rise of empire total war

Chapter 67
Richard wanted to cry but had no tears.

He felt that he was infected by a certain elementary school student of the god of death, and there were also dead people everywhere, but the difference between them was that the elementary school student of the god of death only encountered one or two dead people, while what Richard encountered was a centurion and a hundred people team of the dead.

Richard, who was supposed to be at the banquet of King Caturanus of Riyadh, is now on the palace wall of the Braddeck Palace with a heavy atmosphere. Outside the palace wall, there are countless rioters holding high torches and weapons. Their morale was high, and they surrounded the palace in the center of the city.

Fortunately, they had no siege equipment, so they could only surround the outside in vain, otherwise the palace wall would have been plunged into a bloody fight.

The 120 imperial guards stationed in the palace are distributed in all directions of the palace wall, and the defense is very weak. Because of this, the guards who came with the guests are also required to stand on the palace wall and fight with the imperial guards. .Even so, the forces capable of defending the Braddeck Palace are still too weak.

He glanced at the few noble guards who were shaking with sharp swords in their hands, and Richard sighed softly. He didn't think that these people could guard the huge Bradker Palace, as long as the chaos came from them. If attacks are launched from all directions, the defenders who are at an absolute numerical disadvantage will inevitably lose sight of one thing and lose the other. In the end, they can only be overwhelmed by the crowd tactics of the insurgents.

It goes without saying what will happen after the fall of Braddeck Palace. Richard is not worried about the lives of these local people. The only thing he is worried about is the lives of himself and the two early general guard knights who came with him. I don't want to die in a rebellion in a foreign country for no reason.

"I don't know what happened to the army at the port." Richard thought of the army he left in the port area. It is impossible for the soldiers who followed him from Kuban Island to not notice the turmoil in the city. The point is to respond and save yourself from the besieged Braddeck Palace.

At this moment, a raging fire suddenly ignited somewhere in the city, almost lighting up half of the city. A nobleman next to Richard suddenly let out a scream when he saw the fire, and then collapsed to the ground. Looking at the male nobleman suspiciously, the discussion around him made him quickly understand what happened.

It turned out that that place was the aristocratic area of ​​Riya City.

Even a fool can guess what the fire in the aristocratic area means. Richard can only look at the aristocrat who sat on the ground and cried bitterly with regret and sympathy, and continued to observe The mob outside its palace walls.

Seeing this, Richard's body shook violently, his pupils constricted and then shook violently—the rioters outside the palace wall actually lifted the thick long log together and approached the city gate!
"Where are the archers, shoot at the mob!"

Not only Richard found out, but also Niels, the Commander-in-Chief of the Guards, immediately shouted loudly. Then, several soldiers equipped with longbows quickly ran behind the parapet, and took a stand. With the bow and the arrow, they shot at the rioters who were getting closer and closer to the city gate.

Although it was dark at this time, the torches equipped in the hands of the rioters gave the archers excellent shooting targets. The archers in these elite guards never missed a shot, and every shot could take away a deadly arrow. The life of the mob carrying the log.Before successfully reaching the city gate, a few rioters carrying long logs who were instigated to join the rebellion were frightened, screamed and threw away the things in their hands, and fled in all directions.

Looking at the corpses of the few rioters who had been shot, the violent onlookers gradually quieted down. Only then did they realize that what they were facing was the Royal Guards armed with deadly weapons, rather than being drunk and easily Surrendered City Defense Army.

"The lackeys of the royal family have killed people!"

"Brothers, go in and avenge your dead companions!"

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On the other side, the Kuban army in the port area finally decided to intervene after discovering the turmoil.Under the command of Kondra, who has actually become Richard's deputy, all soldiers except farmers and sailors landed on the port along the pedals. In view of the fact that the cavalry could not exert its own powerful strength in urban street battles, the early general guards and feudal knights They all dismounted and fought with the Nordic Tomahawk cavalry, and marched along the street towards the Braddeck Palace with the Viking raiders, and behind them were 90 civilian archers, who were ready to give firepower to the frontmen at any time cover.

"Go forward! Rescue His Majesty Caesar!"

With the belief in rescuing His Majesty the Emperor Caesar, the feudal knights who opened the way like steel monsters and the early generals and guards strode forward. They dare not go too fast, and the armor on their bodies is not suitable for fighting Just exercise vigorously, as it will only drain their strength.

Seeing the appearance of the knights who had become feudal knights on foot, Condela felt a little anxious, and let the lightly armed Viking raiders and Nordic tomahawk cavalry rush to the forefront, and these sturdy men from Northern Europe roared past. Clumsy knights, go fast.

Not long after they left the port area, they finally encountered the first batch of rioters. These rioters were holding the most crude weapons in their hands, and they were actually wrapped with some cloth that they didn’t know where they got it—this was very interesting in Kondra’s eyes. It may have been snatched, because it was still stained with blood.

After seeing the Viking raiders walking in the forefront, these rioters were obviously stunned, and they stared blankly at the Danish soldiers walking on the street.After they reacted, they raised their weapons and charged at the Viking raiders without saying a word, while shouting "Kill the king's lackeys".

However, their end is still only death.

Those who dared to attack the Viking raiders would either defeat the opponent and leave alive, or be hacked to death by the opponent's tomahawk, and there was no other possibility.

After killing these rioters, they continued to move forward. The closer they got to the center of the city, the more rioters they encountered.Since they were not effectively restrained, the rioters quickly dispersed throughout the city, and their targets shifted from officials and nobles to ordinary businessmen and civilians. This phenomenon began when the rioters invaded the aristocratic area, ransacked the noble houses and The arson became more serious, and the whole city became extremely chaotic. Rioters looting could be seen everywhere on the streets, and the cries of women and children resounded over the city.

Condela and the others naturally encountered countless robberies on the road.At first, the chivalry in his heart made him unable to let all this happen, and he would even kill the evil rioters, but as he witnessed more and more incidents, Condela gradually became numb, selectively ignoring all this, and turned to Focus all your attention on rescuing Richard.

At the same time, after destroying several houses close to the palace wall, the rioters used beams and other materials to make simple long ladders and attacked Braddeck Palace.

(End of this chapter)