"Your Highness, we have to stop the attack, the casualties are too great," Malek said.
The fire in Beicheng District burned for three days and two nights, and finally went out after a heavy snowfall. The armed forces of the Norton family, who were waiting, began to attack the east and west districts. But the armed forces of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce did not give up resistance. They set up barricades on the streets, recruited miners to form a reserve force, and fought house-to-house with the attacking Norton family armed forces.
The King City of Federica is very large. It was originally an important town in the southwest of the Krissen Empire. Its residents once reached more than 300,000, and it has undergone many expansions and renovations. After the Vicia Chamber of Commerce took over, it carried out a large-scale reconstruction project on King Federica, which enhanced the defense and durability of most buildings in the city. And this move has achieved great results in resisting the Norton family's armed attack.
The West City District is where the barracks of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce Legion are located, but this large urban area is not just a barracks, it also includes the family housing of the legion soldiers and various entertainment venues for the legion soldiers. There are eleven pubs alone, and Brothels, laundries, public baths and pharmacies, etc. The thoughtful care and kind treatment of the Legion soldiers by the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is also an important reason why the Vecia Chamber of Commerce Legion persisted in resistance. It is impossible for them to put down their weapons and surrender without the order of the high-level Chamber of Commerce.
Dongcheng District is a residential block for miners and technicians affiliated to the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. As the largest weapon supplier of the business alliance, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce has a huge mining and forging and refining department. The most praised by the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is that it treats workers in these departments with great benevolence. Even for mining, which is the lowest level of labor that can be done as long as you have strength, the Chamber of Commerce also likes to adopt the latest mining technology and equipment to assist miners. Conduct mining operations to increase productivity.
In a sense, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is like the Japanese company in the previous life in the eyes of Lorist. Miners have also become a hereditary occupation, and children can enter the Chamber of Commerce and get a job by relying on their parents and relatives. Therefore, the loyalty of these workers to the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is also very high. When the Chamber of Commerce called on everyone to take up arms to fight against the invading Norton family's armed forces, there was an overwhelming response. Just as Lorist feared before dispatching troops, tens of thousands of miners and technicians have become the backup military force of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce.
The Western District was turned into small fortresses by the Chamber of Commerce Corps. The miners in the Eastern District piled up debris on the streets to build barricades, and fought fierce street battles with the soldiers armed by the Norton family who launched the attack. Under such circumstances, even with the steel crossbow's long-range attack to assist the attacking soldiers, it was difficult to move an inch, and the casualties increased greatly.
The role of the steel crossbow in a chariot is not very applicable in the streets and alleys with complex and tortuous terrain. Many shooting fields are covered by buildings, and they are often attacked by enemies and falling objects from high places in the rear. Malek, who was commanding on the front line, had to order the soldiers to stop the attack on the east and west urban areas.
"Your Highness, we can't continue to attack like this. In the past two days, the Flying Tiger Legion has suffered more than 4,600 soldiers, and the Rock Legion has suffered more than 2,000 casualties. However, our offensive goal has not been achieved. It occupied a block and a half, which was almost in ruins when it fell into our hands. Moreover, in the middle of the night last night, the armed forces of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce attacked the camp of soldiers behind us through the sewer pipes. In terms of terrain, We are vulnerable to enemies who are familiar with the geography of urban streets... ”
What Malek said was the truth. There are many mercenary-born soldiers in the Vicia Chamber of Commerce armed forces. They are extremely good at small-scale infiltration attacks and ambush tactics. They are very good at fighting in urban blocks with complex terrain. No, especially the Norton family's armed forces have never encountered such a situation where all the people are soldiers and all the people are enemies. In the past, after breaking through the city gates and clearing out the enemy's defense force, the whole town fell into the control of the family, and all the residents were obediently waiting to be punished. Now, even women and old people will wait for the opportunity to carry out sneak attacks...
Lorist frowned while looking at the simple city layout map of King Federica spread out on the table, frowning in silence. This map was pieced together from the captives' statements and descriptions and the reconnaissance of the family's armed scouts. In the Qing Dynasty, the inner city also had a rough shape, and the east and west districts had already changed due to the street fighting. If King Federica is divided into three parts, the Norton family's armed forces currently only occupy the narrowest part of the northern city, most of which are still fighting zones.
In terms of military strength, the Norton family's armed forces currently entering the city are only three regiments from the Flying Tiger Legion, one regiment from the Rock Legion, and nearly 2,000 guards around Lorist, totaling about 60,000. But minus the casualties of these two days, plus the personnel outside the city who maintained order in the refugee camps rescued from Beicheng District and were responsible for supporting logistics, there were less than 40,000 fighters who could actually launch an attack in the city.
Although the Heavy Armored Spear Corps of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce was severely damaged, there are still more than 30,000 people. In addition to the city defense troops and the newly formed miners' garrison in Dongcheng District, the number is no less than 80,000. In particular, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is a weapons supply and manufacturing chamber of commerce. They have no shortage of equipment, and they can equip those strong miners into elite defense forces with a little training.
In terms of high-end combat power, there is only one second-level great swordsman left in the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, and it is unknown how many gold-rank fighting spirit masters are left. But judging from the number of armed soldiers of the entire Chamber of Commerce, they are almost twice the number of armed soldiers of the Norton family who entered the city, which is why they insist on resisting and vowing not to surrender. Just like what Malek said, if they continue to attack, they may lose both sides, and the Norton family cannot afford such a high price of casualties.
The Vicia Chamber of Commerce has now made it clear that it will fight for life with the Norton family, not only in the city, but also on the city walls. It has mobilized a large number of longbowmen to guard against the towers on the east and west walls to avoid being attacked by the Norton family. The armed forces attacked along the northern city wall, captured the entire outer wall of King Federica, and trapped them inside the city.
Originally, Lorist wanted to capture the eastern and western districts first, take advantage of the trend to occupy the city walls, capture the southern district, and then besiege the inner city to force the Vicia Chamber of Commerce to surrender. Because after occupying the northern city, he discovered that the Vicia Chamber of Commerce built the inner city like a city within a city. The city wall alone is one meter higher than the outer city wall, reaching a height of ten meters. Moreover, a special giant crossbow was also arranged on the city wall, with a range of three hundred meters. As a result, the street opposite the gate of the inner city became a forbidden area for the Norton family to arm. Fortunately, this kind of giant crossbow was wound very slowly, and there were not many of them. They only fired a dozen crossbow bolts longer than spears towards Beicheng District and stopped firing.
"Your Highness, since they vowed to be our enemies to the death, let's fulfill them and learn from them and burn the east and west cities." It was Tiger Ross who said this, and he was also angered by the resistance of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. Anyway, the blocks after the capture are all in ruins, so simply burn down these blocks first, turn them into ruins and then occupy them, which can also avoid the casualties of the family armed forces.
Lorist shook his head. Tiger Ross's idea is not advisable. The Vicia Chamber of Commerce burned the northern city because it is a poor area, and most of the houses are wood and mudstone shacks. The fire spread everywhere with the help of the wind. Most of the houses in the east and west urban areas are made of stone and bricks. Let alone whether you can get a lot of kerosene, even if they burn, they can be extinguished quickly, which is just a waste of effort.
"Your Highness, the three corps of the Rock Legion are on standby outside the east, west, and south gates. Since the stalemate in the city is now stalemate, can we bring these three corps back and let them take charge of the attack? From the perspective of offensive efficiency Generally speaking, they are better at such hand-to-hand street and urban combat missions than the Flying Tigers." Josk made another suggestion.
"No." Lorist replied, "The three gates of King Federica are still under the control of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. What we want this time is to wipe out the Vicia Chamber of Commerce and uproot it. So the three The mission of this corps is still to stand by and wait for the fish that slipped through the net when the city fell. We have no way of knowing whether the high-level officials of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce will break through and escape at the last moment. We don't know which direction they will choose at that time, so The three corps could not move.
The main key to the current stalemate lies in the senior management of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. We already know from the captives that this time, except for a vice-chairman and a great swordsman who are still staying at the chamber of commerce in Morente City to handle chores, the rest of the heads and high-level leaders of the chamber of commerce gathered in Federica this time. Wangcheng celebrated the New Year, but we were dragged around by us. So it is not surprising that the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is dying and refusing to surrender. As long as we break through the inner city and capture the heads and high-level leaders of those chambers of commerce, they will naturally let the armed defense forces in the east and west districts lay down their weapons and surrender. "
"But Your Highness, it is not a wise move for us to attack the inner city now. Before we take down the eastern and western districts, we rashly concentrate our forces to attack the inner city, and we will only be attacked by the armed forces of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce on three sides. Besides, the inner city walls There are also a lot of giant crossbows. These giant crossbows are on the city wall, and they have a better range than our chariot steel crossbows. They can easily cause a very large threat of casualties to our family soldiers..." Malek said.
"No, we will not attack the inner city and the east and west districts for the time being. Order our family's armed forces to shrink the troops to defend the occupied blocks. In five or six days, Bodfinger will lead the Thunderbolt Slingers here. By then we will Smash the city walls of the inner city directly and rush in, as long as the president and high-level personnel of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce are captured, this war will be over." Lorist made the final decision.
In the next two days, the armed forces of the Norton family stopped attacking and instead began to consolidate their defenses, posing for a long-term battle. The Vicia Chamber of Commerce found it strange and specially sent an envoy to meet Lorist.
The envoy was a senior deacon of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. He was eloquent, with excellent demeanor and manners. He told Lorist that the Vicia Chamber of Commerce had made a concerted effort to resist to the end. And the current battlefield situation also shows that the Norton family's armed forces simply cannot swallow King Federica's city. Even if the Norton family invested all their troops in a massive attack, even if the Vicia Chamber of Commerce failed, it would still cost the Norton family armed forces an extremely high price.
It is now the thawing period in February, and the rainy season will come in about 30 days. During the rainy season, the two sides cannot fight. The materials are harvested, and the journey to the north is far away, and the logistics and supplies may not be able to meet them, so now they can only sit and eat. The Vicia Chamber of Commerce hopes that the Norton family can understand that their failure is inevitable, and it is better to stop fighting and withdraw from the royal city.
The messenger said that after the rainy season, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce will be able to get in touch with the business alliance, and the army of the business alliance will continue to come. By that time, even if the Norton family wanted to withdraw their troops, it might not be easy. Offending the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, one of the seven giants of the business alliance, even if the Norton family's territory is far away in the north, they will not be able to escape the revenge of the business alliance. However, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce understands the difficulty of the Norton family's royal order. As long as the Norton family withdraws its troops, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce can guarantee that the Norton family will not be held accountable for the surprise attack on Frederick's Royal City.
Lorist laughed, and asked if the messenger was here to laugh? The war is not over yet, and it is unclear whose hands Frederica King City will fall into. What confidence does the Vicia Chamber of Commerce have to guarantee that they will win the final victory
Lorist in turn persuaded the envoy to let the Vicia Chamber of Commerce surrender as soon as possible, so as not to lose his fortune. As for the Vicia Chamber of Commerce being one of the seven giants of the business alliance, it has no effect on him. In the eyes of the Norton family armed forces, as long as it is an enemy, it is the target of elimination. The Norton family armed forces are never afraid of the enemy's strength and strength. How strong.
Seeing that the threat failed, the envoy resorted to temptation again. As long as the Norton family is willing to withdraw their troops and return the occupied northern city to the armed forces of the chamber of commerce, then the Vicia chamber of commerce is willing to offer two million goldfords as a ransom for the Norton family's dispatch of troops, and at the same time, it is willing to provide a batch of troops for the armed forces of the Norton family to use after withdrawing their troops. of food supplies.
Lorist laughed again, and he said to the messenger that as long as the Norton family took down Frederick King City with armed forces, no matter whether it was two million gold dollars or more, as well as those food and supplies, they would naturally be his spoils of war. He advised the Vicia Chamber of Commerce to put down their arms and surrender. Winning or losing is just commonplace. The Vicia Chamber of Commerce chose the wrong territory of the Chamber of Commerce this time and occupied the Puerto Org Province of the Krissen Empire. That's why it was attacked by the armed forces of the Norton family.
Lorist told the envoy that he hoped that the leaders of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce would learn the lesson from this time. They need the territory of the Chamber of Commerce to actually target those countries in the central and southern parts of the mainland, instead of targeting the territory of the former empire. If the Vicia Chamber of Commerce decides to surrender, Lorist can guarantee their safety, and they can choose another Chamber of Commerce territory to make a comeback.
The envoy was angry. He said that the Vicia Chamber of Commerce was ready to die together. They placed jars full of kerosene in all material warehouses and important places in the royal city. Once they encountered an attack and failed to resist, they would set fire to the whole city. , I would rather turn the city of Federica into ashes than let it fall into the armed hands of the Norton family!
Lorist took the case and swore in public that if the Vicia Chamber of Commerce really did this, he would definitely not let any of the high-level officials of the Chamber of Commerce be spared.
Speaking to such a point, it shows that the two sides have no possibility of any agreement, and the envoy of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce left angrily.
On February 7th, Bodfinger led the Thunderbolt Slinger Battalion of the Rock Legion to the northern city.
On February 9th, the Thunderbolt slingshot camp simultaneously launched stone-throwing attacks on the inner city, the east district and the west district. retreat.
At around 4:00 p.m., Lorist led the guards to attack the battered city walls of the inner city. In order to resist the Norton family's armed raid on the inner city, the second-level greatsword left by the Vicia Chamber of Commerce in the city The master went into battle with a sword, but was beheaded by Lorist on the spot. The top executives of the chamber of commerce and their family members opened the south city gate and fled. At the same time, they sent people to set fire to the material warehouse and business district in the south city area.
On February 11th, the Norton family armed forces put out the fire in the southern city and rescued one-third of the grain and supplies.
On February 12, the garrison miners in Dongcheng District surrendered their weapons. On the same day, nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce Armed Corps who were divided and surrounded in West District surrendered and saved their lives. But there are still more than 10,000 soldiers of the Chamber of Commerce Armed Corps sticking to the fortress of the barracks, vowing not to surrender.
On February 13th, the escaped Vicia chamber of commerce executives and their families fell into the trap of the Panshi Legion deployed outside the south gate of the city, and were all captured.
On February 14th, after rejecting the last surrender order issued by Lorist, the armed forces of the Norton family, with the assistance of the Thunderbolt Sling, launched the final attack on the barracks fortress in the western district. More than 10,000 soldiers and more than 3,000 relatives of the legion were all beheaded and killed. After receiving the good news, Lorist ordered to behead all the captured high-ranking members of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce and their relatives, more than 2,000 people, regardless of women, children, old and weak, fulfilling his oath.
On February 14th, 1787, the general calendar of the Galintia continent, Lorist, the Grand Duke of the Northland of the Kingdom of Antinac, led the Norton family armed forces to capture the capital of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, King Federica. His relatives and chamber of commerce armed nearly 30,000 people. And use these heads to build a human head tower in the southern suburb of Wangcheng, named Jingguan.
After this battle, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce was removed from the seven giants of the business alliance. After the news came out in May, the business alliance turned pale with shock, and the remaining six giants were furious. The whole continent was shocked by the news.
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