rise of empire total war

Chapter 496

"Fire! Fire!"

"Xu Jin shoots!"

bang bang bang-

After a series of gunshots, the Kuyawi soldiers who were shooting bows and arrows on the opposite side suddenly fell down. The arrow clusters they shot before they died also shot down several line infantry in chaos. After recovering their armor, the arrows from the enemy The threat of arrows to the soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire has been greatly reduced, but some unlucky ones were shot in the face without protection and fell down.

After the ammunition in the barrel was fired, the line infantry in this row stopped advancing and loaded ammunition on the spot. The soldiers standing behind them passed through the gap between the soldiers in the front row, walked to the front, and raised their guns. shooting.A company changed from three platoons to five platoons, and these five platoons formed a continuous firepower network, causing the enemy to complain endlessly.

The Kuyavians obviously didn't intend to let the line infantry continue to load and shoot comfortably. Amidst the sound of the horns, the soldiers in armor and holding shields roared across the infantry line formed by the front row of light infantry and rushed towards Holy Rome. The soldiers of the imperial army, in the face of this menacing enemy, they stopped in a hurry, stopped advancing, resumed their normal formation as quickly as possible, and then...turned around and retreated?
The line infantry retreated without hesitation. The Kuyawi soldiers were stunned and stopped their charge. The soldiers glanced at each other, not knowing whether to continue chasing. Maintaining the retreat posture of the formation, gritted his teeth, decided to take a gamble, and took the lead in chasing up.

With one person taking the lead, the remaining people also rushed forward. The situation on the entire front was instantly reversed. The commanders watching the battle from behind did not doubt that he was there, and directly marked the enemy as being afraid of close combat.However, for the sake of caution, they still sent out messengers to call back the pursuing troops. Although the enemies were afraid of close combat, their long-range firepower was very fierce. If they fell into a trap, they would be doomed.

Their idea just came up, as if to verify their idea, the retreating line infantry had just crossed the line of defense abandoned by them, and a large number of soldiers protruded from all nearby places where people could hide. Hold the musket in front of you, and shoot fiercely at the chasing enemy troops.

The chasing Kuyawi army was caught off guard, and was overturned at that time. The officers who rushed to the front were killed on the spot, and the remaining soldiers without leaders were at a loss. They retreated, and before they had a consensus, they saw a large number of cavalry waving carbines rushing out from the side.

"Cavalry! Roman cavalry!"

"This is indeed a trap!"

"Retreat! Retreat! Run!"

The Kuyawi soldiers screamed and turned around to run back. In order to reduce the load, they dropped the shields that were in the way on the ground and ran with their feet spread, but no matter what, two legs could not run faster than four legs , The carbine cavalry who chased after them first raised their volleys, then put away their muskets, drew their swords and charged into the crowd, slashing wantonly.

Screams, screams, cries and curses resounded among the retreating crowd. It was not until the Kuyawi archers began to shoot to cover the retreat that the carbine cavalry, who had gained numerous victories, turned their horses and retreated. Went back.

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Although this is only one of the battles that broke out on a long front, it can be said to be a small microcosm of the entire front. Under the offensive of the Holy Roman Empire army, neither the Cuyavi nor the Burgundian armies could benefit. , especially the Burgundian defense line, was basically directly broken through.By the time their troops arrived, the enemy had already established a foothold and relied on advanced weapons to repel them.

Not only that, the second brigade of the third army cooperated with the friendly forces of the third brigade to firmly attract the main force of the Burgundians, so that they could not withdraw to support other battlefields, and the third brigade took advantage of this time to cross Burgundy The main force of Dia, surrounded it from the side and rear, and after the Burgundian general reacted, he was shocked to find that the surroundings were full of troops from the Holy Roman Empire, and they had nowhere to escape.

As mentioned earlier, most of the Burgundian army is mobilized from all over the kingdom. The morale of the Asian soldiers was shaken, and a feeling called despair hung over everyone's heart.

The chief officers of the two brigades did not plan to attack immediately. They communicated with each other and unified their opinions, and then sent envoys to persuade the commander of the Burgundian army to surrender, and fought with them through the information passed by the spy network The commander-in-chief of the army is not King Glass himself, but his military commander, which is why the two brigade commanders agreed to persuade them to surrender.The Marshal was more likely to agree to surrender than the king himself.

And the fact is true, although the person who fought them was the military chief of the kingdom, but he was not a loyal king, and he was also afraid of death, so after listening to the words of the persuading envoy, he agreed to surrender without saying a word up.

The surrender of this army was faster than the two brigade commanders expected. The chief general of the army, the military chief, directly summoned all the soldiers in the army, and publicly expressed his decision to surrender. The soldiers and officers did not express any objection to this. .It's no wonder that so many soldiers were killed in just a few days of war. If the fight continues, everyone will probably die under the enemy's guns.

On the second day after deciding to persuade them to surrender, the army of the Kingdom of Burgundy officially laid down their weapons and lined up to surrender to the army of the Holy Roman Empire.After a whole afternoon of statistics, a total of more than [-] prisoners were accepted, and more than [-] horses were captured, and armor and weapons were not recorded.

The total number of the two brigades of the Holy Roman Empire who accepted the surrender was only about 6000. It can be said that one soldier guards one prisoner of war, but in fact, they only need to leave one regiment to perfectly deter these prisoners of war. .

A few days later, when the news of the surrender of the main force reached Brad, the capital of the Burgundian Kingdom, King Glass Moses, who heard the bad news, was so angry that he vomited blood and passed out.Half of the 8000 troops mobilized before the war were taken as prisoners of war by the damn military chief, and thousands of people died under the enemy's guns. The remaining combatable soldiers in the kingdom were less than [-] people!

After the furious King Glass came to his senses, he directly ordered the military governor's family to be imprisoned and all his property confiscated. This did not eliminate his anger, but he did not dare to execute all the military governor's family members. Because it would make him known as a tyrant.

(End of this chapter)