Power and Empire Chapter 2184: The Eye of the Storm (9)

Seeing Fei Shan’s soldiers outside the city began to dig the soil in a proper manner, the fat man knew that there would be no peace tonight. The semi-hard soil was turned over and the soil was dug to fill the pit. This was a sign that he wanted to attack the city overnight. Feishan’s performance has already explained the problem. I can’t afford to delay it. If I could wait for the Falcon Emperor* to attack on a solid defense line before, it would be okay to stay still for ten and a half days, but now it’s completely counteracted. Coming over, the 300,000 army covered it, the whole country counterattacked, and was blocked by three abrupt fortresses. The panicked evacuation was definitely not the style of the old Fei Shan,

The other party’s tenacity is not inferior to the ravines in the Bavarian area in front of me. After spending so much money, I have to maintain the main force of the Bavarian area in an embarrassed state. It’s not just waiting to be grasped. It’s for the Falcon Emperor* to attack the city all the way. I’ve already taken ninety-nine steps and spent so much effort and sacrifice. How could it be possible that the three fortresses chose to give up all the work they had done?

This last step, even if it’s an iceberg and a sea of ​​flames, you have to break through, otherwise the confidence of Fei Shan people will eventually collapse at the moment the retreat order is issued. That’s for the current For Fei Shan, it is definitely a disaster,

The time of the war between Feshan and the Istan Empire is the most important summer of May and June. It is the most critical moment for the growth of wheat. The outbreak of the war has caused large tracts of wheat fields that have not yet matured to be destroyed by the war. Fei Shan’s harvest this year has been hit hard. Canada’s trade in Shanghai has been cut off, and the trade route of Central Europe and Baro has also been blocked by the Falcon Empire. Fei Shan’s domestic supplies are now extremely scarce and prices have skyrocketed, especially the food prices after the winter. It has already broken through more than three times the highest price of food last year, and even this is still in short supply. There is really no food! The grain stored in the national treasury in previous years had to be supplied to the army for combat. The nobles had very limited grain, and the merchants went bankrupt because there was no place to buy grain.

I won’t say anything else. Even the Feishan Palace, now under the strict order of the old king, has been changed to only eat two meals a day. The variety of dishes cannot exceed five, and the portion needs to be limited. The banquets used by Feishan nobles to compare are extravagant at this time. It has been strictly prohibited. Most of Feshan’s adult male nobles in Kyoto were drawn to the front line, thinking that men’s life and death battles could happen at any time, and the women who stayed behind did not have the thought of holding a banquet. They are all tied to their own chariots, and then used Kyoto’s wealthy materials to support the war.

The cold nights in Bavaria are notoriously cold throughout Central Europe. Not to mention that there is a shining red flash in the sky that occasionally uncovers a piece of the black cloud above the head, revealing a large **** cloud layer. This is a precursor to the arrival of a snowstorm, and the violent wild wind sweeps like a brush. Later, the white snow foam that was raised in layers was blown and rolled like a fleece, and hit the Feishan army soldiers in pieces, and the soldiers gathered in the cold wind.

Feshan's Sixth Army Commander Kilenthal rode past the sharp rows of spears. More than a dozen cavalry guards followed closely, their horseshoes stomping on the hard soil that had already exposed a bit of the surface,

"Your Majesty. Your Majesty ordered our army to set off in an hour. Those long ditches must be filled to pave the way for the army to attack the city in the early hours of tomorrow!"

In spite of the muddyness of his body, an officer Fei Shan turned over from the war horse beautifully, handed the reins of the war horse in his hand to the person next to him, and hurried up from a dozen meters away. The expressions on the faces of the young officers were both excited and worried, the battle of hundreds of thousands of people. This happened on the Eastern Front more than thirty years ago, and this battle is destined to be written into the annals of history. This is an opportunity for any soldier who regards glory as his life to look forward to in his lifetime. What's more, this battle is also related to Fei Shan’s century-old national destiny. This magnificent battle has become the top of the Obaro continent in the first battle. The spirit!

"Fill the long trenches?" Kilenthal held the horse whip tightly, took a deep breath with an ugly face, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the Falcon Emperor* Great Fortress in the distance. A cold snow flake hit his face, making him realize that it was snowing again!

The faces of the generals of the "Sirs" Sixth Army were all green, no one made a sound, only the sound of rushing snow splashing on the iron pieces of the armor, and the silent momentum of tens of thousands of troops, in this sky It is more tragic and strong in the wind and snow,

Kilenthal’s complex face looked at the subordinates, the army of 60,000 people, more than 30,000 people were digging the soil, the soil that was frozen in winter is not so fun, and tens of thousands of people use all kinds of tools. Even knocking and pushing, only opened a layer of land, and more than 30,000 people scattered into a slightly irregular quadrilateral, neatly arranged armor and lances, in the dark night can not see the end. Going in through the gaps in the cold helmets are the solid faces of the soldiers. The elites of the kingdom who have fought **** battles with them on the Eastern Front. After this night, I don’t know how many people will come back.

Relying on this kind of adobe to fill the deep ditch of the Falcon Emperor*? There is a lot of soil there, I am afraid that even if it goes up, it will not fill the deep ditch,

There is no soil on both sides of the ditch, so where did the soil go? Look at the three large fortresses made of ice and concrete on the opposite side, and you will know how much soil the Falcon Emperor* dug out of these trenches! It’s easy to figure out how much soil is needed to fill it. It’s impossible to do it overnight. What does it mean to pave the way for the army?

Where is this filling with soil? It is simply ordering us to fill it with people! Kilenthal’s expression became colder, filling the long ditch, which is easier said than done. Those long ditches are all within the range of the Falcon Empire’s crossbow arrows. Each one is covered with ice, more than a hundred meters away. It is the defense line of the Falcon Emperor*. Once it gets close, it will be the momentum of all arrows.

General imperial crossbow arrows are not a concern. The violent howling wind in the cold night and the distance of nearly one hundred and fifty meters will minimize the damage of these crossbow arrows. Even if they are shot, they will be injured at most. But the Falcon Emperor* is not only a crossbow, but also a heavy crossbow chariot with greater power and penetration, and a range of directly over 300 steps. There are hundreds of thousands of Falcon Emperor* as the main force. One of the guards of the Falcon Emperor. Who knows how many such weapons that kill people without leaving the whole body are deployed. In the face of the Empire's heavy ballista, even if it is to send heavy armored shields, it will be the best. How long to live. Not to mention, there is the nightmare of the infantry group, Thor. . . . . .

"Follow the orders! We will go back to our respective teams to prepare, and in an hour, we will set off!" Kilenthal said in a heavy voice. Turning his head to ignore the bleak expressions of the generals, the snow flakes still lingered, time passed in silence, an hour later, the sky became more gloomy and dark, and the white snow flakes began to crowd with people. Thousands of troops emerged from the snow film. The heads are so dense that they can't be counted. Not only the Sixth Army received this order, but also Feshan's Second Army and Fourth Army,

The team of more than 100,000 people moved in the dark, in order not to give the Falcon Emperor* a specific position. There was not even a lit torch. In the dark, there was only the sound of footsteps trembling. The shields were pushed to the front like a wave. A shield hand in heavy armor was holding a steel as tall as an adult. Shields are made, layered on top of each other to form a shield wall pushing forward, and the infantry behind is carrying a bag on his shoulder, like a colony of ants wriggling forward.

"Treading" the broken snow rose, and on the two wings of the infantry group, a small number of Fei Shan light cavalry were bowing their waists. There are four people in a team, almost all of their bodies are attached to the horsebacks, and they are advancing in the skirmish line. Behind the horses, a horse-drawn cart full of dirt is pulled, and the tide is flowing.

There was no response on the Falcon Emperor Fortress. . The cavalry rushing ahead in charge of the investigation stopped involuntarily and stopped cautiously to watch. He didn't believe that the Falcon Emperor* would be so negligent, compared with the fanfare over there. There was deathly silence here. That unfathomable and mysterious feeling is stressful and even more frightening. The troops behind have already drove to the front of the first deep ditch, and the first bag of soil is thrown in in piles, because it only needs to fill in a passable area, and It’s not that the entire ditch needs to be filled. You only need to choose a breakthrough. The three legions participating in the action each chose a breakthrough and threw the soil bag in. Although the depth of the ditch is more than two meters, and some sections are even three meters, but If you are thrown into a single point, the progress is still very fast, almost blinking, that segment is almost filled in

"Good job!"

The scout cavalry had a smile on his face, ashamed of his nervousness, at this moment, he heard a strange "buzzing" sound. Almost no need to look up, the more experienced scout cavalry already yelled "Attention, arrow attack!" The violent whistling sound completely covered the sound that should have been possessed, and the large clusters of arrows were like in the sky. A large black cloud floated over, and the dark cloud instantly turned into raindrops, like a metal waterfall falling from the sky!

"Vertical shield!"

The heavy armored shield soldier stood up abruptly, raised the shield in his hand, and the shield was flipped one by one. A dense rain of arrows hit the shield and fell on the ground. The white tail cluster was like a patch of flowers with no end in sight. The ground was trembling slightly in the wind, and Feishan soldiers were gasped by the sight in front of them. Fortunately, the Falcon Emperor* didn’t know the exact location, so this kind of large-area coverage was like blindness. A cat hits a dead mouse, and the threat it can cause is very limited!

"Azimuth adjustment, 15 to the left." On the fortress wall, the fat man squinted his eyes and turned his back on his back, listening to the sound of the rangefinder next to the ballista adjusting the ballista's shooting position according to the statistical reverberation position, far away The sound of metal crashing back in densely,

The sky is too dark, and there are large swaths of snowflakes blocking the line of sight. Even if you can’t see the situation a hundred meters away, the first arrow cluster is mainly used to determine the Fei Shanjun’s attack line. The impact of the enemy’s heavy shield soldiers’ shields was basically equivalent to exposing Fei Shan’s position. The heavy ballista’s firing direction began to concentrate, and the winch rattled as the machine spring opened. After the second round of arrow rain, the position became clearer,

The shooting line of the ballista is close to the value line, so there is almost no need to calculate. The six long trenches themselves are dug out according to the distance scale. As long as the enemy is in the trench, the enemy’s distance is known from the area of ​​the echo. Look, the number of Fei Shanjun dispatched is not small

"Everything is ready, Your Majesty!" Valisian walked over to report,

"Then let's start!"

The fat man shook his hand, and the crossbowmen standing on the city wall raised their arms neatly again, and the crossbow was facing forty-five degrees of the sky. The difference is that the front part of the arrow cluster that was replaced this time was covered with tarpaulin and used nearby. The torch was lit, and countless clusters of arrows with a dazzling red tail slammed into the air with a dazzling red tail. After a few seconds, it quickly fell. "Attention!" Fei Shanjun shouted loudly, like a falling meteor. Arrow clusters quickly fell from a high place with fire, full of brilliance, and the Fei Shan army position below was immediately illuminated. Fei Shan soldiers below raised their heads curiously.

"Not good!"

Feshan's Sixth Army Commander Kilenthal had a bad feeling in his heart. Before the voice fell completely, he saw that the heavy shield soldier elephant standing in the front row was violently attacked by an invisible giant. With a punch, the entire platoon of soldiers suddenly flew backwards several meters, even more than ten meters, their bodies in heavy infantry armor twisted into an unnatural posture in mid-air, and cold rays of light pierced through these gaps. Entering, the soldiers behind hadn't figured out what was going on, they were penetrated by a huge cold light, "Puff! Puff! Puff" The entire queue seemed to be blown up, and the steel tower shield was torn apart on the spot. , The iron piece flew horizontally, and the soldiers behind made a heavy snoring, and the flesh and blood flew around, like knocking a huge hole in the tortoise shell,

"Boom Rumble"

The fire burst into the Fei Shan group of soldiers, and the rising heat wave engulfed the surrounding soldiers in a whirlpool-like air wave, and swayed to the surroundings with a shrill sound~IndoMTL.com~Break Limbs and flesh and blood, mixed with fire, blew up into the sky, scattered in the air like raindrops on the heads of the soldiers who were already messed up below.

The fire light immediately turned Kirenthal's face red, his face turned into a dead gray, and he blinked his eyes in disbelief. Isn't it Thor? He originally thought it was the imperial Thor’s bombardment, but the direction of the fortress did not have the dazzling flash of fire that erupted when Thor’s bombardment occurred.

Kilenthal saw a cold light pierce in, and then exploded with a blast, smashing the remains of the soldiers, the entire shield that was blown up and twisted, the broken spear, and countless dust. The leaves flying in the air of the explosion, flutteringly, made various rotating postures in mid-air, and slammed into the damp and soft soil fiercely.

"My God, what the **** is this!"

The generals of Fei Shan's army are completely stupid. Why haven't they heard of this weapon? Seeing the scene in front, the Feshan soldiers at the back were scared and pale. In a series of hell-like explosions, the steel tower shields were almost defenseless. They didn't know the special crossbow arrows of the empire, only when the emperor was near. The guards have only a small amount of equipment. If there are enough special crossbow arrows, the fat man will welcome Fei Shanjun's full pressure. More than 500 imperial heavy ballistas can make Fei Shanjun mentally collapsed in one salvo. Unfortunately, the number of such special crossbow arrows is really small (to be continued)