Rise of the Empire Total War

"The enemy cavalry is attacking!"

Amidst the horrified shouts, a large group of Winster cavalry rushed into the Acarnanian camp, knocking down the Acarnanian soldiers who had just picked up their weapons and hadn't made any moves to fight. Before the horse knocked down the soldier, it was thrown by the knight, piercing the infantry's body heavily, and nailing it to the ground, then the horse rushed over, the lance was pulled out, and stabbed the next enemy.

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

Holly Zimanga roared. He pulled out his sword at the same time, and looked for his colleague Tilibic in the chaotic crowd. Tillibic's hunch was correct! The Winsters really came after them!

Hawley's shout was inconspicuous on this noisy battlefield, but it still attracted the attention of some soldiers around him. Although the soldiers wanted to follow his order to fight back, they couldn't do it at all. These elite heavy infantrymen who were originally citizens What they rely on most is the heavy infantry phalanx. Once they leave the phalanx, they face the enemy alone and face the menacing cavalry.

Despite this, the deep-rooted discipline allowed these heavy infantry to move closer to their comrades in arms immediately, or directly defend against the carriage, trying to use their spears to kill the incoming cavalry. Before hitting the target, the cavalry's lances hit their bodies one step ahead-compared with the heavy lances used by knights, their lances (also called spears) are lighter and can be thrown at enemy. After the cavalry spears hit the target, the cavalry drew out their swords at the waist immediately, and forcibly slammed into the huddled heavy infantry. The sharp sword in their hands easily cut through the armor and skin of the heavy infantry with the power of the horse's charge. Open a hideous big hole in them.

Almost instantly, this Acarnanian army was defeated by a large group of Winster cavalry. Seeing that the situation was not good, the officer Tillibic, who had been prepared, directly took the reins of the horse, turned on the horse in a few steps, and was about to He steered the horse and ran in the opposite direction from the enemy's attack. His actions quickly attracted the attention of others. Seeing the officer taking the lead in fleeing, the soldiers were even more unwilling to resist, and they dropped their weapons and turned to run away. Although Zimanga was very angry about this, he couldn't turn the tide. After throwing a spear and piercing a rushing cavalryman, he could only retreat with his subordinates.

However, before they had gone a few steps, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared behind them, and those knights who also held the yellow double-headed eagle banner on a black background shouted fiercely, and rushed towards them with their lances held high. Now that they were being attacked on both sides, the Acarnanians lost their will to fight even more. They either knelt on the ground in a gesture of surrender, or prayed to the gods, or unwilling to be humiliated, they took up weapons and prepared to resist. Regardless of their reaction, within a few minutes there were no living Acarnanians on the battlefield.

In order to ensure that they would not leak the secrets, all Acarnanian soldiers were executed. After the cavalry briefly cleaned up the battlefield, they returned to Patri Dawa with the dozen or so carriages.

...

News of the fall of Patridava quickly spread throughout the Acarnanian League,

The news that that part of the national treasury fell into the enemy's hands also reached the ears of the speaker of the parliament, Lovell. He was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into bed. The speaker fell, and the parliament suddenly fell into chaos without a leader. Under the initiative of Jordi Ferron, the matter of electing the interim speaker was urgently launched, and members of the assembly quickly elected an interim speaker to replace Lovell. Fortunately, the interim speaker was steadfast. The peace faction, he tried his best to send an envoy to seek peace from the Winsters—because he had learned the lesson from the previous time, the envoys went directly to Charles, the commander of the Winster army.

In order to show sincerity as much as possible, the Acarnanian envoy proposed the matter of war indemnity and cession of territory. He claimed that as long as the war could be calmed down, they would be willing to pay 200,000 silver coins in war indemnity and cede The area captured by Winster's army outside Patridava City, and in order to redeem the capital that has fallen into the enemy's hands, they will pay an additional 100,000 silver coins.

The indemnity of more than 300,000 silver coins made Charles a little excited. If the 260,000 silver coins captured by the Fifth Army were added, the income from this battle would be nearly 500,000, just enough to make up for the deficit of the national treasury. . However, just to be on the safe side, he still made sure that the compensation was calculated separately (for the property that fell into the enemy's hands, the Acarnanians could only recognize it with their noses, and they also knew that they wanted to take this To get the money back, the difficulty is tantamount to snatching food from a tiger's mouth).

Because it is a long way from here to Nord City, it is too late to report the news, so after discussing with several generals, Charles accepted the Acarnanian's peace and chose to meet in Patricia a week later. The former parliamentary seat of Dawa City was signed. He also knew that the Acarnanians who remained in the city would not have much property, so Charles did not let the soldiers do the barbaric thing of looting before leaving.

A week later, the peace negotiation ceremony was held in Patri Dawa. The Kingdom of Winster served as the host, and Charles himself played in person. The Acarnanian Alliance also sent a mission of more than 50 people. The speaker himself leads. The two sides had a profound and harmonious exchange at the ceremony, and swore to the gods of their respective beliefs that they would not provoke wars in the next ten years, and then they signed on the parchment filled with the contents of the contract under the eyes of everyone.

According to the contract, the Acarnanian Alliance will hand over all the war reparations totaling 300,000 silver coins to the Kingdom of Winster within the next ten years (that is, during the truce period), and recognize the Kingdom of Winster for its occupation. The right to rule the district, and to give up the suzerainty over the various city-states that have surrendered to the Kingdom of Winster.

This contract has caused great harm to the Acarnanian Alliance. Their annual income is only more than 100,000 silver coins, and they have to share part of the compensation to the Winsters. Not only that, the north of Patridawa All the regions and city-states broke away from the alliance's rule and became the enclaves of the Winster Kingdom, shrinking the alliance's territory by one-third in an instant.

For this small enclave, the Kingdom of Winster adopted the method of "using barbarians to control barbarians". They liberated the city-states that had been destroyed by the alliance, and supported some local nobles to become the rulers of the new city-states. He is naturally full of gratitude to the Winsters, and even more loyal to the new suzerain.

Of course, Richard did not forget his illegitimate son Alfred. He specially selected a coastal town and gave it to Alfred. Because Alfred did not have the ability to manage the territory, he sent several The individual first manages on his behalf.