Chapter 71: The Great Raid
Swiftly, the sun rose from the side of the cliff, and its rays shone on the sea of Durazo, and the whole castle was blackened, and all the soldiers who attacked the city could see the sun, but all of them stood silently in the broad cloak of the night, and under the majestic gray curtain wall, a few forests away from the Ishmi River, and covered with their own camps along the way—the men were so well concealed that the terraces of Gawain over there would never have found themselves. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The sound of the trumpet sounded rapidly in the towers of the city wall, which was the signal for a surprise attack, and the first to move was the Chinese army under the supervision of Count Duane, a total of 6,000 men, all of whom were in front of the Brown Army pagan light soldiers and archers, followed by five hundred Norman knights with spears in the center, and finally two thousand razor-dale soldiers of Goonletto.
In this way, all the soldiers carried out the order faithfully and reliably: they had eaten well in the city before they set out, and the Sicilian Crescent soldiers wrapped in white turbans at the outpost walked with great urgency, carrying horned bows and scimitars, straight swords, and the sound of "rustling"; The hooves of the Norman knights and their spears in the back made a "grazing" sound, and the blades of the spears were dull because they were covered with cloth.
The sun also appeared like it had grown legs, and it flickered in the galloping clouds, as if it were above the heads of men. Earl Duane's Chinese army ran as fast as they could through the stumps and branches of the forest, and soon they appeared at the Asase in the middle of the white Ishmi River, and in groups, clusters, and groups, came out of the forest, the wooden fences, and the barracks, and quickly gathered into a dense column, and began to wade through the water to the opposite bank and silently and silently.
In the follow-up team of Goreto, there were actually four large wheeled guns, each pulled by mules and horses, and they also accompanied the team to cross the river.
The left flank consisted entirely of Venetians and Hungarians, about 5,000 men, of whom Clembauard's team was "overseed" at the front, while Fellayer's eldest son, Giosoffat, commanded the city-state in the second line, also armed with 500 guns and two cannons, and they crossed a steeper and more turbulent river, with the burned wreckage of several ska longships, and opposite the outpost camp of the Gemeggis's brigade.
The sandbar downstream of the right flank into the sea, led by the Scottish General Grey. Wallace's 4,500 Irish and Scottish warriors, in valiant columns, carrying spears as dense as a forest, and the warriors, dressed in plaid skirts and blowing their low bagpipes, also roared across the soft ground and appeared between the positions of the Geemergis Brigade and the Defender Brigade - General Wallace's task was to cut off the passage between the two places, to prevent each other from coming to the aid of each other, and to cooperate with Earl Duane at the right time to break through the tyrant emperor's imperial camp and achieve a decisive victory on the battlefield.
It was a spectacular and decisive raid, and the winner or loser was decided on this day.
In the city of Durazo, Tafur, the youngest son of Feleye, who was in charge of the garrison, ascended to the top of the city, looked around the mountains and rivers that were about to become fierce and furious, and resolutely ordered the cannon to be fired.
The first cannon rang out and shook the earth, and the Ishmi River was shaken against the current.
The gunfire of Venice in the camp on the shore, like pale lightning of death, flew whirring to the opposite shore as a prelude to the attack of the whole army.
The city attacked the left flank of the army, and the Hungarian soldiers were the first to exchange fire with the sentry of the camp of Gimaggis, and the battle broke out with great speed - the soldiers of Gemaggis, who put up almost no decent resistance, abandoned the ramparts, wooden fences, and breastprints on the shore, and ran high up on the terraces behind.
"The enemy's camp here is very empty, everyone bravely advances!" Overjoyed, Giosophat drew his sword and encouraged all the soldiers on the left flank.
The Hungarian soldiers, who had climbed ashore, climbed into the camps, trenches, and earthen ramparts of Gawain, and found that many of the barrels of the shrimp whisker cannons were still standing in place, the soup pots were steaming, and the flags were scattered all over the ground, and many enemy soldiers were fleeing, so they also shouted "Long live!" ”
Soon, Count Duane's Chinese army also came ashore, and the Norman knights lined up in a double line to cover the area that bordered their left flank, and the infantry began to draw their weapons, erect flagpoles, beat war drums, and blow shrill trumpets. Count Duane and his five or six horsemen quickly rushed to the commanding heights of the hill abandoned by the enemy, then drew their swords, and asked the soldiers to bravely move forward and forward, and in front of him stood mainly three terraces of camps, stretching for about three or four guri, which had been built by the enemy as a tutu city connected by the end of the tower, and now they only needed to attack one guri forward to be done: Gawain was caught off guard, the soldiers of the outpost camp rushed to the wolf, and the main brigades on both sides could not come back.
At this moment, the second cannon shot sounded at the head of the city of Durazo.
All the soldiers of the Chinese army and the left flank who came ashore roared in unison, ripped off the cloaks and cloth covers on their armor and weapons, and for a time the clouds dissipated, the sun spread down, and the tips of the blades and iron helmets shone brightly and majestically, and they rushed towards the target imperial camp.
The Venetian gunners brought in wooden boxes and powder kegs of ammunition, pushed the guns with solid wheels to the front of the formation, and began to fill the projectiles and gunpowder.
After the third cannon fire was fired at the head of the city of Durazo, more thunderbolts of cannons swarmed - the artillery team of Goreto and the artillery team of Geosofat, lined up all the cannons, and began to bombard the hill in a rhythmic manner, while the infantry, cavalry, gunners, and archers of the city of Durazo lined up from both sides of the artillery team and began to roll in!
But at this moment, except for a small number of "defeated soldiers" who were still fleeing and wandering on the imperial camp of the enemy tyrant emperor, it was very silent.
Suddenly, Count Duane had a foreboding premonition in his heart......
This kind of silence is also too eerie and strange.
But General Wallace on the right flank was the first to encounter the brigade of defenders rushing down from the fourth and fifth terraces, and the opposing spearmen lined up in a large deep formation, and the shooting corps were on both flanks, and seemed to be very anxious to move closer to the emperor's imperial camp.
"If you want to save your emperor, then first break through the iron wall of Scottish warriors!" General Wallace shouted loudly, and then drew his sword in the roar of battle, and the Scottish and Irish warriors behind him stabbed out their spears one after another, and they were densely packed together, forming a wall-like formation.
On the terrace, Marcianias stood behind the barracks in a somewhat depressed mood, overlooking the battle between his stepfather's brigade and General Wallace, but he was strictly guarded and not allowed to fight at the front because of the Emperor's special orders.
"Hurry up, father, the enemy's main direction of attack is His Majesty's imperial camp, if you can't break through this group of soldiers in skirts in time, then Baselius and Baselisa will both face danger!"
"Come, come, cowardly Greeks, and look at the methods of the highland warriors! I'm going to beat you all the way right away! In front of General Wallace, many stragglers with axes and shields shouted all sorts of insolent gestures, and some lifted their skirts to expose their nakedness, provoking the ranks of the Guardian Brigade that were silently pouring in.