"On the third day, the enemy's attack intensity has begun to decrease. I think we can open the door and let them enter the city. Otherwise, if they adopt a siege instead of attacking, it will cause great confusion to us. What we did before All preparations may be in vain," General Beachlin said.
Claude stood in front of the city defense sand table and shook his head helplessly: "No, the commander of the alliance army is very smart. The attacks he launched in the past three days seem to be huge, but they are all feints. In fact, on our defense line Most of the casualties in the front were the local garrison troops of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the family armed forces of the territorial nobles who volunteered to participate in the war to regain the royal city, while the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks had been watching from the back...
I made a special calculation on the city wall. In the past three days, there were only a few soldiers wearing Hicks uniforms who died in front of our defense line. The total of the three positions was less than a thousand. I suspect that the enemy, knowing that our defenses were weak, still spent these three days testing us, probably hoping to force us out of the city and withdraw. That's why he only besieged three directions, leaving us with a way to evacuate, so that he could achieve his goal of regaining the royal city without fighting.
We can only continue to persevere now, because we are prepared to use the defensive advantages of the royal city to deal with the five standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom. Only by annihilating these five Hicks legions can we destroy the Kingdom of Nasseri and march into Kan The Principality of Nas unified the eastern part of the continent. Since the enemy wants to delay, we will accompany him to delay. Only when Hicks and the five standing corps launch a massive attack can we fake it and gradually retreat without arousing the enemy's suspicion. "
"Then what should we do if the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks remain immobile?" General Albert asked hesitantly.
"Then we will accompany you." Claude clicked on the city of Amys on the map: "I have sent a hawk message to Boni and Mike, asking the third division to dispatch a main field regiment to come out and rush there. Amis City. At that time, Boney also transferred troops from the Panshi First Division, pretending to be a division's reinforcements, and came to reinforce with great fanfare. If the enemy wants to regain the royal city, then they will definitely launch a fierce attack on us after getting this news. I hope Defeat us before reinforcements arrive or drive us out of the Royal City of Polyvisia..."
To Claude's surprise, the Alliance army launched a fierce attack the next day, using five Hicks standing legions. It seems that in the past three days, the local garrison troops of the Nasseri Kingdom who volunteered to participate in the war and the family armed forces of the territorial nobles were used as cannon fodder to test the strength of the garrison on the defensive front. So they devoted all their combat power at once, and used non-stop wave-like attacks for two days and one night, forcing the Thunder Legion and Rock Legion guarding the forward positions to abandon all defensive positions in front of the city wall.
"We suffered nearly ten thousand casualties. The Hicks Kingdom's battle losses should be five or six times that of ours..." General Beachlin handed Claude the casualty statistics report with a serious expression.
Claude took the report and found that most of them were minor or serious injuries. The names of the soldiers who died in the battle had been circled with a black pen on it. There were less than 2,000 people, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. These wounded soldiers have been sent to the treatment camp in the royal city, and the bodies of the dead officers and soldiers have been collected and are waiting for free time before being burned into ashes and placed in jars to take back to the overseas autonomous territories.
There were more than 10,000 casualties, and almost two regiments were lost. Although the enemy's casualties were five or six times more, they only lost almost one regiment. Claude was not satisfied with this exchange ratio and felt that he was suffering too much. However, considering that the abandoned forward defensive positions were only seven trenches within a hundred meters in front of the city wall, I could only hold my depression in my heart.
"The enemy used a large number of light throwers during the attack today, and asked the attacking soldiers to carry them with them. They ran to the front of the trench before throwing the grenades, which caught us off guard. We did not expect the enemy to do this. The first two The loss of the trenches was due to this reason, and the casualties were too high. Then we immediately retaliated with tooth, and also used light throwers to throw grenades into the two trenches occupied by the enemy, and always paid attention to the enemy's grenade groups. Once discovered, Kill them first, then maintain a stalemate with the enemy until the afternoon before evacuating the forward defensive positions."
General Albert, who was commanding at the forward position, also reported on today's combat process. He believed that the main reason was that the enemy was more difficult to deal with. The combat power of Hicks's five standing armies was indeed more prominent in the alliance army. The skirmisher line Like waves, the offensive tactics are more mature and the will to fight is stronger. However, because of this, the evacuation of the forward position will be very reasonable in the eyes of the enemy. After all, the defenders are at an extreme disadvantage in terms of strength.
Next, the enemy may launch an attack on the city wall. The west wall can be abandoned, but the south and north walls must be defended. Even if the west wall is captured by the enemy, the enemy will only enter the urban battlefield pre-set by Claude. It was originally a prison camp and custody area for more than 100,000 prisoners and more than 200,000 of their families. Now that the prisoners and their families have been moved, this area that occupies one-third of the royal city has become Claude's preparation for a decisive battle. The ultimate battlefield of urban street fighting.
It’s just that the commander of the Alliance Army seemed determined to force the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion to voluntarily abandon the Royal City of Polyvisia and evacuate. After occupying the forward position in front of the city wall, they did not launch an attack immediately, but spent five days collecting and inspecting the soldiers who died in the battle. At the same time, more than ten trenches leading to the forward positions were dug to mobilize troops during the attack.
When everything was ready, and seeing that the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion showed no signs of evacuating the Royal City of Polyvisia, the Alliance Army launched an attack on the Royal City. It was also a three-sided attack, but six legions were invested at once. To the west and north were a Nasseri corps and a Hicks corps, while to the south were two Hicks standing corps. It seems that the commander of the alliance army wants to take advantage of the strength of the troops and use all his strength to defeat the defenders' defensive confidence in the most violent offensive.
For Claude, the enemy commander's move was very clever. He knew very well that the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion were at a disadvantage. There were three walls, and the number of soldiers defending each wall was only about two regiments and about 10,000 people. Even if there were city walls, And the bonuses of defense facilities can't withstand the enemy's continuous attacks one after another...
When the city wall is full of enemy infantry, they keep climbing up and shooting at the city wall, which will definitely attract all the attention of the defenders on the city wall. To put it bluntly, there is no need to aim, just shoot at the city wall and it will hit. When the enemy was approaching, no one would notice the artillery and huge throwers moving step by step from the distance.
When the defenders on the city wall discovered that the artillery and hurlers in the distance were approaching the city wall, if they turned the artillery to fire, they would not be able to suppress the attackers under the city wall from climbing up the city wall. In particular, the walls of the Royal City of Polyvisia are only five or six meters high. The various ladders densely arranged on the walls make it easy for attacking soldiers to climb up the walls and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders. Generals Claude and Beachlin had no choice but to organize logistics and civilian officers from the division and legion headquarters as reserves to go to the city wall to support...
When the first enemy grenade landed on the west wall and sent the bodies of the soldiers fighting together into the air without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy, General Albert could only command the garrison to fight while fighting. Withdrew and abandoned the defense of the entire city wall. Soon, the military flags of the Alliance Army's Kingdom of Nasseri and Kingdom of Hicks were planted on the west wall. Countless excited Alliance Army soldiers cheered and jumped on the city wall, celebrating the hard-won and costly victory.
In this era, breaching a wall meant victory for the attackers, and the defenders either surrendered or evacuated. But what surprised the Alliance army was that even though the west wall had been breached and occupied, the resistance on the north and south walls was still extremely fierce, and the artillery fire was even more fierce. The attackers, on the other hand, have lost the morale and fighting spirit to attack. It's very simple. The city is already broken to the west. They can enter the city from that way. Why are they still dying here
As a result, the sound of gunfire on the north and south walls quickly calmed down. The defenders on both sides of the city walls even launched a counterattack on the west wall, but were still repelled by the Union army. However, there were still exchanges of fire between the two sides on the bordering city wall. The Alliance army finally used sandbags to cut off the city wall and defended it with heavy troops. However, the defenders seemed to have insufficient artillery ammunition, so they only fired one shot after a while, and no more Not as violent as when the war started.
However, the troops entering the royal city from the west gate were immediately attacked by the defenders. They hid in houses, alleys, and behind barricades, shooting at the enemies entering the city, making it difficult for the Union soldiers entering the city. There were almost no roads on the road. Strewn with corpses and wounded. The Alliance army relied on their numbers to advance step by step. However, these resisting enemies were very cunning. They retreated while fighting, leaving only empty bullet casings on their positions...
Duke Pyrrha Ferriott was very uneasy. He always felt that there was something wrong with breaking through the city wall so easily. It was even more strange for him that the enemies in the city were still resisting resolutely. Under normal circumstances, breaking the city means victory for the attacker, and the defender should evacuate or surrender. He deliberately reserved the retreat route to the east. The enemies in the city could completely retreat from the east, so that everyone would be happy and there would be no need to suffer more casualties.
But soon, the latest news came from the city, explaining the reason why the enemy refused to retreat. A junior Hicks officer ran to the headquarters with a bag and poured the contents on the table. The gold and silver utensils shone dazzlingly under the candlelight...
"Your Excellency, Marshal, we found three warehouses in the city where these belongings were stored, all of which were filled with these gold and silver utensils. Our officers and soldiers were going crazy, and everyone rushed into the warehouses to snatch these things. Now in the city The soldiers all spread the news that the two enemy legions had plundered tens of millions of gold and silver shields in the Kingdom of Nasseri and stored them in the royal city. There are more than a dozen warehouses like this that store gold and silver utensils, and the enemy will not fight to the death. The reason is because of these belongings, they don’t have horse-drawn carriages to transport so many things..."
It's a pity that Duke Pyrrha Ferriot got the news a little late. Not only the troops in the city, but also the troops outside the city got the news. They didn't rush towards the city from the west gate in a hurry. Just ask him to take the initiative to apply to enter the city to attack the enemy.
On the other hand, Prince Darklind of the Kingdom of Nasseri hurriedly came to protest to Duke Pyrag. Owned by the king of Nasseri Kingdom. But Duke Pyrrha Ferriot said he was helpless, because at this time he could not order the confiscation of these captured trophies from the soldiers, which would greatly dampen the morale of the attacking soldiers on the front line.
However, Duke Pyrag Syferriot said that Prince Darklind could take the initiative to enter the city and lead his direct troops to attack the defending enemy. In that case, the warehouse filled with these properties would be his to discover and occupy. . Because Prince Darklind still has a legion of troops under his command, he has been unwilling to enter the city to fight on the excuse that more than half of his men suffered casualties during the siege and needed to rest and recuperate...
When a messenger came over and reported that the Marquis of Archeborg Wei Chalkes of the Principality of Karnars also led the only remaining light cavalry regiment of the Alliance army to abandon their mounts and enter the city to attack the enemy, Dark Prince Linde couldn't stay any longer and hurriedly said goodbye and left. Not long after, news came from the coalition camp that the newly reorganized legion of the Nasseri Kingdom was advancing towards the royal city.
The gunfire in the western area of the royal city became more intense, and the Hicks officers and soldiers in the city rushed toward the enemy regardless of heavy casualties. When the enemy moved and evacuated the blocking position, these Hicks officers and soldiers burst into cheers, not to chase the enemy, but to rush into the unoccupied houses to search for property...
The entire Alliance army was in chaos, and no one cared about the wounded and wounded comrades. The warehouses where gold and silver utensils were discovered from time to time made all the officers and soldiers of the Alliance army red-eyed. In order to rob a room full of gold and silver, a gun battle broke out between a brigade from the Kingdom of Hicks and a squadron of light cavalry from the Principality of Karnas, resulting in the tragedy of more than ten casualties. In the end, they were defeated by Nasser who came from behind. The troops of the Kingdom of Li were disarmed...
At this time, except for the legion commanded by Prince Darklind of the Nasseri Kingdom who finally entered the city, the remaining more than 200,000 alliance army officers and soldiers had all become scattered troops. They searched for property in those buildings and ran to the place where the gunshots were heard. Because the fierce sound of gunfire means that there are warehouses for storing property in the enemy's defense, and if there are warehouses, there will be opportunities to make a fortune. So these people, who are full of dreams of getting rich, ignore the corpses everywhere, and even the cries for help from the wounded are not heard. Put it in your ears...
Many empty houses in the Western District of the Royal City were set on fire by the angry soldiers who couldn't find their belongings, as if to vent their anger, and soon the fires started to increase. Fortunately, many houses here in Wangcheng are made of masonry, and the fire did not spread into one area. In the second half of the night, many soldiers who had gained something and some tired officers and soldiers began to find a fire to warm themselves up and rest. Many people even took out their trophies to show off to their companions.
At this time, a news came that there were more gold and silver treasures stored in the palace, which were small and easy-to-carry valuables such as gold coins, silver coins, and jewelry. As long as you caught a handful, you could return to your hometown and live a life of a rich man. So all the officers and soldiers spontaneously moved towards the palace, and the corpses lying on the street were dragged to both sides of the road so as not to delay everyone's schedule. Fierce gunfire and artillery fire had erupted from the palace, but this could not stop the crowd of black crows from marching towards the palace in search of opportunities to make a fortune.
The west block is connected to the Royal Palace by a very wide square. This is the most famous Nasseri Royal Square in the Royal City of Polyvisia. The Nasseri royal family would hold a grand celebration ceremony in this square every major festival, and military parades and inspections of troops going out were mostly held here. There is also a four-carriage black stone avenue between the square and the palace. There is also a garden area of more than 100 meters between the avenue and the palace.
The Thunder Legion and Rock Legion guarding the royal city have deployed heavy troops on the walls of the palace. The corpses of the officers and soldiers of the Alliance army who fell in disorder on the Blackstone Avenue and the garden area have almost covered the ground. These reckless attackers attacked the palace with the dream of getting rich, but lost their precious lives in the gunfire.
"We need to throw grenades and artillery to break through the enemy's wall..." The Union officers and soldiers who arrived first shouted loudly at the troops who followed, but no one came with these bulky weapons. They also shouted at the crowd who came after them, but no one was willing to go back and get these weapons. They were all afraid that they would miss the first opportunity to rush into the royal city...
The square, which could accommodate more than 100,000 people, gradually became crowded. The officers and soldiers who were separated from their troops began to shout the numbers of their units or the names of their commanders in an attempt to return to the unit or gather their subordinates. More soldiers from the alliance army were crowded in the square. It was still nearly three hundred meters away from the palace wall. There was no need to worry about being shot by the enemy for the time being.
"This should be what you mean when people die for money and birds die for food." On top of the palace wall, General Albert looked at the crowd in the square in the distance and showed a ferocious smile.
Claude nodded, turned to General Beechlin and said: "You can give the order to fire. I believe the four hundred artillery pieces we have hidden in our hands will surprise the enemy. In addition, Allen, you go to the south. City wall, command the artillery to bomb the west wall, block the west gate, and don't let the enemies in the city escape from the city... "
Claude once said that as long as he had enough ammunition, he didn't care how many enemies there were. But after facing the Alliance army, he kept the four hundred artillery pieces brought by the Panshi Second Division hidden in the warehouse so as not to be exposed, just for fear that the Alliance army would not dare to attack the city after knowing this information. Therefore, what the enemy discovered was that the Thunder Legion had only more than 200 artillery pieces. After withdrawing to the royal city, there were only more than 100 new artillery pieces left, and the ammunition seemed to be somewhat insufficient.
Now most of the enemies have been trapped in the urn, unable to escape, and they have left all those heavy weapons outside the city in order to make a fortune. So Claude can use his big weapon to kill again...