Power and Empire Chapter 269: Bridge (3)
The second wave of Erdian heavy infantry shouted "Kill!" blasting the stone bridge, spears like a forest, heads are crowded, and the shield in their hands is brightly washed by the rain, like layers of fish scales on the rushing Satsuma Lijiang. Shining cold light. This time the Miao Erdian people formed two strict square queues,
Tall infantry shields stand around the array, and dense spears pop out from the gap between the shields, like an exploded hedgehog slowly moving on the bridge,
"Damn! This **** rain!" Caesar Sauron's face was solemn, his fingers clenched into fists, making a creaking sound, he had received the report just now,
Due to heavy rain and damp, many of the Samor heavy crossbow troops’ lead strings were slack and broken, which undoubtedly made the Samor Army’s unfavorable form even worse.
But they can’t retreat because there is no way to retreat,
This is the last line of defense in the northern part of Djerber Fort. If you step on it, you will be unimpeded, the plains of Pingchuan,
Fighting with the Miaoerdian cavalry in the plains is tantamount to hitting stones with pebbles.
The only thing Caesar Sauron can do is to defend the riverside and wait for the reinforcements of the legion headquarters.
This time the Miao Erdian came fiercely, and a large number of heavy cavalry blitzed south, and then the following rebel infantry broke through the three northern defensive lines. "The unprepared northern garrison killed nearly 2,000 people, and the natural danger Yasen Corridor was lost.
Caesar Sauron made a cognitive error at the beginning of the war, thinking that the Miaoerdians could not go to war with the Rudds and the Vekyas in a disadvantageous situation,
And it's the rainy season, and it's raining Pan Tuo. The land is muddy and difficult to navigate, which is the most unfavorable season for the movement of cavalry troops.
Ke Miao Erdian made a big joke with him. When the real situation was confirmed, the main force of the In Erdian people had already approached the last defensive line in the north, the stone bridge of the Satsuma Lijiang River.
The two Northern Banner regiments rested in Tilburg were temporarily transferred up, and the 12,000 Samor Army became the last resort of Jelbor
"At all costs! Hold the bridge!"
"Lean Spears!" With a shout that resounded through the battlefield. In the Samor Army, the five-meter horizontal spear shot from the middle of the queue, from the shoulders of the shield spearmen in front,
From all the gaps that can be extended, the dense spearheads form a wall of countless thorns,
"Assault!" The Miao Erdian heavy infantry rushing across the middle of the bridge shouted, the heavy footsteps quickened, the fiery red eyes of both sides looked at each other, and the heavy gasping sound seemed to be in the ears,
The eyes of the Samor Spearmen are blood red, knowing what they are going to face
The enemy on the opposite side is obviously much more than our own. As the front-end contact force of the army, it must be the cruelest.
If this war is won, thousands of elite spearmen in the entire brigade will not be able to stand up to more than three digits, but they have no choice.
In front of you is the Tadenk Stone Bridge, and behind you is the vast and fertile plain of Djerber Castle,
If they fail, the entire plain will be completely exposed to the iron hooves of Miaoerdian's reloaded knights. Their relatives, children, the land just sown and the peaceful village will all turn into a miserable howl in the flames.
They have no way out! , Either life or death!
"Kill!" The spearmen in the first row near the entrance of the bridge yelled loudly with all their strength, letting the fear in their hearts dissipate with the yelling, and the three-meter spear in their hands swiftly stabbed the people of Inerdian.
"Cracking" a sound of metal collision came from the opposite side. The heavy infantry of Swadian, the military's strongest country, is really not comparable to ordinary Vekia infantry. The invincible spear of the past encountered strong obstacles this time.
The thickened hard armor forcibly bounced a part of the spears from the side. The most recent group of Miaoerdians was stabbed to the ground, but none of them suffered fatal injuries.
"Come over!" A former Miao Erdian commander held up a three-meter spear in his hideous hand, and rushed to the forward of the Samor Army's Gang Erdian, regardless of stepping on him. With the help of the Samor spear, he rushed to the front row of the Samor shield soldiers from the unrecovered space.
"Lock!" The weapon slammed into the shield and made a sharp metal sound. Blood shot out from the shield gap at the front of the Samor Army. The spears of both sides collided fiercely, despite the shield protection in front.
There are still more than a dozen Samor spearmen who were pierced in the chest by the Miaoerdian spear that stabbed in the gap.
"Pretty!" The forward commander of Miao Erdian yelled with joy. Miao Erdian had obviously won the collision, but he didn't see the cold eyes of the Samor Spearman opposite. It was a kind of look. The eyes of the dead
"The spear is hooked!" Captain Samer shouted immediately. The five-meter horizontal spear that protruded from the gap in his hand turned into a cold light, and it stretched out strangely under the feet of the Inerdian, drawing an outline and turning.
The Miao Erdian soldier who rushed closer has not reacted from the victory just now. He only felt a huge pain in his feet, his body began to fall unnaturally, and his sight turned blood red.
On the stone bridge, the limbs flew horizontally and the unique blade of the horizontal spear caused the Inerdian people to suffer a great loss. They lay down a large area, **** severed limbs, and the wounded soldiers' heart and lungs. The shouts made the narrow intersection of Shiqiao extremely tragic for a while, and the neat Miao Erdian army formation was chaotic.
"Kill!" The Samor shield soldier rushed up to the stone bridge with a machete without hesitation. The long knife was swung down, and his head flew. The Inerdian who was still crying on the ground just now turned into a knife. Under the ghost, on the narrow stone bridge, the rainwater flowing along the bridge was dyed red,
"A bunch of rubbish!" Appleton's face was pale, he had filled in a heavy infantry team, but the front of the river mouth was still stable, Sa Jiang Xiaoyi, collecting the corpses, piled up flesh and blood at Shiqiaokou. Lin Zhiyi,
Looking at the corpses of his companions on the stone bridge that had been stormed all morning, there was a slight shake in the Miao Erdian infantry queue,
The strength and tenacity of the Samor army in front of them is beyond the imagination of the Miaoerdians. In their impressions, such a tenacious fighting style is not at all like the cowardly Vigias.
"As a respectable opponent, now is the time to solve all of this." Appleton was slightly surprised, dignified towards the heavy armored knights behind him, raised the command sword in his hand, and said sharply "Knight A team strikes out!"
The horseshoe rumbling, Caesar Sauron saw the two teams of heavily armed knights on the hillside slowly moving towards the bridge. The horses and knights were wrapped in heavy armor, and the sharp three-meter knight’s lances stood in a row, even though they were still separated from each other. From afar, the feeling of oppression is still suffocating
"Finally here!" Caesar Sauron narrowed his eyes and clenched his fingers.
Now that the crossbow has basically lost its effect, I can only put all hope on the horizontal spear of the special Klee heavy armour. Caesar Sauron took a deep breath of the cold in the air and ordered the messenger behind him.
"Order the cross-spearers of the whole army to front, even if I am the only one left in the whole army, and I must not let the Miaoerdian people step over the bridge."
Captain Samer has begun to straighten the horizontal spears in their hands. They are the last line, ready to fill in the gap in front of them. They not only command the team, but also supervise the team.
The soldiers flee to kill the captain, the captain flees, the flag captain is killed, the flag captain flees! Kill the captain! This is the iron-blooded tradition of the Samor army,
The captains of the Samor Crossspearmen who received the order from the legion looked serious.
"Fishing!" The heavy five-meter horizontal spear was pulled up neatly by the veterans from the dirt under their feet. The bad condition of the crossbowmen around him could not hide their eyes, but as the best heavy horizontal spearman of the Northern Army Brigade,
The moment they heard the order, they still straightened their beloved partner without hesitation. Horizontal spear
They are located in the middle of the entire army. They are the strongest and most experienced veterans. Following the order of the army to guard, they put their shoulders and shields against each other to form a strong skeleton.
This is the decisive formation of the Samor army. With veterans as the middle support, even if the front formation collapses, the veterans can support the skeleton of the entire army with their strong shoulders and will.
Unless the captains in the last row fall, they will fight to death and will never take a step back.
"Tread!" Jun Erdian's reloaded knights’ horseshoes stepped on the edge of the bridge. The three knight captains held flag guns and rushed to the forefront side by side. The sound of heavy horses’ hooves made the entire stone bridge tremble
"Bump!" The thick war horse whizzed and slammed into the Samor army's horizontal spear array. There was a dull crash, the shield shattered, and the corpse wall could not stop the heavy knight weighing half a ton. Impact,
"Stupid Virgias, go to death. The knight smiled grimly. Without hesitation, the spear in his hand plunged into the chest of the cross-spearer, who was full of astonishment.
The strong impact force caused the knight’s spear to explode from the back of the crossspearer. The front row of crossspearers were knocked out without exception, and the dense second row of crossspears plunged into the knight at the same time. "Lock! The excellent rebar armor of the lock knight can easily bounce off the horizontal spear, leaving only white spots on it,
"Zama legs!" The horizontal spearman in the second row stopped when he grabbed the knight and hit the corpse wall. The horizontal spear in the hand hooks to the lower wrist of the knight’s horse, which is the only place where the knight’s horse is not covered by heavy armor
"Sigh!" The three war horses neighed in pain, and the knight and the horse slammed into the piers on both sides of the bridge violently, "Bump. The unprepared knight was thrown into the rolling river, and the heavy armor made them There is no chance to struggle, he grunts to the bottom. "Good job." Caesar Sauron's heavy face is slightly relaxed. Although the method of slashing the horse's hoof with a spear is not fair enough, it can be regarded as a speculative method under special circumstances.
"Touch" the knights in the second row hit the dense gun wall, their horses screamed and blood splashed
Several Samor crossspearers pierced the crossspear from different angles. The strong knight’s heavy armor also has weaknesses. On the sides of the ribs and the joints, in order to ensure that the knight can still maintain good athletic ability in battle, these The parts are all made of soft cotton pads, covered with a layer of mesh iron,
When the horizontal spear is pulled back, it is easy to hook these mesh parts. With the help of a few people, the knight can be easily pulled off the horse by force.
The horse hissed for a while, and several knights were forcibly dragged from the horse by the horizontal spearmen. More and more knights rushed to the bridge. The knights smashed into the array of horizontal spears like a torrent of steel. The people on the stone bridge turned their backs on their horses, and the killing sound shook the sky.
"Hold it! Hold it!" The two sides had already red eyes, and the heavy knight's horse rammed in, knocked the Samor crossspearman into flight, and then was pierced by spears from all directions, and blood was taken from both sides. The body splashed out, killing and being killed, but it was just a change in a blink of an eye,
The cold rain hit the bloodthirsty faces of the soldiers on both sides, and the horses neighed through the stone bridge. Although the Samorians were very tenacious, their horizontal spears pierced intensively, and the cold light flashed, and the knights continued to fall from their horses.
But the knights that keep coming are still like a thick steel blade, constantly squeezing the Samor army apart, tearing it apart, tearing the Moor army's horizontal spear array to pieces, and on the narrow stone bridge, the knight relies on the height of the war horse. With a melee flail or heavy cone waving in his hand, underneath were the tenacious thorns of the Samor soldiers. The heavy horses knocked the Ten Samor soldiers into the ground. The Samor soldiers behind gathered quickly and bravely, the knight’s spear. Piercing their chests, hot red blood was thrown down, but no one retreated, just in exchange for the opportunity to hold the horse back
"Everyone is fighting with these Miaoerdians!" A Samor crossbowman threw the slack and unusable heavy crossbow into the rolling river, then picked up the dead spearman's spear from the ground, and charged with no hesitation. Go up. As long as someone falls, a new soldier will immediately rush up, grab the knight’s leg and spear, and drag them off the horse. The broken spear and the fallen corpse are stacked on top of each other. Apple is in a wrong situation. After that, he quickly invested in two infantry teams again and rescued the remaining 30 knights from the Samor siege.
The rain dripped down, and Appleton's confident expression just now was gone. It was gone. The tenacity of the Samor army made this battlefield veteran also feel heart palpitations.
Spikes, teeth bites, punches and kicks, Samor seems to have turned his entire body into a murderous weapon,
The narrow stone bridge in front is like a monster, constantly devouring his own army. Several times he has seen a breakthrough, but still has not been able to open the situation. Only thirty-eight of the thousand reloaded knights returned, thinking of this, Appleton felt distressed and unbearable, many of them were knights from the Apple family!
The cruel battle continued until the night, when the exhausted Miaoerdian troops had to stop the offensive, and the army rested. The sky was getting dark. After a day, the heavy rain gradually reduced and attacked the Miaoerdian who had been fighting for a day. Camp and rest on the other side of the bridge, the sky full of torches, like the stars in the sky, glowed the black sky red.
In the night, an Ineldian knight holding the acting officer led him into the camp of Caesar Sauron
Caesar Sauron finished reading the letter from Miao Erdian with a cold face, "pop!" patted it on the table, his face was ugly, and the two heads of the flag below looked at Caesar Sauron's ugly face. , I dare not chew for a long time,
The battle in the daytime caused both flag regiments to suffer considerable losses. The Battle of Stone Bridge was the largest battle loss of the Northern Army since the formation of the army. Nearly 7,000 outstanding fighters always arrived at the bridge entrance. Some of their bodies drifted away with the swelling river, and some were messy with the enemy. The cold spring rain made them swollen and pale
Both sides have been exhausted, reloading the horizontal spearman brigade, the spearman troops, the formation disappeared, and the remaining troops are also wounded. It can almost be said that the North Samor army has been censored. People fighting the disabled, and now being able to persist here, is entirely dependent on the firm will to fight and the never-say-defeated Samor army spirit
"Do you know! These Miaoerdians actually want us to surrender!" Caesar Sauron took a deep breath of grief and angrily, and held up the confusing letter, "Shit, ***. Two people. The head of the banner heard that he was persuading to surrender, "If it weren't for the heavy rain today, it really started fighting, I don't know who is afraid of whom!" "
Caesar Sauron sneered at the corner of his mouth and said, "Haha. The other commander said arrogantly in the letter that we should give us a night of consideration. At noon tomorrow, whether we are still willing to surrender or not, we will be crushed to pieces. It’s a pity that my two flag regiments are still on the Kyoto line. Otherwise, I would really like to teach this guy who doesn’t know the heights of the world.”
When Caesar Sauron mentioned the Kyoto line, a banner leader asked timidly, "My lord, how long will it take for our reinforcements to arrive?.
"The letter of assistance has been sent out for six days." Caesar Sauron sighed. "In terms of time, I should have received the letter! But it will take two days to get from Kyoto to here at the fastest, I think We may not have the opportunity to see reinforcements! But I believe that the Governor will definitely help us avenge."
Caesar Sauron’s words caused silence in the big tent,
"Report! An emergency from the Legion Department!" A wind and dusty messenger ran in from the camp gate with muddy water, holding a red letter representing the headquarters of the legion in his hand.
The cover of the letter is engraved with this blooming thorns badge, which represents the fat man’s autograph.
"Legislative Ministry! Your lord’s letter~IndoMTL.com~Caesar Sauron's expression was shocked, and his face showed joy, presumably his letter for help has been delivered to Kyoto,
Caesar Sauron stood up quickly, before the messenger stood up, hurried forward to receive the letter, eagerly picked up the red thorn flower seal, swept through ten lines without turning his eyes, frowning eyebrows quickly relaxed,
After a while of silence, Caesar Sauron suddenly turned around and ordered the two banner leaders behind him, "The whole army pulls out of the camp and retreats to the Yaligor Forest!"
"Retreat". The two heads of the banner looked ugly, wondering if they had auditory hallucinations or Caesar Sauron’s madness. The Yaligo Forest is located ten miles behind the stone bridge. It is a relatively open hilly land, which is only 30 meters high. There is absolutely no advantage to hold on,
Once the stone bridge is abandoned, all the northern barriers will be lost. With only a small hill, the fantasy can stop the Miaoerdians, which is no different from self-destruction.
"Follow the order!" Caesar Sauron's face definitely raised the letter in his hand, saying that he was not on a whim, he did it on a whim, and sternly said, "This is the secret order of the Governor! The main force of the legion is rushing to Yaligo. The forest merges with us, and the Governor has ordered someone to prepare a gift for the people of Inerdian!