rise of empire total war

Chapter 490

"The Ansmara Republic's demise depends entirely on today's battle."

In De Nova, the capital of the Republic of Ansmara, several gaps have been blasted into the walls surrounding the entire city. Numerous gravels are scattered on the ground, among which corpses lying in pools of blood can be seen from time to time.

Winster, oh no, the army of the Holy Roman Empire has placed the city under siege for more than half a month. During this half month, eighty artillery pieces took turns to bombard De Nova in all directions. Thousands of shells smashed the city wall, and the whole city was devastated. A large number of civilians and soldiers died here. In order to avoid the shells falling from the sky, they could only hide in the dirty sewers.

De Nova is a typical port city. Its three walls resist enemies on land. It is a bustling and busy port near the sea. All the prosperity and busyness are gone. It was razed to the ground by bombardment, not only by the Holy Roman Army on land, but also by the Imperial First Fleet at sea, which blocked the port.

At the beginning of the siege, the Republic Navy and a large number of merchant ships stationed in the port were scrambling to leave this dangerous place, but just as they left the port, they were bombarded by the First Fleet in turn.With the expansion of the First Fleet to a hundred Hawk warships, none of those ships were able to sail out of the range of the port, and all of them destroyed the sunken ships halfway.

In this way, the whole city was in an embarrassing situation where people inside couldn't get out and people outside couldn't get in. There were no supplies brought in from the outside, and the people living in De Nova soon fell into famine, and they were trapped in the dark. The cold sewers avoid shelling, and only when the night comes can they go to the ground, looking for edible food and some living supplies in the ruins.The shops along the street that were lucky enough not to be damaged by shelling escaped the threat of flying in from outside, but not from the dispossessed residents who flocked into the shops and emptied them as if they had been attacked. The farmland where the locust swarms were approaching was normal, and there was nothing left.

In addition to looting goods, various public security cases also occurred on the ground or underground. Those unarmed old and weak women and children became the targets of some people. Some pretty women will be dragged into the darkness and raped by these thugs.

In the sewer where the Congress of the Republic withdrew, because there were troops maintaining law and order, there were very few atrocities that occurred here compared to those on the ground. Soldiers take care of it, and they can only let the remaining hundreds of soldiers stand by their side to protect their safety.

In such a huge republic, only a few hundred soldiers in the sewers can be driven in the end, which makes every member of parliament sigh.As early as after the army of the Holy Roman Empire captured the first joined city, the remaining four cities no longer obeyed the orders of the De Nova Council. They began to mobilize their own troops and armed citizens to defend the city. The fragility of the Union Republic was at this moment See everything at a glance.

Even if the various cities can unite to resist the invasion of the Holy Roman Empire army, they will not be able to gain an advantage, let alone the current situation where they are fighting on their own.The troops of the Holy Roman Empire easily captured the heavily fortified city again, shot all the prisoners as punishment for their resistance, and then attacked again until they came to the city of De Nova.

boom boom-

Listening to the roar of the artillery penetrating the ground above their heads, the Denova people hiding in the sewer like mice trembled a little. After a few seconds of the sound of the shelling, the ground they were in suddenly shook violently, accompanied by There was a dull bang.These experienced sewer refugees knew very well that another building must have been bombed down.

The entire high-rise building in Denova City has basically been turned into ruins. The four-story parliament building in the center of the city is inevitably destined to collapse. Some of them walked to the ground at dusk, looked around, and looked around. The tallest building in the city is only a small second-floor room that was lucky enough to escape the bombardment. The rest, such as the opera hall, arena, Poseidon Temple and port lighthouse, have all disappeared.

Thinking of the tragedy on the ground, the survivors are filled with despair. The city of De Nova has been built to its current scale after hundreds of years of construction. Now it has been razed to the ground by the shelling of the Holy Roman Empire. , I am afraid it is far away.

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A few hours later, the shelling on the ground stopped. Under the order of Richard Bono, the commander of the [-]rd Brigade of the [-]nd Army, the officers and soldiers of the [-]rd Brigade, together with the officers and soldiers of the [-]nd Brigade, marched towards the gap in the damaged city wall. Armed with muskets, the soldiers followed the flag bearer holding the flag of the double-headed eagle in a company. If you looked down from a high altitude, you could see a sea of ​​black flags around the city of De Nova.

There was no sign of soldiers moving in the city of De Nova, and even a few civilians were just lingering in the ruins. When they saw the soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire entering the city, they fled in the opposite direction in panic. The soldiers quickly discovered these fleeing soldiers. "Mouse", but they saw that there was no threat, so they ignored it.

Soon, the news of the entry of the Holy Roman Empire army spread throughout De Nova, and even the survivors hiding underground heard about it. They peeped at each other in horror and wanted to seek help from the people around them, but In their eyes, they all had expressions of panic.

Perhaps understanding their situation, the congressmen who were protected by the soldiers remained silent for a long time and jointly passed the proposal of surrender. They straightened their white robes that were stained from hiding in the sewers and took the lead on the ground.When they saw the sky again, the dazzling sunlight made their eyes burning, and they had to close their eyes. It took a long time to adapt to the bright light on the ground.

Familiar streets turned into ruins, and the survivors who stepped out of the ground couldn't help sobbing softly. They not only cried for their destroyed homes, but also cried for the war to finally end.

The leading councilors looked at the soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire who were rushing towards them, smiled bitterly, and took the initiative to greet them, and then said regardless of the other party's reaction:
"Let this war end, we are members of the Republic of Ansmara, we surrender."

Let the dead rest in peace, so that the survivors can embrace hope and rebuild their homes.

(End of this chapter)