Chapter 192: The Power of Firearms
This is the largest battle since Lu Lu Xiu became the emperor of the people, Lu Lu Xiu 80,000 people, the Three Realms Alliance 150,000 people, a total of more than 200,000 people in the battle, about to take place in the heaven-sent land.
These fighting armies are almost the last trace of strength that the terrans in the heaven-sent land can mobilize, and all the noble knights in the south have gone into battle, bringing together nearly 20,000 elite legions, those who are all composed of elite armored infantry and knights of 20,000 people, it can be said that the elite of the entire southern territory have come here, in such an era, nobles and knights are the absolute elite class, not only their status, but also their ability, after all, they have the opportunity to be educated.
Judging from the mobilization capacity of the three major realms now, the three major realms have finally begun to decline under the continuous mobilization in recent years, and judging from the urgency of Lu Luxiu about to hit their doorstep, their ability to mobilize 150,000 people can almost be said to have reached the limit.
This is a battle in which Lelouch has an absolute advantage, although the number of people is less than half of the opposite, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it is at least more than twice as much as them, how can the chain mail be able to block the slashing and stabbing of the heavy halberd? How can the iron-headed spear pierce through the steel and heavy Kai? How can a ton of fish and meat pipe be knocked down by eating chaff?
It was a battle without suspense, and it happened only because the nobles fought for the last bit of pursuit in their hearts, even if it cost hundreds of thousands of people.
On the open land, two huge phalanxes looked at each other from afar, the wind blew the flag, Lelouch rode on a horse and looked at his troops, lying on his back for six years, and now he finally has a huge army, and the heavy steel armor of the water makes people look extraordinarily cool, especially when the brigade drove in before, the sound of collision between the steel frames was permeated, so that Lelouxiu instantly understood what is called the breath of Jin Ge Iron Horse!
The opposing aristocratic coalition looked at the enemy in front of them in dumbfounded, and when they were not in absolute superiority in numbers, when they really had the opportunity to take a closer look at the army that was almost entirely composed of mud legs in their mouths, they found out what kind of war they had started.
"Damn, look at the gear on the other side, there's no way we're going to win!"
"We can't fight against Miko-sama!"
"Yes, we can't fight against the Human Emperor, we have to go home!"
When the crowd found out that they could not win, the peasants, who were the main number, roared in fear, they had been looking forward to the arrival of Lelouch and the land policy he had brought with him, and they had little fighting spirit, and they were looking for an excuse for their departure.
The nobles and knights angrily searched the crowd for those who took the lead in roaring, but when they saw that almost all the peasant soldiers were opening their mouths, they could only pick up the long swords in their hands and cut down the nearest few people to the ground.
In the past, they were obedient because they resisted, and if they succeeded, there would be no good results, but now it is different, they can even kill their nobles justifiably, and maybe they can also get a reward from Lelouch, so naturally they look at their lords differently.
The nobles may also understand that it is not a matter of such development, and the opposite side can collapse their troops without even attacking.
The Grand Duke of the Eastern Territory and the Grand Duke of the Western Territory glanced at each other, and then surrendered their gaze to the weakest Southern Grand Duke, they were particularly dissatisfied with the Southern Grand Duke for not bringing out the peasant soldiers, although these peasant soldiers were cannon fodder, but they were also the real wealth of their territory, if no one went to cultivate, what was the use of more land?
"De Cresse, how about letting your people from the south take the lead, and then let 50,000 peasant soldiers rush with you?"
The words of the Grand Duke of the East made the new head of the De Cres family in the south, De Cress was slightly stunned, he was more dissatisfied and did not answer, but the Grand Duke of the East did not give up:
"Why? I thought that the opposite side was the master that your eldest brother served, so I didn't want to fight? I didn't want to say it early, so we'll take someone back now!"
Of course, he De Cresse also wanted to bring more people, but could he decide the current situation? The east and west borders are far away, so their peasants are still relatively obedient, and those peasants in the south are completely disobedient, and if De Cresse himself brought those peasant soldiers, he might have defected now.
But he didn't bring cannon fodder to come, and it was a real loss, if he didn't express himself, maybe the Grand Duke of the East and West Realm would really take people away, thinking of this, De Cress sighed helplessly, where did he still have the prestige and pride when he was elected as the head of the family and was in charge of the entire southern realm? Now he only feels that he should really learn from his eldest brother, this battle is just the first duel, and the final victory or defeat is actually not easy to say, after all, no one knows what has developed in the East and West Realm over the years, but DeCress is clear about one thing, that is, no matter what the final outcome of this battle is, the southern realm will definitely not be able to stop the human emperor's soldiers.
"The southern border must be returned!"
Lelouch looked at the army opposite, and said in a contemptuous tone, Lelouch in the south is determined to win, as long as he has the south, Lelouch will own half of the entire heaven-sent land, industry and agriculture in the north, population and commerce in the south, these two things will make Lelouch completely surpass all the nobles.
Lelouch did not rush to attack, because Lelouch knew that it was not himself who should really be anxious, but the nobles on the opposite side, and it was not the Baicheng Legion that was restless, but the more than 100,000 peasant soldiers on the opposite side, and the fact did not exceed Leluxiu's expectations, after the restlessness just now, the nobles immediately rushed up with troops without waiting, and they were naturally not rushing in a swarm.
10,000 nobles and knights from the southern realm rushed to the front, and the 50,000 peasant soldiers in the eastern and western realms behind them were actually comparable to Leluxiu in terms of numbers, as an ordinary attack, this force was already very strong, after all, it was just a conventional attack for the aristocratic coalition, but in terms of numbers, it was a decisive battle for Leluxiu.
Well, just look at the number of people.
For these enemies who rushed up, Lelouch actually only needed to put out the gun formation to completely clean them up, but Lelouch did not let the gun array appear, but waved his hand, and today this opportunity is just to test the new equipment.
There was a fluctuation in the dense White City queue, which was caused by the movement of a large number of people when they moved to the front, in front of them was a row of melee soldiers with shields, and behind them, there were four rows of musketeers, Lelouch's muskets were relatively large, so it was more troublesome to load, but after adding one more row, it was still possible to form a fire barrage.
Behind the shields at this time were countless musketeers in simplified light armor, their equipment the same as that of melee soldiers, only lighter, less heavy and less covered, and they held large-caliber muskets, pointing outward through the shield wall.
The nobles were a little confused when they saw the round pipes sticking out from the back, and Lu Luxiu's approach, which can almost be called no countermeasures, made the nobles even more worried, they would not be so light on the enemy now, Lu Lu Xiu was able to go all the way to the position of the human emperor, it was not for nothing, and now on the battlefield, no matter how careful they were in the face of Lu Lu Xiu, it was not too much.
As the surging coalition of nobles drew closer, Lelouch hid behind the Praetorian Guards in the brigade and finally waved his arm.
Bang!
The red sparks sprayed a dense white smoke, and the pungent smell of gunpowder filled the entire battlefield in an instant, and the white smoke formed in an instant covered the entire battlefield, directly covering the White City Legion.
"What do you mean, wrap yourself in a white mist?"
The three Grand Dukes looked into the distance suspiciously, but when they shifted their gaze from the white smoke to their charging troops, their eyes instantly expanded:
The troops of the two aristocratic armies charging on the long border continued to the end like wheat harvesting, no matter how heavy the armor they were wearing, how turbulent the speed they had, and they all fell to the ground under the roar, and the roar continued to sound without stopping, and every time the allied army that charged would fall to a large area, and it was impossible to rush up a single step in a short time.
And then the coalition collapsed!
The initial function of gunpowder weapons is actually to hit large objects and frighten people, and the Middle-earth humans who met this kind of enemy for the first time were naturally frightened by this unknown force, they retreated in fear, and fled without their lives, even those nobles and knights retreated with a blank retreat, they were not afraid, but they were not willing to rush forward again, they could not forget the picture of a complete human form suddenly falling apart, and the strange way of death made them think that Lelouch had used terrible magic.
Although the nobles were shocked, they were not in the mood to retreat, they seemed to want to discuss what it was, now it was impossible for them to retreat, if they retreated, and at this time Lelouch took advantage of the situation and rushed up, then the hundreds of thousands of peasant soldiers they were carrying would collapse 100%.
But Lelouch smiled slightly, he looked at the rows of high-chested artillery behind him, the thick caliber pointed far ahead, and a hundred cannons were aimed at the middle of the nobles in the distance, just waiting for Lelouch to speak, Lelouch looked proudly at these terrifying gods of war, and then with that doting gaze, he lowered his arm:
"Fire!"
If it was just a loud bang just now, then now the ground is shaking, the roar of a hundred cannons far exceeds the momentum of thousands of muskets firing, and the nobles in the distance are also frightened by the sudden loud noise, and many war horses are directly afraid of raising their hooves, but the nobles have no time to appease their war horses, because they watched the area in the middle where their supreme lords gathered, caught in the smoke and dust caused by a huge barrage, and they even found that there was still a bright red snowflake in the smoke and dustใ
The battlefield fell silent again after a loud roar, only this time the silence was even more terrifying, and they silently waited for the smoke in the middle to dissipate, and in order to meet everyone's expectations, the smoke and dust slowly fell to the ground, revealing the situation inside.
Decresse may really be blessed by God, his eyes are silently looking ahead, his mouth is slightly open, and the blood donation leaves from the corner of his mouth, which is an internal wound that has been shocked.
The only one standing in the entire central area at this time was De Cresse, his war horse had fallen to the ground, De Cres kept the movement of wanting to run, and then froze in place, while the others had completely merged with Mother Earth.
After a long time, Decrees suddenly breathed a breath of air as if he suddenly came to life, and then instantly knelt on the ground weakly, but at this time, even the most loyal retinue did not dare to reach thousands, Decrees weakly breathed a few breaths of fresh air on the ground, and then suddenly roared:
"If we don't fight, we surrender!"
Lelouch: "...!"
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In general, the first battle of firearms was a perfect success, Lelouch defeated the three major realm coalition forces with almost zero casualties, and at the same time beheaded the Grand Duke of the Eastern and Western Realms, and forced the Grand Duke of the Southern Realm to surrender.
Lelouch looked at the red mud handed over, and couldn't help but shake his head, this is the real battlefield, anything can happen on the real battlefield, those who can always escape, and constantly create trouble for the protagonist may not exist at all, Lelouch imagined that there are all kinds of possible situations that have not happened, and the Grand Duke of the East and West Realm ended so hastily, I don't know if it is Lelouxiu's luck, or a joke made by God unintentionally.
The recovery of the southern border was particularly smooth with the cooperation of the frightened nobles, and when Lelouch led people to parade in the south, whether it was a peasant or a businessman, they were all cheering excitedly, the peasants could finally carry out land reform and immigration, and the merchants finally did not need to face those merchants in the garrison who had tax-free privileges, and the foreshadowing that Lelouch had done in the early stage finally began to play a role here, at least Lelouch did not have to worry about the security of his territory at all! Chapter 192:
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