Chapter 324: The October Siege
According to the frequency of attacks before the Eternal Night Army, when a new wave of soldiers is engaged, they will attack again, carry out a new round of cleaning up the remaining soldiers, and then meet the soldiers who are ready to go ashore, and retreat before the soldiers enter the weakness.
Then another wave of living forces will come up and start a new round of sniping.
But this time, the remnants of the previous wave of soldiers had already built fortifications on the shoals, and the other side had no intention of activating them.
Only the rain of arrows is still falling.
"It's not good, they're going to withdraw!" Akmesser finally lost his coldness, and his expression changed slightly, "Attack, take the initiative, be sure to entangle them." ”
The Kingsley family waved the flag and gave the order to the soldiers on the shoals to take the initiative.
This made those low-level officers on the front line puzzled for a while.
"Hell, are they blindly commanding? In this case, shouldn't they stick to it? Why did they give the order to take the initiative?"
"This group of bastards, can't you tell the difference? From beginning to end, it was people who pressed us to fight, and now that the other party does not attack forward, it has been blessed by the true god, and even ordered us to take the initiative to attack, just our number of people, it is not enough for the other party to stuff between their teeth. ”
"It can't be a mistake, right?"
"That's right, it's indeed an order to attack on all fronts, and it's a fight to the death. ”
"Fight to the death? Do they treat our brothers as human beings? We have already fought like this, and we still want to fight to the death? Do we have to put our brothers on the line here?"
The Kingsley family's command flag was waved several times in succession, and the Kingsley family soldiers came out of the cover and began to assemble.
The reason for their resistance was that they were frightened from top to bottom by the fierce offensive of the Eternal Night Leader.
If they don't come against themselves, they are already blessed by God.
Not to mention taking tens of thousands of people to attack the camp defended by the opponent's three major legions, isn't this hitting a stone with an egg?
But the military order cannot be violated, and they can only use this delaying tactic.
When they assembled and launched a counterattack, it was already more than half an hour later, and Akmaiser on the anxious dragon wreck battleship stomped his feet, but he was helpless.
By this time, even the low-ranking officers of the Kingsley family had sensed that something was wrong.
Not only did the Eternal Night Army Leader delay in launching the attack, but also because the rain of arrows that had never stopped from beginning to end became more and more sparse, and a quarter of an hour ago, it was completely stopped.
The entire battlefield was terrifyingly quiet, only billowing smoke, still rising.
After the Kingsley family set fire to the reeds where the Eternal Night Army had originally hidden.
The Eternal Night Commander took the ingenuity of carrying those incompletely burning log rafts in their direction.
The first is to clear the obstacles, and the other is to use them to artificially create the fog of war, so that the Kingsley family can never observe their situation.
That's why, every time, the Kingsley family can't figure out which legion will be used to attack the next wave of the Eternal Night Army, and they don't know what tricks they are hiding behind them.
It's not that Akmesser doesn't want to send someone to clean up these obstructive things, but the problem is that they can't even stand on their feet, let alone send someone to clean it up.
The previous trick of setting fire to the reeds didn't work, after all, even the logs that were dry were hard to burn, not to mention that they hadn't dried out and had been soaked in water for so long.
Could it be that the other party has already retreated?
The low-ranking Kingsley family officers, who had sensed something wrong, had such speculations.
But the other party still has the advantage, why would they retreat at this time?
Marshal Akmaiser had already guessed what he had already guessed at at this time? Or had he prepared some kind of remark, which had already been launched?
The more you think about the last one, the more likely it is.
Akmer acted in a rigorous manner, and it was impossible not to be prepared for a landing sniper.
Even if you are unprepared at the beginning and have been sniped for so long, you will not be able to stumble to the end.
Perhaps a detachment of troops had already been dispatched, landed not far away, went around the enemy's back, and attacked back and forth.
The more you think about it, the more likely it becomes.
Because of their hesitation, they missed the best opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
"For the sake of the family, for the sake of glory, rush!"
With a loud shout, a junior officer raised his sword, led his team and rushed towards the enemy camp shrouded in mist.
"For the sake of the family, for the sake of glory, rush!"
The other low-ranking officers who reacted, not to be outdone, rushed to the front in the first place.
The area covered by black smoke is not large, and it only takes three seconds to hold your breath and rush through.
In fact, many people regret it when they start the charge.
After all, this is just their own speculation, what if the enemy's old cloth maze lures them to take the bait, and when they rush over, what if what awaits them is an airtight sword and shield array?
The strategy and tactics that unfold from before the Eternal Night Army takes the lead, such a situation is not only possible, but very likely.
But the current situation no longer allows them to hesitate, even if they don't want to rush forward, the people behind will rush forward against them.
"Whew!"
These low-ranking officers of the Kingsley family, who had imagined all kinds of possibilities in their minds, breathed a sigh of relief, the situation was not the worst one.
They were faced with an empty camp, and the last army of the other side had been evacuated for an unknown amount of time.
"Kill!"
Another shout of killing came.
Groups of soldiers, slaughtering from the reeds on the side of the camp, really startled the Kingsley soldiers.
"Don't attack, it's your own people, it's friendly forces!"
Those low-ranking officers of the Kingsley family hurriedly restrained their soldiers.
These soldiers who just appeared, although they were all like mud monkeys, but the banners and armor on their bodies were exactly the same as them, and they all belonged to the Kingsley family's Eastern Army.
They had guessed correctly.
Akmaiser did initiate a two-front landing, sending a detachment of troops to make a detour downstream, looking for a suitable place to land, and then attacking from the flank, entangleing them.
At that time, not only is it a question of whether the landing is successful or not, but Akmesser also wants to take the opportunity to gnaw a piece of meat on the leader of the eternal night.
But I didn't expect that the Eternal Night Army Leader would be so vigilant and decisive.
Akmerse's side has not yet received the news that the partial army is in position, and the people have already withdrawn first.
Therefore, even if the entire Kingsley family's entire army to the east has completely landed on the east coast, Akmesser still can't be happy, after all, the heavy punch he has carefully prepared has completely hit the air.
Playing with the Eternal Night Leader, Akmesser has a feeling that he is lagging behind at every turn.
It was not surprising that their landing sites were exposed and they were targeted by the other side.
After all, the Danube is suitable for large-scale army landings, there are only a few, and there are fewer options for proximity to fraternal ports.
As long as the other party keeps an eye on the direction in which their army is moving, it is easy to guess.
Akmaiser did not think about it, and the whole line was scattered and landed.
However, this is not much more dangerous, and when the time comes, those crocodiles will be able to defeat them all without the Eternal Night Army leading their horses.
If you compare the number of people alone, the Kingsley family is still not as good as the crocodile people who are the head snakes of the land.
The landing location of the army is easy to guess, but it is not so easy to guess if it is partial to the army.
After all, the scale was small, and it was a random landing, and before receiving a message from the mountain eagle, Akmeiser did not know where and when they landed.
How did the Eternal Night Commander accurately predict the arrival time of the Eastern Army?
Could it be that the Eternal Night Warlord really has the ability to reconnoiter from the air?
Only in this way can we explain why they are ahead of the curve every step of the way.
The Kingsley family expeditionary force had all gone ashore and had ploughed a radius of ten kilometers before Akmesser moved down from the wreck.
Akmesser did not stop, and led his personal guards to the garrison in front of the lead of the Eternal Night Army, hoping to learn more about his opponent from this.
This first encounter had already taught him the difference between the Eternal Night Leader and the Crocodiles.
The army of the crocodile tribe, although the scale is huge, but when the fight starts, it will be the same.
In the bloody battle at the mouth of the Wuyin Lake before, their elites were consumed heavily, and their backbones had been completely broken.
It will be difficult to organize a bloody battle like the one before.
This was illustrated by the confrontation just now, with the Eternal Night Leaders at the front, and the Crocodiles only providing long-range support from behind.
And although the number of troops led by the Eternal Night Army is small, the elite is terrifying, both in terms of equipment and training.
There is no need for more such armies, if only two more.
There is simply no way to fight this battle.
Even if the Kingsley family unites with the Cummins family, there is no possibility of eating the swamp of despair.
At best, they will be able to rule the river with the Eternal Night Army, each occupying one side, and this is still relying on the fleet of the Cummins family.
However, the possibility of this is almost zero.
It's not just a matter of how long the Eternal Night Warlord has been established, it's a matter of provisions.
Even with the wealth of the Kingsley family, supporting 50,000 hoplites was already the limit of what they could do.
This is the result of their accumulation over countless years.
Only the lord who has actually provided for the hoplites will know that this thing is completely made by money.
Not to mention the heavy armor on their bodies, which ten low-level families can't afford, many knights with a little value, if they want to buy a new heavy armor for themselves, they have to smash and sell iron, and enter the verge of bankruptcy, and more are passed down from generation to generation.
Just the hoplites themselves.
Those who can wear heavy armor must be strong people, and it also means that they can eat, especially when they are training with heavy armor, a person consumes three to five times the daily food of ordinary people, not too simple.
Once professionalized, not only do they have to pay their salaries, they are basically out of production, and there is no way to create material value for the territory.
Many barons, a territory of more than 10,000 people, can support a small team of heavy armored soldiers, which is already remarkable.
How many people can the Eternal Night Warlord have now?
No matter how aggressive they are, they will not be able to arm 100,000 soldiers.
The Eternal Night Leader has always shown that he is a battalion step by step, and although their leader is not very old, he is terrifyingly experienced in all aspects, and he should not make such a low-level mistake.
Still, Akmesser was as careful as he could.
Akmaiser's reconnaissance of the temporary camp of the Eternal Night Army led him to gain little, and their commander was also an extremely cautious person, taking everything he could take away, and what he could not take away, he also piled up and burned it.
It's hard to find useful information from a pile of burnt wreckage.
The only takeaway was that Akmesser had found a way for them to move quickly.
Just five kilometers away, there was a small lake that could cut directly into the water network on the east bank of the Swamp of Despair, and after they withdrew here, they went directly by boat, and they couldn't chase Akmesser if they wanted to.
Without the cover of the Cummins family warship, the Kingsley family waded into the water alone, which was purely looking for death.
According to the original plan, the Cummins family fleet took the water route, and the Kingsley family pushed up the banks of the Danube, both by land and water, until it reached the brother port.
First, the Kingsley family destroyed all the giant trebuchets along the coast of Brother Harbor, and then the Cummins family attacked in an all-out way, blocking the waterways and completely blocking the entry and exit routes of the Eternal Night Army, leaving the crocodiles alone, and the Kingsley family attacked on all fronts to kill them.
Although the process was a bit tortuous, and the casualties were a bit heavy, they had already completed the first step.
After the Eastern Army landed, it did not start immediately, but waited for a large amount of supplies to be delivered.
The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first.
The Kingsley family is now deep into the enemy's hinterland, and if they continue to stretch the supply line as before, it will be a matter of minutes before they will be robbed.
It is the right choice to let them act with the army.
And so on for another three days.
The landing site chosen by the Kingsley family was not far from Brother Port, no more than twenty kilometers in a straight line.
But when you get to it, it's not like that.
Along the way, the Eternal Night Army leaders were full of surprises for them.
The trick that belonged to the hunters, they took it out again, burying traps along the way.
Most of these traps are not fatal, but they can hurt.
Once a heavily armored soldier injures his legs and feet, then this war will basically be withdrawn, and he will become an out-and-out burden, slowing down their already unhappy marching speed.
If you pass by a place where there is water, you should be extra careful.
Maybe a few or even a dozen warships and warships will come out and give them a few waves of arrows.
The night raids were wave after wave.
There are true and false.
When they were careless, the soldiers of the Eternal Night Army rushed out and killed them.
When they tensed their nerves, most of them bluffed, not knowing how many soldiers of the Eternal Night or crocodiles were there, beating gongs and drums to scare them.
False and real, unguardable, can toss for more than a dozen times a night, and make them exhausted.
In just 20 kilometers of road, the whole army dragged on for two days.
But twenty kilometers is not far.
No matter how much the Eternal Night Warlord harassed, he couldn't stop the Kingsley family from encircling Brother Harbor.
Seeing clearly the target they were about to attack, even the battle-hardened Akmaiser couldn't help but gasp, and couldn't help but ask in his heart, this city, the other party really only built it for two years?
It is no wonder that Akmaiser wondered that even if only a quarter of the Brother Port had been completed, it would be magnificent and terrifying, and many city castles that had been built for decades or even centuries did not have the scale it has now.
As mentioned earlier, the location of the sister port is the crossing of a tributary of the Danube.
The part that has been built belongs to the lower part of the intersection.
The Eternal Night Commander and the Crocodile cut off the tip of the intersection and enclosed it into the fraternal harbor, forming an irregular triangle.
Both the banks of the Danube in the west and the banks of the Bashu River in the north have been turned into harbors for ships by their fillings and deep digging.
The length of these two sections of the port is not less than five kilometers.
And that's only a third of the Brother Port plan, but if it's all built, how big will it be?
How many ships can be berthed at one time?
However, from a geographical point of view, the Eternal Night Commander definitely has a strategic vision, which is not only a military chokepoint, but also an economic chokepoint.
Through the Bashu River, they were able to access the complex network of Despair Swamps, with all kinds of boats unimpeded and even direct access to the coastal areas.
Needless to say, the Danube River could reach the South China Sea directly, and through it could form control and infiltrate the narrower west bank of the Despair Marsh, and the troops could reach the area they wanted to go to as quickly as possible.