rise of empire total war

Chapter 507 Massacre of the City

Karsi City fell again.

The city had not seen war since it fell to the barbarians hundreds of years ago, but on May 1127, 5, the barbarian army was defeated head-on, and the army of the Holy Roman Empire slammed the city Surround and attack the city with a large number of artillery.

The result is obvious. The long-disrepaired city wall of Kalsi collapsed in many places during the previous rounds of shelling. All the barbarian warriors deployed on it were buried under the ruins. The deadly shells not only collapsed the city wall, but also flew over the city wall. In the city, the dense crowds of people fleeing ran through a bloody road. Some buildings in the city also collapsed. The whole city was wailing and crying for this catastrophe that seemed like the end of the world. .

After an hour of shelling, the ammunition reserves of the artillery were running low, and the eager infantry followed the flags and rushed into the gap in the city wall. Facing the attack of the Holy Roman Empire army, the barbarian army whose morale was completely blown away was unable to resist. I could only watch helplessly as a large number of soldiers in dark blue and white military uniforms rushed in, raised their guns and shot, taking the lives of everyone still on the street.

Considering the rebelliousness of the barbarians, Richard Bono did not intend to treat them softly. He directly gave the order to massacre the city. Anyone who could breathe and appeared in front of the soldiers would be killed on the spot.To deal with such barbarians, they can only be effective if they use more barbaric tricks.

The officers and soldiers of the third brigade who broke through the city carried out a brutal massacre of all the barbarians in Kalsi City. Whether it was soldiers who took up arms or the weak, old, weak, women and children who could not restrain their chickens, they were all shot and killed by the soldiers. Those who resisted There is no doubt that they were killed on the spot. Those who did not resist were escorted to the prescribed place to stand in line, and then died by being shot in the back.

During the massacre, the soldiers found ragged, skinny slaves in dungeons or some dilapidated houses. They were either descendants of the original Khalsi residents hundreds of years ago, or prisoners of the Kuyawi Empire captured during the war. When they saw the intruding Roman army, they thought that the gods had finally appeared and sent people to rescue them, and they burst into tears.

Seeing this, the soldiers were reluctant to kill them, so they rescued them from where they were imprisoned and sent them outside the city. On the way out of the city, they saw the slaughter of barbarians everywhere on the streets, and they couldn't help but think of themselves. They cried bitterly again at the fate they had suffered and the companions who died tragically. While they were crying bitterly, the escorting officer took the opportunity to ask about their deeds, and then they understood what they had experienced over the years.

The slaves of the barbarians in the Sotu Tale area, oh no, it should be said that the slaves of the barbarians in most areas are very miserable. They have to cultivate the few farmlands in the territory under the care of the barbarians, or take care of those livestock. The heaviest task, and their food is also the worst, often there is no next meal, and the barbarian master will reward them with some hard-to-eat food if they are happy (even so, they still rush to gobble it up) ), if they are not happy, they will be rewarded with a hot whip.The whipping of the barbarians is inappropriate, and slaves are often beaten to death. Those slaves who are beaten to death are directly dragged out, chopped up and fed to the dogs. to the remaining slaves.

After hearing the tragic experience of the slaves, the soldiers in charge of escorting were very angry, and expressed that they wanted to teach those damned barbarians a lesson, but they probably couldn't do it, because the barbarians were all given up by their friendly troops. Massacre, those who were not massacred also tried to escape. Those people either hid in complicated alleys, or fled directly out of the city, and were killed by wandering cavalry and infantry.

The massacre lasted for three days. During the three days, including the soldiers who died outside the city, the barbarians killed about 5 people, including more than 3 soldiers and more than 2 civilians. At the end, no more than 100 soldiers were killed in the third brigade. Most of them died in the arrow rain attack at the beginning of the ambush, some died in the battle with the barbarian light cavalry, and a few were the losses of the siege battle.

Three days later, the officers and soldiers of the third brigade did not bury the corpses in the city, but led the army to leave after sorting out the spoils. They did not need to clean up the battlefield, because they knew very well that after the army left, the nearby barbarian tribes would surely The first time they came to check the situation, and when they saw the densely packed corpses in the city, the fear of the Holy Roman Empire army would spread quickly to the entire Sotutal area like a plague, and penetrate into the hearts of every barbarian.

Of course, it is also possible that the coexistence of fear and hatred caused the barbarians in the Sotutal area to transfer their hatred to them. Since then, they have completely thought of the Kuyavian Empire and have been fighting against the Holy Roman Empire.Of course, this doesn't have much impact on the hated side. As long as the army of the empire is still strong, they will be able to stage the Kalsi massacre again.

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Just as Richard Bono was leading his third brigade westward, his good friend Gilad Price and the second brigade had joined the main force led by Caesar Richard of the Empire, and The battle with the main force of the Kuyawi Empire from the northern border was in a stalemate. It was said to be a stalemate, but it was not always true, because the Holy Roman Empire army with advanced weapons clearly had the upper hand.Although the Kuyawi army is full of veterans who have survived the bloody battles with the barbarians in the north all the year round, they have rich experience and more skilled combat skills, but this does not allow them to pass through the firepower fired by the line infantry, because fighting the barbarians requires Wearing heavy armor, most of the legion is heavy infantry. These heavy infantry move slowly, which is very deadly when they charge.

If the heavy armor on them can defend against the bullets fired by the line infantry, it is acceptable, but their heavy armor can be easily penetrated by bullets, so when the battle first started, all the veterans of the Legion were on the way to charge. They were shot and suffered heavy losses, so they had to stop such unnecessary behavior of giving heads and consider other tactics instead.

After thinking about it, the commanders of the legion couldn't think of a good way, so they could only choose defensive warfare, let the soldiers deploy behind the fortifications, and use bows and crossbows to defend against the enemy. This change really made the legion The number of losses has been greatly reduced, and the offensive of the Holy Roman Empire army has also been contained to a certain extent.

(End of this chapter)