Rise of the Empire Total War

A few days later, more than 10,000 Holy Roman Empire troops, led by the temporary commander Stavin, joined Richard at the besieged camp outside Arkham Manor. They also brought all the catapults and artillery—including Twelve catapults, six siege scales, eight siege cannons and four heavy siege cannons were deployed.

After obtaining a total of 30 heavy equipment, in order to obtain powerful firepower, Richard did not disperse them, but gathered them together, lined them up in front of the army formation, and generously displayed them to the coalition soldiers who were like trapped beasts.

Looking at those unforgettable artillery pieces (although the coalition soldiers still don't know its name), the soldiers standing on the wall and behind the fence rioted one after another. Even if they were bombarded by weapons, they would still be beaten by this kind of weapons when they were in a state of siege—is it just so lingering?

"Calm down, calm down! As long as we have courage in our hearts, the phantom deer will protect us from the enemy's evil witchcraft!"

The officers walked among the crowd, shouting loudly to comfort the soldiers whose hearts were fluttering, but their words were so weak that not only the soldiers didn't trust him, but even he himself didn't believe it.

On the other side, Richard looked at the chaotic coalition camp, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. He rode his horse to the artillery position, raised his right hand slowly, and shouted loudly: "Get ready to shoot, let the heathen on the opposite side taste it!" The wrath of God!"

"call!"

The operators agreed in unison, and then loaded the ammunition in an orderly manner. Those soldiers with bare upper body showing their strong muscles worked together to lift the heavy boulder, moved it into the skin bag at the end of the throwing arm of the trebuchet, and then carried out the final aiming and adjustment. On the other side, in front of the most primitive artillery, the operator first pours the gunpowder, then inserts a solid iron ball into the barrel, compacts it with a tamper, and finally inserts the matchstick into the small hole at the top of the barrel, ready to ignite .

"The volley of twelve cannons and eighteen trebuchets, I really want to see that scene." Richard murmured in a low voice, slowly pulled out the sword at his waist, and then held it up high. When everyone's eyes were on the sharp sword he raised, Richard slashed the sharp sword forward into the void, roaring: "Shoot!"

boom! Boom boom boom——

As soon as Richard's words fell, the twelve cannons let out a deafening roar, and the eighteen trebuchets immediately cast heavy boulders. The shocking movement not only shocked the sergeants on both sides, but also shocked Richard who was on the side. The war horse under his crotch was frightened, neighing in shock, and the man stood up.

Whoosh—boom!

The deadly shells fell heavily into the coalition barracks with the howling sound of tearing through the sky, shattering the bodies of soldiers blocking the path. After grinding a bloody path in the crowd, the solid iron ball that finally lost its power fell to the ground , raising a circle of smoke and dust, and looking at the iron ball that took many lives, it has been stained red with blood, and many pieces of meat are still stained on it.

Screams immediately sounded in the coalition barracks.

Facing the mysterious artillery bombardment, the soldiers ignored the nearby officers and fled screaming. Some of them tripped over something on the ground while running and fell to the ground with inertia. When he was about to get up, countless feet behind him had already stepped on him, crushing him to death. Some people were hit by shells falling from the sky while running, and their lower bodies flew out together with the shells in an instant, leaving only the upper body with blood and internal organs thumping and falling to the ground. The soldier who lost his lower body was still alive. Shouting and stretching out his hands, he wanted the panicked comrades to save him, but no one paid attention to him.

boom!

A shell hit the wall of the Akem Manor, and a hideous hole was formed directly in the tall wall made of bricks. The shell hit the wall and caused many stones to fly across, hitting many soldiers nearby. cause more casualties.

"Run away! Run away!"

Cannonballs falling from the sky kept falling into the chaotic crowd, and every cannonball or boulder could take the lives of many soldiers,

Let more soldiers be wounded as a result. People's screams and wailing resounded over the barracks, blood flowed horizontally, and finally converged into a small river of blood. Those stumps, broken arms and internal organs were all scattered on the ground, and were wantonly trampled under the feet of the fleeing people.

"Mom... Mom... I want to go home..."

Amidst the roar of shelling, the psychological defenses of some coalition soldiers completely collapsed. They gave up fleeing and squatted on the spot with their heads in their hands, chanting words so that others could not hear clearly, or praying to the deer god they believed in. Pray to the ethereal gods to protect them from the enemy.

However, the gods could not pull them back from hell. Some unlucky soldiers were still hit by shells, and their entire bodies were directly smashed, leaving only blood mist and pieces of broken flesh scattered on the ground.

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"Is Richard's bombardment over?"

It didn't know how long it took before the sound of the cannons gradually subsided. Listening to the movement outside, Zhu Tian and Bandak, who were hiding in the center of the manor, peeped at each other and shouted to the outside.

"It's over, my king." After a while, the guards answered from outside, and the two breathed a sigh of relief, and put down a big stone in their hearts. Just when the shelling just happened, the manor also suffered disaster. The building was hit, and many of the soldiers hiding inside died.

Walking out of the room, the chaotic scene outside caught their eyes. They looked at the dilapidated house with white smoke and the building debris and corpses everywhere, and their hearts were full of despair.

Before the two armies fought, their barracks suffered such heavy damage. Although not many people died in this attack, the psychological shadow left by the survivors is not easy to eliminate. Hearing the groans and screams lingering in his ears, and looking at the corpses and broken limbs all over the ground, even a resolute warrior could not help feeling afraid.

"King Jutian, this can't go on anymore." Bandak said to Judian who was beside him, who nodded, but didn't speak, just took a step forward, leaning against the fence, looking down The soldiers who were busy rescuing the wounded, after a long time, said in a hoarse voice: "However, we have no way to destroy Richard's mysterious weapon. More mysterious weapons."

"At night, send all our cavalry to attack Richard's camp." Bundak said fiercely, "Since we have been surrounded by groups, the cavalry can only dismount and act as infantry. It is better to be the last Give full play to their value, let them raid Richard's camp, and destroy those trebuchets and mysterious weapons."

"Whether they succeed or fail, they will stay in Richard's camp forever." Bandak continued, "This will also reduce our food storage consumption."

"Hiss..." Zhu Tian was taken aback by Bundak's plan, but he didn't object. He nodded and acquiesced.

In order to eliminate the great threat of Richard's artillery, it is not impossible to sacrifice cavalry.