rise of empire total war

Chapter 450 Lijin's Death
"Array! Array! Block them!"

"Where's the archer? Hurry up and fight back!"

In Fort Lijin, the capital of the Principality of Lijin, the battle was still going on. Although the army guarding the city wall was defeated under the attack of sharp firearms, no one could organize those frightened soldiers to defend, but in the Grand Duke's residence In the inner castle, the guards and knights loyal to the royal family still resisted tenaciously. They shot the enemy from the top of the city wall, or lined up behind the bombed city gate to meet the enemy. Called back.

However, this had no effect. After recovering, the third brigade, under the command of its commander Trond Olsen, opened the way with elite grenadiers, and used huge early grenades to block the enemy behind the city gate. The Janissaries in full armor blasted people upside down, followed by three rounds of intensive salvos. Before the defenders could react, grenadiers and line infantry rushed into the city gate roaring with bayonets in hand. He overturned the defenders who were beaten dizzily, stepped on the corpses of defenders all over the ground, and rushed into the inner fort.

The hurried shouts of killing from outside were transmitted to the main building of the inner castle one after another. Quevedo Bigas, the fully clothed Grand Duke of Ligin, couldn't help but sigh. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Winsters were attacked in many places and sent troops to take advantage. Unexpectedly, in the end, he got himself involved.How unwilling he was, but no matter how unwilling he was, it was already too late. In addition to resenting his wrong judgment, the person he resented the most was the Principality of Page in the west - if the other party was willing to come to rescue, He might not have suffered such an end.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth. If the ruler of the Principality of Page were in front of him now, he would definitely not follow any bullshit aristocratic morals and just chop him down with a sword.

At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside, and several bloody guards rushed in panting. Quevedo knew them, and they were members of the Imperial Guard who were loyal to him.

Before he could speak, one of the leading officers said hastily: "Your Majesty, Winster's army has broken through our defense line and is attacking the main building of the inner castle. You should retreat first!"

"Retreat? Where can I retreat?" Quevedo asked back. His eyes were full of loneliness. Under the shocked gaze of the guards, he grabbed the knight sword on the table, pulled out the sharp sword, and put the sword Throwing the sheath aside, he looked at his wife who was standing in front of him helping him adjust the armor, smiled wryly, pushed it away, and then slashed down with a sword, blood gushing out, the beautiful wife didn't even utter a scream, He stared wide-eyed in disbelief and fell into a pool of blood.

Looking at his wife lying in a pool of blood, Quevedo laughed like crazy. After the laughter stopped, he couldn't bear to look at his beloved wife, and said, "Don't blame me, I'm doing this for your own good, Wen Si The special agents will definitely attack you after they come in. For the sake of your dignity, I can only attack first."

After saying that, he looked at the shocked guards who stood there speechless, and while shaking off the blood stained on the sword, he walked towards them and said at the same time: "Go, as the Principality of Lijin I will not abandon my territory and people, even if I die, I will die on the battlefield."

Listening to Quevedo's words, the officer and several soldiers looked at each other, and finally gritted their teeth and followed. Before they became the Praetorian Guards, they swore to the gods that they would sacrifice the last drop of blood in their bodies for His Majesty the Grand Duke. And now, it's time for them to fulfill their promise.

The main building of the inner fort is already in chaos. You can see a mess of slaves running around like headless flies everywhere. You can also see the panic-stricken Forbidden Army soldiers. You can hear the shouts and curses on the battlefield. , and the screams and cries of the servants.But none of this seemed to affect Quevedo. After killing his beloved wife with his own hands, half of his soul seemed to be lost, and he had no reaction to the surrounding affairs.

bang bang bang-

Before approaching the gate of the main building, a burst of violent gunshots came in from outside. Immediately afterwards, a row of soldiers blocking the gate were shot several times and fell into a pool of blood. The knights and soldiers who were lucky enough not to be shot behind them After a moment of surprise, he quickly realized that he raised his knife and roared to kill the three-line infantry. Before he could take a few steps, there was another series of gunshots. The charging soldiers seemed to be hit by an invisible fist. In the middle, they fell backwards, and the soldiers who fell on the ground were not completely dead. Their bodies twitched continuously, and blood holes the size of soybeans suddenly appeared on the armor.

Looking at the fallen comrades-in-arms, the soldiers behind were peeking at each other, uncertain. They wanted to rush up, but they were afraid of the mysterious long-barreled weapons in the hands of the enemy. They wanted to stay here, but the enemy's weapons could still hit them. Seeing themselves, when they were in a dilemma, they wanted to retreat to the main building, but before they could implement it, Quevedo Bigas pushed aside the bodies of several soldiers in the back row and walked into the crowd.

"Grand Duke! It's His Majesty the Grand Duke!"

The sudden arrival of the grand duke caused the soldiers to exclaim in surprise. They looked at the lord with slightly dull eyes, and didn't pay attention to his strangeness.Hearing the shouts of the soldiers, Quevedo was moved. His eyes flickered for a moment, and then he looked around at the soldiers and knights who surrounded him. He only had a rough look, and he still had the strength to fight. The number of soldiers has already given birth to the answer in his mind-only 38 people.

Looking at the Winster army facing each other from a distance, all the majestic yellow double-headed eagle flags on a black background of the Kingdom of Winster were all in sight, and the soldiers in dark blue uniforms could not be seen at a glance. He wanted to smile wryly, The corner of his mouth twitched a few times, but he couldn't make a wry smile, so he gave up this plan.Perhaps because he noticed his appearance, the soldiers on the opposite side did not continue to shoot, but quietly looked in his direction, waiting for himself to make a choice. He knew why, just because of the dazzling crown decoration on his head. Just a helmet.

"Brothers, this is probably the last part of our lives." His Adam's apple moved up and down, his chapped lips moved up and down, and he said the first sentence, "We only have poor 39 people, and the enemy may have Five thousand, maybe ten thousand, but who cares, anyway, they are far more numerous than us, and there is no way we can escape alive."

"I will not surrender, brothers, I am the ruler of the Principality, your Grand Duke, I bear the dignity of the entire country on my back, if I also surrender together, who will guard the dignity of the Principality of Jin there? Those cowardly civilians outside? I think it’s impossible.”

Speaking of this, he looked around at the soldiers beside him, as if he wanted to keep everyone's appearance in his heart, then he turned his gaze to the Winster army more than ten meters away, and said: "Lijin people, you The Grand Duke is about to go into battle, remember him for that is the last thing he can do for this dying country."

After saying that, he walked out of the crowd and walked towards the line of infantry. Following his movements, more than 30 soldiers behind him also followed. Some of them may be knights, or some may be forbidden soldiers from the middle class of the city. The soldiers of the Guards, perhaps some of them were conscripts recruited from the bottom, but now, along with their lords, they launched the final blow to the invincible enemy for the sake of the country.

"Fire!"

bang bang bang-

The gunshots rang out, dissipating with the wind, and the scavengers in the distance fluttered their wings and flew into the air. While observing the surrounding situation with their ugly eyes in surprise, they let out a cry that seemed to be mourning...

(End of this chapter)