rise of empire total war

Chapter 330 The Fall of the Grand Duke
"The Grand Duke of the Rogel people would rather die than surrender. Even if he dies on the battlefield, it is better than dying in humiliation in a cell! - Ragnar Rogel, the Grand Duke of the Rogal Principality, said this when he refused to persuade him to surrender."

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Everything was so natural. After the Teutonic Knights launched an overwhelming charge to the rear of the coalition forces, the entire army lost all fighting spirit. The fear of death swept through everyone's hearts, leaving them without the courage to continue to resist. They were tearing apart. Amid heartbreaking screams, they fled in all directions, but in despair they remembered that they were surrounded by enemy troops and had no way to retreat!

"Attack! For His Majesty Caesar, for Heavenly Father and Holy Mother!"

Amid the shouts of the officers, the soldiers cheered and moved forward, compressing the living space of the coalition soldiers step by step. The blood-stained weapon was like a scythe in the hands of the god of death, exuding a strong dead air, making the legs of the coalition soldiers tremble No end, his face was pale.

"Soldiers, we have nowhere to go, take up arms and continue fighting bravely!" Seeing the appearance of the soldiers, Ragnar's face was ashen, but he still insisted on loudly encouraging the soldiers, but No one responded, everyone was immersed in fear, they kept retreating, and the body of the person behind them did not stop, and they continued to retreat.After advancing to a certain position, the Winster soldiers suddenly stopped and looked at the enemy who had lost their fighting spirit vigilantly, as if they were waiting for something.

And at this moment, Charles, who was fully clothed, pushed aside the crowd and walked out on foot. He looked at Ragnar, the Grand Duke of Rogel, who was squeezed in the middle of the crowd, and shouted: "Grand Duke Ragnar, surrender! Come on, you have no chance of winning, the only way to save your poor lives is to surrender!"

"No! The Grand Duke of Rogel would rather die than surrender, even if he dies on the battlefield, it is better than dying humiliatingly in a prison cell!" Ragnar held his head high, with the pride of being the ruler of a country, Refused Charles' persuasion.

"This is your own choice!" Charles said, then he looked at the group of trembling soldiers who were barely holding their weapons and shields, and shouted: "Your commander chooses to fight to the death, do you want to fight to the death with him too? "

"No...we don't want to."

A person in the crowd trembled and said, his voice sounded abruptly, but was quickly drowned out by the voices of others. When the first person spoke, the others also shouted out. I want to survive, go back to my hometown alive, and reunite with my loved ones.

"Then you still don't lay down your weapons and surrender to our army!" Charles shouted. As soon as he finished his words, it seemed that in response to his words, the surrounding soldiers beat their weapons on the shields and shouted in unison: " Surrender! Surrender! Surrender!"

Under the roar of the Winster soldiers, the coalition soldiers shook like chaff. Soon some people could not bear the pressure and put down their weapons and shields. The sound of metal hitting the ground was so harsh in the crowd. After that, More people put down their weapons, fell to their knees, and surrendered to Winster's army.

Ragnar watched all this, but he was powerless. He was powerless to save the soldiers who had no fighting spirit, and could only watch them surrender.He looked at the guards and nobles around him, and asked with sadness in his tone, "Are you going to betray me and bow your knees to the Winsters?"

"No, Your Excellency the Grand Duke, we intend to fight to the death with you!" The imperial guards said in unison, their cries were quickly drowned out by the sound of surrender, but it gave Ragnar great strength, and he looked at the Although the nobles did not speak, they lowered their heads when they met his gaze, but no one dared to surrender.

Those coalition soldiers who surrendered were quickly driven to the rear for centralized custody, and the heavily armed Winster soldiers surrounded them one after another, surrounding Grand Duke Ragnar and the Imperial Guards and nobles who were determined to fight to the death with him.

Seeing the desperation of Grand Duke Rogel, Charles still couldn't bear to do anything. He persuaded him to surrender again: "Your Excellency, surrender, I don't want you to be slaughtered!"

"In the name of the Grand Duke of the Principality of Roger, I will defend my glory with blood!" Ragnar said, like a proud lion, he disdains to live in vain.

Hearing this, Charles sighed and said, "If that's the case, then your wish will be granted."

After saying that, he slowly raised his right hand and made a gesture. Immediately afterwards, the crossbowmen in the army came to the front of the formation one after another. The dense rain of arrows covered Ragnar's position with a sharp sound of piercing through the air, shooting his loyal guards and nobles into hedgehogs.

After a round of arrow rain, looking at Ragnar's appearance, he was covered with dense arrows, but he still didn't fall down, half kneeling on the ground, motionless, letting the blood flow from his body, dripping on the ground. land.

Looking at the final fate of the ruler of a country, Charles sighed again. Although he successfully led his army to kill a king and a grand duke, he did not feel the joy he imagined.He then ordered the bodies of Archduke Ragnar and King Giorgino to be collected on the battlefield, and ordered the soldiers to supervise the troops to descend and clean up the battlefield. Finally, he wrote a letter for the messenger to be sent to Beitne City to express his gratitude to Richard. Explain the battle situation here.

He seemed to have predicted how much repercussions this news would cause after it was released. Not to mention the cheers in the country, the countries that did not participate in the war on the Wadasia Peninsula would definitely fear the Kingdom of Winster even more.

There was not much difference between his expectations and the facts. When the news spread that the two main forces of the coalition forces had been annihilated, all the countries in Wadasia were shocked and sent spies to find out the details of the battle. Not only that, but also among themselves They began to actively contact each other, consolidate existing alliances, and seek new allies. The threat from the Winsters was so great that it even caused countries that were still at war to turn enemies into friends and shake hands to make peace.

And when the bad news spread to the area of ​​the Kingdom of Miganis, Prince Teglar slumped on the chair on the spot, his face ashen. Even Catherine and her lieutenant Robert, who were going south to recover the lost ground, had grim faces. After defeating Randall's army After that, she led the army all the way south to recover many towns. The prospect was bright, but the main force of the coalition forces was completely wiped out. They were the only army in the Three Kingdoms Alliance that still threatened the Winsters...

Katrin had an ominous premonition that after the other threats were resolved, the Winsters would mobilize heavy troops to encircle them in order to avenge the defeat at Lake Roney—her premonition was accurate, and after receiving the battle report, Richard In addition to being overjoyed, De appointed Magnus as the new commander of the Miganis region, and transferred some troops from the First Army under his command to help Randall.

(End of this chapter)