rise of empire total war

Chapter 459 Repel
"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

In sight, there are all chaotic soldiers and barbarian cavalry roaring past. The sparks that exploded with the deafening gunshots stimulated Edward to close his eyes subconsciously. When he opened them again, the opened eyes There was already a ferocious bloody mouth on the throat of the soldier with the gun, and blood gushed out from it, staining the white of the uniform red.

"Do not……"

The soldier opened his mouth wide, as if he was about to say something, but he obviously spoke. There was a sizzling sound of air leaking from the wound in his throat. His whole body seemed to flow from the wound, and he knelt down slowly. The heavy musket slipped from his hand and hit the ground, and he himself fell into a pool of blood a few seconds after the musket landed.

After looking at the dead body for a few seconds, Edward looked back and looked around again. His second regiment had fallen into complete chaos. Each company or group was fighting independently, or was broken up and mixed together. , a large number of soldiers fell on the ground, and he could clearly see that the corpses were all wearing Winster uniforms.

boom--

At this moment, a deafening explosion suddenly sounded from behind, and Edward's attention was immediately attracted. The violent fireworks at the end of the team had not completely dissipated, and even though it was so far away, he could still feel a wave of heat coming towards He came face to face, and he was shocked. As the chief officer of the regiment, he knew very well where the explosion originated-it was clearly where the artillery was!

boom!Boom boom boom——

There was another series of explosions, like dominoes. The artillery station behind the army exploded several dazzling sparks in a row. A large number of soldiers and the barbarian cavalry who attacked there were caught in the sparks, and then burned to coke by high temperature. More The people caught fire and turned into firemen one by one. While screaming, they ran around like headless flies, spreading the flames to the people they touched.

The violent explosion also blew the artillery into pieces. The fragments flew around with the shock wave generated by the explosion, knocking down and injuring dozens of soldiers. A barbarian cavalry wanted to control the war horse under his crotch that was frightened by the explosion, but did not notice. A heavy piece of artillery fragment flew from behind. Between the lightning and flint, the heavy fragment hit him hard on the head, almost crushing his head. Before the knight could even let out a scream, he fell from his horse. Coming down, the frightened war horse lost its restraints, stuck out its hooves, and ran away.

This series of explosions will also surprise Andre, who was in a daze. Cold sweat broke out from his back suddenly, his eyes became clear again, and he looked around. The formed hollow phalanx had nothing to do at once. While comforting the horses who were frightened by the dangling bayonet, they steered the horses around the passage between the phalanxes, looking for a breakthrough point.

"We must find an opportunity to evacuate here!" He thought in his heart, the carbines in the army basically got off their horses and shot before the barbarian cavalry rushed in, and most of the remaining cavalry on horseback were beheaded in the process of actively meeting. If those dismounted knights were allowed to ride out on their horses and ask for help from the brigade headquarters, there might still be a glimmer of life.

Thinking of this, he looked at the dismounted carbine cavalry in his formation, randomly named a few people, and said: "You get on your horses and rush out, go to Iluberis, tell the commander about the situation here, and ask him to come forward Come to support!”

"As you command." The men agreed without hesitation, slung their carbines behind their backs, climbed onto their horses in a few steps, gave Edward a military salute, and then drove their horses and rushed out through a passage where the soldiers dispersed.Their actions were quickly discovered by the barbarian cavalry. How could the latter let the Winsters escape? They also separated a team to pursue them. The infantry in the square quickly opened fire to cover and shot several chasing barbarian cavalry.

Even so, several cavalrymen chased after them. During the chase, they took off the bows they carried on their backs, took out the arrows from their quivers, and took aim while riding their horses. The moment the bowstring was loosened, a cluster of arrows shot out. Flying out like lightning, it went straight to the Winston cavalryman who was at the end. The next moment, the arrow hit the target and penetrated the body of the cavalryman. The soldier whose body was penetrated screamed and fell off his horse, lying on the ground for a while. at every turn.

Behind them, relying on the protection of the phalanx, the Winster infantry finally stabilized their panic, and fired at the barbarian cavalry roaring past in front of them. Shooting at such a close range, almost every shot could hit them. Hitting the target, as the casualties increased, the commander of the barbarian cavalry discovered something was wrong. The hollow phalanxes were like hedgehogs covered in spikes, and it was impossible to attack them. Yes, they are all long-barreled weapons with bayonets that emit sparks. Several active attacks were repelled, and the dense and shining bayonets were enough to scare the cavalry.

In order to reduce casualties, the commander of the barbarian cavalry hurriedly ordered to retreat. After receiving the order, the cavalry turned their horses back and retreated. During the retreat, the Winsters' muskets continued to shoot, causing some casualties .

The barbarian cavalry did not stop until they were out of the range of the muskets, and formed a team on the spot. After some counting, the commander finally got the casualties-more than 500 people were killed in battle, not counting the injuries. The more than 2000 he brought The cavalry lost a quarter of their strength at once.Although the casualties were heavy, their results were not small. The First World War directly killed more than a thousand Winster infantrymen, and forced their artillery to blow up all the artillery. Even if they could escape, without the assistance of the artillery, Threats are also much less.

After withdrawing, looking at the hollow phalanx arranged neatly like chess pieces on a chessboard, the commander of the barbarian cavalry was not in a hurry to continue attacking. He knew very well in his heart that the main force formed by the Kurban leader and the army of the Kingdom of Lumi Still on the way here, he just needs to keep a close eye on these Winster infantry, prevent them from retreating, and wait until the main force arrives to complete the task.

Edward Cullen didn't know the tragedy that happened far away in Iluberis, he was still full of hope for Butters' brigade commander's army, but in fact, he never had the idea of ​​Butters being defeated in his heart, in his view Now, the army of the kingdom is invincible, because the last defeat was five years ago, in the peninsula of Osa, and also because of the cowardly ambush of the Acarnanians.

"While the enemy is retreating, each brigade counts the battle damage and checks the ammunition." He ordered to his adjutant.

(End of this chapter)