rise of empire total war

Chapter 427
"The enemy cavalry is attacking!"

Amidst the horrified shouts, a large group of Winster cavalry rushed into the Acarnanian camp, knocking down the Acarnanian soldiers who had just picked up their weapons and hadn't made any moves to fight. Before the horse knocked down the soldier, it was thrown by the knight, piercing the infantry's body heavily, and nailing it to the ground, then the horse rushed over, the lance was pulled out, and stabbed the next enemy.

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

Holly Zimanga roared. He pulled out his sword at the same time, and looked for his colleague Tilibic in the chaotic crowd. Tillibic's hunch was correct!The Winsters really came after them!
Hawley's shout was inconspicuous on this noisy battlefield, but it still attracted the attention of some soldiers around him. Although the soldiers wanted to follow his order to fight back, they couldn't do it at all. These elite heavy infantrymen who were originally citizens What they rely on most is the heavy infantry phalanx. Once they leave the phalanx, they will only be tortured and killed in the face of the menacing cavalry.

Despite this, the discipline engraved in their bones allowed these heavy infantry to immediately move closer to their surrounding comrades, or directly defend against the carriage, trying to use their spears to kill the incoming cavalry, but they usually failed when their spears stabbed them. Before hitting the target, the cavalry's lances hit their bodies first - compared to the heavy lances used by knights, their lances (also called spears) are lighter and can be thrown towards them during a charge. enemy.After the cavalry hit the target, the cavalrymen immediately drew their swords from their waists and forced themselves into the huddled heavy infantry. The sharp swords in their hands easily cut through the armor and skin of the heavy infantry with the power of the charge of the horses. A huge gaping hole was made in their bodies.

Almost instantly, this Acarnanian army was defeated by a large group of Winster cavalry. Seeing that the situation was not good, the officer Tillibic, who had been prepared, directly took the reins of the horse, turned on the horse in a few steps, and was about to He steered the horse and ran in the opposite direction from the enemy's attack. His actions quickly attracted the attention of others. Seeing the officer taking the lead in fleeing, the soldiers were even more unwilling to resist, and they dropped their weapons and turned to run away.Although Zimanga was very angry about this, he couldn't turn the tide. After throwing a spear and piercing a rushing cavalryman, he could only retreat with his subordinates.

However, before they had gone a few steps, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared behind them, and those knights who also held the yellow double-headed eagle banner on a black background shouted fiercely, and rushed towards them with their lances held high.Now that they were being attacked on both sides, the Acarnanians lost their will to fight even more. They either knelt on the ground in a gesture of surrender, or prayed to the gods, or unwilling to be humiliated, they took up weapons and prepared to resist.Regardless of their reaction, within a few minutes there were no living Acarnanians on the battlefield.

In order to ensure that they would not leak the secrets, all Acarnanian soldiers were executed. After the cavalry briefly cleaned up the battlefield, they returned to Patri Dawa with the dozen or so carriages.

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The news of Patridava's fall quickly spread throughout the Acarnanian Alliance, and the news that that part of the treasury fell into the enemy's hands also reached the ears of the Speaker of the Parliament, Lowell, who immediately vomited blood with anger. Bedridden, the chief speaker fell down, and the parliament suddenly fell into chaos without a leader.Under the initiative of Jordi Ferron, the matter of electing the interim speaker was urgently launched, and members of the assembly quickly elected an interim speaker to replace Lovell. Fortunately, the interim speaker was steadfast. The peace faction, he tried his best to send an envoy to seek peace from the Winsters—because he had learned the lesson from the previous time, the envoys went directly to Charles, the commander of the Winster army.

In order to show sincerity as much as possible, the Acarnanian envoy took the initiative to propose war reparations and cede territory. He claimed that as long as the war could be calmed down, they were willing to pay 20 silver coins in war reparations and cede the territory. The area captured by Winster's army outside Tridava City, and in order to redeem the capital that has fallen into the enemy's hands, they will pay an additional [-] silver coins.

The compensation of more than 30 silver coins made Charles a little excited. If the 26 silver coins captured by the Fifth Army were added, the income from this battle would be nearly 50, which could just make up for the shortfall in the treasury.However, to be on the safe side, he still made sure that the compensation was calculated separately. To get the money back, the difficulty is tantamount to snatching food from a tiger's mouth).

Because it is a long way from here to Nord City, it is too late to report the news, so after discussing with several generals, Charles accepted the Acarnanian's peace and chose to meet in Patricia a week later. The former parliamentary seat of Dawa City was signed.He also knew that the Acarnanians who remained in the city would not have much property, so Charles did not let the soldiers do the barbaric thing of looting before leaving.

A week later, the peace negotiation ceremony was held in Patri Dawa. The Kingdom of Winster served as the host, and Charles himself played in person. The Acarnanian Alliance also sent a mission of more than 50 people, led by the interim speaker Lead personally.The two sides had a profound and harmonious exchange at the ceremony, and swore to the gods of their respective beliefs that they would not provoke wars in the next ten years, and then they signed on the parchment filled with the contents of the contract under the eyes of everyone.

According to the contract, the Acarnanian Alliance will hand over all the war reparations totaling 30 silver coins to the Kingdom of Winster within the next ten years (that is, during the truce period), and recognize the Kingdom of Winster's control over the area it occupies. The right to rule, and to give up the suzerainty over the various city-states that have surrendered to the Kingdom of Winster.

This contract is extremely harmful to the Acarnanian Alliance. Their annual income is only more than [-] silver coins, and they have to pay part of the compensation to the Winsters. Not only that, north of Patridava All regions and city-states broke away from the rule of the Alliance and became enclaves of the Kingdom of Winster, causing the Alliance's territory to shrink by one-third in an instant.

For this small enclave, the Kingdom of Winster adopted the method of "using barbarians to control barbarians". They liberated the city-states that had been destroyed by the alliance, and supported some local nobles to become the rulers of the new city-states. He is naturally full of gratitude to the Winsters, and even more loyal to the new suzerain.

Of course, Richard did not forget his illegitimate son Alfred. He specially selected a coastal town and gave it to Alfred. Because Alfred did not have the ability to manage the territory, he sent several The individual first manages on his behalf.

(End of this chapter)