Chapter 49: The Flame of Hope

The Kingdom of Lund, a small country located in the east of the Britannia Empire, is sandwiched between the Britannia Empire and the Frankish Empire, and is also a vassal state of the Britannia Empire.

Although it is only a small country whose land area can be described by a small bullet, thanks to its rich land and unique geographical location, it has very developed agriculture and commerce. Generally speaking, it is also an extremely prosperous and peaceful country.

As the capital of the Lund Kingdom, Heron City is the accumulation of the country's essence and wealth. It is undoubtedly the largest and most prosperous city in the Lund Kingdom.

However, the most prosperous city in the Lund Kingdom is now dead silent.

A strong smell of blood, metal, and rancidity enveloped Heron City, the capital of the Lund Kingdom.

In the city of Heron, the street market is desolate and desolate. Compared with the bustling and beautiful city before, it is hard to imagine that this is the same city. The pedestrians on the street are sparse, and the only pedestrians on the street also have numbness and a little worry. frightened.

They were all afraid, afraid that the 80,000 Carolingian army that was besieging Heron City would defeat their last defense of Heron City, and then rush into the city and raise their butcher knives at them.

On the wall of Heron City, the king of the Lund Kingdom in full armor was leading a few guards to inspect the situation on the wall.

The city walls were already covered in blood, and there was almost no clean place for people to lay their feet.

The king standing on the city wall looked sadly at the outside of Herun City, and at the 80,000 troops surrounding Herun City.

"Hey, this Alan Jones is so powerful..." The king looked at the 80,000 troops besieging the city outside the city and sighed in pain.

The reason for such an exclamation is because the king personally participated in the field battle with the Carolingian Kingdom.

Although the Lund Kingdom has a prosperous economy, its military strength is not strong, and mobilizing 90,000 troops is already the limit.

The Carolingian Kingdom sent a full 80,000 troops to invade them this time. That is to say, even if the Lund Kingdom sent all the 90,000 troops to meet the enemy, it would not be able to gain an advantage in the number of soldiers.

However, the individual combat effectiveness of the Lund Kingdom is similar to that of the Carolingian Kingdom, so they will not have the upper hand in terms of the quality of the soldiers.

The Carolingian Kingdom and the Lund Kingdom are also deadly rivals. They have been at war with each other for so long, and both sides have some knowledge of each other's details, so the king knows very well that the Carolingian Kingdom does not have any outstanding generals.

The quantity and quality of the soldiers and the quality of the generals are similar on both sides, which means that it will be difficult to tell the winner of this battle.

Therefore, in order to win, the king of the Lund Kingdom resolutely decided to go on a personal expedition, and personally led the 90,000 army of the Lund Kingdom to meet the 80,000 invading army of the Carolingian Kingdom!

However, although the king's personal conquest, the morale of the generals and soldiers of the army greatly increased, but they failed to repel the invading army of the Carolingian Kingdom, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.

Although he failed to defeat the invading army in one fell swoop, the king was very satisfied with the result, because the attacker failed to achieve his goal and was blocked by the defender, so the attacker lost.

The 80,000 troops of the Carolingian Kingdom came from afar, and they were fighting locally. As long as the stalemate continues and the supply of the Carolingian Kingdom is dragged down, the 80,000 troops will retreat without a fight.

Therefore, now it is only necessary to continue the stalemate with them.

The king's vision is beautiful, but the reality is very cruel.

On that day, a sudden change occurred!

The king will never forget that day.

The Carolingian army, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly launched a fierce attack on them when the sky was just slightly bright!

The king doesn't know much about military affairs. Although the royal conquest has the name of the commander-in-chief of the whole army, the specific command is still handed over to the generals below.

He himself is just a mascot-like existence.

However, even the king who didn't know much about military affairs could see that the commanding style of the Carolingian Kingdom's army had suddenly changed!

Suddenly became fierce and swift!

For the Carolingian army with a sudden change in style, the Lund army did not react for a while, and was caught off guard.

However, this is not the scariest thing yet, and even more terrifying things are yet to come.

The king still remembers the scene at that time - a cavalry team of thousands of people rushed towards them in a wedge formation. Every cavalryman in this cavalry team was wearing silver heavy armor. Even the horses under their crotches were covered with silver heavy armor. This cavalry, which can be said to be wrapped in armor, rushed towards their Lund army. Thousands of horses were galloping, and the sky and the earth seemed to be trembling.

At that time, the king saw the true identity of this cavalry team at a glance-the iron armored cavalry of the Frankish Empire!

The king once visited the Frankish Empire, saw the demeanor of the Iron Armored Paladins, and also saw the horror of the Iron Armored Paladins.

After that visit, the terror of the Iron Paladin was etched in his mind.

However, the king never imagined that there would be a time when he would personally experience the horror of the armored paladins.

Thousands of armored paladins easily tore apart the Lund army like hot knives cutting butter.

The 90,000-strong army of the Lund Kingdom was so easily torn apart by the Iron Armored Paladins with only a few thousand people.

The iron armored cavalry rushed straight to the main line of the Lund army, which was where the king was, as if they had entered no one's land.

Seeing the iron armored cavalry coming towards him, the king also led the elite guards around him to flee in panic.

However, this iron armored cavalry stuck firmly behind the king, no matter how the king drove the horse under his crotch, he couldn't get rid of the iron armored cavalry sticking behind him.

In the end, under the desperate protection and resistance of the elite guards, the king managed to get rid of the iron armored cavalry who followed him closely and escaped.

However, only he and a few guards and generals escaped.

Under the powerful attack of the armored cavalry and the follow-up encirclement and annihilation of the 80,000 Carolingian army, the 90,000 army of the Kingdom of Lund was wiped out!

The main force of the Lund Kingdom was wiped out.

After completely annihilating the main force of the Kingdom of Lund, the Carolingian Army continued to march, and the troops were directed at the capital Heron City!

After the king escaped, he gathered some remnants of the soldiers and returned to the capital of Heron.

After returning to Helun City, the king immediately ordered to seek help from the suzerain Britannia Empire! And prohibit anyone from entering and exiting Heron City, count all the food, grass and supplies in the city, and be prepared to defend Heron City to the death!

At this time, the king finally knew the reason for their previous fiasco, and why the iron armored cavalry of the Frankish Empire appeared here.

It turned out that the Carolingian Kingdom saw that the battle on the front line became anxious, so they asked for help from their suzerain, the Frankish Empire. Therefore, the Frankish Empire sent their general - "Steel Bones" Alan Jones, and 4000 armored soldiers. Paladins come to their aid.

After hearing this truth, the king finally understood why the command style of the Carolingian Army changed suddenly at that time, and why the iron armored cavalry appeared here.

Although a cloud of doubt in my heart dissipated, my heart also became heavy.

The king already understood that without the assistance of the Britannia Empire, under the command of Allen, the fall of Heron City would only be a matter of time.

So the king has been praying since then, praying that the Britannia Empire can come to help and defeat Allen and his iron armored cavalry!

Soon, the 80,000 troops of the Carolingian Kingdom led by Alan Jones approached the city and launched a fierce attack on Heron City. With the high walls of Heron City and the rich defensive equipment in the city, the soldiers in the city were finally Withstood the fierce attack of the Carolingian Army, and in the past few days, the Carolingian Army finally calmed down, and the soldiers and king in the city could finally take a breather.

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"How long can the food in the city last?" the king asked a general beside him.

"Your Highness, you can still support it for about 40 days." The general replied without thinking.

"Forty days..." the king continued, "Then how many soldiers do we still have in Heron City?"

"Your Highness, there are still about 4,000 soldiers left." As the general said, a gloomy look flashed in his eyes.

"Is there only so much left..." The king's face was full of bitterness.

The king standing on the city wall, although there was a cool wind blowing past him constantly, he didn't feel the leisure of the cool wind at all.

In front of several fences and deep ditches, amidst the flags of the Carolingian Army, a majestic figure stood. Just looking at this vague figure, the king felt a wave of coercion pressing towards him.

Although it was far away and he couldn't even see the figure of the other party, the king was sure that this figure was the commander-in-chief of the 80,000 army of the Carolingian Kingdom--Alan Jones of the Frankish Empire.

"How long can we last..." the king murmured dejectedly.

At this moment, one after another screamed, from far to near.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! There is an urgent report! There is an urgent report!"

"What urgent report?" The king said calmly without turning his head.

"The Britannia Empire sent troops to the rescue!!"

"what?!"

The king turned his head abruptly, with some ecstasy in his astonishment.

"Yes! The Britannia Empire dispatched 1/3 of the Gabriel Knights, a total of 100,000 troops came to rescue! We are saved!"

The generals around the king are all happy now.

"The Britannia Empire has finally dispatched troops!"

"I'll just say it! Our Lund Kingdom is also a vassal state of the Britannia Empire! How could the Britannia Empire not save us!"

"100,000 troops! A whole 100,000 troops! We are saved!"

"Long live the Kingdom of Lund! Long live the Empire of Britannia!"

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Although the king was also full of joy, the joy on his face soon dissipated, and he became a little more dignified.

"No, we can't be happy too early." The king said in a deep voice, "When the Britannia Empire defeated Allen, we couldn't be regarded as saved. Although the total force of the Britannia Empire accounted for I have gained the upper hand, but the enemy commander is that Allen! Who will win and who will lose is yet to be known!"

After hearing the king's words, the joy of the generals also dissipated a bit, and a bit of dignity returned to their faces.

However, although it is not the time to be happy now, in the wilderness called "Despair" in everyone's hearts, a flame called "Hope" finally ignited.