Rise In Calradia - Chapter 407: : Rhodocan Civil War (12)

For those veterans who have experience in siege, the most desperate situation is not that they are unable to attack the city wall in front of them, but that they are trying their best to break through the city gate. When there was a gap in the city wall, what he was facing was a stronger urn city wall and countless crossbowmen. When hope is shattered in an instant, countless lives will disappear quickly. While the veterans abused the nobles and scouts who blocked the news and did not tell them the situation of the city defense, they hurriedly used shields to protect themselves as much as possible, while the recruits would start to retreat or even flee because the hope of victory quickly faded. That feeling, as long as you experience it once, you will never forget it in your life.

The soldiers of the coalition army encountered such a terrible situation this time.

With the assistance of mercenaries, the coalition troops successfully broke through the gaps and gates of the two sections of the wall. They paid a heavy price for this. The corpses of soldiers from both sides were also spread tens of meters long like a carpet. The ground was stained red with blood, and the soldiers who slipped and were pushed to the ground were covered in blood. The most elite fighters of the coalition fought their way through desperately, broke through the barrier of the Royal Army soldiers on the wall, and also repelled the group of spearmen behind the wall, but when they continued to attack, they realized that the Royal Army had already A new line of defense was built in the village behind the wall. They used stones, logs and building debris to fill the roads and open spaces between the original village houses. The second wall is filled with crossbowmen, aiming at the coalition soldiers who break through the first line of defense.

For many recruits and inexperienced soldiers, the sight was the last they would ever see. With a distance of only fifty steps, a volley of more than a hundred crossbows and dozens of heavy crossbows, even the plate armor of the Swadian heavy cavalry and the thick chain armor of the senior Nord infantry could not withstand it. , not to mention these coalition light infantry who are protected by cotton armor and armed clothing. The elite soldiers and officers in heavy armor fled in a hurry wearing their crossbows. The crossbows pierced through their armor and lining, but they didn’t penetrate too deep into their bodies. The main damage to them was bruises and non-fatal wounds. Most of them can survive the wounds, but they will not be able to recover their combat effectiveness in the short term. And those light infantrymen couldn’t hold on under the dense crossbow bolts at all. As long as the crossbow arrows avoided the shield and shot at them, they would definitely be injured. For the soldiers rushing to the front, there are only two situations left: death or death.

This not-so-strong wall greatly frustrated the morale of the coalition soldiers. The coalition soldiers who thought victory was in sight saw another wall that was difficult to conquer (in the eyes of those poor people, this wall was no different from the city wall), and There were far more enemies than they imagined, they fled, shame and without honor, and could not even guarantee their own safety. He was then captured or stabbed to death with a spear.

“That wall won’t hold them back for long, but it’s enough to cost them dearly, and it will give us an advantage.”

In front of the king, one of the military advisors of Jerkala, the highly respected MP Marcus, is introducing the current situation to His Majesty the King and several earls and lords who came here. He is very confident, obviously in the current situation All in his expectation.

“Kestor thought we would fight him head-on in the field, with spears against spears, crossbows against crossbows, he was wrong! We kept going like this, they had no choice but to attack, and now they have suffered heavy losses, hundreds of people At least one-fourth of the people are unable to continue fighting, and our losses are less than half of theirs, and victory is close at hand.”

The lords seemed very happy, and one lord even stood up and raised his glass to congratulate: “To the king and our brave soldiers, the victory of this war will finally belong to us. In a few days, we will be in that **** want Fight him “fairly” on the battlefield, and then put him in a prison van and transport him back to Gelkala!”

The earls laughed and drank the wine in their glasses, but as the beneficiary of all this, their king did not smile, but sighed.

“It’s a pity that we paid such a heavy price. Even if they are our enemies and the people of Rhodoks, I can imagine how many widows and orphans will appear after this war, and how many lands will be lost due to lack of land. Manpower is difficult to cultivate, not to mention that the number of available troops will be greatly reduced. In the end, this is the tragedy caused by our cannibalism. The civilian vultures got a bargain!”

The earls looked at each other in dismay when they heard the words, and the king’s words were naturally true, but at this moment, it seemed that it was not the best time to say such words.

“I think you want to end this battle sooner?” Earl Tubiton knew what King Graves was thinking, and the king’s expression improved a little after his friend’s inquiry.

“That’s right, we now have an absolute advantage. I want to fight ahead of time to annihilate the main force of Kestor and Levins. Naturally, other lords who follow them will not persist, and their mercenaries will rush away.” This will not only reduce the death of our clansmen, but also save food, we can’t keep consuming the supplies of Jerkala, otherwise we will not have enough supplies to support us when the enemies in the north or east attack.”

The king’s words made sense. Although the earls looked embarrassed, they couldn’t refute the king at this time. After all, the main force of this troop dispatch is His Majesty’s Jerkala standing army and militia. Even if they threaten to withdraw, they cannot stop the king’s decision. Even Earl Toobiton is on the king’s side this time. For him, apart from the king’s order, it is naturally better for him to end the war earlier. After all, as a loyal ally of the southern lord and king, this The war has also been sucking dinars and labor from his domain.

Marcus moved the chess pieces on the map with some helplessness, and began to rehearse the decisive battle scenario. As a consultant, he could not disobey the king’s order, and he didn’t want to make untimely suggestions to spoil the interest of the adults.

But just when Marcus cleared his throat and was about to recount the tactics of the decisive battle, an emissary suddenly broke into the room, and then quickly knelt down on one knee to present a secret military letter. He was in such a hurry that he couldn’t He stopped panting and couldn’t speak.

The king frowned, ordered someone to present the letter, looked at it twice, then angrily threw the letter on the ground, waved his hand, and let the messenger go out to rest.

After the messenger left, King Graves slowed down, regained his calm posture, and said very displeased: “The vultures are jumping at the corpses on the battlefield. The despicable villains are now plundering our western border. I don’t care about Kestor. What kind of agreement was reached with von Byron, this matter is absolutely inseparable from him! The troops of the so-called Earl of Swadia who came from a lowly background are more than 70 miles east of us. They have plundered three villages. Now It’s coming our way.”

“How many of them are there!?” A lord stood up and asked seriously.

“At least 1,000 people, but our scouts can’t penetrate too far without being detected by them, the actual number may be more than half.”

“We must find a way to drive them away, or at least stop them!” Earl Tubiton’s expression was serious, obviously aware of the trouble: “Considering that Byron’s army rarely has poorly equipped recruits, this army It can completely make up for the losses that Kestor suffered before, and their joining will change the whole situation of the battle!”

“How did these guys come here? Are the border troops blind?!”

“It must be the good work of Kestor’s cub who should be swallowed by the bear. He directly messed up and instigated several mountain pass fortresses in the west and east. If he really released the water on purpose, von Byron would pass through there like It’s like spreading in the garden!”

“Damn it! Damn it!” Marcus looked at the map and muttered a few times, almost throwing the **** on the ground in front of the king: “This cunning guy has seen the terrain in that area, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Nearby There are no walls or towers to hold, only small villages where the Swadian cavalry can rampage and destroy our lines, we must evacuate the villagers and set up a defensive position by the river twenty miles away, Use river water and wet soil to block their horses, but even so we have to deploy at least 200 elite crossbowmen and 500 spearmen to resist their attack, and some engineers need to build enough horses and trenches .”

After hearing this, King Graves stood up and began to walk around the house. The earls and lords began to argue about how to reach von Byron’s troops.

“We can’t let von Byron get into trouble anymore, he has caused us enough trouble.” King Graves sighed and shook his head: “Just like Marcus said, send troops to the west to stop No matter how many militiamen they send over, even if we can’t drive away these vultures who smell blood, we have to keep them there.”

Therefore, after the king and the lords discussed, a large number of troops were sent to the west to meet Byron’s troops, but in the camp of the Royal Army, from the ordinary militiamen to the noble king, no one knew that in the south, in their army named Jie In the homeland of Erkara, another battle is brewing…

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