Power and Empire Chapter 1678: Road to War (4)
"Woohoo!"
The trombone representing the retreat seemed to be reacting at this time. It was late, amidst the miserable blood, the corpses all over the floor, and the wailing of the wounded, it echoed in the sky like a deliberately stretched breath. , The heavy infantry platoon that has become a tragedy in the front row can’t wait to withdraw backwards. The invincible momentum just now has been replaced by hesitation and fear. The fiasco of the first battle of the siege made Count Remchat prepare to attack Lisbon in one go. Too’s beautiful dream is pierced by cruel reality like soap bubbles,
Three thousand one hundred killed and 530 injured! This **** cruel figure came up with the statistics report, reflecting Remchat’s eyes completely occupied by bloodshots and anger
"Asshole! What the **** is going on!"
Remshat cursed angrily, the feeling of grief and anger, as if he thought that he was a weak girl in front of him, who knew that she hadn't touched the bedside, and the girl suddenly pumped out. A thick-faced rod slapped himself at himself, his gaze was projected to Lisboa, which suddenly erupted like a volcano just now. Nothing has changed too much. The lazy guardian, the listless flag, the only thing that has changed. , That is, a large area of corpses was lying on the 100-meter trail of the city wall. The blood infested the land there. From a distance, it was as if a blood-colored carpet was spread on the ground full of arrow clusters. It was shocking! Remshat could feel a silent panic spreading in his army,
" Everyone, who of you is willing to take Lisboto for the Legion as the front team of the army?" Remchat turned around and asked sharply.
Standing behind Remchart, the Gangfei generals who were clamoring for a long time to lay down Lisboa lost their voices collectively. The scene just now was too scary. No one has ever seen such a dense city wall. With so many shooters, according to the generals’ visual observations, in that short half an hour, the enemy shooters on the wall reached at least 30,000 or more. It was almost like harvesting autumn wheatgrass. Unprepared heavy infantry formation swept and cut,
The troop was awkwardly withdrawn, but those were the 4 squadrons in the back, and the 4 squadrons in the front were the places that suffered the most severe attacks.
The generals also saw the war damage report sent just now, and each of them looked like a wife who had been fucked. Three thousand one hundred people were killed and 530 people were injured. This difference is different from previous war damages. According to the report, in previous battles, the number of wounded soldiers is often greater than the number of killed in battle, but this time, the death toll is six times the number of wounded soldiers. The infantry squadron was completely wiped out. Just look at the face of regiment commander Remshat who wanted to kill.
At this moment, who dares to hum, or send out a sentence or something, the anxious legion commander will ruthlessly let this guy's army become a death squad!
"Why? Am I just not an imperial warlord, afraid to go to a general rebel? "Remshat's heart is bleeding, and he angrily squeezed the entire battle damage report in his hand. The waste paper was thrown heavily on the ground, and his eyes swept over the Gangfei generals who lowered their heads and dared not look at him. Remshat's gaze swept across like a knife, and the Gangfei general who was stared at. Invariably bowed their heads, no one dared to face the situation just now. The heavy infantry in heavy armor couldn't even lift their heads even if they were shot like this, not to mention the light infantry team with insufficient defense.
Master , since we have an absolute advantage in military power, why not wait for the construction of the siege equipment and directly adopt a full-scale attack strategy! "A general just can't help but say it." Although the opponent's shooter is very powerful, But facing the entire defensive line of Lisboa, the attack that the opponent can arrange is bound to be limited, and our army's all-round attack can just offset the opponent's advantage of dense shooters!"
"Wonderful, this is a good way!"
" Let’s take a full-scale attack after a break, my lord, I don’t believe that ordinary people can generate more troops! "This general’s proposal has aroused the approval of other generals
"Well, that's it, the whole army retreats 5 miles to camp"
Remchat reluctantly nodded after thinking about it for a while. Although he wanted to rush in and kill all the Putau rebels, he had to admit that the attack just now made him attack the Duke of Putau. With admiration, this is the best way to deal with the fierce shooting of the general shooter. The army came from a long distance and just suffered a heavy blow. The morale of the army is no longer able to launch a fierce attack. Instead of forcibly driving the soldiers to attack the city, It's better to wait until the rest is over, regain strength, and equip with enough siege equipment, even if Lisboa is an iron city, it can't stop the full blow of its superior forces.
"Long live! We have won!"
There were cheers on the walls of Lisbon’s Too, and the Gangfei army slowly retreating in the distance gave the general army a strong confidence. No one would have thought that the aggressive Gangfei would retreat after being greeted by a single attack. Most of the general soldiers can’t believe their eyes. In their minds, the army of Gang Fei is a symbol of invincibility. If it’s not for money, no one will fight against Gang Fei. You must know that Universal Set is just a small The Principality, while Gangfei is a large empire with an area of more than a dozen general sets, and the combat power of the two armies is not on the same level.
"Long live! We beat Gangfei!"
Putau Duke raised his hand like other ordinary soldiers, his eyes were full of tears, and his expression was awkwardly unconfident. Although with the help of the Falcon Empire army, the 15,000 hybrid fish belly army was destroyed in the battle. His Principality’s 40,000 Gangs are not an army, and the disparity in military strength is not a guarantee from His Majesty Falcon that can make him feel at ease, but everything in front of him shows that Gangs are not invincible! At least they are also afraid of death and sacrifice!
In the afternoon, snowflakes floated in the sky again. A group of Gangfei soldiers came from outside the city, leading a dozen bullock carts with sacks, and the officer leading the group waved to the trembling soldiers behind. Ask the soldiers to stop 200 meters away, raise two hands alone, and walk cautiously
"What does he want to do?" Lidarcus stared at the Gangfei officer who was cautiously below, his legs trembling like a rubber band. The officer finally stopped at a distance of thirty meters. He shouted something in Gangfei to the above, and Lidarcus was a little baffled. Is this guy crazy? A man came to die!
"Gang Fei wanted to use the food in the car in exchange for the corpse of the soldier!" The Duke of Universal read the officer's call, with an inexplicable emotion on his face, under Lidarcus’ confused gaze, Ning Sheng explained, "This is the tradition of Gangfei. They don't want the souls of their soldiers to stay on the foreign land. The bullock carts will put food next to the corpses, and then go back with the corpses full of them!"
"That's it, a courageous young man!" Lidarcus shrugged his shoulders with blinking eyes. "As a general, I can understand what the other person is doing! If it were me, I would agree, but I I’m only responsible for combat, and this is not my decision! I still have some defense matters to be busy with. Gang Fei suffered a big loss this time, and when I come next time, it won’t be so easy!"
The Duke of Putao's face flickered, and the soldiers around were looking at him. The hearts of these people were also drumming. Faced with the pressure of a powerful empire, the soldiers were also at a loss. They were at a loss for Gang Fei. For the country, the temporary victory that universal sets can achieve cannot be fundamentally changed.
Gang must be invincible! This concept has penetrated into the hearts of many generalists in recent years. You can defeat the military and the armed forces once, but in the face of more powerful two or three times, can you still defeat it? A failure that has just endured, but a general set, as long as one failure is forever! Thinking that the last way to make Pu Tao survive is to negotiate peace with Gang Fei, the joy of victory that has just risen in the heart of the Duke Pu Tao has also disappeared. As His Majesty Falcon said, there is no victor in this war!
The content of the conversation in the last meeting flashed in the mind of the Duke Putou, took a deep breath, and said to a guard next to him, "Tell Gang Feiren, we agree!"
"huh"
The surroundings are terribly quiet, and the Duke of Putao can feel the secret voice of his soldiers. "Selecting the battlefield in the near-ruined Lisbonto, in addition to allowing the Putao people to see the hope of the principality from a new perspective, on the other hand However, as far as possible, the possible damage caused by this war and the spread of damage to the general population should be minimized. This war road is full of thorns!"
On the third day of the withdrawal of the troops, after the last reinforcement of 1,500 men returned, Remchart’s Tenth Defeated Corps appeared under the sight of the Lisbon Trophy, with the flag like The sea, the flag of Gangfei flying across the mountains and plains on the opposite side, is like a shadow spreading in the hearts of the general people, making every general person’s face look ugly. The cold wind blows across from the opposite side, rolling the remaining snow and shredded grass in front of them. When it was in midair, then it was thrown down fiercely, shrouding the world in a piece of desolation.
The general military flag on the wall of Lisbon and the **** cross flag on the opposite side were blown by the gale, as if the drum was about to be beaten.
"Go forward, the whole army is pressing!" Remshat reached out his hand and held a piece of broken grass blown by the wind. Following the order, the lined up army of Gang Fei began to move forward as a whole, with heavy steps. At the same time, they landed, the pace was neat, and quickly flooded the land 300 meters in front of Lisboa. With the rhythmic and neat footsteps, the heart of the people was trembling, even the strong walls of Lisboa were trembling, spear Ru Lin, the sea of Gangfei infantry armor is dazzling, and the oppressive force gathered by thousands of people is oncoming.
On the two wings of the infantry phalanx, there are cavalry pulling siege equipment and accessories. They are advancing with the skirmish line. The cavalry group quickly crossed the infantry phalanx and approached the city head of Lisbon To, like a tide. But there was no response quietly. There was another deathly silence. The Gangfei troops, who still remembered the last fiasco, involuntarily slowed down, and some soldiers stopped and watched. The warlord at the back yelled angrily, "Go forward, there are those who retreat, come on!"
At this moment, the Gangfei army heard a strange "buzzing" sound. The sky suddenly darkened, just like the last time. From a distance in the city of Lisbon, a large area of black obscured the sun, and countless rubble instantly turned into raindrops and fell from the sky!
"Attention, trebuchet!"
The soldier yelled in fear, and the infantry in the front seemed to be punched frontally by an invisible giant. In front of countless gravel, the whole person suddenly flew backwards, and his body was Twisted into an unnatural posture in mid-air, turning over and throwing countless blood, like a flower suddenly blooming in the air, the slings launched by heavy and powerful springs can smash through the shields powerfully. For a time, it is located in Lisbon. The trebuchets on both sides of the city wall are like a sudden eruption of a volcano.
Countless rubble flew from the two wings, covering the sky and the sun. In this terrible stone-casting rain, the flesh and blood body protected only by armor and shields was like shredded paper under a heavy blow. The soldiers in the front row were too late to even shout "Help", and even the man and horse were instantly smashed. The tumbling scattered. Between the electric light and flint, it is as if suddenly struck by a violent lightning,
The cavalry men with siege equipment turned their backs on their horses. The cavalrymen were hit by gravel and flew out from the horses, sprayed with blood and soared in the air, screaming as they fell dust from a height. The body was twisted like a twist, and the stone carried a **** flower and smashed the second person into the air; some people were even hit by several stones at the same time. The horse neighed painfully under the rain of countless stones, and the **** flower bloomed in the air. The cavalry screamed and cried. You hit me and squeezed into a ball and trampled on each other. Some people lay down and avoided, but they pulled down their horses for their panicked companions, countless horses hooves stepped on them, and their brains splashed. The cavalry kept falling, the short and sharp horrible screams of death, the wounded horses rolling on the ground, the long screams of horror.
"All armies continue to advance, some retreat from the latter, and cut the general first!"
Remshat shouted coldly, someone tried to turn the horse's head, and was immediately shot and killed by the law enforcement team led by the generals behind! Rush! Rush! Even if the last one is left, give me a blow! The Gangfei generals who received the death order gritted their teeth and shouted with bloodshot eyes, forcing the Gangfei soldiers to move forward like a swarm of ants
The "crack and crack" sound of the machine spring continued, like a flock of birds suddenly flying through the air, and countless boulders fell from the sky with a scream of wind, and fell into the middle of the dense infantry formation like thunder. The infantry didn't even have time to dodge, and there was no shield to withstand this horrible weapon. The masses were smashed into flesh, and their brains splashed. It is the first time that many Gangfei soldiers have seen such a dense stone throwing, and they are all stupid. If it is one or two, they can hide. How can I hide this?
The sense of horror controls the mind of the non-infantry soldier, screaming hysterically, dropping the shield in his hand, holding his head scattered, and the neatly arranged shield wall, torn apart under the intensive blow of the sling,
"Go forward! If you don't want to die, rush forward!" The cavalry formation in front pushed forward against the stone. Although people were smashed down the horse all the time, the huge array was still advancing violently, and the hoof rumbling, like a mountain torrent The tsunami was unstoppable. In an instant, a scream rang out from the front row, and the injured cavalrymen who fell from their horses hugged their heads and avoided everywhere
"My lord, the enemy has entered the 100-meter line!" A Falcon squadron leader walked up the steps of the trebuchet and reported to Lidarcus who was watching the battle on the trebuchet
Lidarcus didn’t reply, he was playing with the gorgeous lookout mirror with red gems in his hand and gold thread pattern on the long handle. This is his personal possession, and it’s the falcon that his Majesty Falcon regards to him. Reward for the first chief naval officer of the empire,
Behind him, the trebucheters were busy pushing the rubble into the trebuchet’s shooting basket. A large number of rubble collected from the city gave the sling rain enough ammunition. Dacus applied for a batch of fuel bombs to His Majesty Falcon, but was rejected by the fat man. The reason for rejection was very good. "The fleet has insufficient space, and there are also safety considerations. It is impossible to bring Thor bombs. With fuel bombs, the empire’s expensive warships will be reimbursed for only one accident!"
"My lord, the enemy has entered 80 meters!" The squadron leader's voice seemed a little hastily, interrupting Lidarcus's sigh. If there are a batch of fuel bombs, these gangsters will have to watch!
"Okay, order the crossbowmen to attack!" Lidarcus put down the observation mirror in his hand and gave the order calmly. Three defensive lines. The trebuchet is just an appetizer. The stone Hugo is quite obvious, although Did not cause extensive damage to the enemy, but has broken up the previous arrangement of Gang Feiren, opening the door to 6,000 murderous imperial crossbowmen.
"Shoot!"
Just one minute after the order was issued~IndoMTL.com~The location of the Lisbon’s firing port was filled with terrible bowstring vibrations, and the rainy arrows, like a rain of light, violently bombarded the sea of people formed by the army. , Splashed with terrifying waves of scarlet blood and screams, 80 meters away, the lethality of the Falcon Infantry Crossbow has been expanded to the limit,
The armor of a non-soldier was shot through like a piece of paper of a single bó. The soldiers fell in pieces. The cavalry rushing up from the two wings became the key targets of the crossbowmen. The galloping cavalry seemed to hit suddenly. A glimpse of the invisible wall
"Ah" The screams were undulating, and countless arrows shot out from the opposite side like flying locusts. The arrow of the crossbow plunged into the armor of the Gangfei cavalry, and the powerful impact went straight through the back of the armor. The dense crossbow arrows were like a sickle wielded by the gods, cutting off the Gangfei cavalry at the waist, and the horse screamed and fell down with arrowheads. /
"Go forward, rush over!"
Gangfei cavalry were advancing in the arrow rain, hoping to rush past with speed, which caused more cavalry to be shot down from war horses before they reached the wall. They didn’t know, the falcon crossbowman on the wall of Lisbon. Equipped with a new pole-loading crossbow, it can be loaded within ten seconds.
"My lord, you can't attack anymore!" In the case of Gang Fei, the generals' bleak expressions are as if they have been stepped on by a thousand horses. A full-scale attack has become a full-scale slaughter. Just a few tens of meters is like an impossible Crossing the dead line, let the Gang Fei 40,000 army hit the head and bleed! (To be continued) [] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. ) Bring @麵豆湯吧@TB小红鸡@神韵有意@小乐鸡@神兽老师