Chapter 8
My Empire Chapter 8
2020-11-03
Chapter 8 8 Beacon"Ah!" yawned, the Serris City guards stationed on the border were bleary-eyed looked towards the direction of the rising sun.
The glare of the sun made him involuntarily narrow his eyes and look away. But soon, he realized something and looked towards the east horizon again.
"Hey! Hey! Wake up!" He blocked the sunlight with his hands and looked towards the distance, while kicking his comrades with his feet: "Mayne's soldiers! A lot of Mayne's soldiers !"
"What are you kicking me for? Mayne's soldiers? How can they come to the border to practice at this time..." Another sleeping soldier struggled to stand up, and the armor collided with a crisp sound. ring.
"What did you say about Mayne's soldiers? Huh? Hell! Alarm! Mayne is attacking!" Rubbing his eyes, he looked towards the direction his companion pointed. , shouted loudly.
"Light the beacon! Hurry up! Mayne has invaded!" Immediately, he was lying on the edge of the watchtower, shouting to his companions under the tower: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"
"Arrow rain!" Before everyone could react, a stream of bows and arrows flew from Mayne's side. These bows and arrows fell from the sky and landed on the high watchtower.
"Ah!" Unprepared, a soldier with arrow shafts all over his body struggled to climb off the high platform, where he fell, Serris' soldiers dumped a bucket of black kerosene on the on dry wood.
"Shield! Shield!" kicked away the arrow shaft inserted on the ground, the officer in charge of the observation tower drew out the long sword, raised the huge shield, and loudly reminded his subordinates.
Mayne's cavalry had already swarmed at this time, as many as ants. After serving here for three years, it was the first time Serris officers had seen so many Mayne soldiers.
It's over...that's the thought in his head. Beside him, the huge beacon has been ignited, the arrows of the enemy's second round have also fallen, and all the soldiers have raised their shields.
"Boom!" The Mayne soldiers carrying the giant tree began to ram the gate of the beacon tower. The soldiers on the beacon tower clenched their weapons in horror.
The enemy suddenly attacked, and they had no chance to retreat. When Mayne's soldiers rush in, they'll have no choice but to face death.
"Can't let them put out the beacon fire! Long live Alanhill! Long live Serris!" Looking at the gate on the verge of collapse, the officer raised the long sword in his hand.
"Kill!" A few lonely soldiers beside him held up their shields and blocked them on the stone ladder to the beacon tower. The sharp long sword pointed to the gate.
"bang!" With a loud noise, the gate of the beacon tower was finally knocked open by the giant tree, and the soldiers of the Dukedom of Maine rushed up. They were greeted by sturdy shields and sharp blades.
The metal collided with the metal, and the soldiers from the Dukedom of Maine who first rushed up the stone ladder screamed and fell over, and more soldiers of Maine rushed up with their weapons.
The Serris guards fell one by one, and the rest had to retreat to the top of the steps. Behind them, the beacon has been tumbling and connected to the white clouds, covering the heavens, shielding the sun.
In the direction of the crenel of the city wall of the beacon tower, the Mayne soldiers who had climbed up the ladder surrounded the Serion guards with only a few people left. Soon, Mayne's soldiers overwhelmed their opponents.
When Encel ascended the platform, the blood on it had not yet dried and solidified. The body of Officer Serris was still lying beside the fire, and the ground was littered with unrecovered arrows.
Kicking the corpse, Ensel had a look of disgust on his face: "Put this fire out! Hurry up!"
Behind him, Serris's hinterland In the direction of , a continuous black smoke column extended into the distance and disappeared at the end of the horizon.
"Speed up the march! Don't let the Alanhill family have any time to react!" Ensel looked down at the Serris officer's body, frowned commanded.
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Chris pushed open the door of the conference hall with both hands with an angry expression. There was a loud bang.
He was wearing black armor, and the armor plates on his body slammed together with firm steps, making a nice oh la la oh la la sound.
"Mayne actually came to the door and sent him to death?" As soon as he entered the door, the annoyed voice echoed on the sorghum, making people's ears buzz.
"Ensel is greedy and treacherous... undeclared war on us! His troops crossed the border yesterday and are probably on the edge of the eastern forest today." Deans said worriedly. Chris said.
"General Vagron has prepared his army, and 500 cavalry and 500 new troops can leave at any time." Vagron's adjutant held his helmet, stood beside Chris, and reported the combat readiness. Case.
"Let's go now! We will block the opponent at the exit of the eastern forest for a decisive battle! There we can use the advantage of firepower!" Chris looked at the map and made up his mind to block the opponent.
Although the opponent has an advantage in force, Chris is still confident that he can defeat the opponent. Now he is thinking about how to quickly expand the results after defeating this enemy army.
"Let Vagron not have to fight! Order him to bring 300 cavalry and 300 new troops, 10 artillery pieces, take a path to bypass the main force of Maine, and attack the Castle of Maine directly!" After thinking about it for a while Seconds, Chris decided to do a two-pronged approach.
He doesn't have time to waste, and it is a more reasonable way to fight when he can defeat the opponent while also grabbing the opponent's rear foundation, expanding his own territory, and solving future troubles.
But in this way, there are only a pitiful 400 troops in Chris's head-on confrontation with Encel. Even counting the soldiers retreating in the direction of Mayne, Chris's troops would not exceed 500.
Four times as many enemies as Chris! This kind of battle does not seem to be suspenseful: it is not impossible to win more battles with less, but after all, it rarely happens.
"My lord! In this case, is it a little risky to divide the troops...?" Vaggron's adjutant asked worriedly.
"It's an adventure to defeat 2,000 people with 10 cannons?" Chris looked towards the adjutant, with a cruel smile on his face: "I'm afraid they surrendered too early, not enough for me to vent my hatred!"
"That's it! I personally lead 500 soldiers to fight Encel in the eastern forest! You and Vagron go straight to Maine...forever!"
"Yes! Your Excellency!" The adjutant clenched his fist with his right hand, pressed his head to his chest and bowed his head in response: "Long live Alanhill!"
"Deans! You are in Serris City yourself!" Chris glanced at the nervous Deans and Stryd , open to assign tasks.
After explaining to Deans, he looked towards Stryd and said, "You personally escort 1000 gold coins to the Arrant Empire! Prepare to hand over Mayne's tax tribute after our victory!"
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Now is not the time to turn against the Arrant Empire. Occupying Maine must give the Arrant Empire an explanation. This is Chris' wishful thinking.
As long as the Arrant Empire does not pursue the occupation of Mayne, then Chris can develop and strengthen his own power with peace of mind and manage his territory even more powerfully.
One day later, Chris led 400 soldiers and gathered more than 80 soldiers who had retreated at the outer periphery of the eastern forest, blocking the only way to Serris City in the eastern deep forest.
On the afternoon of the same day, Encel led 200 cavalry and 1,800 pieced together infantry, and appeared in the distance of Chris's camp.
Because it was too late and neither side had any intention of going to war that day, Chris sent a letter to Ensel condemning Ensel's despicable behavior of undeclaring war.
In the end, Encel also replied with a letter, demanding that Chris surrender immediately and give up all his wealth and territory.
Of course, the two sides will not give up their armies for a truce, but just rest and prepare for a decisive battle. Early in the morning of the second day, Chris organized the soldiers to drive out of his camp and set out to fight Ensel to the death.
Ensel also planned to finish his work in one battle, leading 1,000 main infantry and 200 cavalry, and set up a battle 3 kilometers away from Chris's troops.
"dong! dong! dong!" The dull sound of war drums beat on everyone's chest, making the air thicker and harder to breathe.
The battle flag fluttered in the wind, and a straight long spear was erected in front of Chris's eyes like a forest.
The dark black arabesques on his body are entwined on the armor, and the delicate and delicate flashes of faint cold light. The warhorse under his crotch snorted uneasily, and the horse's hooves with the big mouth of the bowl kept kicking the ground again.
This is Chris's first real fight, and no matter how much knowledge he has in his head, it's bound to be a little nervous. Fortunately, judging from the number of people, this was only a battalion-level battle, and it did not exceed Chris's imagination.
"We have too few infantry troops in front of us, less than 100! We can't let the enemy attack! Otherwise, we won't have the capital to deal with it!" Chris in the heart was planning the next tactics, his fingers on the The hilt of the sword tapped lightly. This was a habit of his previous life. Every time he thought, he liked to tap his fingers on hard objects.
The 200 cavalry in his hands were used for counterattacks and for cleaning the battlefield, so he couldn't easily join the battle at this time.
Therefore, he has no capital and the enemy to consume each other, and can only rely on firepower to defeat the opponent by surprise, and quickly evolve the decisive battle into a unilateral attack and kill.
"Order! Artillery reload grenades! Five ammo bases... Be ready to fire! Wait for my order!" Chris thought of this, and turned to instructed a messenger beside him.
As soon as the messenger pulled the reins, he immediately went to deliver Chris' orders. At this time, on the horizon, Mayne's phalanx began to slowly move forward to the accompaniment of war drums.
(end of this chapter)