Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

Sam Layton's ideas of war are in the same vein as Bruno Stuart, Emperor Idar.

Therefore, the siege idea of ​​the Idar army is actually very simple - fire coverage!

The rich are covered by firepower, and the poor are interspersed with tactics. Generals at all levels of the Idar army are well aware of this mantra that Bruno often talks about.

In the eyes of His Majesty the Idar Emperor, when the weapons and equipment are clearly ahead, it is definitely not a wise move to accumulate victories with fresh lives.

In addition, the Boulder City is not far from the mainland of Idar. Although it has not been connected by railway tracks, the ammunition supply of the Idar people is also very sufficient, and there is no need to worry about the logistics.

Therefore, Sam Leighton actually never thought of relying on human life to siege the city.

What age is it now? !

In this era of rapid development of magic technology, how could General Idar, who has kept pace with the times, retain such primitive means of siege? That's a reversal of history!

As an Idar general, Sam Leighton is well aware of the important value of population to the Idar Empire, not to mention other things, from factories and businesses to workshops and farms, which industries and fields are not lacking in the Idar Empire. manpower?

Moreover, for this war, the Idar Empire had already prepared a large number of armaments and materials, and had carried out countless sand table games. There was no need to adopt such a tragic style of play.

In a word, Boom!

In many cases, the joys and sorrows of human beings are not connected.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Crusader soldiers guarding the city, the artillery fire that fell from the sky and the roaring sound from all directions were like the chants and wailing of the messengers of hell, and they mercilessly took away a fresh life in the blink of an eye.

However, in the eyes of the Idar soldiers, this resounding sound like thunder, but it seems like an impassioned movement, a march that motivates the Idar soldiers to move forward bravely and defend their homeland!

The warmth of the artillery fire melted the frosted earth around it, and the loud noise woke the beast sleeping in the forest.

The birds fluttered their wings vigorously, scurrying around under the shroud of war, their dense gray-black figures were like dark clouds in the sky.

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Under the command of the company and battalion commanders, the Idar soldiers, according to their experience gained in the past exercises, worked in groups of three, with a clear division of labor, and skillfully operated the artillery in front of them.

Accompanied by a sharp whistling and a dull roar, countless artillery fire poured on the towering walls of the Stone City.

Even the cold wind that came from the polar ice sheet seemed to be intimidated by the rumble of artillery fire. Under the invasion of the rolling heat wave, even the unbridled cold wind in winter can only quietly dissipate outside the city wall at this moment.

The ground trembled and the towers wailed.

The sturdy city walls are littered with cracked rubble, and the towering arrow towers are crumbling under the attack of artillery fire.

Those Crusader soldiers who were too late to find cover were blown away by the fierce artillery fire almost in an instant, or burned by the scattered flames.

Since the Church of Light has been prepared for this for a long time, there are no flammable and explosive dangerous items in the Stone City.

This also makes it possible that after the magic-guided projectile is triggered, the built-in deflagration magic circle can only stimulate the bursting flames, but it is difficult to ignite the buildings in the boulder city.

But even so, the shrapnel, gravel, and flames shot out after the shells landed, also caused heavy losses to the Crusader soldiers in the city.

However……

This is just the beginning!

Sam Layton is very aware of the importance attached by the Church of Light to Boulder City. According to the information obtained by the CIA, not only tens of thousands of enemy soldiers are stationed in this city, but also sufficient food and grass have been prepared in advance.

In order to take the city as soon as possible without causing too many casualties to his own side, he can only rely on fire coverage to open a gap for the Idar army.

The consumption of ammunition can be compensated by subsequent transportation, and the damaged weapons can also be produced and repaired in the local arsenal of Idar, but the Crusader soldiers are only one less when they die!

Under the order of Sam Layton, round after round of artillery fire swept across the sky, and the violent explosions almost covered the entire Boulder City!

The deafening roar seemed to be able to shake the surrounding air, and it could even pierce the fragile hearts of the Crusader soldiers.

And with the continuous indiscriminate bombardment of artillery fire,

Fear finally began to spread among the soldiers of the Crusader...

Crusaders are people too,

Even though most of them have their own beliefs, as long as they are human, there will be cowardice, cowardice, and fear!

Not to mention how much of the religious books mentioned by the Guangming Church are logically consistent, the belief of the people of this era towards the Guangming Church is actually more of a hopeless expectation.

And now...

Even though the Church of Light portrays the world after death in a very beautiful way, it is really hard not to have doubts in the hearts of ordinary Crusader soldiers looking at this megalithic city that has become like a purgatory on earth under the attack of artillery fire.

The Idar people believe in Protestantism, which is a heresy in the eyes of the Church of Light.

And the artillery fire pouring into the city is the fire of **** in the eyes of the soldiers.

If that's the case, then if you die in the hands of the Idars and die on this land, can you really go to the heaven on earth that the church talks about?

The reason why the Crusaders have been able to come out on top in the past wars is because they more or less believe that after they dedicate themselves to the church, the kingdom of heaven on earth will open the door for them.

But in the face of such a violent explosion, even the most devout believers will eventually feel fear and tremble all over.

You must know that although the Crusader soldiers stationed in the Stone City have a scale of tens of thousands of people, these soldiers are not all battle-hardened veterans.

A large part of them were recruited temporarily before the arrival of the Idar army.

Although in terms of recruiting soldiers, the Crusaders holding the banner of the God of Light would not do such a slap in the face of forcibly pulling people.

But making a group of recruits who have never seen blood and the Idar army with cross-era weapons to be tough is actually no different from a joke.

And as the rounds of artillery fire continued to pour down, many recruits had the same doubt in their cognition-how could war be like this? !

Swords, armor, arrows, round shields...

This equipment is what most Crusaders think of as weapons, and it is also the arrangement of the daily drills of Crusaders.

However, Idar's army's style of play made many Crusader soldiers bewildered on the spot.

What about people? What about the enemy?

The Idars are far beyond the city walls, but the holy priests in the Stone City have already suffered a heavy blow.

If it wasn't for the fact that Calavi Wendell, the commander of the Crusader Army, had taken precautions early, and the most devout elite veterans were struggling to support them, the defense line of Boulder City would have been under the double blow from the ground and the sky. torn apart.

...

The sound outside the house was noisy and disturbing, and with a loud noise, it seemed as if the sky was filled with sand and dust outside the window.

At this time, Bishop Howard couldn't care about his decency as a bishop. He hurriedly picked up a pure gold candlestick, and before he even had time to look around, he aimed at a corner of the house and hurriedly got into a Under the inconspicuous table, he dared not make the slightest movement.

"Bangdang-"

The door of the room was slammed open by the crowd, and a group of ragged civilians finally broke into this spacious mansion in the city.

In the hands of the civilians who broke into the mansion, they were full of messy "weapons", including hammers, hoes, rakes and other simple farm tools, and even some dirt that had been hardened and fixed on them.

Excited, nervous, cowardly, fearful, brave...

In the eyes of many civilians, complex and contradictory expressions can be seen, and they can clearly realize the entanglement and anxiety in their hearts.

But……

These complicated emotions turned into grief and anger the moment they broke into the mansion.

This is Louisburg in the southern part of the Duchy of Sidon, and these intruders with "sharp blades" are civilians and serfs who have lived in this land for generations.

As the most important central city in the southeastern part of the Duchy of Sidon, Louisburg is not only home to a large number of merchants and gentlemen who claim to be high-class people, but also a large number of large and small nobles.

Therefore, although from the outside, this wide mansion occupies a large area, but in general, it is not very conspicuous in this city.

However, when these civilians really rushed into it and smashed the door of the house together, what appeared in front of these civilians was a luxurious scene they had never imagined.

The pure gold candlestick is burning bright candles, and the thin veil is just the most common decoration.

On the long oak table in the room, there is still a warm meal. The soft white bread has just been torn apart, and the roasted suckling pig is dripping with grease, and at the same time, it exudes a burning aroma. .

A silver wine glass holds a crystal clear drink, and soft, fluffy pale red velvet cushions recline on a Gothic high-back chair.

Almost all the menacing civilians stopped in front of the door, staring at everything in the room.

Until a civilian who couldn't stand the hunger pushed his companions away, strode forward boldly, grabbed the gnawed piece of white bread and stuffed it into his mouth...

The civilians present seemed to suddenly react from their shock and realize where they are now.

This is the mansion of Bishop Howard, the cardinal of the Diocese of Louisburg, where he lives and resides on weekdays.

but……

Is this really the residence of the poor, benevolent, pious and dignified Bishop Howard?

Even before that, they had heard from "Mr. Walter" the unknown extravagance behind Bishop Howard.

But this is two completely different feelings from witnessing all this with their own eyes after they rushed into the mansion.

In fact, the reason why these commoners are standing here today is to vent their anger and resentment towards the indulgence in their hearts under the instigation of others!

But at this time, the extravagance behind the church is undoubtedly displayed naked in front of the poor commoners!

In the Principality of Sidon, the church not only has the usual means of collecting money, such as indulgences and tithes, but also collects many taxes with different names.

The life of the commoners was already hard, and now the instability of the current situation has led to the forcible apportionment of indulgences has become more and more common.

In this way, even the civilians of Sidon, who had always been extremely obedient to the church, were under the guidance of a certain Idar CIA agent who went by the pseudonym "Mr. Walter". "Atrocities" in the Bishop's Mansion.

Most of the civilians who broke into the mansion were used to living a life of starvation, so when they finally reacted, the long table in the room was immediately surrounded by crazy civilians.

They grabbed a lot of these foods that they couldn't even see on weekdays, and stuffed their mouths full.

In addition, some civilians rummaged through boxes and cabinets in the mansion. There were countless bright gold coins, and gold and silver utensils of different shapes were addicting. Almost every time a wooden box was smashed open by civilians with brute force, they could see the number of gold and silver utensils. Endless collection.

"Everyone, this is not the time to do this, we need the church to give us an explanation! We need to find Bishop Howard!"

finally……

In the midst of the noisy crowd, a high-pitched shout made the civilians' frantic "liquidation" finally stagnate.

Yes! They need an explanation!

The bishops lived an extravagant life in their mansions, but they pressed the increasingly expensive indulgences on the heads of all believers and Sidon civilians.

When the commoners can only watch their families starve and gradually turn into rigid corpses in the harsh winter~www.readwn.com~ The bishop of the church is tasting the milk that is scorched by the fire pig.

The strong contrast brought an extremely unreal feeling, but everyone present knew that everything in front of them was their most real experience!

And what's even more outrageous is...

Over time, it seems that even the church itself has forgotten what an indulgence should look like.

From the meticulous drawing at the beginning, to the shoddy manufacturing after that, to the current one who only knows how to collect money...

The role of indulgences is changing silently.

The significance of its continued issuance seems to have evolved from the original "financial instrument issued to raise funds to support the war" to the most convenient means of making money for the cardinals of various dioceses today.

The taste of broken faith is not pleasant, not to mention the beliefs and ideals that the commoners of Sidon have believed in for most of their lives.

so……

When these angry civilians finally discovered Bishop Howard hiding under the table, the fate of this unfortunate bishop was actually doomed.

...

January 27, 540 New Year,

On the fourth day after the death of Bishop Howard, the change triggered by the indulgence finally broke out in the Principality of Sidon, and with the help of the Idars, it quickly ignited the entire Principality of Sidon with a raging fire.

more importantly,

As the idea of ​​Protestantism was accidentally introduced to the ears of many Sidonian civilians, this conflict has gradually evolved from the "indulgence dispute" at the beginning to an attack on the church and a call for change .

And this is the real killing of the foundation of the church's faith by the Idar people. Click to download this site APP, massive novels, free to read!