Chapter 432: The Death of a Man (4)
When the Landisian assault boats finally reached the beach, the rebel defenders in the port area finally collapsed completely.
Landis's assault boat finally broke through the blockade of the estuary, and the dense boats, carrying Landis's soldiers, holding swords and shields, and archers, did not wait for the boat to dock at the diving place, they turned over and jumped into the water, and shot at the rebel defenders on the shore with bows and crossbows.
Bows and crossbows came and went, but the rebels on the shore who were already in chaos suffered most of the damage.
Once the Landis were on shore, the battle for the harbor officially came to an end. Gislent's guess was not wrong, the rebels lacked the courage and determination to fight to the death, and more importantly, these rebels had no intention of dying here, they were not familiar with the coastal defense system of the port, but after encountering the attack, they instinctively resisted for a while, after the officers had already lost their hearts, plus the team with Ruhr, although there were not many people, but the quality of the elite squad was making trouble behind, and the situation, once it was messed up, it could no longer be cleaned up.
Lantis's landing army soon cracked up the array along the coast, and archers and soldiers with swords and shields lined up to meet the growing number of Lantis' troops who landed in small boats.
Standing on the bridge of the flagship Freelander, Giest looked at the coast with a telescope, where the first wave of landed troops was already on their heels, and they were still lining up in an orderly manner to receive more people...... The naval commander of Landis suddenly sighed: "Alas, it's still too conservative." He glanced at the lieutenant general beside him: "Who is the leader of the landing of the First Army?"
The lieutenant general beside him also retracted the binoculars and smiled lightly: "It's that guy from Legan, it seems that he did a good job, the beach has been occupied, and the battle below will be easy." ”
Ghislent shook his head and frowned, "Legan's courage is still too small, too safe. You see, the defenders on the shore have obviously collapsed on their own, and at this time, since they have landed, what are they doing by lining up on the beach and waiting for the follow-up troops?
After all, Legan seems to be old, and he is doing things safely, but he is not enterprising enough. Hey, you know, our navy must maintain a heart that dares to take risks and gamble. ”
Gislent thought for a moment and said to the adjutant general: "Write it down, remind me after the war, send Legan to serve in the Admiralty." ”
The lieutenant next to him was a little complicated, but under Gislent's serious eyes, he just lowered his head and wrote it down.
Gislent decided the fate of an admiral in his words, but he took off the finger-like knife at his waist and threw it to the guards around him, and most of them went to the deck of the ship, shouting: "Put down a small boat! I will lead the men to land and go ashore first!"
As soon as he spoke, several lieutenants around him changed color, and someone stopped him: "My lord, the battle on the beach is not over yet, and when our Second Army landing force goes up, it will not be too late for you to sit back and give your fingers......
"Ha! Legan's courage is too small! When the second wave of people goes up, I'm afraid that the sky will be bright! Now this time, every moment is as precious as gold! Release the boat!"
Seeing that the people around him were still going to stop him, Gislent finally glared and broke off.
The number of troops landed in the first wave of the Landis was only two or three thousand, and when they were honestly lining up on the shore to prepare to receive the follow-up troops according to the practice of landing operations, the troops of the second wave had not yet come up, and the troop carriers of the fleet had just sailed into the sea, and the boats had not had time to put down all the boats.
Gislent, who had already taken the second Niu Ming guard and a few lieutenants, took a dinghy, left the flagship directly, and landed!
As soon as he landed ashore, he immediately took over the command unceremoniously, and ordered the first wave of troops that had landed not to wait in line on the spot, and the whole army was immediately divided into several battalions, divided into several directions, and charged towards the harbor area!
At this time, the Landisians actually did not have enough troops to go ashore, but only two or three thousand, and the number of rebels in the harbor area was only twice as large as the first wave of Landis's landing force, and there were a large number of coastal defense colleagues in hand, if there was effective command and determination to resist, it would be a joke for these two or three thousand people to seize the harbor area in one go. If the defenders encountered a counter-charge, I was afraid that they would be able to drive these two or three thousand people directly into the sea. Even if they lack the courage to counter-charge, as long as they stick to the fortifications of the arrow tower, these two or three thousand will definitely not have the ability to seize the tight and deep coastal defense system. consumption, can also make these two or three thousand people dry up on the beach!
But Gislent was right!
However, the landing force of two or three thousand rushed to charge, and once they rushed up, they were actually like bamboos! The defenders in the harbor area had no intention of resisting at all, and seeing that Lantis's army rushed up with swords and shields, the defenders just hurriedly put a few arrows and began to retreat randomly. At the beginning, it was just a retreat of three or three, and in the end it evolved into a team of evacuations, once someone picked the head, where would others be willing to fight to the death?
Those arrow towers on the coast were originally the strongest fortifications, if the defenders carried them hard, even if the Landis people could gnaw them down, they didn't know how many lives they would have to fill, but once they charged, the defenders in those arrow towers hurriedly withdrew from inside, and then rushed in the direction of the city, and even the armor and bows on their bodies were simply thrown away.
Several people rushed over, and captured six or seven arrow towers in one go, but not a single one died, and the Landis people took almost all the arrow towers around the landing beach without an arrow.
Gislent did it even more thoroughly, he even went down to the warehouse, and he didn't need to leave anyone to guard all the arrow towers he captured, and the whole army just blindly rushed forward!
In the harbor area, a ridiculous and absurd situation was suddenly formed: however, the landing force of two or three thousand drove the scattered defenders who were twice their own to chase and kill all the way, and gradually gathered into a single force, and rushed towards the city and routed.
On the docks, the direction of the warehouse was still ablaze, and the fleet of the Landis on the coast had already driven in, and it took less than half an hour for Gisren to almost completely occupy the entire harbor area, and the defenders were completely driven out by him.
Finally, under an arrow tower, Gislent finally met the fat Ruhr, who was already covered in blood.
There were no more than thirty people left around Ruhl, all of whom were seriously injured, and some of them were so tired that they sat on the ground, and when the Landis arrived, they could only lean against the wall and gasp.
Ruer has a knife in his hand, the blade has been mottled and I don't know how many chips, a set of armor on his body is also damaged in many places, and a chubby face is covered with blood, and he can't even see his original face. The fat man was also stabbed in the shoulder, cutting off his shoulder armor, and the blood flowed endlessly, but seeing Gislent rushing up with someone, the fat man immediately threw away the knife in his hand and shouted: "My own people!
Gislent rushed to the front and saw the fat man's appearance clearly, and then finally took a breath and said with a smile: "I will go to the shore and there are people who respond, and sure enough, it is you! Ruhr, if you were not here, I am afraid that I would have to fight hard until dawn before I can go ashore." ”
Looking at Ruhl throwing the knife to the ground just now, Gislent frowned, "What do you mean by that?"
Ruer smiled, squinted at the bearded general in front of him, and said lightly: "You guy is very cunning, others don't understand you, back then in the Emperor's Academy, I didn't know how to fight hundreds of fights, didn't Lao Tzu know you? If I hadn't lost the knife early and made my identity louder, maybe you, an insidious guy, would have taken the opportunity to get rid of Lao Tzu! Hmph...... In the chaos of the army, if you die in your hands, where will Lao Tzu shout injustice, and afterwards you will just spread your hands and explain the past with an accident. ”
Gislent's eyes changed, and he looked at Ruhl, and both of them laughed dryly.
Ruhl then said: "The dock is already yours, Gislent, now there are at least 100,000 rebels in and outside the city, what ...... now?"
Gislent did not hesitate: "Now of course, there is no need to ask! I will take people into the city immediately and go straight to the palace! As long as the palace of your country is not broken and Your Majesty is still there, this battle will still be fought!"
Ruhl sighed, he nodded, but his eyes were a little more gloomy as he looked at Gislent.
(Straight to the Palace...... Hum...... )
Although Gislent has a big gamble, he is not a fool, and this time he did not dare to enter the city directly with more than 2,000 people... The city was full of rebels, and when they entered, they were afraid that they would be swallowed up in the blink of an eye.
He was patient and kept urging his subordinates to give orders, and it took more than half an hour for the landing force of the Second Army to finally go ashore.
Having gathered tens of thousands of troops, Gislent immediately took the people out of the harbor area and swooped all the way towards the palace!
The city is in chaos again.
The harbor area ping-pong played for half the night, and then, the word army in the harbor area retreated, and the news that the Landis army landed ashore and had occupied the dock kept coming.
Osgeria, which was originally a huge city, was already divided into spheres of influence by various rebels after the city was broken, and all kinds of rebels were entrenched in different neighborhoods in the city, scavenging and plundering.
Once Gislent took his men and slaughtered them from the harbor area non-stop, the rebels in the city didn't even have time to make a strategy of resistance.
The rebels from all walks of life are fighting on their own, and Gislent doesn't have the heart to really occupy the entire city of Osgeria at once, he just personally led a team of no more than 10,000 people, and rushed in the direction of the palace, if the rebels in the blocks along the way blocked, he naturally did not hesitate to rush hard, but if the rebels along the way did not stop, he also roared past with people, and he was not even interested in taking a second look.
This situation ...... People made it clear that they were going to the palace to work hard, and whoever fought with him would be stupid.
Rushing all the way like this, only two groups of rebels on the road resisted a little, but under the footsteps of the imposing Landisians, they were quickly crushed, and the rest of the rebels simply stopped and did not have the intention of going up to encircle.
At this time, there was no prestige commander within the rebels who could suppress all sides, nor did they have a set of strategies that were unanimously approved by everyone, everyone was so chaotic, and the Landis rushed all the way to the palace, and even Gislent himself was almost shocked by the fact that he was shocked.
These Byzantine mothers ...... Are they all brainless?
Outside the imperial city, it has been killed into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
In the middle of the night, Hughes was like crazy urging his troops to storm all night, and the more ping-pong the harbor area played, the more ugly the Governor's face became.
In the end, if it weren't for the desperate efforts of his men, the governor would have already put on his armor and would have rushed up on his own!
The commander of his own family is so soaring, and his subordinates have no choice but to fight hard. One by one, the flags were transferred in turn, outside the palace gate of the imperial city, although the wide field was also wide, but after all, a palace could not be compared with the real city, such a large place, no matter how many troops could not spread out, they could only be transferred to fight one flag regiment and one technical regiment.
The guards in the palace have always been tight, and the defenders know that they are at the end of the road, if the palace is broken again, it will really be death!
There is one death on the left and right, it is better to fight to the death, kill one more rebel, and pull one more back!
Moreover, the emperor himself personally came to the battle to boost morale, plus the defenders fought bravely, and presided over General Span's perseverance, and fought side by side with the soldiers to resist the enemy's bloody battle.
Tonight, the rebels suddenly went crazy, but the defenders also knew about the movement in the harbor area, and fought for many days, and only then did they finally see some hope! Everyone rose up to the last remnant!
The rebels filled with human lives, and the defenders filled with human lives!
After fighting these days, the defenders have suffered heavy damage, even the guards of Emperor Garcia himself have put on armor and fought on the city wall, and some of the strong court servants in the palace have also come with weapons and blunt armor to resist on the city wall.
The rebels charged four or five times in a row overnight, and under the madness of Hughes's fight for his life and regardless of losses, he even captured a section of the imperial city wall, and almost took down the gate of a palace, and finally General Spann himself rushed up with several officers to plug the gap, and finally several lieutenants around Spann were killed, which barely drove the rebels down.
This is the most dangerous of all...... But it's also the last time!
After several bloody battles in a row, after entering the city, other families were grabbing special looting money, only their own troops were still crying and fighting, and they had already accumulated too much dissatisfaction, with deaths and injuries day after day, and they fought day and night. The soldiers have really done their best. At this moment, if Hughes wants to forcibly drive him away again, I am afraid that the next step will really provoke a mutiny!
After the last charge was driven back, Hughes listened to the sound of ping-pong fighting in the harbor area, and the roar of the ballista, and he didn't know when he stopped.
The rebel governor's face, which was originally flushed, suddenly turned pale by the way, and his body shook a little, looking at the imperial city in front of him... Up and down the field, there were dead corpses everywhere, broken armor and swords were all over the ground, and blood had accumulated a thick layer on the field! In such a cold weather, even a layer of blood ice had accumulated! No matter how cold the air was, it could not suppress the strong smell of blood......
I did my best...... Really tried my best...... Hughes suddenly smiled bitterly, opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood came out of his mouth. His body shook again, and people around him had already come to support him. "Adult ......"
Hughes snorted and wanted to speak, but before he opened his mouth, another mouthful of blood came out, and his face became more and more pale.
"Your Excellency!" A general who was close to him had tears in his eyes: "I'll take people personally."
Go up and don't take down the palace gate, I'd rather die on that gate!"
As he spoke, the general was about to turn around and go up, but Hughes behind him suddenly opened his mouth, his voice was not loud, but he was very resolute: "Stop!"
The general turned around, Hughes had already smiled miserably, shook his head and whispered, "No need...... The opportunity is over!"
He struggled to his feet, and in an extremely strange tone, said slowly:
"Herald...... We retreat...... Get out of here!"
"Your Excellency...... We retreat ...... Where to retreat?"
Some of his subordinates were puzzled. The territory of this city has been almost divided by other rebels, and its own army is said to be retreating, but where is it retreating?
"Where?!" Hughes was suddenly a husband again, but with a smile in his eyes, his eyes were even more difficult, and he gritted his teeth hard, almost squeezing out such a sentence from his mouth. "We ...... Out of town!"
As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the shock of their subordinates, and some people shouted: "My lord! We fought hard to attack the city! How can we get out now?! Even if the territory is divided by other families, with the strength of our Armenia, no one will let us have a point! Even if the Landis people enter the city, we are not afraid of dozens of rebels...... How can this Osgerian city be easily ceded!
"Shut up!" Hughes's eyes were red, and he finally shook his head: "You don't understand...... Can't beat it
The Imperial Palace, Yuncheng, is no longer ours!"
He suddenly clenched his fists: "Hateful! The conspirators are all a bunch of short-sighted clowns! If it weren't for the stupidity and short-sightedness of these guys, how could the good situation be so buried! Ridiculous! In this history book, I, Hughes, will be a laughing stock after all!"
He was already desperate in his heart, and shouted: "Gather the whole army! Get out of the city! Get out of the city! Let those fools fight the Landis in the city! Not now, it's too late, I'm afraid I can't leave if I want to!"
The Armenian rebels got the order to retreat, and the whole army was already tired of fighting, once they got the order, they immediately left the imperial city in waves, Hughes didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to the northeast of the city, and met the army of El Salvador on the way, and it was originally planned to attack the palace with Hughes, seeing that Hughes had withdrawn, how could El Salvador not know the situation? He also did not hesitate, and immediately ordered his army, together with Hughes's troops, to slowly move towards the northeast and leave the city overnight!
"Chasing Ding?!"
Gislent's team had already rushed to a distance of only two blocks from the palace, and the vanguard of the road ahead came back with the news that the rebels under the palace had gathered and withdrawn long before their own army came up, and the formation was slowly leaving, but it was only the work of the front and rear feet.
Even when the vanguard of Lantis's army reached the palace, the retreating rear of the rebels was within sight. But the rebels didn't seem to have any intention of fighting, but the rear team put on a posture of strict defense and slowly withdrew.
The vast field outside the imperial palace was full of corpses, and the surrounding buildings outside the wide field were almost all demolished, and the stones were used to make wood and stone throwing during the siege, and there was a mess of ruins everywhere.
When Landis's vanguard arrived at the Broad Field, they saw the Imperial Banner and the Eagle Banner of the Byzantine Empire already standing above the palace gates.
"Let's go. ”
After carefully savoring the news sent over, Gislent calmed down immediately after a short period of surprise, he even touched his beard and said: "Hughes is really not a fool, but he can see the situation clearly, this person is also a bachelor, he knows that he has lost, and he does not entangle." Hey, hey!"
It's just the humanity reported earlier: "My lord, there is just one thing...... "What"
The officer who delivered the news had a somewhat gloomy face: "Our front army has arrived outside the palace, and the enemy army has been cleared, but the palace gate is still closed, and the people we shouted have gone up, and the other party has refused to open the gate of the palace."
Moreover, our men are not allowed to approach the walls of the palace! The defenders on the city walls are very vigilant, and they have not put down their swords, weapons, bows, and crossbows in their hands...... My lord, these Byzantines ......"
Gislent listened, but suddenly smiled strangely, he looked at the officer, and said lightly: "It's not strange." At this time, where did the Byzantines dare to open the gate of the palace and let us in...... Hmph! They only have the last bit of capital left, that is, the emperor is still there! If the door is opened, we will take the opportunity to kill it and kidnap the emperor......"
His eyes suddenly lit up again, and he couldn't help but whisper to himself: "If yes) really ......"
Gislent raised his head suddenly, his face was extremely solemn! Staring at this subordinate: "Look at the garrison in the imperial city...... If we rush up in a frenzy, can we be sure that we can break through the gate and enter within a moment?"