1969 Dawn of Empire (10)
The black pillars of smoke reached into the sky on the border of the eastern mountains of Gaul, and looked shocking on the blue cliffs, and a small fortress tent controlled by the falconry was smoking, and the red flames licked the felt skin roof of the fortress tower like a greedy cat, and the brackets crackled and exploded in the flames, and the sparks were scattered by the wind.
The Red Cavalry of the "Tata" swayed above their heads from the fortress into the ruined gates of the fortress, and with each movement of the horses' hooves splashed the bright red human blood on the ground, thick and terrifying, splashing onto the smear of the torn Falcon Empire flag on the ground
"Did you miss anything!" Algernonkatya stopped his horse in front of the pile of corpses, behind him were dozens of cavalry guards, and his eyes swept over the corpses of hundreds of Falcon Army soldiers in front of him, "My lord, we blocked the surroundings before the attack, and the cavalry of the other side asking for help was shot by us halfway, and the entire garrison of the fortress was wiped out by one hundred and sixteen people, and there was not a single one!" A squadron leader of the Gangfei cavalry knelt down on one knee in front of him, holding a roster of soldiers stationed in the fortress in both hands, "Okay, well done!" A refreshing smile appeared on Algernonkatya's handsome face, his eyes swept over the fire spreading inside the fortress, a hint of red flashed in his eyes, and the pungent smell of blood came to his nose, which made the hideousness on his face a little more joyful.
"If you follow the lì, tomorrow, a qiē will change!"
He raised his head to look at the sky in the distance, his fingers clenched the whip and made a creaking sound, and under the burning fortress, the endless queue was moving forward, and just as the Salonian army was fighting a bloody battle with the ruling coalition forces in the east, the remnants of the Gallic army also moved rapidly, and the Gallic army of about 50,000 men, under the personal command of Algernonkatya, was crossing the flank defense of the Falcon Army at a devastating speed,
The towers along the way were breached, and the small burning fortresses served as defensive outposts on the flanks, as Salonn temporarily drew two-thirds of his forces from the flanks for battle. The forces on the flanks were insufficient, and on the frontal front of the fierce battle, the ground in front of them turned bright red and was gradually filled with corpses and flesh.
The strength of the four ruling coalition armies in the east is obviously superior, and the mountain guns of Daraknita's house are within 100 meters, which has a very terrible lethality for the imperial crossbowmen, and the guns are densely thrown in the direction of the falcon formation on the ridge like a torrential rain, the crossbowmen's queue is scattered, and the array also fluctuates. The tip of the spear at the front of the spear falls in an arc, and even the heavy infantry will have the shield pierced at the back of the spear throwing team. It is the mountain assault force of the Darakni family, compared to the slightly scattered formation of the gunners in front, the assault force seems to be orderly.
The neatly lined light infantry swarmed in a sea of mountains and marched in a straggler. Row after row of them appear to be in order,
These lightly armed infantrymen held gray-white shields with square scales in their hands, and their armor appeared to be somewhat thin. He wore a cross helmet on his head, and a blue strip of cloth floated from the top of the helmet, which looked like a blue sea rolling as he ran forward. The sharp spear at the front has begun to flatten,
In the third hour of fierce fighting, Saron had to evacuate more than half of the crossbowman troops from the front line.
There is no crossbowman to stop it. The distance between the two armies is rapidly decreasing,
"Bang" is like two walls quickly slamming together, and the powerful impact sound is like a sudden burst of blood. Shoulder to shoulder, shield on shield, back row next to front, soldiers on both sides are frantically rushing into each other's queues, the spears in their hands hit each other's shields and break, the battle line from the initial encounter of hundreds of meters at an unimaginable speed, quickly expanded to thousands of meters,
The archers on both sides no longer need to aim, just shoot at the opposite side of the piles of people, the arrows poured like the continuous rainstorm, the blood stained the battle line red, countless sharp weapons in the slash blades, the two sides of the fierce battle gritted their teeth and looked at each other, the feet were red and flowing blood, the battle line was completely beaten into blood red, both sides stepped on the wounded, the dead continued to fight, the screams continued, the feet were slippery and greasy, it was the human body that was stepping on, and the thick smell of blood choked the nose
The head of the Zhu Chenwood family, one of the ruling families in the east, looked at the tragic battle line in front of him, anxiously kept walking back and forth, and the heralds galloped to and fro one after another to report to him: "The family's 3rd Infantry Regiment has collapsed, and the 5th Infantry Regiment is asking for reinforcements! Lord Sha Xing said that he is almost unable to withstand it! Four of the ten squadron leaders have been killed and three have been seriously wounded, and five squadrons have suffered too many casualties and are no longer able to fight again!"
"What's going on!"
Zhu Chenwood's head of the family looked into the distance, his lips trembled slightly, and it had been three hours of fierce fighting! The battle line of the Falcon Imperial Army, which was obviously an inferior force, was like a bottomless black hole, devouring its own elite one after another, and those were all soldiers who had been cultivated by the family with countless painstaking efforts, and they were consumed in the fierce battle like this, paying a huge price and sacrifice, and they had not even opened a gap! The other party had fought fiercely with inferior forces for such a long time, weren't the other party's soldiers tired? How can you keep your fighting spirit high and your energy so high?
"Now it seems that I can only look forward to the expression with Algernon Katya!" Zhu Chenwood, the head of the house, said to himself, and couldn't help flashing some pictures in his heart, originally the remnants of Gaul and the four major consuls in the east were full of contradictions, and there was absolutely no possibility of union between the two, but the complete victory of the Falcon Empire in Central Europe Barro broke the ice between the two,
Just ten days ago, Algernon Giulia actually went to Varro City, the base camp of the four eastern consuls, and asked for a meeting with the four consuls, during the meeting, Algernon Giulia bitterly stated that the result of the continued struggle between the two sides was only destruction, the reason was that "the rigidity of containing the Falcon Empire has been completely completed, and once the main force of the Falcon Empire is once again put into the Gallic battlefield, the current balance of the war situation will be completely broken, and when the god of war returns to Gaul, the Vecchia Falcon, it will be the moment when everyone will be destroyed" Algernon Julia's words finally touched the four consuls,
Looking at the four consuls who were still a little hesitant, Algernon Julia stood up,
She took out a detailed battle plan and spread it out in front of the four consuls, in the plan, the four consuls and the Gallic side sent troops at the same time, and the forces of the four consuls were responsible for containing the main force of the Falcon Army, and the Gallic army was used to exert a force of 50,000 troops, and with lightning speed, from behind the 60,000 Falcon Army led by the Falcon Empire's fierce general Salon,
"The two armies are encircled. The Falcon Empire's army will be defeated!" The four archons looked at the plan with some excitement, and they all realized that this plan was very successful, and they were silent for a while, and the tone of Daraknita Vufu, the head of the Daraknita family, began to loosen first, "The plan is not wrong, but the plan can never catch up with the changes, and the Falcon Army's combat power is very strong, if we don't defeat the Falcon Empire as scheduled, the other party's reinforcements will arrive instead, and we will easily be passively ......"
"There will be no counterattack!
Algernon Julia twinked the hair on her forehead with her hand, her beautiful lips slightly upturned. She saw that the four consuls were moved, and said categorically, "After the main force of the Falcon Empire retreated after capturing Gallic Kyoto, the remaining forces were divided into two parts, one part was the strength of 50,000 troops stationed on the front line of Gallic Kyoto, the commander in charge was Stturenko, the governor of the Southern Army of the Falcon Empire, and the other force was the Salon Army responsible for advancing to the east. But ever since the Saron Legion launched its assault on the eastern mountains, the gap between the two legions has been widening."
"Now, the connection between the two legions has stretched to more than three hundred miles, and even the fastest horse needs a day and a night to get to the side!" said Algernon Julia's voice. Hand pointed at the plan, and continued, "That is, the Legion of Salon is already the largest force group in eastern Gaul in the Falcon Empire at the moment. And the closest reinforcements to him were still hundreds of miles away in the Imperial Kyoto area, which was a strict defect in the deployment of the opponent's troops. As long as you grasp it well, you can become the hope of turning the tide of the war!"
"Hope, what do you mean?" Daraknitavulf looked up,
"The reason why the other party dares to do this is because the other party thinks that the two of us will not join forces!"
Algernon Julia's pretty face was slightly downcast, and her voice was crisp and nice, "So in this battle, the other party would never have imagined that we would send troops at the same time, and have enough tacit understanding, as long as we can defeat Salon's legions, the speed is fast enough, you can take advantage of the other party's time to react, and push the battle line from the eastern mountains to the Gallic Kyoto line again in one fell swoop, and you can also take the opportunity to stabilize the situation, those areas themselves are Gallic regions, and there is no need to spend energy to digest them!" It is an exaggeration to say that you will receive supplies of personnel and materials from three or four provinces, but it is inevitable that your strength will be greatly enhanced. ”
"Looks like it's feasible!" the head of the Richosl family touched his mustache and muttered to himself, his eyes obviously moved as he looked at the plan
"It seems so, even if you make sense, we can crush the advancing Salonian army and push the battle line to Gallic Kyoto, but ......" The head of the Michelondo family, known as the "Pit Viper", said that he was very cunning and vicious, his eyes narrowed into a thin line, a glimmer of essence, and said in a disdainful tone, "What do those recovered lands have to do with us?" You say that it is the land of the Gallic Empire, and that it will not take much effort for you to easily co-opt these regions and reclaim a quarter of the empire, while we will receive exclusion there, and such a plan is also called cooperation?"
"Michaelan Wavali can rest assured, this time, we are only responsible for participating in the battle to defeat the Saronian Legion, and the subsequent advance will be all handed over to you!" Agilnon Julia glanced at this famous "pit viper", she already had a plan in her heart, and a coquettish smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "The main merit of this battle is the four great consuls, so the land naturally belongs to the four consuls!"
"What, all the land belongs to us?" The bodies of the four ruling bodies collectively trembled slightly, and their eyes suddenly showed greed
"Are you sure so?" Daraknitavulf stared at the map of the Gallic Empire, as if a fire was burning, and said in a condensed voice, "Judging from the plan, the land involved this time may reach four or five provinces, which is three times the land of the entire eastern mountainous region, fertile and rich, how can you guarantee that these lands will belong to us?" "Yes, what guarantee do you take!" The eyes of the head of the Michelondo family opened suddenly, flashing with a cold luster, if this woman was completely here to deceive, he would not hesitate to order this woman to be taken hostage to blackmail the remnants of Gaul,
"If you don't believe me, I'll stay here, as a hostage of this promise, this can always be done!"
It seems to feel the inner thoughts of the four major rulers. Algernon Giulia said in a calm tone, the air around him suddenly quieted down, and the questioning look in the eyes of the four archons completely disappeared, there is no problem, this cooperation can basically be believed,
The woman in front of her may have a very bad reputation, cunning, cruel, red-faced, and misleading the country. The person responsible for the defeat of the entire empire in Kyoto, the last person by his side before the fall of the emperor, but this woman is also very famous for her own protection, according to convention, the emperor fell, and Algernon Julia, who was responsible for the fall of the empire, should be martyred to the death, but this woman ran alone, if it was not quite sincere, this woman would never take the initiative to enter the enemy territory. And asked to stay here as a hostage.
"Why are you risking such a big risk to be able to ask about this kind of thing that doesn't do any good......" The head of the Zhu Chenwood family asked with some hesitation
"As long as the Falcon Empire can't get along with it, as long as the emperor's entrustment can be completed. That's my answer," said Algernon Julia, with a slight smile on her coquettish lips, her eyes revealing a deep hatred
"How credible is that woman's words!" Retracting his thoughts, Zhu Chenwood's head of the house clasped his five fingers together. Pale because of the exertion, his eyes looked at the sky in the distance like a fiery cloud, like a beautiful scenery splitting in front of him. Red as blood, overwhelming, at a glance, there is a shocking Xiao killing,
The horn of withdrawal sounded in the sky, and the four ruling coalition forces in the east finally could not bear the heavy price, and began to order the attack line to retreat, and after a day of fierce fighting, neither side had the strength to continue fighting,
Sharon sat on a stone exhausted, his armor was covered with blood, he was hit by an arrow in his arm, looking at the retreating back of the ruling coalition army, he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly exclaimed in his heart that it was dangerous, the ruling coalition army swooped down like a wave, and the falcon army, which had always been good at long-range warfare, was also dragged into the battle to the death, and the situation reached a difficult choice, whether their own troops were defeated, or the ruling coalition army broke through the Falcon Army's military formation with enough resilience, this is a fight of willpower on both sides, just like the legendary two-headed snake to see who can devour each other first, the fierce battle is now, and the two armies have become a battle of will。 The 40,000 imperial troops had a tendency to collapse under the impact of the ruling coalition forces, one flag commander was seriously wounded, and other officers from the squadron leader down killed as many as 300 people, and the entire command system was almost completely disabled
Ordered the whole army to count the number of people, Salon's heart sank, 40,000 Falcon Army lost 13,000 people, almost everyone was wounded, and the ruling coalition army on the opposite side was killed in more than 20,000 battles, this battle seemed to be the victory of the Falcon Army, but Salon knew that there was no way to fight anymore, the other side lost 20,000 people, but still had as many as 60,000 troops, and his own side, in addition to 13,000 people lost in battle, all kinds of defense facilities were destroyed, and the other party launched such a fierce attack today, and this side will have nothing to stop and use,
Salon fell into hesitation, holding on is equal to death, if he does not hold on, once the ruling coalition forces occupy the Poalonso Mountains, the initiative of the entire battlefield will change hands "My lord, urgent report!" A herald cavalry galloped over, jumped off his horse not far from him, and handed him a fiery report "This is the battle report!" A trace of confusion flashed in Salon's eyes, what is going on? Could it be that other areas have been attacked? "There can't really be anything wrong!"
I don't know why, an ominous premonition rose in his heart, and he eagerly opened the battle report in front of him, Salon's face turned pale, and the report said that a Gallic army of tens of thousands of people had broken through the chain guard towers on the flank, and was heading towards the fierce battle of the Poalonso Mountains,
The report was issued from a small fortress less than fifty miles from Poalonso, and the report was made by carrier pigeons instead of messenger cavalry,
Sharon crumpled the letter tightly, his eyes were covered with cobwebs of blood, bastard! he had set up a total of eleven watchtowers and fortresses on the flanks, but only in the last fortress was someone raised the alarm,
This proves that the other party's blows to these fortresses and watchtowers along the way must be all killed, otherwise it would never be possible to reach his back so unnoticed, "Order the whole army, withdraw immediately!" Salon ordered loudly, he knew that any hesitation now would put the remaining troops in a desperate situation of being exposed to the enemy,
In the distance, the four ruling coalition forces also discovered that the Falcon Army was closing the battle line and began to withdraw from the defensive area, but the coalition army, which still numbered 40,000 people, did not have the slightest intention of pursuing.
The consuls believe that Boalonso has been taken, and that the front will be unstoppable, and now it is necessary to discuss how to divide up the vast land behind the mountain, and as for the remnants of the withdrawn Falcon army, it is still left to the Gallic army ......of Algernonkatya to deal with!