1872 Wall Rock Fort (III)
'Knock!knock!knock!'
The fierce drumming in the morning fog touched the eardrums of all the defenders of Wallrock like a hammer,
"What's going on?"
"The Falcon Army is pressing up!" "On the front of the gray-white tall rampart, countless Gallic soldiers ran up the city wall, like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed by a pole,
"Attention, enemy attack! Archers lined up" The wall rock fort defense line of hundreds of thousands of Gallic troops, the Gallic archers pulled the bowstrings in their hands in rows, raised them in the air, condescendingly, if the wind was favorable, the range could reach one hundred and twenty meters, the huge trebuchet was pulled by the winch, and the round stone projectiles were pushed up the throwing groove,
Nervous, hesitant, sabre-rattling, the sound of the soldiers panting as if they had just completed a kilometer run, their nervous and bloodshot eyes, fiercely looked at the place where the drums sounded in front of them,
"Come on, come on, let's have a good fight, I've had enough!" An officer stepped on the battlements at the pass of the wall rock fort, holding a knight's heavy sword in his hand, and roared into the distance with a bloody face,
Since the last sortie suffered a heavy setback, the order from above not to attack under any circumstances was issued, for the middle and lower rank officers, such an order was simply humiliating, and for ordinary Gallic soldiers, the strong wall rock fort defense line could not provide them with a sense of security, most of the Gallic troops were recruited in August and September, and the real experience of the war was only one or two tentative contacts, but all kinds of rumors about the Falcon army were rampant in the army,
In order to show the brutality and bloodthirstiness of the enemy, and to attract more young people to join the army, under the propaganda of the Gallic military, every soldier of the Falcon Army is a bloodthirsty beast, whether they sleep or eat, they are accustomed to drinking a glass of blood wine brewed with the blood of captives, and they will turn into bloodthirsty demons on the night of the full moon, knocking the bones and sucking the marrow of the Gauls,
Wash weapons with human blood. In order to enhance the ferocity of the weapon, they are powerful knights controlled by the Demon Lord of Vekia, and they are the most elite puppets under the command of the Falcon Demon Lord, each of them is two meters tall, extremely strong, not afraid of death, does not know pain, as long as the order to fight is given, even if they are alone, there is a squadron on the opposite side. will not hesitate to rush forward,
"So, when I saw that Gallic warrior of that Demon Lord, there was no chance of survival!"
A veteran frothed at the eggs of a group of frightened recruits whose faces were white, and vividly described how he had bravely slain a hundred Guardian Demon Knights of the Falcon Lord, and then bent his bow and arrows to shoot a ferocious arrow of vengeance at the screaming Bloodthirsty Lord, who was pierced through the throat by an arrow
"Say so. That Demon Lord should be dead, why is he alive!" someone from the recruits asked
"Nonsense, it's our general who dies with one arrow, and the reason why the Demon Lord is called the Demon Lord. It's because he's immortal, so ah, if you see that demon lord on the battlefield, you must run as far as you can!" the old soldier pursed the corners of his mouth. I was dismissive of a recruit's questioning
"Captain Anturid, my lord has something to look for you!" a guard officer approached and saluted the sinister veteran
"Alright. That's it, remember what I said, maybe you'll live a little longer."
The veteran waved his hand to the recruits a little helplessly, as the captain of the guard of the commander-in-chief of the Kyoto front, Derek, this mercenary-born veteran has always had no fight, according to his words, when he was in trouble, Derek helped him once, so he followed Derek's side, but he also gave Derek a favor, as long as he saved Derek three times, he would leave, but such opportunities have always been rare, Derek, who is not famous, who is interested in assassination! Derek, who became the head of the Kyoto line, always brought eight of the toughest guards with him when he went out, and if he went out, he would bring eighty general guards, and ordinary assassinations could not be sidelined at all
"My lord, you're looking for me!" With a toothpick in his mouth, the veteran casually pushed open the front door, which seemed heavy to most Kyoto generals, and saw Derek's back standing in front of the window with his back to him
"What's the matter? It looks like you're uneasy!" said the veteran disapprovingly, if anyone saw this scene now, they would not believe that Derek, who held the authority of 200,000 troops, would be ridiculed by this old man with a foul face
"You say, is this attack real?" said Derek, coming back to his senses from the window
"No, because I really can't see the reason for the other side to launch this attack! Our army's defense line is solid, and the strength of the army is also above the other side, unless the other side is willing to pay the same price, there is no chance to take the wall rock fort!" The old soldier pursed his lips disapprerovingly, and as soon as his words fell, a roaring thunder suddenly came,
"It's!" The veteran's face changed, his body stiffened, and he saw a white light flash across Derek's face, and the sound of a crash coming from the direction of the pass ahead
"That's right, it's Thor! The Falcon Army, which has never been in earnest, has finally used Thor!" Derek's face looked cloudy, and his eyes flashed with the black lines rising from the first line of defense at the pass below and a dozen dazzling red lights that burst out on the city wall in an instant, and his fingers clenched together,
At this moment, the Falcon Legion really took out the posture of the army to crush the city.
"Report, there is a crack in the line of defense of the pass! Some soldiers are fleeing," an officer stumbled in
"Order the troops of the pass to defend it, and those who retreat without permission will be arrested on the spot, and there is no need for trial, just let the Overseer team kill you!" Derek said to the officer with a grim face almost without any hesitation
"Yes" The officer's face changed, there were thousands of people who fled this time, but he didn't dare to refute, and hurriedly left,
"Derek, aren't you too unkind, those are just some scared recruits!" The veteran heard Derek's murderous order, his face was silent for a while, and he hesitated and said, "This is not like you before, if it was before, you would have caught him and locked him up for a few days!"
"Sorey, this is not my fiefdom! Any mercy will bring the collapse of the entire legion!" Derek's face was gloomy, he looked at the veteran at the door, and there was a trace of helplessness in his tone, "Everyone else looks at me beautifully, in fact, who knows how heavy the burden of life and death of 200,000 people and the rise and fall of the entire empire is, if I can, I really hope I didn't get to this position in a daze, I used to say how brutal and unkind the imperial ministers who led the troops were." Now I know that it's all fucking forced out! The people below want to calculate you, the enemy wants to calculate you, and even behind you, there are pieces of dark arrows pulled by your own people" "Cut, if you have such a big opinion, Kyoto will let you go back, and you won't go back!"
"I, Derek, may not be a famous general, but I'm not a coward either!" Derek's eyes flickered, and the corners of his mouth went up. He said in a resolute tone, "Do you really think that I don't know the plans of the Kyoto side? If you want my 200,000 troops to return to the army, it is really just to guard against the offensive of the Vernon side?
"Well, what do you mean?" the veteran Sorey's body trembled slightly,
In terms of military talent, Derek in front of him is at best average, but when it comes to political sensitivity, Derek is definitely first-class. Otherwise, he would not have been left and right in the turbulence of Kyoto, and with the support of all forces, he squeezed out Yard and became the first person in the imperial military to control the life and death line in Kyoto
"The Emperor is gone, who holds my Derek knife now. Who is the future emperor!" Derek looked at the sluggish veteran, and said in a contemptuous tone, "I can guarantee that as soon as the army enters Kyoto, I, Derek, will be removed from my post immediately." Then Kyoto will inevitably be a bloody reshuffle, and for those power beasts in Kyoto, the attack of the Falcon Empire is nothing. At most, it's a bit harder, but it's really not good, just follow the example of the gang people to move Kyoto to the east, anyway, they have wanted to do this for a long time, but if they lose this power struggle, it will be the whole family that will die!" "My lord, ask for support from the direction of the pass!" "The officer just now ran in again, "Send the 13th Infantry Regiment over first!" Derek nodded, and after arranging it, accompanied by several generals, he hurriedly walked up to the lookout at the top of the fortress, which is the commanding height of the fortress, and you can see the entire battlefield at a glance.
"Nonsense, I can see it!" Derek glanced at him angrily, holding on to the battlements of the lookout, leaning out half of his body to look into the distance, the scene below made his face a little unnatural, only to see that in the direction of the pass under the sunset, more than ten huge black military formations were slowly gathering, on their flanks, just like two huge wings spread were black crossbow archers, in the middle area was a dense long falcon battle flag flipped like a wave, and in the distance lined up more than a dozen Thor-like weapons, so that his eyebrows were tightly twisted together" My lord, the soldiers are panicking!" He heard the deep voice of the veteran beside him, "That's true, what should I do!" Derek asked in a voice that only two people could hear, in fact, not only the soldiers were flustered, he himself felt nervous, the Falcon Army that was really lined up was really comparable to the ordinary army, the momentum of the sea was like a fierce volcano about to flourish, the invincible elite male division of the continent, the eagle flag was invincible everywhere, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the heavy atmosphere was like a mountain that overwhelmed the people on the city wall, "Order the pass to prepare for a death battle, I will support them, hold on, I will give them credit!" Lord Derek turned back from the battlements and gave an order to the soldiers behind him, "Tell them, if the enemy approaches, no matter what the situation may be, immediately launch a full-line blockade, and if you can't severely defeat the Falcon before they approach the pass!
"Yes," the herald turned
"My lord, if the pass is broken through ......!" A Gallic general standing behind him asked with some hesitation, "If you break through, you will take it back with all your might!" until the battle is fought until one soldier is killed, the officer is dead, the general is dead, and I am up!" Derek said decisively, "My lord, isn't this too tragic!" The generals behind him were suppressed by Derek's sudden outburst of momentum
"This battle is a battle of life and death for us, only the posture of the whole army to the death, can make the opposite Falcon Army temporarily retreat" Derek looked heavy and sighed, "Otherwise, the decline of our army will only make them like a tiger, and the heart of our army will inevitably be leaked to the end, the siege battle, either victory or defeat, there is never a middle choice, at the moment of collision between the two sides, the fight is to see who can hold on better, if the army has no fighting spirit, even if the strong fortress is washed away like flowing water"
"My lord, urgent military report!" an officer walked over with a nervous look on his face and whispered a few words in Derek's ear,
"What! you're telling the truth!" Derek's face flashed with horror
"It's true, the rout was temporarily stopped at the wooden wall five miles away, Lord Chason of the 11th Infantry Corps was killed in battle, and Lord Randolph, the commander of the 12th Infantry Regiment, was seriously wounded, and only escaped under the desperate fighting of the guards, and he is still unconscious."
The pass ahead,
"Don't mess around, everyone, there's nothing to be afraid of the Falcon Army!"
The Gallic officers were cheering up their subordinates, it was early morning, the sun in the distance formed a huge arc of light shining on the huge army that shrouded the earth, the dense black armor in the distance sprinkled a flowing light in the sun, and the cold light brought by the sharp spear array was like a biting cold wind blowing through the wilderness, making all the Gallic soldiers who saw this scene shudder from their hearts to their souls, "This is the real warrior, compared with them, can we have any hope of victory?" The Gallic soldiers looked at each other,
At this moment, everyone heard the sound of stirring horses' hooves in the wilderness, and saw a group of Imperial Guard cavalry in heavy armor appear in the distance, the heavy horse's hooves raised the heavy requisite on the ground, and the cold war knives flashed in the distance with a hideous light like snowflakes, like a burst of lightning across the fields of the earth,
This is the Falcon Empire known as the continent, behind these cavalry, hundreds of war horses dragging more than a dozen black long pipes are also slowly coming towards the fortress,
"It's Thor!" A deep breath sounded on the city wall, and everyone felt a sense of weakness from their hearts,
"It's over, it's over, it's the invincible Thor! What are we going to do! I don't want to die yet!" someone on the city wall let out a howl, and the faces of the others were also very ugly, the Falcon Empire's terrible reputation for the god of thunder had long made the Gallic army terrified,
The army has been defeated again and again, although most of the soldiers who participated in the war were either killed or taken prisoner by the Falcon Army, there were still people who were lucky enough to run back, and they exaggerated more of the horror of the Falcon Army's Thor Destruction.
If it weren't for the incomparably strong fortress under their feet, the Gallic Kyoto Army, which was composed of civilians, would have routed just by seeing the shadows of these black long pipes.
For the Gallic soldiers who saw Thor for the first time, the black ghost in the distance was synonymous with death,
The battle horn of "woo woo" was sandwiched in the sound of war drums, and the military array in front finally began to move, with an indomitable momentum, the thick infantry armor and shields were bright and dark in the sunlight, and as the military formation moved, like layers of fish scales that were constantly turning
I have something to go out today.,Catch up with a chapter in the morning (to be continued......