general wearing a pointed helmet was also beaten back with force and force.
In the end, he was sunk deep into the soil below his knees, and the scarred ancient sword in his hand broke and flew away with an unbearable whine. But Jiang Tian was not interested in giving him another last hit. Because several lines of thick black blood had flowed from his duck-faced pointed helmet.
However, after the enemy general's desperate obstruction, the person who was originally suspected of being the enemy's general under the banner of Yinbian Lushou took off his cloak, tassels and helmet, and, surrounded by the remaining guards, galloped away with all his strength and fled away. Only the deer's head flag was left lying on the ground, trampled over and over again.
Just when Jiang Tian gave up the pursuit and picked up the mud-stained silver-edged deer's head flag again. "For my king" and "waaaaaaagh", there were loud roars and shouts of death behind Jiang Tian, as well as the roar of firearms and the explosion of grenades, but it was the guard company that caught up.
At the same time that the veiled silver-edged deer's head flag was brought down and re-captured and displayed in the air, most of the Saxon Principality's remaining troops fighting endlessly on the battlefield also began to waver and collapse in patches. ; However, the direction in which they could escape and retreat has been blocked.
Most of the soldiers could only flee in an uproar to the other side of the road to the north, into the swamp reeds where the Royal Army was relatively sparse; then they panicked and fell into puddles and mud one after another; in the struggling and rolling water and mud, they made one after another Wails and cries, cries for help.
Compared with these ordinary Saxon soldiers, those who persisted in fighting until the end were the hundreds of white frost wolves and the more than a thousand armed lycanthropes who accompanied them in the battle; but these ones who could breathe freezing air Frost Wolf's special abilities are not endless after all.
Therefore, after being blocked and weakened by the tightly stacked shields, the freezing air breath was lost in the initial suddenness; the special attack knights who replaced the fire-breathing equipment, and the grenadiers who accurately threw incendiary bombs, succeeded. The restraint and limitation of these hairy and weak-fire beasts.
Without the cooperation of these frost-spitting beasts, it would be easier to deal with the beast-turned-soldiers. The fierceness and fearlessness of injuries that broke out in a short period of time; the spears and halberds that surrounded the fighting square were poking and slashing, the rear row of muskets fired, and the bombardment of grenades could not last long.
When night falls again. In the wilderness outside Scorching Sun City, there were only the lights of fire and the sounds of people pursuing and capturing prisoners. Of course, this battle was also the most strenuous and costly battle fought in the series of battles since the First Army Corps led by Jiang Tian went north.
After successively defeating and defeating the 17,000 troops of the North-Lain Alliance and the 19,000 soldiers of the Principality of Saxony, the Royal Army also suffered more than 4,000 casualties, accounting for almost one-third of the First Army; this was still It does not include the losses of the armies of the Dutch princes who fought together.
Although, in the end, he could not be captured in the pursuit, the Margrave of Braunschweig, the brother of the Grand Duke of Saxony and the commander of the Saxon army; when he was captured in the battle under the city of Liège, the Counties of Cologne and Roots of the Union of Northern Ireland Six princes and lords including Tingen, Bach and Magdeburg.
In other places, North Rhine and Saxony captured nearly 10,000 people, and seized mountains of equipment and equipment; but they also lost countless equipment and ammunition. Therefore, the First Army rested on the spot in Liège City for five days, waiting for the replenishment of troops and the transportation of supplies from the rear, while also rewarding and punishing the armies of the Dutch princes.
For example, Prince Nisit, who persisted in fighting to the end, and the army of the Count of Vermandois he led; received priority in selecting trophies and replenishing equipment; and a reward of 100,000 ecu; and were suspected of deserting the battle. The counties of Hainaut and Ertinot were punished.
Not only was the general commanding the army publicly replaced and fined accordingly, he was also assigned to the army of the Count of Vermandua to serve as a subordinate for coordinated operations. However, just as the rear military supplies and supplementary companies arrived, envoys from the Northern Alliance also appeared in Liege.
On the one hand, it is hoped that in accordance with traditional practices in negotiations, the six defeated and captured princes/lords and their surviving subordinates can be redeemed at a corresponding price of money; on the other hand, it is trying to fight with the New Kingdom army that is about to attack the city. Reach some level of armistice and withdrawal agreement.
Of course, according to the other party's diplomatic rhetoric, this military operation against the Dutch princes and kingdom was not actually approved by the chief consul or unanimously agreed at the joint meeting of the princely city-states; it was privately decided by the Aachen diocese. Promoted and initiated local jihad.
However, the envoys of the Northern Alliance also brought two unexpected news to Jiang Tian: First, the Marquis of Braunschweig, the commander of the Saxon army, who fled westward to the territory of the Northern Alliance, was detained on the spot. . Secondly, the Holy See of Rome issued a decree of excommunication last month.
Declare the newly established government of the Sealand Kingdom and the Tulip Dynasty to be tyrants of unorthodox legal principles and noble blood; an apostate gang collaborating with heretics. Therefore, any king, prince, or lord who bathes in the glory of God represented by the universal church is obliged to carry out crusade.
In this way, it seems that the series of events that occurred in the kingdom before and the many questions arising from them can be explained. Whether it was the Count of Trier who was trying to establish himself in the northern provinces, the three Brabant Kingdoms who were taking advantage of the situation, or the North Rhine and Saxony who were trying to invade.
It can be said that they all came from the same behind-the-scenes manpower, or it could be said that it was the Universal Church with the support of the Western Empire, which had the ability to try to disrupt the Xinlan Kingdom. Of course, Jiang Tian, who had verified his guess at this moment, just wanted to repeat the famous saying of the Fourth Uncle: "How many teachers does the Holy See have?"
However, in retrospect, the Holy See/Universal Church in this time and space does have specialized armed guards and troops, as well as several bishopric territories distributed on the Western Continent. For example, the Aachen Diocese/domestic state encountered on the battlefield was obviously a typical representative.
Of course, as a developed commercial area in the north of the Western Continent, the Northern Alliance is willing to assume corresponding responsibilities for this; and provide a total of 6,000 pounds of gold and 400,000 dinars (silver coins) in exchange for the full understanding of the Kingdom of Zealand , to avoid more unnecessary conflicts and losses.
And on this basis, Beilaiyin United also shows its businessmanlike style. It even proposed to seek to re-sign a trade and trade agreement with the Dutch princes and the Kingdom of Zealand; as well as a follow-up military mutual assistance treaty to jointly fight against the invasion of Norman barbarian countries and the threat of the Hessian (Germanic) Alliance.
Regardless of what the Northern Alliance says, how much of it is true? But Jiang Tian also understood one thing: it was necessary for him to return to his country. As the universal church that has long been believed by the subjects in the kingdom, although it has been severely weakened and suppressed, its potential influence is still there.
With the excommunication of the Holy See, the newly reborn kingdom's political power will inevitably usher in a new round of turmoil and chaos.
