rise of empire total war

Chapter 408 Rescue
In a blink of an eye, some soldiers of the Second Legion who had not been disbanded also embarked on the journey to the Osa Peninsula. The support army had a total of 4030 people, including a spear sergeant brigade, two Nordic swordsman brigades, and a sword and spear militia Brigades, a battalion of foot tomahawk cavalry, a battalion of crossbowmen, two battalions of crossbow militia, and a battalion of mail cavalry.These soldiers said that they had not been dismissed, but in fact, some soldiers stationed in Fort Odell were transferred.

In addition to dispatching the Second Army Corps to the front line, Richard issued a new conscription order. He recruited three new Army Corps in one breath according to the establishment of the Third Army Corps. Went to Richard and complained to him about the huge military expenditure.Recruiting a new army requires 13500 silver marks for one regiment, 67500 silver marks for one legion, and 202500 silver marks for the three legions. This huge cost is almost the two-year income of the kingdom today. Crazy?

However, Richard ignored Volkoma's complaints. He smiled and comforted the other party, saying: "My dear foreign minister, the war is now at a critical moment, and conscription is very necessary. As long as we win this war , then there will be a lot of wealth entering the national treasury, not to mention the more than 20 military expenses, even if you recruit a few more legions, it will be more than enough."

"I understand this, Your Majesty." Volkoma said, "However, I have to remind you that there are not many available funds in the national treasury, and the huge military expenditure makes our income beyond our means. If the war is not ended as soon as possible, we are very likely to May declare bankruptcy within half a year."

"What?" Richard was startled, and his smile froze on his face. Seeing Richard like this, Walcoma smiled wryly as he had expected: "Your Majesty, the maintenance fee for soldiers is still a small amount. The cost is the food and grass consumed by the army. The front-line supplies need to be transported from the mainland to the stronghold on the Osa Peninsula, and then sent to the army by the supply team. The supply team will consume a lot of food and grass during the transportation, so we need to increase the delivery of supplies The number of times, which will undoubtedly increase the cost of expenses."

"In addition to this, the pension for the soldiers who died in battle is also a big expense..."

Walcomar wanted to continue, but Richard interrupted him directly, saying: "Okay, I understand, I will take care of the income matters, and you don't have to worry about it until you go bankrupt."

"...As ordered." Volkoma had no choice but to agree. Anyway, the sky fell and there was a tall man to support it. Richard said so, he had no choice but to believe in his monarch.

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At the same time, far away on the battlefield of the Osa Peninsula, the leader of the fifth regiment, Leon Molo, sighed in despair as he watched the enemies rushing up in darkness. His regiment had already run out of ammunition and food. All the ammunition on the soldiers of the regiment had been exhausted, and even the gunpowder used in the siege artillery had been collected to make explosive packs, and only the last two were used.The muskets equipped by the soldiers were as useless as fire sticks without ammunition, so they had to draw out their swords and rely on fortifications to repel wave after wave of enemy attacks.

Running out of ammunition is still a small matter, but the food reserves of the Corps have been eaten, and the enemy's army is all around, so they can't even go out to find food, so they can only kill the army horses and survive on the unpalatable horse meat. Fortunately, the village they occupied had a well that could supply water continuously, otherwise the regiment would not have been able to persist for a long time.

"Draw your sword to defend against the enemy!"

shhhhh--

There was a crisp sound of long swords being unsheathed, and the line infantry drew out their swords at their waists one after another. They looked solemnly at the oncoming enemies, their Adam's apples moved up and down, and they were armed with only long swords, how could they be fully armed alliance soldiers? Every time they fight, they have to pay a heavy price to repel the enemy.

"We are the rock of the empire, we are the pride of His Majesty Caesar, remember the double-headed eagle badge on your head, don't let it be ashamed because of your actions!"

Leon Molo shouted loudly, the sword he held up high was still stained with blood, and it reflected a coquettish red light under the sunlight. More than 800 soldiers of his fifth regiment had died in battle, and the remaining soldiers were also killed. Everyone was wounded, he didn't know if the reinforcements would come, he only knew that as the commander of the corps, he should live and die with his subordinates.

"kill!"

Amid the shrill roars, a large number of Alliance soldiers rushed to the fortifications and climbed up. The soldiers of the fifth regiment stood on the fortifications and stabbed the soldiers who climbed up with long swords, or raised stones to hit them hard. The Union archers took advantage of the situation to fight back. The uniforms of the line infantry were unable to protect themselves from the arrows fired by the enemy. Many soldiers were shot over and fell down. Their positions were quickly filled, and blood splashed on the fortifications again. It made the soil and wooden boards already stained red with blood even brighter red.

Soon, Union soldiers rushed to the fortifications and fought with the soldiers of the Fifth Regiment. The Winsters retreated steadily and were forced to retreat to the second fortification. The last two explosive packs were also ignited and thrown into the crowd. The dense Union Army soldiers bombarded everyone, but this did not improve the battle situation much. The Union Army commander seemed to be ready to wipe out this Winster army in one fell swoop, and more soldiers were sent to the battlefield.

However, at this moment, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared on the horizon in the distance. This group of cavalry rode their horses galloping, and their horseshoes stomped heavily on the grass, raising a cloud of smoke and dust, blocking the appearance of the flag they held high.This team of cavalry was quickly discovered by the general of the Union Army. He looked at the large number of cavalry uneasily, and frantically recalled in his mind which friendly army would come to support at this time, but just before he could think clearly Suddenly, the flags held high by the cavalry were exposed in his field of vision—that was the double-headed eagle flag of the Winsters!
Seeing this team of cavalry appear, the commander of the Union Army knew that something was wrong. Generally, the cavalry of the Winsters would not act alone. Once cavalry appeared, there would definitely be a number of infantry behind them. .Thinking of this, the commander hurriedly ordered to sound the retreat horn. The task assigned to him by Commander Casciano has been completed. They only need to delay this enemy army here and cooperate with the main force's plan to encircle the reinforcements. Now the enemy has been wiped out One, their reinforcements also arrived at this time, so there was no need to fight the enemy.

So, when the retreat horn sounded, the coalition army that had entered the Fifth Regiment's position began to retreat. They gave up the opportunity to wipe out the Fifth Regiment here, but kept their lives and the strength of the army—this is Commander Casciano's request, in his view, it is more beneficial to severely injure the enemy than to annihilate the enemy, just like killing the enemy in battle is better than killing the enemy directly, because the wounded need to spend more energy and supplies, while the dead are more expensive. Just find a place to bury it.

(End of this chapter)