Chapter 559 – Collapse

Chapter 559 – Collapse
Riding on his horse, Lieutenant Bourgain looked at the approaching group from afar.

The pace was neat and in formation, there was no doubt that it was Arda’s regular army.

Where had they come from? It was impossible for the garrison of Lakewood to return so quickly, had one of them stayed behind in the neighborhood?

Bourgain’s brain ached a little at the thought.

At the beginning, Bourgain was still quite confident in the power he had now, no matter how, this was also nearly two thousand militia who had received basic military training.

But as the army approached, his confidence began to waver.

Everyone on the other side is armed with firearms, and the back …… of the team is still dragging at least ten pieces of artillery.

In that case, the form became a bit grim.

When the Lake Heart Town Garrison departed, they took away all the artillery in active service.

Left in the armory are eliminated, and several of them are even the “old” when the pirates were conquered, the reason for not melting down, I heard that Paul Gleiman wanted to sell to other people at the right time.

Count Greiman just conceived the artillery this killing weapon, when the casting technology is still in the fumbling stage, whether it is its inventor, Count Greiman, or hands to realize it out of the craftsmen, are “I think this can be done, all should be done”.

From a current point of view, the quality of the artillery …… built at that time is of questionable quality, although they did play a significant role in the early military operations of the Arda army.

Another problem was that after being taken out of active service, the guns sat in armories and lacked maintenance.

God only knows if pulling them back out and firing them would blow up the chamber.

Something like a blown gun can have a serious effect on morale, especially on a group of untrained militiamen, and a blown gun could affect their trust in the musket they just received.

Also the firing of artillery could not be taught in a day or two, especially since Bourgogne’s Training Division was only responsible for routine training, and artillery had its own system of training.

For all these reasons, Bourgain did not let the militiamen have access to artillery.

The approaching army stopped, and at the side of the group, among the group of officers on horseback, Bourgain recognized the figure – Chief of Staff Schroeder.

It wasn’t just Bourgain who recognized him, there were men among the militia who had seen Schroeder before, and the presence of the old knight caused a slight disruption in the ranks.

What was going on? Why is the titular army chief of staff standing across from us?

Many people’s hearts were flooded with mutterings.

At that moment, Bourgain suddenly shouted, “Everyone! Raise your guns!”

With a clatter, those who didn’t know Schroeder raised their already loaded muskets in their hands as ordered, while those who recognized Schroeder also raised their guns along with the movements of those around them.

An officer at Schroeder’s side slowly marched up to about two hundred meters from the militia line and then stopped, and Bourgain couldn’t help but curse. The man held a trumpet made of tin and raised it to his mouth to shout.

“Militia brethren! You’ve all been hoodwinked by Bulgan’s gang, and in fact, he’s the one who’s the biggest insurgent lurking in the town of Lakeheart. Bulgan took advantage of the time when the lord was out hunting to use his identity to falsely transmit orders, in a vain attempt to use the militia to control the center, and his accomplices also launched an attack on the lord in Babol, but his accomplices in Babol have already been eliminated by the lord’s valiant guards, leaving only Bulgan and a few of his cronies to die in the heart of the lake town, and he even tried to pull you all to be martyred with him, which is evil to the extreme! For this kind of shameless traitor, you must see his true colors and early anyway.”

What’s going on? Bulgan’s heart was overwhelmed with shock, how did the opposite party know about Babol’s village? His heart immediately made the worst judgment: if his side on the Babol village side succeeded, Schroeder wouldn’t have gotten the situation so quickly because the signal towers there were already under control. But if it was the other case, Paul Greiman had triumphed over there and retaken control of the signal tower, it was possible that he would immediately send the information to the places loyal to him.

Then that that that that that that – what the man had just said, that the Lord had eliminated the attackers, was that true or false?
If the lord sent the message out, is it true?
Bulgan’s head was thrown into chaos.

As a matter of fact, Bourgain guessed correctly, after Paul recaptured the nearest signal tower, he immediately tried to contact the garrison, and luckily, he contacted the 51st district.

In any case, it was now necessary to live from the dead!

Immediately, Bourgogne pinpointed and yelled with all his strength, “Brethren, all of you, don’t listen to the rebels in front of you, I know that you saw Schroeder on the opposite side and had questions in your mind about why the chief of staff was on the opposite side. But I regret to tell you all, as some of the wiser among you have already guessed, that Schroeder is no longer the respected chief of staff, and that he has been seduced by the rebels to take their side.”

“You see, he’s brought a whole army with him, and it’s well known that all four infantry battalions from Lakewood have gone out for field training, and the militia from the neighborhood have gathered at Lakewood-that’s you! So what is it that appears before us that is not a rebel army?”

“Now, I order you, in the name of the highest military head of Lakeheart Town at the moment, I order you – to destroy the enemy resolutely, completely, and without mercy!”

The militiamen, not knowing who was right, raised their guns in habitual obedience to their superior’s orders.

Just then a rumble came out behind them, in the direction of Lakewood!
Bourgain was once again alarmed, and a very bad feeling of foreboding immediately gripped him.

Is there something wrong with Lake Town? Otherwise there was nothing to discharge any cannon.

And where in Lakewood Township are the artillery? In addition to the old artillery that was still lying in the armory, he immediately thought of a place – the artillery placed on the gate tower of the castle of the lord’s house!

Can only use one sentence to describe Bourgogne’s mood at this time – like falling into an ice cave.

“All troops obey the order!” Not knowing which nerve was stimulated, he lost his mind, “Forward!”

The militiamen looked at each other in disbelief, but still obeyed Bulgan’s order, changing their guns, which were originally raised for aiming, to slanting ends, and striding towards the opposite army.

Advance to where it’s easiest to aim and fire! Then charge up and spar with bayonets!

This was the only thought in Bourgain’s head at that moment!
……

The officer who had just been sent out by Schroeder to shout helplessly shook his head and turned his horse back to the chief of staff.

“No way, Lord Schroeder, without direct evidence, the militia can’t free themselves from Bulgan’s lies, should we really open fire on them?”

Schroeder shook his head as he looked to the officer and said:
“I remember a new type of gun with good aim.”

(End of chapter)