Chapter 640: Giant Trebuchet

Early in the morning of October 26, the Seven-Power Alliance, consisting of the Europa, Suomi, Kievs, Lodrand, Franx, Alba, and Delman Empires, gathered at least six million troops outside the city of Sabbath and prepared to attack the city.

On the wall of the city of rest, Yasar, the prime minister of the state of rest, said to King Odun Lunt with a gloomy face: "Your Majesty, now that the Western coalition forces have completely surrounded the city of rest, it is impossible for the young men recruited from all over the country to enter the city of rest again. ”

King Odunlunt looked at the Western coalition forces outside the city, gritted his teeth, and said: "Now that there are 600,000 troops and 1.7 million conscripted young men in the city of rest, we will definitely be able to hold the city of rest!" ”

Before the Western Seven Nations Alliance arrived in the city of rest, Prime Minister Yasar finally requisitioned 400,000 young men to the city of rest, making the strength of the defenders of the city of rest reach 2.3 million, but nearly three-quarters of them are temporarily recruited young and strong, and the young and strong among these civilians can be imagined, so don't look at King Odunlunt who said that he will be able to defend the city of rest, in fact, King Odunlunt knows very well in his heart that if the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom, and the Broken Army do not send troops to rescue the city of rest, the fall of the city of rest, That's a matter of time.

Prime Minister Yasar then walked up to King Odunlunt and whispered, "It is better to leave the city of Rest first while the Western coalition forces have not yet attacked the city!" With the presence of the retainers and the Duke of Kakisim, the city of Rest will definitely fight to the end with the Western coalition forces! ”

In the palace of the Rest City, there is a tunnel leading to the mountains outside the city, so although the Western Seven Powers Alliance has surrounded the rest of the city, if King Odunlunt wants to leave the rest city, it can still be done.

The Duke of Carkisim, arguably the most prestigious general in the army of the Sabbatarian State, stood not far from King Odunlunt.

King Odunlunt hesitated for a moment and said: "If this king leaves, it will affect the morale of the defenders of the city of rest, as long as there is a glimmer of hope that the city of rest can be held, this king will definitely not leave the city of rest!" ”

Then King Odunlunt turned to Duke Akisim and asked, "Akihim, do you dare to go out of the city with this king to meet this Western coalition army for a while?" ”

Duke Kakisim immediately said loudly: "Why should His Majesty the King personally go out of the army, the minister is willing to lead the elite under his command and go out of the city to meet the Western coalition army for a while!" ”

"Good! The king personally cheered for the soldiers who went to battle! ”

In front of the Western Seven Nations Alliance outside the Rest City, Prince Anasta of the Europa Empire smiled and said to Duke Grigor of the Suomi Empire: "Duke Grigor, according to our agreement yesterday, the army of the Suomi Empire will take the lead today, I hope that Duke Grigor can be victorious, there are a lot of wealth and beauties waiting for us in the rest of the city!" ”

The corners of Duke Grigo's mouth of the Suomi Empire twitched slightly, "Prince Anasta rest assured, if our Suomi Empire's army can break through the Sabbath City today, I will definitely select a few beautiful Sabbath beauties for Prince Anasta!" ”

According to the agreement of the commanders of the alliance forces of the seven Western countries yesterday, the armies of the seven countries will take turns to attack the city of rest, and whichever country's army will break through the city first, the army of which country will give priority to the selection of spoils.

Prince Anasta of the Europa Empire then laughed and said, "Then I'll wait for Duke Grigo's gift!" ”

Just as Prince Anasta of the Europa Empire was talking to Duke Grigo of the Suomi Empire, several gates to the west of the city of Rest suddenly opened, and Duke Cuthim of the Kingdom of Rest drove out of the city with 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry.

Seeing that the army of the Sabbation Kingdom dared to go out of the city, Prince Anasta of the Europa Empire couldn't help but smile and said: "I didn't expect the Sabbatarians to have the courage to go out of the city to meet the battle at this time, Duke Grigor, the next thing is to see the performance of your Suomi Empire!" ”

Duke Grigor of the Suomi Empire said gloomily: "The battlefield is not only about courage, since these Sabbatarians want to die, then our Suomi Empire will fulfill them!" ”

Duke Grigo of the Suomi Empire then sent a legion directly to meet the troops of the Sabbatical Nation who were leaving the city.

The establishment of the armies of the Western countries is much the same, each squad has 80 to 100 people, every 10 squadrons form a squadron, about 800 to 1,000 people, every five squadrons form a brigade, about 4,000 to 5,000 people, every five brigades form a wing, about 20,000 to 25,000 people, every five wings form a regiment, about 100,000 to 125,000 people, that is to say, the strength of each army corps in the Western countries is more than 100,000 people.

The regiment of the Suomi Empire sent by Duke Grigor was a mixture of one cavalry wing and four infantry wings, with a total strength of 125,000 men.

When the army of the Suomi Empire set up a battle formation in front of the army of the Resting Empire, a general from the Resting Empire urged his horse to come to the front of the two armies and shouted to the generals of the Suomi Empire.

However, the armies of Western countries do not have a tradition of fighting generals, and the generals of the Suomi Empire could not understand what the general of the Suomi Empire was shouting, so the commander of the Suomi Empire who went out of the battle waved his hand, and with 25,000 cavalry of the Suomi Empire and 100,000 infantry of the Suomi Empire, he pressed the army of the Rest Kingdom out of the city.

Duke Carkissem of the Sabbatical State, who led the troops, saw that the Western coalition sent an army to meet the battle, and the number of soldiers and horses was no more than that he had brought out of the city, so he immediately pointed the spear in his hand forward, and took the 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry of the Sabbath to meet him.

In the armies of the Suomi Empire and other Western countries, the proportion of cavalry is not large, and the infantry is the main force of the armies of Western countries.

The infantry of Western countries is divided into heavy infantry and light infantry, the heavy infantry is basically equipped with an iron helmet, the upper body is covered with an iron breastplate, the lower leg is also wrapped in shin armor, the left hand is a round shield, the right hand holds a spear, the length of the spear is generally between two meters and three meters, and the heavy infantry is also equipped with a short sword around the waist, and the light infantry is generally equipped with leather armor and shields, mainly to support the heavy infantry combat, and the light infantry also includes archers and slingers.

Slingers are a unique type of military in Western armies, slingers use a kind of sling, which can easily throw cobblestones out of a long distance, usually between 100 meters and 200 meters.

The structure of the catapult is very simple, tie a leather bag in the middle of two belts of the same length, place the slingstone in the sac, grab the end of the belt and wave and rotate quickly above the head, when the speed reaches the maximum in the fourth and fifth circles, let go of a belt, the stone in the pouch is thrown along the tangent direction, and the slings used are also processed, polished and smooth, so that the cobblestone flight path is more straight and stable.

In the armies of Western countries, the heavy infantry phalanx is the absolute main force, when fighting, the heavy infantry is lined up in a long horizontal line, the first three rows of soldiers raise their spears to the enemy, and the people behind put their spears on the shoulders of the people in front, the whole heavy infantry phalanx spears are like a forest, like a giant thorn, and the two wings and front of the heavy infantry phalanx are arranged with light infantry and cavalry.

After the battle began, the archers and slingers in the heavy infantry phalanx first shot arrows and stones at the opponent in order to disrupt the opponent's formation, and then the heavy infantry phalanx rushed towards the enemy like a ramming ram.

Although the side of the country of peace has the advantage of the number of cavalry, but the 50,000 cavalry troops of the country of peace are in the collision with the heavy infantry phalanx of the Suomi Empire, and the head is broken and bleeding, and the cavalry of the country of rest cannot rush away from the opponent's heavy infantry phalanx, and the infantry of the country of rest is even more unbearable in the face of the heavy infantry phalanx of the Suomi Empire, and it is almost a touch of collapse.

Duke Carkissem of the Sabbatical Kingdom saw that his cavalry and infantry were no match for the Suomi Empire's heavy infantry phalanx, so he had to give the order to withdraw to the city.

In the end, the army of the Resting Country, under the cover of a large number of archers on the city wall, retreated to the Resting City in disarray, and after more than an hour of fighting, about one-third of the 50,000 Resting cavalry and 100,000 Resting infantry who left the city failed to return to the Resting City.

Duke Akihim, who returned to the city wall, said to King Odulunt with a look of shame: "Your Majesty, what we encountered should be the army of the Suomi Empire, but I didn't expect that in addition to the army of the Europa Empire in the West, the army of the Suomi Empire also has such a strong combat effectiveness, and the minister failed to live up to the expectations of His Majesty the King and did not achieve victory. ”

King Odunlunt said in a deep voice: "Kakihim, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, you don't have to mind too much, the next battle to defend the city will depend on you to command!" ”

Duke Chemhim immediately patted his chest and said: "Your Majesty, I, Akisim, am willing to live and die with the city of Sabbath and fight to the end with the Western coalition forces!" ”

King Odunlunt continued: "Although the number of troops in our city of rest is not as large as that of the Western coalition forces outside the city, we still have the advantage of defending the city, and the king firmly believes that we will be able to defend the city of rest!" ”

After a legion of the Suomi Empire defeated the army of the Sabbatarian Nation who left the city, Duke Grigo of the Suomi Empire withdrew this legion and dispatched three infantry legions of the Suomi Empire to attack the city of Sabbath from three directions.

The reason why the Western coalition forces were able to quickly defeat the fifteen legions placed on the border by the Sabbath country and capture a large number of border fortresses of the Sabbath country was because the Western coalition forces had a new type of siege machine, which was called a giant trebuchet by the Western countries.

As the name suggests, the giant trebuchet is able to throw huge stones, the Western coalition forces are equipped with this kind of boulder trebuchet, with gear twisting rope to create tension, can put dozens of catties, or even hundreds of catties of stones, thrown hundreds of meters away, the trajectory of the trebuchet is relatively flat, and the power is huge, the intensive shooting of the trebuchet can have a great destructive force on the city wall, but this giant trebuchet is very complex to make, the armies of the seven Western countries add up to only more than 200 units.

While the legions of the three Suomi Empires were attacking the city, there were more than a hundred giant trebuchets that had been throwing large stones at the walls of the city of Sabbation.

"Bang-bang-bang-" Each large stone slammed into the walls of the Resting City with a loud bang, accompanied by a large number of crumbling fragments of the wall.

"Your Majesty, go down quickly! It's so unsafe on the walls! Yasal, the prime minister of the Sabbath Kingdom, shouted with a look of fear.

"This ...... What is it? What are those wooden shelves? King Odunlunt's eyes also showed a look of fear.

"Your Majesty, this should be the new siege weapon of the Western Alliance, if the Western Alliance Army does not have this new siege weapon, those fortresses on our border will not fall so quickly!" Prime Minister Yasar said helplessly.

"If the Western coalition forces are allowed to smash it like this, the walls of our resting city will be smashed sooner or later!"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the walls of our resting city are very strong, and they should not be smashed down so easily, but Your Majesty should hurry back to the palace and take shelter! It's too dangerous on the walls! Prime Minister Yasar continued to persuade.

"That'...... All right! This king will go back to the palace first! It's up to the Prime Minister and Duke Kakihim! ”

The Suomi Empire's army did not retreat until the evening of October 26, when it was dark, and then the prime ministers of the resting kingdom on the city walls, Yasar and Duke Kakihim, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Prime Minister Yasar stretched out his head to look at the outside of the city wall, and then sighed and said to Duke Kakisim: "Although the Western coalition army did not smash the wall of the city of rest with that kind of trebuchet today, but looking at the damage to the city wall, maybe it will not take a few days for the wall of the city of rest to be smashed, without the protection of the city wall, we will not be able to stop tens of millions of Western coalition troops!" ”

A hint of strangeness flashed in Duke Kakisim's eyes, and then he asked with a deep groan: "The city of rest must not be able to be defended, I don't know what the prime minister's plans are?" ”

Prime Minister Yasar looked left and right for a moment, and then whispered to Duke Kakihim: "Prince Anasta of the Europa Empire has sent someone to contact me, and Prince Anasta promised that as long as we hand over the city of rest, not only can we keep our family and property, but the Europa Empire will also reward those who have contributed to the city!" ”

"And what about His Majesty?"

"His Majesty has already intended to leave the City of Rest, the two of us only need to add a fire in front of His Majesty, presumably His Majesty will soon leave the City of Rest through the tunnels in the palace!"

"What? There is also a tunnel out of the city in the palace? Then we can just escape through the tunnel! ”

"Duke of Cuthim, that tunnel belongs to the royal family, can His Majesty let us courtiers leave the Sabbath through the tunnel? If we go away with us, who will defend the city? ”