Power and Empire Chapter 2492: Thunderstorm (12)
"What, just because of the rations, do you have to let these soldiers die?" Prince Fazer didn't expect Omu to say such a reason, suddenly a face of iron blue." Did you plan the army at the beginning? When going south, didn’t the adults consider the issue of insufficient rations?"
" Your Royal Highness, I can’t really blame this incident. "Ou looked at a large stone bridge lying on the swelling river in the distance, and said, "His Royal Highness can see all the way south. Before setting off, ask all the troops. It is necessary to prepare enough rations for 20 days, but most of the corps are trying to reduce the amount of rations carried in order to carry more money."
"Twenty days, that’s enough, why is it not enough?’
Prince Fazer tightened his eyebrows together. Omeye’s attack on King Paput was cut off because of the back road. Although tens of thousands of people were lost, it is understandable. So now let the soldiers go to death in vain. It’s another matter. Twenty days of rations, now only seven or eight days have passed, from King Paput’s capital to the southern border, which is ten days, no matter how it is considered enough,
Omu knew what the prince was thinking, and said with a wry smile, "If there are really twenty-day rations, then there is no problem. But when the army was refurbished a few days ago, I only got a report. The actual rations prepared by the various armies are at most For about ten days, many generals even planned to send troops to raise on the spot if there were food shortages. However, there was no chance to raise money on the road. The imperial cavalry peeped along the way, and the Paputans even moved all the villages along the way. Evacuate, not to mention food, there is not a single rat. Now that seven or eight days have passed, the rations have been consumed seven or eight hundred and eighty-eight, and the army’s journey is less than half way down.
" Even if it is a normal situation, whether the rations can be supported to the border is still a problem, not to mention that it is still the case now. Since it cannot be raised on the spot, there is only another way." Omu's voice stopped and took a deep breath. , His tone was cold, and his eyes were full of deep chills. "Reduce the people who eat food, if your Highness has a better way, you can"
"This..."
Prince Fazer was speechless. Although Fazerjun won the Paput War, the relationship that had been cut off by the Central Eight-Nation Alliance in the back was impossible to add. If it weren’t for King Paput’s capital. There is a large amount of food in stock, and hundreds of thousands of Fezer soldiers have already collapsed because of the food problem. I thought that some time ago, in order to win over the generals, I had repeatedly asked Omu to slow down the marching speed. No wonder the expression on Omu’s face at that time was That's ugly
At that time, I still despised Omim's eyes for being too small. Didn't he just stop for a few days and fix it, could it still affect the overall situation of going south?
Now it seems that what I did is so stupid. Once the army starts, it should be overwhelmed. If the army did not stop repairing some time ago, but continued to go south under Omou’s insistence, I’m afraid it would have passed. This big river of China, why is it such an embarrassment now
The imperial army has built a copper wall and iron wall on the opposite bank, but it turns out that they have to fight hard to hit this road! Omu has discovered this problem a long time ago, but if this matter is spoken out, it will not only offend all the generals, but also cause great military ambitions. Therefore, although Omu is anxious in his heart, he can only choose to deal with this crisis. Press it down!
"If your Royal Highness really thinks the soldiers are pitiful, please personally supervise the battle tomorrow. Most of them are afraid that they will not be able to go back. I hope your Royal Highness will remember them. They were sacrificed for your Highness." Putting his right hand on his chest, he made a military salute to the Great Prince’s Palace, turned and left, leaving Prince Faze alone in the wind
In the thick white fog in the early morning of the next day, Fei Zejun drove a large shield car bundled with large sharp woods and drove up the Kanyaluo Stone Bridge, and the war broke out immediately!
"Go forward!" Inspired by the shouting, under the cover of the front shield car slowly forward, a large number of Fazer soldiers followed, and these Fazer heavy infantry in heavy armor moved their bodies one by one. Hidden behind the shield, in the river beach, behind hundreds of large arrow shields erected by wooden rows, the Fezer archer opened the bowstring, hit the feather arrow, and raised his bow towards the opposite direction of the river bank to a certain angle, countless Feathered arrows flew out from the river bank, pouring frantically towards the soil barrier on the opposite river bank, a round of arrows were thrown away, most of them swayed down on the way across the 100-meter river, and fell into the river surface water. I heard a fine sound of breaking the water, ripples rippling densely.
"Are these Fezer shooters in vain? Such a big river breeze, I want to shoot across the river bank." On the side of the soil barrier on the opposite bank of the river, the corner of his mouth glanced slightly at In front of him, there was a heavy ballista that was pulling its strong springs. The earth fortresses built by the Imperial Army along the river had an inner ring every ten meters. Each inner ring is enough to line up an imperial heavy ballista, or a hundred ballista, otherwise, the position occupied by the imperial crossbowman is on the high ground a little behind the earth barrier. The line of sight is enough to overlook the frontline. Nyaro Bridge,
"Chuck" came from the direction of the bridge with a rumbling sound of the ground rattling, and all the imperial troops guarding the riverbank's soil fortresses opened their eyes.
I saw a giant shield car covered with iron pieces as the front drive. It was exposed from the dense fog on the bridge in front. This shield car was almost covered with half of the bridge deck, in front of it. Hundreds of fine-iron shields are tied to the erected wooden rafts. There are four reels underneath them. The Fize soldiers push their backs with all their strength, like a fierce beast poking out half of its head from the thick fog.
"Is the opponent ready to attack like this?"
Seanvik’s pupils shrunk a bit, seeing this scene, slightly astonished, originally thought, after yesterday’s ballista salvo, how could the opponent prepare for another two or three days to start the battle for the bridge? Unexpectedly, the other party just wanted to attack after a day of preparation. Is this brave or stupid? I really thought that only relying on such simple shield vehicles and wooden platoons could block the shooting of the Empire's heavy ballista, and even if the effect of the heavy ballista was not great, could it still block Thor?
"Go to the end, get ready!" There is almost no need to give orders. The more than 30 imperial ballistas closest to both sides of the bridge have already begun to turn toward the bridge. Behind the giant Mullard, Fazer is heavily loaded with infantry. It was densely packed like the hideous body of this giant beast. The Imperial Army had already twisted the iron string, and the front end was quickly replaced with a semicircular shovel arrow dedicated to killing infantry. The feathers of the tail of this semicircular shovel metal arrow cluster were unloaded. After that, this featherless shovel arrow is the crystallization of the Empire’s many combat experience. The Empire’s heavy ballista archers found that facing a group of enemy infantry, this kind of arrow cluster without a stable tail lost a certain balance. But precisely because of the poor balance, once it hits an object, it will become a horizontal culling. It has a killing surface like a spinning windmill, enough to wipe out half a team of soldiers, and pierce three or four enemies with one arrow than normal. More lethal and shocking
"Stay steady, don't be afraid!" Officer Fei Ze on the bridge shouted loudly to inspire the courage of the soldiers. On both sides, there was a violent sound of breaking through the air. Dozens of white light iron arrows were separated from the stone bridge. Leaping from the side, Fei Ze heavy infantry had a shield in hand, and the people were against the people. They were so crowded that they could not wait to fill up the bridge. The white light from the flying shot pierced into the crowd, bang! Snapped! Snapped! The sound of broken flesh and bones pierced into the eardrum like raindrops, arousing a scream. These long tailless heavy arrows lose their balance under impact, forming semicircular traces like an arc
The bombardment surface of flesh and blood, even the metal shields of heavy infantry were blown into the air by the swept arrows, and the heads of the infantry behind were crushed by the swept iron arrows, exploding like rotten watermelon. Things of red, white and gray splashed all over. A cluster of heavy crossbow arrows pierced a soldier's body and the castration remained unsolved. Then he shot through the people behind with the shield, and the most vigorous one pierced through the shields of three Fei Ze heavy infantry in one fell swoop! When a soldier was shot with a transparent hole abruptly, but the latter two were nailed together, and the mouth was sprayed with big mouthfuls of dirty blood. He reached out and tried to remove the blood-stained iron. The arrow was pulled down, and in an instant, the tail of the arrow that swept the past turned up and fell to the ground like a full base.
The heavy ballistas swept into the bridge and the Fei Ze's heavy infantry screamed in a **** rain. You can see the sound of crossbow arrows like rain, and the crossbow arrows fly like locusts, although Fei Zejun's heavy infantry The heavy shield protects the body, but because the heavy ballista swept in in front to disperse a lot of people, the overwhelming crossbow arrows poured down like a torrential rain, and they shot at Fezer soldiers on the bridge only 30 or 40 meters away, enough to be at such a distance. The imperial crossbow, pierced in heavy infantry armor, immediately caused the giant arrow on the bridge to bend and bow at the back of the shield car, wishing to overturn the Fazer soldier whose entire body was hiding behind the shield.
"Everyone fight it, rush forward!"
The Fei Zejun behind the heavy shield vehicle suddenly began to surging, and the Feze heavy infantry who was struggling under the crossbow arrow suddenly increased their footsteps, and some of them rushed directly past the shield vehicle in front, and moved forward. The forty-meter bridge was swarmed, and some shouted loudly, pushing away the front comrades. The heavy infantry who could be sent as the death squad were the real elites of the hundreds of thousands of Fei Ze’s army. Before we set off, there was Fei Zeda. The prince personally went to boost morale, and the commander-in-chief Omu personally promised that as long as the bridge can be captured, the various treasures and materials contained in this return to the south will be chosen by everyone. The Empire heavy ballista has already been shot, although the crossbow arrows Sharp, but still not as destructive as the heavy ballista. If you don't charge now, will you continue to wait for the next round of heavy ballista? As long as you hit the bridge, you will have no worries in your life! But something they couldn’t imagine came up,
The Fei Ze heavy infantry who had just passed the shield car heard a vibrating sound in the sky, and the color of the sky dimmed. It was countless cold lights covering the light of the sky, "Hundred ballistas! "So Fei Ze's heavy infantry only came to let out a stern shout, and was covered by a blow that was several times faster than the previous arrow attack. The scene was like a pair of huge black hands slapped against Fei Ze's heavy infantry. Overhead,
At the moment they were shot by countless arrows, they were still holding their weapons tightly in their hands. The posture of falling was not backward but forward. This was the weakest but most tragic charge, because it was dead. The crowd is too crowded to tell who is who, just like hollowing out a piece on the bridge deck, and the Fei Ze archer at the river beach is still shooting arrows at the other side of the river in vain. The sprinkling is like a drizzle. It can't be compared with the imperial army's dense and scalp-explosive arrows. The difference is big, one is the spring breeze that wets clothes, and the other is enough to pull everything up. Hurricane gap
"Our archers can't reach the opposite side at all, unless they use slings, such a strong attack is just a waste of waste, withdraw, and temporarily stop the attack!" Oumu who saw this scene later, his face did not change, just behind him The trumpeter waved his hand. Beside him, Prince Fazer closed his eyes briefly. Although this attack was only a detailed attack before the general attack, the prince did not expect it to be so tragic. The body seemed to be cut down neatly. It’s not like I’ve seen the sight of wheat straw falling down and stacked together, but at such a density, even the most tragic battle of King Paput has not been so much~IndoMTL.com~It is simply a living meat grinder,
"Withdraw, don’t mess up"
The Fazer heavy infantry who was ordered to retreat backwards, the corpses left behind were piled up with the bridge deck and it was even more shocking. The human blood flowed into the river below the red water that gathered along the bridge, red The vortex rotates in the middle of the river,
"Will that fellow Oumu lead the army? The military order has been issued, and there is no change in the way, and it said that there are no undead people in the war! As soon as there is progress, I immediately retreat, so the kindness of women, it is simply Let the soldiers die on the bridge in vain!" The commander of the Fifth Army, Nasrbad, waved a whip on his horse with disdain
"That’s not necessarily true. The opponent’s long-range ballista is indeed too sharp. In addition, there are so many dead bodies in the front that block the road. People in the back will suffer even more if they want to move on, and this time, Ome I sent the most elite armored battalions under my command, just to let us see the defensive arrangement of the opposing imperial army, what else can we say"
Next to Nasrbad, a gray-haired middle-aged general said with a calm expression, this middle-aged general looks thin, and his legionnaire’s armor cloak is embroidered with the golden romaine vine crest, a pair of The eyes revealed a bit of deepness, and the whole person revealed a sense of stability like a mountain. He is the commander of the Fazer Third Army of Fazer attacking the Paput Kingdom this time, Amri,
Nasrbad’s eyes flashed with a dark sneer. "The rise of the river is only temporary. Why did our army risk such a big loss? We must attack this stone bridge. Everyone can wait for a few days. In the past "[To be continued] []