rise of empire total war

Chapter 26 The eve of the decisive battle
The news of DuPont's team's demise finally reached Omar's ears—the second team hurriedly evacuated after discovering corpses everywhere in the forest, and sent the news back to the temporary camp.

However, Omar did not show a fit of rage. He just nodded lightly and asked the people to retreat. It was just the destruction of a team of 50 people, which was nothing in his eyes. What made him more concerned was that the so-called The quantity and quality of the army of the Count of Kuban Island.

"Let Heyman lead 200 people to go deeper and test the strength of the Earl of Cuban Island."

Following Omar's order, his capable general "One-eyed" Heyman led two hundred lightly armed and unarmored pirates to leave the port and continue to follow the footsteps of the DuPont team.

Just like yesterday, Heyman and his minions were also ambushed by crossbowmen in the jungle.Ninety powerful hunting crossbows shot and killed the pirates with almost zero defense at close range in the dark, and the first wave of salvo instantly blasted the outermost enemies.

Although the pirates made some preparations after entering the forest, they were still beaten and ran away. Fortunately, Heyman, who was surrounded in the center, was not attacked. He quickly reacted and shouted to order his men to launch a counterattack against the attackers.

However, before the pirates swung their swords at the crossbow militiamen, the latter had calmly finished reloading and fired a second round of crossbow bolts at the enemy. Compared with the first attack, this wave hit the pirates more severely and was more accurate. After the face-to-face shot, almost half of the pirates who rushed towards them fell down.And the crossbow militiamen didn't care about their own results, and turned around and retreated without hesitation after pulling the trigger. The speed was beyond the reach of the pirates.

The two shots cost the pirates nearly one hundred losses, which made Hyman terrified. He had never seen crossbows a few times after wandering around the sea all year round. Limited to the army sequences of various countries, the navy still uses the original bow and javelin to fight.

Therefore, after seeing the achievements of the crossbow militiamen, Heyman quickly ordered the rest of the minions to stop chasing. He shouted for the rest of the people to get closer to him, regardless of his classmate lying on the ground who was still howling, and simply went along. Go back the same way.

They were lucky, they didn't encounter the Cuban Earl's army along the way, escaped from the forest in embarrassment, and returned to the temporary port covered in blood.

After learning that Count Cuban's army was equipped with crossbows, Omar also had some headaches. Almost none of the pirates under his command were wearing armor, and they didn't even have a few shields.

In fact, under Omar's command, there are also many pirates equipped with bows and javelins. Their total number is two to three hundred. Although the accuracy of shooting is not satisfactory, they can still suppress the long-range troops of the Count Cuban Army.

Therefore, Omar decided to temporarily assemble all the archers and javeliners and make a rough grouping—that is, the archers were responsible for suppressing the enemy crossbowmen, and the javeliners took the opportunity to approach with skirmishers and shoot the enemy at close range. .

After thinking about it, Omar asked people to select the archers and javeliners in the army, and then let the whole army rest. He decided to leave some people to guard the house the next day, and the main force went deep into the inland with him.

What he didn't know was that his decision actually ruined the entire Moore pirate group.

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In the early morning of the second day, all the pirates were assembled, and everyone knew the purpose of the trip, so they seemed very excited.And those who were chosen to stay at home looked at those companions with distressed faces, imagining how much rich spoils they would get after breaking through the earl's residence.

Amidst the people's chaotic speeches, more than 800 pirates left the temporary port aggressively under the leadership of Grand Master Omar, leaving more than a hundred people watching the calm water and the ships moored in the port—it is worth mentioning Unfortunately, the temporary port cannot fully accommodate a hundred or so pirate warships, and more warships can only be stranded on the soft beach alone.

What the pirates didn't notice was that a black figure hiding in the forest watched all this silently, and after all the pirates walked out of the port gate, he ran away nimbly and ran towards the deepest part of the forest.

Perhaps because of the shock of the number of pirates, Omar and his pirate army were not attacked at all, not to mention human figures, not even a single animal.

With the anxiety of being ready to be attacked at any time, the pirate army finally passed through the forest and entered the plain where Nuremberg is located-this place was named Nuremberg Plain by Richard not long ago.

As soon as they walked out of the forest, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them. In their sight, a large town with a population of at least 5000 people stood beside the sparkling lake. Green leaves were already sprouting in the large cultivated fields outside the city. vegetables, and outside the city wall, a small number of infantry formed a defense line that was slightly thinner than the pirates.

"Are they going to beat us in the field?"

This was the first thought that popped up in the minds of all the pirates after seeing Earl Cuban's army. They stared dumbfounded at the troops holding up the black eagle and yellow-bottomed battle flag, but they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

In the end, it was Omar who reacted. After being surprised, he was endlessly annoyed. He was annoyed that this Count Cuban contempt for himself and the entire Moor pirate group - he dared to fight them in a field when they were outnumbered. That Count Cuban was Who are you looking down on?
"Attack! Attack! Kill them all!" Omar roared, "Break through the town and slaughter the city for three days!"

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

For these greedy pirates, only plunder and massacre can arouse their fighting spirit. More than 800 pirates with high morale shouted slogans and scatteredly charged the Holy Roman Empire army.

Uh, to be precise, it should be called the Count Cuban Army.

After starting to charge, Omar suddenly remembered how ideal his plan was the day before. These untrained pirates didn't understand what discipline was at all.Once the war begins, they will only rush forward instinctively, without considering the consequences of this style of play.

If you can beat it, you will rush all the way, if you can't beat it, the wind will scream.This is the true portrayal of pirates.

Therefore, in the face of the charge of the Moorish pirates, the Earl of Cuban's army, which was ready for battle, was not at all in disorder. crossbow bolt.

The not-so-dense crossbow bolts soared into the sky, crossed the sky and fell into the charging crowd, dealing a heavy blow to the pirates in the front row.After a round of shooting from the crossbow militiamen, the pirate archers mixed in the crowd remembered their responsibilities, stood where they were, drew bows and arrows, and launched a counterattack.

A decisive battle concerning the fate of Richard and the Holy Roman Empire began.

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