Power and Empire Chapter 53: Blood Rain (2)
Late night, the last torrential rain of the early summer rainy season swept away the heat of the day
Gaogang outside Riwading City, the violent wind swept large raindrops on Du Yu’s face, and small rainwater left from the cracks in the scales of the fat man’s body,
The rain wets Fatty's whole body, but Fatty's eyes are fixed on the north gate of Riwading City
A shiny silver snake twists across the sky
A flash of electric light shone on the faces of 2000 hussars in the dense forest of the hills. They were dignified faces, letting the pouring rain fall on their armor, and they became white. Of splashes,
In the silent silence, only the sound of raindrops falling on the ground is heard
"My lord, look, our people have sent a signal!"
Caesar Sauron, who is next to the fat man, pointed to the swaying flames of the north gate of Riwading and shouted
Seeing the constantly swaying fire trail at the north gate of Riwading City, Du Yu standing on the high hill showed a smug smile at the corner of his mouth,
The circular swaying trail of torches, although the sky is as dark as ink, the bright flames are still clearly visible on the distant hills
"At this level, I want to support the city's independence! Tonight you are destined to become synonymous with history"
Fatty secretly despised himself, and seemed to feel the anger in his master's heart. The horse under Fatty's crotch took a few steps back
in this age when castles are popular
The huge defensive range of the city and the low city walls destined that the external defense power of the city cannot be compared with that of a strong castle
Riwading City’s lax defensive power is far worse than the fat man expected,
This time the suppression of the rebellion, the fat man prepared to cut the chaos with a sharp knife, and uprooted all the hostile forces in the city of Jivadin with the momentum of thunder.
"Cut the grass without removing the roots, the spring breeze will regenerate!"
In order to gain absolute advantage, Fatty not only used the light cavalry regiment, but also transferred the eighth heavy infantry regiment of nearly 5,000 people
Nearly 7,000 elite Samo troops gathered under Riwading City. For Riwading City, which has a population of only 50,000, it is more than enough to slaughter the city
Many important moments are often simple
The "Blood Rain Night" that later historians have been unable to figure out the truth kicked off with a gentle wave of Du Yu
"The whole army assaulted! Each team carried out according to the plan in advance! There are resistance in the middle, no matter what you kill."
Fatty gave an order, and countless black shadows sprang from the hills and dense forests,
under the cover of heavy rain in the dark night, like a pack of wolves hunting towards the north gate of Jivadin City
"You guys come out and see, what are those things?"
A city defense soldier who came out to pee shivered a few times in the cold night, and suddenly noticed that there was a large group of black shadows quickly approaching Rivadin not far from the city, and there was a faint thunderous vibration in the sound of raindrops. Sound
"What is it called? I haven’t seen those smugglers enter the city in the middle of the night. This time I guess they have got a lot of good things. If you let Baron Gitesey know that you saw his smuggled goods, see if he Let Captain Keane skin you!"
The dozen or so city defense soldiers who were awakened in the city road looked at the yelling soldier with displeased expressions, yelled a few words, and turned to sleep
In Rivadin City, smuggling at night is a common thing, and naturally no one cares about this soldier’s surprise
"These **** smugglers, they only come in the middle of the night every time, and they can’t sleep peacefully."
The soldier heard the scolding from his colleagues, and felt that he was also making a fuss. He looked angrily at the shadow that was already near the north gate below, spit on the battlement, and lifted his pants to go to the wall passage
Suddenly a dazzling light flashed in front of his eyes, and then a metal crash came from the city gate below,
"What's going on, it’s not peaceful in the middle of the night!"
Chengwei glanced at the city gate inadvertently, suddenly his body was cold, his hand holding his trousers loosened unconsciously, and the trousers fell to the ground
Under the shining of the torch of the city gate, a group of cavalry in iron armor quickly passed through the spacious gate of the northern gate like a black ghost.
The light shining from the city guard just now is the reflection of the city gate fire on the cavalry armor
The panicked guards reacted. The large group of dark shadows I saw just now should be these cavalry soldiers rushing into the city.
He had the courage, and leaned on the battlement with his bare butt, his face pale with fright, his hands and feet limp,
The black heads at the gate are like swarms of ants. These armored cavalry clasped a long, cold sword in their hands, silently but murderously passing through the gate quickly
The chest of the cavalry armor is inlaid with a fist-sized white thorns badge, which is very dazzling in the light of the torch
"These are Samorians! Samorians have entered the city!"
The thought of shocked Chengwei,
Rumors that riwading city is going to be independent from Samor have already been circulated in the city guards.
"We must guard against the Kujites, and even more so from the Samos! The Kujites will take away our treasures and women, and the Samos will take our heads!"
This is what the captain of the city guard said during his daily inspections. Although he did not acknowledge the rumors of Zhivadin’s independence, it has been proved in disguised form that the rumors are true and false
For the soldiers at the grassroots level, it doesn’t matter who is the lord, whoever gives the money to eat is the master
Just as the city guard was stunned and watched the cavalry rushing into the city, a sudden short-feathered crossbow shot into the city guard’s throat from not far away from the city, and the corpse swayed and fell off the wall. Down
is Caesar Sauron who shoots arrows,
With the strength of his Silver Knight, he can clearly see things within 50 meters at night. The white flowery buttocks of the city guard are too glaring on the wall
"People who know the truth generally don't live long!"
Caesar Sauron put the cavalry crossbow bolt back into the weapon slot with a solemn face, and shouted at the light cavalry who had rushed into the north gate
"The first team went to occupy the arrow tower, the second team was responsible for cutting off the passage of the city wall, and the third team immediately occupied the drawbridge"
The light cavalry rushing into the city gate immediately divided into three teams and rushed to the wall channel according to the plan.
Du Yu already knew the defensive layout of the city of Zivadin from the captured nobleman
The wall of Rivadin is not high but four meters thick, which is enough to deal with all the rushing vehicles that attempt to hit the wall, especially to defend against the attack of the Samor Fortress. The Southern Alliance can be considered as a bloodbath
not only has 30 large-scale stone dumping machines arranged on the city wall, but also a large number of defensive facilities,
And in order to make up for the shortcomings of the city wall is not high, a channel inside the wall where two horses pass side by side was deliberately dug inside the city wall to transport troops. Even if the enemy temporarily attacked the city wall, it would be constantly gushing out of the channel. 'S reinforcements are wiped out
As long as the passage is not occupied, even if the city wall is occupied, this internal passage has become a fatal flaw in the city of Zivadin.
The Riwadin garrison, sheltering from the rain in the tunnel of the city wall, was unprepared and was attacked by the light cavalry. Many soldiers were easily chopped off their heads while sleeping, and some of the soldiers who were awake were also attacked. The crossbow arrows in the hands of the hussars shot into hedgehogs,
The internal channel of the city wall was full of blood, and the 300 rotating guards were slaughtered almost without resistance. With the occupation of the drawbridge winch,
The other six suspension bridges outside Rivadin City slowly fell in the dark, and heavy armored infantrymen flooded the city gate from a distance.
That is Crolithat’s 8th Heavy Infantry Regiment, with a total of 5,000 heavily armed and heavily armed infantry
An accident happened to the occupation of the arrow tower at the gate of the city wall. The first team that rushed up encountered the stubborn resistance of the archers on the arrow tower.
The arrow tower of the city gate is an independent existence of the city wall. It is connected to the thick city wall and has its own independent two-story defensive wall. Without breaking the defensive iron gate, no one can enter, just like a small castle ,
often in siege battles, the arrow tower is the last fortress to fall
The arrow tower of Rivadin City is three times the arrow tower of the ordinary castle. Originally, the arrow tower could only house 20 people. In Rivadin, it became 70 archers, which made it the first to be attacked. The first team suffered a lot
The light cavalry did not have a large shield for siege. The rain of arrows shot from the arrow tower made the light cavalry helpless, so they could only shoot with the light crossbow arrows in their hands against the arrow tower.
does not have a good effect on the Riwading Arrow Tower with solid shooting holes. Often dozens of arrows are shot out and no one is hit
Such embarrassing results make the bow and arrow on the arrow tower shoot more happily, and occasionally I can hear the swearing sound from the arrow tower
Although the hussars below were full of anger, they could only stare, suddenly I didn’t know who burst out a **** and scolded the archer on the arrow tower
shot at each other and greeted each other’s female family members. This awkward confrontation continued until the arrival of the Eighth Infantry Regiment led by Crolithat.
More than a dozen heavy hammer soldiers with large shields against the arrow rain falling from their heads, their faces leisurely moved to the bottom of the arrow tower
In the clank of the arrow hitting the shield, the broken city cone in his hand easily smashed the first defense of the arrow tower, and the closed iron door of the arrow tower was knocked into an iron hole. A large concave hole is distributed near the lock of the iron door
The heavy infantry kicked open the tattered iron gate, revealing the pale faces of the archers in fear
The following things are much simpler. The heavy infantry swarmed in and chopped the Zivadin archers with only daggers into scum. If it weren’t for strict orders~IndoMTL.com~the light cavalry full of fire. Almost burned the entire arrow tower with a torch in my hand
At this time, I don’t know that the Samorian army has already entered the city, and the lights are brightly lit in the house of the Marquis Hesalita, the chairman of the Jivadin Business Alliance,
Hundreds of luxurious horse-drawn carriages parked on the lawn in front of the Marquis Mansion, and a grand banquet is being held at the Marquis Mansion.
In order to welcome this distinguished guest from the royal capital, Hesalite invited all the figures with faces and faces in the city of Zivadin
Hesalite knows that Zhivadin wants to be independent from Samoa, not only on his own strength, but also on the support of the royal capital, otherwise he will be charged as a rebel
Only when the local forces and the capital forces exert pressure together can the fat guy of Satsuma have to swallow this glass of bitter wine
Whether to please this Kyoto guest tonight will be the key to Jivadin’s independence
"As long as this distinguished guest is willing to say a few words for me in Kyoto, I will become the first governor of Zivadin City"
Looking at the lively scene of the people passing through the hall, Hesalita looked drunk when thinking of her bright future.
"Master, the servants just reported that Master Lisa Hepburn had already entered the gate! However, at the door I met the Marquis Lord Saji who had been waiting there, and now the two are chatting secretly in the back garden! Let us 'S servants are leaving"
The butler with an ugly face walked in quickly from the side entrance of the hall and whispered to Hesalite’s ear to report,
"Secret chat? I drove away the servant"
The slightly drunk Hesalitai's face suddenly changed. The drunkenness just now turned into a cold sweat, thinking that it took so much effort to invite this big man from Kyoto, but now he was picked up by the Marquis of Saji. Angrily
"Go, follow me to see what this old fox wants to do!"