rise of empire total war

Chapter 426 Chasing Funds
"Enter the city!"

As the words of General Rudolf Vulba fell, the infantry phalanx headed by grenadiers stepped into the wide-open Patridava city gate amidst passionate military music, and entered this Acarnania The core city of the alliance.

Although the parliament issued an order to evacuate in a very hasty situation and took away all the defenders and most of the residents, many people remained in the city. They were active in the streets and alleys under anarchic conditions, wantonly Break into other people's homes and shops on the street and rob property.Or look for former enemies and carry out the most violent revenge.The entire city suddenly fell into chaos, and various crimes and atrocities were staged in the once prosperous city.

It wasn't until Winster's army entered the city that the out-of-control order finally stabilized.The soldiers of the Fifth Regiment immediately took control of the House, the treasury, and the barracks and warehouses in the city, and then sent soldiers to the streets to maintain order. Those civilians who were active outside were forcibly driven home, and those who dared to resist were shot dead on the spot.The warships of the First Fleet also entered the port, allowing sailors to control the port under reconstruction.

Just as Rudolph imagined, the treasury in Patridava City was so empty that even mice didn't want to run in it. There were only some things left in the warehouses in the city that were too late or impossible to move, not many Valuable things are left behind.

However, what pleased the legion commander was that the soldiers caught a dying old guard with a broken leg and his back against the wall outside the treasury, and interrogated him about the whereabouts of the treasury funds. It turned out that there was no one-time use of the treasury funds when the parliament evacuated. They took away all the funds from the treasury and were unwilling to leave it to the invading Winsters, so they left an army to transport the remaining treasury funds away. Because the remaining funds were still heavy, their speed was very slow. , Hurry up and drive the carriage on the road a few hours before the Winsters entered the city.

Hearing this news, Rudolph immediately got excited. He ordered the cavalry of the five brigades attached to the legion to go on the road to chase the army transporting the treasury, and to intercept the funds before they joined the main force.Compared with the high mobility of the cavalry, the Acarnanian army transporting heavy wealth will not go very far. As long as they are fast enough, they will definitely be able to catch up.

And this is indeed the case. After walking a certain distance, the army escorting the treasury assets felt that it was safe. In addition, it was already dinner time, so they randomly found a small forest on the roadside and stopped, making a fire. Cook.

"Tell me, how much money was loaded in those carriages?"

While fiddling with the fire, Miarco pointed to several carriages parked not far away, and said to his comrades sitting on the side.

"I don't know, but I heard from some officers that there are tens of thousands of silver coins in one car. There are [-] cars here. You can do the math yourself." The comrade-in-arms said casually, his attention was not on the meter at all. Not on Jarco, but on the rack of meat roasting over the fire.

"Wow, wouldn't that be at least more than 20?" Miarko was surprised by the result he got after doing the calculations, and couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

Hearing his exclamation, the comrades on the side couldn't help but give him a blank look, and said: "Mijarco, why are you surprised, anyway, the money is not yours, you should rest in peace, we can't wait anymore Getting impatient."

"Got it, damn Rex, I've never seen so much money, can't I see it?" He complained, but it made several comrades around him burst into laughter.

Looking at the laughing soldiers not far away, the officer Holly Zimanga, who was leaning on the carriage, spit out the grass in his mouth. Just as he was about to get up and scold those people, another officer walked up to him. When he opened his mouth, the other party first said: "Zimanga, the situation is very unfavorable now, I think we should speed up, otherwise the Winster army will catch up, and we will all be finished."

"Don't worry, Tilly Beach, the city of Patridava is so big, it will take a lot of work for the Winsters to gain a foothold there, and they won't be able to pull out their hands to chase us in a short time." He comforted , "What's more, the Winsters don't necessarily know our whereabouts."

"But I have always been very uneasy. When I prayed to the Sun God just now, a stone in front of me suddenly split itself. This may be a bad omen given to me by the gods."

"Huh? Bad omen?" Holly Zimanga said with an expression of disbelief, "Tillibic, if the Sun God is really so spiritual, then the results of divination by the priests in the temple should come true." , our army will not be defeated by the Winsters' attack."

"But……"

Tilly Beach wanted to say something, but Hawley interrupted him, saying: "Don't think about it, it's just a coincidence. After our soldiers have eaten, we will set off immediately."

"Oh, okay." Tilly Beach sighed helplessly and said.He couldn't convince his colleague anymore. Holly Zimanga, who was born in a noble family, didn't fear gods very much since he was a child, which was different from people like him who came from ordinary citizen families.

However, he had to do something. After parting with Holly, he walked to his horse and untied the reins from the horse, so that he could run away when something unexpected happened.

At the same time, the cavalry chasing them could already see the convoy parked in the woods. The commander in charge observed the strength of the convoy. There were fifty cavalry and more than 300 infantry in this convoy, as well as countless Fighting slaves, they can see that these people are gathering in twos and threes and eating.

Seeing this scene, the leading commander turned his body slightly, and ordered to the officer on the side: "Your Excellency Dawson, take your brigade to the front of the convoy and block the retreat of the Acarnanians."

"Understood." The brigade commander called Dawson nodded, raised one arm, and signaled the cavalry to follow him, and then led the troops to leave.After they left for a certain distance, the commander slowly drew out the sword at his waist and said, "Get ready to charge, we will defeat them in one fell swoop, and don't let them have any room to fight back!"

"Understood." Everyone agreed, and they all drew their swords at their waists, and they could ride horses and attack with him only after the commander in chief gave an order.

Under the gaze of everyone, the commander slowly raised his saber, paused for a moment in midair, and then slashed heavily towards the void in front of him, roaring at the same time: "Charge!"

"call!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a thousand cavalry under his command rode forward and galloped forward. The movement caused by the simultaneous running of more than a thousand cavalry quickly attracted the attention of the Acarnanians. They stopped eating and looked up at the The source of the shock was so shocking that the eye sockets were cracked. After a few seconds in a daze, he dropped the food in his hands amidst the officer's hiss and roar, picked up the weapon beside him, and prepared to meet the enemy.But at this moment, the Winster cavalry had rushed to a position less than 20 meters away from them!

(End of this chapter)