Rise of the Empire Total War

"Our army suffered heavy losses in this battle..."

In the early morning of the next day, Richard's voice was heavy and his voice was trembling, looking at the corpses of hundreds of soldiers who died in battle neatly placed in the town square.

In the decisive battle with the main force of the pirates, the town militia and the Viking raiders were almost wiped out. The former had five people left, and the latter had only one lucky man who lost his left arm.

The crossbow militiamen also paid a heavy price. They were forced to join the melee when they were exhausted, changing from 90 people to 29 people.

As the main force of the battlefield resistance line, the heavily armored sergeants and the Winster Imperial Army withstood the most powerful attack of the pirates, and their casualties were also huge. Eighty-one heavily armed sergeants were killed in battle, 49 were killed in the imperial army, and the rest were all wounded.

How cold the numbers representing the fallen soldiers were written on the parchment, and when Richard actually saw the bodies of these loyal soldiers who gave their lives for him, his heart was greatly shocked.

This is a real war, not the result calculated from the illusory data in the game!

"They are the pride of the empire, the warriors of the empire." Richard's eyes were full of tears, and he said seriously, "The empire will never forget them, God will never forget them, and neither will I. them."

Speaking of this, many people in the crowd uttered deep cries. They were all relatives or friends of the soldiers who died in battle. Although they expected this day to happen before the outbreak of the war, when this day really came After that, I still couldn't accept it calmly.

"Their sacrifice was not in vain. Those Moorish pirates who invaded us have been wiped out by valiant soldiers. Their wicked corpses are lying rotting somewhere on the island. Those who were captured will spend the rest of their lives committing crimes for themselves. atone for sins and repent!"

As soon as the words fell, several soldiers pushed a burly man with a hideous scar on his right cheek to the wooden high platform, and then pushed him down to his knees with brute force. Although the man looked haggard, he still intended to act viciously. Menacing demeanor.

Richard ignored his meaningless actions, and still shouted loudly: "Citizens of Nuremberg, look at this man! He is the chief culprit of the pirate invasion, and he is the leader of the Moore pirates!"

The crowd of onlookers made surprised discussions, but soon, the chaotic discussions gradually unified, and finally evolved into three words with a strong killing intent!

"Execute him!"

"Execute him!"

"Execute him!"

Amid the voices of the surrounding civilians, Richard walked up to the bound Omar, looked down at him condescendingly, and said indifferently: "Omar, did you hear me? My people want your blood to pay for it."

"..."

Omar could not understand what Richard said, because the latter spoke it in German, which is only common in Nuremberg. Therefore, Omar did not respond positively. Instead, he raised his head and stared at Richard unyieldingly. If his eyes could kill, he would have killed the boy in front of him several times.

Seeing him like this, the onlookers became even more excited and shouted louder and louder. Some relatives of the soldiers who died in battle even pushed forward, trying to cross the soldiers' cordon and climb up to the high platform to beat Omar.

Richard ignored the shouts of the people around him. He looked at Omar blankly, kicked him over suddenly, and shouted at the soldiers beside him, "Draw your sword and execute him!"

"Obey." The soldiers of the imperial guards promised. One stepped forward and pressed Omar to the ground, revealing his dark neck. The other drew out his sword, looked indifferently at the struggling pirate leader, raised his sword with both hands, and then slashed heavily. Down!

Between the lightning and the flint, blood splashed everywhere, and an ugly human head fell to the ground, gushing blood and rolling on the ground several times. The soldier in charge of the execution, with his face under the helmet still indifferent, wiped off the blood on the sword with Omar's clothes, Slowly retracting the scabbard, and then stepped forward to pick up Omar's still dead head, and held it up high, showing it to everyone in the audience.

Looking at the ferocious head that was still bleeding from its cross section, the whole scene suddenly fell into endless cheers, as if the culprit who killed Omar was to avenge the fallen soldiers.

...

After the funeral of the fallen soldiers, Richard returned to the town hall. The moment he stepped into the study, the system in his mind sounded a reminder that the task was completed.

[Mission completed: Successfully defeated the main invasion of the Moore pirates and wiped out their army.

Task reward: two teams of heavily armed sergeants (since the host does not currently have any elite troops that can be recruited, so it was changed to any elite troops that can be recruited in the early stage), 4000 dinars. 】

"Heavy Sergeant again?" Richard looked stunned. Although the performance of the Heavy Sergeant in this war did not disappoint him, he still wanted more powerful units, such as heavy cavalry or feudal foot soldiers. knight.

Whether he wants it or not, the reality has become so, and Richard can only accept it sadly.

Now let's count the soldiers under Richard who can still fight. The town militia and Viking raiders can almost be regarded as annihilated. There are only 29 crossbow militiamen left, which cannot form effective combat effectiveness at all. There are still 31 soldiers in heavy armor, all of whom are elite veterans who have experienced bloody battles. In addition, there are 225 new soldiers. The 11 remaining Winster Guards cannot be replenished, so they can only join the early general guards. Personal protection for Richard.

Looking at it this way, Richard still has 299 marine infantry, excluding the navy that has basically no losses.

The army suffered heavy losses, but the navy, from the beginning to the end, only sneaked into the temporary stronghold of the pirates at the end, defeated more than a hundred pirates and set fire to their supplies, and captured nearly a hundred pirate warships by the way.

The nearly one hundred warships gave Richard a bit of a headache. He currently has no ability to swallow all these warships. left.

The task of selling warships was naturally entrusted to Volkmar von Holaud, the only merchant affairs officer. In addition to selling warships, he would also spread the news of the destruction of the Moorish pirates on Kuban Island. Let the countries see the ability of the new Count Cuban.

Everything after the victory was so beautiful, and Richard finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, just the night before Volkoma's departure, the pirate warships moored in the temporary port and the surrounding beaches suddenly caught fire, and the fire spread rapidly and soon swallowed the port. Although the soldiers stationed around reacted quickly and went to put out the fire, there was still no way to stop the spread of the fire.

The fire continued until the next morning. Looking at the wreckage of the burned ships, Richard felt dizzy and almost fell down.