1923 The Empire's Counterattack (VII)

At dusk, the sun shone obliquely on the hills like waves, and the exhausted 60,000 troops of Gangfei finally saw the great fortress of Bawuni entrenched like a giant beast, the strong wall was as always, but the military flag changed from the blue-sky flag of the Gangfei Empire to the military flag of the Falcon Empire with black and gold edges,

"Badeni Fortress...... Lost!" A Gangfei soldier looked into the distance with desperate eyes, his lips trembled and muttered to himself, his trembling legs that had been driving the hilly road for more than twenty miles in a row could no longer hold on, and he sat down on the ground at once, stretching the rolling hills, and the cool wind blew from the field, and the 60,000 Gangfei army had no array to speak of, because it was an order to march quickly, and at first the officers were able to restrain the team, but as more and more soldiers fell behind, the queue began to be scattered and uncontrollable." Get up immediately, no one is allowed to stop!" An officer quickly rushed over, "I can't run, I really can't run! How can a man's legs outperform a horse's legs!" An older soldier sat on the ground panting, "Yes, the other side is cavalry, we are infantry, and this pursuit is simply impossible!"

The soldier's words aroused the resentment of the other soldiers, and the nearby soldiers all rushed over and loudly said that they were driven to the mountain road for more than 20 miles in one breath, and it was not enough to stop and rest, is that still a human order, if you have the ability, your officers will also come down and walk, let us ride horses, don't say 50 miles, even a hundred miles, we will also walk!

"A big war is imminent, and the enemy can attack at any time...... And this is the order from above. The officer faced the surging soldiers, and explained with an ugly face, "No matter, you can't die at the hands of the enemy but die of exhaustion first!" I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and immediately got the echo of hundreds of people, all of them sat on the ground at once, this trend quickly caused a riot in the forward legion of Gangfei, and the general in charge of the forward corps walked back and forth anxiously

"Tata"

A group of cavalry came up from behind. Fraternity Kasa, who was riding on a war horse, swept his eyes over the soldiers sitting on the ground, and shouted hoarsely, "Whose troops are this, it is simply a blatant disobedience to orders! Quick, gather immediately, we will counterattack the fortress of Bawuni, and we must take it back!" "My lord, the soldiers are really tired! Let them rest!" The officer said breathlessly, and the soldiers who were sitting on the ground panting one after another around him ran for more than twenty miles in the hilly terrain in a row, and even the iron-beaten people couldn't stand it, "Rest?" Fraternity Kasa glared at him angrily. Said sharply, "The distance from the fortress of Badeni has been made up for three miles in front, the enemy has just experienced a siege battle, even if the fortress of Badeni is occupied, it is now unstable, the opponent's strength is only 10,000, and we have 60,000 people, as long as we launch a strong attack with all our strength, we will definitely be able to retake the fortress," but now you see, what are these guys doing" Boai Kasa said in a cold tone, the fortress of Badeni is the core of this battle to block the Falcon Army's southward advance. It was a gate that 60,000 troops were going to block to the death, but we lost Bawuni without even a real confrontation! If this gets out, we will be the biggest laughing stock, rest? Don't be kidding. Order the troops to assemble, I will counterattack!" "My lord, I'm afraid I can't fight back now!" The adjutant stretched out his hand with a wry smile and pointed to the soldiers around him

"We've lost the fortress though. But we still have 60,000 troops, and if we attack at this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep our troops!" "Stupid! If we can't take back the fortress of Ba Wuen." Under the enemy's attack from both sides, there will be no other choice but to rout and death waiting for us and the 60,000-strong army!"

"Gather troops, we must take back the fortress of Badeni as soon as possible!" Fraternity Kasa summoned his subordinates and discussed the counterattack with a gloomy face

"My lord, the army is tired and lacks food, and it is really ...... to storm the fortified fortress of Barni in such a situation," said an infantry commander with an ugly face

"I can see all this, but you should also think about it, the other party transferred tens of thousands of troops from the big fortress with a false and indistinguishable retreat, and then beat us with the high mobility of the cavalry for a time difference, and took the fortress of Badeni with almost no losses, if this news is transmitted back, there is only one result waiting for you and me......" Fraternity Kasa's voice paused, his gaze swept over several generals, several Gangfei generals were silent at the same time, and even the opposing general closed his mouth under the gaze, and the air was depressed and condensed,

Yes, before you know it, the other party has pushed yourself to a dead end!

Damn, why is this happening! An infantry regiment commander gritted his teeth, if the other party did not show up, but directly attacked the fortress of Bawuni, the above was investigated, or at most it was a mistake of judgment, but the other party deliberately showed his side, and even called his hand, and the enemy's cavalry turned to the direction of the fortress of Bawuni alive in front of his own army,

If the generals did not express the slightest expression, it would be a real delay in the fighter plane, panic and avoid war, such a big hat pressed down, their own efforts in the military circles have turned into water, whether they can survive or not has become a problem, you know, the Ministry of Military Affairs issued a death order before the war, "We must desperately block the pace of the Falcon Army's southward advance, and those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and those who are afraid of avoiding war in this battle will all be killed on the spot"

The Warlord Warlord is in Warika, less than fifty miles away, and the bright blade is waiting to find a head with enough identity to stand up.

If you don't counterattack the fortress of Bawuni, the overseers will arrive tomorrow, thinking that their heads will be circulated by the overseers as a proud demonstration of the entire 200,000 southern army, the unruly generals also feel the chill that has spread to their necks

"Everyone understands, my decision is not for myself!" "Fraternity Kasha's eyes were bloodshot, his right hand slowly drew his sword, and plunged his sword into the soil under his feet, his gaze swept over the generals, "Do you want to be circulated to the whole army like a column, disgrace the family, and make the family shameless, or fight to the death like an imperial soldier, even if you splash the walls of Bawuni with three feet of loyal blood! It can be regarded as the achievement of our duty as a soldier! At least it can not involve your family, you can make a choice!" I agree to take part in the attack!" one of the infantry regiment commanders hesitated. Another infantry regiment commander looked at his colleagues and said to himself, "Although I am quite handsome, I don't want to be treated by the whole army!" Several other generals also agreed, and between fighting to the death and being executed because of the disadvantage of the battle, the soldiers were accustomed to choosing the former, "Since there is no objection, the battle will be set for tonight, and everyone will go back and gather their respective troops, build siege equipment, and attack at night, and make a big move." With a force of 60,000 men, I don't believe that I can't beat the fortress!" Fraternity Kasa's solemn gaze carried a hint of determination, "Either the Falcon Army is dead, or we are dead!" because we have not carried more than three days' worth of military rations!" "Yes, my lord!" The generals saluted with resolute faces, and turned to leave

There was no starlight in the black night, and in front of the fortress of Badeni the torches spread like starlight on the vast flat ahead, dark clouds pressed the sky like a cover, a "boom" a muffled thunder roared, and the "boom" of confusion of silver lightning pierced the sky above the fortress like a sharp sword. At the same time, it also illuminated the faces of the soldiers of the two armies, "The torrential rain in spring is actually at this time!" The fat man raised his head to look at the electric light flickering in the sky, and stood on the city wall and stretched out a hand, "This is considered a ...... "He's wearing black armor. Like a demon god's gaze, he swept across the front and posed a desperate battle of the 60,000 troops,

More than a dozen phalanxes were full of spears, and archers lined up on the flanks of the main formation. At the forefront is the famous white-feathered heavy infantry in the Gangfei Southern Army,

These non-white-feathered infantry helmets fluttered with long white tassels, and the upper body was a whole piece of forged plate armor. The lower hand itself is an iron armor protected by joints, the left hand is a tower shield for protection, and the right hand holds a five-meter-long cavalry spear, the sharp tip of the spear is pointing upward, and it looks like a dense forest with a metal cold light from a distance.

The air was filled with oppression, the military flag fluttered in the night wind, making a crackling sound, blazing, flashing like light to illuminate the earth, fraternity Casa slowly drew his sword, raised it high, and shouted with all his strength, "All the army attack!" The long and passionate sound of the military trumpet resounded through the sky at the same time,

"Attack!"

The non-infantry formations shouted slogans and leaned against the walls like a tidal wave, behind them. It was revealed that it was a large siege tower vehicle that had just been built, with a huge arrow cluster baffle and a three-story height, like a giant beast emerging from the night, and below the siege tower car was the attack line of the phalanx infantry,

The siege engines staggered as they were hastily prepared, but the soldiers below were as slow as the siege towers, heavily armoured. Holding the tower shield in his hand, the whole body is extremely tightly protected, well-trained, not flustered, but the expression on his face is not relaxed at all,

A wide moat ditch in front of it, like a giant beast opening its hideous mouth in the dark night, this used to be a sharp weapon used to block the enemy from approaching the city wall, but this time it has become a moat to block the army, for this trench, at least 10,000 troops need to be filled, "raise your shield, pay attention to the enemy's arrow attack!"

The white-feathered hoplites neatly raised the tower shield in their hands, their steps were firm and powerful, and the white-feathered hoplites at the forefront looked at the city wall from the metal face force that had been put down, they saw the crossbows on the city wall one by one, and the fingers holding the shield tightened, it was the metal flash at the front end of the Falcon Army's arrow cluster, "Your Majesty, do you want to launch it?" Hu Keqili stood beside the fat man and asked, "Don't worry, wait a little longer! If you want to fight, you will fight to the death, we don't have a second chance to attack!"

The fat man's face was grim, and he raised his head again and glanced at the silver sky, there were large raindrops that began to fill the battlefield, this rain, it was really time, the breath of the spring rain was enough to cover up a lot of things!

The defense of the fortress of Bawuni is very complete, the abundance of materials is staggering, only the catapults reach one hundred and fifty, if it is a normal siege situation, it is impossible to reach the city wall without twice the troops, it can be seen that the people of Gangfei are ready to fight to the death with themselves here, but the real defense of the city is to make the enemy completely desperate "Advance!"

The white-feathered infantry of Gangfei was accelerating, the ground thumping on the heavy iron armor, and the mouth was gasping

A rain of loose arrows shot down from the distant city wall, and more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, but the others continued to advance, and 200 meters in front of them was the moat in charge of the white feather heavy infantry, and the tower shield of the white feather heavy infantry was used to fill the pit, and tens of thousands of metal tower shields were thrown down, and no matter how deep the ditch was, it would be covered, 100 meters. The shooting on the city wall began to intensify, the crossbow arrows attacked like locusts, and the white-feathered heavy infantry desperately moved forward with tower shields "Bow shooters forward, cover!"

Fraternity Kasa raised his hand and shouted loudly, with a hint of joy on his face,

He attributed the attack to the lack of troops of the other side, and the fortress of Badeni was a large fortress capable of holding 50,000 men, and the opponent had only 10,000 troops, which were scattered over the city walls. As long as the white-feathered infantry fills in the moat, the large army behind can rush forward, but what about the Falcon Army, can they still fight five at a time? The superiority in strength is the greatest advantage! The other side seems to have picked up the cheap, but in fact, it is not a cocoon to bind itself, if you 10,000 cavalry do not enter the fortress, it will be really a difficult task to annihilate all of them in such a dense manner.

The non-archers on the flanks began to move. Fifteen thousand archers marched forward in a sequence, just approaching a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, when suddenly, a cold cold light whistled in. The speed of these cold lights was so fast that it was impossible to react, or it was too late to react, only to see dozens of cold lights like the cluster of sun-shooting arrows shot by the legendary giant who opened the bow of the firmament. Poured into the queue of archers, the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the powerful giant arrows directly pierced several archers together. The flesh that was squeezed and exploded was like a long red path dragged out of the group of archers, and the scene was extremely tragic, "This is the Ballista of the Falcon Empire?" The smile on the corner of Fraternity Casa's mouth froze instantly, he had never fought with the Falcon Army, but he had also heard other colleagues mention this kind of thing, this is a killing machine on the battlefield, no one can stop the crossbow arrows of the Falcon Army, even the shield of the heavy infantry can't "The other party has such a weapon, why didn't he deal with the heavy infantry?" Fraternity Casa felt that his head was a little insufficient, he watched the white feather infantry at the forefront snorting towards the moat, and always felt that something was wrong, if he was on the defensive side, he would definitely use the most powerful weapons to destroy the heavy infantry of the main siege force, but the other party used a powerful ballista to defeat his archers, why?

100 meters!

50 meters

20 meters,

The Gangfei white feather heavy infantry trotted all the way to accelerate, the moat in front was already clearly visible, the infantry in the first row began to put down the tower shield, when approaching the moat, violently threw the tower shield in their hands, the metal shield fell below, making a strange sound, but in the chaotic running sound, the Gangfei infantry didn't bother to care about this, they jumped from the place where the shield was dropped, there was a shield below, they would not be hurt, but a pungent smell rushed to the first row of people who jumped down almost fainted "What's the situation!" What did the enemy lay down there?"

Gang Fei heavy infantry squatted down and fumbled, under normal circumstances, under the moat, there were spikes and various barbs, but this time, he touched the liquid of China Resources Run, a black liquid that was almost invisible at night, no wonder no one saw it at all, and the smell of the nose came from here

"What is this?" the non-infantryman spread his hand, his face full of confusion,

"Whoosh" a red light shot down from above the city wall,

"Whew!" red light rushed into the sky, and a fierce fire swept the entire moat like a raptor,

Tens of thousands of eyes on both sides witnessed the terrible scene, all the heavy infantry near the moat were all lit like candles by the flames, like a fire man scurrying around, even if it was useless to roll on the ground, the flames burned on the moat, all kinds of terrible screams, and even made the warring sides stop fighting for it, "Fire, what a fire!" Some of the Gangfei soldiers who saw the situation in front of them immediately turned pale, and their legs and feet were weak.

"Vomit" Some people couldn't help but vomit, countless human bodies that had been burned by the fire disappeared in the red light, and those who wanted to run were also ignited, and the flames could not be extinguished, "Forward, retreat to the latter and be punished as an escape!" The officers were shouting in panic, but it was useless, the long ditch in front of them that burned with flames made all the attacking troops feel desperate,

The soldiers began to disperse, and the already low morale made the troops completely lose the will to fight

"Let's start attacking!" The fat man standing on the city wall raised his hand calmly, this time with 10,000 guards cavalry as a transport team, he dragged a thousand fuel ammunition and twenty ballistas, and sure enough, he gave Gang Feiren a big surprise, and there was a sound of the stretched rope being cut off behind him, and the violent whistling sound even covered the terrible screams below for a time,

On a dark sky and rainy night, one hundred and fifty heavy catapults and two thousand longbowmen fired at the same time on the fortress catapult. Like a huge black scythe from the city wall violently, the cold light of the metal rainstorm hit the gang non infantry queue below, the strong ballista steel arrow, so that the panicked gang non infantry as if by an invisible giant front punch collapsed the bridge of the nose, the infantry shield directly turned into scrap metal, the whole row of soldiers flew out upside down for several meters, even more than ten meters, wearing heavy infantry armor, twisted into an unnatural posture in mid-air, flesh and blood like paper paste,

In front of the fully dispersed Gangfei army, the gate of the fortress made of steel slowly opened,

"Out of the sword, the whole army assaults!"

The imperial general Hu Keqi pointed forward with his sword, and the five thousand most elite guards cavalry of the empire neatly pulled out the guard long knife, like light and electricity, and the black-armored war horses swarmed out.

The earth trembled violently under his feet, he stood unsteadily, the horses' hooves rumbled in his ears, and the neat black-armored cavalry was as heavy as a majestic mountain and rapidly pressed against the Gang Fei rout, and the Gang Fei infantry was swept away by the huge impact force before they could even shout the first exclamation, and then fell under the iron hooves of the back row, and directly turned into minced meat! The Gang Fei people in front discarded their weapons and ran wildly, all over the mountains,

"Defeated, why is this happening, the other side only has 10,000 people, but I have 60,000 people!" In the chaos, Fraternity Kasa was torn off his war horse by the rout, and finally trampled by a cluster ......of war horses!