Rise of the Empire Total War

You have won, Earl Charles, you have won the war.

After the battle, looking at Earl Lavigne who was escorted out by several imperial knights, Earl Charles took off his iron helmet, revealing his curly hair wet with sweat and sticking to his skin, and replied with a smile: Dear Count Marcos Vampeta, you bravely persevered to the end, which is worthy of our admiration. Of course, according to the law of nobility, even if you lose this war and lose all your territories, you can still accept it as a nobleman Our preferential treatment, but if you want to regain your freedom, you can only pay a ransom worth the same value as your identity.

I understand, I don't need your reminder. Count Marcos Vampeta said in a blunt tone, his somewhat old face was stained with blood, and his golden curly hair looked dull, Count Charles, what do you want? Treat my subjects and soldiers?

Please rest assured, Earl Marcus. Charles said, while taking off the full plate armor on his body with the assistance of the guards, Your subjects will not be disturbed, provided that they will not violate the laws of our country. And those who The captured soldiers, if they can't pay enough ransom, unfortunately, they can only be sold to those greedy slave traders.

Okay. Earl Marcos nodded, and continued: I want to write to my family in Sukenya, asking him to prepare a ransom to redeem me.

This is your freedom. After Charles finished speaking, he raised his hand to signal the two foot imperial knights standing behind Marcos to take the earl who persisted until the end and surrendered to him and imprison him.

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On the other side, half of the legion led by Richard entered the Sukenya territory. As soon as his legion entered the territory, it aroused massive fear among the local residents. Seeing the tragic situation of the compatriots who left, they couldn't help but sweat coldly from the back. They hurriedly packed up their belongings and fled their hometown, either hiding in Suken, the capital of the county, or hiding in the surrounding towns and castles protected by city walls.

Not only that, on the second day after Richard entered Sukenya Territory, the army that was still besieging the silver mine got a report. In addition to this report, the commander of his army was also ordered by King Nikcres II. Commander's order: Give up the siege of the silver mine and return to aid Suken City.

After receiving this order, the commander looked at the silver mine wall that was almost stained red with blood, and at the still-uncleared own forces in the ground, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Immediately afterwards, he ordered the army to pack up supplies and return to Suken City.

Seeing the enemy's withdrawal, Torres, the commander of the Third Heavy Sergeant Brigade on the wall, heaved a sigh of relief. He and his partner Vitaly, who fought side by side, looked at each other, as if they had exchanged ideas, and then Torres said : It seems that our Majesty Caesar has made new progress.

Ok,

Send out scouts to investigate. If His Majesty Caesar really calls, we might be able to join the Legion.

No, even if His Majesty Caesar calls, we can't take the initiative to join the legion. Torres vetoed, Our duty is to guard this silver mine, unless His Majesty Caesar orders us to join, otherwise we will always Stationed here.

Okay, you are the main commander, just do as you say. Vitaly shrugged and said.

Facts have proved that Torres' decision is correct. If he took the initiative to lead his army to join Richard's army, then they would encounter coalition forces from other countries on the way, and then be annihilated by the enemy, and the entire army would be wiped out.

Of course, Torres didn't know all this, and Richard, who was still on the march, didn't know either. To be precise, all the cavalry sergeants he sent out to act as scouts were hunted down by the scouts of the coalition forces, and none of the enemy reinforcements came back. News - Actually, this cannot be blamed on the weakness of the cavalry sergeants, but the fact that the coalition scouts have the upper hand, making it impossible for the cavalry sergeants to fight or run.

However, Richard soon realized that something was wrong. Seeing that most of the scouts he had sent had not returned to report the situation, he gradually felt a little uneasy, and then ordered the army to temporarily stop marching, and sent out more scout teams. Then Richard was thankful for his caution, because although the scout team he sent this time also lost some cavalry, he still brought back a worrying piece of information: the multinational coalition forces entered the Sukenya Territory and were Marching in the direction of Richard's army!

In addition, there is also a report on the number of this group of coalition forces. The scout team once captured a scout from the Kingdom of Deira during the operation. After some interrogation, they obtained the general information of this group of coalition forces from the opponent. The number of the coalition army is about 15,000, the most notable of which is the heavy cavalry composed of more than a thousand knights, which will pose an unprecedented threat to Richard—because in previous battles However, none of the enemies that fought against Richard had heavy cavalry composed of so many knights, and more of them were cavalry between heavy cavalry and light cavalry. Their charging power was not as powerful as heavy cavalry, so they could Was stopped by Richard's hand-to-hand troops relying on forming a tight formation.

Therefore, Richard was a little nervous all of a sudden. Half of his legion had only about 10,000 people. Most of the cavalry in the army were light cavalry composed of cavalry sergeants and crossbow cavalry. The heavy cavalry only had two chain armor knight brigades. There are only more than 900 cavalry with an imperial knight brigade, but he can't use his own heavy cavalry to fight the opponent's heavy cavalry, because it is easy for his heavy cavalry to fall into the quagmire of cavalry warfare and cannot get out to attack the enemy's infantry— —The enemy's infantry far outnumbers your own. If you want to win the battle, it is the best way to use a large group of heavy cavalry to charge the enemy.

Maybe you want to ask, can you use light cavalry instead of heavy cavalry to charge the enemy's formation, or simply let light cavalry face the enemy's heavy cavalry, entangle them tightly, and let your own heavy cavalry find an opportunity to charge . The first method is not suitable. After all, light cavalry is only suitable for chasing routs or harassing the enemy, rather than stupidly charging the enemy's infantry; while the second method is feasible, but the price to be paid may be relatively high. Doesn't fit Richard's tactical aesthetic.

However, whether or not to use the second method on the battlefield still depends on the situation on the battlefield at that time.

After receiving the information, Richard immediately ordered the entire army to retreat, and at the same time sent a messenger to explain the situation here to Earl Charles in the south, allowing the other party to wait for an opportunity to go north to support. He didn't intend to confront the enemy head-on, even if he wanted to fight decisively, he had to try his best to wait until his side had the upper hand.