Chapter 422: Flooding

"You mean to flood these trenches?" said Archduke Fisabrun's eyes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes, as long as these duchy rats can't stay in the trenches, they will become our targets as soon as they come up. Locke, you really have a good idea this time, how could I not think of such a simple method......" The Second Highness patted his forehead in annoyance.

The atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became warm, the key to breaking the situation was found, there was no need to be so deadlocked, everyone was elated at this moment, and they were ready to give the Duchy of Forrendo and the Duchy of Faker and the Duchy of Handla a good look in the next attack, and let out this tone of depression for more than a month.

"Oh, thanks to Dorus, if he hadn't mentioned that the rains had flooded the trenches during the rainy season and made it impossible for the duchy mice to stay in the trenches, it occurred to me that we could flood all the trenches in this defensive line with water, so that the rats would have to come up and fight us. Lorist smiled modestly.

"But, where did we get so much water to flood the trenches...... "Duke Kenmax asked a little later than the others reacted.

Lorist laughed, revealing a mouth full of white teeth: "Simple, the Nebaraku River is not far from our camp, let's intercept the flow, build a small reservoir, and dig a trench to connect with the trench on the front defensive line, as soon as the water is full, open the opening, and let the water flow down the trench......"

"We're going to continue our attacks, to hide the fact that we're building reservoirs and digging trenches, and to release water in the dead of night, and maybe surprise the ducially's rats hiding in the trenches. "'His Second Highness took Lorlist's unfinished words.

"We also need planks and platoons, the more the better, to set up in the trenches so that the cavalry and chariots can pass quickly under the city of Pedro to close the door and fight the dogs, and capture the Archduke of Volundo alive in one fell swoop. Archduke Fisabrun added.

"That's all. The Second Highness immediately made arrangements: "Locke, you are responsible for building a small reservoir and digging a trench, and you can requisition those poor people to work, and all the cavalry will go to help, and try to get all this done in three days." Duke Kenmax, your two heavily armored corps have been placed under my command, and we will occupy more of the front territory in the next few days, and cover our intention to flood the trenches. Count Shaheen, your two light infantry regiments are going to cut down trees and make some more wooden platoons for backup......"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Another attack began, only this one made the principality generals who were preparing to defend feel a little strange. They found that the attacking heavy armoured soldiers were not going to fill the trench and tear down the earthen wall, but only set up wooden rafts on the trench to pass through. The attacking heavy armoured soldiers even took short-range shooting weapons such as crossbows, throwing guns, and throwing axes to shoot at the guards hiding in the trenches, because of the relationship between condescension and proper protection, they took advantage of the casualty ratio.

Perhaps they wanted to deplete our defenses by killing and wounding us in order to occupy our positions? The principality's generals conjectured in response, withdrawing all the guards from the front line and gathering a large number of troops in the rear, hoping to lure the attacking enemy deep into the rear. Then you can replicate the last win again. Of course, they also arranged for a regiment of men and horses to be ready to pass through the trenches to block the enemy who might come to support.

To their surprise, the attacking heavy armoured soldiers occupied more than a dozen trenches and did not attack forward, but brought in a lot of wooden rafts from behind, and they also inserted these wooden rafts vertically in the trenches......

The generals of the principality got together for a long time to discuss, and finally came to the conclusion that it was likely that the enemy wanted to use these wooden platoons to cut off the trenches in all directions, so that the defenders' forces could not attack the occupied positions through the trenches, and then they would be separated by wooden platoons one by one, so that on the one hand, the occupied positions could be consolidated, and on the other hand, the offensive could be continued until the entire defensive position was opened.

This must be a new wooden platoon tactic against the trenches, so the thinking of all the defending principality generals was distorted, and they concentrated on thinking about how to deal with this wooden platoon tactic of the Andinac kingdom. They took advantage of night raids and raids to pour fire oil on the wooden rafts that cut off the trenches, and burned dozens of wooden rafts in one night. But this was to no avail, and the next day the heavy armoured men who had attacked during the day brought in more wooden platoons and re-partitioned them.

At the same time, a bonfire was lit in the trench at night, on which guards with crossbows and bows were arranged, and at the slightest movement at night they fired arrows and gongs to call for reinforcements, and so on for four or five days, the attackers only occupied forty or fifty trenches.

The generals of the defending side finally relented, although this tactic of cutting the trench with wooden platoons was somewhat effective, but the threat was not very great. Now the army of the attacking Antinac kingdom is moving more and more slowly, and the resistance of the soldiers of the defending principality is getting stronger and stronger, and at most four or five trenches are occupied in a day. At this rate, it would take them at least two or three years to reach the city of Pedro, and as long as they held out for a few more days, the enemy would be unable to attack.

However, tonight's defending principality generals want to launch a major counterattack against the heavy armoured soldiers of the attacking Kingdom of Antinac, with the goal of recapturing a third of the occupied positions. As the Viscount Sanscoro of the Duchy of Volendo, who was responsible for defending this trench position, and the commander of the Second Garrison Corps of the Duchy, Viscount Sanskro was very keenly aware that the desire of the heavy armor soldiers attacking today was not strong, not as active and tenacious as a few days ago, it seemed to be bluffing, or maybe it was because too many wooden platoons were transported to the front line, and they all looked a little perfunctory.

It's good, the enemy's sharpness has been drained, and tonight it's our turn to counterattack. Viscount Sanscoro said to his generals, don't you notice, today the enemy seems to be absent-minded, although in the evening a corps was transferred to the front, but it seems that their spirits are not as high as in the previous days, I think the time for our counterattack has come, at night we will first let one corps of soldiers harass and attack them in multiple ways, and at dawn we will throw the rest of the corps into a big counterattack, and resolutely drive the enemy back from the position.

In addition to the dozen or so trenches in front of the defensive position, all of which are long and straight, the next trenches have been dug into zigzags by the defending soldiers of the Duchy of Volundo, and there are also forks and corners and communication trenches connected to the front and back trenches, and the corners of the zigzag trenches and some wider trenches are equipped with half-meter-high protruding earth stairs, which are convenient for the defending soldiers to board and fire catapults and observe the enemy's movements, and can hide back in the trenches when attacked。

It was the assault attack of the Sword and Shield Corps of the White Lion Legion that made the attacking and defending sides really engage in a hand-to-hand battle, which ended in the defeat of the Sword and Shield Corps. The next contact between the two sides was more of a night raid, harassment and the shooting of crossbow arrows. Just as Dores, the commander of the Flying Tiger Legion's chariot steel crossbow corps, said, his chariot steel crossbow corps does not play a role in such a battlefield, on the contrary, the defender's equipment has a short range, small size, and strong old-fashioned stone crossbow has played a very good role, and the casualties of heavy armor soldiers under the crossbow arrows have exceeded three digits in these attacks.

In addition, the soldiers of the Duchy who defended were equipped with short swords, throwing axes, small round shields and other weapons suitable for playing in the narrow trenches, and the heavy armored soldiers who attacked with spears and two-handed swords could not go down the trenches to fight the enemy because they went down and became the dishes of those enemies, and the weapons could not fight with the enemy in the trenches, which made them only look at the trenches and sigh.

Viscount Sanscoro, the commander of the Second Garrison Corps of the Duchy of Volendo, is a veteran on the battlefield, and he is also well-known in the Duchy, whether it is to resist the invasion of the Grand Prince, or to counterattack the Kingdom of Redlis, as well as to trap His Royal Highness, destroy the Duchy of Meleain, and participate in the offensive and defensive battles of the Southern Province, he basically participated in all the wars involving the four central principalities on behalf of the Duchy of Forrendo, so that he was promoted from a golden knight to the viscount of the territory by the Grand Duke of Forrendo, and he is a Duchy general who is very trusted by the Grand Duke.

As a member of the offensive and defensive battles of the Southern Province, Viscount Sanscoro was lucky to escape from the battlefield despite an embarrassing defeat. In the past few years after returning to China, he has been recalling and thinking about the battle with the Norton family, and has a very deep understanding of the Norton family's super long-range attack power.

When he knew that the army of the Andinac kingdom that was attacking this time had the participation of the Norton family, he put an end to the plan made by his colleagues to rely on the fortified fortress for defense, and worked with the Grand Duke of Volendor to study this countermeasure of using trenches and earthen walls to set up defensive positions, which was very effective from the current situation.

It was precisely because he understood the characteristics of the forces of the attacking and defending sides and the dismal situation that Viscount Sanscoro was confident that he was ready to launch a big counterattack. First, use the cover of night to harass and attack the heavy armor soldiers of the Kingdom of Antinac defending on the front line, so that they will not be at peace all night. By dawn the harassing forces would be withdrawn, and the enemy would think that it would be dark, and he would breathe a sigh of relief and be ready to rest. At this moment, his side suddenly dispatched all his forces to carry out a major counterattack, and he would definitely catch the enemy by surprise.

Recapturing one-third of the position is the bottom line, and with a little luck, you may be able to recapture half or even two-thirds of the occupied position. Viscount Sanscoro believed that after this counterattack, the enemy would be demoralized and would no longer be able to launch a larger and more powerful attack. To be honest, this time, the wooden platoon tactics really put a lot of pressure on the defending principality, but unfortunately this tactic could not last, and as long as the defending side was willing to pay a greater price for casualties, it could still deal with these wooden platoons that cut off the trenches.

It was already a little late at night, and it was more than a mile away from the front-line positions. Viscount Sanscoro looked around, the trench he was in was dug deeper, wider, and larger, because it was necessary to gather troops and not be discovered by the enemy, so it was dug into a small square, and the soldiers of the Second Garrison Regiment of the Principality, which was the size of three thousand troops, fell to the ground and took time to rest, everyone was unclothed, and their weapons were placed beside them. Even if you can't sleep, you have to close your eyes to recuperate, and in more than two hours, it will be their turn to go to the front line for a big counterattack. There were eight small squares like this on this side, and now they were all crowded with soldiers who had fallen to rest.

Tonight was a good day for a night attack, with a lot of clouds in the sky, and the silver moonlight was obscured by the clouds from time to time. Viscount Sanscoro began to be a little worried, it's almost November, it shouldn't rain, it's okay if it rains lightly, it's bad if it rains heavily, some water in the trench is a big trouble for the defenders, although it doesn't affect the defense, but if you step on it, it will affect the speed of the soldiers' defense, and it will pay more casualties. I only hope that this counterattack will make the enemy no longer have the idea of attacking, and that will be the best result.

On the front line, there was a faint sound of shouting and killing, and it seemed that the soldiers who had gone to attack had burned some wooden rafts, which looked bright in the night. But then there seemed to be a very loud noise, as if the enemy had brought in more troops to the front line overnight, and the light of the torches seemed to be a little too much, and the sound had also changed, and the shouts of killing were less, but the sound of "who, who?" was getting louder and louder.

Strangely, why did the "rustling" sound get louder and louder, and get closer and closer to this side, and why did the regiment sent by himself to harass and attack seem to be not moving, and the light of the enemy's torches seemed to be getting closer and closer to this side? Could it be that the enemy still wanted to attack overnight?

Viscount Sanscoro's uneasiness grew, and he went up to the trench and hid his figure behind an earthen wall to take a closer look. At this moment, the silver moon in the sky flashed through the shadow of the clouds and re-revealed its smooth face, and the silver moonlight suddenly sprinkled all over the world......

"So, what's that?" screamed the sentry standing by and pointing to the position in front of him.

"Shut up, bastard, do you want to draw the enemy's attention?" Viscount Sanskaro scolded in a low voice, took off his helmet and looked ahead, only to see that there were patches of silver light flashing in the trench in front of him, which quickly filled the trenches, and then the trenches were filled with silver light, and there were some small black dots struggling in the silver light......

The silver light was rapidly approaching his side, and at this moment the silver moon in the sky was obscured by the clouds, and the sky and the earth were dark, and only the light of the torches in the distant front positions flickered......

The rustling was getting louder and louder, but Viscount Sanscoro, who had already understood at this moment, had a pale face, and he could no longer care whether the shouts would attract the attention of the enemy, so he turned around and shouted to the soldiers who were resting in the trenches: "Get up, come up quickly, water...... The water is coming!"

This is how the tragedy happened, and the trench that looked like a small square where troops could gather was dug a little too deep, more than three meters deep. Most of the resting soldiers slept on the ground, and although they were woken up or kicked awake, most of them still looked dazed. And by this time the water had come, and when the surging water poured into this small square from the traffic trench, everyone was in a hurry, and those who stood by the trench hurriedly climbed up, but there were only four or five passages up the way, and for a moment people were crowded, and people pushed a few people who did not go up......

The water has reached the waist, all the soldiers are in a hurry, everyone knows that the place where they are standing is the lowest part of the trench, the order collapses at once, everyone is in a hurry to climb up, the side of the pit climbs up directly, but when they dig the trench, the pit wall is also modified, a little smooth, but there are not many people who climb up for half a day, and more are dragged down by the companions behind them......

The misfortune is that the soldiers are wearing iron armor, and it is even more heavy when they are soaked in water, especially the ground of the trench is soaked in water and is soft, and it is full of mud when you pull it up, and you basically can't get up if you fall......

Viscount Sanscoro's voice was hoarse, and he finally commanded the soldiers to have some organization. He asked the soldiers on the side of the trench to be a ladder, and let the soldiers behind climb up and then pull them up, but after holding on for a while, it became chaotic, because the water was already full of the soldiers' necks, and some of the short soldiers had no choice but to hold on to the soldiers in front. But the soldiers in front didn't want to be dragged down, so they turned over and threw the soldiers behind them into the water, and the soldiers in the back clung to it and didn't let go, and the two scuffled and struggled in the water, and then sank......

As the sky dawned, Viscount Sanscoro's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the trench that had calmed down, the small square-like trench had turned into a small pool, but the water was densely packed with the bodies of soldiers who had drowned and twisted together......

On the top of the trench stood hundreds of soldiers who had escaped from the water, all wet and shivering in the November morning breeze, and Viscount Sanscoro looked at the corpses at the bottom of the pit, and then at the soldiers standing beside him, and suddenly screamed, drew his sword and wiped it in his throat, and the whole person fell into the trench full of stagnant water and corpses in the splattering of blood......

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