1644 Rebellion in the Southwest (8)
"How's it going?"
Surrounded by several knights of the guard, Algernon Julia walked up to the city wall wearing a suit of graceful body armor, and was immediately shocked by the sight in front of her, and the battle of tens of thousands of people unfolded before her eyes like an unimaginable magnificent picture.
"Is this war?"
Algernon Julia's eyes flickered, and the whole person froze there, and a huge shout of killing came towards her like a wave
"Quick, come and go to the east wall with a team of people right away!"
"The city gates need archers, and we must not let them come close!who wants to help" The shouts of the infantry captains were everywhere,
"First team down, second team ready! Quick, next team!"
Not far from her, Praetorian Guard shooters were shooting at the turbulence of enemies climbing the wall,
The archers quickly pulled the bowstring in their hands, and after a batch of shooting, they immediately changed to the next echelon, and the close cooperation of several teams of Praetorian Guard archers, the rain of arrows shot below was not broken, pouring like a waterfall, reflecting the good military qualities that the Praetorian Guard should have.
From the other end of the city wall, it can be seen that at least 30 cloud ladders are set up on the city wall
It was crawled with soldiers of the Murphy Legion, like a swarm of ants crawling up the maltose, messy, and here, no one seemed to notice her, and the breath of war was like a tight string that made everyone run tirelessly
"Miss, it's too chaotic here, let's find Master Stanley first!" A knight of the guard reminded Algernon Giulia in his ear that there were soldiers running back and forth everywhere, and occasionally stray arrows flew over, flying directly from a distance of several meters.
"Where's Master Stanley Spencer!" asked Algernon Julia when she finally came back to her senses, and the stunned look on her face turned to coldness,
No one knew about the Emperor's affairs officer, who had been called a femme fatale by the Praetorian Guard. At this moment, her calves were trembling, and when the real war was so vividly spread out in front of her eyes, she realized that war was such a terrible thing.
The killing of man to man can be described as magnificent, where human life is as humble as the dead leaves swept up in the wind, the soldiers who climb the city walls fall from the ladders, and the defenders above them fight to slash. Sometimes, the two sides just hugged each other and rolled down the wall,
She was no stranger to war, as the chief of affairs of the Emperor's Majesty, she had participated in the planning of many battles of the empire in the eastern theater, but it was in the brightly lit and gorgeous palace, in the quiet Tongguan where you could almost hear the wind, in front of the young ruler who made the empire loyal to her.
In that environment, she was confident that she could defeat any opponent, and the so-called forces and locations in the battle were just boring and monotonous numbers and markers on the map. She personally commanded the battle for power in the battle for power in Sonde, and also saw the fierce battle, although she was somewhat shocked at the time, but soon felt bored.
But the battle of only about 1,000 people was completely incomparable with the battle of tens of thousands of people in front of him. The wide city wall is full of soldiers, densely packed, the archer holds the bow and arrow in his hand, facing the dense military formation below the city wall, fiercely loosens the bowstring between his fingers, the white line formed by the arrow cluster rushes down with a roar, the infantry runs back and forth in groups, and the city is like a sea of metal Murphy's legion, facing the urgent pressure,
These sights made Algernon Julia's breath suffocate a little, the enemy was so strong, the enemy below, countless cavalry spears re-emitted a dazzling phantom light in the rain, and the Murphy heavy cavalry wriggled like a huge colony of ants wriggling below,
The crowd was crowded, giving people the feeling of an advancing tide of death, with clusters of arrows hitting the armor and making a clanging sound, the mighty power displayed by the Murphy Legion, the heroic division of the eastern battlefield, seemed to tremble even the walls of the capital, if it wasn't for the fact that it was just his own delusion, Algernon Giulia really doubted that the other party would directly tear down the city walls.
"It's hard to imagine what it would be like to fight in the field with such an enemy!"
Algernon Julia shook his head, and a thought flashed in his mind that shocked everyone, no wonder, no wonder Stanley Spencer insisted on holding the capital to the death, it was really because he did not have the capital to fight with the other side in the field,
Although there are 50,000 people in the capital, only 10,000 people really have the identity of the Praetorian Guard, and the other 40,000 are guards and servants, and the combat effectiveness of these guards may not be as high as the real Janissaries, but when it comes to personal skills, they are not weak, but personal skills are really not worth mentioning compared with the fierce momentum of the Murphy army in front of them.
"Lord Stanley should be on the east wall, where the pressure is the least, and you can see the entire city wall clearly!" the knight of the guard stopped an officer who had come over, and after asking a few questions, he walked over and said with a respectful expression
"The pressure on the east wall is the least?
Algernon Julia looked indifferent, and suddenly nodded, the guard knight next to him looked dazed, not knowing the meaning of Algernon Julia's words, Algernon Julia had already turned around and walked towards the east wall, several guard knights hurriedly followed, they were also wondering, Miss Algernon Julia What is wrong, just now in the mansion of the capital, I accidentally saw a construction drawing hanging on the wall, the young lady's face suddenly became ugly, and she hurriedly ventured up to the fierce battle wall, but she didn't say anything, just looked for something
Algernon Giulia walked in the direction of the east wall, and soon saw the figure of Stanley Spencer at the east wall, seeing Algernon Giulia appear on the city wall, Stanley Spencer's face was unexpectedly stunned.
"Master Stanley"
"Miss Algernon Julia, why are you here, this is a battlefield! If there is any accident, how can I explain it to His Majesty the Emperor?"
Stanley Spencer hurriedly greeted him in a knight's heavy armor, this woman is the henchman of the emperor's majesty, she can't be lazy, and if it weren't for this woman who planned the night attack to kill Morphylins, she wouldn't have come back to life!
"It's because it's a battlefield, that's why I came here!" Algernon Julia stopped and said with a rare stern face, "Just now I was in Murphyo Boone's study, and I accidentally found a map of the construction of the sub-fort, and after looking closely, I found a problem with Yan zhòng!"
"Question, Vice-Castle?" said Stanley Spencer, with a confused look in his eyes, "There are two gates to the southwest capital. One is the South Gate, where the fierce battle is now, and the other is the calm East Gate, the South Gate is steep and has a slope below, and the East Gate is relatively flat, which seems to be the best place to attack, but in fact, the East Gate is the most difficult part of the capital to attack, which can only be blamed on Murphy Oone himself, in order to strengthen the unfavorable defense of the East Gate. When Murphy Oone was in charge, he built four sub-forts at the east gate to strengthen the defenses, and this is what Mademoiselle is talking about.
Stanley Spencer looked to the side, and at the gate of the east wall, there were indeed four tall auxiliary forts, which were built of solid stones, thirty meters long and wide, and 20 meters high, like large shooting towers, "Yes." These are the four sub-forts!" Algernon Giulia nodded
Stanley Bince smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Isn't Miss worrying too much, I can arrange a hundred Praetorian Guards and 30 spear and shield soldiers in each sub-fort." The 70 archers, together with the ramparts in the rear, formed a strong defensive line of firing before the enemy approached, when it was first built. Murphy Boone once said at the meeting that any enemy who wanted to attack the East Gate must first take these secondary forts outside the city. And between the sub-fort and the sub-fort, the sub-fort and the city wall, take care of each other, there are almost no shooting blind spots, and any enemy who wants to attack will be under the cluster of arrows fired from several directions"
"But Lord Stanley has thought about it, Murphy Boone's Murphy Legion are all cavalry, and they are not good at attacking cities at all, but Murphy Oone can still risk his life to approach the southwest capital, what is the reason for making him believe that he can take the southwest capital in one fell swoop!"
Algernon Julia said with a slight cold face, "Many people think that Murphy Boone built these sub-forts as a supplement to the lack of defense of the southwest capital, but few people would have thought that when Murphy Oone designed these sub-forts, his real intention was not to resist the Gangnon people, but to deal with the southwest capital itself!"
"What, how is this possible!" Stanley Spencer cried out in surprise, "I've never heard of defending the enemy, who would build something to attack him!"
"Others may not, but Murphy Boone will!" Algernon Julia sneered at the corner of his mouth, and said, "I also found out this by looking at the date of the blueprint, from the point of view of time, the time to build the auxiliary fort is not right, at that time the Murphy army was in full swing, and the Gang Fei army as an invader was already tired, and it was completely impossible to penetrate into the capital, and after these watchtowers were built, the Gang Fei people had already withdrawn, so Lord Stanley could tell me, what is the significance of these auxiliary forts?"
Stanley Spencer's face turned slightly pale, and he said in an uncertain voice, "Okay...... Maybe it's to deal with the next attack! After all, as a defensive structure, there is no reason to tear it down because of the danger of retreating."
"Yes, if I hadn't seen the drawings, I would have thought the same!" Algernon Julia's voice stopped, and said in a condensed voice, "After seeing the drawings, I realized that the inside of the watchtower is divided into four floors, and the shooting holes built by the side eyes, and the middle of the spiraling staircase is empty, more than twenty meters high, and if you carry a wide plank with a width of ten meters and a length of 30 meters, it is enough to erect it inside."
"Well, it seems like this, I've been to see a lot of shooting towers with this design, but what's wrong with this?" Stanley Spencer touched his chin, and seemed to think that Algernon Giulia was making a fuss,
"Twenty meters long!" said Algernon Giulia, taking a deep breath. If Lord Stanley looks at the location of the sub-fort and the city wall in reverse, he will find that the sub-fort so close to the city wall is itself the biggest attack point against the city wall, and it is only necessary to put a wooden plank between the sub-fort and the city wall, and then build an inclined plank between the ground and the sub-fort, which can become a direct passage to attack the city wall, of course, provided that the other party can easily capture these watchtowers, and for the Murphy dragon cavalry who are wearing heavy armor and are not good at attacking the city, such a design is simply tailor-made for them,
"Except for them, who can unscrupulously approach the sub-fort with a cluster of arrows, this is the biggest weakness of the southwest capital, the only person who knows is Murphy Oboone, Murphy Oone is a very cautious and careful person, he knows very well that his own qiē is closely related to the southwest capital, but no one dares to guarantee it. The southwest capital will not fall into the hands of the enemy one day, and while strengthening the southwest capital, he is also thinking about how to really control the city" "Hiss!" Stanley Spencer's face turned pale when he heard this, he gasped, his eyes swept over several sub-forts again, and he suddenly felt that the cold hairs on his whole body stood up, it was terrible, this guy Murphy Boone still has such a terrible move, attacking the city wall with cavalry, how did this guy come out
As Algernon Giulia said. If the other party builds a bridge between the secondary fort and the city wall that is strong enough to pass through the war horses, then countless cavalry wearing Murphy dragon armor can swarm in from the four secondary forts, and they will be caught off guard, and in the face of the heavily armored Murphy cavalry, the Praetorian Guard will only be slaughtered.
"I don't want to say it, but let's prepare early!" Algernon Giulia took one look at the calmest east wall and sighed, "What an impressive design." Murphy Boone's name is indeed well deserved, and what makes people feel helpless, even if we see through it, what can we do? The four sub-forts are all built of solid stones, and they simply cannot be demolished in a short time. Even if it was set on fire, it would be useless, but there were four huge siege piers, enough for the heavy cavalry to rush to the support points of the city walls. I believe that at this moment Murfeo Boone is attacking the other side just to catch our eye. And the real killing move is actually here!""Miss Julia is willing to risk her life to explain Murphy Boone's conspiracy, and I am deeply grateful on behalf of the Praetorian Guard" Stanley Spencer gave a military salute to Algernon Giulia with a solemn expression, "I believe that this place will soon become the most tragic battlefield, and please Miss Murphy avoid it first! Although Murphy's dragon armor cavalry is strong. But it's not without opponents, don't forget, miss, we also have 10,000 Praetorian heavy cavalry, and the real narrow road encounter, it is not yet known who will kill the deer!" "Come, call all the Praetorian Heavy Cavalry at once!" Stanley Spencer turned and shouted to the herald
At this moment, a bright lightning flashed across the sky, and in the white rain curtain in the distance, a large number of Murphy dragon cavalry emerged, and the "woo" military horn sounded through the rain-filled sky, and the Murphy dragon cavalry cluster was like a rising tide of seawater, approaching the four sub-forts that abruptly emerged outside the city wall, as if a wave crashed and dissipated into fragments, and another larger wave followed, "Shoot!" The Praetorian Guards in the sub-fort were obviously frightened, they were stunned to see the sudden emergence of a large number of cavalry, panicked arrow clusters poured down from the side of the sub-fort, but for the heavy cavalry that came like a landslide, the rain curtain formed by the arrow clusters seemed to hit the wall and bounced away, "Stupid! If the bow and arrow have an effect on the Murphy Dragon Armor, what qualification does the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry have to be called the Formation Breaking Cavalry!"
At the top of the hill not far away, Murphy Boone rode on a pure white war horse, wearing purple gorgeous armor, the Murphy Army's legion flag fluttered behind him, the rain hit his cold face, flowing down the gap in the cavalry armor to the ground, under his sight, the first team of heavy cavalry crossed the long line 100 meters away from the deputy fort, "Stanley Spencer, I want to skin you and pull your bones to eliminate the cruelty in my heart!"
Murphy Boone's face was hideous, and the sneer at the corner of his mouth finally turned into a happy smile, the other party must not have imagined that what he really relied on was actually these sub-forts outside the city "woo" The military horn resounded in the rain-filled sky, and the dense Murphy regiment under the city complied with the order like the rising tide of the sea, approaching several sub-forts that suddenly came out of the city wall, like a wave crashing and dissipating into fragments, and another bigger wave followed, "Forward!"
The bold voices of the knight captains of the Murphy Legion resounded through the battlefield, and under their steely voices, the siege queue composed of 14,000 Murphy dragon armor cavalry, like a parallel line of huge advance, mercilessly submerged the sub-fort in front, and ten crash trucks hanging beech wood were pushed forward slowly in the rain and cement under the impetus of the soldiers in the rear, the beech wood was hard, and the front was covered with metal iron heads, and these siege vehicles quickly crashed into the gate of the sub-fort,
The Praetorian Guards in the sub-fort shot desperately, but it had no effect at all, the Murphy dragon armor cavalry was one of the three heavy cavalry of the Gallic Empire, although this time in order to attack the city had to dismount and fight, the cavalry participating in the battle subtracted the inner armor in advance, but the cavalry heavy armor on the outside was enough to resist the penetration of the general arrow cluster, but the speed of advance was slower,
Soon, ten huge planks built a wide bridge between the sub-fort and the ground, and then the sub-fort and the city wall were seen, "Steady, don't run!" At this moment, even the most stupid person looked at the cavalry gathered below, and knew what the other party wanted to do,
The Janissaries on the city wall were in a mess, and a large number of pikemen could be seen in a panicked formation, behind the steel shield wall, countless spears that rose like a forest were also slowly lowered from the gap between the shields, directly against the heavy shoulders of the heavy infantry in the front row, and the sharp spear tips cut the falling rain into droplets.
In the silent voice, there was only the sound of heavy rain falling and the sound of heavy cavalry horses running quickly, "Did you find out now? It's too late! Today I will make the southwest capital the first city to be captured by cavalry!" Murphy Boone showed a sneer of disdain on the corner of his mouth, and he drew his sword sharply, and ordered loudly, "The whole team rushes to the city wall!" (to be continued......