rise of empire total war

Chapter 319 The Decisive Battle with Katrin

Under the command of Deputy Commander Gerard von Bassheim, the Teutonic Knights simply cleaned up the battlefield with a large group of elite heavy cavalry to crush the enemy's small troops, and then continued southward, heading straight for the frontline town of the Kingdom of Deira. Dundo Marlin.

At the same time, Charles, the Kingdom's military chief, also led the assembled Second Army Corps and the reinforcements from the Duchy of Fail and Nata to cross the strongholds and invade the Kingdom of Deira, attracting the attention of the main enemy forces.

Perhaps it was aware of Charles' intention to fight a decisive battle. By frequently sending messengers to communicate, the main force of a coalition force stationed on the border of the Principality of Rogelle also set out in a short time to move closer to the army commanded by King Hemis of Della. Charles' offense.

This will be an epic battle, with more than 4 soldiers from both sides participating in the battle, of which the coalition has nearly 2 (most of them are mercenaries, and barbarians make up the majority) , the side of the Kingdom of Winster also has more than [-] soldiers participating in the battle.

However, on the eve of the contact between the two armies, King Haimir of Deira received a report from his capital, Bennett - the capital was besieged by the main force of the enemy, and it was already in danger!

In addition, the report of an army that was wiped out by the Teutonic Knights was also placed in front of him, and Haimil immediately felt the seriousness of the matter. The enemy was in a bad situation. In front of them was a main force led by Charles, the military commander of Winster. Behind them was a small but very elite army coming quickly. Not only that, but more enemies were leading besieged his capital with mighty weapons.

"The situation is not good." Haimil thought worriedly. In order to defend against the enemy's attack, the coalition forces concentrated their troops at the border, and there were not many troops in the hinterlands of the countries to defend.

Hemis intends to bring the army back to aid Bennett, but the reality does not allow him to do so, not to mention that the main force led by Charles is less than a day away from him, and will soon be caught up. Rogel alone Grand Duke Ragnar commanded the army that came here, and he was not allowed to withdraw without permission.Had Hymes retreated, Ragnar and his army would have been surrounded by the Winsters.

In desperation, Hemis could only pray to the gods he believed in, and prayed that Bennett could persist until the day when he rushed back to support after defeating the enemy.

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On the other hand, Randall, who was the commander in chief for the first time, also lived up to Richard's expectations. He went north along the wide paved road, conquered several towns and castles in a row, and was about to enter the Marafah Territory.At this moment, what happened in Marafah was also reported to him through the scouts' investigation. Randall did not dare to underestimate the sudden appearance of Katrin and her army, and was able to gather a large number of soldiers in a short period of time. This person is definitely not an ordinary person, not to mention that this Catherine was an unknown ordinary girl before this.

However, the commanders of the several brigades below did not think so. The continuous victories made the soldiers in the army generally feel proud and complacent and underestimated the enemy. In their eyes, the kings of the Miganis were killed by them on the battlefield In fact, it is a breeze to eliminate the remaining forces, not to mention that the commander of the enemy they are facing is the daughter of an ordinary peasant with a low status.

In this regard, Landauer specially summoned the commanders of the six brigades in the army, explained to them the harm of underestimating the enemy, and asked them to be cautious. Going in and out of his right ear, he didn't pay attention to Randall's words at all.This is also the reason why they disrespect Landauer as their general. In their view, Landauer is just a lucky speculator. They don't care about Landauer's background, they only remember that Landauer is Luo The prince of the Geer Principality is an enemy prince who surrendered.

Seeing that they really didn't listen, Randall sighed slightly, closed his mouth, and waved them away. After the six brigade commanders walked out of the camp, he could faintly hear some of them talking about themselves behind their backs. timid.

He knew that the next battle would be difficult.

On the next day, on December 1116, 12 in the continental calendar, Randall's troops entered the Marafa Territory. The report of their entry was sent to Katrin and Robert as soon as possible. After learning the number of the Winster army In the end, although the mood of the two of them was a little more relaxed than before, they were still very nervous, because the number of enemy troops entering the country was close to 5—not much different from the number of soldiers under their command.

This is a sad fact, despite Prince Tragel's instruction, the remaining army that could be assembled in the entire kingdom was assigned to Catherine's command, and also received the assistance of a mercenary army, the soldiers of the army The number has grown to more than 3000, but there are not many soldiers with combat effectiveness. How to fight the enemy.

Although Katrin claimed that she was instructed by the gods to help the Miganis to defend the kingdom, she did not have the power of the gods, nor would she be able to turn beans into soldiers. Her only role was to act as a spiritual leader and improve the soldiers' morale. Morale, calling for more people to join them, and commanding operations can only rely on veteran Robert.

Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, or maybe Katrin was really sent by the gods to save the Kingdom of Meganis. At this time, winter snow fell, and the ground was covered with thick snow. As a result, the speed of the march slowed down, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Catherine and Robert led their guards to find a place suitable for a decisive battle. They knew that at this critical juncture, only defeating Winster's army in a dignified way can arouse the resistance of the people of the whole country determination.

They only left for one day, and no one knew where they went that day, but they finally returned to the barracks with triumphant smiles. When they returned to the barracks, they ordered the army to move out to meet Winster's army— —This order was questioned by many nobles, but they did not explain much, especially Catherine. Facing the doubts of the nobles, she just calmly responded with the will of the gods.

Randall didn't know about the above. He and his army still marched slowly towards the city of Malafa through the snow. On the third day after entering the territory of Marafa, they finally encountered a small army of the enemy. , this small group of enemy troops withdrew to the northeast immediately after seeing them, and Randauer immediately ordered to pursue them. He had a premonition that all the troops that the enemy army could muster must be stationed in the northeast. As long as this army is defeated, The Kingdom of Meganis will completely lose the ability to fight back.

After only chasing for a long time, they caught up with this small group of enemy troops, no, to be precise, they caught up with the enemy's main force.Looking at the main force of the enemy standing on the opposite side of the frozen lake, Randall halted his horses. He slowly drew out his sword, his throat moved up and down, and then he issued a loud order.

"The whole army is in formation, ready to attack!"

(End of this chapter)