Chapter 337. Viscount Leiruo's cavalry!!
With the final end of this naval confrontation, the soldiers who were originally located on the guard towers and fortresses on the coast couldn't help but be gloomy at this time.
Although the recent collision at sea did not seem real to them because of their line of sight, they could only vaguely hear the roar and the rising fire, but then the battleships belonging to their own side sank and the scene of the only dozen surviving warships fleeing in a hurry was still vivid.
And after seeing such a terrifying might, these soldiers have already begun to retreat.
It just didn't give these soldiers much time to think, and after defeating the fleet on Forderson's side, the Imperial fleet, after a simple rest, was like a behemoth entrenched in the sea, and then pressed over with such a fierce momentum.
"Attack, attack! Trebuchets, bed crossbows, fire! Launch! ”
With the behemoth in front of him approaching with a bang, Xu was because the pressure given by the other party was too great, and several lords recruited from the rest of the Drifting Island seemed a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly issued the order to attack.
"Whoosh"
With a sharp whistling that tore through the air, solid stone projectiles the size of watermelons and sharp heavy spears three meters long flew out with a bang.
The dozens of stone bullets and heavy spears that were released almost in an instant were not much worse than the roar of artillery.
Chopin, who was still thinking about the outcome of the naval battle, was also interrupted by this surging offensive.
However, looking at the surging stone bullets and heavy spears, Chopin's eyes were full of sarcasm, and at the same time, the warships belonging to his side had no intention of dodging, and all the imperial sailors and soldiers were staring at the sentinels who were not very real at this time with the eyes of looking at fools.
And in the next second, those surging stone bullets and heavy spears seemed to have reached the most exciting **, and when they flew to just over half the distance, they fell to the sea with the most amazing attitude, instantly setting off amazing waves several meters high.
Then, when they were about 100 meters away from the stone bullets and heavy spears, all the Imperial fleets suddenly stopped moving, and then, the artillery that had just fallen silent once again bloomed with the brightest light.
"Boom Boom"
With a simple volley, several watchtowers and defensive forts along the coast were drowned in flying dust and rising smoke.
These are simple bricks and stones, and although they are not very strong, at least, it is not easy to use siege weapons such as trebuchets to knock them down, but under the blazing roar of artillery, the towers that stand majestically are as fragile as paper paste, and they cannot withstand any toss at all.
Compared with long-range projectile weapons such as the Otherworldly Bed Crossbow and Trebuchet, in addition to far exceeding the latter in terms of power, the artillery is also very different from the extreme distance that the two sides can shoot.
At this time, these soldiers guarding the watchtower and fortress were only temporarily recruited from the rest of the Drifting Island, when had they ever seen such a terrifying scene, and when the surging attack fell on themselves, one after another terrible wails were also resounding continuously.
And under such an extremely fierce offensive, it did not last too long, and under the shock of the broken bloody corpse, many soldiers began to flee from this terrifying battlefield frantically.
There was no doubt that these soldiers who had been temporarily recruited from the rest of the Drifting Island Lords were undoubtedly too far behind the elite soldiers under Fordeson.
However, it is clear that White did not expect much from these guys from the beginning, and he sent them all out in order to consume Chopin's Imperial soldiers and delay their fierce offensive as much as possible.
It's just that White didn't expect that these soldiers who came with temporary signs had a much more fragile will to resist than he imagined.
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At the same time, in the "Shenghui City", there was already an extremely solemn scene.
Probably vaguely guessed that the bloody conflict was about to break out, and almost no one in the city dared to go out at this time, and they all locked the gates one by one, quietly waiting for the peace after the iron blood that washed away everything.
The streets are filled with uniform "kicking" sounds, and in addition, mixed with them, there are also the calm voices of soldiers and the clanging sound of swords swinging.
A large number of elite soldiers in the "Shenghui City" have all been assembled at this time, and the city wall is densely packed with people at this time.
As the capital of the "Heavenly Heart" Kingdom, the defense of "Shenghui City" is naturally extremely tight, and a large number of trebuchets and bed crossbows have been installed on the city walls for many years, and there is no need for a frontal conflict when encountering any enemy who dares to rebel, just these long-range attack weapons that roar like beasts are enough to sweep too much.
However, at this time, the city wall, which was already covered with a large number of large instruments, was twice as large as before.
At the same time, a large number of materials are still in the intense allocation, although these materials have long been deployed from all over the country, but how to place and distribute these materials is not a simple matter.
And in the mage towers located on the inner side of the city wall, almost flush with the city wall, a magician who controls the mysterious power is here quietly closing his eyes and recuperating, as if he is preparing something.
These magicians, who usually almost never show their figures, are not at all conspicuous here, but their strength has always been undoubted.
The wielders of these mysterious powers, the power they possess, will always have unimaginable strategic significance in this other world.
Even if it is just a simple team of ten people, in such a defensive battle, the role they play is equivalent to hundreds of elite soldiers.
In addition, the elite knights, who also control the incomparable power of the mysteries, but have a lot more numbers than those incomparably noble mages, are also actively preparing for battle at this time.
The surging fighting qi in their bodies, once released, was enough to turn them into the craziest beasts in the shortest possible time.
Covered in heavy armor, holding a long sword and a huge shield, such a set of equipment that is enough to crush the average elite soldier, for them, it has no effect at all, and they are still walking like flying.
Different from the magician legion in the "Holy Radiance City", the members of the Elite Knights are relatively mixed, in addition to the group of people who followed Fudsen at the earliest, after entering the "Holy Radiance City", they have also absorbed a large number of fighting warriors, and in addition, the number of fighting warriors who have come to take refuge from all over the world, or for fame and fortune, or for the improvement of strength, is not a few.
However, after the integration, the Elite Knights had turned into the sharpest blade in Forderson's hands, enough to cut through any thorns in front of him.
In the shadows of the unknown, the "Knights of Judgment" and "Nightmare Ghosts" still don't know where they are, they are like the coldest poisonous snakes, still dormant, but once they appear, they will surely launch the most powerful blow.
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The roar of the 9-pounder and 12-pounder guns rang out from time to time, and for all the soldiers on the coast, this thunderous roar and fury was undoubtedly quite the same as the terrible wail of death, because every time the sound of the sound resounded through the sky, the scythe of death would begin to dance wildly.
These soldiers, who had little will to resist, became more and more obvious as the relentless artillery roared round after round of crazy pouring.
In the end, as the first soldier fled frantically, the defensive line that was already difficult to resist also collapsed in an instant, and all the soldiers had no idea of resisting, and a large number of soldiers chased each other, trying to escape from the abyss of hell where the sea of blood sank.
However, all this, after all, is just a distant luxury, under the madness of the flames, most of the soldiers, in the end, still sleep here, only a very few lucky soldiers, escaped from this sea of corpses and blood, but today's bloody experience, but has become a bloody memory that they can not erase in this life.
After completely defeating the defensive line along the coast, Chopin was in no hurry to land here, war is not a game after all, you can find any place to land, and in this destined protracted war, the transportation of materials is undoubtedly quite important.
In addition, there is also a very important point is that the Drifting Island where the "Shenghui City" is located is not a projectile place, from the coast to the "Shenghui City" in the center of the Drifting Island, if you push it straight from the land, not to mention the various ambushes that may be encountered along the way, just that extremely heavy artillery wants to be transported smoothly, I am afraid that I don't know how much effort it will take.
Therefore, after a little thought, Chopin gave the order to march from the stretch of the river to the "Holy Radiance City".
As for the heavy fence that had been held at the mouth of the river, it turned into countless broken pieces of wood with a volley of artillery.
Of course, a behemoth like a galleon like this can't go in, but it doesn't matter, because the next main force is no longer the navy, but the French Imperial Army, which once crisscrossed the European continent.
In the process of driving the river, the guerrillas of the "Tianxin" kingdom seemed to be a little unwilling to let the other party go straight into the hinterland, and tried to interfere with their progress along the way, but in the end, all this was in vain.
After sailing along the river road for several hours, the width of the river inside became narrower and narrower.
And here Chopin also gave the order for the landing.
A large number of Imperial soldiers streamed out from the battleships, and the first soldiers to disembark immediately spread out in a semicircle, vigilantly scouting the surrounding environment, and followed by the Imperial soldiers were the cavalry corps composed of the Polish Guards and Mamluks, and finally the heavy and bloated artillery.
"Bang!"
While the troops were still nervously assembling, a sharp burst of gunfire suddenly sounded on the plain not far away.
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As one of the several viscounts who were recruited by White in the name of the king this time, Viscount Lei Ruo was undoubtedly the most complicated of them.
In the course of the great turmoil in the Kingdom of Tianxin more than a year ago, after realizing that the power had been quickly replaced, he was one of the first people to fall to the side of Fordeson, and even in order to show his loyalty, he also took the initiative to send troops to defeat some stubborn families who were unwilling to submit.
After Forderson took power, he did get a lot of preferential treatment, but his power still did not get a fundamental improvement.
Recruited this time, Lei Ruo actually had the intention of doing a big job, although the enemy encountered this time was definitely not weak, but wealth and nobility have always been in danger, besides, among all the viscounts, he is undoubtedly the strongest in strength.
For coincidental reasons, the most area on the drifting island controlled by Lei Ruo is the grassland area, so there is never a shortage of domesticated fierce horses in his territory.
Although there are horses on the grassland-type drifting island, they are all horses, and it is not easy to transform these horses into horses that can be ridden.
However, for Lei Ruo, this is not a problem, for the training of horses, he actually has a group of special horse trainers, and has accumulated a lot of experience in many aspects.
Therefore, in addition to selling some war horses to obtain wealth, most of the war horses, Lei Ruo still fully armed them, so it also created the largest number of cavalry under Lei Ruo!
Although it did not play a big role in the siege battle, the collision in the field plain and the impact of the cavalry were extremely amazing.
Lei Ruo came over this time, in fact, he was a little desperate, so in addition to leaving some soldiers to guard the territory, he brought thousands of cavalry to rush over.
Considering that Lei Ruo was all cavalry, White asked him to inspect the plains west of the "Shenghui City", but what even Lei Ruo himself did not expect was that the news of the rout of the front line had not yet been transmitted, and the group of rebels had already penetrated deep into the hinterland of Drift Island.
When the scout in charge of reconnaissance brought the news back, Lei Ruo was still a little incredulous, but when he saw the dense army on the coast beginning to assemble, his mind inevitably became active.
This situation is undoubtedly the best opportunity for a surprise attack, and the high mobility of his cavalry can definitely deal the most lethal blow to these unprepared enemies.
It's just that before he could give the order to attack, some abrupt gunshots suddenly rang out.
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