Chapter 698: The Western Lord and Attila (2 in 1)
On the banks of the Danube, the coalition of Western lords deployed along the Danube, and this time, thirteen great lords gathered their forces to meet Attila's army.
Louis, Lord of France, Isabella, Queen of Castile, two new lords joined the coalition of Western Lords, and this time almost all the lords in Europe participated in the decisive battle against Attila's army, and the number of troops invested was unusually staggering.
Some players from the Western Continent even risked their lives to personally come to witness this great war in the Western Continent.
It is the nature of every civilization to love to watch the excitement.
The great lords who participated in the war were all king-level figures, equivalent to the princes of various states of the Han Empire, and they were also an obstacle to Attila's unification of the western continent.
If this group of Western king-level figures can be defeated, then almost no one can prevent Attila's group from carving up the Western Continent and establishing a dozen kingdoms headed by Attila.
On the contrary, if Attila was defeated, then the threat of the Hunnic Empire to the Western Continent would be largely lifted, and it would be a matter of time before Attila was eliminated by the Western Lords.
"That's the queen of our Kingdom of Castile, Her Majesty Isabella, whose Spanish phalanx is a high-ranking infantryman, invincible in the Iberian Peninsula."
"I didn't expect the Kingdom of Castile to send a legion against Attila, I thought she would watch from the sidelines. It seems that Attila's arrival in Vienna has caused panic among the kingdoms, so they decided to join forces to suppress Attila. ”
"Attila has angered the lords of the West this time."
On the other side of the Danube, these western players can witness huge legions arming along the banks of the Danube.
It is clear that the armies of the Western lords want to meet Attila here.
Players from the Western Continent saw the elite legions that these kings might not be willing to use.
The legions involved in this great war come from different civilizations and are the elite divisions of their respective civilizations.
When the survival of the Western Continent is at stake, the kings of the various kingdoms are under pressure to use the elite of their respective civilizations.
"You people get out of here, or you will be swept away by the flames of war and killed by the murderous Attila."
A team of Templars appeared, banishing players from the Western Continent who were trying to watch the battle.
In the eyes of these Templars, it was a sacred war against Attila, a demonic figure from the East. Anyone who has nothing to do with the war should leave this place.
But in reality, Attila was just a diminutive man who was often demonized by Westerners.
"This is the Knights Templar of France, one of the three major knights, and they have a strong faith."
Spectators in France can easily discern the Templar emblem, which is too obvious.
"Unexpectedly, two of the three major knightly orders were dispatched in this great battle - the Teutonic Knights and the Templar Knights. It is not known if the Knights Hospitaller will arrive on the battlefield. ”
"What's the difference between the three knights?"
"The Teutonic Order is said to be the largest, the Templars are the strongest, and the Hospitallers have healing skills to save lives. Each Order also has its own markers and abilities. This time, two of the three knights are dispatched, and Attila may have trouble in this battle. ”
"Attila has been harassing our Western Continent for more than a year, and it's time to defeat it."
Players in the Western Continent also hold a grudge against Attila for bringing millions of casualties to the Western Continent.
"These Inhumans, what are they doing?"
The Roman triumvirate frowned slightly when they found the Western Continent players watching the game.
These players may be killed in a melee between the cavalry of both sides, and they have not yet realized the brutality of this big battle.
In the last battle, the coalition forces of the Western lords lost 100,000 casualties, but in this battle, the kings of the various kingdoms believed that at least 200,000 people would be killed or wounded.
This is also the terrible price that must be paid in order to defeat Attila.
Even if the lord of France and the queen of Spain joined the war, the situation was not optimistic, and victory or defeat was possible.
Hohenzollern served as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of the Western Lords, deploying large armies along the Danube, especially to strengthen the defense of the rear, so as to avoid the situation of being surrounded by Subutai and Timur last time.
As long as they are not surrounded by the cavalry of the East, then for the army of the Western lords with two major knights, they may not be inferior to either of the cavalry of Temujin Ah and Tira in a head-to-head duel.
Among the allied armies of the Western Lords, there were two well-equipped knightly troops, mainly from Germany and France, two knight-rich countries.
The large phalanx of Spain could barely deal with Gustav's legions of firearms, while Rome had excellent heavy infantry, and there were also troops from. Crossbowmen of the city-state of Genoa.
If there is a disadvantage of the Western lords' coalition forces, it may be the lack of a large light cavalry force like Attila. The Western lords were unable to possess such a large number of light cavalry, because the light cavalry of Attila and Temujin came from places such as the Great Plains of Eastern Europe or the Mobei Plateau. The rest of the Western Continent, which does not have such vast plains, sacrifices cultivation in favor of cultivating a large light cavalry force.
"Constantine, that's your Genoese Crossbow?"
Caesar and Pompey had been keeping an eye on Constantine's legions.
Genoa was also part of the Roman region, where high-quality crossbows were produced, and they came to Linz via teleportation.
This legion was armed with expensive steel crossbows, which could easily pierce the armor of noble knights at close range. Although it is dishonorable to shoot a knight's armor with a crossbow arrow, it is very practical. No one is going to reject a practical battlefield weapon.
"Caesar, it was you who agreed with me that I would possess Genoa, you possess Venice, and Pompey possess Sicily. I didn't violate our agreement to recruit crossbowmen in Genoa. The hoplites and the Mediterranean fleet you recruited in Venice, I did not intervene against you either. ”
"Constantine, I didn't mean that."
Although Caesar was wary of Constantine, the three of them were still allies of Rome on the surface, and tried to avoid internal strife.
In addition to the Genoese Crossbow Legion, Constantine also brought the Carthaginian Legion.
This legion came from North Africa, and its soldiers came from a powerful city-state civilization in Tunisia. The Carthaginian legions had a mixed force of war elephants, cavalry, and infantry, and they could compete with the Roman legions.
Constantine looked further than Caesar and Pompey, and he saw North Africa as his colony and focused his expansion on North Africa, thus acquiring a large number of servants.
"Maybe we should expand into North Africa rather than elsewhere."
Caesar was jealous when he discovered that Constantine had gained a large number of men and servant armies from his conquests in North Africa, because Constantine had benefited so much that his power was almost equal to that of Caesar and Pompey.
"Although we in France have lost Joan of Arc, a core hero, we still have the Knights Templar, as well as the brave feudal knights, the citizen army, and the peasant army. This time against Attila, we want to restore the prestige of our France. ”
Louis, lord of France, took part in this great war, and he led 100,000 French legions out of the teleportation in Bohemia and then joined forces in Linz, so that he could participate in the battle in time.
100,000 French legions, including more than 5,000 knights. Rows of knights in white robes and red crosses led the march on their horses, and their saddles were covered with shields, spears, bows and arrows. Wearing strange helmets and revealing only a pair of eyes, they enthusiastically participated in this great conquest.
This group of knights had an astonishing faith, some of them Templars, and some of them French feudal knights, that is, noble knights.
"I don't know if the Teutonic Knights are strong, or if the Templars are superior."
Hohenzollern saw the Templars, who had not yet tried to use the Teutonic Knights against the Templars, so he could not tell the winner.
"These civilizations, they are more powerful than I imagined, and if I want to conquer them, I alone cannot be their opponent. Together, they are stronger than anyone else. ”
Alexander witnessed the preparation of this vast war, and the characteristic arms of various civilizations emerged one after another.
He vaguely realized that in fact, with the ability of the Macedonian Kingdom, it was already quite difficult to deal with one of the great civilizations, and if two of the great civilizations joined forces, maybe the Macedonian Kingdom would be destroyed.
The Western continent still maintains a delicate balance - the great civilizations do not dare to annex each other, because between the great civilizations, if one of the powerful civilizations rises, then the other civilizations may join forces to suppress and avoid being swallowed up by the rising powerful civilization.
"Wang, if you want to conquer these civilizations, you may need to provoke their strife and let them consume each other before they can unify the Western Continent. This time, thanks to the king's wounding of Attila, if you can capture the capital of the Hun Empire, your prestige will be unprecedented. Add to that the contradictions between the civilizations of Europe, and you may become the king of all Europe. ”
"Youmenes, you have a point."
Alexander listened to Eumenes' advice and had something in mind. However, Attila is an obstacle they must overcome.
Attila's threat to the Western Continent is too great to be eliminated first.
Attila's army was only a hundred miles from Linz!
The Mongolian general Subutai served as the vanguard!
"It's not a speed, it's a speed!"
The Western lords couldn't help but be shocked.
It was the speed of Butai that led to the last great war, in which the various lords of the West were in a passive position.
"Let's let the Knights Templar thwart the Swift Warriors."
Louis from Paris, France, wanted to see the Mongol cavalry.
"The Knights Templar, a class like the Templar that is suitable for decisive battles, should not be wasted here."
Hohenzollern's Order of the Sword suffered heavy losses when they were attacked by Temujin's cavalry. In order to avoid the Templars in France, repeating the mistake before the decisive battle began, he stopped the French lord's impulses.
For Louis, he may be able to earn points, but in the eyes of other Western lords, especially those who have already fought against the Mongol cavalry, the French tin can may have taken the initiative to send the head to engage the vanguard of the Mongol cavalry, which is good at maneuvering.
"Could it be that the Mongol cavalry is really that powerful? Even more terrible than the last national war? ”v5
Louis was not a philistine either, he could unify France, and soon realized that he seemed to be underestimating the ability of the speedy one. In the last national war, the French were also defeated by Temujin's cavalry.
The vanguard cavalry of Subutai is rapidly approaching the hundreds of thousands of Western lords' coalition troops!
Soon, the Mongol cavalry and the Western knights could already see each other's war horses!
Historically, the Mongol cavalry once defeated the allied forces of Eastern Europe in the Kingdom of Hungary.
This time, they faced heavily armed knights from Central and Western Europe. The knight's impact is no less powerful than any heavy cavalry, and among them are elite full-body plate knights.
"Your Majesty, ahead is the legion of the Resistance. Their strength is at least a few hundred thousand people. ”
Attila and Temujin commanded a large army, close to Linz, and the Western lords had already deployed a large number of troops along the Danube, numbering hundreds of thousands, and the scale was even more exaggerated than in the last war.
"Sure enough, these kings can't be given enough time to gather their legions, or they will continue to wear down our forces. They must be destroyed completely! ”
Attila agreed with the other king-level leaders that it was necessary to completely destroy all the Western Lords and occupy their lands.
The armies of both sides lined up along the Danube, and Temujin had an uneasy premonition that this time the battle would not be as good as the last.
This time, the kings of the West not only came prepared, but also, with the two knights combined, they were able to compete head-on with the cavalry of Temujin and Attila.
"Temujin, are you scared?"
Attila could sense that Temujin seemed to be hesitant, so he took the initiative to ask.
"No, I'm not afraid, I'm just worried about defeat, and I can't be defeated." Temujin did not retreat in the face of Attila's questioning, "The lord of the East, Chutian, and Tsar Catherine, who recently established the Tsarist Russian Empire, are very likely to attack your capital. Don't you fear that your kingdom will be conquered? Once your kingdom is breached, your control over the territory will crumble overnight. ”
"I have left the generals to assist Bleda and defend the national capital, and they will teach the enemy who attacked the national capital a lesson. If necessary, Temujin, use the teleportation array to go to my royal city and fight your old adversary again. ”
Attila knew that Temujin had been defeated at the hands of Chu Tian many times, and deliberately provoked a fight between Temujin and Chu Tian, so that Temujin could deal with his old rival.
"Nope."
Temujin was not very willing to fight with Chu Tian recently, probably because of the psychological shadow caused by repeated defeats.
No matter who it is, he has repeatedly lost to the same opponent, and he is no longer willing to fight against him.
The same was true of Genghis Khan Temujin.
Attila did not force Temujin either, he also needed Temujin to deal with the army of the Western Lords in front of him: "Although it is safe to attack the army of the Western Lords, it will take time for them to break through the royal city with cavalry. And all this time, we have stepped on the corpses of the lords of the West. ”
Temujin couldn't help but glance at Attila, who was obviously confident in defending the capital of the Hunnic Empire, so he had nothing to fear.
If you think about it, Attila was not defeated under Alexander's offensive before he obtained Temujin and Gustav as allies, and he also conquered Poland and Lithuania in the Great War, killing the original king of Bohemia, it is impossible not to capture some civilized heroes for his own use.
Attila is very cunning, taking advantage of the contradictions between various civilizations, coercion and temptation, and winning allies for himself, so that he will not leave a few trustworthy generals to guard his home.
It is not easy to try to annex Attila's subordinates, and if you are not careful, you will be swallowed up by Attila's own subordinates.
Temujin coveted Attila's power, and Attila coveted Temujin's talent, and the two legends joined forces in a peculiar way.
"That is the army of Attila, the whip of God? Even the king of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania were defeated by Attila, and the king of Bohemia was killed by him. Not so long ago in the big battle, even Alexander was wounded in the melee......"
Isabella, Queen of Castile, with a sword at her waist, stood on a high place, looking at the Hunnic Empire camp opposite, with no end in sight.
There are so many troops on the battlefield that it is simply impossible to deploy such a large number of troops on one battlefield.
Together, the two sides have an army of millions and are divided by fragmented terrain, rivers, woods, swamps, and hills, and the warring sides face extremely complex terrain.
The complexity of the terrain is a headache for even the most astute commanders.
A battlefield can adapt to up to three all-army auras, and the broken terrain, dividing the battlefield, and each battlefield must be stacked with the highest bonus, then the number of generals with the all-army aura is very high.
The Spanish phalanx of the Queen of Castile was on the right flank, with woods and wooden hedges to cover the arquebusiers, and there were a few Spanish arquebusiers in the Spanish phalanx.
According to the degree of advancement, the Swedish phalanx of King Gustav of Sweden is actually superior to the Spanish phalanx of the Queen of Castile, because the Swedish phalanx is the result of improvement on the basis of the Spanish and Dutch phalanxes.
However, in the world of "Lords", where cold weapons are popular, the Swedish phalanx is not necessarily better than the Spanish phalanx.
The Spanish phalanx had a higher proportion of pikemen than arquebusiers, focused on the defense of arquebusiers, and was more deep and not easily broken through by cavalry and infantry.
In the Swedish phalanx, the proportion of arquebusiers was higher than that of pikemen, focusing on the output and mobility of arquebusiers, and the depth was shallow, so when attacked by cavalry, if the pikemen with fewer people than arquebusiers could not withstand the impact of cavalry, they were easy to be crushed.
It can be said that in "Lords", the cavalry is still the king of the field, so the concept of the Spanish phalanx is not necessarily backward, and it has its own advantages and disadvantages with the Swedish phalanx.
The opponent of the Queen of Castile was Gustavus.
"The Knights Templar will help you defeat Gustav, and the Knights are not far behind."
In order to win over Queen Isabella of Castile, Louis, the lord of France, took the initiative to send the Knights Templar to cooperate with the Spanish phalanx.
As the great lords of Western Europe, their goal is to target Gustav, the Norse lion.
"I hope the Knights Templar don't disappoint me."
Isabella's force does not seem to be low, and in fact the queens of some European kingdoms are not weaker in their ambitions for expansion than the kings.
"The Knights Templar will not disappoint you, King Visigoth, it is our joint efforts to suppress it, I believe you have seen the strength of the Templar Order."
"The Knights Templar are indeed powerful, but our Knights of Santiago in Spain are not inferior."
Isabella's eyes fell on her own army, which, in addition to the Spanish phalanx, also included a knight order, as well as javelin cavalry.
Just as France had the Knights Templar and the German Teutonic Knights, Spain also had a Santiago Order, but the Santiago Knights were far less reputable than the three major orders.
The knights of this order wore white cloaks and were marked by a red sword-shaped cross, with a lily-shaped grip and gauntlet at the end.
However, the leader of the Thirteen Knights of the Order of San Diego wore a black cape and a four-cornered hat.
The Thirteen Knights are no longer a high-level soldier, but a military general, but the force is strong and weak.
The Knights of Santiago cannot compete with the three major knights of Europe, but it is still a unique class of Spanish civilization and the sword that Isabella uses to defeat her enemies.
"The Macedonian army is good at mountain warfare, pinning down the opponent's flank in the mountains on the left flank. We, the Germans, coordinated with the Roman infantry and cavalry, defeated Attila head-on. Attila was injured in the last scuffle, and it is unknown if he has recovered from his injuries. If he doesn't recover from his injury, then this is an opportunity to eliminate him, otherwise, we will be in a bitter fight. But in any case, the victory is ours. ”
The Seven Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, some of whom were players and some of whom were NPCs, became the mainstay of the Western Continent at this time.
The German princes who came to the war numbered several dozen and had a strong army.
"The Archduke of Austria suffered heavy losses after this battle, and the new Holy Roman Emperor may be Hohenzollern."
Six of the seven Electors, intimidated by Hohenzollern's prestige, discovered that Hohenzollern had unwittingly become the leader of the German region.
The only rival to Hohenzollern for Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand of Austria, suffered heavy losses in this great battle and was far less powerful than Hohenzollern.
If Hohenzollern had personally commanded this battle and won the victory, he would surely have taken the prestige gained from the victory and ascended to the position of Holy Roman Emperor.
The status of the Holy Roman Empire is already at the level of an empire, one level higher than civilizations such as the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain.
Hohenzollern is relatively calm, planning things are up to people, success is in heaven, this time the coalition forces of the Western lords have gathered enough troops and are no longer so passive.
The last defeat must be regained this time.
"Attila, let's fight again, I'm going to kill you."
Alexander, hated Attila, his old enemy.
It would have been okay if Attila had been engaged in a head-on battle with his Macedonian army, but Attila had been holding him back and instigating the Ottoman Empire to attack the Macedonian Kingdom and resolve the internal contradictions of the Ottoman Empire.
"The other two legions still can't catch up with this big battle in time......"
Constantine transferred the Genoese Crossbow Legion, the Carthaginian Legion, and four Roman legions, for a total of six legions.
The commander of the Carthaginian legion is the famous Carthaginian civilization general Milka Baka, and the father of the famous Carthaginian marshal Hannibal.
The Genoese legion was commanded by Andrea Doria, a naval commander of the Genoese civilization.
Although the ability of admirals on land will be greatly reduced, some admirals are also excellent bow and crossbow system commanders.
A Roman legion numbered about 5,000 to 6,000 men, while the Genoese legions and Carthaginian legions were much larger.
Constantine's lineup made both Caesar and Pompey blush.
If the legions are considered as the wealth of the various lords, then at the moment Constantine has more wealth than Caesar and Pompey.