Chapter 1016: Battle of Priska (2, hard battle, six thousand monthly tickets)
On September 11, at noon, it had been raining for several days, but it suddenly stopped. But the weather did not improve at all. On the contrary, the dark clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker, covering the entire
Sky.
The yin is heavy and hangs low in the sky, as if you can touch it with your hand.
Although it should be the sunniest time of the day, as time goes by, the weather becomes darker and darker. Gradually, it becomes almost like night.
There was a silence between heaven and earth.
There was silence on the earth, and even the freest wind stopped, just like the silent world before the birth of the gods.
I don’t know how long it took, maybe a second, maybe a century.
Suddenly, a dazzling light flashed across the entire sky, like a sharp sword in the hand of the God of Light, piercing down from the high sky.
Immediately, shocking thunder resounded throughout the heaven and earth.
That flash of lightning was like an order for a general attack.
Before its light was completely extinguished in everyone's retinas, countless lightnings were immediately seen, twisting and falling from the sky~!
There was a loud explosion between heaven and earth.
Charged clouds containing huge energy collided in the air, and dazzling lightning suddenly appeared in ferocious shapes, leaving burning marks one after another in people's eyes.
In the next second, the fierce wind roared and came from a distance.
Raindrops the size of soybeans, caught in the strong wind, hit the ground under the dark clouds.
It made a series of crackling sounds.
In front of the violent power of nature, some people are afraid, some are trembling, some are running away, but some people dare to challenge.
In the violent storm, Lorraine stood upright on a high hill, letting herself be soaked by the rain, facing the violent wind and rain, and thunder and lightning above her head.
Suddenly, Lorraine seemed to have returned to her youth, when she was full of energy, ambitious, and dreamed of taking the whole world into her arms.
Even in the face of the most violent wind, I will still shout loudly and fearlessly~!
A gust of wind blew by, blowing the scarlet cloak behind him as high as a flag.
Raindrops hit the helmet heavily on his head, and then slid down along the edge, sliding across his face like a stream.
Lorraine looked at the soldiers under the hill through the rain in front of him.
Under the leadership of the officers, they have formed a steel square formation, holding the weapons in their hands tightly and motionless, letting the violent wind and rain hit the armor, quietly waiting for orders, Lorraine
His eyes slowly swept over the faces of the soldiers, and he saw that all of them had resolute and calm expressions. He couldn't help but flash a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
Although they face the most violent wind and rain in nature, these warriors still stand proudly. In this world, there are really few people who can make them surrender.
He turned his head and looked across.
I saw several neat phalanxes appearing on the land opposite, with big flags raised high. They were still fluttering in the wind and fluttering in the heavy rain.
Each of those soldiers also stood quietly and motionless.
The neat formation is like chopping with a knife and an axe, without any clutter.
In the square of the square, from time to time, officers or heralds ran past quickly, making final preparations.
Under the large banner behind the opposite position, a solitary tiny black spot can be faintly seen.
Although it was too far away to see clearly, at this moment, a strange picture suddenly appeared in Lorraine's mind.
The tiny black dot seemed to feel its own gaze and looked in its direction.
The two people's eyes crossed the vast battlefield and collided fiercely.
Lorraine's pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly: This is the first time to find such a heavyweight opponent~!
But he couldn't help but sneered, stretched out his hand and pulled out the long sword.
A dragon roar sounded.
Lorraine pulled out her long sword, raised it high to the sky, used all her strength, and shouted angrily: "For Ruman~!"
At the same time, a rumble of thunder resounded throughout the heaven and earth.
But even the loud thunder couldn't cover up Lorraine's voice.
"For Ruman~!" Twenty thousand soldiers raised their weapons to the sky and shouted in unison with Lorraine's voice.
At this moment, their blood was boiling and their hearts were full of fighting spirit.
Opposite them is the enemy that the Ruman people think about day and night, the enemy that represents the shame of the Ruman people, is opposite them at this moment.
Defeat him~!
Catch him~!
Kill him~!
Let everyone know that the pride of the Ruman people must not be trampled upon by others.
Let all the powerful and evil people in the world stay away and not dare to oppress and humiliate the Ruman people at will.
Let all Ruman people walk freely under the sun.
No matter when, no matter where, all Ruman people can proudly speak out their identity~!
Let them be proud of being a member of this country~!
Although the empire has always claimed that the great Ruman people have always been civilized and philanthropic,
Kind, magnanimous, deceiving others with virtue. If you slap the left cheek, turn the right cheek to him.
But everyone knows that the Ruman people are out-and-out bitches.
They advocate justice and like to give blood for blood and an eye for an eye!
His bones are full of pride, fierce, self-indulgent and arrogant, and he will retaliate for his anger.
Value revenge more than life.
This is the pride of a nation that has been the most powerful country in the mainland for a thousand years. They can look down on all countries with arrogance and regard their offenses as a great shame and humiliation.
They also believe that only by offering sacrifices to their enemies with their heads and flesh and blood can their shame be washed away.
When they stood on the battlefield fighting Amor and Hadu, the Ruman Empire's top enemies, their passion for revenge made them lose their cool and become fanatical and bloodthirsty.
The cold autumn rain fell on them, but it could not extinguish the fire in their hearts.
On the contrary, there was even a thin layer of white mist around their bodies, as if the rain had evaporated due to their high will to fight.
Ruman's soldiers are eager to use the weapons in their hands to wash away their twenty years of shame.
For every soldier who participates in the war, it is a supreme honor to be able to kill the enemies of the empire.
Lorraine swung his sword vigorously and shouted: "Raise the military flag and prepare for battle~!"
The military flag that had been hidden for a long time was raised high. The flag was soaked by the rain the first moment it was unfurled, and it danced wildly in the wind and rain.
The most eye-catching thing is the big red eagle flag representing the Rumain Legion. On the top of the flagpole stands a golden flying eagle with its wings spread.
Then there is the blue coalition flag representing the peacekeeping force headquarters, and the golden lion flag representing the Almohad Empire.
Among Rulin's flags, there is even an Iron Eagle flag of the Flying Eagle Group's security force, which represents the power of the Royal Si.
This is their true strength. To defeat the enemy and maximize their combat power.
Except for part of the new army, the rest were basically selected from the Ruman Army.
Only the Ruman people would absolutely obey Lorraine's command without any compromise. Only they hated General Hadou so much that they dared to fight head-on with the enemy.
When the enemies in the distance saw the densely packed flags here, they stirred slightly at first, but then they burst into a passionate shout.
They originally thought that the opposite side was just a ragtag group of New Army troops with not much profit. But now it seems that they have caught a big fish.
How could this not make them ecstatic?
As a low horn sounded.
The soldiers also burst into fanatical shouts.
A dense phalanx of Confederate soldiers marched toward the Allied camp with rain on their heads and mud on their feet.
In the hazy heavy rain, only the vague black shadows of the square formations on the opposite side could be seen, and it was impossible to tell how many soldiers the enemy had sent.
The Ruman soldiers and the Almohad soldiers stood on the fortifications beside the camp, clenching their weapons with both hands and trying their best to keep their eyes open in the rain, staring at the enemy approaching from the opposite side.
At this moment, all bows, arrows, and artillery lose their effect. What the two sides are competing against is the combat power of the legion formed by the strength of each soldier.
One mile, half a mile, three hundred feet, one hundred feet...
The Confederate soldiers shouted "Kill~!" at a distance where they could see individual figures in the array on the opposite side.
Amid shouts, they raised their weapons and rushed towards the coalition positions.
They fell down in the slippery muddy water, but quickly got up and fell again. They still used their weapons to support the ground and stood up, rolling and climbing to climb the high slope.
The coalition soldiers guarding the top of the slope also let out a roar.
The shield bearer in the front row raised the huge tower shield high, lowered his body, slightly arched his front legs and dug his back feet deeply into the muddy water. He was ready for the collision.
The spearman in the second row leveled the spear in his hand without saying a word, and aimed the sharp spear tip at the small gap in the middle of the shield.
At this time, the enemy was already shouting and rushing forward.
Immediately afterwards, weapons and shields collided together, making a series of dull sounds.
Under their violent collision, the originally neat line suddenly became distorted.
At this time, the officer Ru Man next to him roared loudly: stab~!
A group of spearmen shouted and thrust the spears in their hands forward. The spears penetrated the thin clothes and penetrated deeply into the body.
Then he pulled it out hard, blood and flesh splashed out at the same time, and then splashed into the muddy water. The blood spurted out from the wound flowed down together with the rainwater, and was heavily stepped into the mud by the soldiers who rushed after him...
Despite this, more and more Confederate soldiers came forward, forcing the Ruman line back step by step.
But before the Confederate soldiers who climbed up the muddy slope could stand firm, they saw the shield on the opposite side open. Countless black figures came out from behind.
What greeted them were heavy infantry in dense armor.
Those heavy infantrymen composed of orcs waved their two-handed swords, or heavy weapons such as warhammers and battleaxes, and chopped the Confederate soldiers in front of them into two pieces or simply smashed them into pieces.
There were also Confederate soldiers who tried their best to fend off the weapons, rushed forward, hugged the heavy infantrymen on the front line, and rolled them down the slope with them.
Before the unlucky heavy infantryman could stand up, he was instantly overwhelmed by Confederate soldiers, and all he could hear was the shrill screams coming from the figures.
In the blink of an eye, a layer of corpses was spread across the coalition's lines.
The following Confederate soldiers simply stepped on the corpses instead of the slippery road and desperately attacked the defenders above.
Lorraine calmly observed the fierce battlefield. The cold wind and heavy rain made others shiver from the cold, but Lorraine could not feel the cold at all.
The heavy rain became a barrier, blocking the sight of both sides. Lorraine's control of the battle line could only be through frontline liaison officers.
Judging from the reported news, the current situation on both fronts is stable, and Hadou did not try his best to attack with all his strength.
On the contrary, the number of soldiers currently participating in the war of the Southern Army is the same as that of the Union Army, which is about 30,000.
Although the front line is tense, there is no danger.
Although the rebels in the north of the camp are attacking fiercely, their equipment and quality are not as good as Almohad's new army. The soldiers of the new army can still hold on.
What's more, Lorraine sent out the Almohad Guards to patrol the front, ready to plug leaks at any time.
On the southern front is Hadou's army, which is much better than the Almohad New Army in terms of equipment and soldier quality.
Lorraine didn't dare to relax in dealing with Hadou. Hadou's men were all veterans who had fought for many years. The officers were experienced and the soldiers had high morale. When fighting against Almohad's new army, they always defeated more with less. Compared with Ruman.
The regular army is not much inferior.
Lorraine sent the elite Rumain Legion to fight against them, and managed to hold the battle line. And the one sent to plug the leak was a brigade of the Templar Knights.
The Knights Templar can be regarded as one of the most powerful troops on the mainland, and they belong to the same level as the Royal Guards of the Ruman Empire.
Don't look at the fact that this time they sent only a thousand-man brigade. Even if Queen Isabella is the cousin of Pope Hilmelia, it is already a huge honor to the Almohad people.
As long as they are used well, they can match two legions.
Plugging the leak was a piece of cake for the Templars.
The current situation shows that both sides are evenly matched, with the Southern Army suffering greater losses.
Behind Lorraine stood a security army officer dressed in black, wearing the silver and black uniform of the security military region captain, with a sinister face and a cold expression.
The other officers behind Lorraine all vaguely avoided this man. This guy usually said nothing, was difficult to get along with, and looked at people with uncomfortable eyes.
But looking at him following Lorraine closely, the people around him could tell that this man in black, who was usually taciturn and silent, was Lorraine's confidant.
You know, the person standing on the other side of Lorraine is the Lord's sweetheart, Miss Vera.
The officer of the security army bowed his head to Lorraine and whispered: "Sir, do you want brothers to prepare?"
Lorraine shook his head and said: "It's too early. Hal Hardou has no intention of fighting us decisively. He is currently just relying on his superior strength to wear down our physical strength and morale."
Harry nodded sharply and said, "Yes, sir."
Then he stood back where he was without saying a word.
At this time, the trumpet for withdrawal suddenly sounded from the opposite side, and the Confederate army, which had been fighting for nearly an hour without hearing anything, retreated like a tide.
Hassell hesitated and asked: "Sir, would you like to organize a counterattack?"
Lorraine thought about it, then waved his hand and said: "No need, tell the soldiers to save their strength.
Then there will be a war."
Seeing the enemy retreating, the coalition soldiers cheered at first, but before they could cheer up, a gust of cold wind blew, and then they felt the coldness of the rain.
But before they could withdraw their troops and return to the camp, the rapid drum trumpets sounded again.
After changing a group of people, the Southern Army rushed forward again.
At this time, some coalition soldiers were exhausted from the fighting and their hands and feet were shaking.
Lorraine sighed, Hadu's trick was very shameless, but it was very effective.
He used the rainy weather and the number of people to offset all his advantages, but he took advantage of his advantages in strength and location, forcing himself to fight a war of attrition with him on his territory.
Every time Hadou sent troops equal to his own to fight, Lorraine could only use his entire army to deal with it.
The other half of the troops in Hadu's hands can rest, especially since the city of Priska is in Hadu's hands. He has more supplies than he can easily.
If nothing unexpected happens, it will only take two days for the coalition forces, who have been fighting non-stop in the cold rain, to become exhausted.
Then Hadou's entire army pressed forward, and his side should collapse.
Lorraine smiled, thinking that in that case, he would probably break out of the encirclement under the cover of the Forbidden Army and the Knights Templar.
The coalition's 40,000 troops are all assigned here.
After the sky completely darkened, the Southern Army withdrew its troops and returned to camp.
Fighting in the rain made the officers and soldiers more exhausted than usual, especially the cold and excessive exertion, which led to a large number of sick soldiers that night.
Even Hassel kept sneezing because he was caught in the rain.
Early the next morning, the weather still hadn't cleared up and it was still raining.
Even Hassell lamented that continuous rainy days like this are rare even in the rainy season. How could they happen to them this time?
Hearing what Hassel said, Lorraine felt a hint of gloom in her heart. Hassel was right, this situation was too abnormal, and abnormality is a monster.
Just after breakfast, Hadou launched another attack.
The combat effectiveness of the coalition forces is obviously not as good as yesterday. This is not only because there are more patients and fewer soldiers sent to the battlefield, but also because the soldiers' physical strength has not been fully restored.
After half an hour of fighting, more and more gaps appeared on the hip line. The Confederate Army repeatedly broke through the coalition's formation. The Imperial Guards and Knights Templar who were responsible for blocking the gaps were running back and forth, exhausted.
Fortunately, the enemy quickly retreated again after leaving corpses on the ground.
After the enemy retreated, Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief. He now somewhat understood the thoughts of those generals who were often defeated. They struggled to hold on in an unfavorable situation and could only passively accept attacks but could not find a way to deal with them. This really gave the leader a
The generals were under great pressure.
This was the first time in Lord Lorraine's life that he was pressed down and beaten like this, which made Lorraine feel extremely depressed.
After the battle, Lorraine left his command position and walked to the front line to inspect the camp.
The front line was littered with traces of the battle, the broken remains of the bodies of dead soldiers, and the severed weapons mixed messily in the mud.
The ground was an indescribable purple mud that made people want to vomit.
But many exhausted soldiers sat on the muddy ground mixed with broken flesh and blood to rest.
Lorraine couldn't help but sigh inwardly: This is just the beginning. It seems that Hadou really has his own merits.
This battle is quite difficult!
Seeing Lorraine coming, several soldiers of the Ruman Legion in front of them struggled with their weapons to stand up and salute.
Lorraine took a step forward, held their arms, and pulled them up one by one, but stopped them from saluting and said: "Change to another place and have a good rest. Thank you for your hard work, brothers."
Although the soldiers' faces were a little pale due to exhaustion and cold, they still shouted loudly: "For the empire~!"
During the battle, all the soldiers could see that under the banner of the Ruman Empire and the peacekeeping force, their commander, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lorraine, like all the soldiers, commanded calmly under the heavy rain.
The ordinary soldiers were deeply moved by Lorraine's sharing of joys and sorrows with the soldiers. For the soldiers, it was indeed a lucky thing to have such a general.
"For the empire~!" Lorraine raised his hand and saluted. Then he looked at the condition of the soldiers and found that it was not serious. He immediately nodded and said: "Find a clean place and have a good rest. Only when you regain your strength
Only then can we continue to fight.”
"Yes, sir." Several soldiers agreed, supporting each other and slowly leaving.
The priests quickly rescued the wounded, and the cooks brought buckets of hot soup to help the soldiers regain their strength.
The bodies of fallen coalition soldiers were removed from the ground, moved into tents in the camp, and covered with white cloth.
After the inspection, Lorraine knew that it would not be so easy next time. The casualties were nearly half more than yesterday. It seemed that the enemy could not wait any longer.
Before Lorraine could catch his breath, Hadou quickly launched his fourth attack. By this time, the physical strength of the entire army was approaching its limit.
Even the madmen of the Knights Templar began to feel that they couldn't bear it anymore.
Some of the new armies still collapsed. If it weren't for their loyalty to the Almohad Empire and Queen Isabella, these new armies might have stopped fighting long ago.
These two days of fighting were the most difficult battles they had ever encountered in their short military experience. Whether it was physical or psychological, these soldiers who had only served for a year had already reached their limit.
Even Ruman's army was compressed and kept retreating.
Lorraine immediately ordered to retreat to the second line of defense and cede the perimeter of the camp to the enemy.
The second line of defense was built according to the terrain of the camp. It consisted of large trucks for transporting supplies and wood to form a defensive wall that was as high as one person.
Fill the gaps between the vehicles with dense soil, and then bury sharpened wooden stakes outwards. If the enemy wants to capture them, it will take some effort.
The center of the second line of defense is the coalition headquarters with two large flags. From there, Lorraine can already watch the battle between coalition soldiers and the Confederate Army.
After being able to stabilize their position on the second line of defense, the Southern Army withdrew again.
The battlefield suddenly became quiet, and even the drums and trumpets of the Amafang army stopped.
This eerie silence made the coalition soldiers who were accustomed to slashing and killing feel heavy in their hearts.
From Lorraine to the soldiers, everyone knows that Hadou's attack is coming soon!