rise of empire total war

Chapter 212 Surrender
Killing fell on this bustling city.

On the street, heavily armored knights, both men and horses, roared past, beheading all human beings who were still moving in sight, whether it was the rout of soldiers who had thrown away their armor and fled for their lives, or the screaming civilians fleeing for their lives, or It was the defenders who mustered up the courage to resist, but they all fell under the iron hooves.

The advancing heavy cavalry crushed all the defenders lined up on the street like a torrent of doom. The wide street gave them a good combat environment. In order to show greater power, they rode side by side, neatly His running was like a steel wall, unstoppable.

And behind the heavy cavalry, the heavily armed sergeants and spear militiamen with high morale followed closely, which gave Richard a feeling of seeing different coordinated tactics in later generations-the heavy cavalry cleared the way, and the infantry followed.

It's just that this "tank" doesn't have the ability to attract fire and block bullets for the infantry, and all they can do is the ability to rush in and tear apart the enemy's line.

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The fighting lasted until the afternoon of the second day, before the parliament of the Republic of Cunha formally announced the surrender.After breaking through the city wall, Richard's army continued to advance deep into the city, encountering only slight resistance along the way, and only encountered tenacious resistance when it advanced until the Great House of Prange and the barracks. Richard relied on the powerful charging power of the Imperial Knights repeatedly Broad Street charged towards the defense line of the Great House and repeatedly tore their defense line, but was always repulsed. In order to prevent more casualties of the heavy cavalry, Richard could only let the heavy cavalry retreat and turn to Engage in infantry battles.

In the battle in the barracks, the defenders relied on the barracks walls to repeatedly repel the attacks of the heavily armored soldiers. In order to end the war as soon as possible, the Danish lieutenant Toolagris who was in charge of the attack collected the remaining black soldiers from the Firearms Battalion under the instruction of Richard. The gunpowder was smashed into a large barrel, carried by several soldiers and mixed with the attacking team and placed under the wall. After the team withdrew, they shot the gunpowder barrel with rockets and ignited it.

As for the result, the deafening explosion that made the whole city tremble is enough to illustrate.

The gunpowder barrel directly blasted the wall of the general's camp and the soldiers standing on it to the sky, and the soldiers standing nearby were also shaken by the impact of the explosion. Their internal organs were shattered, and they fell to the ground in a mess, bleeding from all seven orifices. More soldiers But the ear was temporarily blinded by the sudden explosion, and he sat slumped on the ground, stupidly watching the enemies who kept rushing in from the gap in the wall, and became a prisoner in a daze.

Seeing the soaring flames and the fragments of the wall and pieces of human flesh blown up into the sky, the defenders around the Great House were suddenly in a panic. No one wanted to die in such a horrible way, and the same was true for those members hiding in the House. They even I was wondering if Richard would use that method to destroy them and the Great House if he continued to resist?
When this kind of thought appeared, it was out of control. They were all people who cherished their lives. They resisted just to keep their power, but now the power is obviously impossible to keep, and they can't lose their lives together. Therefore, most of the congressmen Under the pressure of the government, the honorable Governor Roger Christian, who was not impeached because of the war, could only sadly agree to surrender. He personally led the members of the House of Representatives out of the magnificent Prange House and surrendered unconditionally to Richard.

Seeing that the general situation was over, the army of the Principality of Lasik who was still insisting on resisting could only lay down their weapons together with their Cunha allies and became Richard's prisoner of war.

Now that all the enemies that were still resisting surrendered, Richard stopped the soldiers who were eager to try and go forward to kill. The previous sentence "Anyone who can move in the eyes of God, will be killed" was just to boost the morale of the soldiers and gain The final victory, and now won, was to show the pagans the kindness and generosity of the Christian warriors—the last words Richard uttered to appease the soldiers.

Fortunately, the soldiers under Richard's command were not the extremely fanatical religious lunatics of the Crusaders, otherwise he really couldn't just use this simple sentence to dispel the idea of ​​​​the soldiers.

Asking the soldiers to collect the weapons and shields of the enemy soldiers who surrendered, Richard made a gesture to let these parliamentarians who knelt and surrendered follow him into the Prange House - he wanted to understand Prange The specific situation of the city must be obtained from the mouths of these congressmen.

At this time, Richard had time to observe the appearance of the Prange House. The building where the supreme ruling body of the Republic of Cunha is located is almost the size of a city-level football field in later generations. Its front end is ten Four thick white marble columns, these stone columns acted as a load-bearing role, but one of the columns was hit by a stray bullet from the shelling, and a gap the size of a football was smashed out.And at the bottom of the steps in front of the stone pillar, there stood a huge stone statue of a balance scale. Richard later learned that this balance scale represented fairness and justice, and its function was to always remind the congressmen who came to attend the meeting.

On the top of the Great Chamber are several towering minarets, but one of the minarets collapsed due to shelling, and the fallen ruins were not cleaned up. Richard could still see some scattered rubble and stains on the rubble. of coagulated blood.

Seeing Richard's eyes cast on the broken stones, the honorable Governor Roger Christian who followed him thought for a while, and explained: "Your Majesty the King, during the bombardment some time ago, a steeple was destroyed. The hit collapsed and killed several councilors and guards who happened to pass by, so..."

Although Roger didn't finish his sentence, Richard had already heard the meaning behind it. He just nodded without speaking, and continued to walk forward.

Stepping up the marble steps, Richard walked up step by step. At this moment, he suddenly had a feeling. This feeling was very wonderful, but he couldn't express it.Soon, he finished walking the stairs and entered the interior of the Great Chamber first. The layout inside was somewhat similar to the ones he had seen in film and television dramas in his previous life. There were circular seats surrounding the high platform, and on the high platform were the honorable governor and The positions of the two deputy speakers, and the seats of several clerks under the high platform, the task of these clerks is to record the process of the meeting and count the voting results.

However, starting today, there will never be a meeting to manage the republic. After the parliament surrenders, the Cunha Republic will no longer be independent. Richard will not spit out the cooked meat he has already obtained. This country will inevitably Become a new territory of the Kingdom of Winster.

There may be people who care about their homeland and want to overthrow Richard's rule, but they are doomed to fail, because the powerful imperial army will suppress any rebellion that dares to threaten Richard.

(End of this chapter)