rise of empire total war

Chapter 152 Shelling
"My lord, this is the gathering place of refugees discovered by our cavalry."

Pointing to the camp established on the plain in the distance, the Winster cavalry said to King Jutian in front of him.

"I didn't expect there to be a gathering place for refugees here." Zhu Tian nodded, and then said to himself: "Why does Richard let refugees gather here? Isn't he afraid that I will attack these refugees? "

Regarding Zhu Tian's question, the cavalryman lowered his head and did not dare to answer, he knew that this was not a question he could answer.

"Perhaps he thinks that the soldiers trained in the refugee camp can protect the people inside with this simple wooden wall." Banda Ke who came over took over the conversation and replied, and then he pointed to the people who were gradually approaching the refugee camp. The army said with a smile: "King Jutian, these refugees belong to my Kingdom of Ravana, so let me deal with them."

"Please go ahead." Bandak took over voluntarily. Zhutian had no reason to refuse. He nodded and spread his hands, expressing that he had no objection.

Seeing the other party's appearance, Bandak nodded, and together with the other party, they turned their eyes to the refugee camp where the enemy was approaching and began to be chaotic.

They didn't think that the army they sent out to attack would fail. Even if they were beaten by Richard in the city of Ravana, Bandak's army still had no pressure to deal with these weak refugees.

Following their line of sight, Bandak's army was getting closer to the two-three-meter-high wooden wall. Those militiamen in old armor were screaming and running on the wall, and a small number of archers among them drew their bows. Leading arrows, shooting sporadic arrows at the enemy, but in the end they were blocked by the shield.The archers of the Bandakh army immediately launched a counterattack. They stopped, took out a few arrows from their quiver, inserted them into the soft ground, and at the same time drew their bows and shot them at the militiamen on the wooden wall under the command of the officer. shooting.

Compared with the sporadic arrows fired by the militiamen, their volleys were obviously more lethal. A round of black arrow rain rose into the air, stayed in the air for only a few seconds, and then fell into the chaotic city wall, killing the running militiamen on the spot. The shot was over, and the deadly iron arrow tore the person's skin, and the blood spurted out from the wound, which soon stained the wall. The screams of the person echoed on the wooden wall, shaking the hearts of others.

How unbearable these militiamen are, just a round of arrow volleys made their soldiers panic, and the bloody scene even made a few people with poor endurance sit on the ground and murmured, obviously scared to death up.

The archers of the Bundak army outside the wooden wall did not expect that their volley would have such a good effect. Climb up - such a low wooden wall, they don't need any siege equipment to climb up.

Without the intervention of the militiamen, the infantrymen of the Bandak Army easily climbed up the city wall. They looked at the militiamen who had almost run away and those few people who were frightened, sneered disdainfully, and cut off those few The head of the frightened soldier didn't wipe off the blood stained on the sword, and ran to the city gate quickly, opened the wooden gate, and let the main force outside enter the city.

Then, there was a bloody massacre.

……

Three days later, the siege came as scheduled.

After three days of equipment, the coalition forces used the nearby trees to build a large number of crude ladders. Amidst the dull sound of the attack horn, the soldiers carried the ladders and approached the city wall.

Behind them are the archers of the two armies. These archers slowly follow the comrades in front, ready to draw their bows and arrows when they are within range, and shoot at the defenders on the city wall to cover their own soldiers.

In the direction of the main attack of the Bandak army, a scene that shocked the defenders appeared. In front of the advancing Bandak soldiers, there was a group of ragged refugees. They were driven towards the city wall by the soldiers, and the sound of begging and crying echoed. throughout the battlefield.

Looking at this scene, every soldier on the city wall glanced at each other, not knowing whether to shoot or stop attacking.

Richard came soon after hearing the news. He looked at the crying refugees who were forced to move forward, and he was a little at a loss. How could he not know the tactics of the Bundak Army? There was a precedent for this tactic on Earth. For example, during the Mongolian expedition to the west, the Mongols would always drive the local residents to act as cannon fodder, allowing them to walk in front of the city as meat shields, consume the defenders' arrows, and at the same time make the defenders hesitate Undecided, do not know whether to fight back.

In modern times, this kind of thing also happened. During the war of aggression against China, the Japanese invaders drove the nearby people to advance towards the national army positions. The crowd was also mixed with soldiers, and they used the bodies of the people as cover when they advanced. Hit the national army coldly.

Every time he saw such an example in his previous life, Richard would involuntarily act as a defender, thinking about how he should deal with such a situation, but he couldn't find the answer in the end.But now, he never imagined that such a thing would happen to him.

When he was really on the side of the defenders, he would no longer be hesitant like in his previous life. What's more, the coerced civilians were refugees from other places, so they couldn't be a bargaining chip to threaten him.

"Order, shoot!"

Richard's cold voice sounded, and the surrounding soldiers immediately acted according to the order. They were soldiers produced by the system, and everything was based on Richard, and they would not question His Majesty Caesar for those refugees who had nothing to do with them.

"Fire, shoot!"

With Richard's order, the artillery personnel took the torches and lit the matchlock at the end of the barrel. They had already completed the loading work before the enemy entered the range, so they only needed to aim a little before they could ignite and launch.

boom!
The moment the flames followed the match rope and came into contact with the gunpowder in the barrel, the cannonball flew out of the barrel with a deafening roar, rolled and roared in mid-air and crashed into the crowd. The powerful force caused the heavy solid iron ball to fall into The crowd then smashed the body of the No. 1 soldier in contact, and then plowed a bloody path through the crowd with an irresistible momentum. Wherever the solid iron ball touched, there were torn human bodies, broken limbs and broken arms. Internal organs were scattered haphazardly on the ground.

This shelling was like a signal flare, and other artillery on the city wall immediately roared like thunder towards the enemy. Solid iron balls pierced into the crowd with screams that tore through the air, and any soldiers who came into contact with them were shocked. Shattered by a powerful force, there is no possibility of survival.

Facing the first round of shelling that appeared in this world, the Bundak coalition's offensive was at a standstill. Everyone was stunned, looking at the blood plowed out by the shells, with an expression of disbelief on their faces. Not only them, but even the defenders on the city wall were horrified by the lethality of the artillery that they had dismissed before.

"This, this is the power of God!"

"Who are we fighting with? They actually have gods helping them..."

Similar voices sounded one after another in the coalition army, and every soldier associated this kind of thing with the direction of the gods—in fact, the sound was thunderous and powerful, just like the legendary gods when they were angry!
Looking at all this, the corners of Richard's mouth rose slightly. He knew that this round of shelling would rewrite the future of the world.

(End of this chapter)