Realm of Power

648 Reinforcements in the East Courtyard (2)

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"Get ready to attack the city." Haglu looked at the city head with disdain, and lowered his raised arms. "Clatter." The sound of heavy horse hooves sounded, and 20,000 armored horse archers lined up in the field in front of Rebogen.

A black knight, a black horse, and a black sky above his head. The wind howled by, picking up the trampled grass blades on the field and spinning all the way to the edge of the sky. The heavy armor of the black-armored archer was flowing from his body. It has been covering the legs of the war horse. Although it is not as thick as the Ruidian heavy cavalry, there is still a weak pike at the joints of the arms, but its visual defense ability is enough to resist the shooting of ordinary bows and arrows.

As the siege order was issued, the captains of black-armored archers with feathers on their heads appeared at the front of their respective queues. The bows and arrows in their hands were the most powerful large-scale composite war bows. The bowstrings of the buffalo tendon winches and The thicker bison horn bow handle shows the terrifying lethality of this enhanced weapon.

The 5,000 black-armored archers in the rear dismounted from their horses, took off their weapons and shields from their horses, and formed four formations of about 1,000 people to advance slowly and neatly.

"Prepare" Rui Erdian archers on the top of the city were also nervous and turned blue. They were all new recruits. They had never seen such a battle before. The hands holding the bows and arrows were trembling.

"shooting"

Seeing the dense group of cavalry below getting closer and closer, the Ruidian archers on the city wall released their bowstrings before waiting for the order. Arrows flashing with cold light drew countless rapid white light and shadows in the air. Covering the black-armored archers, the crisp impact sound sounded like dense raindrops,

Arrows flew across the sky, but only a few fell down in the rain of arrows. The powerful defensive power of the black-armored horse archers below stunned the Ruidian recruits who had only learned to draw a bow and shoot for 2 months.

"Devil, devil." Some Ruidian recruits were like demons, they kept drawing their bows and shooting, but each of their arrow clusters was either bounced away on the spot, or blown away by the wind. The soft novice bows and arrows could not penetrate at all. The armor of the black-armored archer was hit by arrows reflected from the city, causing a wailing sound from the top of the city.

"We must win, we must win"

The black-armored horse archers approaching quickly from the city were like ferocious beasts that had smelled blood. They quickly accelerated towards Rebogen's not-so-high city wall. They ran behind the black-armored horse archers, dragging more than a dozen huge iron-clad iron rods against the wood. At first glance, it seems to be used to deal with wooden city gates like Rebogen.

"Don't these fools know that the defensive power of the black-armored archers cannot be penetrated by this kind of arrow cluster?" Haglu curled his lips in disdain. Although arrows were raining down on the city, but in front of a real marksman, In my eyes, these arrow clusters were so light that I could believe that even a 10-year-old Kugit child was stronger than these cowardly Ruidian people.

He had already obtained the information that there were only 20,000 Ruidian people stationed in Rebogen, and they were still new recruits. Judging from the cowering figures on the top of the city, this situation was undoubtedly extremely accurate. With 20,000 black-armored archers against 20,000 new soldiers, the outcome of this battle has already been decided.

"Rumble"

A flash of lightning flashed across the dark sky, and muffled thunder roared in the clouds above his head, illuminating Heglu's gaze like a beast at the top of the city. His hands holding the reins were full of sweat. Although he looked relaxed on the surface, in fact As the advocate and executor of this raid plan, it is also very risky to overwhelm more than half of the elite black-armored archers in the East Courtyard.

This attack on Rebogen is the biggest proactive attack of Dongting this year. As the war situation becomes more and more unfavorable, the people of Dongting need a big victory to cheer up the atmosphere, and let those who are nesting in the fortress and behind the shield Ruier Dian knew that the iron hooves of the Dongting cavalry were as fierce as ever,

Defeating the weakly defended Rebogen can open a gap in Ruidian's increasingly tight defense line, allowing the horses' hooves of the Dongting warriors to run across the Palavon Plains again.

"Order the Blanc squadron to prepare for the city gate battle." Duke Haller stood on the top of the city with a livid face, and the faces of the other generals Ruidian also looked bad.

"Grand Duke, let's evacuate from the secret passage of the castle." A general Ruidian said timidly. "Everyone knows how powerful these black armored cavalry are. If you want to fight against them with 20,000 new troops, it will be impossible." Night story,

These heavily armored horse archers are basically immune to the damage of ordinary bows and arrows, and have extremely strong melee and long-range combat capabilities. The only things that can resist them are solid fortresses and regular heavy infantry.

But Ruibogen is just a training ground for new recruits. The thin city walls and wooden gates are completely defenseless for the black-armored archers. The fall of this place is only a matter of time."

"Withdraw?" Duke Haller's thin body turned around, looked at him with cold eyes, and said in a stern tone, "General Burris, as a soldier, don't you think what you just said is shameful? If faced with Death is such an embarrassing thing for you, so I can help you face it."

"Duke Haller, please understand that I am not one of those northern troops with a very bad reputation. I am the nephew of Lord Burris, the Under-Secretary of Military Affairs. I do not need to obey your orders." Riel was scolded by him. General Dian said with a disapproving look, "My mission is to supervise the training of the new army, not to fight. Under the current circumstances, I have the right to decide whether to go or stay. If you order me to be imprisoned, the deputy chief will not let it go." your"

"Really? I'd like to give this a try."

Duke Haller's face was full of murderous intent. He had long disliked this inspector sent from the Ministry of Military Affairs. He slept with women or wandered around every day. If it weren't for the sake of the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, he would have been killed by this inspector long ago. The good-for-nothing guy was kicked back to the Ministry of Military Affairs.

"Come here," Haller Gonghe Jue shouted to the guard next to him, "immediately organize this guy into the city gate team and tell Blanc to let him stand in the first row. This is the warrior I sent him. We must let him and the Dongting people be the first to see blood."

Several generals Rui Erdian looked at each other, and the guy who just claimed that he was the nephew of the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs let out a shrill wail.

"No, don't, Grand Duke, please spare me this time." General Rui Erdian, who was dragged away backwards, struggled with a lifeless face, and his voice was like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, siege warfare Those in the front row have basically no chance of surviving. Most of them are real dead soldiers or prisoners who made mistakes.

At this time, everyone remembered that the Duke of Halle was no ordinary local commander. He was a real warrior. Under his leadership, the southern Susuo region was able to withstand the attacks of the Rohde for thirty years without any problems. Ruo Panshi, his contribution is the most significant. At the end of this southern battle, although due to the needs of the overall situation, he had no choice but to cede the Susuo area.

This stubborn-tempered grand duke never gave the Rohde people a good look during the negotiation. This is because the Rohde people in the south also admired him. His Majesty the King gave him the most important military of the three northern counties. In addition to compensating for his losses in the south, there was also a vague intention of making him the military commander of the three northern counties.

With such an identity, even the deputy eldest man might not dare to provoke him, let alone such a guy who doesn't know how many heads he has.

"May the glory of the knight shine on your poor guy." Duke Haller muttered in a habitual piety, then raised his head and said to the other generals with ugly faces. "First of all, we need a suitable candidate. Rush to 30 Brondit asks for help inside and outside"

Duke Haller asked his adjutant Styros to take out a map of the Rebogen area, point to one of the points, and said to other generals Reedian, "My general Machuca's 6,000 men are stationed there. Those are If the veterans I brought back from the south appear behind the Dongting Cavalry in time, our pressure will be reduced a lot."

"Let me go with this matter," Adjutant Styros stood up from the side with a resolute look and said, "I have been to Brondite before, the roads are familiar, and General Machuka knows me. If there is a horse fast enough, , it takes about half a day to reach 30 miles away. I believe General Machuka’s reinforcements will arrive before dark.”

"Okay, it's you." Duke Haller thought for a moment, nodded solemnly, took out a ring from his arms, handed it to the young and fearless adjutant, and said, "Remember, no matter what happens on the road, , you must not delay on the road and give this ring to Machuka, tell him the number and configuration of the Dongting cavalry so that he can make the most appropriate arrangement. If there is any misfortune, please ask him to take this ring back and give it to my daughter. I once promised her to give it to me. Those who attended her wedding are worried about missing out on the war."

After the adjutant left, Duke Haller spread out the castle structure diagram in front of the generals and said, "Okay, now we can discuss carefully how to deal with these East Court cavalry, otherwise, we will really go to see the God of Death." Although I am already 60 years old, my wife and sons still don’t want me to die. I believe you are the same as me.”

The sun was shining brightly outside the tent, but Fatty was squatting in his cool little tent, using the pen in his hand to mark cities of great significance on the map.

Botha, Trit, Harerli. . . . . . , these cities are concentrated in the northwest and central part of the northern county. Some of them have been labeled as occupied by Wikidia, and some have crosses drawn as yet unoccupied.

Because the tent is made of lambskin with excellent ventilation, the light is very good, and golden spots are projected from above.

This is somewhere on the mountain road leading to Harerli in the southern part of Northern County. The scenery along the way is beautiful, with large emerald green forests and rolling green hills forming the main color here.

Putting down the place in his hand, the fat man opened the door of the tent and squinted at the mountains in the distance. The plan to conquer the northern county was executed smoothly. One day ago, the besieged Twalimburg chose to surrender without a fight. In the personnel list, Chai Bo The name of Marquis De was not included, which surprised the fat man. This was the murderer who nominally killed the former King Khan, and was the target of arrest by the Kugits. However, this cunning guy seemed to have escaped from the scene the night before surrender. The secret passage of the castle has disappeared,

This also made the fat man who had always been a little bit relieved to know that some secrets were destined to be sealed forever.

The key defensive tactics set up by the Ruidian people in the three northern counties are very similar to those of the French. They relied on a few strong fortresses to delay the invading enemies and then waited for the arrival of reinforcements. This tactic was very common in this era. , this is also the significance of spending a lot of money to build strong castles and fortresses.

When the assaulting armored group was replaced by 20,000 lightly-armed Kujit cavalry, they completely ignored the Tewarin Fort blocking the middle, cut the two wings, and advanced all the way. In just 4 days, Rui was scattered all over the place, and Rui had no time to react. Erdian's 15,000-strong garrison found pessimistically that he was like a mouse trapped in a cage, pinned to the spot and unable to move.

In particular, the early fall of Ukhauser in the center of the county left the entire northern county's garrison completely leaderless. Only some small cities near the south were still resisting.

This is Fatty’s new attempt at cavalry group tactics. If in modern society, this tactic of avoiding the enemy’s important defense points, interspersing, surrounding, and cutting through weak points, until the opponent is trapped in a desperate situation, has a famous name. "Lightning Tactics"

Because the strategic significance was not important, the Kujit cavalry responsible for the attack directly bypassed them. After realizing that there was no hope of reinforcements, the Vekia infantry group moved in. With Pota in the east as the center, all the nearby fortress defenders were completely defeated. I chose to surrender,

You know, the Vecian army is famous on the mainland for being good at attacking cities. The meager strength of these fortresses is not considered to be able to stop the offensive of the Vecian infantry group.

As a result of 4 days, two-thirds of the northern counties fell easily under the control of the Wekia army. The door to the three northern counties has been opened in front of the fat man. The three fat northern counties are the most important northern region of Ruidian. , at this moment, she is as tempting as a peerless beauty who is lifting up her long skirt.

"Attack, Rebogen"

The second phase of the plan for the three northern counties campaign is being implemented quietly. Rebogen, known as the granary of Ruidian, is undoubtedly the next strategic target. The eyes of Fatty and the Kujit generals are full of greed.

This is an open area, typically easy to attack and difficult to defend. Judging from the military map of the entire northern Ruidian County, Rebogen County, which is located behind the Northern County, is a very loose area.

Because it is close to the Palawan Plain, there are even large blanks on the map of the three northern counties in the basin terrain.

This means that the northern part of Rebogen is all flat plains, while the southern part has very few hills and mountains. Occasionally, a few small hills rise quietly, but they are ignored because they are inconspicuous.

This is the flattest area in northern Ruidian and the most fertile area in the north. The wheat output here accounts for almost one-third of the wheat output in northern Ruidian. It is known as the granary of Ruidian.

Because of its rich food and minerals, Rebogen has never been short of war. However, in the past battles for Rebogen, the focus was not on the flat north, but on the hilly south and southwest.

In dense urban areas such as Palaven and Emeline, as long as these areas are controlled, the flat rebogan will fall gently like a ripe peach.

At the beginning, the Ruidian people only insisted on fighting against the Luotu people who controlled the north at that time. They focused on the three northern counties controlled by the Luotu people. Facts have also proved that the Ruidian people can quickly expand into a powerful force in a short period of time. As a big country, the role of the three northern counties is crucial.

The northern county with high-quality iron ore allows Rui Erdian to equip a large number of knights and become the only country on the mainland that can form a true knighthood. Rebogen, which is rich in products, is the largest in the north. The grain-producing area was the driving force and logistics center for the Ruidian people to expand to the north. As for the last county, Bai'er, it was once the most prosperous commercial area in the north.

Before the commercial rise of Wikiyya, the commercial center in the north was recognized as Beier County among the three northern counties. In recent years, due to the aggressiveness of Wikiyya merchants, this former commercial capital has declined, but the former Glory still proves its importance

Each of the three northern counties is the lifeblood of Ruidian, and it is also the core area that dominates this northern land. Taking Rebogen, which is close to the south, is equivalent to closing the door to the connection between the three northern counties and the hinterland of Ruidian. , this has long been included in the strategic concept and is also the ultimate goal of this raid.

The 5,000 Guards Cavalry brought by Filandonya have already marched towards Rebogen. Following her are 15,000 regular Vikian troops. The commander in charge of this battle is known as the One-Eyed Evil Dragon. of Salon,

According to intelligence, Rebogen's defense is not strong. The local commander is a veteran general named Duke Haller. He is said to be shrewd and experienced, and is an extremely tenacious guy. Unfortunately, most of his troops are new recruits. It is undoubtedly greatly reduced in terms of combat power.

If there are no accidents, Fatty believes that Isaac Long's shrewdness and sophistication will definitely make the Grand Duke of Halle choose to give up his defense without tears. In an open area of ​​​​the plain, he will fight against the Vecian army who is also good at siege and the army who is good at field battles. Fighting with Kugit cavalry is a very stupid behavior, and what Salon likes to do most is to rely on force.

The so-called upright battle, such thoughts are absolutely impossible to appear in the head of this despicable guy with only one eye.

“If there’s no bad news, don’t bother me.”

The fat man ordered the guard standing guard at the door. His bubbly eyes were bloodshot and his face was a little pale. In order to coordinate the various attack formations, he had not slept for a day and a night. The situation on the battlefield was ever-changing, and any slight mistake would may lead to delays in the advancement of the entire strategy.

This is undoubtedly more important in a surprise battle where time is the first priority. Every minute of delay requires the lives of hundreds or more soldiers to fill it. ..

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