Rise of the Empire Total War

On December 27, 1116 in the continental calendar, two days had passed since Christmas, and the snow gradually weakened. In the end, only dots of snowflakes fell, but the snow on the ground still hindered the marching speed of the army, making Magnus The soldiers under his command who had not long left the warm room complained endlessly, and their hearts were full of resentment.

But they had no way to object. They could only bury their heads and follow the team as they advanced step by step. At the same time, they missed the warm fireplace of Viken City in their hearts.

Turning his head to look at the demoralized team, Magnus couldn't help but smile bitterly. The winter truce was originally an unwritten rule among countries, but since Richard returned to the country, no, since Richard fled, he has Completely abandoning this rule, even in winter, they sent troops forcefully, which also led to the fact that the enemies who fought against the kingdom were forced to conduct military operations in the cold winter.

Magnus sighed slightly, and a burst of hot air was exhaled from his mouth, turning into a mist in the air, but dissipating quickly. He already knew about Fort Meggeren through some channels, but he didn’t believe Randall and the six brigades (only five were left after the chain mail cavalry was destroyed, and the other one was originally stationed in Meggerenburg. The garrison brigade of the fort) will be completely destroyed during the riots with the thugs. Some people will definitely escape, but I don’t know how many people escaped smoothly, and how many people died tragically under the weapons of the thugs.

He had reason to believe how angry Richard would be when he heard the bad news. Winster's army hadn't tasted defeat for a long time since his glorious restoration, but in the Kingdom of Meganis, they lost two battles in a row. Two times, both times suffered heavy losses.

I don't know how Randall will be punished if he goes to see His Majesty the King alive. He thought to himself, and had to lament Randall's good luck. Now that Rogel's Grand Duke Ragnar died in battle, and there was only one young prince in the country, if Richard wanted to rule by establishing a new king The only way for this country is to support Randall as the new Grand Duke.

At the same time, in Meggerenburg, Katrin and Robert had already learned about the invasion of Magnus's troops from the peasants who came to inform them. They attached great importance to this and quickly mobilized the soldiers who were repairing in the barracks Ready to fight. During the past few days in Fort Meglen, they successfully recruited a large number of soldiers. These recruits were basically the main force who participated in the riot on the night of the 20th. They had more or less seen blood, participated in battles, and had certain experience.

Just a few days of military training did not make these recruits understand much, they were barely able to keep their formations in order (of course, this is when there is no war, no one knows what will happen after the war) , but was still driven out of Magnus like a duck on the shelf, and ambushed him—yes, without knowing the exact number of enemies, the two high-level officials decided to rely on their familiarity with this area to ambush the enemy , even if you can't defeat the enemy, you can still win a little advantage in the early stage.

However, in fact, although Magnus led part of the First Army into the Meganis area,

But the total number of his army is only more than 3,700 people (four heavily armored sergeant brigades, two civilian crossbowman brigades, one chain armored cavalry brigade, and one imperial knight brigade), and the soldiers under Catherine except the original In addition to some nearly 3,000 soldiers, there are more than 1,000 new recruits, far more than the Winsters.

Of course, their quality could never surpass that of Winster's army. Katrin and Robert knew this well, so they never had the idea of ​​confronting the enemy head-on. Just like the last Battle of Lake Roney, even if the formation was chaotic due to the slippery ground, and they took the opportunity to enter the army formation and fight hand-to-hand, they could still cause them great casualties. If it weren't for the generals of the Winsters If the withdrawal is ordered, it is very likely that they will be defeated first.

It is also because of this that they never dared to underestimate this fearsome enemy. There is a reason why the Winsters were able to defeat the Allied Forces of the Eleven Nations by themselves. Their strongest reliance was the military quality far exceeding that of other countries at the same time .

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On December 30, 1116 in the continental calendar, thirty-five miles south of Bana Town.

"Accelerate forward! If we persist for another half day, we will see the walls of Fort Miggelen!"

A rough voice sounded from the stone-paved avenue, reaching the ears of the soldiers on their way. They just looked up at Magnus sitting on the horse, and then quickly lowered their heads and continued on their way. Nonsense , He didn't feel tired from walking while riding a war horse, and he didn't consider the feelings of those who could only walk!

Seeing that the encouragement had no effect, Magnus was a little embarrassed. He could only take back what he was going to say later, and cast his gaze forward. The ground in front of him was covered with dense footprints, which were left by the two cavalry brigades walking in front. It's just that now they have distanced themselves from the cavalry brigade, and they can't even see each other.

Although traveling in winter is very painful, but fortunately, the weather today is not bad. The long-lost sun peeked out from the clouds and sprinkled warm sunlight on the ground, warming the bodies of every soldier and slightly dispelling the soldiers The haze in their hearts because of rushing.

However, Magnus soon discovered something was wrong. On a small hill not far away, a dazzling spot of light shone into his eyes from time to time, so that he had to raise his hand to cover it, but the next In a second, his face suddenly changed greatly, because he realized something - why is that spot of light so like the reflection of sunlight hitting metal?

This idea had just arisen, before he had time to give an early warning, he heard a round of horns, and then, a sparse round of arrows flew towards them with a large number of stones, Magnus subconsciously stopped. Tightening the reins, he actually made the horse stand upright, blocking the flying arrows and stones for him, and several of the arrows directly hit the belly of the standing horse, only to hear a shrill neigh, and the horse He wailed and fell to the ground, pressing Magnus under his body.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Damn it! There's an ambush!"

For a moment, roars and warning sounds intertwined among the army. At the first moment of being attacked, the soldiers put their shields in front of them one after another, and formed one circle after another in place. The soldiers in the front quickly He rushed to the place where Magnus fell from his horse and formed a circle around him. Then a soldier put down his shield and dragged Magnus out from under the horse with difficulty. Annunciation.

But at this moment, I saw black shadows appearing one after another from the surrounding hillsides. Their equipment was uneven, some were wearing chain armor, some were wearing leather armor, and some were simply wearing civilian clothes. Slowly surrounded, the javelin-shaped weapon in his hand was also raised above his head, aiming at the surrounded Winster army in the middle!