total war rise of empire

Chapter 102 Megara Defensive Battle Five

If we look at the casualty ratio alone, Lei Zihao's men have achieved a rare victory in this world. Unfortunately, the outcome of a war is never determined by the casualty ratio...

Among Lei Zihao's troops, the Scarlet Crusaders suffered the fewest casualties. There is no other reason. The half-body plate armor on these Scarlet Crusaders is really powerful!

The crusaders this time basically used weapons such as swords and spears, and there were no blunt weapons or armor-piercing weapons. , the expression is very exciting...

There is no steam engine in this era, let alone hydraulic forging. A truly practical plate armor needs to be hammered out by craftsmen bit by bit, and hammered repeatedly!

Moreover, due to the backward technology, there is a bottleneck in the purity of iron. If the plate armor wants to exert a good protective power, it must be made very thick, and thick means heavy!
Therefore, in the human world, soldiers wearing plate armor will move slower than others, and only strong soldiers need to be selected!
The expensive production cost of plate armor and the selection of the best soldiers make it difficult to increase the number of soldiers armed with full plate armor. After all, in terms of cost performance, chain mail and chain armor are much more cost-effective than plate armor for arming soldiers. , apart from the fact that the plate armor is very effective in defending against arrows, it doesn't have much advantage.

Although it can defend against swords and even long weapons in close combat, when the heavy plate armor encounters a blunt armor-piercing weapon, it is basically abused...

If you want to wear plate armor and still have normal mobility, you need at least the physical fitness of a formal knight!
How could the Crusader soldiers have imagined that these Scarlet Crusaders in plate armor all had the physical fitness of a formal knight...

If ordinary strong soldiers wear plate armor, it will inevitably cause great delay in battle. Even if the soldiers facing him do not specially prepare armor-piercing weapons or blunt weapons, they can use their dexterity to avoid such soldiers. Shoot the attack, and look for the gaps in the plate armor to penetrate!
Although the plate armor is all covered with iron sheets, it is natural that the joints cannot be inlaid with heavy iron plates, otherwise, wouldn't the person wearing it become a 'mummy'?
These joints are where skilled veterans focus on attacking. As long as they are solid, it is not a problem for a veteran equipped with ordinary weapons to kill an ordinary soldier who is suppressed by plate armor and is inflexible!
Unless the person wearing the plate armor is a formal knight, there is basically no solution. The physical fitness of a formal knight is close to the limit of the human body. Even if he wears thick plate armor, he can kill the enemy like ordinary people, and he will not harm them. What an obstacle the art of combat creates!
This is also an official knight in the human world. As long as he is not too poor, he will equip himself with at least a half-body plate armor. As for the full-body plate armor, it will hinder the speed of running. Except for the formed army, the Lone Ranger is the same Formal knights rarely wore it.

The Scarlet Crusaders equipped with half-body plate armor, coupled with their physical fitness similar to that of formal knights, and then attacking in groups, are like steamrollers. The Crusaders' four waves of attacks were repelled. To a considerable effect!
However, the consumption of these four waves of attacks on the defenders of Megara is not only reflected in the number of people, but also in the consumption of physical strength!
The number of crusaders is large enough, and they can attack the enemy back and forth in batches, but the defenders of Megara cannot do this. Every battle must be fought from the beginning to the end by all the soldiers!
It can be said that many of the elite soldiers of Wei and the Spartan generals' guards were killed because of the decline in combat effectiveness caused by excessive physical exertion from long-term fighting!

Lei Zihao, who was wearing triple armor, set his sights on the Lancer garrison rejuvenated. This time, he didn't intend to run away, but wanted to be a hero once in a while!
After a fierce ideological struggle, he has figured it out. All the elites of Longhan City have been suppressed in Megara City, and there are tens of thousands of loyal people in Megara City. No matter what, he can't give up, because Dragon City Seoul has no city defense at all, and no elite soldiers who can fight!
Even if he successfully escaped from the city of Megara, relying on a group of defeated generals and a group of militiamen, would he still be able to defeat the Crusaders who had just won a great victory?

Regardless of the tens of thousands of people killed and injured by the Crusaders, most of them were insignificant temporary conscripts. The thousands of reserves and cavalry behind them never set foot on the battlefield, not to mention the dozens of them wearing board An official knight of armor!

Formal knights are just a title, and it does not mean that they will definitely fight on horseback. Many human warriors with formal knightly powers are actually good at fighting on foot rather than on horseback.

The reason why it is called a knight is because the status of cavalry is much higher than that of infantry, and it is used by humans to honor those human warriors with high force value.

When Lei Zihao arrived at the Lancers' station, Li Qingmei, who was wearing a Freya-style 'armor' with hollows that exposed her buttocks, legs and belly, came to Lei Zihao holding a dagger and a small shield.

Lei Zihao looked at the open-minded Li Qingmei with a confused look on his face: "Didn't I ask you to return to Longhan City in advance? Why don't you leave yet? Also, who asked you to dress like this!!!"

Li Qingmei replied with a stubborn face: "If you don't leave, why should I leave? I want to fight for the survival of the Siris nation!"

"Just you?" Lei Zihao looked at the seductive Li Qingmei up and down: "Are you sure you are dressed like this to go to war and not to 'comfort the troops'?"

Li Qingmei's face turned red and she retorted angrily: "Freya wears this 'war armor' every time she goes to the battlefield. I searched for a long time and couldn't find a war armor suitable for women, so I had to ask Freya for a set. , Lei Zihao, don't look down on women, Freya can go to the battlefield, why can't I!"

Lei Zihao looked at Li Qingmei, whose eyes were filled with tears. He couldn't say the words of reprimand on his lips. He sighed helplessly: "Okay, I don't force you to leave Megara City, but if you really want to , will you die with me?"

"Lei Zihao, don't be sentimental. I want to live and die with the people of Seris, not with you! Of course, I will always follow you as the commander and protect you."

Lei Zihao patted his forehead: "Mei'er, even if you are like this, you don't need to dress like this..."

After finishing speaking, Lei Zihao glared fiercely at the Lancers who kept sneaking glances, and wrapped his red cloak around Li Qingmei's body to cover up her exposed snow-white skin: "You are my woman, I die! Before, you will not be harmed."

Li Qingmei looked at Lei Zihao's firm eyes, the corners of her mouth trembled, she didn't say anything, she just tightened the cloak on her body a little bit, as for the reason why she went against Lei Zihao's order and insisted on staying here, only she knew... …

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