Chapter 114: The Battle of Otovik (4)
"God Bless Turin - !!!"
Viscount Otto, holding his spear aloft, was the first to pass through the crumbling walls, and the deafening roar led the knights who were also galloping behind him, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves crushed the ruins, chanting their respective slogans and raising their spears flat, and in the shaking that swept the land, the invincible knights of Turin faced the Dominic hoplite phalanx that tried to stop them!
It was only a matter of a moment - the seemingly solid shield wall was torn apart in an instant under the onslaught of the Turin knights! The militia of Bright Star City, wailing under the hooves of the horses, could not even take up arms to defend themselves, and no one could stop the impact of these heavily armored Turin knights like a huge wave, and in the screams and wails, a terrible stump and broken arms and blood were left in the chaotic front!
This is the terrifying power that the Kingdom of Turin is famous for - the heavily armed knights with unparalleled impact, whether in the East, Dominica, or the West Coast, even the best armies dare not claim to be able to resist a single all-out charge from the Turin knights!
The militiamen of Bright Star City, who were assembled to protect their homeland, completely collapsed in the face of the bloody reality, and fled in panic and despair, and the officers standing in place tried their best to shout loudly that those militiamen stuck to their posts, but the remnants who answered him were the remnants who threw down their weapons and armor and fled!
The expeditionary force, which easily defeated the enemy's defenses, rushed through the city wall with great calmness, and the melodious sound of trumpets echoed under the ruins of the city wall, and the dazzling flaming goshawk banner entered the Bright Star City in a cheer.
"What the hell is going on?" Leonardo Cambrai, who was riding a war horse, looked at what had just happened with some disbelief - the enemy, who had thought it would be difficult, was completely routed in a single charge, and the knights in the vanguard had not even reacted, and the infantry had not attacked, and the battle was over?
Could it be that the enemy would use a few hundred militiamen to control the northern city wall? This is possible—no matter how stupid they are, after seeing the surrender of the Zifan Mercenary Regiment, they should understand that the city defense of Bright Star City has been fully understood by the expeditionary force, and this kind of place that is bound to be attacked cannot even be called defense, unless it ......
"Leonardo!" Viscount Otto galloped over and shouted at Leonardo: "We must launch an attack as soon as possible, continue to attack in order to completely destroy them, and capture the entire Bright Star City in the Lord's Palace before we can completely surrender!"
"These hundreds of militiamen are a decoy, and it is a trap for us to get carried away and attack them by the outcasts thrown by the enemy!" Leonardo pursed his lips tightly, looking at Otto Kwyn with some difficulty: "We should first stabilize our positions and occupy the nearby streets, and then continue the attack." ”
"What about the trap, the walls have been breached, victory is at hand!" Otto Kwyn raised his rifle and pointed at the Lord's Palace in the distance, the enemy's forces have been pinned down by that little fellow, if we don't take advantage of the rapid attack now, and wait for the enemy to find that the northern wall has fallen, it will be too late!"
"Don't be blinded by glory and victory, Otto, you old thing!" Leonardo Cambrai couldn't help but scold: "I want victory as much as you do, but it is definitely not filled with the lives of the brothers!"
"Look there!" Leonardo's squire suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the tower in the distance with excited eyes, and Leonardo and Otto, who were about to continue arguing, couldn't help but twist their heads - although far away, the cheers and the flaming goshawk banner fluttering above the city still made all the Turin knights notice.
"That's Adjutant General Edward Witwood, the Purple Sail Mercenary Regiment has captured the Western City Wall!" the little squire holding the flag shouted excitedly, the enthusiastic cheers and the increasingly anxious mood quickly spread to all the knights around, I don't know which one shouted first, more and more people began to shout loudly to continue the attack, and even many people took the initiative to stand up and ask for battle.
"Attack, Leonardo - even if it's a trap, we can step on it!" Otto Kwyn said in a deep voice, "and as we said at the beginning, I'll be at the front." ”
"Don't die here. Leonardo let out a long sigh, it was useless to say anything to himself at this time - the knights of Turin, who valued honor over life, and let them cower here be more painful than dying: "You old thing even survived the bloody battle thirty years ago, it would be a big joke to die here!"
"We'll tell you the joke again when I take the Palazzo della Signoria!" Otto patted Leonardo on the shoulder, raised his cavalry gun and spun around in mid-air, and a low cry exploded in front of the military formation: "Knights of the Radiant Cross, follow me and charge, long live Marchelus-!"
"Long live Marchelus - !!!" The knights who followed him also shouted, and rushed along the avenue of Bright Star City with the sound of thundering horses' hooves, and the scattered and fleeing soldiers of Bright Star City were wantonly slaughtered like sheep, and their flesh and blood fell in a blur of dust and the sound of horses' hooves.
At the same time as the expeditionary force launched an attack, a rumbling war drum suddenly sounded under the ruins of the originally dead city wall, and a group of Bright Star City troops with neat steps did not know where to drill out, and the knight sergeant who had just reacted had not yet raised his shield, and a rain of arrows like locusts had already fallen from the sky, setting off a blood flower on both wings of the army!
The sudden arrival of the enemy made the soldiers a little scrambling, but they formed a strong shield wall amid the shouts of their respective centurions and standard-bearers. After another rain of arrows, the enemy on the opposite side finally launched a charge, and the bright scimitars and throwing spears shone mercilessly with an icy light.
"Don't panic, hold your ground!" Almost as soon as the enemy appeared, Sir Leonardo roared loudly: "The standard-bearer blows the trumpet, and the whole army attacks-!"
The exciting melodious sound of the trumpet, with the ancient desolation, but it was the voice that most aroused the courage of the people of Turino, and the Turin soldiers, who had finally stabilized the line in the midst of one command, raised their shields, stepped on the ground and trotted towards the enemy in front of them, and the two armies that collided together like a tide bloomed into red "waves"!
"Knights of the Holy Tree-" snatched the battle flag from the hands of the attendants behind him, Leonardo rode on his war horse and waved the flag fiercely: "Attack with me!"
The soldiers of the Knights of the Holy Tree, who rushed to the forefront of the army, lined up in a neat phalanx, closely following the black tree banner on a white background in Leonardo's hand, and faced the militia of Bright Star City who were ambushing them. The Turin army that broke through the city walls felt as if it had fallen into a bag, and was flanked by the enemy on both flanks at the same time.
"The enemy is coming!" shouted the cavalry with a black shield and gun flag behind him, raised the cavalry gun in his hand and rushed forward, but was directly pierced by the arrow from the opposite side, and fell directly to the ground from the horse with a muffled snort!
"It's Dominic's light infantry, don't panic!" Otto Kwin's face turned pale, and he directly threw out the cavalry gun in his hand, and the sharp tip of the spear directly pinned a Bright Star City militia who ran out with a heavy crossbow to the ground!
"Long live Marcherus!" shouted Viscount Otto as he drew his sword first, and the galloping horses sped up at the stragglers protruding from both sides of the street: "Kill them all!"
The hurricane-like knights of Turin raised their shields and followed behind Otto Kwyn with locust-like arrows and launched a fierce charge, and the roaring earth could only hear the cracking and exclamation of guns that resounded through the sky, and no power could stop these knights from rushing forward.
In the smoke and dust of the melee, several huge fireballs suddenly rose from not far away, with a dazzling light falling from the sky, directly blasting a building next to the street into pieces, the flames kept tumbling with a blazing breath, and the dense wooden houses were not even stopped, and they were ignited one after another.
In order to curb the footsteps of the Turin army, these defenders of Bright Star City, who were already in despair, aimed the trebuchets on the city walls directly at the city!
(Thanks to Sredgermier's book friends for the tip~~!)