Chapter 8 Two Battles II
Zimiel and his fifteen hundred soldiers arrived first on the damp and rainy island, while the rest of his army would take some time to arrive. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Now, the army of more than 1,000 people is receiving a man with an orderly face, a slightly raised frontal bone, short yellow hair, a high nose bridge, high cheekbones, and deep eye sockets, and a very elegant temperament.
This is a nobleman of mixed Scottish descent named Margregan Wall Edward, a speculator and traitor who thought that by defecting to the Republic he would gain power, a patriot of yesteryear.
He was a relative of the Minister of Finance, Chris O'Neill, and held an elite Highland Infantry Regiment of Scots.
In the early days of the fall of the kingdom's capital, the king said to the fleeing Northland of Scotland: "We have only one way, to destroy the Goliaths."
He later wiped out more than 1,000 Goliath soldiers in a famous battle, the Battle of the Highlands, and when the Goliaths retreated, his lieutenant took the lead and cut down the Goliaths' fascist eagle banner, which the Goloids called "The Flag Cutter".
However, the "flag cutter" took his orders the day after the victory and secretly received the Goliath emissary in his private dock.
When the arrogant messenger of Goliath said to him, "You have exterminated only a tiny fraction of the millions of samurai of the Republic, like plucking a hair from the pores of a giant, and soon retribution will come, and then the adult men of the Jazz family will be beheaded, and the women will be sold to the brothels of the East." ”
"He is a hero of the kingdom, how can he surrender?" The man who had cut down the Goliath flag asked.
"He became a hero of this country, a hero who defeated more than a thousand people, but he may have to pay the price of death, and I believe that your king will not like him now, although the Britons worship heroes." The messenger scoffed.
"I think he could have lived in a better position." The messenger of the Goliaths immediately advised.
"Perhaps, yes......" Margregan Wall Edward suddenly emerged from behind the messenger, "I should sacrifice the king, because he wants my life now, and this guy with violet flowers for the royal coat of arms has probably forgotten that I am not a Sakuralan, and that we Scots only worship unicorns ...... heraldry."
Su Luo judged early on that this nobleman with the blood of a Scottish Highland warrior valued his identity as a Scotsman very much, and he was even more desperate for his life, so he sent someone to persuade him to surrender.
Margregan Wall Edward also attempted to become king of the new Sakura Roland kingdom transformed by the Goliaths, but he was unable to do so.
Moreover, he is now very embarrassed, and even his original fiefdom is occupied by the High Elves.
Arthur's British Island, if the legendary mage looks down from the stars, will find that it is made up of two huge islands, the British Island and the Irish Island of Germany.
Among them, the island of Britain can be divided into three parts: cherry blossoms, Scotland and Wales.
As early as a thousand years ago, the Romans occupied the southern region of Sauroran and set up a settlement there, where they built various Roman facilities by enslaving the natives.
However, the Romans were not able to conquer Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, partly because of the strong resistance of these two places, and most importantly, because they were inhabited by species that the Romans did not want to provoke.
This island nation of Arthuria Britannia, which was about to become an important vassal of the Republic, was the only area where the Goliaths were in order in Europa, and of course Arthur Britannia, like her name, was full of classical feel. There is no shortage of classical creatures - elves.
The Silver Moon Elves live in the Welsh Forests to the southwest of Sakuraolan and the Scottish Highlands to the north, while the Celtic Elves live on another island, Denia, Ireland.
Among them, the former, the Silver Moon Elves, is a powerful High Elf who clings to the pride of the ancients, but has long since declined.
Celtic elves are not much different from humans.
For centuries, both the Silver Moon Elves and the Celtic Elves have maintained some relationship with humans, especially the Celtic Elves, who have almost the same attitude towards war, politics, and economics as humans.
But elves are still elves after all, and there is pride and elegance in their blood, and they will not have innate hostility towards humans, nor will they have the possibility of surrendering.
The pride of the elves comes from the civilizations and empires of yesteryear - hundreds of thousands of years ago, when forests covered most of Eurasia, and the number of humans in the world was far inferior to that of elves. Elves have built vast empires in the forests of the earth, and their armies have defeated trolls and orcs.
The splendor of the elves has never been surpassed to this day, and the power of the ancient elven king can compete with the god Jupiter at that time.
The terrible pagan empire is coming, and the tyrant empire that brutally oppresses the entire continent from Europa to Asia Minor will inflict a thousand years of darkness on everyone, and the devil has reached its most powerful level in the hellish kingdom on earth.
This is the common perception of the Goliath rule by the Sakura Rolan.
The Republic is an unusually powerful, terrifying, and barbaric existence for humanity.
However, for the elves who have built a more powerful empire, this country founded by the Goliaths is no different from any other human nation, they do not pay too much attention, do not dislike it, do not fear, and of course, do not obediently become vassals of the Goliaths' imagination.
Arthurian Britain was conquered, and the Goliaths, as was customary and traditional, tried to establish at least a colony of settlers here composed entirely of Goliaths.
Soon, the Goliath immigrants came here one after another, first with the Sakurolans and the Scots over the land, and then with each other over traditional relations......
As the Goliaths continued to advance, the elves were harassed - female elves were constantly taken captive by privateers wearing black and white skull iron hats, and the Goliaths brought in a large number of artisans, who continued to cut down the forests inhabited by the elves to build warships, ignoring the elven emissary's protests and threatening her.
Before this, there was a pact between the elves and the Saurorans, and the Saurorans promised not to cut down the forests inhabited by the elves, although the trees there were stronger and more suitable for the hull of warships, which was also a basis for humans to be relatively harmonious with the elves, but it was destroyed by the Goliaths.
In the eyes of the elves, it was all because of the cruel and cunning Goliaths, who encouraged their brutal armies to wage war.
The conflict between the elves and the Goliaths eventually became public, and their conflict became intense, and the elves, led by the War Sacrifice, began to command the Treants and some forest trolls to attack the Goliaths, and then some Celtic druids who could manipulate insects joined in.
As a result of a series of conflicts, the garrison of the Goliaths continued to shrink, and they went from owning the whole of Arthur Britain to now only Sauroran.
The elves also banished the humans of Scotland to the south, and forbade the southern humans to enter Scotland, and the elves in Ireland did not expel the local humans, but planned to kill some of them.
The cruel Celtic elves are not the kind of elves who don't like war in the human imagination, the Celtic elves love war, and like to kill and sacrifice living creatures.
Like the Celts who once lived throughout Britain, they loved to smear all kinds of paint on their faces, and launched terrifying and sudden attacks on their enemies in the forest, and some of them druids possessed a part of the ability to manipulate nature.
The elves have declared war on their worst enemy.
As the Goliaths once again launched a large-scale offensive against Maratha in southern India. They didn't think they should fight the elves again at this time.
So they offered an olive branch of peace to the elves on the grounds that war should not break out easily.
They gave the elves maximum concessions: they could acquiesce in everything the elves did, and allow the elves to do anything in their own territory, and they were not going to do anything about the Celtic elves' massacre of the natives, except for a few accusations.
The parliament wanted to maintain a semblance of peace, at least around the time of the election.
Even so, the elves did not seem to intend to forgive the Goliaths, and on the grounds that the wrath of the goddess Diana should not be easily extinguished, the elves continued to attack.
Their ranger cavalry, Polyat, often harass the Sauroran region, and while the elves do not kill the civilians on a large scale, they will directly reduce the prestige of the Goliaths.
Before the fierce conflict with the elves, everything here was very good for the Goliaths.
The legal reform here was going very well, the laws and institutions were already as required by the republic, and the same was true of the land, and although the nobles had enclosed the land, it was generally very satisfactory to the parliament, and from then on they could spread the political symbols of the "Arthurian order" on a large scale.
Therefore, because there was no major rebellion, it was not only a symbol of martial arts, but also a symbol of the republic's own order.
Maintaining stability here is naturally very necessary for the republic.
In order not to cause a collective backlash from the nobles here, the Goliaths can let the royal family of the Sakura Kingdom continue to rule here, and they can also tolerate some of their rude behavior.
In order to prevent rebellion here, the Goliaths could spend millions of Supu Saili (one Supu Saili is equal to ten song coins) every year to prepare food from the entire republic, and then transport it here by the large ship with the most draft, and make bread and distribute it for free to curry favor with the citizens here.
In order to reconcile the contradictions between the Sakurolans and the Scots, the Goliaths also made great political concessions.
Arthur's Britain, which was supposed to be a province in its entirety, was to be governed in three parts.
One piece was Sakura, which would continue to preserve the existing king and court before being incorporated into the republic in the form of a federation. One is Scotland and Wales, which will exist as vassals. Finally, there will be the Irish German, which will become a highly autonomous principality, i.e. will not exist independently and will not be directly incorporated into the republic.
But unexpectedly, in addition to humans, there are also xenomorph creatures living here. The Goliaths had forgotten what might have come from the wrath of the elves.
The Elves' revolt was a complete disgrace to the Republic, and the Goliaths felt furious that they had made a great concession and were met with such resistance.
The order of the parliament was also perceived as a false order, and calls for punishment for war began to appear.
Especially now, the election of the consul is chosen in the cherry blossom of Arthurian Britain, maybe the birth of the archon will also be there, the difference between the consul and the archon is not important, the important thing is that there are many people who demand the stability of order more now.
Originally, when Su Luo was there, everything was fine, but now...... In this way, Zimier, who was stationed in Europa and managed northern Gaul and the east bank of the Rhine, led his vanguard of 1,500 men to arrive first.
They were all stationed in the harbor at this time, and Zimmer ordered the soldiers to help the people here carry their goods, so as to relieve the slackness and activity of the soldiers for many days, and he himself talked to Magregen Wall Edward in one of the most luxurious rooms here.
Margregon Wall Edward was directly inquired about by him: "The king will provide us with all supplies, I mean food and water, and war equipment." We didn't bring anything to eat, and we were running out of arrows. ”
"The supply side is definitely not a problem," Margregan Wall Edward repeatedly reassured, "that is definitely not a problem," and he repeatedly invited Zimiel to his mansion as a guest, but after hearing his reply, Zimir waved his hand at him, and said bluntly: "Since there will be no problem with the supply, I will rest assured, and I will wait here for the arrival of my whole army, and I will know more about the situation here during this time, so forget about visiting your mansion." ”
Margregan Wall Edward's face was slightly ugly, but he still said politely: "Well, I will prepare a sumptuous meal for you and your soldiers, which can be regarded as a hint of kindness to the arrival of the army." ”
In this regard, Zimier said thank you, and then ignored the nobleman of Sakura Rolan.
Marghregan Wall Edward departed in amusement, and soon some sumptuous treats arrived, along with all the information he had asked for about the elves, including the tactics and weapons they used.
He first ordered the soldiers to come in batches to enjoy the food and wine. Then he himself went into a separate room, where he first sorted it out, and then sat there studying the material and making all sorts of battle simulations in his mind.
Due to the lack of draft of the navy's transport ships, they could only transport more than 1,000 soldiers at a time, so it took more than half a month for him to gather all his soldiers, a total of 30,000 soldiers.
These included 3,000 men of the Gum cavalry and the Pacian cavalry, which consisted of heavy cavalry, and 7,000 skeletal light cavalry, who wore no armor or helmets, but only wore a black uniform with gold stripes and lace, and a black hat with a round brim and a black hat inlaid with white skull iron markings.
In addition, there were 20,000 soldiers, of whom 5,000 were heavy archers wearing black heavy armor and wielding Goliath swords.
The last fifteen thousand men were elite samurai armed with a variety of weapons and black Goliath armor, some armed with javelins and spears, others armed with two-handed swords or maces, and battle axes or shields.
It was only at this time that Zimmer finally launched a surprise attack on the elves, and after clever camouflage and concealment, he finally succeeded in ambushing an elven ranger cavalry three days later, and the Goliath cavalry, even men and horses wearing black plate chain armor, rushed towards the elves from all directions.
Before the attack, they lay in ambush in the forest, never making any sound, silent, but now they roared loudly, and some of them took their bows and arrows from their backs and aimed them at the elves, and drew arrows from the quiver and put them on their bows, trying to strike a blow to the elven rangers with a rain of arrows.
Although the bow and arrows sounded, the black clouds pressed down on the elven ranger.
But these fierce arrows were defused by several druids on the Elven Ranger side, who chanted strange language, and the surrounding trees gathered into a huge barrier to resist the arrows, while dozens of Goliath cavalry were killed by the trees piercing their hearts.
Shocked by this, Zimiel quickly took a pair of demon-destroying bows and arrows from his back, and then fired several arrows in succession at several druids that could end their lives.
Several druids turned into rabbits and burrowed into the surrounding grass, only to see Zimiel holding his palms, and a terrifying heat emanating from them.
Suddenly, he opened his palm, and a round-shaped substance similar to a fireball came from his palm, floating on the palm, and then Zimiel directly touched the substance with his other hand, stretching it to a diameter of three meters, and then he tapped it with one finger, and a violent spark erupted in an instant, and then a long, narrow war knife that exuded a deadly aura appeared from it.
Zimiel spun around with his sword, and violent sparks flew in all directions, those black sparks seemed to have life, burning everything around them, but not burning anything more.
Black sparks were fired deeper into the forest, and soon screams were heard, and Zimiel saw the druids transformed into eagles struggling to stir their flame-scorched wings to fly.
Zimiel laughed as he took his bow and arrows and fired arrows one by one, and soon the eagle fell, and the sparks still burned, and soon the corpses of the druids, who were still in the shape of eagles, became black hairless birds.
"Hahahaha, under the sword of the Black Warrior Sword Saint General Zimir, the elven druids have all turned into black crows." The surrounding Goliaths laughed, and their attacks began to grow more ferocious.
The second wave of the Goliath attack began immediately, and it was still a cavalry charge.
Only this time it was all cavalry covered in large armor and armed with giant hammers or spears, and their infantry also advanced in an extremely orderly manner from all directions after the cavalry attacked, alternating with each other to attack.
A number of Troll Warriors, numbering about a thousand, rushed in, brought in by the Troll Overseers. Their mountain-like bodies and innate fighting skills give them an advantage in a terrain where they are unable to deploy their forces and can only fight on their own merits.
They can fight the Goliaths with a single attack, either with a sledgehammer or with their body, each of which sends their opponent's limbs flying, and they also hold their opponent's body in one hand, eating while wielding a deadly weapon with the other.
Their tall frames, formidable prowes, and terrifying faces caused the Goliaths to panic for a moment, but the Goliaths quickly recovered, and they quickly spread out to the sides, revealing the heavy archers in the middle.
Sensing the danger, the trolls rushed towards the heavy archers, rampage along the way.
The Goliath-wielding warriors were so weak that Zimiel slew the trolls with his own sword, and in a few moments he slew hundreds of them, but for more than a thousand trolls, it was still not enough to stop them.
As a result of Zimier's encouragement, some simply took off the armor that could not protect them from the trolls, and rushed towards the trolls with their muscular upper bodies naked to cover the attacks of the heavy archers.
The troll's attack was finally stopped for a while.
At this time, the heavy archers, with the subtle insight they had maintained on the battlefield, suddenly launched their attack on the troll, and the huge arrows pierced through the troll's extremely strong body.
With the fall of the trolls, the Goliath cavalry was also able to break free from the trolls, and the few remaining trolls were no longer enough to stop the heavy cavalry from sweeping all the charges, and soon the remaining trolls were smashed into the meat of the battlefield with iron hooves, along with countless elven swordsmen.
At this time, the elven rangers who had lost druids, trolls, and swordsmen also began to organize a counterattack without panic, and among them the ranger knights were warriors riding unicorns that could emit thunder and lightning, almost all of them were armed with bows and arrows, and some fought with spears, or large shields and axes.
Their arrows are powerful and deadly, and the elves are better at archery than any nomad. Their spears are the most powerful artifacts of magic left over from the Imperial Age, and can be easily pierced by almost any matter of steel. The Unicorn Mount also gives them a stronger charge than a human warhorse.
Without hesitation, they rushed at the Goliaths, shooting with their magic bows and arrows.
The breath of these unicorns also unnerved some of the Goliath's horses, which retreated at the behest of their masters. This forced some Goliaths to work harder to "coordinate" with their crotch partners.
As these elven knights approached the hundreds of female elven assassins who followed behind them, a fierce melee battle began, and the unicorn-ridden knights completely overpowered the black-armored horsemen in the melee combat.
In the same way, however, Goliath's soldiers were able to overcome harassment from the elven Assassins and kill them.
Although these Assassins had the upper hand in the forest, they were clearly better suited to sneak attacks and guerrilla warfare than to ambushed combat. While most of the time Assassins can slash their opponents' necks and then disappear quickly, they are almost unable to succeed in the current unaccustomed environment, and are instead easily killed because they are not wearing armor and are too crowded to use their quick posture to dodge.
The battle soon became clear, and although the elven knights fought bravely, as time went on, their strength began to run low, and the Goliaths seemed to be endlessly pouring in.
By taking turns fighting, Zimiel was able to take advantage of his army's numerical superiority.
As the last unicorn fell, it unleashed an electric shock that scorched several of its nearest Goliath soldiers, and the elf on its back was slashed into countless pieces by the enraged Goliath soldiers.
The last knight died.
This knight is also a war priest, and can maintain his morale by chanting ancient war songs.
Due to his death, the morale of the remaining elves collapsed instantly, and this ambush battle did not match the great victory that Zimiel expected, but it was enough to *** Another thing that made him very satisfied, more than three hundred elves surrendered and became his prisoners of Zimir.
There are quite a few High Elves among them, which is a big bonus for him personally.
In addition, he also realized that elves' bodies were not that delicate.
However, it soon occurred to the old Zimiel that perhaps another bold move might be fruitful before the elves had time to react.
Through this temptation, he learned about the strengths and weaknesses of the elves, and he was confident that in the next battle, he would teach these "tree monkeys from the branches of the trees" in the mountains a thorough lesson.
In addition, he thought that a reserve army with good physical strength, the most powerful skeleton light cavalry, had not yet been in battle, knowing that before ambushing the elves, he promised his soldiers that all of them would be rewarded for their exploits and from the military headquarters.
Moreover, the skeleton light cavalry is a highly mobile class of troops that the Goliaths will deploy in each legion, and each one must be the most powerful presence among the soldiers in the legion, and at least a samurai who is proficient in battle spirit is qualified to be one of them, and there is no reason for such excellent soldiers not to participate in a bold and crazy plan that their commander has just imagined.
Next, it's time for the battle to end.
According to tradition, he beheaded all the males of the three hundred elves he had captured, released some of the female elves, and at the same time handed a letter of war that he had carefully written for a long time, and asked them to take back to his elders, who were shivering and sweet-looking, but now shrugged their ears:
"General Zimile, who has been commanded to be the Great Goliath Emperor and loyal to His Majesty the Great Goliath, Lord of the Seven Seas, is about to lead his army to glory.
The fire of the kingdom's demise will be reflected on our blades, and the sound of horses' hooves will be accompanied by the wails of all the spirits who try to resist.
My soldiers will not forgive anyone, they will do anything terrible, and as a nobleman I will not stop them, because there is no tradition for me to give such orders, I am not a knight.
Only the surrendered elves will be forgiven. The elves of resistance, their tribe, young and old, men and women, will all be beheaded. ”
Later, a Goliath from Seris, who was well versed in their rhetorical methods, volunteered to revise the war book, and when Zimiel allowed it, he added another paragraph to the war book:
"May these foolish and warlike elves fight with sincerity, and soon the banner of the eagle, which symbolizes the honor of our people, will be hoisted in your courts, and in no time there will be only one chance of the outcome of the war, either your destruction, or our singing of victory and trampling your fields on horseback."
Zimiel looked at his revisions and said, "Although the elves do not farm and have no fields, I still want to trample them on horseback." ”
Then he had some horses ready, settled the shivering female elves, and then let them go, Zimiel was not worried that they would not be able to make the war horses obedient, he knew that the higher elves of the elves were born to communicate with all things natural, and taming a horse was naturally not a problem, the key was what he had to do next, and he moved his gaze to the female elves that he did not let go.
At this time, including his fascist Eagle Banner Bearer Edak, and the captains of the various flag regiments, they all smiled at the female elves.
"What are you waiting for, now a new battle, the second battle is about to begin, kill these elves with the male's unique 'riding spear', I have a hunch, this is a protracted battle after the ambush war." Zimiel laughed, having already ripped off a female elf's clothes.