Power and Empire Chapter 1463: Showdown (4)
In the northwest of Obaro in November, it is rare to see dry and cold for several consecutive days. The dew on the plain turns into **** frost in the morning, the sun’s light is even dim, the whole land is shrinking, and the clouds in the distance Below,
The high mountain peaks have been covered with white first snow, and the damp woods are silent, as if the world is frozen at this moment,
A variegated finch in the forest screamed mildly and timidly. In the light sand-like fog, it had already revealed signs of a severe winter. The war is approaching, and the footsteps of the goddess of war can even be heard clearly,
The sun just shined through the clouds, and the milky white mist enveloped the earth. Under the breeze, the mist slowly dissipated, gradually rising from the ground, and finally disappeared, and the world suddenly became clear and clear. Too much,
On the flat meadow in northern Normandy, the line of sight is very clear, and you can see almost anywhere ten miles away. On the edge of the connection between the sky and the earth, you can vaguely see the rolling clouds,
Scott, commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Empire of the Empire, sat on the horse, staring at the vast wilderness that was about to enter, beside him, a team of soldiers dressed in the coat of arms of the Fifth Empire was fighting. The robes of the Gaul Empire light cavalry are swiftly riding past,
Behind him, a team of infantry with Empire-style tower shields appeared. The towering spears were like the cold light that suddenly appeared on the edge of the wilderness. At the front of the queue, the Fifth Legion was embroidered with golden tassels. The magnificent battle flag, a lion and a spear, marched in order in an orderly manner, like a long black dragon spreading across the edge of the plain. Under the cold wind, the sky was full of banners hunting and fluttering.
This is the vanguard withdrawn from the northwestern region. The Third Infantry Regiment arrived first. The news that brought it shocked Hu Keqili, who had just moved into the border, and was about a hundred miles behind the vanguard. , Is an army with as many as 10,000 people withdrawn from the northwestern Slavic region.
among these people. There are only 10,000 real combat personnel, most of them are the families of soldiers, merchants with the army, forging craftsmen, and even more than 10,000 slaves. The complexity of personnel makes the queue very unorganized, with 150,000 people walking along the long distance. The retreat line pulled out a long line for hundreds of miles from north to south,
According to the report of the officer who went to deliver the order, the delivery of the order was not ideal. The order to abandon the Slavic region and withdraw all of them to the country is tantamount to asking them to be thorough for the Fifth Army, whose sphere of influence is mainly outside the border. Throwing away everything that has fought for it, the legion commanders have a lot of controversy about this. They held several decisive meetings for several days, and finally decided to agree to the implementation by voting.
But even so, it still caused a lot of turmoil,
The officers of the Julius family, who are the majority, chose to execute the order, and a small number of officers from the non-Julius family turned into threats with soldiers, refused to execute the retreat order, and demanded to remain in the garrison position. Waiting for an official order from the Empire,
In consideration of the stability of the legion and the tight time limit, the deputy commander of the legion Xavier finally agreed to the request of these officers and agreed that these officers should stay in place as the troop of the army, and bring other troops back.
This led to the fact that the army of Slavs that had been expected to follow behind did not appear. The Slavs obviously did not respond to the sudden movement of the Fifth Army of the Empire,
"Your Majesty, the plan has made some small accidents!" Hu Keqili, who felt wrong, rushed to the mansion where the fat man was, and reported the situation to the fat man, because he must fully command the defense of the northern border, the command point of the fat man, Less than fifty miles away from the fortress just built on the northern border,
"Approximately how many people are staying? The fat man is reviewing a paper, and he raises his head indifferently and asks
" There are still 35,000 people left in place, including 10,000 combat troops," Hu Keqili said solemnly.
"It's only ten thousand people, it won't last long!" The fat man raised his eyebrows, closed the file in his hand, and said in a relaxed tone
The worries of " subordinates are that once these people who stayed report the matter to the empire, I am afraid that the whole plan will be exposed in advance!"
" The Slavs did not move because they have not yet figured out the situation. In fact, I am looking forward to them reporting the matter to the Gaul Empire and withdrawing the Fifth Army. But the Gaul Empire’s own orders, you may also feel it. Okay"
"What does your majesty mean?" Hu Keqi was taken aback for a moment
"This winter is a tough winter!" The fat man's voice stopped, and he glanced at the sky with white light outside the window. "The cold will make the Slavs move like a pack of wolves. On the contrary, it is equivalent to telling the opposite Slavs who died in the cold that there are no more troops on the borders of the rich Gaul Empire. If you were a hungry and panicking Slav, what would you do?"
" Of course, no matter what is in front of you, you have to fight to the death! "Hu Keqili has a look on his face. The Gaul Empire is really clever but was mistaken by cleverness."
" That’s right, we are the sea of fire! "The fat man’s mouth smiles slightly." If the Slavs go south, we will be the first to bear the brunt. I think the Gaul Empire thinks the same way. Unfortunately, they will regret the discovery! In fact, without crossing us, the Slavs can easily enter the hinterland of the Gaul Empire! On the contrary, we are unscathed. This is a gift we prepared for the Gaul Empire. This winter, They will not feel lonely!"
"That is indeed a sea of swords and fire!" Hearing the fat man's analogy, thinking of the solid defense of the northern border, even a fierce general like Hu Keqili expressed helpless emotions. He really couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know how to choose this. How did a guy who has never been in war come up with it? In just one month, the northern border has been built like an iron barrel. After a month of construction, it was picked up on the northern border according to the fat man’s orders. A long wall barrier with an average height of more than a station meter, with a length of about 200 miles, like a gate blocking the road from the north to the northwest region
Behind this long wall, the Southern Army of the Falcon Kingdom has 10,000 troops, the Central Army’s 10,000 troops, plus the 10,000 people of Salong, a full 100,000 elite army, forming a three-story inside and outside Line of defense,
The inside of the long wall is a flat area where the army is stationed. Various defensive materials are piled up like a mountain. Outside the long wall are three dry moats built several meters deep in accordance with the undulating hilly terrain.
The width of these three moats is more than a meter, and the inside is full of spikes inserted upside down. The foremost one is 100 meters away from the city wall. It is mainly used to restrict the movement of the opponent's large-scale infantry group and large siege equipment. If the opponent wants to attack the city, it must fill the moat with the fierce catapult of the Falcon Army. The second defense of Ping is set at a position of 50 meters, where the crossbow shooter can shoot through the opposite heavy armored unit, and the last one is less than two meters away from the city wall.
This is the real killer feature
Because of the support of crude oil, once the opponent desperately breaks through the front two defensive lines and the army approaches the city wall, the defending army will dump the crude oil from the wall and ignite it with fire. Even if the opponent is made of iron and steel, it will be burned. But the shooter on the wall can easily kill the enemies in the circle of fire one by one, and the opponent is only staring. This feeling of helplessness is enough to make any enemy feel shocked. If necessary, you can even use crude bombs. Directly destroy the large-scale siege equipment that the opponent pushed to the city after all the hard work
"It is impossible to predict the number of Slavs this time, and my subordinates are afraid that they will...
. . . "Hu Keqili has always been cautious, and hesitated to express whether we should also transfer Crolithart's Western Army.
A glimmer of cold light flashed in Fatty’s eyes, and his lips curled slightly. This is the second time Hu Keqili has invited the Western Army to fight! He deliberately pretended not to hear the meaning, and said, "Could it be that your Hu Keqili will be timid?"
" No, it’s just that the subordinates have never fought with the Slavs, and everything about the other party is unknown to the subordinates. "Hu Keqili quickly lowered his head and said with an awkward face." The battle is about to come, and I can learn more about the enemy. Points, the odds of winning are even bigger! And when it comes to wilderness combat, the mobility of the Sina Corps is a huge advantage."
"What you said is indeed a problem." The fat man nodded nonchalantly and said, "The situation of the Slavs that I learned from Julius Faubourg is roughly the same. The Slavs' military equipment is generally still in light armor. In the initial stage of the infantry, the main weapons of infantry equipment are the single-handled battle axe and the small buckler. In the battle, the infantry is the main type, and there are light cavalry similar to safari. The queue is scattered and likes to rush up. If the battle is unfavorable, Morale will be low and there will be a large number of escapes,
"Actually, I am considering whether it is more appropriate to take the initiative!" The fat man's voice stopped and touched his nose. "Julius Faubourg once laughed and told me that several times, he was The Slavs’ coalition forces were pressed to a desperate situation by taking advantage of the characteristics of the Slavs’ fear of death and using the tight assault formations of the imperial army. The expansion eventually caused the Slavic army to shake in an all-round way and win more with less!"
" So, Slavs are afraid of breakthrough tactics in the middle? "Hukoqili showed a comprehensive expression,
" It should be so! "The fat man picked up the scroll on the table and turned it over, as if he was confirming something, rubbed his temples, and sighed." About the tactics, you can talk to the retracted Fifth Legion. They have fought the Slavs for more than ten years. We still think about the current problem. There are 150,000 more mouths to eat. Normandy’s food should be tense again.
A month ago, I asked the Admiralty to suspend the transportation of commerce and trade. Instead, all the transport ships were used to transport grain. According to the current hoarding quantity, we can probably support it until January next year.
But if the troops are transferred from the Western Army, food will be a big problem! I know that several of you are complaining about the cold reception that Crolitha is currently suffering from, but the Western Army is not not participating in the war, but their combat time has not yet arrived! "
"It turns out that the subordinates are too reckless!" Hu Keqili's forehead is full of sweat beads. As Crolithart's friend, the current situation of Crolithart's Western Legion is really worrying. The Falcon First Army was completely abandoned in the mountains of Dorok. It’s a pity that it has not participated in several wars. It has caused a lot of speculation in the imperial military. The five big brothers are the imperial military. Veteran, every honor is glorious, and every disgrace is humiliation!
There have been too many examples showing that the fat man’s crow’s mouth is very effective,
As the main force of the Fifth Army withdrew, the empty Fifth Army garrison quickly attracted the attention of the opposite Slavs. The long wall project that was being built was stopped, the number of sentries was seriously insufficient, and there were many sentries. Both the tower and the control points were abandoned. The more than 30,000 people who stayed behind, apart from internal problems, as expected, they reported the withdrawal of the main force to the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs and requested immediate reinforcements from the Ministry of Military Affairs. The emissaries from His Majesty the Emperor arrived before the people were sent out, and the orders they brought made everyone’s hearts fall directly into the ice cave,
to withdraw, it turned out to be an order from His Majesty the Emperor!
The more than 30,000 people who stayed panicked. During this time, more and more Slavs gathered in the periphery, and some small groups of enemies began to become bolder and bolder. Finally, in the freezing cold of November The Slavs moved,
"Enemy attack!"
The warning from the forward scouts of the Gaul Empire turned into a scream in the next second.
An earthen gun pierced his warm chest accurately. The guns continued to fly in like rain, and screams rang out in the patrol one after another.
" Attention, the Slavs are coming up! "The soldiers of the Fifth Legion who were attacked quickly gathered to form a circular defensive circle. The shield players with swords in one hand and shield in the other automatically stood at the outermost periphery, counting The ten-sided square imperial tower shield automatically formed a square array, and the half-squatting archer shot back at the depths of the dense forest from the upper part of the shield. Throwing guns overturned like a torrential rain. Even with the protection of the phalanx, the soldiers in the inner circle kept falling down.
Watching the soldiers fall down one by one, the leader of the team's eyes reddened. In front of the previous imperial army, these Slavic natives ran faster than rabbits, but in less than ten days, they had gone from being bold. His prying developed into an attack, and he roared in the phalanx, "Hurry up, rush up! Get me out of those **** who hurt people with secret arrows!"
thirty or so soldiers with imperial swords roared, and suddenly launched a charge behind the dense bush forest. They were originally heavily armed infantry, but because the weather was too cold and logistics were almost cut off, these soldiers became light infantry, which did not change their sturdy style. Three soldiers fell to the ground during the impact, but the others bravely rushed to the jungle where they shot the guns
The Slavs in the dense forest resisted equally firmly. They bravely killed with simple javelins and sharp swords. In the muddy ground of the cold northern jungle, people on both sides kept splashing blood, screaming, and falling to the ground. No one backed up, his arm was chopped off and he switched to holding a sword, his shoulder was broken by a wooden stick, gritted his teeth and rushed forward, and a person's leg was interrupted, rolling on the muddy ground and continuing to wield his weapon to chop. The enemy's legs.
This team-level encounter quickly attracted other troops from both sides, "Archer, come on! Solve them!"
The imperial archers responded with a bang, began to draw the bow, and were about to move forward.
With a roar of "Wow", hundreds of Slavs emerged from the dense forest on all sides, holding up javelins and sticks, and besieging them fiercely. The 30 or so Gaul soldiers who left the queue desperately Ran back, but was surrounded by hundreds of Slavs with wooden clubs and roared,
"Ah" screamed frequently, and there were lights and shadows of weapon-wielding everywhere. It was difficult to get in every step of the way. One by one was beaten to blood and blood, brains burst, and screams sounded intensively.
"Rush up!" The Gaul soldiers in the brigade also leaned hard to meet them, but were blocked by hundreds of Slavs desperately. The two sides fought fiercely, and every second someone splashed blood and fell. .
"Go forward, for the empire!"
The distance between them and the besieged soldiers is less than 30 meters. Both sides can see each other's shouts, but they can't get close. It seems that if the brigade can't wait for the response, those soldiers will lose their casualties!
"Come on!" On the other side of the jungle, thousands of soldiers from the Gaul Empire rushed out from the reinforcements. This chaotic situation made the brains of the commanders on both sides "boom" in an ambush. !"
More and more troops were involved in this sudden eruption whirlpool, the conflict of a hundred teams eventually evolved into a battle of thousands of people,
This unexpected war was ignited in this way. The commanders of the remaining troops were completely stunned, and the Slavs opposite them were also stunned. They were frightened by Julius Faubourg.~IndoMTL.com ~No one knows if this is a trap, but the commander of the left-behind troops naturally thinks that this is a general attack by the Slavs
"For the glory of the empire, we must fight to the death!" the officer shouted in the emergency meeting
"The empire's order is to retreat, do you want everyone to die here?" Someone said in a irritating tone
"Even if you want to leave, you have to repel this attack!"
Various voices made the whole meeting like a farce. The reinforcements were too late, and the warring troops in front were finally overwhelmed and collapsed.
This time the Slavs understood that the butcher of Julius Fort is not there, and the main force of the Fifth Legion is not there, otherwise this will never happen,
"Kill! Kill the Gauls!" The Slavs waved their weapons and rushed towards the defense area of the Fifth Army. The crowds were rolling in.
In the dense forest where the jī war broke out, the sound of fighting disappeared, and the dense forest in late autumn became silent again. It was so quiet that you could hear the chirping of birds, the ticking of rain dripping from the trees, and the wounds. The person groaned softly on the ground.
In the late autumn afternoon, the pale sun weakly penetrated the leaves into the dense forest, shining spots on the green moss, on the puddle of water, and on the young and pale faces of the war dead. (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Team@偶氏尊尊] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. ) Bring @杀杀人跳舞