rise of empire total war

Chapter 37 Richard's Choice
It stands to reason that Richard could go back and report directly to King Harolds now, but instead of doing so, he chose to move on and explore the besieged city of Mattidot.

The closer they got to Martidot City, the more frequent the Ramirez team encountered along the way. At first Richard was able to kill them to eliminate the risk of exposure. However, the more people he killed, the traces of his cavalry Still found and reported to King Owek.

King Oweko seemed dismissive of the sudden intrusion of the cavalry squad. He arrogantly said to the officer who came to report: "It's just a group of annoying flies. They can't afford many waves."

"But they are killing and wounding the squad we sent out, Your Majesty."

"Matidout City will be conquered by us soon, so let's leave those flies alone." Oweko pointed to the blood-stained boulder wall outside the camp, and shouted at the officer displeasedly: "You Is it important to get rid of those flies or to occupy the main city of Mafugat Land in front of you?"

"I……"

"The city of Mattidot must be taken today! This damn siege must end today!" Oweko clenched his fists and roared, "I will spend the night in the castle in the city of Mattidot tonight, Watching cowardly MacPherson kneel and kiss my feet!"

Seeing Oweko's appearance, the officer secretly sighed in his heart, then turned and left after agreeing.Now that the war has progressed, every soldier in the camp actually does not believe that the city of Mattidot can be captured in a short period of time. In addition to the obstacles of the strong city, the continuous disturbance of those mercenaries also made the soldiers even more unwilling to fight.

The siege of the city of Matidoute has been going on for less than half a month. The mercenary group of nearly a thousand originally lost almost half of its soldiers. This made the leader of the mercenary group extremely dissatisfied. He took the lead in disobeying the king's combat orders several times and even gathered a crowd. There was trouble in the camp, but King Oweko did not take any tough measures, he could only try his best to appease them.The reason is also very simple. Without knowing when the Ravana army will arrive, if the mercenary group is angered, they may terminate the contract privately at any time, leave the war, or directly accept employment from the Ravana people.

This is undoubtedly an unacceptable blow to the Ramirez people whose military strength is not as strong as that of Ravana.

But King Oweko subconsciously still doesn't pay much attention to mercenaries, otherwise he wouldn't always let mercenaries be used as one-off cannon fodder.

On the other hand, Earl MacPherson and his army, who are sticking to the city, are still confident in defending their homeland. The tall city wall built of huge stones surrounding the entire city is not easy to break through. Without heavy siege equipment such as catapults It is almost impossible to break through the city in a short time unless there are traitors to support it.What's more, the Ramirez people only have simple siege equipment such as ladders processed from logs.

In order to make the city more impenetrable, McPherson also ordered some buildings in the city to be demolished and the city gates were completely blocked, directly preventing the possibility of enemy troops entering through the city gates, so the defensive pressure of the defenders was only With a stronger city wall, the not-so-wide city wall is like a meat grinder, strangling the life of every Ramirez who climbed on the city wall.

Under the walls of Matidotte City, nearly a thousand bodies of Ramirez soldiers had fallen, and this number was still increasing.Under the afternoon sun, the Ramirez people were still climbing up the city wall one after another. After half a day of fighting, although they could gain a foothold on the city wall, they were still unable to expand their victory. The same was true in the war in the past few days. When they When they climbed up the city wall with cheers, the defenders would ruthlessly drive them off the city wall.

The attack of the Ramirez people was not fruitless. At least they successfully killed a large number of farmers and soldiers recruited by Earl Margaret. The first to die, because they always panic when they see blood and corpses, either stand still and wait for the enemy's butcher knife to cut off their heads, or run around yelling and die under someone's sword.

The militiamen recruited in the city will not have such a phenomenon. They are from the middle and lower classes and have received basic military training. They will also participate in the war organized by MacPherson to suppress bandits and accumulate some war experience. And they It is also the main force of the garrison.In addition to the militia, self-armed knights and knights' attendants are also the main combat force. Even when fighting on city walls where they cannot ride horses, knights with superb martial arts can exert a combat effectiveness that is different from ordinary soldiers.

It's a pity that McPherson can't use the centurion-based knights or foot knights recruited by the system like Richard, who has a total war system.

Speaking of Richard, the current Richard has stopped advancing. The Ramirez's peripheral troops have blocked every road leading to the city, making it impossible for him to pass through. There were bursts of shouting and killing.

Richard was not reconciled, he knew this was a good opportunity, a chance to express himself and increase his prestige.After all, he cannot rely on him alone to counterattack the Winster Kingdom in the future, and the help of the Ravana Kingdom is also indispensable. As long as his prestige is enough to influence the nobles of the kingdom, he will be able to attract a group of reliable foreign aid for himself.

This was a suggestion Condra gave him before he left. Recalling Condra's original words, Richard looked at the Ramirez team stationed on the road with even more unwillingness. In the end, he felt a wave of sadness in his heart. , slowly drew out his sword and said to the people around him: "I will send one person back to report to Condra, and then the others will follow me to break through Ramirez's outer defense line and look for opportunities to cause some trouble for the enemy. , who of you is willing to go back and report the letter?"

"..." No one answered.

Richard suddenly realized that what they were thinking was nothing more than the feeling that going back alone would be like a coward running away.Thinking of this, he randomly ordered a thin general guard knight, and said: "It's just you, don't think this is against the spirit of chivalry, reporting to Condora is also a very important task, as long as you can succeed Tell him our situation, and he will let King Harlaus lead the main force to support us, understand?"

"...Understood." The knight was silent for a while before replying in a low voice. Afterwards, Richard explained a few more words to him, and then watched him run in the direction when he rode his horse with everyone.

After the knight left, Richard turned his head to look at all the soldiers around him. He fought side by side with 22 knights of the early general guard and 60 Nordic battleaxe cavalry, all of which were the most elite warriors.

I don't know how many of these people will survive in the end.
(End of this chapter)