Power and Empire Chapter 2518: Falcon falling (29)
Merkgar, the most important city in central Istanbul, is also the largest logistics center in central Istanbul. It has extensive transportation lines and criss-crossing water transportation centers. Since the coalition forces entered Istanbul, it has been from the central and southern parts of the country. The countless resources obtained are continuously gathered here by the coalition base camp. The materials shipped from the six southern countries eventually arrived here. From this, it can be seen that the stock of Merkgar has reached an astronomical number, and only food is enough. There are 500,000 coalition forces for two months of fighting, and there are countless clusters of armor or weapons.
The coalition also knows the importance of Merkgar, so since the main force was transferred northward, the remaining 30,000 to 40,000 coalition forces have gathered in Merkgar. The Imperial Army occupied Oruya, and the soldiers approached Merck. The news of Garr came. The coalition headquarters in Merkgar city was crowded with people. There were not only the messenger cavalry who rushed out to deliver orders, but also the scout cavalry who hurried back and forth to report the latest military situation, as well as various officers who asked for instructions. The anxiety and uneasy look on everyone’s face made the anger in the entire command very tense
There is a full squadron of heavily armored infantry in and out of the headquarters. Wearing heavy armor, looking at people entering and leaving with unkind expressions, watching one by one scouts jumping from the horses, and running up the steps of the command headquarters like crazy, the expressions of these heavy infantry were tight, and their hands were held down. Erected shield,
In the outer hall of the command headquarters, there are many officers wearing costumes from various countries whispering to each other. As long as they see scout cavalry coming in from outside the city, these people will rush in and question the outside anxiously. Situation,
"How about it, is the road out of Modan still clear now?"
"Can Folin Lei go in the direction?" The babbled voices of the officers made the noise in the hall, and there was chaos. Although the retreat plan was made, there were too many materials in the whole city. As a result, all the horses in Merkgar were requisitioned, which caused all the troops to only walk at this time. The problem is that the carriages for transporting materials blocked many bridges on the route, and many troops were blocked. ,
"Master Cortes, this won’t work. All the horses and supplies are transferred away. It is also stipulated that no one is allowed to rob the way until the supplies are gone. If this is the case, everyone will not be able to go!" Allied forces in Merkgar In the command headquarters, the generals who rushed back to Merkgar blushed one by one, surrounded by a middle-aged general with pale yellow and dark hair.
" Without these materials, the 500,000 front-line army will be in a state of collapse. As a soldier, it is your bounden duty to protect the materials! Only if the materials are saved, all people have a way to survive. Kotesi, the middle-aged general of the Southern Allied Forces in the Central District, was stubborn and unmoved even if he was surrounded by the generals. He was the deputy commander of the Templar Order of the Wish Tree Order. Some pale temples are full of the sense of time, a rigorous face, known for its cleanliness and dedication, the excellent reputation in the south, enjoys a very high reputation in the south, after loudly refuting the generals wanting to discard supplies and escape alone , Announcing that anyone, no matter who it is, discards materials and escapes, or seizes the road so that the materials cannot be transported, even if they can run to the coalition base camp, he will personally write to the base camp to give strict punishment
"People are dead, and the supplies can't be kept, Lord Cortes, if you command this, we will jointly report to the base camp!" Several coalition generals blushed like blood, and their hands were already on the hilt, Ke The guy is really stubborn. Everyone is a general from all over the world. Why should you listen to you when you are alive or dead? If you don’t consider that the guards in the command headquarters are all from the Knights Templar, the generals would have been removed long ago. The sword chopped off this arrogant guy. Without stopping the transportation of materials, all bridges and ferry crossings will be impassable. Do you want everyone to wait here to die?
Kortes looked very calm, his eyes swept over the coalition generals indifferently, and said, "I am not only the head of the central region appointed by the coalition base camp, but also Merkgal's who have been agreed by the monarchs of the six countries. The highest decision maker, I am not only responsible for the coalition forces, but also for the six sires! If someone says more, I will report this to your sires!
"You!" The generals were silent for a while. Although they were trembling all over, and their teeth bit blood on their lips, they could not do anything about Cortes because Cortes was not only appointed by the base camp, but also With the joint authorization of the monarchs of the six countries, no matter how dissatisfied the generals are, they don’t want to abandon their supplies and escape. When Cortes stabbed them in front of their own monarch, they reported to the base camp. At most, they were scolded and reported. Your own monarch may be the matter of destroying the door in a rage,
At the time, Merkgar, the logistics center, was a big problem in the eyes of the Six Nations. The hoarding of so many materials in one place is also the only one seen in the history of Obaro. It only needs a little action to make a huge amount of wealth. In order to choose Merkgar’s defender, the coalition forces were arguing. Finally, the six top leaders collectively decided to hand over Merkgal to Kotés, because the six top leaders believed that there was only this incorruptible temple. The knight’s deputy knight commander can guarantee that Merk’gar’s supplies will not be corrupted. The problem is that the high-level coalition forces have ignored a problem.
There is nothing wrong with the integrity of Kotes, but before he was promoted to the deputy commander of the Knights Templar, he was one of the chief priests of the six regions of the Wish Tree Order. He was a civilian and did not have extensive experience in participating in military operations. The logistics management officer is barely feasible. Once the enemy is rushing forward and lacking decisiveness, the stubborn and rigid style seems out of place. The use of all the horses to transport supplies is not enough for the soldiers to grab the road. Such unfavorable orders lead to self-acceptance. On the fourth day after the Imperial Army landed in the direction of Port Truny, Merkgar’s supplies and personnel had not been evacuated. In addition to the huge piles of materials congested at the gate, there were more than 30,000 coalition forces blocked. In Merkgar, half of them are logistics and transportation manpower for non-combatants, and the whole situation is chaotic.
No matter what the generals say, in the eyes of Kortes; materials are more important than people. Even if the forces in the central region are all dead, the materials must be transported to the coalition base camp, and the imperial army will go from the direction of Truni. Since the war has taken a turn for the worse, Merkgal has been in a panic atmosphere. The more at this time, the more he must be stable, and he must be organized, and the supplies are kept, and the fundamentals are kept. In fact, there is one point that Kotés has no In other words, it is that Kotés is not so stubborn that he does not know that this will kill many people, but he knows that if human lives can be used to delay time in exchange for the transportation of materials northward, even if it is only a part, it can give the 300,000 troops of the base camp. Strive for a chance to return to the front line. Otherwise, not only Merkelgar will be ruined, but the entire coalition will be ruined. Of course, if this is the case, it must not be said in front of the generals.
In order to make room for these materials, the coalition forces drove all the people of Merkgar City out, and used the vacant houses to stack materials. They also set up giants in the four directions of the city, east, west, south, and north. Even if it’s fully emptied, it will take at least half a month for the warehouse to be emptied. However, according to front-line intelligence, the imperial army is advancing very fast before it captures Olua, and it immediately rushes in a straight line, so fast. , It’s breathtaking,
The generals evacuated with their respective **** supplies, but were blocked on a large area of the road. Once the Imperial Cavalry knew, the entire Merkgar coalition troops were evacuated on foot, and the Merkgar was flat. On the terrain, the coalition forces are the moving pieces of fat in the eyes of the imperial cavalry.
Even if the coalition forces on Merkgar still have a few troops capable of fighting, they are now completely messy. The military and transport teams of various countries are crowded on the same road. Combat and logistics forces are mixed, logistics or old Weak, or slick and cowardly. In short, they are all out of battle. The main task is to protect the carriage. The first-line combat troops of the coalition are stuck with it and trapped together. As the core city of central Istanbul, Merkgar is originally well-defensed and powerful. The sturdy big city has long been submerged by countless transportation convoys that have been blocked. As a logistics center, it is the support point needed to support the 500,000 front-line army, hoarding land, and equipped with countless pack horses. Now they are all blocked here. , Like a huge turbulence that is constantly expanding, finally waiting for the sword to collapse,
Sancha River Ferry, Hu Keqili was also a little bewildered by the situation. The transportation convoy for more than ten miles appeared in front of him and his 20,000 imperial cavalry. The rich experience came into play in a moment. , Relying on instinct, Hu Keqili knew that he had accidentally grabbed an excellent moment of attack! Merkgar should be aware of the imperial army’s target, so he wanted to transfer all these supplies out, but unexpectedly, the chaotic command caused the transfer to be blocked. Merkgar’s supplies were the key to this battle. I took 20,000 cavalry soldiers and ran for four days without sleeping. What I did was these supplies. You must know that this time the Imperial Army’s 100,000 troops landed in Truni, and the transport ships deployed by the Admiralty were almost completely exhausted. Even so, they can give It also carried people and horses, but it was already unable to transport combat materials, and such transportation would take nearly a month. In other words, this month, the supply of materials for the Imperial Army that had landed on Truni was It is extremely difficult to seize Merkgar's materials for personal use, which is the key to this battle in the central region.
Hukochili once suggested that the coalition forces might burn all the supplies under the wall, but His Majesty Falcon definitely said no. The reason is simple. Burning these supplies is the coalition's two heavy-armed clusters in Istanbul. , The 200,000 coalition forces trapped in Anlusu and the 300,000 coalition base camps will be completely caught in the dilemma of cutting off the logistics line. Under the eyes of the 100,000 cavalry of the Empire, the coalition forces will never risk turning back. Withdrawal, so Merkgar’s commander will inevitably desperately want to transport some supplies to the north.
"Go forward, the whole team will press!"
Hu Keqi force did not hesitate to give orders to attack across the board. The Imperial cavalry swooped forward like a landslide, and the extremely fast Imperial Light Cavalry surged toward the ferry like a tide! Layers surging like a wall!
"Go ahead, kill!" There was a loud scream of killing, and when it got closer, the sound of horseshoes could finally be heard, and the thunderous roar was no longer possible. It's just rumbling. Enveloping the sky over the entire ferry, the ground is shaking, the mountains are shaking, and the location of the ferry, more stern shouts sounded,
The fog is heavy in the morning, and I can’t see how much it is. But the people of Aden can only see that these black armored light cavalry completely cover the already faintly bright line of the sky into darkness, and the dark shadow falls on the faces of everyone's fiasco
"How much is this!"
The general Aden who was repairing the bridge at the ferry has been completely stupid, not to mention the logistics soldiers. I have seen such a situation there. The quality of General Aden is still good, or it is more like being forced to a dead end and shouting and talking. The already hoarse voice loudly asks the soldiers to line up in the car and take a step back without authorization, the whole team will be cut! This unit can also be regarded as a relatively effective unit on Merkgar's side. In addition, there are too many horse-drawn carriages, and there is a rolling river behind, there is no way to escape. It actually has some courage to take up all kinds of weapons to rely on. Get on the carriage in front,
"Shoot!" A small number of archers among them boldly shot a row of arrows toward the imperial cavalry in the distance.
"Stay steady, don't mess! Cavalry can't attack the car formation." The Aden officers at all levels also cheered up their soldiers loudly, watching the crowds of war horses crushed in the distance, with a cold sweat in their palms. Where did such a large number of imperial cavalry come from~ IndoMTL.com~ Under such an impact, is there still a way for me to survive? I heard the sound of thump thump thump with metallic vibrato. Countless clusters of arrows suddenly rose from the direction of the galloping horse and shot towards here,
bastard, it's an arrow attack! The officers of Aden did not expect that the imperial cavalry still had this hand. The screaming shouts hadn't completely fallen. Soon there were arrows in the soldiers overturned, and the white arrow clusters madly hit the improvised car formation. , The sound of popping, intensive like a storm, the eardrum of the trembling Aden soldier’s eardrum hurts,
Arrow clusters constantly swiped through the gap and hit the body of the Aden soldier behind the car array. Some arrow clusters directly pushed the vehicle template through an arrow to protrude, and other nearby Aden soldiers saw this. In one scene, the cold sweat on the forehead came down, how can it be hit? When the opposing cavalry rushed closer, it was a massacre! What are you waiting for, wait until the other person gets close before you run!
"Run!" I don't know who yelled. Someone turned and fled. Someone took the lead. There were more people behind. The defense of the car formation suddenly collapsed. The soldiers of Aden fled and jumped into the river behind them. The river rushed past, and many Aden soldiers were swept away like this.
These idiots! General Aden’s eyes were bloodshot, and his hands clucked. The Kingdom of Aden is a desert oasis kingdom. The desert area occupies 40% of the country. In the desert, water is the most precious. Most Aden people He can’t swim. If it weren’t for this reason, the general Aden would have ran away. (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Team Leader@刘靖] If you like this work, you are welcome to come Voting for recommended votes and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. )