Chapter 245 – The Battle of Bitburg 1
Chapter 245 The Battle of Biddle Castle 1
As Bryce and Joyce entered the conference room, Derek rose to welcome them and asked them to take a seat by his side.
More than one person frowned, as these two were neither nobles nor knights, and it was really out of character for them to be seated with them.
According to what many people had in mind, they only had to stand when they came in.
What was even more infuriating was that these two guys didn’t even have the slightest intention of humbling themselves, and just sat their asses down as if they deserved it.
Really, don’t you know what your status is? What did Gleeman teach them?
Price Parker didn’t mind at all, he cleared his throat and said:
“Gentlemen! The last raw force has arrived, so let’s discuss how to deal with the Kent family!”
However, he heard Viscount Johnston frown and say, “Lord Earl, shouldn’t we set the rules first, another situation like today won’t be beneficial to everyone.”
As soon as the Viscount’s words fell, a chorus of voices of agreement rang out, the ones who had come to the war were not only the major earls, but also small lords like Viscounts and Barons.
Before Earl Parker could say anything, Derek Heller stood up with a red face.
“Gentlemen, today it is all due to my recklessness that I have dragged you all into a sparse battle, I am here to solemnly apologize to all of you!”
“Well …… it’s good that you recognize that.”
Earl Parker stroked his beard and said unhurriedly.
“Derek, our alliance is a whole, what you do in the future must be discussed with everyone and obtain the support of the majority before acting.”
“Yes, Uncle Parker, I will definitely keep your words in mind.”
Seeing Dairi overcome his softness, Price Parker then let go of his heart, he was afraid that this youth would be high-minded and go head to head with everyone and make the scene unmanageable.
This time against Maltz Kent, Heller family’s power is indispensable, he also complained about Derek’s unauthorized action in his heart, but was afraid of provoking his rebelliousness, and wanted to avoid talking about it in the meeting, and then talk to him privately after the meeting was over. But I did not expect or someone took the initiative to bring up this matter, fortunately, Derek even took the initiative to admit his mistake, this is really no better.
Earl Parker turned his words around, “So, how did you break out?”
Derek replied, “Speaking of which, I have to thank the Arda army that just arrived today! They were the ones who killed off the Kent family’s pursuers.”
Once they heard him say that, everyone in the audience suspected that their ears had misheard him. Derek came back with a team of more than 100 knights, so the Kent family’s pursuers must have outnumbered them, right? The pursuers that the Heller family’s knights couldn’t even hold back were actually letting that group of Aldar take care of them?
Derek stood up and first bowed to Bryce and Joyce, causing the two of them to stand up in a hurry with some trepidation. A high-ranking noble bowing to them, they had never imagined such a scene since they were young.
Then Derek recounted the battle in detail.
The more the people here listened, the more they found it unbelievable, what “fire crossbow”, what “thunder hammer”, so these weapons are real? And the power is the same as in the legend.
But they still chose to believe, even if they were saved by the Arda people, Derek did not need to brag about them.
“That’s incredible, can you give us a tour of this weapon?”
Earl Parker asked with wide eyes, asking what most people were thinking.
Bryce and Joyce looked at each other, and the commander of the 1st Battalion of the Infantry stood up and said, “Of course, my lords, but we’ll have to find an open space first.”
Since this was a coordinated battle, there was no need to hide it too much, it was still necessary to let friendly troops know the effectiveness of their weapons, otherwise how else could they fight together.
……
In the open ground to the north of the coalition’s compound, gunfire shook the sky, artillery roared, and the air was filled with choking smoke.
Bryce arranged a company of infantry and an artillery crew to demonstrate the legendary “fire crossbow” and “thunder hammer” to the generals of the allied forces.
A row of human targets for soldiers to practice their swords were smashed to pieces by them.
“Sharp weapon, sharp weapon!” The people present sighed with emotion, not to mention the immense power, this sound alone could scare off a large wave of people.
Derek was even more mesmerized, although he had already seen Alda’s army in action before, but at that time the distance was still far away, and now after watching it up close, it was completely different from the previous feeling.
Seeing the crowd’s reaction, Bryce shrugged his shoulders to Joyce, now in addition to porcelain and canned goods, Alda has another thing to be missed by others.
They were fearless though, a standing army of over 2,000 men, plus several thousand militia trained in basic military skills gave them the backbone.
You want it? If you have the ability to come and grab it!
As expected, there were immediately quite a few people who offered to buy.
“I’m sorry, my lords, this is not something we can decide, if you really want to buy it, please go to Lakeheart Town and look for Earl Gleeman.”
Bryce shook his head and threw the trouble to Paul.
In fact, Lakeheart Town had discussed the issue of whether to sell firearms to the public many times, after all, selling weapons definitely belonged to the profiteering industry, and selling firearms was even more unique in the world.
With the simple structure of the current musket and cannon, once obtained by others, want to copy is also very easy, it would be better to grab the others to copy before making a fortune, and take advantage of the technical advantage to establish a “genuine original, reliable quality” reputation, and then take the money earned to invest in the research and development of new technologies.
The cycle repeats itself, always maintaining a technological advantage, ahead of others.
To reduce the threat of external access to firearms, relatively speaking, the only better control is the formula of gunpowder. Without gunpowder, muskets and cannons are just a pile of scrap metal. In this world, there was a kind of magical weapon called “hellfire” in ancient times, which was lost because of the secrecy work done too well. ……
The result of the discussion on the sale of firearms in the town of Hu Xin is always “in the establishment of the absolute military advantage in the Northwest Bay, choose the appropriate period of time to sell firearms”, but this “appropriate time” is always delayed again and again.
But before the appropriate time comes, we can first whet the appetite of potential customers.
Purchase in vain, Derek anxiously asked: “Then I can personally try ‘fire crossbow’?”
“Of course, Young Master Heller, you can use this short one of mine. Actually, we named them ‘muskets’, and that big guy is called ‘artillery’.”
Bryce graciously drew his own pistol, loaded it and handed it to him.
“Ha! Thanks.”
Derek took the musket with an excited look on his face, monkeying around like a kid with a new toy.
“Oh..! Always be careful, but don’t point it at your own people.”
Hearing Bryce’s reminder, the surrounding people scattered with a startled cry and stayed away from Derek, who then remembered that the contraption in Young Master Heller’s hand could kill a person.
“Don’t worry don’t worry!”
Following Bryce’s pointing, Derek pointed his pistol at the humanoid target in front of him and pulled the trigger.
“Touch!”
The sound of the gunshot rang out, and the humanoid target in front of him was hit with a splash of wood shavings.
“That’s the feeling! That’s the feeling!”
Derek looked blissful, feeling the wonderful sensation of slight tingling in his hands as he fondled the pistol lovingly.
“I’m going to try it too!”
“Try it for me first!”
The onlookers swarmed over together, clamoring for requests.
(End of chapter)