Chapter 177: Shock
"Swordsmen, show your courage, don't retreat, light a fire by the city walls!" Black Sword Kai-Esther calmly issued the order without fear. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"The city is full of cowards, and the flames will make them afraid!"
"Knights, don't be tripped up on the flanks, charge back and storm their infantry ranks!"
"Crossbowmen retreat, hide to a safe enough place, and shoot arrows to cover the cavalry!"
The abdomen and back were attacked, but the black sword was still calm. The scouts reported that the royalist army had only 10,000 men, and 4,000 heavy armored cavalry were their main force.
It seems that the defeat of Pariva has indeed greatly damaged the strength of the Silver Eagle Alliance, otherwise I am afraid that the northern army will be locked in a bitter battle before entering the Golden Palace.
As long as the cavalry is routed, the tide of the war will be turned around.
The cavalry struggled through the flesh and mud and swirled towards the enemy's flank, but the enemy was in pursuit and determined to hold them back, and the crossbowmen retreated, but the battlefield was in chaos and they could not shoot accurately.
Countless hay piles were piled up under the walls, and the infantry, fearless of the rain of arrows, rushed to the city and set fire to the haystacks. A raging fire rose beneath the city, and the wooden fortifications turned orange-red.
The shouts continued, and the Praetorian Guards flinched again as they looked at the sea of fire beneath the walls.
"Trebuchet! aim at the rear battlefield!" At this point, the Duke of East made a surprise decision.
The huge machine struggled to turn, and the wooden axles babbled. It took a lot of effort to finally refill the boulder and aim it at the rear of the battlefield.
"Put!" the commander ordered.
Boulders flew over the battlefield and landed in the rear enemy positions, and a dense cavalry team smashed a hole. Some of the horses were stoned to death, while others neighed and dashed indiscriminately, and chaos spread from the center of the army, much to the relief of the rebel cavalry in front of them, who were caught in a bitter battle.
The knights rushed out of their swords and rushed in a wedge shape towards the center of the royalists. The spearmen and swordsmen, who had been protected by the cavalry, were now exposed to the iron hooves of the rebels.
The soldiers desperately blocked the falling blades with their shields, stabbed their spears into the legs and stomachs of the horses, or tried to sweep the cavalry off their horses. However, in the face of the flood of cavalry, their strength was as weak as worms.
Relying on falling rocks, the rebels broke through the royalist cavalry encirclement and smashed their infantry into pieces.
The lion, Bailey Sieri, has a gloomy complexion, and his intelligence is wrong. Originally, he had agreed with Elio Paton that once the Southern Expeditionary Army had withdrawn from Pariva, he would unite the princes of the various realms to attack the imperial capital.
They had wanted to impress Whitewood, but George Gluck said their finances were already on the verge of collapse as a result of the expedition. He expressed his willingness to support Elio Paton in seizing the rule of the Empire, a woman and a child who had made the Empire unremarkable, but unfortunately Whitewood City could not afford to get a piece of the pie and could only remain neutral.
Bailey listened to him, believing that Bai Lin was no threat—for a long time, this small territory sandwiched between several great families had never had a strong army. But for the sake of insurance, he still sent scouts to scout around Bailin.
At this time, the news of the defeat of the Southern Expedition came, and the rumors became more and more exaggerated, and it was even said that Elio Paton was the only one left in the Imperial Army!
This heavy news discouraged the small princes who were originally like flies around the Silver Eagle Alliance. Some local armies made it clear that they were going to withdraw from the plan to attack the imperial capital.
There is nothing terrible about losing a few troops - Bailey the Lion's ambition will not be deterred by such a small setback. The failure of the Southern Expedition can only be regarded as a failure of the royal command, adding another stroke to the charges of the Queen Mother and the Little King, but it has no impact on the offensive plan of the Silver Eagle Alliance.
Just as he was marching ambitiously towards the Empire, he discovered something unsettling - the spies sent to Bailin City had not returned, and the northern frontier seemed to be completely silent, without a sound at all.
Bailey carries out the plan he has agreed with the Prime Minister, but he seems to have stepped into a bottomless abyss.
Until a shocking news came, the Imperial Lion almost fell off his horse - the alliance army of Deep Valley, Ice Soul and Bailin had set off from Bailin City and rushed to the imperial capital!
The spy told him that this team of at least 10,000 people had already surrounded the walls of the imperial capital, just waiting to break through the city, rush into the Golden Palace, and hang the Queen Mother and the little king!
Bailey calculated the number of troops, and the army attacking this time also had more than 10,000 people, and if they pretended to be the army of King Qin, they could join forces with the Praetorian Guard in the capital and flank the Northern Alliance.
Kai-Easter has fought in the north for many years, defending against the invaders of the north, and is a fearsome iron-blooded general, while Bailey-Sieri has the blood of the Sieri family, guarding the western border, and fighting many battles with the kingdom of Gunai, so he has earned the title of Lion of the Empire.
Bailey immediately decided, proceeded according to the original plan, and engaged in a close battle with the Duke of East. After the victory, throw away the camouflage banner to protect the monarch, storm the Golden Palace, and seize the throne.
However, the truth was once again unexpected by him. When he entered the Imperial Capital Plains, he found that the number of rebels under the city greatly exceeded the information he had received.
The attendant, who had fled back from the plains, told him that the rebels were only about 10,000 men, but standing in front of him, the densely packed army looked like it was more than 30,000!
He didn't even have time to judge whether he should retreat in time, and Kai-East ordered an attack on the royalists!
At this point, Bailey-Sieri could only order the flank knights to charge forward and sneak up on the enemy's baggage troops and crossbowmen in the rear!
The blow paid off remarkably, and the rebels were clearly in disarray. However, the good times did not last long, and Kai-East adjusted his strategy and concentrated on attacking Bailey's troops!
Bailey, holding his sword, ordered his soldiers to advance, and the knights around him charged forward, one of whom was shot through the eye with a sword as he passed by him.
He didn't die at first, the sword in his hand fell, and the blood stained his face and armor bright red. He tried to cover his eyes, but the blood loss took over his consciousness. With his mouth half open and his other eye still open, he stared at his commander until he finally squeezed a "help me" out of his throat and fell off his horse.
More soldiers are bleeding. The infantrymen's armor was crushed and fell to the ground, tortured beyond recognition by the blades of their swords and the hooves of their horses.
In the distance, the capital city was billowing with smoke. Bailey really couldn't see the situation clearly, and he didn't know whether Kai-East still broke through the city walls in such a grim situation, or whether it was just the besieging troops who raised flames in order to intimidate the enemy. (To be continued.) )