rise of empire total war

425 Empty City
boom--

"attack!"

beep beep-

Facing the clusters of arrows falling from the sky, the line infantry in dark blue military uniforms and tall military caps stepped forward in neat steps towards the gap in the Elia stronghold. The past shells also slammed into the city wall of the stronghold amidst the piercing whistling sound, making the entire building tremble.

Looking at the gap in the city wall that was getting closer and closer, and hearing the screams of his comrades falling in his ears, Tarbet gritted his teeth tightly, resisting the thought of retreating in his heart, and kept advancing at the pace of his comrades. Tilt your chest, ready to launch.

"Go forward! Don't be afraid! We are the rock of the country, and we are the pride of His Majesty!"

The officer's encouragement echoed in Tarbet's ears, slightly reducing the fear in his heart. This was his first time on the battlefield, but he had practiced many times on the training ground. All he had to do was to put the training Timely knowledge is applied here.

"Raise the gun!"

Finally, they finally entered the range of the musket guns. After entering the range, the officer gave an order, Tabet and his comrades raised the muskets to their chests, and pointed at the shaking figure behind the gap in the opposite city wall. In a second, the muskets fired a volley, and the flames and gunpowder smoke exploded from the muzzle together. The lead bullets flew out at high speed, traveled through time and space in just a few seconds, flew into the gap in the city wall, and shot down those defenders who couldn't dodge.

After a round of volleys, several defenders fell down. Their armor and shields could not protect them. The lead bullets powered by gunpowder could easily penetrate all their protection. Although it only left a negligible hole in it, its actual power is enough to make people dread.

The soldiers in the first row quickly turned around after shooting, and retreated towards the vacated passage, while the soldiers in the second row immediately filled up and shot at the enemy. In this way, the five rows of each company can continuously flow The ground shot at the enemy, forming a powerful firepower net, and the defenders hiding behind the gap were turned away by the shooters and forced to evacuate.And taking advantage of this opportunity, a large number of cavalry rushed out from behind the line of infantry. They galloped and roared, raised their lances high, and raised smoke and dust all over the sky.

"Charge! Get in!"

The cavalry commander roared, and the speed of the horses under his crotch also increased. The cavalry of the brigade accelerated and ran along with his movements. The dense arrow clusters shot by the defenders' archers rose from the city wall, and after drawing an arc in mid-air, Falling into the cavalry formation that was running, the next second, people turned on their backs. Dozens of cavalrymen fell off their horses with arrows and fell to the ground.

"The enemy cavalry is coming! Formation! Formation!"

Before the cavalry rushed into the gap, the defenders who had evacuated ran back one after another. Looking at the aggressive enemy, they formed a tight spear array behind the gap in the city wall, but before the spear array was completed, the large cavalry Just like a flood rushing into the gap with overwhelming momentum, it scattered the semi-finished spear array. Before the spears of the heavy infantry pierced the cavalry, the knight on horseback threw the lance in his hand one step ahead, throwing the body of the infantry in the defenders. Pierce, and then rushed forward to pull out the lance that pierced through the infantry.

The infantry line of defense behind the gap in the city wall collapsed in an instant, and the cavalry waved their lances and long swords wantonly to reap the lives of the Acarnanian infantry who had long lost their will to fight. Taking this opportunity, the line infantry also rushed in following the footsteps of the cavalry. They either climbed up the city wall along the stairs, fought with the defenders above, or hunted down the collapsed enemy with the cavalry. The entire stronghold suddenly burst into gunfire, which was also mixed with grenade explosions that sounded from time to time. Voice.

The battle lasted for half a day, and finally the yellow double-headed eagle flag of the Kingdom of Winster was raised on the wall of the Elia stronghold. The more than ten thousand Acarnanian troops in the stronghold surrendered except for some who managed to escape. .After successive defeats, they had lost the will to continue fighting. Now that the alliance was doomed, there was no point in resisting any longer. Instead of dying in battle at the gunpoint of the enemy, they would rather become captives and live with ease.

In this battle, Winster's army killed more than 2000 enemy troops (most of them were killed in days of shelling), captured more than 2000 people, and captured food, grass and armor, but to Charles' surprise, the captured Most of the soldiers are light infantry composed of free people. Not only that, after interrogation, there are only [-] citizen soldiers in the entire stronghold, and more citizen soldiers are withdrawn to the rear along with the transferred army and transferred to other fronts .

After learning of this, Charles sent a regiment to send the captured prisoners to the rear, and led the three legions under his command to march south along the gravel road in the alliance. Rudolf's troops, unexpectedly, Rudolph's troops are progressing very fast. With the reputation of Paisikia's great victory, his legions almost surrender wherever they go. His life was safe. He opened the city gate and surrendered at the beginning of the siege, and General Rudolf Vulba did not disappoint them. He just collected the tribute and food from the city-state, and then continued to advance along the coastline. At the time, the Fifth Army was less than two days away from Patri Dawa.

The victorious march of the Fifth Army made Patri Dawa even more flustered, and the debate on whether to fight or to make peace in the parliament became more and more intense. Speaker Lovell is also secretly supporting the peace faction. How can the war faction win?

Just when the rich and civilians in Patridawa were panicking and trying to flee the city, the House of Representatives finally passed the peace proposal. Immediately afterwards, the peace envoys rode fast horses to the military formation of the Fifth Army to meet with Lu General Doff negotiates.However, Rudolf had no idea of ​​​​negotiating peace. While claiming that he had no power to negotiate peace, he ordered the army to speed up the march. Not only was the Fifth Army advancing, but the Hawker gunboats of the First Fleet also appeared in Patridava Port again. In the outer waters of the city, looking at the nightmare fleet, the civilians in the city became even more panicked and frightened. The ruins in the port area had not been completely cleared, so how could they forget the horrific bombardment?

Two days later, the Fifth Army arrived at the city of Patridava, but Rudolph was surprised to find that the city had almost become an empty city. All the defenders withdrew with the parliament, and a large number of nobles, rich people and civilians also fled. , leaving only a few residents who were unwilling or unable to escape.

(End of this chapter)