Rise of the Empire Total War

"what……"

"Mom...I'm going home..."

On the battlefield filled with gunpowder, there is no tragic fighting among the infantry, replaced by the groans of the abandoned who are lying in a pool of blood and struggling in pain.

"Help...help me..."

On the suspension bridge leading from the siege tower to the city wall, a young Ramirez soldier was clutching the hideous wound on his abdomen and moaning constantly. Around him lay the dead robes, and the siege of Lamirez fluttered on the siege tower. The Battle Banner of Mires fluttered in the wind until it was reduced to ashes.

The victory of this wave of siege still belongs to the defenders. After brutally slitting the throat of the Ramirez soldier who was kneeling on the ground and lost the ability to fight, the remaining spear militiamen on this section of the city wall looked around with tears in their eyes. With eyes full, cheers with the joy of the rest of the life after the catastrophe.

This is a bloody battle. The Ramirez soldiers equipped with siege towers could continue to climb the city wall and fight fiercely with the defenders. They may be shot in the face by the crossbow-wielding militiamen during the battle, causing huge casualties, but the continuous flow seems to be an attack. The endless soldiers kept them going, and almost defeated the spear militia guarding this section of the city wall.

However, at a critical moment, the trump card that Governor Maximilian's subordinates had not sent out finally appeared. Those moving "iron cans" brandished sharp long swords and rushed into the crowd, setting off a bloody fog, and the Ramirez's weapons could not break through. The defense of the knights on foot, and the long swords of the knights can easily tear the leather armor of the enemy and take away their humble lives.

Finally, the Ramires broke down again. They screamed and wanted to turn around and flee back to the siege tower, but the feudal knights on foot obviously would not let them go. The knights chased after them with heavy steps that almost made the city walls tremble. Kill the enemy, behead those rout soldiers who run at the back, if they are not restricted by heavy armor, they can even chase down the siege tower.

After defeating this wave of enemies, the last reserve team sent by Maximilian took over this section of the city wall. This last reserve team included a spear militia and a crossbow militia, and it was also the last light armor he could mobilize. force. After all, feudal knights on foot can only be used as a hole card, and they will invest in the moment when the battle line is about to collapse.

Looking at the defenders who were cleaning the battlefield, the Ramirez soldier who was still struggling on the suspension bridge slowly stopped his movements. From the perspective of the pupils, those defending soldiers cleaning the battlefield mercilessly stabbed the spears in the chest of the Ramirez soldier who was still groaning in the pile of dead men, and then pulled out the spears after the opponent was completely dead. Several bloody arrows shot out from the wound, spattering the leg of the defender.

"call……"

The young Ramirez soldier, who knew there was no hope of survival, clutched his abdominal wound,

Trying to make himself face up, his immature face full of blood stains was facing the cloudless blue sky, feeling the warmth of the sun shining on him, but there was a soft smile on his face.

At this moment, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of him. The soldier did not look at the owner of the shadow, but tried to look into the distance and the direction of home. However, the severe pain in his heart made him unable to do it anymore. For a spear had pierced his chest, ripping apart the tissue of his heart...

...

On the other side, the city of Ravana thousands of miles away.

Richard, who had recuperated for a few days, finally decided to lead his army to set off. In the past few days, the conscripts provided by the nobles from all over the country have arrived. It was even smaller at the time, but this was already the greatest support the Kingdom could give Richard.

Richard couldn't help feeling a little sad. Four years later, the kingdom became stronger, but the relationship between the nobles and the royal family was no longer as united as it was four years ago. Under Bandak's deliberate obstruction, only a small number of local nobles who were still loyal to the royal family were willing to provide troops, and the rest were indifferent. Although King Lawrence was angry, he was helpless.

A total of more than a dozen nobles provided troops to the royal family this time. Among the three earls in the kingdom except Richard, only the military chief Adelaide was among them, and the rest were basically barons. There are not many soldiers here, but they add up to a certain size.

In consideration of the safety of the royal capital, although the military chief Adelaide provided the army, he still stayed in Ravana City, so the command of the expedition army was handed over to the young Richard—no way, the army Most of them are soldiers brought by him, and he still suppresses those little barons in terms of title.

Let’s take a look at the strength of the expeditionary army. In addition to more than 3,000 people brought by Richard from the fief, there are another 1,000 conscripts provided by the military chief Adelaide (only four of them are really capable of fighting. There are more than a hundred people, the rest are just farmers and soldiers mobilized from the farmland), and then the baron army with a total of more than a thousand people.

Each of the dozen or so barons basically brought more than a hundred soldiers. Although the combat power may be hydrated (should be basically hydrated), after adding up the numbers, the momentum seems to be barely usable.

In this way, Richard can command more than 5,000 soldiers, which is half of the Ramirez people.

Under the watchful eyes of King Lawrence and others, Richard led his army to the east. The composition of this army was complicated. The first was the most elite Richard's direct system army, and then the army provided by the Earl of Adelaide , and then came the troops brought by the barons—forgive me, I didn’t count the mighty crowd behind the baron’s army. Small traders or whores, they are numerous, and they follow the army like scavengers who smell the smell of corpses.

Richard didn't have time to disperse these irrelevant people, and in fact he couldn't disperse them completely. Even if he sent troops to drive them away, they would stick together after the army continued to advance for a certain distance. Therefore, instead of doing such meaningless things, Richard might as well put all his thoughts on the Ramirez people who are still besieging Luwen City in the east.

This is the first time he has commanded a large-scale army to fight against an enemy twice as large as himself. Although he defeated the Moor pirates four years ago with fewer victories and more annihilated the enemy, those pirates were just a mob. The regular army of the Kingdom didn't know that they were going to be thrown away by a dozen streets.

"Just hope Bundak doesn't stab me in the back while I'm fighting the Ramirez."

Richard prayed silently in his heart, he was more worried about Bandak's actions than the threat of Ramirez.