The Knight's Journey to the Empire

September 4878, 8 in the Knight Continent calendar.

The location of Connacht in Ulster County is not on the route to Tallinn County.

Instead, it is located northeast of Ulster County, in a remote area near Carter County.

But despite this, with the complete fall of the southern defense line, the Kingdom of Essex also began to clear out the southern region of the Kingdom of Midburg.

The main ones are the four southern counties of the Kingdom of Midburg, plus one county of the Netherlands.

Clearing out this area would provide a stable rear for the Kingdom of Essex's subsequent offensive, so it was of extremely important strategic significance.

The city of Connacht is located in the County of Ulster, so there is no reason for it to be spared.

So today, an army from the Kingdom of Essex marched to the city of Connacht, preparing to attack it.

The army of the Kingdom of Essex consisted of a large battalion, that is, a battalion composed of a maximum of five centuries, with a total of more than 500 people.

But the officer who commanded them was a high-ranking knight.

Of course, he is the kind of upper knight who has not yet mastered his own fighting skills and is at the initial level of the upper knight profession.

Obviously, the Kingdom of Essex has already obtained clear intelligence about the city of Connacht and knows that the greatest fighting force in the city at this time is the brave knight Sir Jose.

Therefore, the number of troops they sent this time was just enough to capture the city of Connacht.

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The city wall of Connacht is not very high, only about 5 meters [Note: roughly equivalent to the height of a floor], and the whole is made of rammed earth.

In addition, after years of wind, sun, rain and erosion, and without timely maintenance and repair, the city wall appears to be somewhat dilapidated.

However, the city wall still has its basic defensive function, such as parapets, watchtowers, gatehouses and other basic facilities, which are also complete.

After all, the history of Connacht City is more than two hundred years!

Although the Kingdom of Midburg has enjoyed nearly three hundred years of peace since its establishment, it has not experienced any large-scale, far-reaching wars.

But this does not mean that they will take the country's security lightly.

Especially the four counties located in the south of the kingdom. Because of their relatively special geographical location, they will be the primary targets of the Essex Kingdom's invasion to the north.

So they have always regarded the Kingdom of Essex as a potential threat and imaginary enemy.

Therefore, they also knew that they must be prepared for defense at all times in order to deal with a possible sudden invasion from the Kingdom of Essex.

To this end, the four southern counties of the Kingdom of Midburg invested a lot of resources in strengthening the construction of city walls at the beginning of the establishment of each city, such as adding watchtowers and arrow towers, etc. Even remote small cities like Connacht were no exception.

Although people neglected the maintenance and management of the city walls during the relatively peaceful period that followed, the city walls’ most basic defensive function was not completely abandoned.

Unfortunately, as the Kingdom of Essex brazenly launched a war of aggression, the southern defense line quickly fell.

Most of these carefully built cities were ruthlessly abandoned by their rulers before they could experience the baptism of war and the test of actual combat.

So when we think about this carefully, we can't help but feel an indescribable sense of absurdity coming to our hearts, which is really ridiculous!

Of course, those cities that were lucky enough not to be abandoned would probably be unable to hold out against the aggressive army of the Kingdom of Essex and would find it difficult to hold out to the end.

If we think in this way, the famous saying “He who knows the times is a hero” is really true.

So aren't those who chose to abandon the city and flee a group of wise men who are well versed in this?

What kind of survival wisdom is hidden behind this seemingly absurd situation? Perhaps only time can give the final answer!

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"Everyone on the city wall, listen up! Our commander, the battalion commander, has said that you have 15 minutes to open the city gates and surrender unconditionally!"

"Otherwise, when the elite troops of the Kingdom of Essex attack and kill us, all of you soldiers who are defending the city will be killed, and the rest of the people in the city will all be reduced to slaves."

Outside the city, a messenger from the Kingdom of Essex suddenly walked out from the large army and shouted hysterically in the direction of Connacht City.

But his words had no effect at all when they reached the city of Connacht, and did not cause any waves at all.

Because at this moment, the soldiers who still chose to defend the city walls of Connacht have almost all made up their minds to die and are indifferent to life and death.

So naturally, no one would pay attention to his harmless threats, and no one even bothered to respond to him.

The soldiers on the city wall of Connacht watched the messenger jumping up and down as if he were a clown, and remained indifferent.

The messenger shouted several times in succession, but still no sound came from the city of Connacht.

So the messenger who was treated coldly was immediately furious!

He began to curse viciously: "Humph! You damned dogs, you have no manners!"

"If I call my dog ​​like this, the dog will bark back at me! But you don't react at all. You are even worse than my dog!"

"You are really a bunch of rebels! You are worse than pigs and dogs, you deserve to be killed, you deserve to be demoted to slavery, you have to be treated like chickens and dogs for generations, and you will never be able to turn over a new leaf!"

The unbearable chattering and cursing of the messenger was like the sound of a devil piercing the ears, and it continued to be transmitted into the city of Connacht.

This caused many people to show a hint of anger on their faces, but they did not directly fight back. Instead, they looked at Sir Jose in the middle position.

At first, Sir Jose was able to stand calmly and composedly in front of the gate tower of the city wall, watching the messenger shouting at the top of his voice with cold eyes.

He had a calm demeanor and a peaceful expression, and there was no ripples in his heart, as if the noise from the outside world had nothing to do with him.

But when Sir Jose suddenly heard those harsh curses, he suddenly felt annoyed!

The reason why he chose to remain silent before was that he just didn't want to waste words with these evil guys who wantonly trampled and invaded other people's homes.

After all, the other party has now broken into the territory under his jurisdiction, attempting to destroy his beautiful home, harm the people under his rule, and plunder his accumulated wealth.

Can't I have a little temper and respond to the other party in a humble manner?

But now, he was being despised by the other party and was scolded as being rude.

This was undoubtedly a great humiliation for Sir Jose, who always prided himself on his integrity, and it was simply unbearable for him!

It's too late to say, then soon!

Sir Jose showed no hesitation and snatched a longbow from the person next to him.

Then he raised his hand and placed a straight and sharp arrow steadily on the bowstring.

Then, he suddenly exerted force with both arms and instantly pulled the bowstring of the longbow to the full moon state.

Then he narrowed his eyes again, and like a hawk, he fixed his eyes on the messenger who was still chattering.

Finally, he let go in an instant, and others only heard a sharp "whoosh" sound of the arrow breaking through the air, and the arrow shot out like lightning.

The arrow was shot out so fast that even the people around Sir Jose couldn't react.

At the same time, he performed this set of movements very smoothly, without any sense of pause or slowness.

The arrow flew at lightning speed and accurately hit the left front leg of the horse he was riding before the messenger could react, almost piercing the entire left front leg.

The warhorse was struck by the sudden severe pain and couldn't help but neigh wildly in fear. It suddenly raised its two front hooves and stood up.

Because the incident happened suddenly, the messenger was caught off guard and had no time to take effective measures to stabilize his out-of-control mount.

So the final result was that the messenger staggered and fell heavily to the ground.

By the time the messenger came to his senses as if awakened from a dream, he was already terrified and pale.

So he had no time to care about the warhorse that was lying on the ground and wailing in pain after being shot by an arrow.

He had no choice but to take care of himself first, and fled in a panic towards the direction of the army camp behind him.

Seeing this, the people on the city wall of Connacht also laughed wildly or mocked loudly.

Because it feels so comfortable to let it out in one breath!

Sir Jose also watched quietly as the messenger stumbled away in a panic, but there was no trace of complacency on his calm face.

Instead, he began to issue combat orders without hesitation: "Pass my order, all personnel remain highly alert and be ready for battle at any time!"

Obviously, what the other party wants to do is nothing more than the strategy of "first courtesy and then force". It would be best if they could take over the city of Connacht without bloodshed.

But now, since the "gifts" have been given and I have rejected their so-called "good intentions".

Then, next, we will inevitably face a fierce battle.

After all, war is not a game of house. War is always cruel and ruthless.

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In fact, Sir Jose is a knight at the top of the professional level of a brave knight.

His physical fitness and strength are so high that his strong hands alone can unleash an astonishing force of up to six or seven hundred kilograms.

So if he really wanted to kill the arrogant and rude messenger with one arrow, it would not be a difficult task.

But as the saying goes: When two armies are fighting, they do not kill the envoys!

Therefore, even though the other party had just spoken ill of him, Sir Jose, who claimed to be upright, still adhered to this battlefield rule and did not take his life easily.

As for why he chose to shoot the horse and make it fall off, it is understandable that Sir Jose intended to give the other party a small punishment.

At the same time, through such actions, Sir Jose also conveyed a clear message to the enemy: no matter what, he would never surrender!

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Sure enough, not long after the messenger, with a terrified look on his face and staggering steps, fled back to his headquarters in a panic, a burst of earth-shaking shouts of killing suddenly rang out in the enemy camp.

Immediately afterwards, the army of the Kingdom of Essex poured out of the barracks like a tide, marching with majestic steps towards the city of Connacht.

A total of 500 soldiers from the Kingdom of Essex marched in neat and powerful steps with tight and orderly formations, neither slow nor slow, and advanced in unison towards the city of Connacht.

Moreover, from the fierce aura emanating from these soldiers and their regular and strict formations, it is easy to judge that these soldiers are veterans who have experienced the test of the battlefield and bloody fights.

This was a far cry from the ragtag group of people that the nobles had hastily assembled - a ragtag army of improvised conscripted peasants and slaves.

However, Sir Jose, who knew the inside story well, knew very well that the army before him was definitely not the ace force of the Kingdom of Essex.

After all, whether in the past or now, the weak strength shown by the city of Connacht is really difficult to catch the eyes of the top leaders of the Kingdom of Essex.

Therefore, they would never send out real elite troops to attack the city of Connacht.

However, even the ordinary troops of the Kingdom of Essex have combat effectiveness several times higher than that of the regular troops of the Kingdom of Midburg.

So it is no wonder that the Kingdom of Midburg lost its southern defense line one after another in this war, and finally had no choice but to retreat step by step!