rise of empire total war

Chapter 116 Spring Ploughing

"Roar!!!"

A frightening roar resounded from the bloody city wall, and the entire city wall and the ground seemed to be trembling for it. Following the roar, the surrounding defenders saw a scene they would never forget. The giant man with disheveled hair was swinging a terrifying battle ax to break a defender in front of him who was trying to resist the attack, and his intestines mixed with blood fell to the ground, making a disgusting sound of crackling.

"vomit……"

Such a disgusting and cruel scene was unacceptable to even the most experienced veterans in the defenders for a while. Soon, some people bent down and vomited out, regardless of being on the battlefield. Soft, timid.

"God, what kind of enemy are we fighting..."

Such thoughts arise in the hearts of many people, but the gods they believe in will not tell them the answer.The Danes, who had lost one after another in the previous siege battles, finally got their vent. They were like the Germanic berserkers in Luo Zhan, wantonly setting off a rain of blood among the crowd.

Looking at the scene on the city wall, Richard smiled with satisfaction. The addition of Gaia's army forced the defenders who should have defended his section of the city wall to divide part of the army, which allowed Richard's soldiers to break through. Show off your power.

Judging from the performance of the soldiers, the enemy troops guarding this section of the city wall will soon collapse. After all, no one can muster the courage to fight under the violent Viking attack.

However, it turns out that Richard was still too naive. Croft, who graduated from the royal school, was not a mediocre person. When the army was in the army, this elite unit suddenly joined the battlefield. The former was caught off guard and was almost driven off the city wall. The soldiers of this elite unit were all wearing heavy armor and possessed superb combat skills. This elite unit was like a booster. The originally crumbling defense line injected a force and saved this line of defense.

Richard knew that there was no way to make new progress today, and instead of continuing to let the soldiers waste their precious lives in this flesh and blood winch called the city wall of Aquique, it would be better to retreat voluntarily.

So, at his signal, the trumpeter blew the retreat horn. The soldiers on the city wall looked at each other behind them, and then at the enemy who had superior strength in front of them. They still chose to obey the order and attack the city. The tower retreats.

With this withdrawal, one month has passed.

One month later, the time has slowly entered the spring, which should be a good time to cultivate crops, but the war is still going on, and more than ten thousand soldiers from the three parties are trapped in the quagmire called war, unable to escape.

The troops under Richard's command were okay. They were all soldiers recruited from the system and did not need to participate in spring plowing (although the spear militia and the crossbow-wielding militia were integrated into the plowing and fighting during the reform, in the face of war, the plowing and fighting needed to make concessions), but the science and technology The soldiers under Bofill, Croft, and Gaia were different. The soldiers they brought were basically peasant soldiers and militiamen recruited from the territory. They were always thinking about the farmland at home.

For a time, there were riots in the armies of the three forces. The soldiers' calls for a ceasefire and return home grew stronger. The flaws of the medieval conscription system were revealed to Richard.

Richard didn't care. In addition to the conscripts sent by the nobles, there were more than 4000 system soldiers in his army. With these more than 4000 soldiers, he could still maintain the war. At worst, let Copperfield lead the war. The conscripts return to the Kingdom of Ravana.As for Pabala, the lord of Abadran, Richard was worried about letting him return to his own territory. The supply line that maintained the life of Richard's army passed through Abadran. Once Pabala ran back, what would he do? Small moves, even if the soldiers can fight, they can only be defeated without a fight.

Compared to Richard's indifference, Gaia and Croft are like ants on a hot pot. The main body of their army is basically conscripts. If they are released, only those cities that do not need spring plowing will be left. The militia and the sparse standing army were simply not enough to continue the war.

To fight or not to fight?This has become the most worrying topic of the two Ramirez royal families.

Regardless of their worries, Richard still leisurely surrounded the capital of the Ramirez people. Although he didn't know how long the city's food stores could keep the defenders from shrinking their heads, he knew that his logistics was completely inadequate. The problem is, as long as it is not cut off by others, he can even encircle him for another year or two. Anyway, his direct army is a standing army that pays the army and can afford it.

In order to prevent major disturbances in the army, Richard approved the request of Copperfield, the military commander of Mabuku, and asked him to return to Lava with the army under his command and all the conscripts in the army who wanted to go back to their hometown for spring plowing. Before the soldiers left the barracks in Narcity, Richard distributed the Morse coins from the booty captured from Sorenburgh to thousands of soldiers returning home as a reward for fighting alongside him.

Although Richard, who spent thousands of morse coins, was a little distressed, he knew that if the news spread back to the country, his prestige would be greatly improved—the invincible young earl was also a generous commander .

Watching the conscripts embark on the road back home, Richard turned his attention to the soldiers who stayed behind. These soldiers were all militiamen conscripted from cities and towns. The peasants and soldiers who left were undoubtedly much better. In addition to the militia, some nobles also stayed with their small standing army, knights, and knights.

Oh, and poor Abadran lord Pabala, who could only stay here with his soldiers because of Richard's mistrust, and fight for the new master-but in terms of title, Richard De is actually equal to him, but Richard has far more strength than him, he can only choose to surrender.

……

The news that Richard sent the soldiers back to their hometown quickly spread to the city of Aquique and the barracks of the Gaia army. Rise up and make legitimate and legal demands to the officers or lords. Their demands are so legal that the two Ramirez royals have no reason to refuse—no, Croft who was surrounded by groups The current situation of the besieged people can be used to explain why they cannot be disbanded.

In the Gaia army, not only the soldiers are putting pressure on the commander, but the nobles accompanying the army are also putting pressure on him. These nobles who support Gaia take soldiers recruited from the territory to participate in the war, which does not mean that they will be selfless. Dedication, I am willing to watch my own territory fall into a situation of food shortage in the future because there is no one to plow in the spring.

Gaia: I'm so hard!
(End of this chapter)