Rise of the Empire Total War

On April 12, 1115 in the mainland calendar, outside Tusi, the capital of the former Pravia Kingdom, inside the camp of the coalition forces besieging the city.

"Commander, our army's scouts have sent back a message that the enemy's reinforcements have passed through Sukenya Territory and entered Pintus Territory. They are heading towards us. According to their speed, they are estimated to arrive in three to four hours. .”

"Three or four hours later?" On the main seat, looking at the coalition scout captain who came to report the military situation, Commander-in-Chief King Titos narrowed his eyes and looked at the three deputy commanders on both sides. The three of them also frowned, So he asked, "How many reinforcements are there in the enemy's army?"

"Well, our scouts didn't bring back the exact number, but they judged from the dust raised by the enemy's march and the flags raised high that the enemy has about four to five thousand people."

As soon as the scout captain finished speaking, the deputy commander from the Ausong Kingdom stood up and volunteered, saying: "Commander, I am willing to lead my country's army to meet the enemy's reinforcements."

"Prince Marcos, your country's army alone may not be enough to deal with the Winsters' reinforcements. To be cautious, you should bring more soldiers." King Titos persuaded, which aroused the approval of the other two deputy commanders. .

Hearing what King Titos said, Prince Marcos, who was born in the royal family of King Ozon, also realized his carelessness. He smiled sarcastically and suggested, "Then, I will meet the enemy with the Miganis."

"Yes." Titos nodded. The army sent by the Miganis has a total of more than 2,000 soldiers, and the more than 3,000 soldiers sent by the Osong Kingdom add up to 5,000. Compared with the reinforcements of the Wensters, they should be evenly matched. What reassures them is that the Kingdom of Miganis has always been famous for its heavy infantry phalanx, and it should not be too difficult to defeat the reinforcements of the Winsters.

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More than two hours later, the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Ozon and the Kingdom of Meganis led by Prince Marcos stopped the marching Charles Army by a creek. After the second division of troops, Charles's troops shrank again. , the melee infantry in the army has only one heavy sergeant brigade and one foot imperial knight brigade, and only two brigades of the four civilian crossbowman brigades, and the cavalry has only one chain armor cavalry brigade Derek, another cavalry sergeant brigade and an imperial knight brigade are still there.

As soon as the two sides fought, Prince Marcos on the opposite side realized that he had been tricked. There were four or five thousand enemies who came to support, but there were clearly only more than two thousand people, and the enemy army had more than three hundred heavy cavalry and Apart from more than 400 foot knights, there was no other threat. Just these people, let alone the coalition forces of the two countries under his command, I am afraid that the army of the Miganis alone can settle it.

Although I have the anger of being teased in my heart,

But Prince Marcos still ordered the army to line up to meet the enemy. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still a piece of meat. What's more, the enemy in front of them is not considered a mosquito.

"Array, attack!"

As soon as Prince Marcos gave an order, the army formed an offensive formation and slowly approached the Winsters. Relying on their superior numbers, they formed a half-moon formation that was sufficient to encircle the enemy army. It was obvious that they were preparing to encircle Charles' troops. . But Charles saw through Marcos' intentions at a glance. In order to prevent the army from being surrounded in the battle, he ordered the army to move quickly towards the creek, leaning against the stream, and set up a defensive formation. At the same time, he also let the cavalry in the army run outside, Try to attract the attention of the coalition cavalry.

His order was quickly rewarded. While the cavalry sergeants and imperial knights were running far away, Prince Marcos in the coalition army then ordered a total of 379 knights in the army to gather under the command of the commander of the Miganis army. He led his subordinates to chase, intending to drive away the threatening enemy heavy cavalry completely, so that his own infantry could use their numerical superiority to overwhelm the enemy infantry with peace of mind.

Seeing that the cavalry on both sides had left the battlefield, Charles did not relax. Under his signal, the two civilian crossbowmen companies in the army stepped out of the line of defense one after another, loaded ammunition on the spot, and waited for the enemy to come within range.

Looking at the enemies slowly approaching, the civilian crossbowmen standing in the front swallowed the saliva secreted by excessive tension. Their palms and backs were already soaked, and the clothes lined with leather armor were wet with sweat. , sticking to the skin, very uncomfortable, but they have no time to take care of these.

"vomit--"

There was a sound of vomiting in the queue from time to time. The officer in the civilian crossbowmen company turned his head and looked behind him, just in time to see a soldier straighten up and wipe the vomit from his mouth. complete food. Seeing that the officer was looking at him, the soldier quickly clenched the crossbow in his hand, staring closely at the approaching enemy ahead. The officer then glanced over him and looked at the other people in the queue. He could see that some people's legs were shaking violently, and they were almost unable to stand still. What's more, the soles of his feet were already wet, and the air was full of breath. There was a faint smell of urine.

The officer suddenly had the urge to vomit too.

But he didn't dare to vomit. He knew that as an officer, he should set an example for the soldiers. If he vomited, it would only make the soldiers more nervous.

"Ready to shoot!"

At this moment, the brigade commander's shout sounded not far away. After his shout, each civilian crossbowman raised his own crossbow, and the crossbow was tilted slightly, aiming at the advancing soldiers in the distance. Some of those enemies are heavily armed soldiers, and some are just farmers who have just left the farmland.

"shooting!"

The brigade commander's roar suddenly broke through the silence of Winster's army formation. Then, only a unique buzzing sound was heard when the crossbow machine was firing. Nearly a thousand crossbow arrows rose into the air, and they flew across the air. Passed a black trajectory, and then fell into the marching coalition army with a shrill sound of breaking through the air. The next second, the shield was destroyed and people were killed, screaming again and again, and the crossbow with its own armor-piercing effect shattered the ordinary army. The wooden shields held by the soldiers continued unabated, tearing the armor of the soldiers and inserting them into their bodies. As blood gushed out, a large number of soldiers fell to the ground crying, clutching their wounds in vain, trying to Stopping the gushing blood, but it didn't have any effect. They could only fall to the ground in pain, letting the blood flow out from the wound, feeling the approach of death, from their gradually losing luster pupils, it seemed Seeing the terrifying face of the Grim Reaper who was grinning while carrying a scythe.

"Load the crossbow and prepare for the second round of shooting!"

After the first round of shooting, without bothering to check the results, the crossbowmen quickly pulled out a new crossbow bolt from their quiver and stringed the crossbow. Although the power of the crossbow is greater than that of a bow and arrow, its loading speed is slow, which is the fastest flawed.

And at this moment, the enemy's archers also entered the range, and drew their bows and arrows on the spot, ready to fight back!