rise of empire total war

Chapter 105 Reinforcements Arrive
"Fight the fire! Quickly put out the fire!"

Numerous rockets almost cover the sky, making the sky look like daytime, which is very spectacular.The rain of arrows drew graceful arcs in the air and then fell into Sorenburg, either hitting the soldiers who couldn't dodge in time, or igniting the wooden buildings in the city.

After the rocket hit the wooden buildings in the city, it quickly caused a raging fire.The stables built behind the city wall were the most dangerous place. When sparks fell into the straw piled inside, they started to burn. The flames caused the horses trapped inside to panic, neighing and struggling violently, trying to escape. Use the horse rope that binds you to escape from here.

For a moment, the wailing of war horses and people's shouts filled Soren Castle, and the whole castle suddenly fell into chaos.

"Ahhh-"

On the city wall, an unlucky guy who was shot by a rocket screamed and ran on the city wall. The rocket ignited his leather armor, making him almost a burning man. The severe pain made him unbearable. He ran up to seek help from his comrades, but the surrounding soldiers were afraid of the flames on his body and dared not go up. In the end, the poor soldier fell down while running, and then could not get up again.

boom--

In the Ravana rocket volley, a deafening explosion sounded suddenly, and everyone looked around, only to see that the towers of the city wall had fallen into a sea of ​​flames, and the surrounding soldiers were all on fire, screaming and rushing indiscriminately. Several soldiers couldn't bear the severe pain and jumped directly from the towering city wall, falling to their deaths on the spot.

This was just an accident. The Ravana rocket happened to pass through the shooting port of the tower, and then penetrated the clay pot filled with flammable asphalt. Under the action of the rocket, the clay pot placed inside exploded. The flames swallowed everything around in an instant.

"Archers! Where are our archers! Fight back! Fight back!"

Braving the rockets that passed through him from time to time, the officer on the city wall shouted loudly. The trembling archers hiding under the wall immediately stood up and prepared to fight back, but as soon as they stood up, an arrow hit him in the face. , the flame licked the flesh and blood near the wound, and a faint smell of barbecue quickly permeated the surrounding air.

The tragic death of their companions made other archers dare not move, and they hid under the safe walls and prayed that the enemy's attack would end soon. Perhaps their prayers were helped by the gods, and the Ravana archers outside the city quickly stopped. Shooting, each of them stood there with their arms drooped and panting - the continuous shooting exhausted their physical strength, and they were no longer able to bend the bow and shoot.

On the city wall, no, in Sauron Castle, the raging fire caused by the rockets of the Ravana people could not be extinguished for a while. Buckets of clean water originally used for drinking were thrown into the flames, and the defenders' water reserves were greatly reduced.This was Richard's purpose, to use rockets to ignite the buildings in the city, forcing the defenders to use precious water resources to put out the fire. After the fire was extinguished, the water resources they stored were almost gone.

The fire in the city soared into the sky, illuminating everything as if it were daytime. Richard did not continue to look at it. He gave an order, and his soldiers immediately launched an offensive formation. A siege tower and a ladder were pushed by the soldiers against the chaotic city wall, and the archers also They were removed and replaced by crossbow-wielding militiamen equipped with crossbow machines. Under the shouts of their officers, these crossbow-wielding militiamen fired deadly crossbow bolts at the enemies on the city wall to cover the advancing siege troops.

Although he knew that he would not be able to capture Sorenborg this time, Richard still wanted to try.

……

"How many people have we lost."

During the day, looking at the corpses of soldiers lying on the battlefield, Richard asked indifferently.

"Your Majesty Caesar, we lost 120 people, but they were all soldiers from Mabuku." Condra replied in a low voice. Although the soldiers who died in the battle were not soldiers from Kuban Island, they still fought for Richard after all. of.

"Let someone go and take back their bodies. This will be the last battle dead. After that, we just need to wait for the Sorenburg defenders to surrender themselves." Richard said again.

"I hope that yesterday's fire will greatly consume the water source in the city, otherwise what we have done will be useless."

"Wait." Richard sneered, and then ordered: "Let the soldiers be more vigilant and don't give the defenders a chance to fetch water from the river."

"Yes, Your Majesty Caesar."

Just as Richard had expected from the beginning, a fire attack almost exhausted the water reserves in Solonborg. The water reserves that could have lasted longer were used to put out the fire, and now there were only a few days left. quantity.In a few days, the defenders will be in a terrible situation of water shortage. If this crisis is not solved as soon as possible, the only two options waiting for them are surrender or death of thirst.

As Mr. Pei, who stands at the top of the food chain, said, a person can go without food for more than a week, but he cannot go without water for more than three days.Water is the most important resource that supports human survival. Once water is left, people will only die.

Of course, if the Lord of Sauron Castle is more cruel and lets the soldiers survive by drinking their own urine, the castle can still hold on, but I don’t know if his soldiers will still obey him loyally at that time. After all, no one would want to drink their own urine unless it was the last moment.

A few days later, the defenders of Sorenborg still did not surrender, but reinforcements from Cuban Island had arrived.

This is an army with a total of 1930 people. As mentioned in the previous article, this army includes three teams of Nordic swordsmen, five teams of sword and spear militiamen, three teams of Nordic tomahawk cavalry on foot, one team of Nordic axemen, three teams of The Nordic archers, two teams of crossbowmen, four teams of scout cavalry, and three teams of Nordic battleaxe cavalry are the main arms of the Danish Kingdom in the middle period. The Nordic axemen can be said to be exactly the same as their relatives, the Varangian guards of the Eastern Empire (only But in the game, the Nordic Guard can't beat the Varangian Guard in a one-on-one match).

The addition of seven teams of 420 cavalry also strengthened Richard's cavalry, especially the four teams of scout cavalry, just like his name, are the best candidates to send out to spy on the military situation.Although the Nordic battleaxe cavalry is not as powerful as the heavy cavalry, it is also a very good choice to let them follow the feudal knights into the torn enemy infantry line of defense to hack and kill.

This is a powerful boost. With the addition of the Danish army, Richard's army has grown from more than 6000 people to nearly [-] people, and many more tents have been built around the barracks of Sorenborg. The defenders were terrified.

The lack of water and the arrival of enemy reinforcements, the two factors gradually lowered the morale of the defenders in the city. A feeling of despair took root in the hearts of the soldiers, and it would soon break out of the ground.

　Finally chapter [-], spread flowers~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)