"Does he want to fight us here?" Looking at the solid defense line stretching for dozens of miles in front of him, and the seemingly endless Bright Emperor's camp behind the defense line, Tiger, the commander of the Roland coalition, looked a little solemn - of course , solemnly, with a bit of doubt.
In fact, Tiger's doubts have not subsided.
The fact of capturing Thunder City has always made Tiger very strange - that Tulip Duke actually gave up on Thunder City like that? Abandoned the gate guarding the southward path of Guangming Continent
After holding on for so many days, he actually led his powerful army to withdraw from the military fortress in Thunder City...
On the day the city was broken, Tiger witnessed with his own eyes the last remaining flame warriors of the Empire of Light fighting to the last man. Although in the eyes of the Roland people, those people were all heretics, but they had to admit that those people were very special. Brave and extremely loyal to what they believe in! Although in the eyes of the Roland people, they believe in the devil.
The thirty thousand Flame Warriors were like the tail of a gecko, abandoned by Duke Tulip without hesitation - used as a barrier for the safe retreat of their main army.
Thirty thousand flame warriors resisted the Roland people for another day and a half! Withstood waves of Roland attacks - when the Holy Knights finally broke through the gate of Thunder City, Tiger was so excited that he almost cried - he had already lost ten people under Thunder City. Ten thousand people.
But when he entered the city, he realized something was wrong.
Duke Tulip's main army had already retreated, leaving the Flame Warriors in the city. Although those people fought very bravely to the end, when thirty thousand people faced hundreds of thousands, it was a massacre.
And Tulip Duke did it very thoroughly.
Thunder City is almost in ruins. Most of the buildings in the city have been demolished, and most of the buildings look like blocks of stone. In the previous battle to defend the city, they had been used to stop the Roland people from attacking the city - most of them hit the Roland people on the head.
All the supplies in the city that could be taken away were taken away by Duke Tulip's army. Food, weapons... can't be taken away, or can't be taken away in time. All were destroyed. Looking at the heavy slings under the city that had turned into a pair of broken wooden slings, Tiger didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
In the city, there were still raging fires burning in many places, and in some corners, the remaining members of the Flame Warriors were still desperately making their last stand.
No matter what, no matter how doubtful he was in his heart, Tiger finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I can't control that much anymore, whether Duke Tulip deliberately gave up Thunder City or he really couldn't hold on and retreated. In short, Thunder City was captured. The door to the south to conquer the Bright Continent has been opened.
No matter what, the Roland people's pace of conquest will not stop!
After two days of repairs in Thunder City, Tiger ordered to go south!
There is no doubt that Tiger was cautious. He sent 20,000 people as vanguards to guide the path of the army behind.
And when the news came back one after another, Tiger's brows became more and more tightened.
A vanguard of 20,000 people searched and explored everywhere. Nothing was found.
Along the way south from Thunder City, we reached towns and villages. There are no people everywhere.
how come? Despite passing pre-war intelligence, Tiger also knew. The northern province of the Bright Empire was poor in land and sparsely populated. It was thought that it was only used as a military theater.
But the population is sparse. There must be someone!
Facing the towns and villages that had long since been deserted, and the empty streets, the Roland soldiers were at a loss - they had been holding back their murderous intent, but suddenly found that they had no place to vent their murderous intent.
You know, they were originally prepared to teach those pagans a lesson. Everyone is very clear about the purpose of the temple:
The temple and more than a dozen kingdoms in the Roland continent jointly announced that all warriors who participated in the holy war can get a share of the land and property of the pagans conquered in the war on the Bright Continent! And slaves!
Although this order is not so in line with the spirit of chivalry and seems to call everyone to rob the Bright Continent, but considering that the holy war requires a lot of manpower and military power, and the other party is a pagan, they are all sinners who rebel against the gods... so it is I can’t control that much anymore.
But all the way south, the Roland people discovered that all the people from the Bright Empire were missing.
Of course, it’s not that nothing was left behind. Those pagans and sinners in the Bright Empire seemed to have left behind their houses, their homes, and even their property, as well as a lot of valuable gold and silver jewelry... These made The officers and soldiers of the army were very excited and actually made a lot of money.
Although the northern province of the Bright Empire is poor? It seems that these pagans are still very wealthy! Many officers and soldiers have made a fortune, and many of them have begun to dream of being rich. Well... maybe after the war is over, they can use the money to buy a piece of good land and build a small manor. It would be better to Get some beautiful pagan maids…
But for one thing, those people from the Bright Empire didn’t leave any food behind! Not a single penny!
In the originally barren land in the north, the meager grain crops in the fields had long been harvested, and those that had not been harvested had long been burned, leaving patches of scorched earth.
Faced with this situation, Tiger immediately flashed a sentence in his mind: a strong wall clears the field!
Tiger knew his current situation very well, and he led an army of tens of thousands southward. The food consumption of hundreds of thousands of people and the fodder for horses are extremely astonishing - no, that is no longer amazing, it is simply "scary"!
It turned out that when I went to the beach in Leiming City again. Supplies were no problem at all. Relying on the strong maritime power of the Roland people, all supplies can be transported from afar and continuously by sea - the Empire of Light simply does not have the power to rob their fleet at sea.
But things are different now. Now we are in other people's territory, gradually extending to the inner hinterland of the continent. No matter how powerful the navy is, it can never send warships to land to deliver supplies to the army. All supplies must be transported to Thunder City, and then escorted by the army all the way south.
The march southward was extremely smooth. The army's march southward, including the 20,000 troops walking in front, could not help but encounter any decent resistance. Occasionally, they encountered some small local garrison troops from the Bright Empire, but they did so with ease. To repel the opponent - or not to repel him, but because the opponent saw him from a distance and took the initiative to run away.
It seems that the rumors are true. Many armies in the Bright Empire are already lax in their armaments. It is no longer that empire with a huge elite army. Is it the current Empire of Light? The army may still be huge, but the word elite may not be true. Of course, except for the Whip of the Thunder God, the Thunder God commanded by Duke Tulip The whip... and their Northern Legion also seemed to be very powerful.
At least, he currently has an advantage in terms of military strength. The northwest army of the Bright Empire is held in the northwest by Reuenthar's ally, and their southern army needs to guard the south and the imperial capital. The combined strength of the Northwest Army and Thunder God's Whip is less than Tiger's current army... right now. What is needed is an opportunity.
An opportunity for the main force to fight decisively! As long as the main army of Tulip Duke can be defeated in one fell swoop, then...
Finally, on the Pamir Plateau, the Roland people were stopped!
The Roland people looked ahead in surprise. A military camp of the Bright Empire, dozens of miles long, appeared on the Pamier Plateau in Pingtan.
I really don’t know how these pagans do it!
The huge military camp on the plain can accommodate at least 300,000 troops. The entire military camp is surrounded by strong wooden fences, and in front of the camp is a deep trench—hell, a trench that is dozens of miles long? There are also dense crowds of horse-rejecting attacks on the outside. The iron cavalry used to stop Roland Knight...
This is no longer a barracks at all, it is simply a solid line of defense.
Look at the strong camp walls, the deep trenches, the horses with sharp blades hanging upside down, and the archers in the military camp.
Tiger couldn't help but sigh. He didn't know how many corpses it would take to fill such a deep trench. Anyway, there must be a lot, a lot...
No matter what, Tiger felt relieved. No matter what, he finally found the opponent's main army. The pace of going south before was too smooth, and it was a bit unnerving. Although we now face a solid line of defense that can make our scalp numb, we can finally fight for real!
Hum, no matter how strong their camp is, can it be as strong as the walls of Thunder City? He left the city wall unused and built a military camp on the plain. I really don’t know what the Tulip Duke was thinking!
After the two sides tested each other on the first day, the real fight began on the second day.
This time, the Tulip Duke did not seem to have retained any strength. On the Pamir Plateau, on an empty battlefield between the camps of the two large armies, both sides invested tens of thousands of people to start the first field battle.
The army of the Light Empire taught the Roland people a hard lesson: no matter how powerful the navy is, when it comes to land, the Empire of Light still wins the world!
The dense phalanx composed of more than 30,000 heavy armored infantrymen of the Light Empire tenaciously resisted the wave of attacks from the Roland people. Together with the Yuancheng strikes from the archers behind them, the Roland people suffered heavy losses.
Roland's coalition forces, the Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Sauron, were ordered to charge. The trustworthy leader of the Royal Knights very much hoped that this battle would wipe away the shame of the defeat under Thunder City. The brave Knights of Roland shouted the slogan of fighting for honor and rushed towards the empire. heavy armored infantry regiment.
What greeted them were three-meter-long spears. Those spears were held up like a forest, and the first wave of cavalry was packed into the spear array of the Bright Empire. In addition to those who were impaled and died, there were those who occasionally fell off their horses and were immediately decapitated by the imperial soldiers guarding behind the forward infantry.
The knights of the Roland Royal Knights immediately discovered the fact that even if they were not facing the Thunder God's Whip, the other opponents' armies were not as weak as they imagined. The opponent's heavy armored infantry regiment had obviously undergone rigorous training to face the charge of the large cavalry of their own knights. The opponent's infantry was very powerful, without any panic or timidity. The soldiers in the front row still bravely raised their spears, and the entire phalanx stood densely together. Facing the spear protruding from the shield-free wall, it really makes people's scalp numb just looking at it.
Seeing that the Royal Knights had no chance of breaking through the opponent's square formation, Tiger immediately ordered two infantry regiments to charge forward.
No matter what, although the cavalry did not break through the opponent's infantry square, it at least caused some confusion to the opponent.
To say the least, Tiger doesn't want the precious Royal Knights to be exhausted in such a tough battle!
On the first day of the field battle, as the sun set in the west, both sides ended the fight. The Empire of Light lost 10,000 brave soldiers, while the losses of the Roland people ranged from 20,000 to 30,000. The battlefield was filled with broken corpses, and the sunset on the horizon seemed to be dyed red with blood.
Seeing the bright red sun gradually disappearing from the horizon, Tiger couldn't help but sigh: A soldier of the Light Empire can be worth two or even three Roland soldiers. This fact made him feel a little depressed.
If you encounter the Thunder God's Whip. Maybe this ratio will be further increased, and one Thunder God's Whip can withstand more than four Roland people...
Tiger felt a little confused.
The other side has such a powerful army, so why is this holy war started
Where did those people in the temple go crazy? Actually starting a war that there is no guarantee of winning? ?
With the armies of hundreds of thousands of countries in hand, can they conquer this powerful empire in front of them? ?
If... if he had the Whip of Thunder in his hand... Thinking of this, Tiger immediately gave up the idea in his mind, because it was simply impossible.
He knew very well that the costs required to support and maintain such a powerful army were staggering. There are more than a dozen countries on the Roland continent, and each country's national power is limited. No country has the ability to support such an expensive army on its own. It is simply impossible to select so many outstanding warriors.
"Perhaps. Only the Roland continent can be unified and rely on the power of the entire continent. Such an army can be established..." Tiger shook his head, trying to dispel this thought in his mind, and then thought that the Thunder God's Whip is not possible. The holy knights in the temple can barely compete with the Thunder God's Whip head-on. But the Holy Knights belong to the temple. The temple has a huge power in the Roland continent, and every knight regards being able to enter the Holy Knights as the highest honor. This situation resulted in the Holy Knights gathering the best fighting power in the Roland continent.
The temple has various taxes throughout the Roland continent, and its huge financial resources can support them to establish such a powerful cavalry regiment. Both in terms of manpower, material resources and the quality of the knights, the highest level is guaranteed. This advantage is unmatched by any country in Roland Continent.
Tiger smiled bitterly and could only take one step back. If...if the hundreds of thousands of people under my command had the level of the Royal Knights...
If the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command can reach the level of the Royal Knights, Tiger is also confident that he can defeat the Tulip Duke! After all, I have a huge advantage in numbers!
But... Tiger still smiled bitterly when he thought of this.
The Royal Knights belong to the Kingdom of Sauron. The Kingdom of Sauron owns less than half of the territory and population of the entire continent of Roland. Only then did they have enough capital to establish such a cavalry army, which is known as second only to the Holy Knights. But this is already the limit of the Kingdom of Sauron. Because it is located at the southernmost tip of the Roland continent, the Kingdom of Sauron has spent most of its energy on maintaining a strong navy. Everyone knows the importance of the navy. Without a strong navy, the pagans of the Light Empire will not survive for two hundred years. Crossed the sea before!
In this way, the two sides faced off on the Pamir Plains. During this period, the two sides fought fiercely for several times. After several field battles, although the quality of the troops of the Light Empire was much higher than that of the Rolands, the Rolands relied on their numerical advantage. , the situation was still maintained.
That night, I saw both sides sending hundreds of people to clean up the battlefield - this moment was a tacit understanding between the warring parties in a period of peace. People sent by both sides carefully searched for the wounded soldiers who were not dead and carried them back to the battlefield. , and then clean up the corpses and gather them together...
Flames broke out at the edge of the battlefield, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers turned to ashes in the flames.
At this moment, the Roland people are still recalling the amazing scene during today's field battle!
Today both sides have spent a lot of money, and the people of the Light Empire have sent out their trump card, the Whip of the Thunder God! The Roland people are the Holy Knights.
Facing the scene of thousands of horses galloping on both sides, it seemed as if the entire earth was shaking, and even the clouds in the sky were shaken away.
Hundreds of thousands of people witnessed the frontal defense of the strongest cavalry regiments from two continents!
The Roland people have high expectations for the Holy Knights. In their hearts, they have recognized the terrifying power of the Thunder God's Whip and have witnessed its power with their own eyes. The Roland people also believe that the only ones who can defend the Thunder God's Whip head-on on the battlefield are the Holy Knights.
But the facts once again surprised them.
Perhaps, if in a normal state, the Holy Knights can withstand the Thunder God's Whip! But if it is led by the terrifying Tulip Duke, the charge of the Thunder God's Whip can crush any enemy in front of it!
Since Fielding, the only paladin in the army who could confront Duke Tulip head-on at this moment, was seriously injured, the attack of the Holy Knights was launched under the leadership of three great knights.
Then hundreds of thousands of people witnessed Duke Tulip personally beheading the three knights on the battlefield. One of the knights died particularly miserably. Duke Tulip's astonishing sword hit his horse hard. , and then I saw the great knight flying out with his horse, and fell into the chaos of thousands of horses. In the end, the people cleaning up the battlefield at night couldn't even find his body...it had been trampled by tens of thousands of horse hooves. Meat!
"What are we here for? Does the temple ask our soldiers to come here to die?" Tiger fell into deep thought...