Heart of Empire Chapter 246: All out

The red scarf sand bandits are most famous for their extremely fast speed.

Verina has only heard of the name of the Red Scarf Sand Bandit Cavalry, and she has not taken special precautions before. However, the reason why I can feel something is wrong when the opponent is still far away, when the yellow sand rolling with the team's gallop is still all over the field of vision, making it difficult to see clearly, is purely because of some kind of experience.

Being able to make a correct judgment just from the sand and dust stepped on by the army marched, which undoubtedly proved Verina's ability.

Facing the soldiers who had already formed a defensive formation, these cavalrymen with scimitars did not attack rashly, but whizzed around and beat horses around.

If you are still queuing up to enter the city gate, I am afraid that with the hundreds of people stranded outside facing the sand bandit cavalry, they will definitely be stabbed severely by those guys who are very good at seizing opportunities. With a knife, he might even be chased into the city by these cavalrymen.

Although the north gate has not been closed yet, the more than 400 soldiers of the garrison corps who are still outside the city no longer dare to go further into the city. Surrounded by these cavalry gates, rash actions can easily be seized to launch a round of assault, causing quite bad consequences. They could only carefully form a fairly meticulous defensive formation, guarding against the cavalry outside.

In fact, there were only about six or seven hundred sand bandit cavalry around. Although there are a lot of people, the most powerful part of the Sand Bandit Cavalry is not at all to attack the enemy's formation and fight head-on. Using the Sand Bandit Cavalry in this way is equivalent to using the blade to chop stones.

What makes them great is their powerful mobility and endurance, and their ability to break through in chaotic battles. Not many arms can defeat them in mobile warfare.

When the soldiers of the garrison formed a defensive formation, these red scarf sand bandits really might not be able to overwhelm them.

These cavalry are now just circling around the defensive soldiers around the city gate, blowing whistles from time to time, creating continuous pressure on the defenders, but they never take the initiative to launch an attack .

Verina, who was standing on the top of the wall, looked very nervous. She could see the enemy's purpose: to use these hundreds of cavalry as a deterrent!

"Legion commander... what should we do now?" Even Palan next to him could see this, "The enemy's large army is coming, and they will definitely attack the cities. Let's Lieutenant Colonel Hypia brings those troops who have not had time to enter the city, so hurry up and come in before the enemy's army arrives."

"No." Verina shook her head, "Once the soldiers under our city move, those light cavalry will immediately seize the opportunity to charge up. At that time, it will be difficult for the soldiers retreating into the city to stop them The impact of the opponent, if they rush into the city, it will not be so easy to drive out."

"Then..." Palan said in disbelief, "League Commander... you... don't you want to close the city gate directly regardless of the people below?"

The reason why Palan showed such an unbelievable look was because the idea he had just now was completely inconsistent with Verina's usual warm and strong appearance and style. The decision of life is simply cruel.

Verina didn't speak, but silence at this moment was equivalent to an answer.

Of course, she has not issued this cruel order yet, but in fact, she has already considered this issue in her mind.

She doesn't want to do this, and her charm to soldiers and subordinates in the past is not fake, not to mention loving soldiers like children, at least not as a last resort, and she is not willing to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of people for nothing this kind of thing.

However, she is a qualified battlefield commander.

In the battle for the defense of Shawan Harbor that is likely to break out, the North Gate must not be lost. She has given up the inner city and the stronghold outside the city, and her ultimate goal is to stick to this gate.

There is no room for loss at the North Gate! Compared with this goal, the lives of hundreds of soldiers are far less important.

The reason why she has not issued the order to close the city gate is that she is still waiting. She wants to see if there will be any changes in the following things

Momentum for the better.

The final result is still not there.

Ten minutes later, the captain of the harbor guard in the city, Biltz, had already rushed to the city gate with several hundred of his men, and started fighting with Verina's line of defense on the street south of the gate. Outside the city gate, the large army under the smoke and dust also appeared.

Standing on the top of the city, Verina looked over at a glance. The army from Malone Manor had at least 2,000 people. The total number is close to 3,000, and including the port guards behind them, the total strength has definitely exceeded 3,000.

Palan, the legion commander's adjutant, lost his composure and yelled: "******! This guy Ma Long pulled out all the soldiers from his lair, right? Three thousand people?! Oh my God!"

Verina also has 2,000 people in her hand, but the concepts between the two are completely different. Fortunately, the port guards in the city ~IndoMTL.com~ Everyone has been fighting in Shawan Port for two or three months, and they know each other well. But these Ma Long's troops under the city are all out-and-out warriors! In terms of the quality of individual soldiers and the combat quality of the legion, I don't know how much higher it is than Verina's garrison army!

Seeing such a comparison of strengths, Verina knew that she would definitely not be able to hold on. If the entire Shawan Port can be relied upon, the two sides may still be able to fight, but the main force of Ma Long is in the front, and there are hundreds of port guards in the city behind who are also against them. It is too difficult to defend the city with a northern gate.

"Three days." Verina suddenly spit out two words, and she didn't know who she was speaking to, or she simply said it to herself: "Just hold on for three days."

If it lasts for three days, it is not an impossible task, but it still seems very difficult.

The three or four hundred soldiers brought by Hypia under the city, who hadn't had time to enter the city, were visibly shaken after seeing the thousands of enemy troops outside. Especially when six cannons were launched from the opponent's army formation, it was even more frightening.

"Boom!" It was not the opponent's artillery that showed its power first, but the two defensive cannons placed at the top of the city.

With such a long distance, even the cannons erected high on the city wall are obviously not within range. This round of shelling just represents a little symbolic meaning and calms down the soldiers—we also have artillery.

But how much practical significance can it have? God knows. (To be continued.)