Rise of the Empire Total War

"Fire! Put out the fire!"

Numerous rockets almost cover the sky, making the sky look like daytime, which is very spectacular. The rain of arrows drew graceful arcs in the air and then fell into Sorenburg, either hitting the soldiers who couldn't dodge in time, or igniting the wooden buildings in the city.

After the rocket hit the wooden buildings in the city, it quickly caused a raging fire. The stables built behind the city wall are the most dangerous places. Sparks fall into the straw piled inside and start burning directly. The flames make the horses locked inside panic, neighing and struggling violently, trying to get out Get out of here with the rope that binds you.

For a moment, the wailing of war horses and people's shouts filled Soren Castle, and the whole castle suddenly fell into chaos.

"Ahhhh—"

On the city wall, an unlucky guy who was shot by a rocket screamed and ran on the city wall. The rocket ignited his leather armor, making him almost a burning man. The severe pain made him unbearable. He ran up to seek help from his comrades, but the surrounding soldiers were afraid of the flames on his body and dared not go up. In the end, the poor soldier fell down while running, and then could not get up again.

boom--

In the Ravana rocket volley, a deafening explosion sounded suddenly, and everyone looked around, only to see that the towers of the city wall had fallen into a sea of ​​flames, and the surrounding soldiers were all on fire, screaming and rushing indiscriminately. Several soldiers couldn't bear the severe pain and jumped directly from the towering city wall, falling to their deaths on the spot.

It was just an accident. The Ravana's rocket just passed through the shooting port of the tower, and then penetrated the clay pot filled with flammable asphalt. Under the action of the rocket, the clay pot inside exploded. The flames swallowed everything around in an instant.

"Archers! Where are our archers! Fight back! Fight back!"

Braving the rockets that passed by from time to time, the officer on the city wall shouted loudly, and the trembling archers hiding under the wall immediately stood up and prepared to fight back, but just as he stood up, an arrow hit his face , the flame licked the flesh and blood near the wound, and a faint smell of barbecue quickly permeated the surrounding air.

The tragic death of their companion made the other archers dare not move, and they all hid under the safe wall to pray for the enemy's attack to end as soon as possible. Perhaps their prayers were helped by the gods, and the Ravana archers outside the city soon stopped. Shooting, one by one standing there with their arms drooping and panting heavily - the continuous shooting exhausted their physical strength, and they were no longer able to bend their bows and shoot.

On the city wall, no, in Sorenborg, the raging fire caused by the Ravana rockets could not be extinguished for a while, buckets of clear water originally used for drinking were thrown into the flames,

The water reserves of the defenders were greatly reduced. This is Richard's purpose, to use rockets to ignite the buildings in the city, forcing the defenders to use precious water resources to put out the fire, and after the fire is extinguished, their stored water sources are almost exhausted.

The flames in the city were so bright that everything was illuminated like daylight. Richard didn't continue to look at it. He gave an order, and the soldiers under his command immediately launched an offensive formation. A siege tower and ladder were pushed by the soldiers. After all, the chaotic city wall, the archers also They were withdrawn and replaced by crossbowmen armed with crossbow machines. Under the shouts of officers, these crossbowmen fired deadly bolts at the enemy on the city wall to cover the advancing siege troops.

Although he knew that he would not be able to capture Sorenborg this time, Richard still wanted to try.

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"How many people have we lost?"

During the day, looking at the corpses of soldiers lying on the battlefield, Richard asked indifferently.

"Your Majesty Caesar, we lost one hundred and twenty-nine people, but they were all Mabuku soldiers." Condora replied in a low voice. fought for virtue.

"Let someone go and take back their bodies. This will be the last battle dead. After that, we just need to wait for the Sorenburg defenders to surrender themselves." Richard said again.

"I hope that yesterday's fire will greatly consume the water source in the city, otherwise what we have done will be useless."

"Wait." Richard sneered, and then ordered: "Let the soldiers be vigilant, and don't let the defenders have the opportunity to go to the river to fetch water."

"Yes, Your Majesty Caesar."

Just as Richard expected at the beginning, a fire attack almost exhausted the water reserves in Sorenborg, and the water storage that could have lasted longer was used to put out the fire, and now there are only a few days left. quantity. A few days later, the defenders will be in a terrible situation of water shortage. If this crisis is not resolved as soon as possible, the only options waiting for them are surrender or death of thirst.

As Mr. Pei, who stands at the top of the food chain, said, a person can go without food for more than a week, but he cannot go without water for more than three days. Water is the most important resource to support human survival. Once people leave water, they will only die.

Of course, if the lord of Sorenburg was more cruel and let the soldiers survive by drinking their own urine, the castle would still be able to hold on, but I don’t know if his soldiers will obey him faithfully by then. After all, no one wants to drink their own urine unless it is the last moment.

A few days later, the defenders of Sorenborg still did not surrender, but reinforcements from Cuban Island had arrived.

This is an army with a total of 1930 people. As mentioned earlier, this army includes three teams of Nordic swordsmen, five teams of sword and spear militiamen, three teams of walking Nordic battleaxe cavalry, one team of Nordic axemen, three teams of The Nordic archers, two teams of crossbowmen, four teams of scout cavalry, and three teams of Nordic battleaxe cavalry are the main arms of the Danish Kingdom in the middle period. The Nordic axemen can be said to be exactly the same as their relatives, the Varangian guards of the Eastern Empire (only But in the game, the Nordic Guard can't beat the Varangian Guard in a one-on-one match).

The addition of seven teams of 420 cavalry also strengthened Richard's cavalry, especially the four teams of scout cavalry, just like his name, were the best candidates to send out to spy on the military situation. Although the Nordic battleaxe cavalry is not as powerful as the heavy cavalry, it is also a very good choice to let them follow the feudal knights into the torn enemy infantry line of defense to hack and kill.

This is a powerful boost. With the addition of the Danish army, Richard's army has grown from more than 4,000 people to nearly 6,000 people, and many more tents have been built around the barracks of Sorenborg. The defenders were terrified.

The lack of water and the arrival of enemy reinforcements, the two factors have gradually lowered the morale of the defenders in the city. A feeling of despair has taken root in the hearts of the soldiers, and it will soon break out of the ground.