Chapter 236 Support
In the following time, more and more troops entered Westminster from Westtown, London.
First, the wounded soldiers from the rear, with the scars from previous battles, almost squeezed Westminster Temple out of the night before. Fortunately, most of them went outside Westminster Temple to find a place to stay after they had dinner.
Those who stayed in the temple were all "professional talents" in Belle's eyes.
Most of the wounded soldiers were Devon and Winchesters, and they were first trapped in two places at the hands of the Ming army. I heard that their corps rushed into the position of Count Robert very bravely in the Battle of Winchester, so there were great casualties.
However, Liu Zhi, the leader of the fire soldier, once ridiculed and made fun of them, saying that those fools were lost on the battlefield.
The professionals among the wounded soldiers are very powerful. They not only know how to make cakes, but also steam a very white food. Belle heard that it is called rice, which both the Ming and Spanish love to eat.
The craftsmanship of steaming rice is very magical. Liu Zhi said that this is a state secret. The reason why the Spanish cook is not delicious is that they don’t understand it. Only the people of the Ming Dynasty understand this.
As he said that, Liu Zhi asked her to look at it carefully. After pouring the rice into the pot, he stretched out his hand and poured water. At some point, Liu Zhi took out his hand and covered it with a wooden pot lid modified with a coffin board to let her watch the fire.
The whole process does not require a cup, bowl or any weighing utensil. Everything depends on the response of heaven and man, and I am extremely confident that I believe that this will never go wrong.
On the night after Belle arrived here, a friend's father outside the city was taken into Westminster by a blue hat and took her daughter away.
Liu Zhi said that it was because Ming Jun needed a timber factory to reopen the work to make coffins. The timber merchant’s request was to ask Ming Jun to help find his daughter in London.
Belle really wanted to know if Ming Junwei needed to make clothes. If her textile factory could be reopened, although Ming Jun might not be able to find her father, she could go outside the city to shoulder a great task.
At least you can bake a few cakes and try them yourself.
Her hands were cramped when she rolled the cakes, but the Ming army only allowed them to eat the black bread they got from outside the city and didn't know where they got... They couldn't eat the white bread, and they couldn't make enough pancakes and steamed rice.
After finally making some, a large number of Ming troops would pour into Westminster Temple during the whistling, eating them cleanly and then disappear without a trace.
On the third day of besieging the Tower of London, rumors suddenly increased in Westminster Temple. Perhaps it was because there were always many rumors, but there were not so many Priestess in Westminster Temple to help the chef a few days ago, and she couldn't understand some of the words.
But Belle believes that Priber looks far less disciplined than the real Ming army? Liu Zhi described this word like this, but Belle doesn't know what words in their language can translate it.
Perhaps education is more appropriate.
Those inferior Puli cooks were indeed lacking in upbringing and always suggested to the Red Hats that they were noble ladies and the nuns of Westminster to turn them into military prostitutes.
So Belle firmly believes that all rumors in Westminster Temple were spread by Prit.
Some people said that the army's offensive against the Tower of London was frustrated. Even if the heavy artillery burst out a gap in the outer wall, the infantry could not rush into the city protected by the inner wall.
Some people also say that Count Robert will lead Scottish troops from the north to sweep down, and the Ming army may not be able to stop it.
Having said that, Belle found that the wounded soldiers of Puli Camp still came out of the city to dig holes every day, and transported the bodies out of the city to transport them.
Even if the Ming army didn't care about them at all, they wouldn't run away.
On the fourth day, Liu Zhi was in a clear mood when he didn't know what news came out in the city. He even took out three packs of Muye cigarettes and two packs of Mexican rock candy for Belle to share with her friends.
As for the nuns, the longer the Ming army stationed at Westminster Temple, the more they understood that Westminster Temple was called a noble brothel by Londoners in the past, so it was inevitable that there would be some discrimination against these serious soldiers.
Belle finally couldn't help but ask Liu Zhi: "They said Count Robert will lead his troops back, why aren't you afraid?"
"What's scary? The Radish Army has never fought. If he dares to come back, he will hit him Winchester again. There is nothing to be afraid of in the Scottish troops. We have driven the Scottish soldiers in the Iran State and have also fought the Scottish soldiers."
It's true that in Liu Zhi's eyes, the Englishman who can fight the most on this land is the second to Scotland, and the weakest to Ireland.
The English troops have strong combat capabilities, mainly because they are relatively rich.
The country can make high-end plate armor and also has the ability to mass produce low-end breastplates, but the price is not as competitive as Europe, so it imports hundreds of armor from Europe all year round.
Scotland is almost the same, but it has been assisted by France all year round. There are a group of great sword nobles in the country who dare to fight and fight. There are also plate armor gun arrays that wear French plate armor with three-meter spears in Switzerland. However, most of them were reimbursed to England in the war that was comparable to Tumu Fort decades ago.
Ailan is not good at all. He generally uses mainstream protective equipment from three to five hundred years ago and looks like a target in front of the longbow. Once a noble surrenders to England, he will immediately receive equipment from England and will be able to kill all sides if he turns back.
Now Alan has helped the Ming Dynasty and picked up rags from the battlefield, armed a legion composed of the elite Alan Restoration Army as the main force, with long bows, big axes and damaged plate armor, and repaired plate armor, becoming a military group that can compete with the two countries.
"As for them?"
Liu Zhi held his arms and looked at the high wall with his arms in front of the Westminster Temple, Puli Bing, who had just walked into the high wall, curled his lips and said, "Do you think they are not afraid?"
"They were afraid of death. Even ten longbows and eight were not up to the standard of fighting bows. They were of no use except to give themselves courage. I didn't find that people would not take longbows when they left the city now? Because the Heavenly Army can be more courageous than longbows."
"Then why no one escaped?" Belle blinked and raised her hand, "No one cared about them."
"Escape, where can I escape? Escape back to their shed in the lord's farm, without beds, quilts, and iron pots. The most valuable item in the family is a large pot of pots. After returning, I drink rotten vegetable soup and black bread every day?"
Liu Zhi said, pointing to a middle-aged Pulibing who helped the chef: "It is very likely that he will not have bread when he goes back. I remember where he is the baker. Where else in this world can let them eat a pancake wrapped in eggs and radish sticks a day?"
"They can't go anywhere. Even if they are scared to run around when they meet the nobles, they are killed and dispersed again and again. However, they can find the main force of the Heavenly Army after the battles, and come back even if they die."
"They will also follow us to eat food for a day before they die, let alone not let them fight now, helping with food, digging pits, and carrying bodies."
"But..." Belle couldn't understand, and said, "I don't know how much food in England, but if there were so much food, the Queen wouldn't let the soldiers get enough."
Liu Zhi didn't say much, but just shook his head and smiled: "Yes, as long as there are no nobles, everyone can eat enough. Even though there was no arable land in various places last year, they still couldn't eat enough now, but they would be able to eat enough when the war ended."
"And now, ha, the Spanish have a ship called Garen. One ship can transport supplies as thirty-five lucky ships. Philip, the Spanish King recognized by the Ming Dynasty, used seven of those things to transport grain to us."
Chapter completed!