I was excommunicated from the Holy Knights

99 – Mercenary King and Madwoman 6

“Gagging!”

Maxim falls to the ground with a ghastly scream.

At this moment, a roaring battle cry filled her ears, but that was not what mattered to her.

“Really… I was treated very well. Somehow, I thought I was blowing information too obediently, but the archbishop of the church is indeed different.”

“Cool! What.. what.. what to say.. what.. misunderstanding something..””

Maxim asked questioningly, coughing in pain from his mouth.

However, seeing her like this, Christian snorted lightly.

“There is no point in running away in a situation like this.. I don’t have the time or the time to listen to the lies of a single person anymore. It must have been their intention to sell us to the imperial army and return home after making great achievements, but unfortunately, there will be no glory for you to feel when you return.”

“Now.. Wait a minute… I… I. It’s not like that…”

“Take it! Cut off each of your fingers at the slightest sign of resistance!”

“yes!”

“It’s not like that… it’s not like that! I’m not the emperor’s spy! This is all due to a simple misunderstanding.. Keuuk!”

Maxim struggling wildly and pleading,

However, Christian did not listen to her words at all and dragged her along with the soldiers and started to flee.

‘I can’t do it now that it’s like this… Originally, I was planning to move on after cleaning up a little more places, but I can’t afford to do that anymore…’

*

The battle between the Imperial Army and the Mansfeld Mercenary Corps at Münster Castle once again shook the dynamics of power within the Holy Empire.

In the meantime, Mansfeld and Christian, who had grown steadily and had a strong army of 27,000, lost more than half of their troops in this skirmish.

The remaining power is only about 12,000

At least in the case of wizards, they still maintain 1000 people, but in fact, they could say that they had suffered a huge defeat that was close to destruction.

Even in the process, though, Christian displayed a small amount of time-consuming wit and stole quite a lot of munitions and plundered property. Once their power has been shattered, they are in a situation where they cannot escape their fugitive status for a while,

Having lost the ability to resist the emperor’s army any longer, they hurriedly retreated to the north, and with the momentum, the emperor’s army quickly occupied small and medium-sized cities in the vicinity.

A war that can be written as the so-called ‘Palatinate Restoration War’ and read as the Palatinate plunder, which ended with the crushing defeat of Mansfeld and Christian.

However, this could not be seen simply as the defeat of the mercenary corps that had been tyrannical.

Although they were no different from when they were thieves, if you look at their actions so far, they were Mansfeld and Christian, who were clearly wearing signs of heresy.

Their defeat could be said to mean that the emperor and church forces once again won victory over heretical forces.

In particular, from General Tilly’s point of view, it could be seen as a feat to wash away the defeat suffered in Bohemia, and the emperor was also able to renew the atmosphere by correcting the authority that had been shaken after the incident in Bohemia.

In addition, the nearby lords, who were quickly subdued by the forces of Spinola and Tilly, had no choice but to completely abandon the cause of heresy and kneel down to the church forces again.

In this way, the emperor was able to place most of the empire’s territory under his feet once again, excluding Bohimea and the regions of the heretical alliance centered on them.

In this way, the emperor succeeded in setting up the flag of the church once again in an area that practically reached 3/4 of the mainland of the empire.

But… at this point the emperor had no intention of ending the war yet.

In his eyes, Bohemia and the 1/4 heretical forces attached to him still remained, and Mansfeld, who challenged his authority and ran amok, was still alive.

In order to deal with them, the emperor once again implemented a policy to correct discipline within the empire and to cover the lack of funds.

that’s right…

*

– Squeak

Hot tea poured in front of your eyes.

Drinking it slowly, I began to read the news that came up this time.

Mansfeld’s devastating defeat as planned.

The subsequent advance of Spinola and Tilly, and the submission of the rest of the Imperial lords…

As I was carefully reading through the documents containing such a series of news, Polena asked in a voice full of concern.

“Are you okay? First of all, I sent someone to carry out the work according to the master’s order, but such a futile result…”

“Yes, of course it is fine. I see it as a perfect situation for relocation.”

“yes?”

My words express my affirmation without the slightest hesitation.

At this, Polena’s face showed a slight surprise, and then she looked at me and asked questioningly.

“Honestly, I was expecting nothing good for us if Mansfeld collapsed so easily. Wasn’t it the goal for them to survive as long as possible and bother the Empire?”

“Of course, it is true that we benefited quite a bit thanks to them. But.. no matter how much they are, they are like poison for prescription. They may be able to help cure the disease for a while, but they can kill the patient if they bite too long. I think it’s just right that they lost their power at this level.”

In fact, thanks to Mansfeld and Christian’s fighting in the Palatinate, we have benefited quite a bit.

The biggest thing is that, thanks to their open aggro, the imperial army has been dragging around Mansfeld for the past few weeks, rather than thinking of attacking Bohemia.

In addition, even now, Bohemia has not even dreamed of turning its attention, and for a while it has been forced to spend time rectifying the territories that have been ruined by Mansfeld and reorganizing the army.

And there’s another thing,

It was also a great benefit to us that Christian’s madness prior to joining Mansfeld solidified the hearts of the lords who still had doubts about the heretical alliance.

In this war, all the lords who were beaten by Christian and Mansfeld were the only ones who did not join the heretical alliance and only noticed.

This is because even Christian, the mad b*tch of Halberstadt, knew very well that if he hastily touched the heretical alliance that had signed a treaty with himself, he would be robbed immediately from his base in Hilberstadt and the Brown region.

And it could be said that this indirectly showed that the heretical alliance could actually be a practical defense against this impasse.

Like that, Mansfeld’s army gave Bohemia time to take a breather and laid the foundation for solidification.

However, given the headaches that would arise if the authors ran amok for any longer, I was concluding that it was right to cut them off at this point.

“If you don’t mind… can you be a bit more specific? Unfortunately, with this girl’s lack of wisdom, it’s still hard to get a clear picture.”

“Simply put, that’s it. If they run wild beyond this, we will lose control of the situation.”

With that, I took another sip of the tea and continued talking.

“As Polena knows, right now we are forming a single faction called the Alliance of Heretics, and at the same time we are making plans to reach out to other countries around us using Elector Frederick’s connections. however. In this situation, if Mansfeld’s reputation jumps too high, they may be able to reach out to Mansfeld instead of us.”

“ah!… ”

The moment Polena hears my words, the light of understanding begins to shine on her face.

Looking at her like that, I put down the empty teacup and looked at her eyes, which seemed to be slightly twinkling, and said.

“Although they do their dirty tricks of treachery and pillage, Mansfeld will certainly prove to be a useful chess piece for those who want to reach out within the Empire. If there are people who try to contact him like that, then even we could be in a dangerous situation. It was for this reason that I broke his momentum at this point.”

“You’re really amazing.. my master.. I never thought you’d be watching that far.”

“hahahaha.. that’s too much praise.”

Polena speaks while looking at me with a bright smile on her lips.

I began to feel a little blush at her words, which contained a little fuss.

‘of course. The reason I can think this far is because I know the contents of the original work, but…’

While listening to the compliment once again unintentionally, I instructed Polena to do the next thing…

Immediately after that, I slowly got up from my seat and started looking out the window.

‘With this… the war will start to spread outside the empire in earnest. And if this happens… wouldn’t that guy start showing up soon?’

Originally, at this point, I should be standing in this place where I am.

The person who seized real power after the Count of Thurn and the Andreas family were expelled from Bohemia, and the strongest and worst ‘enemy’ in the original work.

As I struggled with the next situation in which the appearance of that person was foretold according to the original work, a dark shadow began to cast on my face.

‘I tried to nip it early anyway, but I noticed the situation and ran away in advance. Now that it’s like this… I have no choice but to fight…’

After letting go of the thought of it that was out of my hands, and sooner or later, with regret,

I also started to draw the person who makes me worry and longing just by thinking about it.

‘By the way… When will Cazeros return? No matter how long I wait, there is no news… Should I go find it myself at this point, when I have some time to spare?’