Power and Empire Chapter 3831: The death knell of Aden (5)
Berthard City, in front of the Empire Ballista, blood was flowing into a river, bright red human blood was flowing down the city wall, countless corpses of Aden heavy armored infantry filled with arrows were piled upside down, one The heavy armored infantryman of Aden was covered in blood, sitting half leaning on the battlement, with fuzzy eyes, trying to see the front clearly, he saw the imperial archer on the wall quickly rushing into these areas, raising the crossbow in his hand towards Aden below The soldier shoots violently
"Speed, occupy position"
"Below the target, shoot!"
These are veterans of the Central Army for more than five years. They are equipped with leather quiveres and hold powerful infantry crossbows. They have no armor on them. They run light and agile, and they are extremely fast. The front ends of these imperial crossbow arrows are all The triangular arrow cone used for armor piercing. This sharp arrow is within 50 meters, enough to tear any heavy armor, "brushing" these crossbow arrows to bring a staggering white cold light in the sun. The arrow clusters with piercing pointed beaks are firmly nailed to the heavy infantry. The arrow at the front end is submerged in the armor, and blood seeps from the gap in the armor. Some heavy infantry crawls and releases their hands at once, from the long ladder. When they fell, some were gasping for breath, and the pace was slow like a tortoise. These clusters of arrows could not kill the heavy infantry in one blow, but they could cause the heavy infantry inside to be injured and bleed. The heavy infantry is a unit that relies heavily on physical strength. , A lot of bloodshed will severely weaken the combat effectiveness of heavy infantry, and eventually die due to blood loss
"Asshole!" Toblas's face was blue. He thought that in front of his heavy armored infantry group, it would be no more laborious to capture Berthard than to pierce through a piece of tissue paper, but he didn't expect it to be so. Originally I wanted to say that the ** team was nothing more than that. This battle was bound to be powerful, but I didn't want to play the situation completely one-sided. This imperial ** team was so difficult to fight. The wall attacked and was driven down by the opponent. This is fourth for Aden. It’s never happened to the army. What happened just now? The casualties were heavy. Toblas took a deep breath and could feel the shake of the combat troops under his command. This battle is definitely considered to be the Fourth Army of Aden. The most tragic battle of the royal family's ace army in more than ten years, even if the scale of this battle is not too big!
"Woo" the long horns with a sense of tragic suddenly came from the sky. This is the horn of evacuation. The Fourth Army of Aden began to retreat. Even the Fourth Army of Aden was called steel. The imperial ballista's volleys lost their confidence, dozens of steel iron crossbows fired at a short distance, completely ignoring any block, and completely beyond the range of human resistance. One wear can reach 20 meters. Through the power, all the heavy armored infantry in Aden along the line were pierced. It was simply too violent. The moment the ballista stopped, short spears were inserted on the city wall. There were broken long spears and epees everywhere on the city road. There were corpses everywhere, the cut off infantry regiment flag fell to the ground, and the star and moon battle flag representing the team's triangle dovetail was rustling in the silence.
The city wall that was just climbed up was once again recaptured by the Imperial Army. The Fourth Army of Aden lost more than 800 people in this attack. This siege, which was originally smooth and like a hurricane, took place in this short period of time. Within minutes, the Fourth Army of Aden lost one-twentieth. The endless defenses of the Imperial Army also shocked him. Originally, he thought that the Imperial Army had just fought with Prince Sotorosu for a day and night. I have exhausted my energy and fighting spirit, but I feel that the opponent is not only not tired, but it can even be said to be energetic
What the **** is going on! Toblas can’t understand this unreasonable situation,
The clear blue sky and the white clouds seem to be shaken by the cry of the ground below, spreading layer by layer from east to west like fish scales
The minister of imperial affairs, the commander of the Central Army, Hu Keqili, stood on a high place on a slope, holding a sight glass and calmly observing the situation of the entire battlefield in Bersad, his expression solemnly as if a condensed meal. The statue. Behind him, the four commanders of the Imperial Central Army's flags were hot. Although it is five or six miles away from Bersad, they are condescending. It can be seen that the Aden army that is attacking this time is similar to the first two. The Aden army that was beaten back is completely different
This means that this is not the previous Aden army, but a completely different army
"My lord, this move to seize Bethad really hit the Aden people and had to save their weakness. The Aden people changed their previous tactics of relying on accumulated forces to advance gradually. In just three days, they sent Two heavy-armed clusters with tens of thousands of people came. It is conceivable that Bethad, who does not seem to be an eye-catching point, might really mobilize most of the Aden army."
A flaxen-haired, sturdy head of the Central Army flag hesitated behind Hu Keqili and said, "It's just three thousand people is really a little bit small. Now the Aden people gathered in front of Berthard are afraid of it. There are already more than 30,000 people, and the ten-to-one force ratio is too risky. Or, if you subordinate and transfer a squadron to it, it will be more secure.'
"The front-end city wall of Bersad is only two to three hundred meters wide. Even if the Adenites have more troops, they will not be able to rush up to the city wall to attack more than 500 troops at a time. One hundred ballistas, two squadrons of the empire are heavy. The first infantrymen, the crossbowmen of the two squadrons, and the reserve squadrons of the two squadrons. There are three thousand people on the surface. In fact, they are hidden. There are five or six thousand. The people of Aden would not expect that this group has just been replaced. All of them are veterans who have been fighting for a long time. They are well rested. Regardless of their physical strength and willpower, they are in their peak state. If this situation can’t even be handled, then Silar’s Imperial Central Army’s Fifth Banner Regiment’s Steel Knife Regiment The title can also be taken off!" Hu Keqili snorted coldly and put down the sight glass in his hand
If Toblas hears this sentence here, I am afraid that he can vomit blood on the spot. It turns out that the Imperial team in Berthard is not three thousand people, but maybe six thousand, and it is divided into two batches. Rest, so it gave people the illusion of three thousand people. The black and dark Aden army formation looks like a line on the desolate land in front of you from a long distance. Although the Aden army is large in number, it is only a short time after this period of time. In the series of battles, the emperor had almost captured the fate of the Aden people. The Aden army’s armor rate was not high. Basically, only officers were armored. As the local garrison, the Aden people did not even wear armor. Most of them wore light leather armor, so once they encountered intense battles, the casualties of the Aden people would be like mowing grass, and then they would rout quickly. Of course, this was mainly aimed at the local garrison of Aden, while the regular army of the Aden people, however, Still stranded in the remote Central and Biya region
The raid of the Emperor ** team really caught Aden by surprise, but as time has stretched, this raid has truly changed from a raid to a blatant attack after half a month, and Aden has made all-out efforts. The surrounding forces were mobilized to counterattack, but the imperial army defeated the garrison all the way and released a large number of slaves in the Aden slave owner’s manor at all levels. These slaves contained a large number of Aden’s defense forces. This raid spread to southern Aden, and the imperial side finally With more than 20,000 troops, all four provinces in the south of Aden were involved. Of course, this was not the real goal of the emperor’s invasion of the south.
"Guess where did this force that arrived later come from" Hu Keqili curled his mouth slightly, and raised his hand to the imperial banner commanders behind him.
The commanders of the Imperial Banner glanced at each other,
"It's the troops in the Gulf of Aden, my lord!" one of the commander of the Imperial Central Banner said suddenly
Hu Keqili nodded his head. "Yes, except for the defenders in the Gulf of Aden area, I can't think of where the reinforcements will come from! Most of the main combat troops of the Adenites are still in Central and Biya, and they are still there. The fighting force of the Great Oasis Legion was constrained due to the changes in the Great Oasis. The only elite force that the Aden people can deploy now is probably only the troops stationed in the core area of the Gulf of Aden, and heavy armored infantry appeared in this force, which is completely inconsistent. The general configuration of the local army in Aden, according to the intelligence provided by the Southern Intelligence Department of the Empire, the Gulf of Aden, as the area where the Aden King’s capital is located, is naturally the top priority. Not only the elite troops stationed at 60,000, but also the private noble army of nearly 40,000. , There are at least four naval fleets, more than 130 warships of Aden patrolled the entrance to the Gulf of Aden, anyone who wants to attack the Gulf of Aden has to consider that once the attack stops, he will have to face the people of Aden on land. The fierce strangulation on the two lines of the sea"
In the history of the Aden people, such a situation has not been uncommon. This was the case with the Falling Star Bay War that broke out 50 years ago. The South China Navy, which occupied the superior sea area, launched a raid on the Gulf of Aden. At that time, the South China Navy was in the south. The overlord of the sea ~ IndoMTL.com ~ has more than 170 warships and mobilized more than 30,000 troops. The South China Navy first tore open the entrance of the Gulf of Aden, and then broke into the Gulf all the way in an attempt to break the King Capital of Aden in one go. In the end, it was desperately blocked by 74 naval warships of the Aden Navy on the sea of Luoxing Bay, 30 miles from the capital.
In that battle, seventy-four warships of the Aden Navy were sunk and sixty-one ships were sunk, 13 ships were injured, and more than 8,000 sailors died in the battle. Although Nanxi won the naval battle, the time was delayed. , The landing force was quickly defeated by the forces gathered by the King of Aden. In the end, the 170 naval warships of the South China Sea were so scarred that they were shut down by the Aden people with slings along the coast of the bay. The army suffered a total loss of more than 20,000 people. The naval sailors trained for many years in Nanxi suffered heavy losses, and the naval era of Nanxi came into decline.
The Battle of Luoxing Bay was also regarded as a turning point in the inferiority of the decades of war between the Kingdom of Aden and Nanxi. Without the support of the naval fleet, the Nanxi Army was unable to fight across the sea. In the end, Nanxi was in the vicinity of the Gulf of Aden. The influence was quickly replaced by the expanding Kingdom of Aden. How to avoid the fate of the Nanxi people in Luoxing Bay has always been a question that the empire needs to think about. According to the emperor, it is very simple. If Aden All the elites of the navy and army have left the Gulf of Aden. Naturally, there is no Lost Star Bay. The purpose of the Imperial Army’s invasion of the south is only one. Wan, before the return of the main force of the Aden people, seal the throat with a sword!