Chapter 202 Bloody Battle on the Border

For many years, there have been many strongholds on the border between Hungary and the Empire. When war breaks out, these strongholds will become the center and starting point for the tug of war between the two sides.

After all, there were wars between the Empire and Hungary, and both sides were preparing for a rainy day.

Nile is one of the dozens of border defense posts set up by the Kingdom of Hungary near this key road to the empire. This stronghold was built on the ruins of the original ancient castle here, and Nile itself happened to be stuck on the road.

Because of the importance of this location, more troops will naturally be gathered here and it will have better defense. Under normal circumstances, it is enough to withstand the siege of the army for a period of time.

The construction of this stronghold is also very good and complete, with solid wooden walls, deeply dug trenches, and tall wooden towers. The only access to the camp is the gate, which is still connected by a pull-up wooden bridge, but now the wooden bridge

It was pulled up.

There are two simple wooden towers next to the gate, with protective walls and baffles on them. Archers stand on them all the time, observing the surroundings with keen eyes.

The designers of the stronghold also incorporated some of the remaining buildings of the ancient castle into the defense. It is said that the castle was built by the Romans and was abandoned for a long time. Now these defense facilities are full of life again.

But now, the wooden tower has been destroyed by stones, falling to the ground like a broken doll, and falling into pieces.

The solid wooden walls were also collapsed by boulders in several places, and several corpses were hung on the wooden walls. The small rock cannon not far outside the stronghold indicated that these were all done by it.

The gate where the fighting was fiercest was piled with corpses from both sides of the Hungarian Civil War. Beyond these corpses, there were strongholds strewn with various burned buildings and corpses.

Originally, there were some residents nearby who had been moved to guard the border, but now these residents have disappeared, and God knows where they went to escape the war.

After the Battle of the Meadows, King Andrew's remnant army was leaderless for a time, but Edward, who protected Andrew's wife and children, quickly integrated them. Edward held high the banner of King Solomon - Andrew's son - and gathered everyone around him, and then

Under the leadership of Edward, they retreated into the empire.

But Edward did not give up these fortresses on the border between the empire and Hungary. They were the springboard for the future fight back to Hungary and must be controlled.

Even in future negotiations, these strongholds are a card in their hand that can be used as bargaining chips. If Edward hands these strongholds to the Empire, then the future situation of King Bella will be very disgusting. The Empire can march straight in, and he still has

We need to capture those strongholds one by one.

In the same way, for King Bella, it is said here that it must be pulled out.

At first, the king planned to surrender these strongholds, but these people refused to surrender no matter what. After all, those who still insist on standing here are basically Andrew's die-hard loyalists, so the king could only use thunderous means.

The kingdom sent many troops, and some important strongholds received special attention.

For example, in order to quickly occupy Nile, King Bella sent a capable team. They first secretly placed small rock cannons in the nearby forest, then used the rock cannons to smash the crumbling tower, and then took advantage of the opportunity.

Chaos swarmed forward, defeated the stubborn defenders, and captured the stronghold.

This was a short and fierce battle. Although the stronghold was quickly captured, King Bella's army suffered a lot of casualties. After all, such an important stronghold must be guarded by Andrew's loyal defenders. This made the state that led the offensive

The governor was very distressed.

However, after thinking that the king would compensate him for his losses, the governor was not in such a bad mood.

Nowadays, many corpse snatchers are running around among the dead, plundering the dead for their wealth. This is a scene that will never be lacking after a battle.

As for other Hungarian soldiers, they were scattered around, either resting or chatting. The wounded were concentrated in a few relatively intact tents in the stronghold.

The howls of the wounded were heard from time to time in these tents, but everyone regarded it as normal. This is how fighting is, and whether these people can survive depends entirely on God's will.

Scenes like this are happening all over the border. Facing King Bella's attack, most of these unprepared, relatively weak, and isolated strongholds were breached in a short period of time.

King Andrew's authority was trampled to the ground, and the soldiers who had fought for the flag were either killed or captured. For a time, there were failures and no successes everywhere.

King Bella is showing strength and deterring traitors. The governors are very happy to serve the king. After all, Bella has now secured the throne and sent a large number of troops to carry out this task.

But it was different in Nile. The support and counterattack from Andrew's forces arrived quickly, but when they arrived it was already too late, but this did not prevent them from launching an attack on the rebels.

Following a frantic war cry, groups of Germanic warriors armed with machetes poured out of the forest. They made terrifying screams and, under the leadership of their respective officers, launched an attack on the Magyars.

Behind these Germanic warriors were countless Russian warriors wearing pointed iron hats. They ran as fast as they could with their spears, trying to kill the enemy.

Edward's cavalry rushed out beside them, outflanking the enemy's flanks.

All of Edward's strength is now here, and there are only a thousand men in total. This is the product of Edward's efforts to gather troops, and most of them are his own troops.

This includes those Germanic choppers, Russian spearmen, and Magyar knights. Gathering these troops is already his limit.

The sudden blow caught the Magyars off guard, who thought the battle was over. Many of them were cut in half with machetes before they could react, and then were stabbed to the ground with spears, shot down, or knocked down.

The Hungarian soldiers with strongholds scattered everywhere had no time to assemble before being defeated by the enemies one by one. The enemy's offensive was so fast that they did not even have a chance to react and assemble.

Before these Magyars could properly search and celebrate their victory, they suffered such a tragic blow. Their morale dropped crazily like a punctured ball.

After leaving corpses on the ground and the head of the governor who commanded them being beheaded, these Magyars abandoned their armor and rolled away, but there were very few lucky ones like this.

As for the wounded they left behind, they were mercilessly executed in despair.

Those who were unfortunate enough to be captured were executed directly by the victors - just as they had done before.

"Let everyone hurry up, we don't have much time, and we have to attack in other directions next."

After the battle, the leader of this team, Edward Wessex, roared like this, and everyone also launched a chorus of shouts, whether they were Magyars, Germans, or Russians, it can be seen that Edward has captured the hearts and minds of these remnants

Edward's face was much more weathered than in the past. He was now standing next to the stone cannon that broke through the towers and wooden walls, followed by a group of knights. Previously, the general rushed to the front of the team and killed several people with cross patterns on their bodies. The knights of the chapter greatly boosted morale.

But he is not proud of this, because he knows that there are still many enemies, very, very many, and this is just a small victory.

The stone cannon in front of them was a small, operational stone cannon. It should have been obtained from the Roman Empire in the south. It was not known whether it belonged to the governor who was killed by him or to the usurper king.

King Bella wanted to pull out the stronghold on the border, but Edward would not let him do so. There were a lot of battles on the border these days, and Edward was the winner most of the time. The pressure from Bella was still suppressed by him. Withstood it.

In addition, he planned to remove the thing in front of him. It was a good tool for attacking difficulties, so he just picked it up.

"Hurry up and clear the entire battlefield. We have to move to other places to fight. Since Bella wants to defeat each one, let's seize the opportunity and make him pay the price."

Edward's voice was sonorous and powerful, and his words contained unquestionable confidence, and it was these words that maintained the morale of everyone and allowed them to persevere and continue fighting.

It is indeed clever for the enemy to disperse his troops to attack, but this also disperses his troops and gives him opportunities to defeat each one.

This strategy of Bella's army assumes that the remnants of Andrew's army are waiting for death in the stronghold. This is also the state of losing the command of the army under normal circumstances, but it is a pity that there is Edward here.

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