rise of empire total war

Chapter 247 The Battle of Lucino

While Richard was touring the Sauron Territory, the so-called mercenaries led by Magnus had been included in the battle order and fought with the Pravians. The army only has combat effectiveness, so after being hit head-on, the army's morale was in chaos, and it was directly taken away by a wave of three hundred chain armor knights.

With the victory in the first battle, Lucino's court rejoiced. They didn't care at all that this army was bought with a lot of benefits. They just wanted to take advantage of the victory to drive the Pravians back to their hometown and wash away the previous shame.

However, they soon realized that this idea was unrealistic, because the number of "mercenaries" from the Kingdom of Winster was too small after all, only a poor 800 people. The Pravia Kingdom army has more than 4000 soldiers, four times more than them.

The royal family of Lucino did not dare to take any risks anymore. If this last hope is ruined, they can really wait to die. Chad's anger.

In order to prevent the "mercenaries" from suffering heavy casualties, and at the same time to win the victory, the Lusino royal family gritted their teeth. In addition to regrouping the dispersed army, they also mobilized troops again in the territory, and soon gathered a large number of troops. In the new army of about 400 people, although this army is not large in number, they are the last army that can be squeezed out by the Kingdom of Lucino.

Relying on this ragtag army to resist the relatively elite troops of the Pravians, no matter how you look at it, it seems whimsical. Not only Magnus thinks that the Kingdom of Lucino is doomed, but even many nobles in their country are against it. Feeling hopeless about the future of the war, and refusing each other when faced with the royal family's call-up order, they almost broke their own legs and said that they could not go.

However, it was in such a situation that the Lucinos were able to win the decisive battle with the main force of the Pravias.They lined up with their backs against an unknown creek in the territory of Binix to meet the enemy's fierce attack. With no retreat, every soldier was fighting tenaciously, especially the "mercenary" from the Kingdom of Winster. "Army", the hedgehog formation formed by five companies of heavily armed sergeants blocked wave after wave of enemy cavalry and infantry charges, and more and more corpses fell under their spears, which could almost be stacked together A wall of corpses as tall as a person.

Just when the defense line of Rusino's army was about to collapse, the chain armor knights who had been deployed by Magnus in advance to ambush in the nearby woods finally came out. The Pravia army in the fierce battle launched a violent charge. The two or three meter long applewood heavy lances they held flat gave a powerful impact. The three hundred knights tore apart the Pravia like a sharp knife. The formation of the Via army, like a heavy hammer, shattered the determination of the Pravia soldiers to resist.

The heavy cavalry was indeed the king of land warfare in the Middle Ages. Just these three hundred knights were able to turn the tide, overthrow the situation that the Pravians must win, and dedicate the fruits of victory to their employers.

However, it is unfair to give all the credit to the chain armor knights, because before that, the cavalry of the Kingdom of Pravia also charged the defense line of the Rusino army several times, but they were all blocked by the heavy armored soldiers. It was all carried by Winster's "mercenaries", and the soft persimmons were all pinched by Lucino's soldiers.Without the tenacious resistance of the heavily armored sergeants, Lucino's army would not be able to support the chain armor knights.

After this battle, the Pravians had to withdraw the siege of Fort Binick and retreated to the border. The Rusinos still had fighting power beyond their expectations. Before the chain armor knights rushed out, They also just felt that the enemy had become very tenacious this time, and who knew that there would be a lot of mysterious heavy cavalry coming out from behind.

Abnormal, really abnormal.

On the way to retreat, the commander of the Kingdom of Pravia thought that these heavy cavalry are not owned by the Lushino people. This is obvious. If they had them, they would not be suppressed and beaten in the early stage. Instead, they suppressed and beat the Pravians.

Almost immediately, the commander-in-chief of the kingdom thought of a possibility. He thought of the large number of Winster cavalry brigade he had seen in the city of Tus. If his memory was correct, the cavalry that appeared in the picture was The equipment of the Winster cavalry under the city seems to be exactly the same as the Luciano cavalry that appeared this time. The only difference is that the latter did not hold high the flag of the Winster Kingdom.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat behind his back. The Winsters actually tore up the treaty and sent troops to intervene in the war again. Thinking of this, he hurriedly told his confidant what he had discovered, and asked him to return to Suzhou on a fast horse. Ken (Because the city wall of Tus City, the capital of the king, was blown up by Richard, the royal family of the Kingdom of Pravia could only temporarily move to Suken City, without the protection of the city wall, in case Richard suddenly tore up the treaty again Attack, then they are equivalent to sending themselves to Richard as a prisoner), and report this very important matter to His Majesty the King. He guessed that this is likely to be a precursor to another invasion of the Winsters.

The Lucinos, who finally repelled the enemy, did not think so much. The good news came back to the capital, and the old king and Prince Dubois were overjoyed. They hurriedly summoned the cabinet members to decide whether to submit the contract to the Kingdom of Pravia After a discussion, after some not-so-intense discussions, they finally decided to end this thankless war and send Gallup, the chief foreign affairs officer, to the Kingdom of Pravia.

This was indeed a thankless war, because the Winsters took all the benefits. They not only won the silver mines in Sukenya at a small price, but also took the opportunity to force the Lushino people to give up the treaty. Nakamoto's share of the silver mine that should belong to him is not exhausted. Even if he seeks reinforcements, he has to pay military salaries at high prices in the mercenary market in exchange for the Wensters to send reinforcements.

Even if the benefits were not obtained, most of the areas in the Binix Territory were burned to the ground due to the war. Wherever the Pravia army went, the local civilians were brutally murdered, and their homes were destroyed. They were razed to the ground, people were either taken away or killed, and their bodies were stripped naked and hung on branches by the roadside, swaying in the wind.

Although Lucino's army did similar things in the Earl of Lavie, the value of the spoils they obtained was far less than the loss of the Pravia army's retaliatory actions, so no matter where they looked, they did it this time. Is it a loss, or a huge loss.

(End of this chapter)