Chapter 185: Field Battle (Part 1)

Chapter 185 Field Battle (Part 1)
"Does he want to fight us here?" Looking at the solid defense line that stretches for dozens of miles, and the Bright Empire barracks that look like endless after that line of defense, the Roland coalition commander Tiger looks a little dignified-of course , Dignified, with a bit of doubt.
In fact, the doubt in Tiger's heart has not subsided.
The fact of capturing Thunder City has always made Tiger very strange—that Duke Tulip actually gave up Thunder City like this? Give up the gate that guards the road to the south of Guangming Continent?
After holding on for so many days, he actually took his powerful army out of the strong military fortress of Thunder City...
On the day he broke the city, Tiger witnessed the last fire warrior of the Bright Empire who died in a team battle. Although in the eyes of the Roland people, those people were heretics, but they had to admit that those people Very brave and extremely loyal to their beliefs! Although in the eyes of the Roland people, they believe in the devil.
The entire 30,000 flame warrior regiment was like the tail of a gecko, and was abandoned by the Duke of Tulip without hesitation-used as a barrier for his main army to retreat safely.
The thirty thousand flame warrior regiment resisted the Roland people for another day and a half! Withstood wave after wave of attacks by the Roland people—when the Holy Knights finally broke through the gates of Thunder City, Tiger was so excited that he almost cried—he had already lost under this Thunder City. One hundred thousand!
But when he entered the city, he found something was wrong.
The main army of the Duke of Tulip has already retreated. Only the flame warriors are left in the city. Although those people are also very brave to fight to the end, 30,000 people face hundreds of thousands, which is tantamount to a massacre. Up.
And Duke Tulip did it very thoroughly.
The inside of Thunder City was almost in ruins. Most of the buildings in the city have been demolished. Most of them look like architectural stones. They were used to prevent the Rolanders from attacking the city in the previous defensive battles-most of the stones were smashed by the Rolanders. On his head.
And all the materials in the city that could be taken away were taken away by the army of the Duke of Tulip. Food, weapons... what can't be taken away, or if it is too late to take away, will all be destroyed. Seeing those cumbersome slings in the city that had turned into a pile of tattered wood, Tiger didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
And in the city, there are still many places burning with raging fires, and in some corners, the remaining members of the Flame Warriors are still desperately making the final resistance.
Regardless, Tiger finally breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how puzzled he was.
It doesn't matter that much, regardless of whether the Duke Tulip deliberately gave up Thunder City, or really couldn't hold on to retreat, in short, Thunder City was taken down. The gateway to the south to conquer the Bright Continent has been opened.
No matter what, the footsteps of the Roland people will not stop!
After repairing Thunder City for two days, Tiger ordered to go south!
Undoubtedly Tiger was cautious. He sent two teams of ten thousand people as the vanguard, guiding the way of the army behind.
But the news came back one by one, making Tiger's brows more and more frowned.
The vanguard of two million people searched and surveyed everywhere, but found nothing.
Along the way from Thunder City all the way to the south, there were no more people in towns, villages, and all places.
how come? Even though he passed the pre-war intelligence, Tiger also knew that the northern provinces of the Bright Empire were barren and sparsely populated, so they were only used as military theaters.
But no matter how small the population is, there should always be people, right?
Facing the towns and villages where people have long been gone, and facing the empty streets, the soldiers of the Roland people were a little at a loss - they had been holding back their murderous intent, and suddenly found that there was nowhere to vent.
You know, they were prepared to teach those heretics well. Everyone knows the will of the temple:
The joint announcement of the temple and the dozens of kingdoms on the Roland Continent is: All the warriors who participated in the Holy War, the land and property of the heretics conquered in the war on the Bright Continent, can be divided into a part! There are slaves!
Although this order is not so chivalrous, it seems to be calling everyone to rob the Guangming Continent, but considering that jihad requires the mobilization of a large amount of manpower and military power, and that the opponent is a heretic, they are all sinners who rebellious against the gods... so I can't manage that much.
But all the way south, the Roland people found that the people of the Bright Empire had disappeared.
Of course, it's not that nothing left, those heretics of the Light Empire, those accusations. It seems that they have left behind their houses, their homes, and even their property, as well as a lot of valuable gold and silver jewellery... These have made many officers and soldiers of the army very excited, and they have actually made a lot of money.
Who said the northern provinces of the Light Empire were barren? It seems that these heretics are still very rich! Many officers and soldiers have made a fortune, and many people can’t wait to have the dream of being a rich man, um...maybe after the war is over, you can use the money to buy a good piece of land and build a small manor. So I can get some beautiful maids who are heretics...
But the only thing is that the people of the Bright Empire did not leave a little food! Nothing at all!
On the originally barren land in the north, the meager food crops in the fields have been harvested long ago, and the unharvested crops have long been burned, leaving pieces of scorched earth.
Faced with this situation, a sentence flashed in Tiger's mind: "Strengthen the wall and clear the wild!"
Tiger knew his current situation very well, and he brought an army of hundreds of thousands to the south. The food consumption of hundreds of thousands of people and the forage consumption of horses are extremely alarming-no, that is not amazing anymore, it is simply "scary"!
It turned out that supplying was not a problem at all when it came down to the beach in Thunder City. Relying on the powerful sea power of the Roland people, all supplies can be continuously transported from the sea-the Bright Empire simply has no power to rob their fleet at sea.
But now it's different. It is now in other people's homes, and gradually extends to the inner belly of the mainland. No matter how powerful the navy is, it can never send warships to land to send supplies to the army. All supplies must be transported to Thunder City, and then transported all the way south by the army escort.
The pace of the southward march was exceptionally smooth. The army's southward march, including the two 10,000-strong teams walking in front, did not encounter any decent resistance-occasionally encountering some small garrisons of the Bright Empire, and it was also easy. The opponent will repel the opponent-or not repel, but the opponent sees himself from a distance, and takes the initiative to run away.
It seems that the rumors are true. Many armies of the Bright Empire have already slackened their armaments. They are no longer the empire with a large elite army. The current Bright Empire may still have a huge army, but the word
Elite
may not necessarily mean Really, of course, except for Thor's whip, the Thor's whip of the Duke Tulip commander... and their Northern Legion, which seems to be very powerful.
At least, at present, he has an advantage in military strength. The Northwest Legion of the Bright Empire was dragged to the northwest by the ally of Royantal. Their Southern Legion needs to guard the South and the Imperial Capital. And the combined forces of the Northern Legion and Thor's Whip are less than the current Tiger's army... Now, what is needed is an opportunity.
A chance for the main force to fight! As long as the main force of the Duke of Tulip can be defeated in one fell swoop, then...
Finally on the Pamir Plain, the Roland people's pace of taking down was stopped!
The Roland people looked at them in amazement, a tens of miles-long military camp of the Bright Empire appeared on the flat Pamir Plain!
I really don’t know how these heretics did it!
That huge military camp on the plain can hold at least 300,000 troops. The entire barracks are surrounded by solid wood fences, and there is a deep trench in front of the camp — it, a trench that grows dozens of miles? There are also dense fortifications on the periphery to stop Roland Knight’s iron hoof...
This is no longer a barracks at all, it is simply a solid line of defense!
Looked at the solid camp wall, the deep trench, the horses with sharp blades hanging upside down, and the archers in the barracks.
Tiger couldn't help sighing, such a deep trench, I don't know how many corpses it would take to fill it up, anyway, there must be many, many...
No matter what, Tiger was relieved, in any case, he finally found the opponent's main army. The pace of going south was too smooth before, and it was a little disturbing. Although facing a solid line of defense that makes the scalp numb, it is finally possible to fight with a real sword!
Humph, no matter how strong their stronghold is, can the walls of Thunder City be strong? The city wall was left unused, but he ran to build a barracks on the plain. I really don’t know what the Tulip Duke thought!
After the first day of temptation, the two sides began a real fight on the second day.
This time, the Duke Tulip did not seem to retain any strength. On the Pamir Plain, on a battlefield vacated between the camps of the two armies, the two sides invested tens of thousands of people each to start the first field battle.
The army of the Bright Empire taught the Roland people a severe lesson: No matter how powerful the navy is, when it comes to land, the Bright Empire still has the world!
The dense phalanx formed by more than 30,000 light empire's heavy-armored infantry stubbornly resisted the flood-like attacks of the Roland people, and combined with the long-range strikes of the archers behind them, the Roland people suffered a great loss.
The Royal Knights of the Sauron Kingdom of the Roland Allied Forces were ordered to charge. The new commander of the Royal Knights very much hoped that this battle would sweep away the shame of the defeat under the thundering city. The brave Roland knights chanted the slogan of fighting for honor and rushed to the light. The heavy armored infantry regiment of the Empire.
They were greeted by three-meter-long spears. Those spears were lifted flat like a forest. The first wave of cavalry slammed into the spear array of the Light Empire, except for those who were pierced to death. Occasionally, someone who fell off his horse was immediately chopped off his head by the imperial soldiers guarding the infantry.
The knights of the Royal Knights of Roland immediately discovered the fact that even if they weren't facing Thor's Whip, the opponent's other armies were not as weak as imagined. The opposing heavy-price infantry regiment had obviously undergone rigorous training. Facing the charge from the cavalry of the cavalry of their own knight regiment, the opposing infantry's morale was very high, and there was no panic or timidity. The spears, the entire phalanx stood densely together, facing the spears protruding from the shield wall, and the scalp tingled when I saw it.
Seeing that the Royal Knights could not successfully break through the opponent's phalanx, Tiger immediately ordered the two infantry regiments to rush up.
In any case, although the cavalry did not break through the opponent's infantry phalanx, at least it caused some confusion to the opponent.
Taking a step back, Tiger doesn't want the precious Royal Knights to be exhausted in this kind of battle!
On the first day of the field battle, seeing the sun slanting westward, both sides ended the fight. The Bright Empire lost 10,000 brave soldiers, while the Roland people lost between 20,000 and 30,000. The battlefield was full of broken bodies, and the setting sun on the horizon seemed to be stained red with blood.
Seeing that the bright red sun on the horizon gradually disappeared from the horizon, Tiger couldn't help sighing: A soldier of the Bright Empire can reach two or even three Roland soldiers. This fact makes him a little depressed.
If you encounter Thor's Whip, the ratio may be further increased. One Thor's Whip can resist more than four Rolanders...
Tiger was a little confused.
The opponent has such a powerful army, so why is this holy war set off?
Where are the people in the temple getting nervous? Actually set off a war that you are not sure of winning? ? ?
With the army of hundreds of thousands of countries in hand, can you conquer the powerful empire in front of you? ? ?
If... If you have Thor's Whip in your hand... Thinking of this, Tiger immediately dispelled the idea in his mind, because it was impossible.
He knew very well that the cost required to support and maintain such a powerful army is staggering. There are more than a dozen countries on the Roland Continent, and each country's national power is limited, and no country can alone support such an expensive army. It is impossible to pick so many outstanding warriors.
"Perhaps, only Roland Continent can be unified, relying on the strength of the entire continent to build such an army..." Tiger shook his head, trying to disperse this idea in his mind, and then he thought of Thor's Whip Is impossible. The holy knights in the temple can barely be able to compete head-on with Thor's Whip. But the Holy Knights belong to the temple. The power of the temple in the Roland Continent is huge, and every knight takes the highest honor to be able to enter the Holy Knight Order. This situation resulted in the gathering of the best combat power in the Roland Continent in the Holy Knights.
And the temple has various taxes in the entire Roland Continent, and the huge financial resources can support them to build such a powerful cavalry regiment. Both manpower and material resources as well as the quality of knights ensure the highest level. This advantage is unmatched by any country on the Roland mainland.
Tiger gave a wry smile, and could only take a step back. If... if these hundreds of thousands of people have the level of the Royal Knights...
If these hundreds of thousands of troops can reach the level of the Royal Knights, Tiger is also confident that he can defeat the Duke of Tulip! After all, he has a great advantage in number!
But... Tiger smiled bitterly thinking of this.
The Royal Knights belong to the Kingdom of Sauron. The Kingdom of Sauron has a small half of the territory and population of the entire Roland continent. Only then has enough capital to establish such a cavalry army, which is known as only the Holy Knights. But this is already the limit of the Kingdom of Sauron. Because it is at the southernmost tip of the Roland continent, the Kingdom of Sauron has spent most of its energy on maintaining a strong naval power. Everyone knows the importance of the navy. Without a strong navy, the pagans of the Bright Empire are in two Crossed the sea a hundred years ago!
In this way, the two sides confronted each other on the Pamir Plain. During the period, the two sides fought fiercely. After several field battles, although the military quality of the Bright Empire was much higher than that of the Rolanders, the Rolanders relied on their superiority in numbers. , Still maintained the situation.
That night, I saw that both sides sent hundreds of people to clean up the battlefield—this moment is a time of tacit understanding and peace between the two warring parties. The people sent by both sides carefully searched for the wounded soldiers who have not died on the battlefield, and removed them. Carry it back, then clean up the corpses, gather them together...
Flames ignited at the edge of the battlefield, and the bodies of soldiers who died were turned into ashes in the flames.
At this moment, the Roland people are still recalling the amazing scene of today's field battle!
Today, both sides have laid down sufficient capital, and the Bright Empire people sent their trump card, Thor's Whip! The Roland people are the holy knights.
Facing the scene where both sides are galloping, it seems that the whole earth is shaking, and even the clouds on the horizon have been shaken away.
Hundreds of thousands of people have witnessed the frontal defense of the strongest cavalry corps on the two continents!
The Roland people have high expectations for the Holy Knight Order. In their hearts, they have already recognized the terrifying power of Thor's whip and have witnessed the power of Thor's whip. And the Roland people also believe that the only one who can defend Thor's Whip head-on on the battlefield is the Holy Knights.
But the facts surprised them once.
Perhaps, if in an ordinary state, the Holy Knights can resist Thor's Whip! But if it is under the leadership of that terrifying Tulip Duke, the charge of Thor's Whip can crush any enemy in front of you!
At this moment, the only Paladin Fielding in the army who was able to confront the Duke of Tulip was seriously injured, so the attack of the Holy Knights was launched under the leadership of the three great knights.
Then hundreds of thousands of people witnessed the Duke Tulip personally behead the three knights on the battlefield. One of the knights died particularly miserably, and the Duke Tulip slammed his horse with an astonishing sword. , And then I saw that the great knight flew out with the horse, and fell into the chaos of tens of thousands of horses. At last, the people who cleaned the battlefield at night could not find his body... He was trampled by tens of thousands of horseshoes. The meat!
"What the are we here for? Did the temple send our soldiers here to die?" Tiger was lost in thought...