Rise of the Empire Total War

"If the ambush is discovered and surrounded, it will not only fail to achieve the expected purpose, but will pay a heavier price. ——Vergisius, military writer of the ancient Roman Empire, author of "Roman Military System""

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"Defense! Defense!"

Looking at the javelins, the Winster soldiers who were ambushed were shocked. The officer's roar sounded immediately, and the soldiers subconsciously raised their shields to protect their bodies. The next second , I only heard a mournful roar from the opposite side, raindrops of javelins were dropped with a sharp sound of piercing the air, and hit the shields held by the soldiers, making a clanging sound.

Although the momentum is great, the actual lethality is not high. After hitting the shield, most of them just leave a white spot or a concave spot on it, and then bounce off and fall to the ground. Only the remaining part can penetrate the shield. , inflicting casualties on the Winster soldiers behind the shield.

After two rounds of javelin salvos, the ground was covered with dense javelins, and then, the Miganis army on the hillside rushed down with shouts. They uttered a sharp battle cry, and bumped into the center of the square formation of heavily armored soldiers. , on the way of their charge, the civilian crossbowmen hiding behind the central phalanx hurriedly wound up the crossbow in their hands, and then shot over the body of Paoze in front of them, and shot at the enemy. Since the enemy was densely packed, they didn't need to aim at all. ,crack shot.

Under the shooting of the civilian crossbowmen, several Miganis soldiers fell down almost every second. Those who were shot to the vitals died on the spot, but the soldiers who were only slightly injured but fell to the ground were miserable. He was directly trampled to death by the soldiers following him.

"Steady! Meet the enemy!"

Amidst the officers' successive shouts, the Miganis soldiers rushed towards the rock-like round formation of heavily armored sergeants like a flood. The first row of Miganis soldiers were pierced by a two-meter-long spear as soon as they took part in the battle. , The spear stayed in their bodies for only a few seconds before being pulled out violently, even though the blood spurted out from the wound and splashed on the shield standing in front of the heavily armored sergeant, making the double-headed eagle emblem on the shield even more fierce.

boom! During the melee, a shield slammed heavily into the face of a Miganis soldier, and the violent impact shattered his nasal bone. The soldier screamed and backed up a few steps. The heavily armed sergeant immediately opened his shield and stabbed out with his spear. A large hole was cut in the opponent's stomach, and when the spear was drawn, a string of fetid intestines hung from the barb of the spear head.

"Yeah!"

Shouting and killing, a Miganis soldier used all his strength to slam into the heavily armored sergeant in front of him. The latter was short and used his shield to lift up the enemy who hit him, and fell heavily in the center of the circle behind him. The Ganisi soldiers were dizzy, and before they had time to react, the civilian crossbowmen in the center of the circle pulled out their daggers or daggers,

One person and one sword, many blood holes were pierced alive, bloody and bloody.

Outside the circle, there were crowds of people, and the screams filled with pierced ears finally woke up the comatose Magnus. He looked blankly at the heavily armored soldiers who formed a hedgehog circle in front of him to protect him, and shook his head for a long time. Only then did he realize the current situation, so he struggled to get up from the ground, and the soldiers at the side saw him and hurried over to help him. Magnus looked beyond the circle of hedgehogs and looked at the enemies outside. Seeing this, his face became ugly. He couldn't imagine why the coalition cavalry and imperial knights walking in front of them could pass through safely, but There is no time to think about it now.

"Where's our cavalry?" He asked the surrounding soldiers, but no one responded. A large number of enemies outside kept attacking the weak line of defense, making the soldiers keep retreating. "Where are our cavalry?" he asked again, but his voice was quickly drowned out in a deafening battle cry.

"withstand!"

In the sight of Magnus, a company commander roared loudly, but in the next second, a javelin shot accurately hit his head, inserted through his open mouth, and pierced through the back of his head. The commander of the company was killed on the spot, and fell straight in a pool of his own blood. The company he commanded was in chaos immediately, but fortunately, the deputy commander stepped forward in time and took over the command, so that the soldiers of the company were stabilized.

"Damn! Damn Miganis bastard!" Magnus cursed angrily, ignoring his dizzy brain, bent down to pick up an unowned shield and his saber, and joined the battle with a loud cry. Born in the imperial guards, he was already good at fighting skills, and when he rejoined the battlefield, he used the saber in his hand to be very powerful!

"Go to hell!" Magnus yelled angrily, and the saber stabbed out like lightning, directly piercing the throat of the Miganis soldier in front of him, then quickly pulled out the sword and slashed at another enemy soldier , the latter hurriedly raised his shield to block, and then Magnus rushed over with the large shield, knocking him to the ground, and then the sharp long sword struck again, piercing the throat of the soldier of Meganis. In an instant, blood sprayed out, staining Magnus's face red, and the blood even stuck to his eyes, so that he had to wipe it off to see clearly what was going on in front of him.

But at this time, the cavalry who had walked a long distance looked back and saw that the infantry who should have followed had not been seen for a long time. The snow on the ground not only slowed their progress, but also covered up the sound of the horseshoes landing. As they walked, the thunderous shouts became more and more clear, which made them more anxious when they heard them. .

Finally, the two armies in the bloody battle appeared in the sight of the returning cavalry. At this time, the ambush battlefield was almost full of blood, and the corpses were piled up. . Watching all this, the commander of the chain armored cavalry brigade and the commander of the imperial knight brigade drew out their swords, pointed at the enemy, and roared: "Charge! Crush them!"

As soon as they finished speaking, two brigades of cavalry drove their horses and galloped forward. The sound of thousands of cavalry running at the same time alarmed the Miganis, who were in the upper hand. They looked back and saw that it was the enemy cavalry returning for reinforcements. , Immediately scared out of their wits, screaming and retreating to both sides, they don't want to be the meat target of the enemy's cavalry, and they don't want to die here.

All of this was seen by Catherine and Robert, who were watching the battle. They looked at each other, sighed helplessly, and could only order to sound the horn to retreat. Although they were ready for the enemy cavalry to return to aid, they did not expect the speed to be so fast. Now, they can only minimize casualties and withdraw the army to Fort Miggelen.