Iron Powder and Spellcaster

The Rewardan troops who came to "quench the rebellion" were in a dilemma.

Ronald, Epel, and all Gévaudan officers subconsciously still regard Winters as a "bandit."

Since ancient times, only officials have suppressed bandits. Where can bandits dare to suppress officials?

"No matter what the battle situation is in Gévaudan, it's too late for us to send reinforcements now." Major Ronald held the hilt of his sword tightly, his eyes filled with bloodshot eyes: "Montagne's planning for this battle definitely took more than just one or two days... …We are not beating him, he is beating us!”

The centurions were equally stunned.

"So what if he breaks into Gevaudan?" Captain Epel said as lightly as possible: "With the few people they have, is it possible that they can still occupy Gevaudan? At most, they can only grab something."

"No need to excuse me, I lost this battle." Ronald looked at Wolf Town and gritted his teeth: "But there is still a chance. Epel?"

"yes!"

"Montagne is in Wolf Town, are you sure?"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes."

"Cellini, Mason and Bud?"

"They're here too."

"Search! Search hard for me and find every footprint!" Ronald clenched his fists and said resolutely: "If we take them down, even if Gévaudan is razed to the ground, this battle will still be considered a win. If we let them go, this battle will be a complete defeat!"

"Yes!" All the centurions accepted the order in unison.

"The news about Gévaudin must be kept strictly confidential, and no trace of it is allowed to be leaked!"

"yes!"

The two brigades brought by Ronald were expanded from the city guard of Gévaudan, and the families of the key soldiers were all in Gévaudan.

How would they feel when they heard that Gévaudan was attacked?

Ronald wasn't going to guess because he chose to keep the news from the soldiers altogether.

"Lieutenant Istvan!"

"exist."

"Take all the cavalry with you! Return to Jevaudan immediately! First, to find out the situation in the city; second, to intercept all messengers!"

"yes!"

Ronald's cavalry only had twelve mounted messengers.

"Over Gevaudan." Ronald sighed: "They can only rely on themselves."

…

Wolf Town has been turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Gévaudin's soldiers set fires wantonly, and orders were given from above to burn everything in sight.

Wolf Town itself is not big, just a few wooden houses on the roadside and a military camp.

What can be taken away has already been taken away.

But even these simple wooden houses were built by many people and a lot of sweat.

And now, they are burning.

Two Gévaudin soldiers, one tall and one short, carried torches and set fire to the road.

"There is another house by the river!" said the tall soldier.

The short soldier replied: "Go and have a look."

There is a simple wooden shed by the river. It doesn't look like a human house. There are some strange things in the shed.

"What is this place?" asked the tall soldier.

"Here? The one who sawed wood." The short soldier looked at the sawdust at his feet: "It seems to be powered by water. However, the saw blade and connecting rod are not here."

"How do you know this?" the tall soldier asked.

"I am also a carpenter." The short soldier replied, "I used to be."

He walked to the wall and opened a wooden gate.

"Gudong, Gudong... clatter, clatter..."

There was a sound like rapids washing over boulders from outside the shed.

There was also a tooth-aching "crunch, crunch" coming from under the floor.

The wooden shaft beside the wall rotated rapidly, trying to push the connecting rod and saw blade that were no longer there.

A waterwheel on the riverside began to rotate slowly, supplying water to the reservoir.

Although no one was working, the sawmill came to life.

Just by looking at these simple but ingenious devices, you can understand how much effort the designers and builders put into them.

"What should I do?" The tall soldier swallowed.

The short soldier threw the torch into the sawdust with an expressionless expression: "Burn it."

The sawdust ignited at a touch, the flames spread rapidly, and the hydraulic sawmill was quickly engulfed in flames.

When the fire goes out, nothing will be left here.

At the intersection of two roads in the center of the town, a Gévaudan soldier crawled and ran towards other soldiers, shouting in horror: "No! The wrong one was burned! This is a church!"

The other soldiers heard this and looked at the flaming wooden building beside the road.

It was very simple, with a shed roof and four walls. Some features of the church can still be seen, such as the holy emblem.

"It's really a church!" Another soldier's knees were shaking.

But the fire was already burning.

"It's okay, it's not." A soldier patted the trembling soldier on the shoulder: "It won't be if it's burned."

The soldiers were setting fires, and Major Ronald was repeatedly confirming to Captain Epel: "Montagne, Cellini, Mason, and the guy named Bud, are all in Wolf Town? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I specifically asked Winters to call the other three people to come out and meet me." Epel answered this question for the third time.

"That's not right!" Major Ronald's eyebrows knitted into a knot: "Four officers stayed in Wolf Town as bait, so who led the troops to sneak attack on Gervaudan?"

…

Who led the surprise attack on Gévaudan?

Of course it's the mysterious masked man A, the mysterious masked man B, and Pierre Michel.

Among them, the mysterious masked man A [Don Juan] has just led his troops to blow open the door of Jevaudan.

Gévaudan originally had no city walls, and the temporary civil engineering walls were very short, less than two and a half meters high.

The door is either a straight up or down gate, or an ordinary wooden door.

The siege soldiers put several small bell-like objects against the door shaft and door latch, held them tightly, and then lit gunpowder and twisted them.

There were several loud rumblings, and the wooden walls were shaken.

When the smoke cleared, the door still stood in place.

Don Juan stepped forward and kicked, causing the door, which had all its fixed points destroyed, to collapse.

Earth-shaking cheers erupted outside the city.

No one was more familiar with the weaknesses of Gévaudan's defenses than Mason and Bard, who had built the fortifications.

"All adulterers and robbers will be hanged! Don't give me any fucking ideas! Follow your army's flag! The flag bearer knows where to go! Don't worry about escaping the enemy, just fight those who dare to resist!" Don Juan said to me The soldiers shouted orders: "Attack!"

"Uukhai! Uukhai!"

The soldiers shouted in unison.

Mason and Andre's centurions rushed into the city gates, climbed onto the city on the left and right wings, and pounced on the bewildered enemies.

The most powerful unit, Winters' "arrow", was left in Don Juan's hands.

There were also Bard's centurions, who were just waiting at the city gate and did not participate in the battle.

A large number of carriages were waiting on the other side of the river, and they had not yet crossed the bridge.

Winters Qiankun made a throw and took out all the troops in his hand.

The Wolftown militia and the three centuries earned from Gévaudan came to attack Gévaudan.

Bud and Mason's troops didn't go to Wolf Town at all.

As soon as they were out of Gévaudan's sight, the two led their troops to return to the town of Shenk via a small road to meet up with the friendly troops waiting there.

Winters emphasized the identity of [the Protector of the Five Towns] intentionally to mislead Officer Gévaudan.

His real title is [Captain of the First Republic, Resident Officer of Langtun Town, and Protector of Seven Towns].

The legion's exorbitant levies have caused complaints from all over the place. Shengke Town and Kingsbridge Town have already surrendered their loyalty to Winters - to be precise, they have reached a deal.

After joining forces, the troops have been hiding in the Oak Manor in Shenk Town.

While monitoring Gevaudan's movements, Don Juan conducted training and began to prepare for the siege.

Only Bud, Mason and a few people actually went to Wolf Town.

Commanding three hundred soldiers, Pierre is not capable of this, not even the mysterious masked man B [Moritz].

With hundreds of soldiers in hand, he can still command with determination. Apart from the four Winters, there was only Don Juan.

At the moment, Don Juan was on the city wall, watching the battle with a frown on his face. Pierre and Lieutenant Colonel Moritz were also beside him.

Pierre also looked solemn.

Moritz was much more relaxed than the two of them. He leaned on the parapet casually and kept smacking his lips.

"Major Ronald has rebelled! We are the New Reclamation Corps! Come to put an end to the rebellion!" The soldiers shouted to everyone they met: "Surrender without killing!"

Many of the Gévaudan garrison put down their weapons in a daze.

Each centurion was assigned special personnel responsible for collecting weapons and binding prisoners.

The city wall was cleared successfully.

"Okay!" Don Juan gave a high-five: "Blow the trumpet! Siege the military camp!"

The shrill sound of bugles resounded through Gevaudan.

All the troops in the city turned around and attacked the defenders' barracks together.

…

Wolf Town.

It's daybreak.

"Major, I have searched all over the villages in the northwest." Captain Epel panted and came back to report: "Everyone has run away! The houses are all empty! Only some crops in the fields are left uncut."

Major Ronald's expression became more solemn.

Another centurion, Lieutenant Adam, came running up on horseback with a man tied to his horse.

"Major! This man was the only one found in the southern village. He was hiding in the cellar, so I caught him."

"Put him down!" Ronald cheered up.

The tied man was pushed off the horse, and he fell heavily to the ground. It took a lot of effort to stand up again.

Ronald observed carefully, and the major saw an honest and honest farmer.

His face and neck were tanned by the harsh sun. Judging from his eyes, he is not too old, but he has aged prematurely.

"What's your name?" Ronald asked as kindly as he could.

The farmer did not dare to look at each other, lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "Koshmar."

"Married?"

"Done."

"do you have any kid?"

"There was one before, but he died young."

"Why did you stay in the village?" the major asked.

"There's still wheat in the field... there's not all the wheat in the field..."

"Where have all the people from your village gone?"

Koshmar's throat turned with difficulty: "Montagne Master said that bandits are coming to kill us. Let us hide in the forest. Wait until he lets us come back, and then come back. He has led us to practice several times..."

Lieutenant Adam immediately gave the farmer a slap in the face: "Fuck you! Who do you think is the bandit? Winters Montagne is the bandit!"

Lieutenant Adam's movements were too fast, and Major Ronald couldn't react in time even if he wanted to stop him.

Koshmar was staggered by the whipping. He covered his face, and his suppressed anger exploded at this moment: "I don't know who the bandit is! Anyway, Mr. Montagne has been in Wolf Town for more than a year, and he has never beaten me!"

"You want to fucking die!" Lieutenant Adam pulled out his saber.

Koshmar was so frightened that he backed away.

He lowered his head - not daring to look directly at the centurion, but spat out a mouthful of bloody spit.

"Put it away!" Ronald glared at his subordinates.

Lieutenant Adam sheathed his sword with a sullen expression.

"Keep searching! Keep looking! Keep interrogating!" Major Ronald ordered: "I don't believe it, everyone can follow him!"

…

Gévaudin.

The morning light dews slightly.

Samutin took his arrows and was the first to rush into the Jewardan camp.

After kicking open the door, he froze on the spot.

There were hundreds of soldiers on the small campus, gathering in a hurry, and many of them had no clothes on.

There are only 80 retired soldiers in the Jevaudan garrison.

[Note: According to the system, if there is a need, they can recruit Dusak and militia from the county at any time]

The municipal government of Gévaudan has a security team of 20 people, and more than 200 citizens who can use weapons are registered.

The four existing brigades in Jevaudan were expanded with the above-mentioned soldiers as the backbone.

A major is in charge of four brigades. How can this situation happen on weekdays?

But none of Ronald's four brigades was full.

They were either out collecting food, or they went out to collect food and never came back.

After three centurions were "annihilated" and two brigades left the city to "suppress the bandits", there was less than one brigade left to defend the city.

At this moment, most of them are in front of Samujin.

The Jewardan soldiers in the military camp didn't even notice Samkin kicking open the door. Only a few people looked at Samkin and were also stunned.

"Major Ronald has rebelled! We are the New Reclamation Corps! Come to put an end to the rebellion!" Samkin suddenly roared, raised his spear, and knocked down a Gevaudan soldier who was reaching for his weapon: "We can't surrender. kill!"

"Anyone without a red belt on their shoulders is not one of our own!" Vashika rushed into the back door with his arrow: "Kill!"

Neither the Wolf Town soldiers nor the Gévaudan soldiers had military uniforms;

The Gévaudan soldiers couldn't even distinguish between ourselves and the enemy for a while.

Wearing one of the few pieces of plate armor, Vashika broke into the military camp carrying a war hammer.

He didn't care who was in front of him, as long as there was no red belt on his shoulders, he would hit them hard on the head.

More and more soldiers entered the military camp. The small school field was crowded with people, and the two sides fought to the death in a small space.

A Gévaudan soldier clutched his stomach and cried loudly. A big hole was cut in his stomach, and his greasy intestines leaked out. He tried to stuff it back in, but he couldn't stuff it back.

The surrounding recruits, regardless of which side they belonged to, couldn't help but want to vomit everything in their stomachs when they saw this scene.

Not to mention the Jevaudan soldiers, even the soldiers in Wolf Town, few have seen such a tragic scene.

They were just fleeing farmers, serving as soldiers for a bite of bread.

But the veterans who came back from the wilderness said nothing. They didn't even look at the man.

Their lips were pursed tightly, and their hands were merciless, stabbing hard into the neck and soft belly.

With one stab, one twist, one pull, blood gushes out like spring water.

A voice spread throughout every corner of the school:

"Major Ronald rebelled! We are the New Reclamation Corps! Come to put an end to the rebellion! Surrender without killing!"

The Gévaudan soldiers could no longer bear it and threw away their weapons.

"He lied!" In the school grounds, an officer covered in blood shouted at the top of his lungs: "They are the rebels! They..."

Before he could finish speaking, a steel nail penetrated his skull.

"Don't seek death." It was still the same voice.

Another Gévaudan officer was furious: "You are..."

The next second, he was dead too.

"You..." Don Juan grabbed Moritz.

No one knows the true nature of war better than Juan, but he still cannot accept it emotionally: "That's one of our own! Why are you killing people?"

Friendship is as light as a feather, but as heavy as a golden mountain.

Even Winters has never been harsh on alumni—except for Sackler.

"Do you know what civil war is?" Moritz asked, his tone cold, but there was pain in his eyes: "Civil war is when one's own people kill their own people."

[Originally I wanted to write one chapter to bring the Battle of Gévaudan to a complete conclusion, but it seems that one more chapter is needed]

[However, the battle in Jevaudan City is over, and next is the interlude between Ronald, the Commander-in-Chief of Bandit Suppression in Tiefeng County, and a certain gangster named Yue (face covering)]

[\u0026amp;amp;gt;The venerable Major Ronald went to suppress the bandits.

\u0026amp;amp;gt;The vicious Blood Wolf Gang is attacking the city

\u0026amp;amp;gt;The bandit leader Ronald's crimes were so heinous that he made the people complain and even burned Montagne's treasure (referring to the hydraulic sawmill)]

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