"Pah! Pah!" Two gunshots rang out, and the two Hicks soldiers landed on the ground. Their bodies twitched a few times and then stopped moving. After a while, three soldiers from the Thunder Legion carefully crossed the remaining wall.
Broken wall, first searched the surrounding area and found that there was no danger, and then appeared next to the corpse. A non-commissioned officer leaned down and inspected the two corpses, and then pulled off a cloth bag carried by one corpse and opened it.
, but a few pieces of gold and silver tableware.
"It's just two idiots trying to escape for a little property..." the sergeant muttered, "I don't even think about where they could go when the entire Western District is blocked. Surrendering earlier can save their lives...
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After the fierce artillery fire the night before stunned the more than 100,000 alliance army officers and soldiers gathered in the Royal Square of Nasseri, the entire battle in the western part of the Royal City of Polyvisia entered the battle between the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion.
Control the rhythm. The half-hour-long artillery bombardment directly plowed the entire square three or four times. It is estimated that no less than 50,000 or 60,000 Alliance army officers and soldiers were killed and injured on the spot, and only a small half of them escaped.
The third prince of the Kingdom of Nasseri, Prince Daklind, who was about to become the new King of Nasseri after regaining the royal city of Polyvisia, was sent to the sky by a cannonball that fell next to him. If it weren't for the fact that he was still wearing
Wearing gorgeous general uniforms, even if you clean up the battlefield afterwards, you won't find that the corpse with only half a head and half a shoulder is the noble prince. In order to identify the identity of this half corpse, almost a whole brigade was captured and
The surrendered Nasseri officers and soldiers came to confirm, only to find that the prince was very unlucky to be killed at the beginning of the bombardment.
It took nearly half a month to clean up the square. The main reason was that no matter the victors or the losers who were captured or surrendered, they all vomited when they were first ordered to clean the square. It was so miserable.
It's a real swamp of flesh and blood, the kind where your whole foot sinks in when you step into it, with broken limbs and broken corpses, a real miserable scene of hell...
The only good thing is that it is already the end of November and the weather is cold, so the flesh and blood corpses in the square will not rot so quickly for the time being. But it is also because of this that these flesh and blood will condense together, presenting the entire tragic scene in front of the people who are cleaning up.
.In the end, both the winner and the loser will regard the task of cleaning up the square as the most important means of punishing officers and soldiers who violate disciplines. Anyone who has been there once will be honest for a while.
General Albert went there once and was unable to eat for three days after he came back. He insisted on being a vegetarian for half a year and became nauseated when he saw meat...
The noble Prince Darklind was not the only one who was unlucky. The commander of the light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars, Archburgh Wei Chalkes, who came from behind, was also injured by the shelling. He offended Bidak.
Prince Linde was even more miserable. Because he was rescued by his loyal men, and then for the next eight days, he was led by his loyal soldiers to hide in the west area of the royal city, with the intention of breaking through the siege and escaping from the royal city.
However, the entire Western District was blocked, and the Thunder Army and the Rock Army also launched a counterattack early the next morning to clear out the remaining Alliance army officers and soldiers in the Western District. More than 100,000 Hicks Kingdom and Nasseri Kingdom entered the city.
And the soldiers of the Principality of Karrnath are like headless flies, unable to organize effective resistance at all. Especially under the fierce bombardment, even if the grassroots officers organized their subordinates to try to defend, they were quickly wiped out, and the rest
The soldiers were either running around and being beaten to death, or they were so distraught that they put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender...
Marquis Archburgh Wei Chalkes was unlucky because his men were too loyal. If he had surrendered earlier, he would have received good treatment from the Thunder Legion. But his loyal men wanted to lead
He escaped from the royal city, but unfortunately the entire western district was tightly sealed, and the western city walls and gates were recaptured and occupied by the Thunder Legion.
The men of Marquis Archburgh Wei Chalkes organized manpower to attack the city gate twice without success. Instead, they attracted the attention of the Thunder Legion and sent a large group of soldiers to chase after them, forcing the Marquis to attack the city gate.
His subordinates fled with the seriously injured Marquis. On the eighth day, the last loyal subordinate of the Marquis who had no way to escape died next to his stretcher. The victorious Thunder Legion soldiers lifted off the blanket from the Marquis.
, only to discover that the Marquis had already passed away due to excessive blood loss...
On November 7, Year 600 of the Holy Light Calendar, the Alliance army arrived at the Royal City of Polyvisia. There were five standing legions from the Kingdom of Hicks, a light cavalry legion from the Principality of Karnas, and two troops from the Kingdom of Nasseri.
A legion with a total strength of more than 500,000. In addition, there are many local garrison troops and noble private armed forces from the Kingdom of Nasseri who came to serve the king, as well as some remnants of the regular troops of the Kingdom of Nasseri who were defeated by the Thunder Legion.
, which adds up to about 40,000 to 50,000.
After three days of rest, the commander-in-chief of the alliance army, the Duke of Hicks Kingdom, Marshal Pirag Hi Ferriott, ordered those who were always clamoring to regain the royal city as soon as possible and eliminate the Kingdom of Orvelas.
The commander of the garrison and the private armed forces of the nobles were sent to attack the defensive line set up by the Thunder Legion on the outside of the royal city, and the military law enforcement force of the Hicks Legion was used to act as a supervising team, strictly ordering those who retreated to be killed.
Three days of exploratory attacks caused these miscellaneous troops to suffer heavy casualties and complain endlessly. No one can brag in front of Marshal Pirag Ferriot anymore. Because the Marshal will take your bragging seriously and send you away.
Go to the battlefield and serve your country loyally, and if you retreat without orders or desert, the Marshal will directly order you to be shot, so as to serve as a warning to the monkeys...
The miscellaneous troops of 40,000 to 50,000 suffered more than 30,000 casualties in three days. Even the Hicks Military Law Enforcement Team that supervised the battle also suffered more than 1,000 casualties. The price they paid was to let Pirag.
Marshal Special discovered the strength of the Thunder Legion in the forward position. In the subsequent attack, he invested five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks. After two days and one night of fierce fighting, he severely damaged the defending Thunder Legion and forced it to give up.
Forward defensive position, retreat to the royal city.
Next, Marshal Pilago Ferriot deliberately delayed for five days, hoping that the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion entrenched in the royal city could voluntarily evacuate. He did not want to fight these two legions until both sides were injured. Although the alliance army had strength,
had the advantage, but was far inferior to the enemy in terms of combat power. In two days and one night of offensive and defensive battles at the forward positions, Hicks' five standing legions went into battle and suffered as many as 60,000 to 70,000 casualties, which was equivalent to defeating one standing legion.
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Therefore, when the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion in the royal city refuse to withdraw, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses if they attempt to break through the royal city. After all, the enemy has the city wall and the protective facilities above as a defensive bonus. If he is not willing to devote all his troops to breach the royal city in one fell swoop,
If so, delaying it or using fueling tactics will only cause greater casualties to the troops involved in the attack...
After much thought, Marshal Pyrrhag Xi Ferriot finally made up his mind and decided to devote all his offensive forces on the first day to break the city in one fell swoop. He only asked the light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karrnus to serve as a reserve to guard against the enemy.
The dog jumped over the wall and launched a counterattack to disrupt the rhythm of the attack. At the same time, he also issued a death order. No one was allowed to retreat. Those who retreated would directly implement wartime military law without asking the reason!
Fortunately, the alliance army relied on its strength to capture and occupy the western wall of the royal city on the first day. The enemy had no choice but to retreat, which can be seen from their subsequent struggles. The enemy wanted to attack from the north and south.
A counterattack was launched on the city wall to recapture the west wall, but was repulsed by the Union soldiers who sacrificed their lives regardless of life and death.
Even without statistics, Marshal Pyrag Sy Ferriot knew that this siege had resulted in huge casualties. The two Nasseri regiments that he ordered to attack in the first wave and serve as cannon fodder, after breaking through the royal city,
They all withdrew to the coalition camp, but only a little more than one legion returned, and almost half of the battle was lost. Prince Darklind was very dissatisfied. However, the Kingdom of Hicks also suffered heavy casualties, and it is estimated that the loss was no less than one legion.
, so much so that Prince Darklind had to hold back his dissatisfaction and could only excuse himself from entering the city to participate in the battle because of too many casualties.
After the remaining three Hicks standing armies occupied the city wall and entered the western area of the royal city, they found that the enemies in the city were still resisting tenaciously. Marshal Pyrag Schieferiot felt very strange after learning the news.
I don’t know why the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion are still fighting to the death. In this era, basically as long as they break through the city wall and enter the city, the defenders will either evacuate or surrender and admit defeat, instead of continuing to resist in the city like the enemy.
Marshal Pilago Hi Ferriault actually knew very well that through reconnaissance, casualty assessments on the battlefield, and reports from secret agents lurking in the Kingdom of Nasseri, he believed that the enemy's total number of troops that could still fight was less than one.
Legion. The Thunder Legion has been entangled with the alliance army in Durmel County until now. It can only fight with about one division of troops. With the reinforcement of a division of the Rock Legion, it has experienced forward position offensive and defensive battles and city wall defense battles.
After that, they suffered many casualties, and those who persisted in resisting were only 30,000 to 40,000 troops at most...
Now that the city wall has been breached, there are 150,000 or 60,000 Hicks troops entering the city, which is nearly four to five times the strength advantage. No matter how the enemy resists, they are unable to save the day. So even if he feels a little uneasy, Pirag.
Marshal Riott still had full confidence in his kingdom's troops and patiently waited in the coalition camp for detailed battle reports from the city.
It’s just that Marshal Pyrrha Ferriot focused all his attention on the enemy’s new rifles and new artillery, ignoring the enemy’s most inconspicuous steel helmet. He was once confused as to why the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion wanted to
He was wearing a heavy iron helmet, but soon a report from Nasseri's spy made him think he knew the truth about the enemy's iron helmet.
The Nasseri spy reported that he saw the soldiers of the Thunder Legion putting dry food and water in their iron helmets and placing them on the fire during their lunch break, and soon cooked a steaming bowl of meat porridge. So Pi
Marshal Raghu Ferriot suddenly realized that it was obvious that the enemy had penetrated deeply into the Kingdom of Nasseri and knew that this was the enemy's territory. It was difficult to ensure that there was a complete logistical meal supply for every meal, and they only let the soldiers eat military dry food.
It is difficult to maintain long-term morale.
For the sake of the health and morale of soldiers, the main purpose of equipping them with iron helmets is to allow soldiers to eat hot food anytime and anywhere, reducing injuries and low morale. An iron helmet is equivalent to an iron pot for one person, which is convenient
It is portable and easy to clean. As long as there is a clean water source and you can light a fire, you can eat hot food or drink hot water at any time during your break.
So Marshal Pyrag H. Ferriot ignored the other functions of the iron helmet. When calculating the enemy's casualties, he also multiplied it by three according to the normal battle losses, thinking that the enemy's combat power was that of the Hicks Legion.
Three times, the casualties were also calculated in the same way, and it was concluded that the remaining combat strength of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion in the royal city was only thirty or forty thousand.
The fact is that Claude has more than 70,000 troops, which is twice as many as Marshal Pirag Ferriott estimated. The reason why the civilian officers of the Logistics Department were organized to fight in the battle was to confuse the enemy.
Lure them into the trap. In these two legions of overseas autonomous territories, administrative and logistics civilian officers also need to learn military skills. Claude has always believed that soldiers are soldiers, and there is no distinction between civilian and military positions. They must step up at critical moments.
When Marshal Pyrrha Xi Ferriot discovered that the reason why the enemy refused to retreat was because of the looted property accumulated in the royal city, he immediately adjusted his evaluation of the enemy downwards by several points.
Level. I believe that the enemy's combat power mainly relies on new weapons, is not good at strategy, is too greedy and does not know how to give up and advance or retreat.
Later, the Karrnath light cavalry army dismounted and entered the royal city. It was said to be an attack, but in fact it was to rob the property warehouses. After this behavior, Prince Darklind also brought the remaining legion into the city to participate in the battle, Pirag.
Marshal Ott also sent several groups of messengers into the city, hoping that Marquis Archburgh Wei Chalkes and Prince Darklind would take charge of the attack and command of the alliance army in the royal city.
But the first few groups of messengers all left and never came back. Only the last one was unlucky and couldn't find any opportunities to make a fortune in the city. He waited for more than an hour before running back. The report said that the city was really good.
It was so chaotic that no one could be found at all, even if they asked others. Many soldiers could not even find their own officers, and some officers became bachelor commanders and had no idea where their subordinates had gone.
The enemies in the city are still resisting, but the sound of gunfire is becoming less and less frequent. There are corpses on the roads and on both sides of the streets, and there are also many wounded among our own people. It’s just that the night is too dark, and it’s not clear whether the corpses on the ground are Union soldiers or enemies.
, probably both. Because the area controlled by the alliance army is getting larger and larger, many soldiers are even running to places where gunfire is intensive...
After listening to the report of the messenger, Marshal Pyrrha Xi Ferriot finally felt relieved and believed that the overall situation was settled. Now the troops entering the royal city will also include Prince Darklind's legion and Kanner's army.
There are a total of more than 200,000 and nearly 300,000 horses in the Si Qingqi Corps in the royal city. With such a large number of troops, no matter how hard the enemy struggles to the death, they will not be able to stand up...
Then, after midnight, nearly the darkest period before dawn, the Royal City of Polyvisia suddenly erupted with violent artillery fire and explosions. Looking from a distance, the Royal City looked like a volcanic eruption, with gunpowder smoke and fire.
Explosions, thunder, even the occupied western city wall was ravaged by artillery fire. Even in the coalition camp, it seemed that the screams of the unfortunate people who were sent into the air by the explosion could be heard...
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Marshal Pyrrha Ferriot rushed out of his tent, picked up a monocular and kept staring at the Royal City of Polivisia, even wearing thin pajamas and shivering in the cold night wind.
He felt nothing. Even when his adjutant brought him a thick cloak and was about to help him put it on, he was pushed away by the Marshal.
The rumbling sound of artillery in the royal city lasted for half an hour before it subsided. Marshal Pyrrha Ferriot was stunned. When his adjutant came forward again, he found that the marshal's face was filled with tears.
Pale, with sweat on his forehead, he only murmured one sentence: "We were fooled..."
It took the marshal a while to recover, and he directly ordered two of his personal attendants to go and see if the west wall of the royal city was still in the hands of the alliance army.
In less than ten minutes, only one of his personal attendants ran back. He told Marshal Pyrrha Ferriot that the west wall had been occupied by the enemy again. His companions who went with him did not believe the marshal.
Based on his judgment, he first approached the closed city gate and shouted loudly in reply, "Why do you want to enter the city?" As a result, a gunshot was heard from the city wall, and the attendant fell headlong in front of his mount...
Marshal Pirag H. Firiot was unable to speak for a long time, and his expression became even more depressed. After waving the attendant to retreat, after a while, he asked the adjutant to let all the Hicks in the coalition camp know after dawn.
The soldiers packed their bags and prepared to return to the Kingdom of Hicks with him.
At this time, there was also a Guards Field Regiment directly under Marshal Pyrag H. Ferriott in the coalition camp. Most of them were residents of his own territory, and there were also five members of Hicks' standing corps.
The logistics department, the security battalion, transportation camp and treatment department directly under the legion totaled 50,000 to 60,000 troops.
Hearing the military order from the Marshal, his adjutant was shocked and hurriedly tried to dissuade the Marshal. Why would he issue such an incredible and unreasonable order? Seeing that the Royal City of Polyvisia was about to be recovered, how could he leave so suddenly? There were so many things in the Royal City.
With multiple alliance armies, even if the western wall of the royal city is captured by the enemy again, the alliance army will definitely capture it again...
Marshal Pyrrha Ferriot smiled bitterly. He said that if he didn't leave in the past two days, he would never be able to leave again. After the Alliance troops in the royal city were dealt with, it would be the turn of the Alliance camp to slip through the net.
Fish. And you have to move quickly, otherwise even if the infantry in the camp had left for two days, the enemy's light cavalry would still be able to catch up.
Therefore, the Marshal also summoned the commander of the Guards Field Regiment directly under him and asked him to lead his troops to immediately seize all the prairie war horses in the camp of the Principality of Karnus Light Cavalry in the coalition camp, so that all the soldiers who retreated with him could mount their horses.
, if you don’t know how to ride a horse, let the horse-drawn cart evacuate with him in the carriage...
After most of the alliance troops in the royal city were either wiped out or surrendered and the entire battle situation was stabilized, it was already the fifth day that the alliance troops who entered the royal city fell into the trap set by Claude. Claude mobilized two regiments.
The troops were handed over to General Albert and asked to lead the team to attack the coalition camp outside the royal city.
It was only when General Albert arrived at the coalition camp that he discovered that except for the wounded and logistics department personnel from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, no Hicks people were found in the camp. Only after questioning the prisoners did they find that
I know that Marshal Pirag Hiferriot, the supreme commander of the alliance army, has taken all the Hicks and wounded four days ago, as well as the Nasseri Kingdom and Canna who are willing to evacuate with him.
The soldiers of the Principality of Si left the camp saying they were going back to the Kingdom of Hicks.
They also forcibly seized nearly 80,000 Karrnath light cavalry mounts, and even took away the grooms. At the same time, they also took away all the carriages in the camp...
General Albert immediately led his army to catch up, but he gave up after three days because he chased day and night for three days before he could shorten his journey by one day. This speed could no longer be stopped at the border of the Nasseri Kingdom.