Power and Empire Chapter 3617: Dead Door (19)

In the cold winter field in the early morning, speckled fire lights spread out under the vast sky. Martin Liya's army completed the preparations for the pontoon bridge, and the 100,000 army spread out along a river to build the pontoon bridge, saying that it was like water dripping into it. It’s not an exaggeration in the oil, under the fire, the heads of densely packed people are moving, and you can’t see your head at a glance,

At the nearest location of the river channel, the charge of nearly ten thousand people closest to the location of the river channel is also the most tragic section. The Martin Liya soldiers carrying the pontoon were attacked by the most powerful arrows from the opposite side. Because of the need to carry the pontoon with all its strength, there is only the front row of thin shields on the entire assault line, and it is not the heavy shield that can protect the entire body of the infantry, but the light buckler for cavalry combat, even iron. It’s just a round shield of thirty or forty centimeters in size made up of wooden boards held by a few iron bars

The cavalry shield is not originally used to block arrows, but is used to block the opponent’s weapon impact in the melee attack, so the cavalry shield itself is easy to pursue, otherwise it will not only increase the load of the horse, Moreover, holding a shield with one hand would be quite heavy and inconvenient, but now, you have to use such a shield to attack. The imperial arrow clusters from the south bank of the river hit the shield wall, making a dense clanging sound.

"Papa Papa" arrows clustered like locusts, even with shields, they were beaten down one by one.

West Court Heavy Arrows, dedicated to cavalry arrows to smash heavy armored infantry at close range, facing this kind of round wooden shield 40 to 50 meters away, it is like the sound of a paper wood pierced into the sawdust. Splashing, the arm was painful in concentration, blood exploded on the face, it was a heavy arrow that directly penetrated the shield, and the arm of the Martin force tooth soldier nailed into the shield. In the screams, there were still hundreds of Martins. Liya people lined up and swooped forward

"The whole army moves forward, and those who hesitate to retreat" ordered the cavalry to shout loudly. In the alternation of darkness and light, the gathering of people seemed to be a real ocean, and the supervising team formed by the officer Martin Liya followed closely. Less than ten meters behind, holding a long knife with fierce gaze, as long as you see someone who turns and wants to run, you will cut it with a knife to stop it. To the present level, no kind of affection can be taken care of

Everyone is carrying a thick log on his shoulders, biting a long knife in his mouth, facing the arrow clusters that are shot in succession, stuffing his head, using the helmet above his head as a shield, the buckler in front is unreliable, then You can only rely on yourself, as long as you don’t get shot to death. A few meters across is the river course. As the frontman of the army who dares to die, just like this, he puts the arrow clusters on the swinging pontoon bridge, and only sees bursts of arrow clusters. , The people who were still on the fixed pontoon fell down in rows

Many people have never yelled and screamed, but the arrow fell straight down the torrent under the pontoon. The people rushing behind saw this scene, but accelerated their pace. It was not that they did not want to retreat, but retreated. No less, there were all people behind, and the supervising team was still staring at them with red eyes. At a distance of 20 or 30 meters, they had only two choices before their eyes. Either they were pushed directly into the icy river or the floating bridge on their shoulders. Smashing into the river, regardless of whether the pontoon bridge is immortal or not, it’s really useful, just step up, it’s not just a river that is 20 to 30 meters wide, I’m afraid I can run across it in one breath.

So many people are surging, shouting to the sky, blood, death, and the snoring after the arrow is hit. At this moment, it suddenly broke out in the north of the river. As a group, hundreds of thousands of Martin Liya elite desperately died. Road to Home

"Hurry up, stretch out the pontoon"

"Go forward a little bit, we will reach the opposite bank" everywhere. There are shouts and shouts. Of course, the Imperial squad on the opposite side will not let the Martin Liya easily cross the river. Tens of thousands of imperial archers will be on the river bank. Above, the sound of bowstring trembling tore the air, and the rain of arrows swept across the dense crowds of people on the south bank, almost without even aiming, and directly towards the direction of the people on the other side of the river, like the tide,

The shooting speed has been increased by at least twice as much as before. It is really like splashing water.

The Martin Liya Army under the arrow rain. People stepped on the pontoon and could only collide left and right, trying to disperse a little bit. This would squeeze others into the water instead. Martin Liya Army entered the teaching in autumn. Tuan Nation, fighting all the way to the cold winter, still wears autumn clothes. In order to keep out the cold, I don’t know how much cloth cotton is stuffed in the armor. It looks like a bulging one, like a strong dwarf. , Once falling into the water, there is no ability to struggle at all. The turbulent river water rolls up, and the river surface is covered with debris floating on the water surface.

Spike is riding on a war horse, his fingers clenched, his breathing is heavy and ups and downs, and he looks at the river that is full of blood and rain like a demon. It's really like a waterfall.

Countless Martin Litooths were shot and stabbed in rows, blood splattered, and Mizusawa under his feet seemed to be **** muddy. A Martin Litooth lord gnashed his teeth and turned his head, although they were all time-tested. The characters in the battlefield, but with such a distance, such a number of people, and such a tragic storm are the first time I have seen them. This is not a battle, this is a massacre!

"His Royal Highness, are the casualties like this a bit too big? Why don't you wait a little while and wait until you're ready to cross the river"

"No, it's already fully deployed, how can it stop, and everyone hasn't beaten the dead mountain and blood, don't you know the actual situation, it is far from seeing such a heavy casualty, and the casualties are still able to bear Within the range, after all, it has an absolute advantage in strength, and the lethality of arrow clusters is not as deadly as that of swords. The Imperial Cavalry has consumed so many arrow clusters in front of them, and now how many are left! As long as they can cross the river bank, as long as With the first one, there will be a second one, and a third one. As long as a gap is established, the crossing of the river is equal to half of the success. As long as someone crosses over, it will be fine."

"It has passed, someone has crossed it. From a location point of view, it should be Anters' Sixth Army."

Suddenly there was a cheer in front. Look at that, our people have passed. A Lord Martin Liya raised his whip with excitement and pointed to the front. From a distance, you can see several Martins on a floating bridge. Although the tooth soldiers were hacked into the water by the galloping heavy cavalry before they had time to stand still, after all, both feet stepped on the opposite land. This substantial progress not only allowed the lords There was ecstasy on his exhausted face, and the other Martin Liya people who were still struggling on the riverbank gave out an exhilarating shout,

"Go forward, rush over, everyone work hard, rush over, everyone go home!"

"Run over, let's go home!"

The already exhausted Martin Liya Army burst out into the sky. The clusters of arrows from the other side of the river were like a waterfall exploding. Layers of waves rushed on the wall of people and crowded on the river bank. There are so many people, especially the one hundred thousand army crowded in the width of two to three hundred meters. To a degree of severity, it has not lost a tragic city battle with blades to each other. Martin Liya’s absolute advantage in the number of troops is At this moment, it is also fully utilized, and the entire force is spread across the board. As long as there is a loophole in the opposite imperial archer, more troops will be poured in from behind, and thousands of people will jump into the river at the same time

Water splashes everywhere, heads are like waves

Hundreds of sturdy tree trunks are made of pontoons that are like siege ladders. They smashed into the river densely, and countless feet stepped into the icy water. For a time, the entire river was full of Martin Liya people. , Densely packed with people, this is a real shield of flesh and blood. The imperial cavalry’s arrows are shot into the body of a Martin-toothed soldier, and it will basically get stuck, making it difficult to shoot a second person.

A large number of infantrymen are like a dense swarm of ants covering the surface of a sugar cube. Even if a person is pushing a person, they have to push it over.

As the Lord Martin Lifang said, although it looks quite tragic and makes people unable to look directly at it, the real casualties are not very large. This is also the archer in many cases as an auxiliary unit. One of the reasons is that even in the modern era when muskets are popular, it is quite difficult for muskets to cause large-scale lethal damage to the enemy at a long distance. As long as they are not shot in the deadly part, they have four or five arrows in their bodies. There is no shortage of shouting out there!

As the first gap was opened, more and more gaps appeared, and the number of Martin Lua soldiers rushing across the river also increased sharply, and the imperial archers on the opposite side had to retreat to a position more than 100 meters away from the river. , The shooting density of the ejected arrow clusters has also begun to decrease greatly. It can be seen that the Imperial Archers’ arrow clusters have basically been exhausted. The famous Xiting cavalry are equipped with two large barrels of arrow clusters, and they are completely consumed at this moment. Not only do the arrows shoot out, but also the violent draw in a short period of time also has the problem of overloading physical power.

Imperial archers without arrow clusters can only stop and watch from a distance.

"The whole army began to cross the river!" Spike raised his hand. With these more than a hundred pontoons, the speed of the Martin Force’s troop transport to the other side of the river has been greatly accelerated. There are more than 10,000 people, and this is the reason why Spike ordered the horse to pass first. Although he stood firmly on the riverbank, the danger was still there. The imperial cavalry did not leave, but was still watching from a distance, ready to seize the opportunity. With a bite, when the soldiers crossing the river stepped on their horses, the combat power belonging to Martin Liya's elite cavalry began to show, running and lifting the knife, the cold light flashed, the imperial cavalry obviously began to be afraid, the distance was pulled farther, and they retreated again. From more than one hundred meters to two hundred meters away,

"What else do these imperial cavalry want to do! I dare not fight, retreat and never retreat, it is really annoying." A Lord Martin Liya looked at the black line of the Emperor with red eyes. Said angrily

"Yes, it's an uncomfortable sight. It feels like being stared at by wild dogs on the Martin Liya prairie at night." A Lord Martin Liya took a deep breath and took it from the attendant. After passing the cold cloak, he looked into the distance, and then glanced at the 40,000 troops behind him, with a grin. "But His Royal Highness Spike is right. No matter how many infantrymen are infantry, they can only deal with cavalry. Staring, the sign of the collapse of the 11th Army, only by turning all the troops crossing the river into cavalry, can we no longer worry about the imperial cavalry and then stage the tragedy of pushing and killing the 11th army. These imperial cavalry are too unpleasant. Rest assured"

"If we hadn't taken into consideration the existence of the thousands of imperial heavy armored cavalry who forcibly pushed the eleventh army across the river into the river, we should have killed all these archers", Lord Martin Liya With a look of anger, the opponent took advantage of the river channel to snipe the 100,000 Martin Teeth army back south. It can be regarded as invincible since July. The repressing southern power Harvey had to cede half of the territory, and only the Saints were left. The lords of the northern Martin Liya of the capital were beaten with blood. They were absolutely superior in strength. They were still beaten like this. One of them lost 20 to 30 thousand people, but they didn't even touch the other side. This What is it,

Especially the scene of the other party dropping the Eleventh Army flag in the mud, which makes all the Lord Martin Liya unforgettable, shame, when did Martin Liya encounter such humiliation!

"Come on, why not come now! Are you afraid? It turns out that the Imperial Army team is also afraid of death, too!" Not far away, you can hear a Martin Liya lord running to the front, Loudly provoked the imperial army in the distance, and the other lords couldn’t help making a burst of laughter. The aggrievedness just now seemed to be a lot smaller in this laughter,

Even Spike, who has just crossed the river now, grinned and said to the attendants behind him, "Send two guards over, don’t let Lord Snarbet be shot by the Imperial Archers in the butt"

"Yes, your majesty" the attendant nodded, picked two guards and rode away

"I, Spike, came back from the Holy Capital!" Spike's eyes flashed, and there was a proud smile in his expression, and there was a sound in his heart. The overall situation has been determined. This river is already the last one, and there is no more at this moment. Anything that could stop one's return to the south, more than 100,000 troops, I still brought it back. Although I lost more than 10,000 in the Sacred Capital, I accidentally lost nearly 30,000 in this river, and there are still 7 to 80,000 people left. Army, this is much better than previously expected

Be aware that Spike originally believed that only a sacred capital would cost 20,000 to 30,000 people.

In order to stop the emperor’s army from going south to rescue, Spike even filled in his most direct line of the Fifth Army, the main force of 40,000 people, and at the same time gave the order to die, even if all were killed. , And definitely not let the Imperial Army enter the Holy Capital from the northern line. It can be said that for this battle, he bet on the heaviest bargaining chip in his hand. Although he believes he has a careful plan, he is facing which military **** the opponent is. The emperor, who dares to say nothing is foolproof, the most likely thing is that he has just led an army to attack the holy capital, and the empire’s 100,000 troops in the north of the holy capital will swarm south. The 40,000 direct army is afraid that it will not survive much.

Unexpectedly, the Imperial Army did not go to the north line, and the 40,000 direct troops that had been prepared for sacrifices were unscathed. For Spike, it was definitely a pleasant surprise. Now he just needs to withdraw to the south line. It’s good, instead of desperately retreating from the empire’s one hundred thousand troops that need to withstand the rescue of the holy capital

This kind of gap is like a survival mode that was originally extremely difficult. It suddenly became a simple mode that only needs to withdraw quickly to pass the level. The Emperor ** team cut off the southern line, which really surprised him. Cold sweat, but it doesn’t matter anymore. The elite of the army has already crossed the river, and it will take three or four hours to reach the southern line. If the military **** emperor really dared to insert a knife in the crack of the southern line, he would let the military **** The emperor knows what playing with fire is!

"Attention, the emperor moved." Suddenly a Martin Liya cavalry rushed from the direction of the emperor, and the loud voice caused countless eyes to look sideways at the emperor, as expected. The black line that had retreated more than two hundred meters away was twisting, looking like a ferocious snake waking up from its deep sleep,

"Attention, the Imperial Army is gathering, and new reinforcements are joining."Another Martin Liya scouts cavalry galloping and the cold light faintly flickers. It is the iron armor of the Imperial heavy cavalry, and in terms of quantity, It seems to be a lot more than before, and the faces of Lord Martin Liya are all changed.

"Does the empire still ambush other reinforcements here?"

"Does the Emperor's ** team have a decisive battle with our army here? I hope that won't be the case."

"Asshole, we attacked when we were only half of the team. I really thought we were bullying." Lord Martin Liya, who had all expectations just now, was also in a commotion, shouting angrily, and the beginning of panic. It's a **** to prepare their respective troops! Martin Liya’s soldiers were even more hesitant on their faces, allowing the officers to chase away the curse. The assembly speed was also quite slow and exhausted. There was no food or anything for more than ten hours, and the horses could not stand steady, let alone people. Not to mention, isn't this already crossing the river? What are you hitting, what are you hitting! At this moment, the morale of Martin Force’s army has not improved, but it is almost freezing.

And this in itself is what the emperor had long anticipated.

The Martin Liya army who crossed the river to the death can be said to have exhausted the last strength. Seeing the return of the country is in front of him, he had to fight again, even the most powerful army, from top to bottom. , All the aura will dissipate most, the soldiers are like this, so are the lords of Martin Liya, although the lords of Martin Liya just yelled one by one, in fact, from the bottom of my heart, this decisive battle came too suddenly It’s too much. Lord Martin Liya is unwilling to start a so-called decisive battle with the Imperial Army at this moment.

For them~IndoMTL.com~ From the moment they decided to leave the Holy Capital City, it has been explained that the battle of the Holy Capital that has lasted for several months is over, and the army has passed through the river. Everyone thinks All of them are returning home with their spoils. In this case, who is willing to start a deadly battle with the first strong army in the North Continent before returning to the country!

And Cha Cha, this is the decisive battle chosen by the emperor against the main force of more than one hundred thousand Martin Liya!

On the opposite side, "swish swish" just under the slightly flustered and unwilling gazes of everyone Martin Liya, three consecutive red light spots that went straight up into the sky exploded in the sky above the imperial cavalry, like a glorious moment. Below the iron armor is ferocious, and the sound of the iron fragments colliding with the iron fragments, the three thousand imperial heavy armored cavalry who have already recharged in the middle of the night began to spread out like a huge triangle, and the previous five thousand imperial heavy armored cavalry, a total of eight thousand The famous imperial heavy armored cavalry formed the largest assault group in this war

"Everyone draw their swords!"

Duo Weiyan’s loud and solemn voice is like a cold wind from the north. Behind him, more than 20,000 Xiting archers have shot out their arrows, but after a short rest, the prairie Xiting cavalry has a firm face. Qi Qi pulled out a sharp grassland knife, upstream of the river, as three fires flew up, a large ship bound by iron chains was chopped off the iron chains, like heavy hammers rushing downstream along the turbulent current