Tales of the Reincarnated Lord Chapter 421: Ditch and earth wall
Chapter 421 The trench and the earth wall
"Going forward!" A White Lion Legion Mid Captain(s) screaming and roaring, commanding his soldier(s)s to push their shield cars, carrying a sandbag full of dirt on their shoulders and rushing forward.
Second Highness commanded His Majesty's White Lion Legion already to attack the Forliver Province defense line for six days and five nights. Unfortunately, White Lion Legion damaged nearly 10,000 people, and still did not open a hole on this defense line. This is not to say that the Second Highness command is unfavorable, but that the three existing Dukedoms in the central part realize that this defensive front is related to their life and death. Even in the three days and four nights of defensive battles, the cost of casualties already exceeded the White Lion Legion of the two Three times, but they still insisted ...
The rumble of drums echoed on the battlefield for several miles. The soldier(s)s of White Lion Legion pushed the huge shield car to the front of the trench and blocked the bolt from the defensive line. The soldier(s)s of the sandbags threw the sandbags into the trench by turning around the shield cars and ran back. Soon the ditch in the front was filled. A few white lions soldier(s) dragging a wooden board rushed to the shield car and laid the wooden board on the ground. This ditch was broken.
In the process, only four soldier(s) hit the cold arrow. One died and three injured. They were all dragged down for treatment. The dead soldier(s) had long died of gas. He unfortunately hit a bolt in the front. From the left eye, the arrow Going deeper into the brain, the only thing he can be thankful for is that he died without pain, almost instantly.
Filling a trench, none of soldier(s)'s face showed a happy smile, only endless fatigue and numbness. Because in front of this filled trench, there are countless trenches to break through. Looking into the distance, there are all dense trenches. This is the defensive position arranged in the Frivolo Province, and it is also the command of Second Highness. With the White Lion Legion attack for six days and five nights, it only advanced for three or four miles.
"I suspect that the trenches were still being dug behind this defensive position when we attacked." The Duke Kenmays who watched the battle told Lorist.
This is an unexpected result. After capturing Shabaj Duchy, Lorist left Northern Land's armed forces and Fisablen Family's two Legion in Zixes Province for almost a month, waiting for the arrival of Second Highness. However, I did not expect that for more than a month, Forund Duchy even laid out the previous line of defense in this way, digging numerous trenches into a boundless network, and even after launching the attack, Second Highness realized that It would be so difficult to break through a gap on this defensive front.
It ’s easy to break the wire and break the net. Lorist A word from previous lives, war is the best way to learn. This defensive position in front of us is a good proof of this. In the history of the Grindia war, there has never been such a defensive position and defense method. Basically all defensive battles are conducted using castle fortresses. When the troops are in a weak position, even setting up a defensive position is nothing but digging one or two trenches, building an earthen wall, and rationally using long-range shooting weapons to kill offensive enemies.
But when catapult and Chariot Ballista of Norton Family were born, not only the castle fortress became a target, but the general defensive positions could not resist the attack of catapult at all. That year the Flying Tiger Legion swept the Kingdom of Antinac and helped Second Highness regain the throne, which illustrates this point.
In the offensive and defensive battle of the southern province three years ago, Lorist used the trench and the arrow tower to perfectly restrain the Fisablen Family light cavalry tactics. In the field, catapult was used to crush the attack of the four Dukedom 70,000 elite infantry in the middle and achieved A big victory suppressed Fisablen Family back to Eastwild province.
But I didn't expect that the offensive and defensive battle would bring such a big change to the central four Dukedom. Second Highness originally thought that with the powerful fighting power of White Lion Legion and the fifty catapult knocked from Lorist, they could easily be in the front. The defensive line formed by the Dao trench and the earth wall ripped a hole, but he did not expect that there were endless trenches and low earth walls behind these trenches and earth walls. After everyone found this result, It ’s almost going to collapse. What kind of battle is it ...
On the first day of the offensive, what was blocked in front was only a thousand defensive forces. They collapsed when fifty megaliths the size of a human head bombarded the position. They fired only after launching dozens of bolt. No trace. White Lion Legion filled 14 trenches a day and broke 21 earthen walls with a flat front. Of course the result is zero, because the enemies have fled.
The next day continued to attack, but after two hundred meters, I found that there was another trench and earth wall in front. This time the guards were brave and they resisted for a long time under the bombardment of catapult. With the cover of trenches and earth walls, bolt caused dozens of casualties to White Lion Legion, and they also paid more than two hundred people.
White Lion Legion took two days to fill out several passages in this trench area, and continued to attack forward. After two or three hundred meters of flat land, there were dozens of trenches and earth walls. Everyone is furious. What does it mean? There are only a few thousand people in defense, and the resistance is not very fierce. The offensive side keeps filling the trenches, and the defense side keeps digging the trenches. What kind of battle is this fighting? ?
Second Highness finally lost his breath, and gave him an order that he regretted, so that the White Lion Legion's soldier(s) should not push the shield car to fill the ditch, and take the wooden board directly to the bridge over the trench to pass. It is noble to occupy the trench area as quickly as possible. So White Lion Legion came out with a sword and shield regiment struggling to attack forward. Facing this trench area guarded by thousands of people, they quickly swept away the enemy and continued to move forward.
It's just that this ditch area is particularly vast. When the back of the sword and shield soldier(s) disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, there was a sudden sound of shouting and fighting. Second Highness was anxious as the ants in the iron wok turned around, because the ditch was everywhere, the cavalry could not come forward to support it at all. Second Highness had to send someone to investigate, but what was unexpected was that very few people were quickly killed by the cold arrows shot in the trench. Although many people can support, but no one can return to Reported news except the killing noise from the distance is greater.
Everyone present was savvy, and now this situation is obviously a trick. But the problem is that in addition to the three remaining regiments of White Lion Legion, there are two Heavy Armor Corpss of Kenmays Family and two light infantry regiments under Shaheen Count, with a strength of nearly 90,000. Although the total strength of the four Dukedoms in this attack was as high as 300,000, most of them were cavalry. In the face of this battlefield full of trenches and earth walls, Lorist and others looked at each other, and they could not let the cavalry dismount as reinforcements.
The problem is that the previous White Lion Legion Sword and Shield Corps attacked too fast and too fiercely, and ran directly to a distance invisible to the naked eye. Second Highness also did not expect that this would happen, and the situation on the battlefield could not be grasped. It can be said that already lost half. Now he is determined to give all his support to throw all the infantry in his hands into the battlefield.
This determination is not good. Grand Duke Forando has already known that Second Highness will break through here for several days. This line of defense is five Legion. Nearly 200,000 troops are on guard, all according to the situation of the previous few days. Grand Duke Forando is completely OK. Aligned forces are waiting in front. The attacking Sword and Shield Corps is likely to be slammed into a trap and then surrounded. Then you can use this encircled Sword and Shield Corps to seduce Second Highness into reinforcements to kill more than 100,000 infantry under Second Highness and then leave the cavalry. Can only look at this line of defense in a daze.
Second Highness and Lorist discussed for a long time, and finally decided to send all Heavy Armor Corps to go for reinforcements. The most important thing is to figure out the previous situation and what happened. As a result, when preparing to send troops, the Sword and Shield Corps withdrew. Their situation was a bit miserable. Ten thousand people went up to less than three thousand, and their soldiers Captain and four Great Captains all died in battle. Among the more than one thousand soldier(s) posts are two Mid Captain(s), with one serious injury and one minor injury. The soldier(s) are almost everyone with injuries.
The offensive was too smooth. After shattering the resistance of the 1,000-person defense team, in the next attack, most of the defensive forces encountered by the Sword and Shield Corps were thousands of defensive forces. They could not withstand the Sword and Shield Corps. Assault, the defensive forces of a team of teams disappeared, the Sword and Shield Corps in the attack was full of spirits, went forward bravely, and unknowingly advanced forward more than two miles, and then found that there were three well-equipped three Dukedom elite infantry corps in front Waiting for their arrival.
This time the Sword and Shield Corps found that already was the end of a strong crossbow. Under the pinch of the three elite infantry regiments of the three Dukedoms in the middle, they almost hit the head with a heavy blow and suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the trenches and earth walls were everywhere. Instead it became a barrier for them to resist and retreat under the command of the soldier Captain.
But they didn't expect that the trenches and earthen walls everywhere were not only used for defense. Another Forund Duchy infantry regiment quickly moved to the rear of the trenches and blocked by the earthen walls. Their retreat. The Sword and Shield Corps, which persisted in resistance, collapsed as soon as it was surrounded. The soldiers Captain and a few Great Captain struggled to fight and finally killed a blood path, allowing the soldier(s) to escape quickly, but they were trapped by the swarming enemies. It didn't take long for the enemies to cheer, and then several heads were lifted high by the enemy, and the remaining soldier(s) gave up the rescue plan and withdrew ...
This defeat is like a big slap in the face of Second Highness. The Second Highness, who thought it was easy to overcome this line of defense, came to his senses, and asked everyone for a plan, but there was no good way for anyone. . Whether it is the battle-hardened Grand Duke Fisablen or the flexible Lorist, this will have no idea. No one can tell how to attack.
In fact, the Lorist is even more shocking. No one is a fool. The defense line of the Central Four Dukedom is almost a trench. The family intelligence investigator hiding in Forund Duchy Pedro City said in a secret letter sent by letter eagle that Grand Duke Forando almost mobilized all the leaders of Dukedom to dig the defense line of Forliver Province to Pedro City in the province of Pelorina. After countless trenches, countless earth walls were built. Even the three intelligence investigators were dug up to dig trenches for more than twenty days, and the secret was passed so late ...
This is a **** no, Lorist resents it. It is clear that the defensive positions formed by these trenches and earth walls are to deal with Chariot Ballista and catapult of Norton Family armed forces. These two long-range attack weapons are abolished, without highlighting The defense facilities on the ground caused the long-range weapon to lose its target. Chariot Ballista had no target to launch, and if catapult wanted to smash it, just smash those earth walls and trenches. The defensive forces have become ground rats walking around in the trenches. If the offensive party impatiently fills the trenches and flattens the earth wall, it will be easy for the soldiers to enter, waiting for your results is like the White Lion Legion Sword and Shield Corps. End.
Second Highness is also very aware of this. The next three days can only be used to fill the trenches and open an attack channel. What I didn't expect was that the trenches filled during the day were re-opened by the enemy's defense team at night. The soldier(s) of White Lion Legion was refilled again the next day, and morale dropped. At this time, the enemy's garrison also became active, firing bolt in the trench from time to time, causing a lot of casualties to White Lion Legion.
The Andinak Kingdom side, who is now attacking, is in a dilemma. The landfill was dug up during the day and sent to station at night and was endlessly harassed and attacked. As a result, the damage sustained during the night was greater than during the day. Sending soldiers to hunt but fell into a trap. It is easy to lose direction or be enticed into an ambush by walking eastward and westward in the trenches, causing heavy casualties. After attacking for five days and four nights in this way, they only advanced less than two miles, and everyone was desperate.
"What kind of battle is this? I'd rather have a battle with all the armed forces forces of the Central Three Dukedom, even if the enemy's strength is ten times more than us. But how can we deal with the trench wall every day like this? As a matter of fact, even soldier(s)s are scolding, and morale is falling fast. "Second Highness complained to Lorist.
Lorist gave Second Highness a final blow. He took out the agent report from Pedro City and gave it to Second Highness. Second Highness took a look suspiciously, and when he saw that the distance of hundreds of miles in the secret paper was dug into a trench and built a soil wall, the whole man was dumb. Second Highness jumped for a long time, and looked excited: "Is Grand Duke Forando crazy? He even dug a trench in the entire Dukedom territory, do he want to farm to collect food ..."
But Second Highness immediately understood that if they did n’t, Grand Duke Forando would not be able to stop their cavalry assault. They dug half of the ground of Dukedom with trenches and earth walls and at least dragged their own offensive forces. He still has half of the Dukedom land for farming. If the grain harvest is not enough, he can buy and borrow on Handra Dukedom. If the front line can't be blocked, Forund Duchy is gone. He still doesn't need to consider the food issue. Perhaps he fell into the hands of Second Highness and he couldn't even save his life. Everyone knows that Second Highness now hates the four Grand Duke(s).
"Blow the trumpet, let's retreat and return to the camp." Second Highness gave a frustrated order to the Imperial Guard around him, and now there is nothing to do. The thought of hundreds of miles of trenches and earthen walls waiting for him to fill and flatten him shuddered. It seemed that he wanted to attack the three Dukedoms and had to think of other ways.
Post-war statistics show that in order to resist the Andinak Kingdom front, Grand Duke Forando mobilized nearly one million Dukedom leaders and spent more than three months between Forliver Province and the capital of Perorina Province 431 trenches were excavated within a distance of two to three meters, and the trenches were connected. With the excavated soil, more than one thousand earth walls of no more than one meter to one meter and five meters were built, and an easy-to-defend nature was built on the flat ground. Known as a miracle in the history of war, it is included in the wonders of war in the history of Grindia Continent.
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