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Volume 3: Overlord’s Continent] 764 Battle of Staros (2)

764 Battle of Staros (2)

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Salon stood on top of the city where the army pressed against the city in front. In order to meet the Reedians, 20,000 heavy infantrymen of the Northern Army wearing heavy armor and holding spears were waiting on the Stros Fortress. The first round of rapid fire from five thousand crossbowmen formed a bloody and ferocious killing zone on the flat ground almost 200 meters away.

Seeing the Ruidian army like a group of black sheep, being driven forward by the supervising team behind them, Salon could not see any emotion on his cold face. At the corner connecting the two sides of the fortress gate, there were more than ten walls based on the city walls. A temporary trebuchet tower,

In order to capture these trebuchet towers with long-range suppressive power, Salon's Northern Army paid a heavy price. Unlike the fierce fighting in other areas of the city wall, these trebuchets that should have been fired long ago are completely invisible at this moment. They didn't mean to shoot at all, just because they were waiting for the order to attack.

Seeing the other troops in full swing and making huge profits, the trebuchet operators felt itchy. They bulged their eyes and adjusted the angle of the trebuchet in accordance with the surveyor's voice. In the dull air , the shouts coming from the advancing Ruidian army formation in front made these trebuchet operators as uncomfortable as seeing a stunning woman exposed in front of them, but they could only pretend to turn a blind eye.

"Capture it, sir!" This was the fifth time that the trebuchet operators reported to the legion headquarters for instructions, but to no avail. It was not until the enemy almost entered a hard area 12o meters away from the city wall that legion commander Salon gave the order. It was only then conveyed from the legion headquarters: "All catapults, listen, they are one hundred and thirty meters away from the proofreading, heading straight ahead, hit me!"

As soon as the order was conveyed, the already impatient trebuchet let out its own roar, and the sound of the trebuchet's spring cracking continued continuously, and countless boulders with various sharp angles suddenly flew through the air like a flock of birds. , falling from the sky with a shrill sound of wind in the white rain, and struck like thunder in the middle of Ruidian's dense shield phalanx that was steadily advancing against the rain of arrows.

The soldiers had no time to dodge, and they did not have any shields to withstand this completely irresistible terrorist attack. Huge stones crushed them in the queue, and the soldiers on the entire road were instantly smashed into pulp.

Brain splatter. The minced meat flew everywhere, and underneath the rolling boulder was a trail of bloody minced meat residue. This terrifying effect was dozens of times more shocking than the actual killing effect.

It was the first time for many Ruidian soldiers to face such a terrifying defensive weapon. Seeing their companions die so miserably, terror took over their already terrified hearts, "Oh my God, run for your life!" They screamed hysterically, dropped their shields, hugged their heads, and scattered around. The neatly arranged shields were throwing stones. They were torn apart under the intensive attack, and the defeated soldiers scattered all over the muddy low-lying land like sheep roaming wild.

"Shoot, kill anyone who retreats without permission!"

The supervising team at the back, amid the hysterical and crazy shouts of the Second Prince Harlauskes, raised the powerful heavy infantry bow in their hands into the air. Those who could serve as the supervising team were all the confidants of His Highness the Second Prince, and they had little regard for executing orders. Without the slightest hesitation, in their eyes, there is no such thing as self or enemy, only the difference between success and soldiers.

In an instant, facing the soldiers who were running back, the phalanx of archers in the direction of the supervising team fired thousands of arrows, and black raindrops roared towards them.

"Bah, bang, bang!" A large number of Ruierdian's soldiers were shot down. Those soldiers who were hit by arrows and fell to the ground screamed with their eyes wide open. Even to the end of their lives, they still could not believe the fact: they died at the hands of their own family members! The Ridian knights in the last row at the front who were responsible for holding down the formation did not hesitate to draw their swords. They slashed with knives and stabbed with spears, constantly slashing and killing the retreating soldiers. They did not treat their own subordinates at all, because according to the In the Ruidian military system, if the troops under his command are defeated, the knight leading the team will also be executed.

To retreat is death, to advance is even more death. "Please familiarize yourself with the domain name." The fortress in front stands majestically, and the falling rocks and arrows are like a violent storm. It is difficult to imagine that any living thing can survive such a blow.

Layers upon layers of corpses piled up into small mounds, and blood gurgled into small rivers, dyeing the vast swampy muddy area hundreds of meters in front of the fortress red.

The wounded soldiers were pressed in the pile of corpses and screamed for help. No one had time to pay attention. The desperate soldier Ruier Dian screamed in terror and suffered a nervous breakdown. They laughed like madmen and banged their heads against the wall in despair, their brains bursting. Some people lay down and pretended to be injured, but new cannon fodder came roaring up and trampled him into pulp.

"Attack, anyone who retreats without authorization will be killed!"

With the lesson learned from the past, the 20,000 infantrymen who pushed up from behind obviously fought bravely. The army formation rolled forward and charged forward. Under the wash of heavy rain, countless small red water flows along the gullies in the soil.

"Kill, kill, kill"

The world was filled with terrifying shocking sounds. Boulders and arrows as dense as raindrops violently bombarded the sea of ​​​​people again, like waves hitting the hard rock wall, turning into splashes of terrifying bright red, "Puff, puff, puff. "The sounds of sharp weapons piercing flesh and bones breaking could be heard one after another in the raindrops. They were the waves of flesh and blood and screams in the killing.

With this desperate attack, the Ruidian army did not care about casualties or fear of sacrifice. The 80,000-strong army advanced step by step until they pressed under the fortress moat.

"Creaking" The huge siege city was pushed by the Ruidian people, and the wooden grain wheels made a swaying sound, staggering closer in the muddy rain field. From time to time, huge stone bombs were aimed at it from these The side of the giant siege machine roared past and smashed into the heavy infantry below who were slowly advancing with the catapult.

The deep moat under the city blocked the continuous advancement of the Redians, and the second prince Harauskos ordered the advancing troops to quickly fill it up. However, because the people shot by the crossbows from the top of the city were turned upside down, the Ruidian soldiers carrying sandbags could not get close at all. The fallen corpses were piled up nearly one meter high on the edge of the castle moat.

The forward infantry waited impatiently, not knowing who would take the lead first. The soldiers threw the bodies of their companions into the moat, and even threw the wounded soldiers who were still alive.

Amidst countless splashing sounds, the water of the moat gradually became shallower, but it was still scarlet.

"We must win! We must win!"

Stepping on this bedding of flesh and blood, Ruierdian soldiers raised their weapons above their heads, jumped into the river, and used the bedding of corpses to move forward. For a time, the river was covered with darkness, and all the heads were above the water. The crowds of people and horses were so dense that it almost formed a new bridge. People could walk across the other side without getting their feet wet!

"shooting!"

The 15,000 Vekia crossbowmen on the city wall were also blinded by the shooting. Arrows shot down from the sloping walls on both sides of the moat like a heavy rain. Countless Ruidian soldiers fell down after being hit by arrows in the scarlet water. It has also become a new foreshadowing. "Papa" a group of Ruidian cavalry who rushed to the city jumped on their horses and went down the river.

As a result, as soon as they got off, the cavalry felt that their horses were completely out of control. The strong and pungent smell of blood hit their nostrils. There were thick layers of floating corpses everywhere, making the place look like the legendary blood pool hell, but there was a strange smell. The smell is also mixed with the color of blood

Knight Ruidian, who was leading the team, used his hands to push away the blood floating on the river. Only now, underneath the strong and nauseating blood, was a layer of black, shiny oily liquid.

"It's black blood!" This terrifying discovery made the brave Ridian Knight turn pale with fright. "Quickly, get ashore, get ashore!" He waved the river with all his strength and shouted at the infantrymen who were still jumping down. He shouted, but no one noticed his gesture in the chaos. On the contrary, the supervisory team at the rear continued to drive the infantry into the river.

A large number of infantry even approached the city wall. Under the cover of the archers, in the blind spot under the city wall, the infantrymen set up ladders, tied their weapons behind their backs, and clambered up through the gaps in the city wall. The city wall was covered in darkness, like a Black ants crawled all over a sugar cube.

Seeing that the troops were closing in on the city, the entire Ruidian army burst out in enthusiastic cheers, "We must win! We must win." Then the fourth phalanx of Prince Harauskes' personal guard was dispatched.

Twenty thousand archers rushed forward, less than a hundred meters away from the fortress, covering their infantry with intensive fire. Tens of thousands of arrows flew in the air on both sides, and shining metal waterfalls could be seen constantly. , countercurrent from bottom to top! The crossbowmen on the solid city wall were also unable to withstand this blow.

Brick chips flew everywhere on the city wall, and there were cracks everywhere. Arrows spurted out from the gaps in the railings, the shooting holes in the battlements, from every window, every shooting hole, and every stone crevice, and the whole city was groaning. From time to time, some of the crossbowmen on the city walls would be hit by arrows and fall to the ground, lying on their bodies bleeding. The cold city walls were covered with bloody handprints.

Arrows were flying in the air. Kiya's messengers were running around on the top of the city. They were shouting one after another. The sound of catapults, crossbows, winches and crossbows was continuous, which made people's eardrums faintly hurt.

The situation in front of him made Salon put all his reserves into the battle. His Northern Army only dispatched 26,000 men this time. However, due to previous losses, less than 23,000 men can still fight. Facing the situation, To face a fierce attack four times our own, the troops are really insufficient. In some areas where defense could not be taken into account, the Ruidian infantry secretly climbed up the city wall.

The patrol immediately rushed to intercept. The first row of soldiers squatted down and placed the five-meter-long spear shaft on the ground with the spear tip pointing forward. The second row of spearmen placed the spear shaft on the shoulders of the first row of soldiers. The third row of soldiers placed the spear shaft on the ground. He also placed the spear shaft on the shoulders of the second row of soldiers. Three neat rows of spears pointed diagonally forward,

The densely packed spear tips of the Wiki Runner Formation flashed with the terrifying edge of metal in the white rain. The spearhead is like a forest. The phalanx is like a mountain! The pressure on the defense line became heavier and heavier every moment, and the rush became closer and closer. The number of people was getting larger and larger. Both sides of the battle were gnashing their teeth, blood was flying everywhere, and there were constant screams everywhere.

"Light the fire!" At the critical moment, Salon finally gave the order to light the moat filled with black oil. As a red torch flipped and fell from the height of the city wall, the huge flames instantly covered the entire moat. The river turned into a sea of ​​fire. The Ruidian infantrymen who were still rolling inside and climbing the wall were engulfed by the blazing fire without even having a chance to shout for help.

"Damn it! It was just a little bit close,"

Seeing the unsuccessful siege, Prince Harauskes could not help but wave his riding whip angrily.

"Your Highness, stop the attack immediately, otherwise the army will be completely destroyed!" Some generals from the expeditionary army came over in a hurry, but Prince Harauskes had no intention of withdrawing immediately.

He didn't expect that the Falcon Army was so tenacious in combat. With four times its strength, it was still unable to gain a suppressive advantage. However, one thing he was relieved about was that most of the soldiers he pushed mercilessly to the front line were... They are all troops from the Crusade Army. Only the fourth squadron that has not yet gone up is our own.

He ignored the advice and said with a livid face, "We fought fiercely for three hours, and we suffered heavy casualties. The Vycians also had a hard time. War is a contest of strength and will. I firmly believe that whoever can persist to the last five minutes will win." final victory"

His answer made the generals of the crusade army look ugly, but they had to carry it out. In fact, most of the troops that were called to cooperate with the second prince were teams that were not very valued in the crusade army. The crusade army had nearly 200,000 people. , It is a fact that such a huge scale lacks supplies and combat power. Otherwise, it would not be blocked by the tens of thousands of elites of His Highness the Second Highness under the city of Palaven.

Moreover, the troops sent to assist this time were forced to issue military orders. If the attack failed, no matter which side would take their heads.

Because the Nords collapsed too quickly and time was too tight, the real main battle troops were in the base camp behind. Only these cannon fodder troops ran the fastest. In order to cover the real main force, these cannon fodder were destined to sacrifice themselves and use The powerful offensive weakened the defenders. As long as Staros was captured, the backside of the main force of the entire Falcon Army seemed to be completely exposed.

This is a life and death battle. There is no retreat, no victory or defeat, only life and death.

Otherwise, when the main force of the Falcons completely defeats the Nords, and then turns around to deal with itself, the Redian army will inevitably suffer crazy revenge from the Vecian Falcons. Although General Redian has a large number, in Berlant, Plais After the famous generals of the older generation have left, no one in the new generation can be the opponent of the Vekia Falcon. Now the entire Ruidian military community has turned to talk about the Vekia Falcon with disdain and ignore it.

In order to revive the lost military morale, the most important thing is an undisputed victory. Harauskos guessed it right. The Reedian army was littered with corpses, and Saron was guarding Stros's dying northern army. The same thing The casualties were heavy. With no replacement reserves, the soldiers on both sides of the fierce battle were extremely exhausted.

The two main battle flag regiments stationed on the southern city wall suffered more than half of their battle losses. The bodies of soldiers from both sides were piled up on the bluestone slabs of the fortress. The gurgling red blood mixed with rainwater flowed down the steps to the cracks in the corners of the fortress. .

There were more dead bodies than living people on the city walls.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the Ruidian Army, with a strength of 120,000, arrived. Stross Fortress once again became a bloody hell, and thousands of knights formed an assault force and poured into the city road. The flaming moat was also filled up with soil from the riverside by the Rendian people who spared no effort. Thousands of Rendian soldiers rushed to the fortress gate, and their crowded armors made bursts of harsh metal sounds. They couldn't even turn around and take a breath. Many soldiers were inexplicably stabbed to death by knights with sharp knight swords just because they blocked the road on the bridge.

The Northern Army, which suffered more than half of its casualties, had basically given up defending the outside of the fortress. They relied on the tall interior of the fortress, holding heavy shields, and formed a human wall to block every staircase leading to the main fort.

On the dozens of steps at the entrance to the main building, the Vecchia heavy infantry and the attacking Ruidian heavy infantry violently collided into a ball. The army's shields were against their shields. No one could advance or retreat. Even if they died, they The corpse could not fall down, and was wrapped in the crowd and continued to move forward, as if the dead were about to charge, and mixed into a huge melee whirlpool. This whirlpool kept rolling, twitching, and spasming, producing A lot of blood and sacrifice.

At the entrance of the narrow city road, tens of thousands of people gathered for a battle. This was hardly called a battle. The soldiers on both sides could only try their best to prevent themselves from being squeezed to death or trampled down. It was almost impossible for any wounded to be injured. Those who fell to the ground stand up The fighting soldiers from both sides trampled them to a pulp, with blood and corpses rolling on them. They roared, shouted to kill, and groaned. The fighting on the city road was so brutal that a large amount of blood flowed down the stairs of the city road. Extraordinary instep.

And on the horizon behind more than 100,000 Ruidian troops, a black line is like a thin stream of water, and this stream of water is expanding at an alarming speed, it turns into a black stream, and then into a black stream. The river, in the end, seems like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, and all the black lines merge into an endless black ocean!

Thousands of cavalry surged out from under the horizon, rushing toward the rear of Ruildian's main formation with an overwhelming momentum. That terrible darkness was so dark that it was so dark that it was so dark that people dared not look directly at it. The soldiers and horses surged forward, as powerful as a storm, as violent as a violent blast. Thousands of them surged forward in a dense formation. They came in a massacre and pounced on the rear troops who were withdrawing from the front to rest.

"It's the main force of the Falcon Army!"

The Ruidian base camp was in panic at the sudden appearance of the army. Many people were so shocked that they turned to stone. They could not imagine why the main force of the Falcon Dynasty army, which was supposed to be fighting the main force of the Nords, would Be present behind yourself in this moment.

"Killing" the Central Army Guards Cavalry led by Hu Keqili, with just a roar, they plunged deep into the unsuspecting rear of Rui Erdian's army. The horses' hooves were exposed, and the swords rolled down everywhere under the light like snow. A whole squadron of Ruidian infantrymen were overwhelmed by thousands of war horses, and their bright red blood mixed with minced meat was trampled deeply into the muddy soil.

With just one glance, Harauskes, the second prince of Ruedian, judged that this time it was completely over. Instead of allocating forces to save the rear army at this time, it is better to thin the base and the main force of the army.

"Pass the order, all flags and regiments immediately resist on the spot!" Harausk shouted anxiously, but it was not easy to switch from a siege to a defensive formation in a hurry. The various infantry squadrons turned around in a hurry, and the soldiers were exposed.

"Attention in the front!" The captains of the front-line infantry shouted at the top of their lungs, "Hold your ground!"

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