My Empire

My Empire Chapter 30

2020-11-03

Chapter 30 30 Surrender

"As expected of the most capable army in the north... Two salvos were fired, but they did not surrender. "Looking at the city wall that has collapsed in the distance, Chris sighed on horseback.

As expected by Dez, the reinforcements from North County immediately retreated to their own territory after learning that the earth fort had been breached by Alanhill, and then the man from North County sent the Sir City nicknamed Lord of the Wind. Lord sent a letter expressing his willingness to pay tribute.

However, Chris didn't give him any chance, and directly led his troops to surround the North County City Fort, which made the fief lord completely stop his thoughts of continuing to mess around.

Then things became very simple. As soon as the cannon was fired, North County announced its surrender and changed its flag. Let the officers push their soldiers, but no one wants to face the "magic" of terrifying. Soon someone opened the city gate, and the fief lord with the wind became Chris's prisoner.

Almost non-stop, Chris left Vagron to clean up the mess in North County to stabilize the people's hearts, and he led the 1st regiment to Hanhai.

The name is the territory of Hanhai, which originally did not have any borders with Serris City. It was actually a cordon set in the north by the Arrant Empire to monitor and alert the nomadic steppe empires in the north.

Therefore, Hanhai is actually a military fortress, the combat readiness is the best among the northern territories, and the soldiers' battle strength is also the highest - of course, Chris is also the most difficult to fight.

After hearing that the earth fort and North County collapsed within a day, the other party did not make any fluke decision. Instead, they concentrated all their forces and retreated to their own castle.

"The Lord Wilkes in front of me... is the most capable lord I've ever seen... In the face of cannons, he can even persevere. He is really a tenacious commander. "Looking at the Hanhai soldiers on the distant city tower who were rushing to repair the city wall while taking advantage of Chris's artillery fire, Chris said with admiration.

Along the way, most of the opponents either died under his fire, or the mediocre surrender did not have the ability to fight back. What left a deep impression on him was nothing more than Lawens of Ferry City and the Lord Wilkes in front of him.

Seeing the other party methodically defending his castle under the attack of artillery, Chris even moved his love for talent. The generals he can use are too few, so when he encounters one that can be used, his first reaction is to recruit.

"Send some alert soldiers to lean over and shout to the city to make them surrender!" Chris pointed to the castle in the distance with his horsewhip, and instructed Walter, the commander of the 1st regiment.

The Captain Walter in front of him was actually just a little-known character. He has always been a Small Captain in the Serris City Fort infantry. The biggest task is to watch the city gate and other chores. That's it.

But this Walter stands out in Chris's Temporary Officer Training Night School because he has read books and has a very strong learning ability. As a declining traditional middle class, Walter received a good education as a child, which is the capital of his current Chris main 1 regiment.

He is also a sample that Chris has established, an unconventional conductor. As this sample, Walter also applied the knowledge he had learned to combat and became the first generation of technical commanders in this world.

Of course, he and Valgeron's adjutant Coria were entrusted with important tasks, which also reflected how little talent Alanhill dukedom is in the army command system today.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Upon hearing the order, Walter didn't hesitate at all, and immediately issued various combat orders, everything seemed orderly: "Stop firing the artillery! Send someone to persuade surrender!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" p>

After the chaos of the Battle of the Earth Fort, Captain Walter, who had a relatively strong learning ability, was no longer as panicked as he was when he first commanded the battle. Just like snipers are fed by bullets, famous generals are just rare beasts fed by battles.

The ready third round shelling was ordered to stop, and a loud grenadier groped to the edge of the bow and arrow range on the castle and began to loudly persuade the soldiers inside to put down their weapons and surrender: " Put down your weapons and surrender! It's not worth dying in such a battle!"

What answered him was a round of bows and arrows fired from the Vast Sea Castle, not dense, but firm. It seems that the reason for finally finding the opportunity to fire, the archer of the other party shot two rounds of feather arrows in one go.

Unfortunately, no arrows flew to where the grenadiers were hiding, not even arrows that could fly in front of him. In the face of the roar of the cannon, such a counterattack was not even breathing.

The grenadier stood up with contempt, slapped his uniform twice in disdain, turned and returned to his own sequence. After two victories, he already has the pride of being an Alanhill Grenadier, and naturally has contempt for those who collapsed on the first encounter.

Just when Chris failed to persuade the defenders in Hanhai Castle to surrender, at the edge of the distant battlefield, on a hillside, there was a pair of eyes watching Alanhill's attacking troops.

A middle age person with a neat beard wears a leather armor, carries a long sword, and rides heroically on a group of black horses. He was alone, with a small luggage hanging from the back of the saddle.

He took off the water bladder from his waist, pulled out the cork and took a sip of the water inside, then wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand. Hanging the water bladder back on his waist, he lightly clamped the horse's belly, then rode on the horse and ran towards Alanhill's army formation.

At the same time, in the city wall of Hanhai City, Lord Wilkes pressed his sword and passed through a crenel worriedly, looking at the horizon, those terrifying ones breathing white smoke. weapon.

He has always been defensive against the nomadic peoples of the north. Hanhai's soldiers are also very good at defense, because what they do the most is to hold on to their city when the nomadic cavalry goes south.

As long as they hold on for dozens of days, the flank cavalry will attack the nomads under the cover of the soldiers of the North County - this tactic has been used for hundreds of years, and has not yet been used. Big flaw.

But who would have thought that in just a dozen days, a rising Dukedom Alanhill would be able to break through the earthen fort and North County one after another?

"Alas..." Wilkes let out a faint sigh while stroking the hard crenel. At this time, he has no reinforcements. How can those Alanhill soldiers outside the city retreat? After thinking about it all morning, he still hasn't come up with the answer to this question.

"Sir!" His adjutant walked over with his sword, the armor on his body made a nice oh la la sound, and there was some dust on the adjutant's face, which made him look a little embarrassed : "The other party sent someone to persuade him to surrender, and we were scared away."

"We have no reinforcements at this time, Bourgeois." Wilkes shook the head and sighed to his adjutant. : "The enemy outside the city will not retreat... We... can't hold on for long."

Every lord has his own cronies and subordinates. Lord Wilkes' subordinates are the best. One of the officers who was beaten was his deputy, Bourgeois. The lieutenant general of the Vast Sea Territory is also famous, and he is also a powerful person who can fight tough battles.

However, no matter how powerful he is, facing the cannon he has never seen before, he has no choice but to brace oneself on the city wall, hoping to wait for a miracle.

"My lord, the enemy has this kind of weapon, and it's not surprising that the earth fort and North County have been defeated one after another..." Bourgeois pressed his sword and bowed his head to Wilkes and said, "But we Can persist..."

But...what's the use of persisting? Even if the opponent did not have a weapon such as a cannon, after losing his allies Tubao and Beijun, the isolated and helpless Vast Sea made it impossible for Alanhill to retreat. Once this stalemate continues, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for the smaller Hanhai.

The only hope for their victory is to hold on until winter with their strong castle. When the time comes, the temperature drops, and the troops stationed in the field will naturally suffer, and they will retreat without a fight.

What makes people desperate is...the opponent has cannons that can demolish the city wall, let alone last until winter, if the opponent has enough ammunition to attack with all their strength, Hanhai Castle may not be able to hold on even this afternoon.

"Wait a little longer... Maybe, a miracle will happen." Wilkes frowned, looking at the Alanhill army formation that had been silent for a while in the distance, and only squeezed out this sentence after a long while. words come.

On the other side, Chris, who was preparing for a new round of offense, got an interesting report: someone wanted to see him.

This is really a new thing, because this is on the battlefield, his army was just shelling the enemy's castle, the sound of the cannon resounding through the sky, ordinary people heard it long ago. Escaped from the mountains and forests, where did anyone take the initiative to come up?

"The other party is wearing a saber...wearing leather armor...with a neat beard and looks very energetic." The soldier who came to report described the other party's image as much as possible, which made Chris feel more Interested.

"Let him come here!" Chris rode on his horse, tapping his fingers on the hilt of the sword, waiting for the arrival of the other party with great interest. Behind him were a dozen loyal Serris cavalrymen, and there were hundreds of rifles in front of him, so he wasn't afraid of what the other party might do.

Therefore, he calmly watched the other party lead the horse step by step and approached him. This middle age person is not tall, but it gives people a very temperamental feeling. Holding the horse and holding the sword, he just stood in front of Chris and said indifferently, "My name is Mordelair, and I have come to join Archduke Alanhill."

(End of this chapter)