Rise of the Empire Total War

"General, I'm sorry, I fell into the enemy's trap and caused heavy losses to the Fifth Regiment."

Hearing this trembling voice, Charles, who was walking forward, suddenly froze and stopped. Then he turned around and looked at Leon Molo, who had almost become a blood man, and the corner of his mouth twitched. , Said: "It's not your fault, it's because the enemy is too cunning."

"It's also because I underestimated the enemy." He added, looking at the corpses all over the place, he blamed himself a little.

"General..." Leon Molo wanted to say something, but the fourth regiment commander Fabrizio next to him stretched out his hand to stop him. He looked at Leon Molo with a heavy expression on his face. Shaking his head, the latter could only shut his mouth and looked at Charles who seemed to have aged for many years together.

It's no wonder that Charles has never lost a battle, and he has always been smooth sailing and winning consecutive battles before, but now, the reality has given him three big ears. One regiment was completely annihilated by an ambush, and the other regiment is still in the trap. The siege was tight, life and death were uncertain, and one regiment suffered heavy losses and could not recover its combat effectiveness in a short time.

The group walked forward for a further distance. The surrounding soldiers were all on the battlefield. They moved the corpses of their own soldiers to the designated place, and every musket was put away. Seeing all this, Charles suddenly stopped Come down, let the officers behind you stunned for a moment, and before they could ask, Charles' voice with a heavy tone sounded: "Withdraw the troops, shrink the defense line, we can't do anything until the reinforcements sent by His Majesty arrive. Take the initiative to attack."

"What?" Several officers were taken aback, and Fabricio, the commander of the fourth regiment, quickly asked, "What about the second regiment?"

"Yeah, what about the soldiers of the second regiment? We can't abandon them." Others also echoed.

"We don't have the ability to rescue them yet." Charles said in a deep voice, "The fifth regiment has suffered heavy losses, and it will take a while to recover its combat effectiveness. It may be difficult to rescue the second regiment with the remaining first and fourth regiments." , but it is very likely to be surrounded by enemy forces far outnumbering us, so the second regiment cannot be rescued yet."

"But the second regiment can't get supplies, and it will run out of ammunition and food soon, and it won't last until the day when the reinforcements arrive." Leon Molo said. He suffered from the shortage of ammunition and food, so he naturally understood that the second regiment fate to be met.

Charles also understands the fate that the second regiment will encounter after running out of ammunition and food, but he can do nothing. In the case of insufficient troops, it is a very stupid act to rush to rescue a comrade who seems to be a bait. He wouldn't dare to take such a risk for his elite veterans of the First Legion, let alone the new army who was weak in melee combat.

Under Charles' strong request, the new army retreated with the bodies of the dead soldiers of the fifth regiment. They have been withdrawing to the nearest stronghold of Amatlia,

This was originally an important stronghold of the Union Army, but when the Winster army was about to hit here with triumphant songs all the way, the defenders inside fled, leaving behind a warehouse full of grain, grass, weapons and equipment, and this place also took advantage of the trend. The frontline stronghold of Winster's army has been destroyed.

The news of the withdrawal of the Winsters was quickly learned by Casciano, which made him a little unexpected, but he quickly changed his tactics after reacting. Since the Winsters gave up the rescue of the besieged army, then He has no reason to continue to keep this army. Therefore, under the order of the high command, the large-scale attack against the second regiment was launched again after a few days of silence. This time, the coalition army used ten captured artillery pieces, and they used these ten artillery pieces to aim at the second regiment. The gates and walls of the regiment's stronghold were bombarded indiscriminately, and when the soldiers of the second regiment were bombarded, they launched a strong attack, and finally broke into the second regiment's stronghold.

Speaking of which, the ability to use the captured siege cannons is also thanks to the captured craftsmen of the third regiment. Under the coercion and lure of the Union Army, a few people still wavered, and how to use the muskets and siege cannons. Confidence, in exchange for their chance to survive. Fortunately, they don't know the formula for making gunpowder and only know how to repair muskets. Otherwise, the Acarnanian Alliance can take this opportunity to become the second force with the ability to make firearms.

It is quite normal for craftsmen to surrender to the enemy. After all, they are not systematically produced units that are 100% loyal to Richard, but are recruited from the local indigenous people. Hostility, but this does not mean that they will not join the enemy because of the enemy's actions when they are captured.

The battle to besiege the stronghold of the second regiment lasted until that night. Although the soldiers of the regiment resisted tenaciously, they were still unable to repel the seemingly continuous stream of enemies due to lack of ammunition. Low handed, the artillerymen even used the only explosive packs to blow up the artillery in a concentrated manner, and died together with the enemy. All soldiers died on the battlefield, and they defended the double-headed eagle badge on the military cap with blood and life.

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After annihilating two Winster armies in a row, Casciano Chavallia's reputation rose sharply. The citizens of the Acarnanian Alliance cheered for this name. Men regard him as an idol and are determined to follow him At his pace, the woman is fascinated by him, eager to have a moment with this victor. But those who opposed him did not change their attitude towards him. They felt threatened by the victory on the front line and feared that Cassiano would grow into a presence they could not tear down.

Not only that, but in the parliament of the alliance, the people's support for Casciano made these congressmen feel deeply afraid. Now that the threat of the Winsters has gone away, there is no need for Casciano to continue to lead the army, so Some congressmen began to propose that Cassiano be withdrawn and replaced by a new commander. But this kind of voice is still too low. Although most of the congressmen were afraid of Casciano, they dared to replace him only after the threat from the Winsters was completely eliminated.

However, at this time, the reinforcements of the Second Army sent by Richard had already landed in Lyctors and rushed to Amatlia where Charles was. In order to retaliate against the defeat in the land battle, the repaired First Fleet left the port of Paisikia and headed straight for Patridawa, the city where the Acarnanian Union Parliament is located. City, as the core of the alliance, once it is attacked by the Winsters, the entire alliance will be shaken.

It was precisely because of this that Richard saw this, so he ordered the First Fleet to take action and bombard Patri Dawa. This will be a signal: As long as I want, I can threaten your "capital" at any time, and even destroy it. For flat ground!