rise of empire total war

Chapter 322 The Fall of Bennett

"The two armies are facing each other, and no one dares to attack rashly. One side is the anti-Wenzhou coalition army with a superior number of people, and the other side is the Winster army with a small number of elite heavy cavalry. If there is a slight mistake, this crucial battle will be lost... However, the capital that King Hemis cares about has already fallen. - Aned Matthew, historian, on the first siege war records"

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Walking in the royal palace of Bennett City, Richard wiped the blood spattered on his face, but it made his already dusty face even dirtier. He took a deep breath, and the air was full of blood. The strong smell of blood and gunpowder smoke made him cough uncontrollably, and it took him a while to recover. He looked around at the soldiers who were fully armed and on guard, grabbed the long robe behind him and put the sword on his back. Wipe off the blood, and then put the sword back into the scabbard again.

After several days of storming, he finally took the capital of the Deira people, and he also encountered the most tenacious resistance he encountered this year. No matter the day and night bombardment of more than a dozen artillery pieces, they could not shake the fighting spirit of the Deira people. But in the end, they all died in battle after the first legion poured in from the gap in the collapsed city wall. The remaining soldiers retreated to the palace, trying to continue to resist with the help of the palace wall, but they were still in vain under the bombardment of the artillery.

The siege of the Della Palace was not easy. Even with the help of artillery bombardment, the heavily armored sergeants who were the backbone of the attack still lost many soldiers before they wiped out the stubborn enemy. A small half of the corpses on the ground were his. Soldiers under hand.But at the end of the war, Richard finally couldn't hold back, and personally led the arquebus soldiers to attack. Under the intensive shooting of the arquebus, no matter how brave the soldiers were, they became funnels, and they could only fall unwillingly in a pool of blood .

At this moment, a person came towards him. Richard didn't recognize the person for a while, but after the person walked in, he realized that it was Sandro, the commander of the Firearms Battalion.

"Your Majesty Caesar, our army captured a woman who claimed to be Queen Atilisia and several children in the palace of the Deira people. They were protected by a group of heavily armed Janissaries, but they were finally captured by our army. Captured." Sandro knelt on the ground and reported.

"Aren't they injured?" Richard asked with concern. He was afraid that under the volley of arquebus soldiers and hand artillery, some stray bullets would hit the royal family members of the Kingdom of Deira—they were Richard's future negotiators. A big chip.

"No." Sandro shook his head and said with some emotion: "At the last moment of their lives, those loyal guards were still using their bodies as shields to protect several members of the royal family behind them. After the shot, they all fell, but the man they were protecting was unharmed."

"They are all loyal soldiers." Richard nodded and praised, then changed the subject and ordered: "You can bring someone to collect their bodies later and give them a decent funeral."

"Of order, Your Majesty Caesar." Sandro promised, and then he asked: "How should the queen of Nadra and other members of the royal family be dealt with?"

"Bring them all here," said Richard.

Hearing this, Sandro nodded, and walked back in the same direction with the arquebus soldiers who followed him. Looking at his back, Richard fell into thinking. It is very necessary for him to talk to the man named A Queen Della of Tilicia had a conversation, not only to show her aristocratic spirit to comfort them, but also to use her to make King Hymes surrender.

The war has continued to this day, and Richard is a little bored. The resistance of the remaining four-nation coalition forces is beyond his expectations. In this short period of one year, he and his army have defeated dozens of coalition forces. times, but the coalition forces seem to have a steady stream of soldiers, and they can make a comeback every time to fight him again. (However, in the process of interrogating the prisoners, Richard still knew that the mercenaries in the coalition army were too large, but he was a little powerless about it. He could only feel that the coalition army had too much money)

After a while, Sandro brought over a thin woman and four trembling children. After Sandro's introduction, Richard also understood the identities of these people. The thin woman The woman was obviously Queen Artilisia, and the trembling children behind her were the four princes and princesses of Hymir.

Richard watched the "lonely" "orphan and widow" with great interest. Although Queen Atilicia's face was pale with fright, she could still see her beauty, and the four behind her The child is also worthy of the mother's genes (King Hymes Richard himself has only met once, so he doesn't have much impression of his appearance), the boy is cute and handsome, and the girl is like a lifelike porcelain doll , Richard couldn't help but feel the urge to hold the other person in his arms and love him well.

At this moment, Richard had an idea in his heart that when the war was over and he returned to his hometown, he must have a super beautiful princess with Stephanie.

But Richard didn't know that the way he stared at the other party looked like he was plotting something wrong, which terrified Queen Atilicia. She suppressed the fear in her heart, swallowed, and said: "Dear Richard Your Majesty the King of Germany, you have won this war, and as prisoners, we are willing to accept any request you make, but please do not violate your noble spirit."

"???"

Richard looked confused, he scratched his head, quickly reacted, smiled dryly, and said: "I know this very well, and I don't need your reminder, honorable Queen Atilicia.

As the queen of the Kingdom of Deira, you and your children will receive preferential treatment from our army, and your life will not be affected in any way compared to before. The only difference is that you and your children will not be able to move around at will until you pay Qualified ransom. "

"I understand, Your Majesty Richard." Queen Atilicia said helplessly. She glanced sideways at the four children behind her and said, "Your Majesty Richard, please allow me to take my children back to the Into the room, I thought, it would be unforgivable to contaminate children with the blood of battle."

"This is your freedom." Richard bowed slightly, and said, he still didn't ask Queen Atilicia to write a letter to persuade King Hemis to surrender. He just thought about it, and this idea is probably unrealistic. , but this does not mean that he will be helpless, he can also directly write a letter to King Hemis in his own name, and spread the news of the fall of Bennett City by the way, affecting the morale of the Deira people.

Presumably King Hymes would be so angry after learning the news of the fall of the capital, it is this kind of anger that will affect his judgment and eventually lead to a change in the battle situation.

(End of this chapter)