Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

Baden Cathedral, spring 1445

More than a hundred nobles and clergymen stood in two rows in the spacious hall. Although there were more people at the coronation ceremony in the past, it was a time of war and many lords had died or rebelled, so it was not easy to gather so many people who met the requirements.

John also stood inside, because he would be needed to represent the King of Midland in recognizing the new King of Balden. Although he was just a knight, considering his current great power, it was not impossible for him to do it.

The eldest prince stood at the door of the cathedral, wearing a very large and thick robe, which was probably several meters long and had the royal emblem of Balden printed on it. The back part was dragged by four servants to prevent it from falling to the ground.

Near the cross, Archbishop Balden stood in the center with two priests beside him. However, in previous coronation ceremonies, the archbishop was flanked by the Bishops of East and West Balden. But this time, no one cared about that and the sooner the coronation was over, the sooner it would be over.

"Step forward, the Crowned One," said the Archbishop in a resonant voice.

After hearing this, the eldest prince walked forward slowly to the singing of the children's choir. This not only reflected the sense of ceremony, but also prevented the guards behind from falling behind.

When he came before the Archbishop, the Archbishop asked: "Crown, are you willing to be the King of Balden, are you willing to protect your people, are you willing to practice the virtues of a monarch, are you willing to spread the faith of the Lord?" Originally, these were all asked one by one, but after discussing with the Archbishop, the Archbishop asked all of them at once.

"I am willing to abide by the above treaties and always serve as the Lord's servant, spreading the Lord's faith throughout my life," said the eldest prince, lowering his head.

"So, everyone present, does anyone have any objection to the crowned succession?" asked the archbishop. Just kidding, anyone who had objections would have been thrown into the dungeon long ago.

At this time, John needs to stand up and recognize the new King of Balden on behalf of the Kingdom of Midland: "I, John Hohenzollern, on behalf of the Kingdom of Midland, recognize the new crowned king as the only legitimate king of the Kingdom of Balden."

Then another one came forward, attracting John's attention. Wow, there are envoys from other countries?

He walked forward, took out a document with an unknown country's emblem on the back, opened it and said: "Duke Ys, on behalf of all the nobles of the Principality of Ys, recognize the crowned king as the new King of Balden and continue to abide by the previous treaties. I wish the new King of Balden can resist the invasion of Yoda and restore peace to this land."

Wow, it turns out this country exists. However, it seems that this country should be somewhere in the ocean north of Midland. Because there are no southern countries here, they basically travel together in groups to a certain country.

Next, some influential people from the citizenry, business, education, etc. spoke in support of the new successor. At this time, a soldier tried to enter the palace, but was stopped by the guards. The soldier had no choice but to whisper in the guards' ears. The guards hurriedly explained the situation to the captain of the guards, who then hurriedly informed the priest who presided over the ceremony. Finally, the priest whispered a few words in the archbishop's ear, and the archbishop nodded after listening, and then gave a few more instructions to the priest.

After listening to this, the priest hurried to King Balden's ear and said a few words. King Balden remained calm after hearing what he heard. After saying something to the priest, he got up and left. The priest immediately walked towards John, who looked confused, and whispered in John's ear: "Your Majesty, please go find him."

When John heard this, he thought that what was probably going to happen, so he hurriedly followed the priest to a small room, where he saw King Balden sitting in a chair waiting for him.

After seeing John, King Barden quickly said: "Governor John, Yoda's troops have appeared not far from the east gate of the capital. When will your troops arrive?"

John replied: "Mitran's army should arrive today. I can go to the city wall to see the size of the enemy army and then make plans."

"Then do as you wish. I will write the document." King Balden took out a blank document and stamped it with the seal of the Balden royal family within a few minutes.

After receiving the document, John immediately left the cathedral, rode his horse to the military camp, gathered all the knights on horseback, and quickly set off towards the east gate.

At this time, the east gate had already been closed and the drawbridge had been raised. Many soldiers were preparing various city defense equipment and adjusting various catapults and crossbows.

At this time, the general guarding the east gate was observing the opposite side with a telescope.

"One, two, three... Oh my God, how can there be such heavy catapults? How did they make them?" The general defending the city was puzzled. Why did they have so many siege weapons? If this continued, the ones on the city wall would not be enough for them to use.

At this time, John arrived with his knights. After reading the documents, the general guarding the city said to John: "At present, we don't have enough people to defend the city. I just looked through the telescope and the size of the army is about 50,000 and there are a lot of siege equipment. The ones on our city walls can only defend against their infantry."

John also understood the situation after looking through the telescope. In this case, it would be difficult to defend the city even if Count Milo brought soldiers over.

So he first said to the general defending the city: "Raise all the Balden flags you can find, and then find some blue flags and raise them as well."

Although the defending general didn't know what he was going to do, he did it anyway. For a moment, the east city was full of yellow and blue flags. Then the defending general asked John why.

"It's just bluffing, trying to make the fake look real," said John.

Far away on Yoda's side, Count Kesong also saw the scene on the city wall through a telescope, and then handed the telescope to the third prince who was riding next to him: "Your Highness, please look."

"Hmm?" The third prince took the telescope in confusion, and then saw the scene on the city wall.

"I just defeated Midland's army. How could they still have an army? It's obvious that they are just bluffing. Ignore them and negotiate according to the procedure."

Then several cavalrymen blowing trumpets came out from Yoda's army, and a mounted herald shouted: "Your Highness the Third Prince, we need to discuss the issue of succession to the throne with King Balden. Please open the city gate quickly." This caused a group of soldiers on the city wall to look down.

"They are just being polite. If we agree, they will lead their troops in through the city gate to seize the throne. If we don't agree, they will attack the city directly." said the general defending the city.

"Hmm..." John thought for a while and then came up with a bold idea. He said to the general guarding the city: "Open the city gate and I will talk to him."

"What? What if we open the city gate and let him in?" said the general guarding the city.

"If something goes wrong, you can just close the city gates and the drawbridge."

John said and whispered something to the general who was guarding the city. The general asked, "Can you do this?"

"Trust me, it will work," John said, and then he led more than 1000 knights on horseback to wait for the city gate to open.

"Open the city gate and lower the drawbridge!" the general defending the city gave the order. Although the soldiers were puzzled, they still followed the order. So, while the soldiers of Yodabalden were puzzled, John led his men out of the city wall.

In the cathedral, the archbishop said: "Under the witness of the Lord, the new crowned king officially becomes the only legitimate king of the Kingdom of Barden, with the title of Borian X." (His father is Borian IX)