Vol 2 Chapter 91: Captive, victory, and ransom

When Viscount Gronob was brought in front of Alexander, he was crouching in front of Sophia sitting on a stone, wiping the stain off her face.
The armor on Sophia's body was smoky black, and there was no such gorgeous beauty that she could show off everywhere before. At this time, she stretched out her hands and allowed Alexander to wipe her with the cloth soaked in water. After Alexander gave a light peck on her lips, she was content with a smile, and then asked him to continue to wipe her face.
Viscount Gronob was brought in at this time, along with him and his entourage.
The Viscount ’s condition is not very good, the injuries on his ribs have begun to attack, his face is a little flushed like drinking, and his feet are floating on the road, and his eyes flicker back and forth, this At first, Alexander thought that the French nobleman who had not played a role from beginning to end had just drunk.
"I am the Lord of Gronob, I want to know which one I have become a captive of," the Viscount tried to keep himself steady. There was sweat on his head, because of the dizziness, so when I saw Sophia thought he had hallucinations. "God, what I saw, I must be ill. I'm so troubled to see everything. I actually saw a woman wearing armor."
The Viscount said that he also turned to the entourage who was also stunned behind him and said, "It seems that I am going to see God, and illusions have appeared in front of my eyes. Go to Gronob and tell my nephew that everything is now with him, so he must obey the agreement to marry my daughter and not send her to the convent. "
The entourage was actually looking at Sophia with a stunned face, but the Viscount's words kept him shaking his head and wanted to comfort the poor adult.
But seeing Alexander stop and look at them with interesting eyes, the entourage called Francois immediately said aloud: "My grown-up has a fever because of injuries. I hope you can let him rest. My grown-up is Viscount Gronob, he can pay himself a ransom that matches his identity. "
Alexander nodded. He had already seen that the viscount was in a wrong situation. Looking at the sweat and vaping footsteps on his head, Alexander determined that he was infected.
In this era, infection means death.
He was not interested in a dead Viscount.
"You can take care of him, but I hope he can talk to you after arranging him." Alexander was not interested in these nobles themselves. Although he knew that earning a ransom from captives was a common means of making money today, but it really made him I am interested in the current situation of the French in the north.
The battle with the French in the Bruini Valley was entirely accidental, and if strictly speaking, it would not even be an encounter.
When the French cavalry was forced to withdraw from the battlefield, Alexander did not let the Bohemians continue to pursue, or he knew that he could not pursue.
When the battle ended, the night had completely covered the Bruini Valley. Except for the carriage that had been burned into a pile of ashes, only scattered fire near the entire car array could not stop shining, and not only the valley was far away It is clear that even the hills on both sides have been covered in darkness.
At this time, for any party, it takes not courage to launch an attack, but enough stupidity. Even if they are far away, the Bohemians vaguely heard of the France that has hurriedly retreated because of the fear of the enemy catching up. Among the cavalry, it seems that some people were too rushed to find a way, and the horses stepped into the rocks or tripped in the dark in the dark. With the miserable hiss, the French panicked and rescued their companions. He hurried to continue to run earlier.
At this time, the Bohemians just carefully kept behind the French. When they finally caught up with the top of the in the distant valley, they stopped, and on the far side, they watched the French deep into the dark valley. Hurried away.
Then Bohemian talents cheered.
An unexpected but fruitful victory, at least the Bohemians think so.
And when Carlo once again brought the Frenchman named Francois, who had arranged the Viscount, to Alexandria, he saw Uliu standing next to Alexandria with a pen under a wooden bracket What is written on the writing board.
Carlo actually actually admired Uliu somewhat, although Uliu was a pagan, but every time he saw the Moors holding a pen to write and calculate, he had a feeling of looking up.
As for Mahimo, Carlo was a little confused as to how to describe the monk, because according to what the man said, he should be a learned and pious cleric, but Carlo saw it more than once. Like the hated Elliott, Mahimo first drank enough wine from the farm, and then he led the farm woman into the haystack.
"Adult, we lost 25 people in this battle, and there are 4 mercenaries," Uliu said carefully. "The Bohemians don't know, but we still have 235 Agri soldiers and 66. Mercenary. "
Alexander frowned. He didn't expect to lose so many people in one battle. Although it was inevitable that there would be a lot of casualties because of the initial battle, he knew that in fact he did not face many Frenchmen.
Seeing Francois, Alexander motioned him to come to himself, and then asked: "Tell me how many people you have."
The young entourage showed anger and humiliation. He thought that the Neapolitan who was much younger than him was deliberately humiliating him.
François already knew from Carlo what his enemies were. When he heard that these messy-dressed, dirty-faced soldiers were actually the first farmers on the battlefield, the young entourage knights were almost flustered. there.
He was even thankful that Gronob was sleeping because of a fever. Otherwise, if he knew that he was actually defeated by a group of farmers who were on the battlefield, the entourage was very worried that he would not be able to withstand this stimulation.
Now listening to Alexander's question, in the face of the winner, the young French knight had to answer with humiliation: "We have 30 heavy cavalry and 180 infantry, and the 10 that the Viscount himself brought from Gronob. Several people."
Speaking of which, Francois raised his voice, and he hoped that his voice would be as solemn as possible while still keeping him at least dignified.
"Although we have become captives, the family of Lord Gronob Viscount is one of the oldest nobles in France. I hope you will respect the honor of the Viscount and his family. I think that appropriate kindness will not harm your reputation at all. , And you will be respected by the French. "
"That is to say, if I can't guarantee respect for the Viscount, I'm a barbarian in your eyes?" Alexander looked at the young entourage and asked him what he was going to say when he licked his lips. Alexander continued: "I remember In Akincourt in 1415, the British had done something very bloody, right? "
Alexander's words made Francois' face suddenly pale.
For the French, the battle between Agincourt and the British in 1415 was undoubtedly a terrible nightmare, but it was really not the British that led the French to regard the battle of Agincourt as a nightmare. The dreaded arrow rain of the proud long archers is the terrible massacre of the captured French nobles by the British.
Hundreds of nobles were ordered to be executed by King Henry V of England, including the Duke and Earl of Orleans and the Bourbon family, which made Henry V the executioner who hated and feared the whole of Europe.
The young knight had sweat on his forehead, but he was not afraid of fever but fear.
Seeing the other person's anxiety on his face, Alexander waved his hand slightly: "Don't be nervous knight, know that I'm not Henry, but if you think I will listen to your complaint is impossible, you must pay for your actions."
"We can pay the ransom for ourselves," this time the entourage answered very simply. "We can also pay the ransom for all the captured soldiers. As long as you can guarantee that we can return to your own, you can safely send messengers to our The fortress made a request. "
"The ransom must be paid, and I don't waste so much time here."
Alexander nodded. He had already learned from Ulliu about the outcome of this battle.
Similar to what François said, Uliou estimated that the French had about 200 infantry.
The reason why Uliu can know this is that apart from cavalry, French infantry can hardly escape!
While the Bohemians and the French cavalry circled around the car array, the Alexandrian phalanx of the Alexander took the initiative to meet an unsuccessful offensive launched by a French infantry for the first time.
Although Alexander quickly proved the fact that a group of farmers who had never been on the battlefield were indeed opponents of well-trained soldiers, the Bohemians rushed down the right side of the hillside at the time saved Akan who was about to collapse. Gree phalanx.
Before this, the Bohemians had defeated all Frenchmen except this team.
The final defeat was rapid. The French soldiers surrounded by the Bohemians ran around on the battlefield, but they obviously could not get rid of the galloping horses.
Alexander still remembers that the French who had found something bad and tried to escape into the night were chased by the Bohemians and ran wildly, but in the end they could not escape the scene of becoming a captive, which also let him experience the era of heavy cavalry It seems to be gradually away.
Because of this, when Ulliu told him that almost all French infantry were captured, Alexander did not feel much joy.
In this battle, only the Bohemian cavalry really played a role.
It was they who contained or even expelled the French cavalry, making it impossible for the enemy to exert the power of the most powerful cavalry in this era. It was also that they first dispelled the French infantry who had lost the support of the cavalry, making it impossible for the French to organize an attack of sufficient scale.
Then it was them who attacked the last team of Frenchmen at a critical moment and rescued the Agri from the brink of collapse.
"The road is still long, Uliu," Alexander said profoundly to the Moors next to him. "It seems that you are going to take risks this time."
The Moors thought about it seriously, then shook their heads and said, "I don't think it's dangerous. Unless those French are crazy, if they kill me, their viscount master is dangerous." Speaking of which, The Moors glanced at Alexander a little worried. "Master, you won't let that Viscount Lord for the ransom."
Looking at the Moorish people's concerns, Alexander said with a slight smile: "Relax Uliu, for me you are more important than the Viscount Lord, I promise if the French dare to move you, I will let them regrettable."
"I'm relieved," Uliu nodded immediately, and then he licked his lips. "So lord, how much ransom are you going to make those French people pay?"
"How much ransom?" Joanna stared at Alexander standing in front of her. The queen was a bit miserable at this time. Her carriage, which had been burned into a pile of ashes, was still smoking thickly, Queen At this time, I could only sit on a broken car board, which made Joanna feel that her dignity was completely trampled by the abominable Aggri from the country. Now I heard Alexander asking her to ask the French How much ransom, a burst of anger immediately flooded her head. "Gombre Agrie, don't you think asking me this kind of question is an insult to Queen Naples. Or in your mind, am I the same as those merchants?"
"Your Majesty, you misunderstood me," Alexander said on his mouth ~ EbookFREE.me ~ I really want to whisper and ask, is there anything more than you care about money? "I just hope to compensate you as much as possible, after all The presence of the French has caused huge losses to your property. "
Alexander said that he glanced at the pile of debris that was still smoking. His action immediately attracted Joanna's attention. The queen also looked back calmly, and then hesitated slightly and asked slightly: " So, how much ransom do we think we should find the French for our losses? Well, is there a missing ten thousand Florin coins ... "
A quarter of an hour later, when he finally left from Joanna with a ransom number that everyone was satisfied with, looking at the Queen of Naples sitting on a wooden board, Alexander shook his head slightly.
Joanna, the Queen of Naples, was a wealthy slave, Alexander thought.
Uliu was already prepared. After receiving a letter written by Francois instead of Viscount Gronob requesting payment of ransom for them and the captured French soldiers, Moore The man immediately jumped on horseback and led towards the depths of the valley under the guidance of a Frenchman who was picked out as a guide.
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