rise of empire total war

Chapter 436 The Battle of Arcas (1)

On May 1125, 5 in the continental calendar, Akas Highlands.

"Soldiers of the third brigade, today is a special day, a day suitable for combat. In fact, for true warriors, every day is suitable for combat."

"Across from us are warriors from the kingdoms of Balaria and Opponia, and mercenaries from the far and strange north who follow fortune, each of them is a warrior worthy of respect, but in the presence of women He and the children led them away from the country and came here to fight with us. I don't think anyone but fools will go to the battlefield in a daze, but they are so stupid that they have no respectable force and no corresponding mind."

"And you, the pride of the kingdom, the trustworthy rock of His Majesty the King, will be here under my leadership, together with friends from various vassal states, to defeat the invading enemies, spread the glory of Christ all over this land, and use your blood Cleanse the endless sins of the enemy with fire! Use the blood of the enemy to write the glory of the legion!"

"Battle! Fight! Fight!"

"Glory! Glory! Glory!"

In the sea of ​​cheers, Richard Bono slowly pulled out the sword from his waist and held it up in front of him. Looking at his face reflected by the bright sword, he raised it high and shouted loudly Said: "Soldiers of the third brigade, hold your muskets tightly and stick to your positions. As long as you bravely face the invading enemy, you will surely win the final victory!"

"Now, prepare to fight!"

"Get into position! Prepare to fight!"

"Push the cannon into the emplacement! Load the cannon!"

All of a sudden, all kinds of shouts sounded one after another in the position of the third brigade, and the soldiers swarmed into the trenches in groups, or stood behind the earth wall, put their muskets in front of them, and aimed at the coalition forces on the opposite side.In their field of vision, they could clearly see that most of the barbarian cavalry in the coalition army were barbarian cavalry without a piece of armor and wearing animal skins. Most of them carried a short bow on their backs and a handle on their waists. Scimitars, if the condition is more simple, they also hold a lance surrounded by sharp spear points at both ends, and several short javelins wrapped in animal skins are carried on their backs.

Even though they were separated by a long distance, the soldiers could still see the ferocious faces of those barbarian cavalrymen. They had to worry. Although they had been trained on the training ground, training was training after all, and no one would die during the training. , and people will die in actual combat, and the real battlefield is even more dangerous.

"Check the muskets in your hands to make sure they are fully loaded."

The officer's reminder made the soldiers check their muskets one after another, and the artillery also began to adjust the shooting at this time. The artillerymen stared at the white lines or various signs drawn on the battlefield. As long as the enemy troops exceeded the signs, they would The cannons will roar immediately, giving the enemy a wave of justice from heaven.

"It's ready to charge."

On the other side of the battlefield, the general of the Kingdom of Balaria in the coalition army looked at the Winster army hiding in the position, and said to the general of Obonia next to him, who was also watching the unreasonable formation of the enemy Hearing the words, he also nodded, and said, "Let the mercenary cavalry charge for a round to test the waters."

"Go tell Kurban and his people, and rush up to test the details of the Winsters."

"As ordered."

The messenger was ordered to leave and notified the commander of the mercenary cavalry of the order of the two generals. Although the barbarian leader named Kurban knew that this was a purely death order, he still summoned himself for the generous commission they paid. His subordinates asked him to lead a group of cavalry for the first round of tentative charges.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of cavalry came out of the coalition army formation. Even though it was only a few hundred cavalry, their aura when running was still very impressive. Feeling the slight tremor of the ground, the soldiers standing in the trench couldn't help but clenched their hands tightly. The flintlock gun, swallowing the saliva produced by nervousness, the finger before the trigger trembled slightly.

Rumble-

Hundreds of cavalry ran together, and quickly crossed the mark set by the artillery before the battle. As the first cavalry entered the furthest range of the artillery, the forty long-barreled cannons deployed on the position roared in unison, and the black shells Flying out at high speed while the flames were bursting, it crossed hundreds of meters of space in an instant, and fell into the running brigade of cavalry, blowing them upside down.A cannonball hit a cavalry head-on with a whistling sound, piercing him and the horse under his crotch, creating a hideous hole.

And the cannonball that had lost its power and lay quietly in the crater was already stained with a large amount of flesh and blood, and some grass clippings stuck to it.

The power of the first round of shelling was remarkable. Although only a few shells successfully hit the target, they still relied on their powerful power to kill nearly a hundred cavalrymen (mainly because the cavalrymen used dense formations when running, and every death was a piece of death). The rest of the knights hurriedly reined in their horses, staring in horror at the shattered corpses lying behind them.

"What kind of weapon is this?" They shouted in fear, looking at each other, but no one could give a reasonable answer. The barbarians who migrated here from the far north only knew about the Winsters. At the level of high-quality goods and shrewd merchants, the beginning of the war also thought that this would be a very smooth robbery. With their powerful cavalry, no infantry from any country on the Vardasia Peninsula could stop them. As long as the Winster army can be defeated, it is no longer a dream to enter their territory to rob.

However, who would have thought that the Winster Kingdom, which is famous for its wealth among the barbarians, would have such a mysterious and terrifying weapon. It won't be as powerful as before.That's what they thought, but they didn't expect reality to slap them hard.

"What should we do? Should we continue to charge?"

They asked in confusion, but then the higher-status person among them gritted his teeth and drove his horse forward again. Although he didn't say it clearly, his actions had already given the answer. After that, the remaining cavalrymen They also rushed up, but this time they learned how to adopt a loose formation.

Seeing that the enemy's cavalry was in a loose formation, the artillery that only had time to fire a salvo didn't continue to shoot, but handed it over to the infantry deployed in the position. The soldiers watched the cavalry getting closer and fought one after another. Prepare, raise the muzzle slightly, aim at the enemy, and only wait for them to enter the range before shooting.

(End of this chapter)