Rise of the Empire Total War

"In the name of the kings of the Kingdom of Winster and Ravana, the Kingdom of Cunha, the Kingdom of Ramirez, the Kingdom of Delj, and the King of Pravia, you are convicted of blasphemy against God!— Adne Matthews, Historian, on the Trial of 'Heretic' Katrin"

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"Siege this city, and fight for three days!"

Richard's words came true soon after the capture of Fort Miggelen. With his acquiescence, the soldiers cheered and kicked open the gates of every building, broke into the homes of civilians, and robbed them of their property. The young and middle-aged had already been destroyed in the war, leaving only some poor old and weak women and children, who had no ability to resist in the face of the wolves and tigers of Winster soldiers, and could only cry in despair , watching nothing of value in the house being looted, and what was even more brutally brutalized by soldiers who had been abstinent for a long time. For a while, there were screams and cries resounding over the entire city. The formerly prosperous capital was attacked. The ruthless Winster army ravaged wantonly, and could only wail in pain.

Since what Richard ordered was not to massacre the city for three days, although some civilians were killed by soldiers during the looting, there was no large-scale appalling massacre after all, and Richard just turned a blind eye. Now, anyway, this city will not be merged into his territory, and he doesn't care how much the civilians living in it will hate them.

Not only were the homes of civilians looted, but the shops and temples in the city were also patronized by soldiers. They broke into the shops and temples brutally, and swept away all the valuables inside. The things were smashed directly, and the statue of the Mother of the Seven Hundred Gods enshrined inside was desecrated by the soldiers. They pushed the statue out of the main hall wantonly, displayed it outside the temple, smeared the surface of the statue with various filth, or pulled the rope Bind the head of the statue, pull it together, drag the statue down, smash it heavily on the ground and break it into several pieces.

A large area of ​​the city was poisoned, and only the aristocratic districts, palaces, and warehouses were protected to avoid the fate of being looted. Richard knew very well that those nobles who remained stubbornly in Fort Megger did not participate in the Carter Lin's military actions just didn't want to offend him, so he generously sent people to protect them, and Richard also wanted to use the hands of these nobles to comfort the residents of Fort Miggelen.

After three days, the soldiers were restrained and returned to the camp. After three days of indulgence, they vented their desires and returned to the barracks very obediently. Every soldier got a lot of spoils from this catastrophe. 70% of the booty will be handed over to Richard, and the remaining 30% will be their own. Even so, this 30% still makes them a lot of money, and they are satisfied.

After the assault, Richard began to deal with Catherine, a replica of "Joan of Arc" from another world. Perhaps out of bad taste in his heart, he planned to put the final death of Joan of Arc on Catherine. , so he let Randall, her defeated subordinate, do it, which can be regarded as giving Randall a bad breath.

then,

He summoned Randall and ordered him to take the chaplain with him to collect the so-called evidence of blasphemy against God-this actually does not need to be collected specially, because Katrin herself believes in the heresy of Lambardonism, and she is the Moving evidence of blasphemy, just a few little things from her daily life would serve as incriminating evidence.

Sure enough, under Richard's suggestion, in just one day, Randall and several military chaplains found a lot of so-called incriminating evidence, collected them, and handed them over to Richard for review. He glanced at it carefully, put it on the table, and said casually: "Anyway, these evidences are only for the soldiers of the legion. Whether they are true or not, they will all be pronounced at that time. You can safely and boldly bring them to trial." Bar."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Several people agreed, and then looked at each other and exchanged opinions. One of the chaplains said: "Your Majesty, we are going to have a public trial in the city square, and we can give the heretics in Fort Miggelen a trial." A deterrent, urging them to convert to the embrace of Christ as soon as possible."

"Okay, I will let Magnus deploy the army to maintain order at the scene, and you can go and explain to him the time of the trial later."

With Richard's words, the few people gained confidence, and after reporting the rest to Richard, they left.

A day later, the trial against Katrin was held in the city square. A cross was temporarily erected on the high platform where she used to stand, and the surrounding area was also filled with wood. In order to prevent civilians from making trouble, heavy troops were also deployed around the square—but Magnus obviously worried too much. The young and middle-aged people in the city had already been destroyed in the war, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled did not have the courage to fight against the army. Although they heard the news and came to watch, they never dared to reveal it. They showed dissatisfaction, for fear of being discovered by the Winsters, and they would be caught and grilled together.

At noon that day, when the sun was at its peak, Katrin, who was dressed in men's attire, was pushed onto the high platform by several soldiers, and then tied to a cross. Feeling fluctuated, she calmly looked at the civilians watching below, and then at the heavily armed Winster soldiers, not knowing what was going on in her mind.

At the same time as she was tied to the cross, the chaplain in the priest's gown walked up to the high platform, stood in front of Katrin, and glanced at the female general who had severely injured the Winster Army. It soon dispersed, he coughed lightly, opened the scroll in his hand, turned to look at the soldiers and civilians below, and said loudly: "Today is a very important day, devout Christians, our enemy , Katrin from the Kingdom of Meganis is about to receive a divine judgment!"

After finishing speaking, he paused, and continued: "Catrin, a lowly groom's daughter, she claims to have received the will of a false god, to oppose the people of the great God, and she leads the evil pagan army, Defeated our army at Roney Lake, and buried hundreds of devout Christians at the bottom of the lake; she ambushed our army on a road south of the town of Barna, and stubbornly held Fort Meagren, killing a large number of people. Devout Christians died here!

Here, I declare her guilty! "

After the words fell, the soldiers on the square cheered, responding to the pastor's words.

"In addition, Katrin disrespected God and blasphemed the holy God with her words and actions; she was a woman, but dressed in men's clothing, and her thoughts were not correct; she was cruel and bloodthirsty, beheading several devout Christians with her own hands, and Leading the army to attack the holy army, she is sinister, vicious, ruthless, bloodthirsty, rebellious and domineering...

Here, based on the above multiple evidences, I declare her guilty! "

"Death to her! Death to her! Death to her!" shouted the soldiers.

"Katrin, in the name of the kings of the kingdoms of Winster and Ravana, of Cunha, of Ramires, of Delj, of Pravia, you are burned at the stake! May the pure flame purify you Evil soul, amen!"

"Amen!" All the soldiers below lowered their heads, and made the sign of the cross reverently.

"Now, light the fire! Purify her wicked soul! In the name of God!"

boom!

As soon as the pastor finished speaking, the soldier holding the torch bent down and lit the wood under the cross. The flames shot up suddenly and almost burned the soldier's eyebrows. He quickly threw the torch into the fire and watched the flames burn The more prosperous it is, gradually engulfing Katrin...