allonlinenovel Chapter 185: Peaceful Border
Chapter 185: Peaceful Border
Summer 1448 Southern border of Franche-Comté
The arrival of summer has brought some colorful embellishments to the green land of Franche-Comté. In the dark soil beneath the green land, unknown flowers burst out from under the land that has been ravaged by wars for years, set off by tender grass, forming a sharp contrast with the life that is constantly disappearing on the ground.
At this moment, birth and death are intertwined, and the blood of corpses has stained the flowers that are competing to bloom. Any bard who comes here will probably sigh and leave a poem about life and death.
But the soldiers on the ground did not have such ideas at this time. Fortresses stood on the southern border of Franche-Comté. Soldiers in armor patrolled the city walls continuously. In the watchtower, sergeants holding binoculars looked to the south, looking for the unknown enemy.
Since the fortress is located on a plain, the view from the city wall is very broad, but even so, the lookouts must concentrate on observing the endless plain to prevent the sudden Yoda reconnaissance team from the opposite side from breaking through the defense line and going deep into the heart of the territory.
In order to deal with the Yoda reconnaissance cavalry, Hank, who was in charge of the southern Franche-Comté Legion, also discussed several feasible methods with the officers, including scattering obstacles such as chevaux de frise in the open space outside to hinder the actions of the enemy cavalry, and organizing cavalry units on standby in the field to block the opposing cavalry.
These methods were very effective in the early days. Whenever the Yoda scouts tried to cross the border at night, they would be blocked by obstacles or cavalry that suddenly appeared in the dark. However, this situation gradually disappeared later, not because the Yoda people found a way to deal with it, but because the Yoda people simply stopped coming after that.
After many attempts, the Yoda people seemed to have accepted their fate and never launched any reconnaissance or raids at night? During the day, the Yoda cavalry just watched the fortress from a distance outside the range of the castle's artillery.
Occasionally, some fearless Yoda cavalrymen entered the firing range of the artillery to provoke them, but their response was often accompanied by a roar and a cannonball fired straight at them. After each bombardment, the Yodas would always leave behind a few corpses and would not appear in the soldiers' sight for a few days, but in the end, for some reason, they would always repeat the old ways of their colleagues and continue to try to provoke the soldiers on the wall.
The soldiers are also used to the annoying behavior of these Yoda people, so naturally they will not tolerate them. As they continue to conduct artillery training using the Yoda people as targets, the soldiers' shooting accuracy and efficiency are constantly improving.
As for the consumption of artillery shells, there is no need to worry about it. With the continuous expansion of the gunpowder workshop in the Forest Territory, the output of artillery shells is also increasing. As long as the front line needs it, there will be carriages full of artillery shells heading to the front line continuously. Maybe John as a lord may not be as good as those lords who have developed for decades in other aspects, but John can proudly say that the speed of mobilizing his own army is better than him in the whole Midland.
Just like the days before, there were still no living people on the border except the soldiers. The soldiers had adapted to the boring and lonely life on the border. At this time, they were hoping that the Yoda people on the opposite side would have some reaction and send some more people over so that the soldiers could cheer up and practice artillery fire a few more times.
As if the God of Light had heard the soldiers' request, a cloud of dust suddenly rose on the distant horizon. This phenomenon immediately alerted the lookout, who immediately sent someone to notify the garrison officers in the fortress.
As the smoke got closer and closer to the fortress, the lookout suddenly spotted several cavalry figures in the smoke through the telescope. Judging from the size of the smoke, the lookout inferred that this might be a cavalry unit of hundreds or even thousands.
"Enemy attack! Everyone get on the city wall!"
Accompanied by the shouts of the officers and the ringing of the bells on the tower, the soldiers quickly perked up. After gathering, they rushed to the city wall and stood at their combat posts under the command of the officers.
On the other side, Yoda's cavalry was approaching the border of Franche-Comté. They were wearing heavy armor with a black sheen, and their horses, also covered in black armor, were galloping forward. However, the most conspicuous among them was a knight with a big waist and a shark helmet.
Just as they were about to reach the edge of the artillery firing range, the leading knight immediately stopped his horse. Seeing this, the knights behind him hurriedly grabbed the reins to prevent themselves from colliding with the team in front. The knight with the shark head fell directly off his horse due to the stop and had an intimate contact with the ground.
"Lord Adam!"
The knight beside him immediately dismounted and helped him up. When Adam stood up, he immediately started to curse:
"Mad, what are you doing in front?"
A knight rode up from the front, dismounted not far from Adam, and trotted to Adam before kneeling on one knee and saying:
"Sir, the Mitlan fortress is ahead. If we go any further, we may be within the range of their artillery."
Hearing this, Adam immediately pushed everyone aside and walked forward. Since he was redeemed for the second time, Dougal had issued a death order, prohibiting him and his knights from going to the front line again, especially near John's territory. He also warned him that if he did so again, Dougal would directly ask Emperor Yoda to transfer Adam back to the rear.
Fearing that his political career would end prematurely, Adam did stay in the base camp for a while. However, during this time, Adam still remembered his experience after being captured and the slaps he received.
This experience was like a whip. Whenever I think about it, I feel like an invisible whip is whipping my back.
If it were a normal person, in such a situation, he would want to get as far away from the front line as possible, return to his own territory and live a life of luxury to heal his inner trauma. But Adam was obviously not such a person.
Due to the war between the Yoda Empire and the Kushans, a large number of elite soldiers were transferred to the eastern border of Yoda to resist the invasion of the Kushans. Dougal was recommended by the ministers as the commander-in-chief of the expedition against Kushans because of his rich military experience and high reputation in the army. Considering that the battle with Mitlan was not that fierce, Emperor Yoda agreed to the appointment.
After receiving the order, Dougal handed over the command of the army to his most trusted subordinate, Bosgod, before riding to his post, which made Adam very angry.
As a noble with a long family history, Adam would never allow a person with inferior qualifications and title to ride on his head. So on the second day after Dougal took office, he ignored the dissuasion of the soldiers in the camp and led his Blue Whale Heavy Knights to the Franche-Comté border in a mighty manner.
Looking at the fortress in the distance and the white flag with a black eagle on it, Adam felt so angry that his teeth were itching, but there was nothing he could do except stand there and look at the opposite side.
Of course he knew that if he walked forward a dozen meters, he would be greeted by several oncoming shells. However, if he just walked away like that, it was obviously impossible.
Thinking of this, an unknown fire burned in Adam's heart. With this emotion, Adam shouted at the other side with all his strength:
"My uncle Adam is back!!!"
Opposite Adam, the soldiers were watching the next move of the opposing knights with bated breath. However, when they heard the faint shouting coming from afar, a question arose in their minds: Who is this person?
"Adam..." The officers were also wondering who this person was. Obviously, this person was the commander of this heavy cavalry unit, but this name had a familiar feeling, as if they had seen it before.
"Oh! I remember!" suddenly an officer shouted, attracting the attention of the surrounding soldiers.
"Isn't this the idiot who was caught twice by our Earl and often slapped by him?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the fortress was filled with laughter. After the joke, an artilleryman asked the officer:
"Sir, do you want to fire a cannon to scare them?"
"Okay, try to aim well and fire a shell first."
Under the order of the officer, the artillerymen immediately operated the artillery, loaded the shells into the barrel, and then worked together to aim the muzzle at the Yoda cavalry on the opposite side.
At this moment, Adam felt much happier after venting his anger. He was about to brag about his past achievements to his subordinates around him when he heard a loud bang and a cannonball rushed towards Adam.
Before Adam could react, the shell hit the soil in front of Adam. The rapidly spinning shell caused some mud to stick directly to Adam's face and armor in the process of hitting the soil. Adam fell to the ground in panic due to the sudden attack.
"Protect your lord!"
Seeing this, the knights nearby immediately helped Adam up, put him on horseback, and then fled in the opposite direction. The entire plain returned to silence except for the shell and the crater caused by the shell.