rise of empire total war

Chapter 488 Sneak Attack
crackling...

Looking at the burning fire, there were slight explosions in the fire from time to time, and there was a crackling sound. Ricardo couldn't help but yawned. He looked around and saw that his comrades were lying in the tent, snoring deafeningly. There are also some people tossing and turning, talking in their mouths for unknown reasons.

"Tut." He clicked his tongue, stood up from the rock, and stretched his waist. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the flintlock guns placed aside. Just in case, the soldiers' muskets were basically loaded. In the finished state, so is his gun.

Not far away, on the edge of the firelight, the sentry leaned against the carriage, and his head dropped from time to time. Every time, he woke up the drowsy sentry and made him reflexively check his surroundings to make sure there was nothing wrong. After that, it didn't take long before he began to doze off again.

Seeing this, Ricardo stepped forward to kick the sentry, reprimanded him a few times in a low voice, and then circled around the temporary camp, making sure there was nothing wrong before walking towards the fire in the center of the camp, ready to After taking his musket, he went back to the tent to rest.However, at this moment, he suddenly felt the ground shaking slightly, Ricardo was a little puzzled, he squatted down, and was just about to put his ear on the ground to listen to the sound, when he heard thunder coming from not far away The rumbling sound.

His face changed drastically. As a lieutenant and platoon leader, he understood what this meant at that time. He opened his mouth, and a mournful cry came out of his mouth!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the soldiers who were still sleeping suddenly woke up. They quickly stood up and ran out of the tent without caring about tidying up their decorations. They grabbed the muskets placed outside the tent. At this moment , A large number of cavalry rushed out from the darkness, they were like messengers from hell, giving endless fright to the soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire in the camp!

"Array! Array!"

"Enter combat position! Prepare to fight!"

Several low-level officers roared loudly. They led the panicked soldiers to the back of the temporary bunker built during the day and shot at the fast-running cavalry. The fast-moving figures, the sparks that exploded when the muskets were fired exposed their figures in the cavalry's field of vision.

Finally, amid sporadic gunfire, the cavalry overcame the obstacles that had to be passed and rushed into the camp. They waved their sharp long swords and chopped off the soldiers who were still loading under their horses.Just as a soldier raised his gun to shoot the cavalry rushing towards him, another cavalry rushed from his side, knocking him several meters away. The soldier flew up in mid-air like a rag doll, and then hit When he fell to the ground, his chest was sunken, his seven orifices were bleeding, and only a faint breath remained.

Facing the almost constant stream of enemy cavalry, the [-] soldiers in the camp were instantly engulfed. A few minutes later, a raging fire ignited in the camp, and all traces of the battle were wiped away by the flames.The attackers did not stop, and continued to move forward, rushing towards the nearest Holy Roman Empire village to them.

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Two days later, the news of the plundering of the village and the destruction of Ricardo's platoon was reported to the desk of the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, Matthias Horn. Before he could order a thorough investigation in anger, Ans The Mara Republic sent envoys to formally declare war on the empire.

Matias was furious at being preempted by the Ansmara Republic to declare war. He immediately ordered the [-]nd and [-]rd brigades stationed on the border between the two countries to attack, and at the same time sent an envoy to ask the other two to contact the Ansmara people. neighboring allies sent troops.Although Richard's idea was to commit only one brigade to the battle, Matthias was not stingy with superior numbers.

In addition to launching an attack, he wrote to Richard to report what happened here, and at the same time sent spies to investigate why the Ansmara people had a large number of cavalry—according to the original intelligence, the Ansmara cavalry did not There are many, and they do not produce horses in their territory, and the only way to obtain war horses is to buy them from other countries.

Therefore, the Ansmara people do not pay attention to the training of cavalry, and focus their military on the navy and army heavy infantry. Now they are suddenly engaged in a large number of cavalry battles. It is hard not to doubt that the Ansmara people are behind the It is not that a certain country is supporting it.

However, the spies he sent did not get any valuable information, and the attacking troops on the front line also won successive victories. Facing the advanced gunpowder weapons of the imperial army, the resisting republic army was repeatedly defeated, and one city after another fell one after another. Up and down turmoil.

At the same time, far away in Brad, the capital of the Burgundian Kingdom, a fierce quarrel rang out in the palace. The diplomats from the Republic of Ansmara glared at the King of Burgundia, who was high on the throne. He slammed the table and scolded angrily: "What about your promise? What about your reinforcements? The Winster army is invincible. If you don't join the war, the Republic will be conquered!"

Facing the Ansmara diplomat's angry reprimand, King Glass Moses of Burgundia didn't take it seriously. He tasted the sweet wine gracefully, as if what the other party said had nothing to do with him, "Your Excellency Vitaly, I have to I remind you that the Kingdom of Burgundia has never signed any agreement with your country, nor has it promised anything, the Ansmara Republic being conquered by the Holy Roman Empire is your business, and what does it have to do with us?"

"You!" The Ansmara diplomat was furious for a while, but he had nothing to say. The two countries did not sign any agreement. All they had was the verbal promise of King Glass of Burgundia, but now the other party refuses to admit it. , no matter how angry they are, it will not help.

"Your Excellency Vitali, I can only express regret for what happened to your country. The Holy Roman Empire is so powerful that even we dare not offend it, but your country bravely took the initiative to go to war. It is really admirable."

Hearing Glass's cynicism, Vitaly gritted his teeth angrily. As early as when the Burgundians sent envoys to invite the Republic Assembly to start a war against the Holy Roman Empire, many people, including him, opposed it, but the Republic The parliament finally chose to pass the proposal to declare war on the Holy Roman Empire.

After that, the cavalry of the Kingdom of Burgundia put on the uniform of the Republic and harassed the border of the Holy Roman Empire. They first killed the small army stationed on the border, and then burned, killed and looted the villages near the border.Immediately afterwards, the Council of the Republic took all this on themselves and took the initiative to declare war on the Holy Roman Empire. They thought that the Kingdom of Burgundia would declare war on the Holy Roman Empire, but they did not expect that the other party would pretend to be stupid. The previous agreement was flatly denied.

(End of this chapter)