rise of empire total war

Chapter 104 Fire Attack
The siege of Sorenborg has lasted for nearly a month, but Richard's army has never made any progress.

The difficulty of the castle in front of him was beyond his expectation, not to mention the slope that made the siege equipment advance slowly, and the tenacious resistance of the defenders also forced the Ravana who had attacked the city wall several times to retreat. On the wide slope leading to the city wall from the Wana camp, many brave Ravana soldiers fell on the blood-stained city wall.

Richard finally understood why in medieval wars, the commanders were unwilling to attack a strong castle, because it would pay a heavy price, and they might not necessarily be able to win, so they preferred to encircle for a long time and wait for the defenders to attack. After being forced to surrender at the end of the mountain, they took advantage of the situation to occupy it.

Therefore, it often takes several years to break into a castle, but Richard does not have so much time to waste on besieging the city, what he needs is a quick victory.

……

"Your Majesty Caesar, the spy you sent to the Kingdom of Ramirez, Renado Erlach, has brought back the latest information. Please take a look."

Outside Sorenburg, at the Ravana Royal Army camp, Adjutant Condora presented a scroll to Richard and reminded him aloud.

"Is there any information sent back so soon?" Richard was slightly taken aback, then took the scroll in Condra's hand, opened it, took out the information written on parchment, and began to check it.

I forgot to mention that in order to better grasp the advantage of this war, Richard sent the spy Renardo, who seemed to be the boss of the city's underground world, to the Kingdom of Ramirez to investigate the latest situation when he was stationed in Leuven City. This kingdom, which can endure hardships for four years and then take revenge on the enemy, even if it kills the king and breaks their main force, Richard still dare not let go of his heart easily.

Therefore, Renardo disguised himself as a businessman and sneaked into the Kingdom of Ramirez with the team he had accumulated over the past four years, but he didn't know what new information he got in just over two months.

With doubts, Richard read the content written in German on the parchment one by one. After he finished reading, his face was expressionless, making Condora on the side uncertain what he was thinking at the moment.

"Your Majesty... what's wrong?" Condela asked cautiously.

"A civil war broke out among the people of Ramirez. After the death of King Oweco, his little prince Croft gathered the defeated army and returned to the country. He did not know what method he used to make the soldiers loyal to him. The nobles supported Croft as the new king. The orthodox heir took advantage of the chaos and fled back to the fief, and united with other nobles who did not agree with Croft to fight against the false king."

"At this time, the Ramirez people still want a civil war?" Condela was a little speechless, but his eyes lit up quickly, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the best opportunity God has given us. The Ramirez people are busy If there is no civil war, we will have more time to deal with the traitors in Sorenborg."

Hearing this, Richard sighed: "I understand this, but there is still a hidden enemy behind us still ready to move."

"You mean... Bundac, Earl of Cork?"

"Yeah." Richard slowly closed his eyes, nodded, and said: "The news from Ravana City said that Bandak and his henchmen have assembled an army, and I'm afraid they will take action soon. "

"If Bundak launches a mutiny at this time, the situation will be seriously unfavorable to us." Kondra frowned, holding his chin, and said: "At that time, there will be Bundak before Sorenburg, if they secretly Conspiring to unite, we will be in the embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts, and may even be wiped out here.”

"That's why I'm so anxious." Richard sighed, sat back in his chair, and rubbed his temples, "Although we haven't lost a single battle after the Eastern Expedition, the situation is still so difficult. Now we can only hope The reinforcements from Cuban Island have arrived, as long as the reinforcements can arrive in time, even if Bundak launches a rebellion, we still have the capital to fight with him."

"Reinforcements?" Condra asked doubtfully. He had no idea about the reinforcements.

"It's the Christian brothers who accepted God's call and came from thousands of miles to help." Richard explained to his loyal adjutant with a relaxed tone: "That is a powerful army with nearly two thousand troops. With their If we join, the situation we face will be much better.”

"I see." Condela nodded, knowing in his heart that he was full of curiosity about the Christian Brothers in Richard's mouth. It must not be a weak chicken for Richard to give such a high evaluation.

"However, we also have to be prepared that the reinforcements will not arrive in time." Richard suddenly changed the subject and ordered: "Send a ranger to patrol the border of Cork, and report back as soon as we get news of Bundak's dispatch. , we can’t just get stabbed in the back unprepared.”

"What about Sorenborg?" Condela asked.

"Continue to siege." Richard said, but then added: "Let the soldiers cheer up, don't let an enemy go, and let them have a chance to unite with Bundak."

"Understood, Your Majesty Caesar."

After Condela retreated to convey his order, Richard walked out of the tent slowly, and looked at the castle built on the slope, with a crazy light in the corner of his eyes.

"It seems it's time to try that method..."

he whispered.

……

evening.

"Assemble! Assembly!"

At the Ravana Kingdom military camp outside Soronborg, with the officers' stern shouts, the soldiers rushed from their tents to the open space in front of the military camp and gathered in company units.

After the melee infantry had assembled, they were surprised to find that the light infantry equipped with bows and crossbows had already assembled, standing behind the shallow trenches, ready for battle.

"What is this for..."

"Does His Majesty Caesar want us to attack the city at night?"

"..."

Discussions sounded from the crowd in twos and threes. Richard, who was fully clothed, just glanced at the crowd, and then looked at the city wall of Sorenburgh, where the defenders, who were awakened by the movement of the Ravana, were gathering in a panic. , the figures on the city wall surged, and a few scoldings could be heard from time to time.

"It's time to start." Richard said to the orderly behind him, who immediately opened his voice and loudly conveyed his order. Soon, Richard's order spread to the entire army, and spread to the front row. In the infantry's ears.

"Ready to shoot!"

After receiving the order, Sharp, the commander of the light infantry, shouted loudly, and the archers under his command immediately set up their bows and led the arrows, putting special arrows on the bowstrings.

"ignition!"

Sharp's order sounded again, and then several soldiers holding torches stretched their torches into the shallow ditch in front of the archers. The next second, the flame ignited instantly and quickly filled the entire shallow ditch—it turned out that in the shallow ditch In the ditch, flammable asphalt has been poured in advance.

"Rocket ready!"

Before Sharp finished speaking, the archers used the fire ditch in front of them to ignite the arrowheads of the special arrows on the bowstring. Then, they heard a shrill "Shoot!", and countless rockets flew into the sky in an instant. The rocket covered almost the entire sky, and fell into the castle after crossing a beautiful orbit!
At this moment, it's like the end is coming!
(End of this chapter)