Rise of the Empire Total War

When the head of the last prisoner of war rolled on the ground several times with soaring blood, the walls of Shadan Fort fell into a deathly silence. Other than the sound, there was only the slight whistling of the wind.

Under the city, looking at the corpses lying on the ground, the nobleman Ramirez clicked his tongue with emotion. The patience of the commander of the Fort Shadan garrison was beyond his expectation. He saw with his own eyes that during the execution, the soldiers They all surrounded the person who seemed to be the commander, and the noise could be heard even at such a distance, but the commander didn't know what method he used to calm down the excited soldiers, and watched with anger Their captured comrades died one by one.

"It's really like a turtle." The nobleman said disdainfully, but there was nothing he could do about it. He could only order the soldiers to get ready and leave here. Originally, the purpose of his army coming here was to anger the defenders of Fort Shadan and let them leave the city. Face to face, and then rely on the superiority of numbers to defeat the enemy in the field, and then take advantage of the situation to recover Shadan Fort, but I did not expect that the commander of Shadan Fort is really too tolerant.

After receiving the order, the Ramirez army left twelve headless corpses and left without looking back. It was not until the enemy's back disappeared on the horizon for a long time that the well-behaved François sent ten Several soldiers went out of the city, collected the corpses of their tragically killed comrades, carried them back to the castle, and buried them with those who died in the previous battle.

At the same time, part of the Second Army under the command of Toolagris had already left the city of Abadran. In order to prevent this city with the "honorable tradition" of surrender from surrendering when he went out and cut off the army's supply line, he So they left half of the brigade of sword and spear militiamen stationed, and led the remaining nearly 4,000 soldiers to embark on the journey to the east with enough food and grass.

Although Tooragris fought on this land under Richard's command five years ago, the Danish commander has long since lost his memory of this land, so he asked Sergeant who came to report Purin, as a guide, led them straight to Yaquik City and Shadan Fort.

On June 17, 1115 in the continental calendar, Toolagris and his legion came to the city of Aquique. The population and supplies of the villages and towns around the city of Yaquique were moved into the royal capital, and the wells were thrown away. The corpses of livestock and poultry were laid down, and the mouth of the well was blocked with huge stones. The crops that could be harvested in a short time were also burned to the ground, leaving only ashes on the ground.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Ramirez people left Toolagris with only a few old people who refused to move and a large area of ​​uninhabited houses, and nothing else, even these old people There is no food left in the family, and their livelihood depends on the supply of Winster's army.

But would Tooragris take care of them? Facing the crowd of Ramirez old people waiting to be fed, Toolagris was unmoved, and sent people to disperse them directly. It was a joke, what obligation did he have to help Croft raise the people, these old people were still him A citizen of the Kingdom of Ramirez.

And after the soldiers approached the city,

Toolagris immediately ordered the demolition of the villages near the capital, and built a siege camp around Yakik with the demolished building materials, although his army of less than 4,000 people could not surround the entire city. (If this is really done, the legion will be forced to stretch the front line and station a company of soldiers on each section of the wall, which is easily broken by the enemy's assembled superior forces), so it can only encircle a few points and leave a place for the enemy. The direction in which to retreat.

The Second Legion’s temporary guest demolition team made a lot of noise, and soon alarmed the defenders on the city wall. Some soldiers in the defenders were recruited from the surrounding areas of Yajik. They watched their homes being demolished. There was a commotion all of a sudden, it was their house! Although there are no properties or residents in it, it was built with money!

For a while, the city wall was also in chaos. The soldiers shouted and wanted to rush out to stop the Wensters from moving, but they were stopped by the officers and nobles. Push the houses, collect reusable materials, and build a siege camp. This situation lasted for five days in a row. Five days later, under the angry eyes of the defenders, the siege camp was finally completed. Instead, the old villages were all razed to the ground, and those old people who did not want to move were also driven out. Fortunately, it is summer instead of cold winter, otherwise they will be frozen to death in the wilderness in a few days.

After the completion of the siege camp, the soldiers began to cut down strong trees, and built ladders, siege towers and battering hammers and other siege equipment under the guidance of the artisans accompanying the army. After the reinforcements surrounded Yajik, they gave up continuing to defend, and instead followed the messenger to the besieged camp to join the reinforcements.

When they merged with the main force of the reinforcements, they saw Seplin and the thirty-nine soldiers of his company who broke out in the army. Naturally, they were overjoyed. These Danish soldiers who fought bloody battles hugged each other, Cheered excitedly, which made the surrounding soldiers feel deeply moved.

The two sword and spear militia companies that came to meet were just a small episode. After receiving the two company commanders, Toolagris praised them for sticking to Fort Shadan with Seplin for more than two months. They expressed their merits to Richard, and expressed their gratitude to the three company commanders, claiming that they were willing to lead their companies to continue to contribute in the siege of Yaquik.

But Toolagris had no plan to storm Yaquique, at least not in the early stage of the siege. Although he advocated offense, he was not a reckless man who only cared about storming. The number is as high as 80,000, most of whom are old, weak, sick and disabled, but the reckless order to mobilize for all-out war can still pull out many weak and unqualified soldiers.

Even if no all-out war mobilization order has been issued, there are more than a thousand defenders in the city. Although their combat effectiveness is not satisfactory, relying on the solid city wall, they can still block the Tooragris Legion with less than 4,000 people Offensive, so launching a strong attack is not a good plan.

But... Toolagris remembered the twenty-eight siege weapons that were still on the road. His eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile, which was quickly caught by his lieutenant Hercule. He knew that his partner must be planning some kind of plan. Last time when he besieged Dukang, the capital of the Kingdom of Delj, he showed this smile, and then the Delj people were met with catapults. Justice from Heaven...