Power and Empire Chapter 1946: Baruta Battle (1)

In the dark night, looking at the town below from the high fortress of Baruta, it is full of bonfires lit by the coalition forces, like a river of stars surrounding the foot of the fortress mountain, almost illuminating half of the outer wall, the coalition forces Captured the first outer wall, which is considered to be a complete siege of Baruta Fortress.

The coalition soldiers set up a fire in the city and cooked food. The wounded soldiers were given priority to be carried into the houses in the city. They fought for a whole day. Everyone was exhausted. The two armies fell into a rare period of peace. Baruta is a military fortress, and the towns derived from this center are not large. It is a medium-sized town. The population is about 5,000 on weekdays, and about 50,000 coalition forces enter the city. , There is no way to hold so many people. The low-ranking soldiers are mainly distributed on the street. Only the officers with status can be assigned to a residence to rest.

In order to prevent a sneak attack, the coalition sent 20,000 people to block the mountain road leading to the fortress.

"The first battle won the opponent’s outer wall. Although there were some losses, it was still a good thing for the coalition forces to inspire the military's spirit. This is the result of the army's fighting." The coalition chief dispatcher Leopold It is specially proposed to hold a celebration banquet in the evening, which was unanimously agreed by the generals

"Falcon Emperor** is nothing more than that"

"Yeah, I thought it was so powerful, it's not a cluster of defeats"

"It seems that it is not that the Falcons are too weak, but that we are too strong! Haha"

At the celebration banquet celebrating the success of the first battle, the generals held wine glasses and cheered loudly for victory. Someone shouted, "A toast, let's take down Baruta tomorrow! Then they went to Buddhism and let the Northern Falcons Go back to the empire! Let our record be the most dazzling in the history of Central Europe!"

"Come to raise a glass! Let the Falcon Empire go to hell, we will have another army to crush tomorrow, and the opponent will collapse." Everyone showed optimism about the situation of the war and raised their glasses in the building where the banquet was held. , It turned out to be the house of the richest man in town.

It's just that the food is a bit monotonous, and the situation in the city has long since run out. The coalition forces occupying the city sorted out all the houses. Nothing! Even if there was one before, before the Falcon Army abandoned the outer wall. They have already been moved out. Fortunately, the generals are all people who are accustomed to eating and sleeping. They don't care about food requirements, but they must have wine!

"Long live. Victory!" Cheers fluctuated.

"Can it be so easy?" The Marquis of Rolla of the Yilila Kingdom put down the wine glass with a solemn expression, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes

"Yes, that's it!" Commander-in-chief Leo Potter narrowed his eyes and looked at all of this, with a smile on his mouth, feeling somewhat satisfied. The Falcon Emperor’s powerful combat power is the entire Central Europe and Pakistan. As far as Luo knew, Leopold had originally worried that the various armies would shirk each other because of this. But now it's fine, the allied generals' fear of the Falcon Army was wiped out because of this battle, such a mentality. Tomorrow, when the coalition forces attack the Baruta Fortress, which is only accessible by a mountain road, they will truly move forward. "

When the sun shines across the sky the next morning, the bright red sun from the east begins to shine on the town below Barruta,

"My lord, the enemy is gathering!"

Salton was awakened by his adjutant. He was on the city wall all night. Hearing the adjutant's words, he immediately stood up, and immediately heard "Sand! Sand!" heavy and slow footsteps. Sound,

The ground seems to be shaking a bit. Following the direction of the adjutant’s finger, he looked towards the entrance of the mountain road, and saw the coalition troops occupying the city below line up, one side after another, the flags waving in the wind, like the red clouds flying above the forest, "It is really urgent. !" Salton clenched his fingers together and looked sharply at the wriggling black outline of the fortress trail,

"My lord, it seems that the coalition forces are trying to repeat the old tricks and consume us first like yesterday, looking for weaknesses!" He heard the adjutant next to him whisper.

"The whole army is ready!"

Salton raised his hand, the fortress was built on the top of the mountain, completely overlooking the entire mountain road, like a huge zigzag

At the top of the line is a heavy infantry phalanx of the Allied Forces, wearing heavy armor, slowly crossing the **** red morning light on the mountain road, behind this heavy infantry regiment, one by one team drove up in order, one by one. Another huge phalanx wriggles tightly and orderly on the mountain path, like a giant snake snake,

"Hey, how many people are there!"

The Falcon Soldiers on the fortress held their breaths invariably. There was no slogan, no sound, but everybody seemed to hear the sound of footsteps. The slinger on the fortress tower began to pull the winch, and the crossbowmen levelled the infantry crossbow in his hand. The mountain road is the real defensive line of the Baruta Fortress. The mountain road can be covered from the Baruta Fortress, and the soldiers are silent. Watching, the rhythmic rustle of footsteps, the silence is chilling, and there seems to be only a stern horn in the direction of the town below.

"Stay steady!, don't worry"

On the sling tower, the captain looked at the soldier holding an axe in his hand and waiting for the next order to cut the rope and shouted loudly,

"Go forward!"

The coalition forces on the mountain road were like a rainbow, and the advancing queue trampled on the branches and shrubs along the way, and the mist covered the sky. Tens of thousands of infantrymen held shields and expelled huge squares. In the array, the bright red sun was shining brightly on the armor of the Allied forces.

The heavy infantry squeezed their spears tightly, and breathed violently. His face looked serious and cold.

"It's 300 meters, my lord!" The adjutant carefully reminded Salton, who has not given the order.

"It's 250 meters..." The adjutant's face was a little tight, and the crossbowmen on the fortress crenel were beating fiercely. No matter who faced the enemy like the sea, they felt it from the bottom of their hearts. When the opponent was strong, he couldn't help but feel weak. What's more, the morale of the coalition forces who broke through the city wall yesterday, unabashedly put out all their strength, the ranks are like the spreading wings of a giant bird, swallowing Baruta with great momentum.

"Attack, rush up and attack!"

The coalition soldiers shouted, and the heavy infantry began to accelerate, lowering their spears, and rushing forward holding their shields. The momentum is amazing, like a flash flood and a tsunami, you want to destroy the fortress wall with one blow! Thousands of turbulent arrivals, under the shining of the blood-red sunlight at dawn, the coalition forward was less than 100 meters away from the fortress. The infantry line is like a long line that collapses and accelerates rapidly.

"Shoot!"

A white light exploded above the fortress, and crossbow arrows struck down like a storm. In an instant, the first row of allied soldiers was crushed by this terrible counterattack momentum, and the line in front of them was still moving forward, and the arrows fell one after another. A terrible sound resounded across the sky

"Go ahead!" The narrow mountain road prevented the coalition forces from dispersing with all their strength, and the soldiers in the first five rows and ten rows were beaten to a rage. But there were still dozens of private troops standing like a mountain in the follow-up. The military flag is like a sea, and it feels like being attracted by a maelstrom. The steel is slashing fiercely, screaming and howling is creepy

"Tapling machine!" Salton raised his hand. The coalition forces are obviously using a deep and wide infantry battle formation to kill the counterattack force of the fortress, but the coalition forces will soon discover that their dense queue is a disaster! . The trebuchets of the fortress began to show off, and there was a crackling sound of the rope breaking, and small black dots flew up into the sky.

"Attention. It's the opponent's sling!"

The coalition soldiers who were leaning against the city wall paused for a while. Although they are heavy infantry, the trebuchet is powerful enough to kill with one blow. No one can be hit by a trebuchet without any damage, in solid armor. It's no use, hundreds of kilograms of high-quality iron armor is completely shattered like paper in a single blow in front of the sling.

Flying clusters of arrows continue to shuttle between the two sides, carrying arcs of death one by one, crossing the sky like locusts and shooting into the queue of soldiers,

Allied soldiers shouted hoarsely, several black lines collided in front of the fortress wall,

The sky-shaking fighting sound reverberated through the sky, and the bright red blood infested the earth with a blood red, hitting "the arrow shot from above hit the shield in the hands of the heavy infantry, and it bounced off with a crisp sound, and many soldiers in the back row I was shot by the arrowhead falling from the top of my head and let out a scream, bending down from the formation in pain

"Wait for all to go up, who dare to run back, I was the first to kill him!" A coalition officer squatted halfway on the ground covered with mud and blood, blocking his body with a huge shield in his hand. While pulling out the heavy spears from the ground, they shouted to the men who stood up and squatted in the same posture, "Who is the first to rush to the wall, I will promote him to captain"" The whole row of heavy infantry stood up , Let out a fierce roar, just as the words fell, "Hoo" a harsh whistling sound crossed the top of the head, almost covering the shouts of the soldiers,

'Papa', a round slingshot, plunged into the queue behind like a shooting star, crushing a **** road on the bodies of several soldiers,

"Attention, spread out!"

The officer yelled in panic, and countless slings smashed down fiercely, like a bowling ball hit by a huge iron ball, screaming one after another.

At this moment, the billowing stone bullet was like a sickle swung by the death god. The rolling stone slammed into the pile of people, the pieces of meat flew across, and the dead groaned. Thousands of elites were all lying on the ground at this moment, and the heavy infantry armor on their bodies was twisted and deformed in the heavy hit. The heavily armored warriors who had just been surviving had become corpses lying on the ground.

"Retreat!"

The troops in the front were a little confused, but the mountain road was too narrow, crowded with people, the people in front ran backwards, the people behind ran forward, the people in the middle didn’t even know where to go, killing Continued, screams came and went one after another. The assaulting heavy infantry was like a moth that pounced on the raging fire.

"My lord, Lord Boyev of the Front Army requested to evacuate!" A messenger cavalry came galloping in

"Please refuse to ask! Tell Mr. Bowev that the road is too narrow and other troops cannot give them a way out!" Allied Commander Leopold said with a grim expression, "Hold on, there is only one road, just like them If you can’t attack, then give way!"

"My lord, Lord Boyev was killed in action. The forward army collapsed! The second echelon went up!" Soon after, the cavalry came rushing again.

"Well, I see! I'm sorry for the death of Lord Boyev," Leopold frowned slightly, with a whip in his hand, his face solemnly looked at the other generals, and said sadly, "Necessary The loss is inevitable, as the second wave of offensive is in full swing. The strength of the fortress’s counterattack will quickly weaken. This kind of stone bomb is not something that can be launched for a long time. First, there are not so many. Cobblestone, on the other hand, the catapult cannot withstand the pressure of continuous firing. If the army is withdrawn at this time, all efforts will be lost!,

Just as he was speaking, the slings from the fortress suddenly became loose

"Master Leo Potter is really looking like a torch!" The generals of the coalition army agreed, at this time in front of the Baruta Fortress. The coalition's attack line is being hit hard. Finally pushed under the fortress wall, they were greeted by the hurricane tomahawk heavy infantry, known as the killing machine, among the Nord soldiers.

Allied soldiers climbing up the wall. They didn't even have time to catch their breath, they were knocked out of the city by the overwhelming throwing axe. The shiny battle axe was violently attacking from all directions, and the clang of fighting and weapon collision. The white feathers on the heads of coalition officers kept floating in the rain of blood. The burly, heavily armored Nord Hurricane Axe made some terrified coalition troops retreat in a panic, and the pale-faced soldiers ran backwards in a panic, although they were immediately killed by the officer on the spot. After all, it is a bad signal. A harbinger of the collapse of the front.

"The second wave of offensive was blocked! The enemy counterattacked very fiercely!"

Frontline scouts bring new news,

"Is it because my estimate was wrong? The Falcons didn't suffer a serious damage yesterday?" Leo Potter looked at the front battlefield hesitantly, following a distance of hundreds of meters. It can also be seen that the infantry team occupying the city head was violently driven down by the opponent, and many soldiers jumped down from the city head in a panic.

"Forget it, I don't want this. It's not a fake that our army has the advantage. The third wave, the fourth wave, all bet!" Leo Potter waved his hand and shouted to the cavalry behind him.

The sound of a trombone representing a full-scale attack came from the direction of the main array,

"Stand up! Attack!" a coalition heavy infantry captain yelled, "Wow," the sound of a piece of metal armor rubbing, and countless spears were raised. The polished steel shield shone with a red halo under the sunlight, like a layer of shimmering river surface.

"One, two, one, two" came from under the siege vehicle with turbulent and neat shouts. The huge siege vehicle was slowly leaning by the creaking sound, and the soldiers below were holding their shields. , Wriggling like a swarm of ants, amid the sound of neat steps, tens of thousands of heavily armed infantry lined up in square formations followed the slogan, followed by the tall giant-like siege tower, slowly moving up the mountain road,

"My lord, the enemy is preparing to suppress the whole army." The adjutant’s tone is a bit weird.

"Well, I saw it!" Salton's face also looked unnatural, as Vikia Falcon said. . . Just deliberately release water on the insignificant outer wall, the other party really arranged it like this, they regret it! "Salton's outer wall battle yesterday was not a full-fledged operation at all. In His Majesty Falcon's instructions, the outer wall was mentioned as a decoy for the coalition forces to attack the array with all their strength. Salton was also skeptical at first. It’s already shocking, it’s impossible to add to it,

During the Civil War in Ikadiva, the Vickia Falcon was invincible and powerful. Many people attribute it to the excellent weapons of the Falcon Army. The famous generals who have fought deathly against the Falcons know very well that the most terrifying thing about the Vickia Falcon is not the heinous combat power of the Falcon army, but the Vickia Falcon’s strategic layout like a god, always able to hold each other Then, using various factors, the enemy’s commanders stepped into various death traps unknowingly, so that when the generals of various countries mentioned that they wanted to fight against the Vicia Falcon, they were silent.

In the fortress, fill it in! "With a loud shout, next to dozens of temporarily assembled small stone slingers, the soldiers hurriedly piled cloth bags into the projectile blue of the sling, and more than ten shirtless and strong slingers. Pull the winch hard with both hands, out of "Ga Ga." Churn,

"Launch!"

As the commander waved down, "Huh!" Hundreds of wine-bottle-sized cloth bags were suddenly ejected, completely scattered like a goddess scattered flowers from a high place into the dense crowd of two armies. Go down.

"Attention, sling!" The coalition's voice seemed a bit hysterical. The tragedy was still in the hearts of the coalition soldiers. Only a burst of shattered items was heard. The cloth bag flying down from the air hit the body and the shield was hit. , On the ground, countless pungent powders are floating around,

"This is?" Leo Potter who saw this scene in the distance was stunned~IndoMTL.com~The other generals don’t know what happened, what’s going on, is it snowing

"Ah, my eyes!" Suddenly a soldier yelled. The coalition soldiers crowded below the fortress amounted to 20,000 to 30,000. Thousands of bags of quicklime were hit on their bodies. The lime was scattered and the soldiers' eyes were covered. Irritating tears, unable to open,

Many soldiers covered their eyes and screamed in pain. They rolled around on the ground. There was a white irritant powder everywhere. They couldn't see anything. The soldiers whose eyes were burned by quicklime ran around in pain. The scene was completely impossible. Control, there are soldiers covering their eyes and drew swords and hacked,

In the chaos, I don’t know who shouted "It’s the incendiary of the Falcon Army!"

Wow, it was completely messed up immediately. The soldiers ran backwards madly. The incendiary name of the Falcon Army’s incendiary was still above the Thor, and it was hit by Thor, at most it was crippled, the most serious That is to say, it becomes a pile of minced meat, but if it is splashed by the incendiary bomb of the Falcon Army, it will burn until you turn into coke. The pain of the heart is to imagine that you can feel the hairs rising

"Order the whole army to retreat!" Leo Potter watched as the troops in front disintegrated like a landslide, and the troops who had just been dispatched from behind were also shocked. He had no choice but to give up this attack.