After waiting for a few days, the Empire's reinforcements finally arrived.
The Pyrotechnic Academy's mercenaries carried more than 20 Empire heavy cannons, four Hellstorm rocket cannons, and one Hellstorm rapid-fire cannon.
Three musketeers, three infantry battalions, and a team of dwarf butchers formed the main force of the Pyrotechnic Academy's mercenaries. There was also a team of pistol-wielding cavalry and a small number of Empire knights.
The commander of this army was Empire General Dietrich. He was a veteran in his fifties who served in Nur. Ever since Emmanuelle returned to Nur, Dietrich had pledged his loyalty to Emmanuelle and her son, Frey Derick.
The vice commander was Boris Von Zhukov, a graduate of the Nur Gunnery Academy. He was a man in his thirties and wore very fancy clothes. The decorations on his armor were dazzling. He was different from the Brittany who liked to keep their hair long. He had a simple haircut and raised his chin high, revealing a short goatee. His attitude was very arrogant.
These soldiers from Nurr were equipped with excellent equipment. Even the worst equipped pikemen had a set of exquisite standard equipment. In addition to the pikemen in their hands, these soldiers were equipped with an excellent longsword produced by Nurr's military factory. The entire army was dressed in black clothes and black armor.
The Brittany paid a hefty price to hire this Empire's army. Apart from gold coins, the Brittany also placed a lot of orders with the Nur Military Factory. It was said that this was the idea of the new Duchess of Nur. Emmanuelle believed that large orders were more effective than gold and silver. Not only did it bring in profits, but it also allowed the military factory to produce at full capacity and solve a series of social problems.
The arrogant attitude of the Imperial reinforcements caused the Brittanians to be extremely dissatisfied. The knights all looked at them with indignation. In the eyes of the Imperial people, it was hilarious that the Brittanians would drag a group of country bumpkins and bumpkins with them to fight with them.
However, Laun, Hagan, and Kalad, who had participated in the Holy Grail Expedition, expressed their understanding of the situation.
It all started with Nur's history.
Nur was where the Empire's Gunnery Academy was located. Most of the Empire's cannons, mortars, and muskets were also manufactured here. Nur was also where many of the Empire's famous schools were located. It was the Empire's center of learning, industrial, and an important city in the south.
In terms of technological and academic standards alone, even the Empire's capital, Brunswick, could not compare to Nur. Nur was also the hometown of Ludwig the Savior. This city was also known as the greatest Empire's emperor after Charlemagne. Nur was also a transportation hub and an important trading town. The dwarves' stronghold in the mountains transported all kinds of goods to Nur. Wealthy southerners and even Tyrians flocked here to trade.
Therefore, Nur was rich, and the people here were very civilized. Nur's army had long been professionalized and often worked as mercenaries for other Empire provinces. The average literacy level of the entire Nur citizens was the highest in the Empire.
"Brunswick is our capital. Nur is the center of the Empire. White Wolf City … Well, it's a great city. Other places? They're all rural. "
— Nur — A Brunswick Guard, Master Engineer Wagner, who did not wish to reveal his name after drinking.
To put it simply, Brunswick and Nur were at the top of the Empire's chain of contempt. It was because of this that Emperor Karl-franz would not allow someone he did not trust to control Nur. The emperor wanted Emmanuelle, who had a good relationship with him and his family, to return to Nur. Karl-franz needed to control Nur.
But it was also because of this that the mercenary group's work ethic was excellent. Empire General Dietrich looked around the Brittany camp with disdain and finally said, "Sir Lauan Leo Cornwall?"
"Greetings, brothers of the Empire and fellow humans on the other side of the mountain." Lauan led everyone out to greet them. He took the initiative to shake hands with Dietrich and Boris Von Zhukov. "Welcome!"
"We have come with the friendship of the beloved Duchess of Nur, Emmanuelle." Empire General Dietrich said to Lauan and the others. "We have sold our weapons to you. You only need to tell us how to deal with our enemies."
"Very good!"
It was close to the third month, and the weather in Muxilon was still very cold. Everyone entered the tent and sat down. Lauren was the first to exchange greetings. He smiled and said, "I heard that Duchess Emmanuelle has finally returned to Nur after going through untold hardships. This is truly the fortune of the empire, the fortune of humanity!"
"Well, you can say that." Empire General Dietrich sighed and said with some dissatisfaction, "If it wasn't for your Chosen One champion, Laing Macado, who got our esteemed Duchess pregnant, we would be happier."
The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became strange. It was no secret that Emmanuelle, who held the title of Duchess of Nur, Elector of Brescia, and Duchess of Wesson, got pregnant by Laing Macado, the Chosen One champion of the Lake Fairies.
Nur's nobles complained a lot about this in private. The proud and wealthy Empire's nobles didn't think that this child was lowly. After all, Laing's great deeds and high prestige were all there. What they complained about was that Laing didn't marry Emmanuelle. This child was an illegitimate child! Even though Emperor Karl had announced that this child was Emmanuelle's first successor, it still didn't sound very good. At the very least, many nobles in Nur suggested that Emmanuelle find a new husband or asked Laing to give up his marriage with Suria and marry Emmanuelle instead.
Emmanuelle completely ignored these suggestions. The Duchess' method of governance was to never leave her Kurfürst's Palace. However, she had shown outstanding ability in internal affairs. While attacking her political enemies, she also strengthened her authority.
Her actions of protecting the interests of the common people, attacking the nobles, increasing employment, and curbing the corruption of Chaos earned her a good reputation in Nur. The citizens gave her a new title of "The Beloved Duchess".
Kalad couldn't help but laugh. He was close to Laing, so he didn't mind laughing.
Lauren's expression was strange. The regent of the kingdom knew that his relationship with Laing was actually very strange. They were friends, rivals, colleagues, and competitors for the throne. They had the same demands for reform, but they also represented different standpoints.
Thinking of this, Lauren didn't continue the topic. After a few more pleasantries, everyone began to talk about the main topic.
"There's good news!" "According to the intelligence of the scouts, the undead army that came to support Richard Castle is a remnant army. This undead army is obviously not in good numbers and lacks cavalry." Ron was very excited when he talked about this matter. He introduced the situation of the battle. "
"This means that! The main force of the undead must have been delayed. It's very likely that the undead are still besieging the Steeple Palace! When they heard that we besieged Richard Castle, they sent a portion of their army back to reinforce us. "Lauren immediately revealed his plan." We'll prioritize eliminating the reinforcements! With us besieging Richard Castle, the undead will definitely be forced to fight with us outside the city! "
"Then we'll satisfy them! Wait until the undead reinforcements arrive! We'll line up outside the city and have a decisive battle with the undead! "Lauren announced his plan.
"A decisive battle with the undead? But we're dragging an army of more than seventeen thousand refugees! " Kalad raised his doubts. "These refugees don't even need to talk about fighting. They'll immediately collapse when they see the undead. This will lead to the collapse of the entire battle line!"
"I know." Lauren nodded calmly.
"You know and still plan to fight the undead?" Kalad asked.
"That's right. The undead are our disadvantage. In a battle with the undead, as long as these refugees collapse, they'll easily trigger a chain reaction from the army and collapse." Lauren placed his finger on the map. "But, under the right conditions, a disadvantage can also be turned into an advantage!"
"In this battle, our disadvantage is undeniable. But our advantage is that we have a large number of knights. We need a plan to reverse our advantage and turn it into victory." Lauren seemed to have a card up his sleeve. "Everyone, please listen to me. Sometimes, not only will the refugees not be our burden, but they'll also be the key to victory in this battle …"
… I'm the dividing line that determines victory and defeat …
Two days later, Matthew Bad led the undead army to Richard Castle. On a narrow plain outside the castle, the two armies began to confront each other.
Muxilon's Viper and his subordinate Merovin, the Mad Duke, gathered together with Vampire Lord Berit, Hal Harris, and the others to discuss how to fight this war.
"We only need to pay attention to the three thousand cavalry under Lauren Leo Cornwall." Matthew Bad's expression was calm. "There are also five thousand reinforcements from the Empire. Other than that, I really don't understand why the Brittany brought nearly twenty thousand refugees into battle."
"It's said that the situation in Lyonnesse is very bad. Lauren brought twenty thousand refugees into battle because he had no other choice." Berit replied loudly. "And he actually placed all twenty thousand people at the front of the battle line? It's unbelievable. Doesn't he know that if these serfs collapse, it'll easily lead to the collapse of the entire battle line? "
"The tactics of the knights are all like this. Let the serfs go up first and then choose an opportunity to charge. It hasn't changed for thousands of years. There's nothing strange about it." Merovin sneered. "What we need to do is to first defeat these ten thousand serfs and then force the Empire's army into danger. This way, Lauren and his chivalrous brothers will have no choice but to support the Empire's army. After losing the opportunity to charge, he'll have no choice but to retreat!"
"Very good! Let's do that! "Matthew Bad nodded and adopted Merovin's tactic.
The battle began. At this time, Matthew Bad's tactic was to use three bloodthirsty batwolves and a large number of bloodthirsty akasha, tomb malevolence, and tomb ghouls to attack the Brittany's army head-on. These behemoths released their anger and roared. When they approached, Lauren placed the seventeen thousand refugees at the front. When they saw the terrifying undead behemoths, the refugees immediately lost their will to fight and their formation shook.
However, to Matthew Bad's surprise, these refugees did not quickly collapse. On the contrary, someone among the refugees immediately gave orders loudly. The large group of refugees quickly separated in an orderly manner under the leadership of a small number of rangers and sergeants. Although the scene was quite chaotic, the refugees still retreated to two corners in an orderly manner. "What?! How is that possible?! "
Lauren, standing in the middle of the Brittany army, smiled.
This was the result of several days of training by him and the knights. They taught the refugees how to retreat.
After the refugees retreated in an orderly manner, the undead behemoths attracted by the delicious fresh meat immediately lost control. They roared and charged at the refugees on both sides. After eliminating a large number of refugees who did not have time to escape and tasting the delicious fresh meat, the undead behemoths completely forgot Matthew Bad's order to attack the Brittany army. They fought on their own and rushed everywhere. The irrational creatures lost their basic order in order to compete for the fresh meat.
At this time, the elite mercenaries from Nur were waiting for these undead behemoths. The undead behemoths had entered their shooting range.
"Fire!!!" Boris Von Zhukov, the deputy general of the mercenaries, ordered loudly. Three gun battalions, more than twenty cannons, and hellstorm rocket launchers opened fire at the same time. A dense rain of bullets and artillery fire drowned the undead behemoths in the blink of an eye!
The Pyrotechnics Academy mercenaries from Nur had already calculated the best shooting range with the help of the engineers. The cannons under their control accurately sniped the undead behemoths as if they had grown eyes. The bloodthirsty batwolves and tomb wraiths fell one by one. The bloodthirsty heavenly ghosts did not dare to approach the ground in the dense barrage of bullets.
The undead behemoths were soon on the verge of collapse. Matthew Bad had to immediately order the zombie legion, skeleton warrior legion, and barren tomb guard legion to follow up.
"Activate the hellstorm rapid-fire cannon!" Dietrich, the general of the Empire, immediately ordered when he saw a large group of undead infantry approaching.
"Activate the hellstorm rapid-fire cannon!!!" The elites of Nur immediately pushed out a powerful war machine from their position. The war machine spun and spat out a huge tongue of fire to slap everything in front of it. Each barrel was loaded with at least a dozen or more small shells, and now all of them were pouring out.
The nine barrels of the Hellgale rapid-fire cannon were divided into three groups and controlled by a central rotating crank. Any unlucky target that was targeted by the cannon would be subjected to a continuous barrage of terrifying bullets and be engulfed by a hail of lead bullets.
In an instant, the entire undead vanguard was covered in blood and flesh. Hundreds of undead were instantly turned into sieves under a wave of attack.
The advance of the undead army was blocked by the powerful power of the Nur war machine, but they still approached the allied army one after another. Under the orders of Laun and Dietrich, the Brittany serf infantry and the Empire's halberd corps joined the war.
There was no longer any strategy at this time. The whole battlefield had turned into a slaughterhouse of flesh and blood. The Empire's army and the Brittany's soldiers, as well as the serf infantry, stood side by side against the attack of the undead army.
The war lasted from morning to afternoon, and the allied army began to gradually tire. The Empire's halberd corps and the Brittany's serf infantry were gradually defeated by the tide of undead.
However, Matthew Bard, who was commanding the undead army to continue the attack, subconsciously felt that something was wrong. He immediately ordered the army to retreat, and the undead army withdrew from the battlefield in an orderly manner under Matthew Bard's command.
When Laun led the knights to defeat the Black Knights on the flank and wanted to outflank the undead army, what awaited him were the soldiers cheering for victory on the plains near Richard Castle. The undead army had already withdrawn from the Brittany's encirclement.
"This battle! We won! " Although it was a pity that they were unable to completely encircle and defeat Muxilon's undead army, the knights from the north were still proud of this victory.
The cheers on the plains were endless, singing the praises of Laun's victory.
This was the perfect embodiment of his outstanding military talent and excellent command by the kingdom's regent, Laun Leo Cornwall.
With this victory, Lawn proved that he was fully qualified to compete with the Chosen Champion of the Lake Fairy, Ryan Macado, for the knight's throne.
Ten kilometers away, Matthew Bard, who was slowly retreating, also smiled.
"I'll let you have a small victory first, Laun."
"But it's not over yet. I know how to defeat you."
Muxilon's viper took out a letter, which was stamped with the seal of Duke Theodoric of Bereon.
"Go, send a living person to deliver this letter to the Brittany's camp."
"The way to defeat the Brittany is in this letter."
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