I have a shelter in the last days

Chapter 289
In the northern part of the Ensector Empire, the climate here is cold, and the crops can only be harvested once a year. Although the land is barren, it is not a place of bitter cold as people imagined, but very rich.Because there are the largest iron mines and forests in the empire, and the territory of the Mantes family with the title of Marquis is here.

Earl Mantes looked at the army of the Knights of the Order that surrounded his castle firmly, and then looked around him. At this time, there were less than 1 people left in the army that was urgently assembled from more than 700 people, and everyone was injured. .

His knight commander died in the last battle an hour ago, and he still can't believe that the only enemies that have put his family in such a desperate situation are only more than 2000 church trial knights, or to be precise, those knights artifact.

Not everyone in the Knights of the Church Judgment holds those so-called artifacts, but every small leader among them does.It was a kind of metal spear, and the power of lightning would be released from the tip of the spear during battle. Anyone who came into contact with this power would turn into a pile of coke without any resistance. Being hit by thunder from the sky is generally the same.There are also those seriously injured church knights. He even clearly remembers the people who had been cut off half of their bodies by him the first day, and then pounced on his army intact the next day, screaming "wow". The losses were exhausted, and except for some people who died on the battlefield, there was almost no attrition in the Knights of the Church.This made him almost collapse. Could it be that these are the powers of God that the church has always proclaimed?
Earl Mantes was a little desperate. Just relying on the remaining army in his hands, he might be wiped out in the next battle.The church did not send anyone to persuade them to surrender, which shows that the other side does not need prisoners.In addition, during this period of time, the Church has been bewitching the people everywhere in his territory, so that he can neither get the expansion of soldiers nor more supplies.

It seemed that the other party would not accept his negotiation and surrender. He looked at the remnant soldiers under his command again, shook his head and then turned to look at the castle behind him that had stood here for hundreds of years. The castle is full of holes made by catapults, and two watchtowers have even collapsed. Fortunately, the main structure that is still standing is made of huge rocks, and the catapults cannot destroy it.

Is the end of the Mantes family today?The shrill cry of trumpet bugs was heard outside the city walls, which was a signal that the enemy army was reorganizing and preparing to attack.He gritted his teeth and wiped off the blood on his face that was not sure whether it was his own or the enemy's. He turned around and got off the city wall, mounted his roaring insect, sent someone to open the city gate, and then led the remaining subordinates to roar The Judgment Knights rushed towards the Order...

Scenarios like the Mantes family are constantly being staged in almost all parts of the Insector Empire. The number of troops in the Church was originally far less than the sum of all the nobles, and the nobles also have the ability to collect people from their territories at any time. Become a tradition of soldiers.However, although the church's incitement to the common people would not cause the common people to turn against each other immediately, it also greatly shaken the influence of the nobles.So in many places, when the conscription officers sent by the nobles arrived at the villages and towns under their jurisdiction, they found that the entire village, and even the leaders of the entire town, had run away completely, even taking them away. All the goods and provisions of the...

Even so, the total number of private soldiers supported by the nobles far exceeds that of the church army.But the problem is that the church's army has artifacts and gods, the kind of artifacts that will be smashed into coke as soon as they touch it, or even before they touch it, and church soldiers who were severely injured by their own hands in the morning In the afternoon, the scene where he was alive and screaming and rushing towards him became the nightmare that all the nobles in the empire could not sleep all night.

After experiencing a series of devastating defeats at the beginning, nearly one-third of the nobles in the entire empire were completely wiped out.The remaining nobles began to no longer fight on their own, but gave up many of the northern territories they had originally controlled and began to gather towards the south of the empire.

After a large amount of territory was abandoned, the church gradually slowed down its offensive rhythm, which gave the nobles in the south a chance to breathe.For a time, the empire was divided into two camps, the north and the south. The northern land was controlled by the church and was constantly reorganized, while the southern land was controlled by the noble alliance.

The territory of the Cayman family, Bulton City.

This largest commercial city in the south has now become the base camp of the entire noble alliance, and the church personnel in the original St. Bolton Cathedral, one of the two tallest buildings in the city, have already secretly moved away, leaving only An empty church.The angry nobles who learned of all this could only forcibly occupy this place and enlist it as a temporary office of the noble alliance council after they failed to hunt down the church personnel.

At this moment, in the hall of the former St. Bolton's Cathedral and now the Parliament of the Alliance of Nobles, rows of chairs are lined up, and each chair is filled with speakers from various noble families.They are arguing together, which is the daily routine of the noble alliance meetings during this period of time.

"...According to the current trend, the church's offensive rhythm has slowed down. I think the most important thing now is to regroup all the troops to prepare for the church's next move..." A southern nobleman said, but his words still Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted roughly by another person.

"Do you really think that the church will gradually stop its crusade against us heretics? They are currently only reintegrating the northern territories! Once they reintegrate the resources in the north, they will not only have more soldiers to replenish, but also A lot of food security! Now, if we don’t quickly send troops north to disrupt their plans, are we going to wait for them to continue to grow and eat us all in one bite?” The speaker was Earl Mantes, who was captured by Cayman An action team sent by the Grand Duke to contact the various nobles was rescued from the battlefield.

At this time, he had broken one of his right hands, and the only remaining hand was slapping the table in front of him with a "dong dong" sound excitedly. You must know that he not only lost the family territory, but also the people who escaped with him. There are only more than 200 troops left.The wealth and glory accumulated by the family for hundreds of years have been wiped out, so how can he not be in a hurry.

"Count Mantes, we all know that the northern nobles who retreated to the south are eager to regain their territory. I believe everyone here can understand this very well. However, everyone has seen the power of the church's artifacts. We Although the current military strength is still dominant, if we really fight, there is not much chance of winning, or there is no chance of winning at all! So I agree with the Marquis of Ace, we still need to integrate our troops first and unify our command. If we continue to work independently If it is a war, what is the difference from everyone in their respective fiefs? Aren’t they going to be defeated one by one by the church, and finally cannibalized!” Another southern nobleman retorted to Earl Mantes’ speech.

(End of this chapter)