Power and Empire Chapter 1678: Road to War (4)

"Woohoo!"

The trombone that represents the retreat seemed to be reacting at this time. It was long overdue. Amidst the miserable blood, the corpses all over the floor, and the wailing of the wounded soldiers, it seemed like a deliberately stretched gasp. Reverberating in the sky, the tragic heavy infantry queue in the front row can’t wait to retreat. The invincible momentum just now has been replaced by hesitation and fear.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 for once. The beautiful dream of breaking through Lisboa is pierced by cruel reality like soap foam,

Three thousand one hundred were 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 was like a weak girl who thought she was in front of her. Who knew that she hadn't touched the bedside, and the girl suddenly pulled out a thick one. Faced with a fat beating against himself, his gaze fell on Lisboa, which suddenly erupted like a volcano just now. Nothing has changed too much. Lazy guards, no flags, the only change. Yes, 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 carpet of blood was spread on the ground full of arrows. It was shocking. ! Remshat could feel a silent panic spreading in his army,

"Everyone, who of you wants to take Lisboa for the Legion as the front team of the army?" Remchat turned around and asked sharply.

The Gangfei generals who stood behind Remchat and clamored to take down Lisboa for a long time lost their voices. The scene just now was too scary. No one has ever seen such a dense city wall. With so many hands, according to the generals' visual observation, in that short half an hour, the enemy hands on the wall reached at least 30,000 people. It's like harvesting autumn wheatgrass, sweeping and cutting the unprepared heavy infantry formation,

The troops were withdrawn in embarrassment, but those were the 4 squadrons in the back, and the 4 squadrons in front were the places that suffered the most severe attacks.

The generals also saw the battle damage report sent just now, and each of them looked like a wife who was fucked. Three thousand one hundred people were killed and 530 people were injured. This difference is different from the previous battle. Damage report. In previous battles, the number of wounded soldiers was often greater than the number of killed in battle, but this time, the death toll was six times the number of wounded soldiers. This is almost the same as the four most advanced heavy infantry in the entire corps. The squadron is completely destroyed, just look at the face of the regiment commander Remchat who wants to kill.

At this moment, who dares to hum more, or send out a sentence of emotion or something. The desperate legion commander will ruthlessly let this guy's army become a death squad!

"Why? Am I just not a fierce general of the empire, a general rebel who is afraid to go?" Remshat's heart was bleeding, and he angrily squeezed the entire battle damage report in his hand. It became a waste paper dumped heavily on the ground, and his eyes swept over the Gangfei generals who lowered their heads and dared not look at them. Remshat’s gaze swept across like a knife, and the general Gang Fei who was watched by his gaze lowered his head in unison. No one dared to face the situation just now. The heavy infantry in heavy armor was even so lifted by the head of the heavy infantry. Sorry. Not to mention their inadequate light infantry team.

"My lord, since we have an absolute advantage in military power, why don't we wait for the siege equipment to be built. We directly adopt a full-scale attack strategy! "A Gang Fei general can't help but say it." Although the opponent's shè hand 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 hands!"

"Wonderful, this is a good way!"

"A full-scale attack after taking a break, my lord, I don’t believe that ordinary people can make more troops!" This general’s proposal aroused the approval of other generals.

"Okay, that's it, the whole army retreats 5 miles to camp"

Remchart reluctantly nodded after thinking about it for a while. Although he wanted to rush in and kill all the rebels, he had to admit that the attack just now made him attack the Duke of Putao. With admiration, this is the best way to deal with the ferocity of the generalists. The army has come from a long distance and has just been hit hard, and the morale of the army is no longer able to launch a fierce attack. Instead of forcibly driving the soldiers to attack. For the city, it is better to wait until the rest is over, regain strength, and equipped with enough siege equipment, even if Lisboa is an iron city, it will not be able to block the full blow of its superior forces.

"Long live! We have won!"

The sound of cheering from the walls of Lisbon Too, the Gangfei army slowly retreating in the distance, so that the general army burst into a strong confidence, no one expected that the aggressive Gangfei would retreat after being confronted 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 have beaten Gangfei!"

The Duke of Putao held up his hand like other ordinary soldiers, his eyes were full of tears, and the **** was so excited that he could not be confident. Although with the help of the Falcon Emperor's team, the army of 15,000 mixed fish belly faced the battle. Forty thousand Gangfei troops who once destroyed his Principality, 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 them shows that Gangfei is not invincible! At least they are also afraid of death and sacrifice!

In the afternoon, snowflakes floated in the sky again, and a group of soldiers from outside the city took a dozen bullock carts with sacks. 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 Pu Tao interpreted the officer's call, with an inexplicable emotion on his face. Under Lidarcus’ confused gaze, he condensed and explained, "This is the tradition of just non-human beings. They don’t want the souls of their soldiers to stay on the foreign land. The ox cart will lay down the food next to the corpse, and then it will be fully loaded. Go back the corpse!"

"So 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 Only in charge of combat, and this. It’s not my decision! I still have some defense matters to be busy with. Gang Fei suffered a big loss this time, and next time I come, it won’t be so easy!"

The Duke'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. s country. The temporary victory that universal sets can achieve cannot be fundamentally changed.

Just must be invincible! This concept has penetrated into the hearts of many generalists in recent years. You can defeat the Gangfei army once, but in the face of more powerful two or three times, can you still defeat it? Just unsuccessful from the failure. In general, as long as it fails once, it will be forever! Thinking that the last way for Pu Tao to survive was to negotiate with Gang Fei, the joy of victory that had just risen in the heart of the Duke of Pu Tao disappeared. As His Majesty Falcon said, there is no victor in this war!

The content of the conversation during the last meeting flashed in the head of the Duke of Putao, took a deep breath, and said to a guard next to him, "Tell Gang Feiren, we agree!"

"Call"

The surroundings are terrifyingly quiet, and the Duke of Putao can feel the secret voice of his soldiers. "Selecting the battlefield in Lisbon, which is almost ruined. Apart from allowing the people of Putao to see the hope of the principality again, 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 African army, after the last reinforcement of 1,500 men returned, Remchat’s Tenth Crusade Corps appeared under the sight of the Lisbonto garrison, the flag was like a sea, The flag of Gangfei that flutters 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, sweeping the remnant snow and shattered 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 set of military flags on the city wall of Lisbon and the **** cross flag on the opposite side were blown by the gale, as if a drum of war 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, advancing with the skirmish line, the cavalry group quickly crossed the infantry phalanx, and approached the city of Lisboa. But there was no response from the head 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 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 broken stones flew from the two wings, covering the sky. In this terrible sling rain, only a flesh and blood body protected by armor and shields. It was like shredded paper under a heavy blow. The soldiers in the front row were too late to even shout "Help", and the man and horse were smashed and rolled around in an instant. 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 cavalry was 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 with blood spattered the second person into the air; some people were even hit by several stones at the same time. The horses neighed painfully under the rain of countless stones, and blood blossoms 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.

"The armies continue to advance. If you retreat from the latter, behead the general first!"

The **** Remshat yelled coldly. Someone tried to turn the horse's head and was immediately killed by the law enforcement team led by the generals in the back! Rush! Rush! Even if the last one is left, give me a blow! The Gangfei generals who received the order to die gritted their teeth. He shouted with bloodshot eyes, forcing the soldiers from Gangfei to move forward like a swarm of ants

The sound of the "cracking and cracking" mechanical springs was continuous, like a flock of birds suddenly flying through the sky, and countless boulders fell from the sky with a scream of wind. It fell into the middle of the dense infantry phalanx like a thunder. The infantry didn't even have time to dodge, and there was no shield to withstand this terrifying weapon, and the masses were smashed into pulp. Splashing brains. 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 terror controlled the mind of Kegang non-infantry, screaming hysterically, dropped the shield in his hand, hugged his head, and the neatly arranged shield wall was torn apart under the intensive blow of the stone,

"Go forward! Charge forward if you don't want to die!" The cavalry formation in front pushed forward against the stone. Although someone was smashed down the horse all the time, the huge array was still advancing violently, with the sound of hoofs 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 magnificent lookout mirror with red gems in his hand and gold thread pattern on the long handle. This was his personal possession, and it was his majesty Falcon’s hunt for him. The reward of the first chief navy officer of the Eagle Empire,

Behind him, the trebucheters are busy pushing the rubble into the trebuchet’s basket. A large number of rubble collected from the city gave plenty of ammunition for the sling rain. Originally, Lida Kus applied to his Majesty Falcon for a batch of fuel bombs, 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 carry the Thor bombs. Fuel bombs, as long as one accident, the empire’s expensive warships will be reimbursed!"

"My lord, the enemy entered 80 meters!" The squadron leader's voice seemed a little hasty, 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 lines of defense. The trebuchet is just an appetizer. The stone Hugo is quite obvious, although not. Inflicted extensive damage on the enemy, but has broken up the previous arrangement of Gang Feiren, opening the door to 6,000 murderous imperial crossbowmen.

"Shè hit!"

Just one minute after the order was issued, the location of Lisbon’s mouth was filled with a terrible bowstring vibration, dense arrows, like a rain of light violently bombarding the sea of ​​people formed by the army~IndoMTL.com ~The horrible waves of scarlet blood and screams splashed up. The distance of 80 meters extended the lethality of the Falcon infantry crossbow to its limit.

The armor of the Gangfei soldier was worn like thin pieces of paper. The soldiers fell in pieces, and 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 came 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!"

The Gangfei cavalry were advancing in the arrow rain, hoping to be able to rush through with speed, which caused more cavalry to be overturned from the 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 faces are like being stepped on by a thousand horses. A full-scale attack has turned into a full-scale slaughter. A short tens of meters is like a line that cannot be crossed. The death line, let the Gang Fei 40,000 army hit the head and bleed! . )