rise of empire total war

Chapter 320 Battle of the Ice Lake
"The two sides engaged in battle, and then began to fight desperately... The sound of swords and swords slashed across the battlefield, and many soldiers died here, and their blood almost stained the ice surface red." —— "History of the Kingdom of Meganis" on the mainland Account of the Battle of Roney Lake in 1116"

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"Soldiers of the kingdom, today will be the day when the sword and spear speak, but please sharpen them."

On December 1116, 12 in the continental calendar, on the side of Lake Roni in Malafa, the Kingdom of Meganis, Winster's army had already completed their formation. On the body of the former commander-in-chief Randall Rogel, the latter is holding a sharp sword, inspiring the soldiers under his command.

"Although the enemy army holds sharp knives, but lacks courage in their hearts, they will surely return in complete defeat! Look at their army formation! Most of them are humble farmers who have just taken up arms and walked out of the farmland, while we, experienced The elite of the Kingdom of War, we can easily defeat them!"

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

"Both God and Our Lady are condemning them, because their souls are too dirty, don't think that ending their lives is an evil deed, it is actually fulfilling your most sacred duty, send them to hell! For God and Our Lady, our army will win!!!”

"Victory! Victory! Victory!"

"Now, attack!"

woo-

As soon as Randall's words fell, a low-pitched offensive horn sounded in the army. Immediately afterwards, the phalanx formed by the company moved forward slowly, and the civilian archers in the army rushed in front of the army in a loose formation. , intending to attack the enemy first.While the civilian archers were moving, on the side of the Miganis army, following Robert's order, the archers recruited from the mountains stood at the forefront, drawing bows and arrows, waiting for the enemy to come into range. shooting.

The battle between the two armies began with the archers.

Sparse rain of arrows flew out from the side of the Miganis army first. These archers recruited from the mountains had not experienced too much military training, and they could only shoot at the enemy based on their own experience, but even In this way, the accuracy of their shooting is still higher than that of the civilian archers who rely on firepower coverage. When the arrow rain they shot fell, many of the civilian archers fell to the ground with arrows, blood spattered from the wounds, and fell to the ground. On the pure white ice, it looks as coquettish as a plum blossom.

"shooting!"

The counterattack of the civilian archers came very quickly. After gaining a firm foothold, these archers recruited from the civilians, as the name suggests, drew their arrows from their quiver one after another. Bowstring, sending deadly arrows into the air.The black rain of arrows soared into the sky. Although it did not reach the level of covering the sky and the sun, it still made people tremble. The arrow rain drew an arc in mid-air and fell into the crowd, killing those enemies without armor and shields. Army archers shot over.

For a moment, the archers from both sides came and went, and the arrows crossed each other over the ice lake. Every time they fell, a soldier from one side fell down wailing, and the blood flowing from their wounds stained the large ice surface below them. In such cold weather, excessive blood loss will lead to faster death.

After several rounds of shooting, the Meganis archers had to retreat. Although their individual accuracy was higher, the number of civilian archers was larger, and the rain of arrows they shot was denser. They were unable to compete and could only be embarrassed. Some of them dropped their corpses and withdrew into the army formation.At this moment, the spear sergeants had already reached a distance of less than 50 meters, but they were obviously a little embarrassed. The smooth ice surface caused their formation to be scattered, and they could only barely maintain their current speed.

"Selius, you lead the mail cavalry to charge from the flanks, and cooperate with the infantry to defeat them in one fell swoop!"

Randall, who was sitting in the rear army, couldn't stand it any longer. He ordered the commander of the chain cavalry brigade beside him, and the latter immediately agreed, calling for his cavalry to rush out. Although they usually didn't pay attention to Randall However, at this time, he still faithfully obeyed the other party's orders.

Looking at the large group of heavy cavalry dispatched, Catlin and Robert felt nervous, but they still focused on the frontal battlefield. When the enemy infantry rushed to a position less than 20 meters away from the defense line, the order to retreat was spread throughout the country. The whole army, including the Mijanis soldiers at the front, were stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and retreated. Wearing light armor, they walked on the ice as if they were on the ground, and they quickly distanced themselves.

"Damn coward, why did you run away?" the brigade commander in the phalanx scolded angrily. Then he raised his sword high and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Catch them! I'm going to chop off their heads and use them as balls!" Kick!"

"Roar!!!"

The soldiers shouted to speed up their pace and wanted to pursue them, but some of them lost their balance and slipped immediately. When they fell, they also brought down the comrades behind them. Shouting and falling on the slippery ice, they struggled to get up, but were interrupted by other struggling soldiers, and the scene was in chaos.

But at this moment, the fleeing Miganis army began to turn around, and took advantage of this moment to charge forward with roars, fighting with the spear sergeant who was in chaos.Those soldiers who were still on the ground were powerless to resist, and could only be humiliated and killed on the ground, while the other soldiers who did not fall quickly set up their shields to meet them, with no formation at all.

Randall in the crowd was very anxious watching all this, but he was helpless. When he glanced at the running mail cavalry brigade, he was shocked and wanted to send someone to stop Selius from continuing to move. ——even infantry will slip, let alone the more cumbersome heavy cavalry!
However, Randall's thought of stopping did not reach Selius' mind. He looked at the infantry caught in the melee, gritted his teeth, held up his sharp sword, and shouted: "Speed ​​up and save our comrades!"

Rumble-

Three hundred heavy cavalry immediately rushed onto the ice, and the momentum of their running almost made the ice tremble. What trembled even more was the ice under the hoofs of the horses. In the deafening sound of the hooves, there was still an unsettling noise hidden. The wonderful crackling sound, no one heard, because their attention was all hit on the chaotic battlefield!
click -

In the next second, the ice layer suddenly shattered. Although the fragile ice layer could withstand soldiers fighting on it, it could not withstand large groups of cavalry running at the same time.Selius only felt that his body was empty, and the horse neighed and fell into the shattered ice layer, and the biting cold lake water poured into his armor, making him feel that the heat of his whole body was swallowed up, not only Selius Uth, the heavy cavalry running around him also fell into the lake. They struggled to get back to the ice, but the heavy armor on their bodies dragged them back and prevented them from going back. Despair slowly sank to the bottom of the lake.

The knights who were lucky enough not to fall into the lake were all shocked and tried their best to stop the horses and prevent them from entering the lake, but how could they stop the horses running at high speed all at once? Slipping and falling heavily on the ice, the ice surface was slowly cracked by the force of a thousand catties. The knight who fell to the ground struggled to get up, but found that the enemy's archers surrounded him at some point. With cruel smiles, the archers drew out their daggers and pierced the gaps in the knight's armor one by one.

"It's over, it's over, it's over."

Looking at all this, Randall was heartbroken and let the battle continue. His army was very likely to be defeated. Instead of being defeated, it was better to retreat in an orderly manner.Thinking of this, Randall shouted and ordered the soldiers to retreat. The spear sergeants were also demoralized by the slippery ice. As soon as they heard the order to retreat, they quickly turned around and retreated. But how could the Meganis let them? They retreated smoothly. Amidst the passionate horns, these light infantry cheered and chased the retreating spear sergeants. The pursued spear sergeants were temporarily confused and lost order, which directly evolved into an unprecedented rout!

(End of this chapter)