Rise of the Empire Total War

"They are wild beasts, devils from hell. They are good at riding horses, and they are good at fighting on foot. They can easily tear apart the body of a hoplite. No one knows why they left the Dogero continent. Coming here across the ocean, perhaps, is the almighty god to punish us for being ungodly. ——Gerhard Hushi (Deputy Commander of the Warden Legion of the Holy Kuyawi Empire, Survivor of the 'Bloody Valley' fiasco)"

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Tread Tread——

The Principality of Fayle, Lasfield Territory, the frontline stronghold of the Winster Kingdom's army.

Darkness enveloped the entire land, and the outside of the stronghold was almost invisible, while inside the stronghold, only the torches held by the soldiers and the braziers scattered around gave off faint light, and these lights were only enough to illuminate a small area nearby. But it's better than nothing.

The war has lasted for a year. In just one year, the First Legion led by Richard drove away wolves and tigers, conquered a large area of ​​the Kingdom of Gosland and forced him to lose his title and become the leader of the Kingdom of Winster. attached.

After the defeat of the Kingdom of Goslan, fearing that the fate of the former would befall him, the Principality of Nata and the Principality of Fayer went against each other successively, and joined Richard's alliance to fight against the remaining four-nation coalition led by the Principality of Rogel.

The Principality of Fail and the Principality of Nata also ushered in the garrison of the Kingdom of Winster. Under Richard's order, the legion deployed defenses on the front lines of the two countries and cooperated with the two armies to set up strongholds for defense. He himself led the The main force broke into the Kingdom of Miganis and opened up a new battlefield.

The Ange stronghold is one of the large number of strongholds established behind the border between the Principality of Fail and the Kingdom of Deira. It was built by the side of a creek and housed a company of hoplite sergeants, as well as servants of the Fail recruited nearby.

I forgot to mention that it has been a year since the war lasted until now. During this year, Richard recruited many spear militia, spear sergeant and heavy sergeant companies from all over the world. These companies arrived at the front line Afterwards, they were all assigned to large and large strongholds. Since they are not included in the regiment, they will not continue to serve like the standing army after the war, but will be sent home - because they have been recruited again, so Richard will recruit them next time At that time, there is no need to spend money, only the military salary needs to be paid.

Cough cough, pull away.

From time to time, the footsteps of the patrol team could be heard. This sound was very harsh in the silent night. Not only that, but also the clanging sound of the collision between the armor and the armor.

Relian Heyman, the commander of the Ange stronghold and the company captain of the spear sergeants stationed here,

At this time, he was standing on the tower beside the gate, looking at the endless darkness outside the stronghold, but he couldn't help thinking of his hometown.

Relian was not a Germanic person, to be precise, he was not even an imperial person, he was a minor nobleman born and bred in this world, and he was also one of the first low-level noblemen in the Kingdom of Ravana to believe in Christianity.

"When will this damn war end!" Relian cursed in a low voice. It has been half a year since he came to the front line from the manor in his hometown in response to the enlistment. The enemy's rangers wandered around on the border plain, and occasionally a hidden arrow would shoot in from outside, hitting one or two unsuspecting soldiers.

"Company Captain Relian, it's really cold to be on guard today." A man walked into the tower, and he looked at Relian who was leaning against the wall in plain clothes, and said so.

"This is not my post." Relian replied. He didn't know who the person was, but he could tell from the voice that the person was the company's deputy commander Dias. "I just want to know what happened there." Pointing to the darkness in the distance, he added.

"What can happen, it is undoubtedly that the rangers of the Deira are operating at night again." The deputy commander said, he patted Relian on the shoulder, and said helplessly: "Our army is following His Majesty the King to conquer the Kingdom of Meganis , so that I can’t deal with those annoying flies, I can only watch them dangle in front of my eyes.”

"All this will change." Relian replied, as if convincing himself: "We have defeated seven enemies, and it is only a matter of time before we defeat the remaining four enemies."

"I hope so." The deputy commander shrugged, walked to Relian's side, looked outside, and said, "Go to sleep first, I will keep an eye on it for you."

"En." Relian nodded, walked out of the tower over the deputy commander, and walked down the stairs to the ground. There were still some soldiers in the stronghold who hadn't slept. They gathered by the brazier to keep warm, or carefully wiped their weapons and shields.

"Good evening, sir."

"okay."

After dealing with two passing soldiers, Relian went straight to his tent. The night temperature dropped in late November, and he had to put on an extra layer of animal skin blanket to keep warm.

In a blink of an eye, several hours passed. In the stronghold, except for the soldiers on duty who still stuck to their posts, everyone else fell asleep. The deputy commander, Dias, was walking on the fence, inspecting the situation of the guard station. It was still dark outside the stronghold, and he could not see his fingers, except for the occasional bird call.

Walking on the fence, Dias only felt a rush of urination. He frowned slightly, and stood on the wall a few steps away. He unbuttoned his trouser belt, exposed the work, and began to urinate on the bottom. Suddenly, a figure with disheveled hair rushed out of the darkness. With a low growl, he stabbed the spear, which actually pierced directly into Dias's crotch. Blood gushed out, and Dias fell off the wall with a scream.

At the same time, the soldiers standing guard were all headshot by the arrows shot out in the darkness, and fell down before they could make a sound. One of the soldiers reacted quickly, and immediately ran to the copper bell to ring it, but before he picked up the hammer, an arrow pierced his head from behind, and the soldier died on the spot, stained with blood sprayed from the wound. Red bronze bells.

But someone still rang the warning bell. The moment the bell rang, the soldiers who were immersed in sleep immediately woke up. Relian took the sword on the table and rushed out of the tent. When I rushed out, I saw several disheveled barbarians crawling in along the city wall, roaring and jumping off the wall, fighting with the soldiers who rushed out of the tent.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Raelian roared loudly, and as his voice sounded, more and more soldiers rushed out of the camp with weapons to fight the sudden barbarians.

Whoosh—

The fence was already occupied by barbarian archers, who shot the Winster soldiers with their bows and arrows by the light of the brazier. A soldier had just rushed out of the tent, and was shot in the throat by an arrow before he had contact with the enemy. He fell to the ground, blood gushed out, and soon stained his clothes red. The soldier clutched his wound unwillingly, wanting to continue Moving forward, but still failed to do so.