rise of empire total war

Chapter 100 Siege of Mengba City

Looking at Mengba City, which was almost built on the edge of the mine, Richard looked indifferent.

Mumba means ore in the Ramirez language, and Mumba City therefore represents the City of Ore - this is because the city was built next to a huge mine, although the mine became depleted due to over-exploitation. , the scale is not as big as before, but it is still the largest gathering place in Mengba Territory.

The city was captured by the Ravana army in the war four years ago, and then it was ceded to the victor Ravana Kingdom together with Luwen and Sorenburg in the contract signed by the city of Luwen.After that, in order to maintain his rule in the area, King Ravana also named the nobleman who first turned to him as the earl of the area (as mentioned earlier, the same is true for Sorenburgh), but this earl was defeated after Ramirez's army returned. Immediately after, the Earl of Sorenburgh hoisted the flag of his homeland and announced anyway.

For such a treacherous villain, Richard will not show any mercy. He ordered the whole army to surround the gradually declining city of Mumbai, and cut down nearby trees to build camps and siege equipment.

Richard's army of craftsmen were recruited from the Farnic Kingdom. They were proficient in the construction of siege equipment. In just a few days, they built two tall siege towers outside the city of Mumba. The siege tower itself is not outstanding. The most eye-catching thing is the heavy crossbow machine (similar to the Roman scorpion crossbow) on the high platform at the top of the siege tower. These heavy crossbow machines are equipped with two operators, who can attack the city during the siege. When the tower is advancing towards the city wall, use the heavy crossbow machine to shoot down the enemies on the city wall.

The arrows fired by the heavy-duty crossbow machine are thick and long, and the steel arrows reflect a dazzling cold light under the sunlight. String out a string of human gourds.

This is a daunting and terrifying weapon. This was originally a black technology of the Romans, but for some reason it appeared in the Farnic Kingdom of this world.

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Arturo Ortiz has been ruling the country for four years as the lord of Mumbai City. Although he was the first group of nobles who defected to the Kingdom of Ravana during the war that year, it was only to protect the family. It’s just an expedient measure, don’t you see what happened to those nobles who didn’t want to take refuge in them—maybe the Ravana people would worry about their reputation and not deal with them personally, but that doesn’t mean they have no other way.

Seeing those nobles who did not surrender to the Ravana people die and disappear, Arturo was finally made the lord of Mumba City by King Haraus - all he could control was Mumba City. , those baronies were granted to the knights of the Ravana people, and Arturo knew that their purpose was to monitor him and prevent him from doing anything that would harm the kingdom.

Therefore, Arturo endured it for four years. During these four years, he only dared to recruit troops secretly, united with other Ramirez nobles, and finally had a private army with considerable combat effectiveness. The [-] militiamen in the country were also strengthened and trained by him for various reasons. He firmly believed that the army of the motherland would come back one day.

Sure enough, King Oweco led a large army to counterattack the Kingdom of Ravana, which was in turmoil and internal instability because of the king's death. After learning the news, Arturo sent a fast horse to swear allegiance to King Oweco, and at the same time explained his It was a last resort to seek refuge with the Ravana people.Knowing nothing about military affairs, he naively thought that King Oweko's army could easily destroy the defense of the Ravana people, defeating the enemy army like the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, and wash away the shame of four years ago.

However, before the good news of the fall of Luwen City came, the bad news that the kingdom's army was defeated in the Luwen River Plain and that the king was killed reached Mumba City.

Arturo knew that catastrophe might be imminent for him, and the betrayed Ravana would not let him and his city go.His premonition was very accurate. Only a few days later, Richard's army surrounded the city. In addition to the army he brought from the kingdom, several barons in Mumbai City also mobilized soldiers to join him. The army contributed to the kingdom's counter-insurgency—besides, they also had selfishness. If they performed well in the war, maybe one of them could become the new Earl of Mengba.

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"My lord, the Ravana have begun to attack the city."

Arturo, who locked himself in the city lord's mansion in Mengba City, heard the voice of the military chief outside the door, feeling very bitter in his heart. Mengba City is destined to be unable to defend it. The hundreds of private troops cultivated in the past four years are only in the early thousand.Even the kingdom's main force of nearly ten thousand will be defeated by the enemy, so what can he do with more than 1000 people?
"Lord..." the voice of the military chief outside the door sounded again, but Arturo interrupted him mid-sentence, "Peros, there is no need to report. The defense of Memba City depends entirely on your command. You just have to deal with the Ravana attack with all your strength."

"Yes..." The military chief named Pedro responded hesitantly. I don't know if it was an illusion, but he could hear a hint of fatigue and decadence in the lord's slightly hoarse voice.

On the other side, the conscripted infantrymen from Mabuku who took on the task of the first round of attack pushed the heavy siege towers and slowly approached the city wall. The militiamen in Mengba City basically use melee weapons to fight, so long-range firepower is very lacking.

But even so, Richard was still unwilling to allow the defenders to shoot at his friendly troops unscrupulously. With the order of the commander of the expeditionary force, all the light infantry in the Royal Army lined up in front of the formation. The crossbow militia brought by Chad from Cuban Island, as well as the archers, javelin soldiers and even slingers recruited from various places-even in the Middle Ages, the most primitive slingers already existed, but they can give the enemy The damage caused is as humble and ludicrous as being bitten by an insect.

"Ready!" Standing in front of the light infantry, Sharp (formerly a temporary officer in the crossbow-wielding militia), who was appointed by Richard as the light infantry commander, raised his sword high and shouted at the same time, and the light infantry behind him immediately loaded their weapons. Ammunition can be used to set up a bow or guide an arrow, or to load a crossbow with arrows, or to load a sling with stones with water chestnuts - don't ask why there are no javelin soldiers, just ask that the range is not enough!

When the light infantry were basically loaded, Sharp slashed at the void in front of him with a sharp sword in his hand, and roared loudly: "Shoot!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cloud of black arrows flew into the sky, mixed with small black spots that were not easy to be seen by the naked eye, and flew across the sky towards the city wall of Mengba City. It actually completely covered a section of the city wall, Among them, the defenders who couldn't dodge in time shot into hedgehogs!

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