Thundering City is located on the edge of the Thundering Strait, and the walls are only a few kilometers away from the beach, so to speak, this is a natural and wonderful outpost fortress.
If the Roland people in the north want to land on the southern continent, then on the northern coastline of the Bright Empire, the most suitable place is this beach outside Thundering City.
Perhaps the gods deliberately left an excellent terrain for the Bright Continent when they created this world, the Bright Continent is leaning on the coastline of the Thundering Strait, most of the coastline is steep whirlpools, reefs, and steep cliffs, the flat beach terrain is relatively small, and there are even fewer beaches that can accommodate a large-scale landing of large armies, and this beach outside the Thundering City is flat and broad, which is the best place to land.
The walls of Thundering City were built after the Imperial Fortress, which was entirely a military fortress, and there were very few civilians living in the city.
The walls are built entirely of boulders, a specialty of the north, and are tall and sturdy, twelve meters high and four meters wide, in the shape of an arc.
Thundering City is not large, the maximum limit can only accommodate 200,000 people, and there are 50,000 Flame Warrior Regiments of the Cult of Gods, 50,000 Thunder God's Whips, and 50,000 elite heavy infantry of the Northern Legion stationed in the city at this moment.
Tiger looked coldly at the information in front of him, then walked out of the cabin, stood on the deck and looked into the distance, under the morning sun, Thunder City was faintly visible on the shore.
"We must take Thundering City first."
As the commander of the Roland Continent's Southern Expedition Alliance, Tiger sighed softly.
In all respects, the first step in this holy war must be to take Thundering City First of all, after the coalition forces of the Roland continent came ashore, they needed a strong stronghold to reorganize the army, and for the further southward expedition as a solid transit station, in the footsteps of the war in which the army went south, with this strong stronghold close to the coastline, the supplies transported from the Roland continent could be continuously sent to the front line through this transit station And taking a step back, the fighting power of the Bright Empire on land is something that Tiger is deeply afraid of, especially their Tulip Duke, almost every generation of that family is a natural military commander.
The Bright Empire has a large and elite army, and after its own army goes ashore, it must immediately get a strong military stronghold, in case the other side mobilizes heavy troops to fight back wildly, its own side needs a solid military fortress to breathe and repair.
He didn't want his army to fight a field battle with the opponent's huge cavalry corps as soon as he came ashore, so why would he need to repair for a while.
The wind and waves at sea across the strait for more than ten days made the soldiers very tired.
It is also very important that there are quite enough military supplies such as grain, grass and weapons in Thundering City, and the occupation of Thundering City can give the army a large amount of supplies.
Of course, there is another reason, Tiger did not say that he himself was not optimistic about this holy war, but the dignity and honor of the knight made him have to serve His Majesty the King and the Temple.
But he was always a little uneasy in his heart, fighting hard with the army of the Bright Continent on land, although the number of the Roland alliance was large enough, but the army of more than a dozen countries was patched together, could it work Occupy Thundering City Because this stronghold is closest to the coastline, once the war is lost in the future and the army is defeated, Thundering City can be used to collect the defeated army and block the pursuit of the Bright Empire.
The protection of this fortified military fortress could be relied upon to withdraw the army to the sea with maximum safety It's just that Tiger knows very well that he understands these truths, and the other party also understands them, so the other party mobilized a seriously ill handle in Thundering City, and it was the "Thor's Whip" led by Duke Tulip of the empire Tiger watched from afar, there seemed to be a flag flying high on the Thundering City, although it was too far away to see too clearly, but Tiger knew that it was a tulip battle flag Taking a deep breath, the supreme commander of the Roland coalition gave the order in short words: "Landing" The morning sun sprinkled on the sea without hesitation, and on the vast sea, thousands of huge war ships with black bodies were densely arranged, half of which were the kind of Roland people that Miró said, the kind of first-class warships that could accommodate more than a thousand people Countless dense ant-like boats were put down, like large locusts pouring towards the coast, the imperial defenders on the city wall were stunned, after all, there had been no large-scale war with the Roland continent for a hundred years, although they had always known that the strength of the Roland people at sea was extremely strong, but seeing such a huge sea legion on the other side with their own eyes at this moment also made the eyes of these imperial soldiers almost pop out The beach was noisy, and countless Roland soldiers poured onto the shore, carrying a large amount of supplies and equipment, and then poured into the huge barracks, and from the city walls, they looked like a swarm of busy worker ants.
"Lord Duke, are we going to wait" Ziggy couldn't help frowning.
Luo Di looked at the sky and said lightly: "There are only more than 100,000 people who will come ashore in this batch, and I will wait for hundreds of thousands of them to come ashore, so that they can leave the sea where they came to live, and drain every drop of blood on land under our city walls."
So, on the second day of the war, a strange scene was formed, the landing of the huge Roland coalition army on the coastal beach was in full swing, but the Emperor team in the far thundering city was completely treated as air, and the two sides occasionally looked at each other from a distance, and they both continued to do their own things, not to mention a knife and a gun, and even an arrow was never put The only thing that surprised Roddy was that a larger fleet of the other party appeared on the sea, and the dense warships almost completely blocked the entire sea.
Troops were brought from the sea to the shore, from 100,000 to 200,000, then to 300,000, 500,000, 600,000 The seemingly huge military camp on the coast was almost no longer enough, and the shouting and neighing of men filled the entire beach, and could be heard even in the distant thundering city.
For three whole days, in three days, the other party transported an incomparably large army to the shore, and the huge military camp looked like a dense forest, and the only thing Luo Di did every day was to stand on the city wall and watch the other party's landing, and then secretly calculated in his heart how many troops the other party had come this time, and the results of the statistics made him slightly surprised: 800,000 at least 800,000 This number is only a lot more Could it be that the Roland people are crazy, they have sent almost half of the continent's army over, they really think that this kind of motley army mixed with the armies of more than a dozen countries can defeat the legions of the Bright Empire that swept across the continent Roddy's gaze was already very sharp at the moment, and after three days of observation, his evaluation of the strength of the Roland coalition was quite pertinent.
Among these 800,000 people, only less than 200,000 people at most have reached the standard of the empire's elite army, and two of them look very good, presumably the strongest knights in the legendary Roland Continent.
It's just that I don't know if there are any Holy Knights of the Roland Continent Temple in it.
As for the other armies, Luo Di didn't bother to look at those almost miscellaneous armies, there were relatively few cavalry, most of them were infantry, but those infantry were completely inadequate compared to the elite heavy infantry of the Empire of Light.
They lack equipment, and even have no good armor, and some armies are not even uniform, and the so-called armor on many infantry is simply a few pieces of rotten iron on the chest and shoulders and other vital parts.
The weapons in his hand are also various, there are swords, broadswords, short spears, spears and a strange army, which makes Roddy a little surprised that it is really a very strange army, it should be the legendary Roland people's chariot of thousands of two-wheeled carriages, each carriage is equipped with a war horse, the chariot is equipped with three soldiers, a coachman, two spearmen.
On the two wheels of the carriage, two long sharp knives were tied to them, and Roddy could see at a glance the horror of this kind of army, a special type of troops specially designed to slaughter the opposing infantry However, the shortcomings of this tank are also very obvious, and Roddy just sneered twice and then ignored it.
In addition to the unexpectedly large number of the opponent's army, Luo Di has not felt uneasy in his heart these days.
Every day, he just patrolled the barracks as usual, and then pulled Zig to discuss some things, and even rarely saw the commanders under him.
The only one who was worried was the bishop elder of the Cult of God.
One day, the elder of the Cult of God walked up to the city wall and saw the huge military camp of the enemy in front of the beach, and he exclaimed, and his face immediately turned a little pale.
He immediately strongly advised Duke Tulip to ask His Majesty for reinforcements Needless to say, there are only 400,000 troops in the entire northern theater, but the number of the other side is twice as many as his own His Majesty the Emperor should be immediately asked to have a large-scale reservist of the Dharma, and it is even necessary to recruit the people Luo Di just glanced at him coldly, and then said lightly: "Got it." ” Ziggy watched the spiritless God Sect Bishop Elder leave, and sneered: "Fool, can't he see that although the other party's army is huge, there are very few real elite soldiers among them, although most of them are holding weapons and wearing armor, but judging from the way they walk, they are just a group of farmers who have just put down their hoes." ” Miro said lightly: "Needless to say, those rubbish, it's just their two knights, which look really good."
Just pay attention to those people.
It's just that the cavalry can't storm the city, and we can completely consume them."
Luo Di smiled slightly: "It doesn't seem necessary to kill them, I don't plan to fight in Thunder City at all" He smiled slowly: "I have decided, we will stay here for ten days, and after ten days, we will abandon Thunder City, and then retreat to the interior of the Northern Province."
Ziggy and Miro glanced at each other, a strange look flashed in Miro's eyes, and he said coldly: "Seth, you are really cunning, you are afraid that they will run away, do you want to lure the enemy deeper?"
Luo Di nodded: "Thundering City is too close to the sea, they can escape at any time, but as long as you lure them to the depths of the continent, I will fight to let their 800,000 troops all touch the Bright Continent" Sighing, Roddy whispered: "In that case, at least you can buy peace for the empire for a few decades."
The calm was broken on the eighth day of the other side's landing.
General Tiger, the commander of the Roland Continental Alliance, wrote a letter of battle to Duke Tulip, the commander of the Thundering City Empire, and the two sides agreed to fight a decisive battle under the city of Thundering City in the afternoon of the next day.
After seeing this battle book, Roddy and Ziggy looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.
Miro also looked a little strange: "These Roland heretics, just fight, even if they come to attack the city, what kind of war will they order?"
Luo Di thought for a while and said, "Let's fight, our army hasn't fought with the Roland people in a hundred years, it's better to try their strength first."
Tomorrow I will let General Miró and I take people out of the city and fight them under the city."
As soon as Ziggy wanted to say something, Luo Di shook his head and said: "Thor's whip is now our trump card, it can't be shown the first time, tomorrow, General Ziggy, you will watch from the city wall."
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The afternoon sun was particularly dazzling as the war began, and with the dull and dense sound of drums, a group of soldiers from the camp of the Roland coalition army slowly came out, and set up a huge military formation in the wilderness below the city, with several infantry phalanxes in the middle, and cavalry on both sides, but the strange chariot did not appear.
The gates of the Thundering City opened, and 50,000 heavily armored infantry in sturdy armor marched out in orderly steps, holding sturdy shields and swords in their hands, and a dense and neat phalanx lined up under the walls.
The air was filled with the dampness of the sea breeze and the salty smell of saltiness, and the afternoon sun made the soldiers' foreheads sweat, and Roddy and Miro stood in the middle of the formation, looking coldly at the Roland coalition on the opposite side.
"It seems that the commander of the other party is also very cautious, these people are just a temptation."
Miro whispered, but glanced at Roddy out of the corner of his eye.
Roddy didn't speak, his eyes were calm, and he pursed his lips and looked at the enemy troops in the distance.
A giant man with a height of more than two meters and a figure about the same size as Rand ran out of the opponent's military formation, holding a huge horn in his hand and putting it to his mouth, whining, "For honor", a knight pulled out his sword.
"For honor" Countless voices rose up in a noisy voice, and then the front of the Roland people's military formation began to move, and countless soldiers began to move slowly, first trotting, then faster and faster, and finally the soldiers running in front raised the weapons in their hands, and after roaring, they quickly rushed towards the Bright Emperor team.
Ziggy on the city wall sighed and shook his head: "Miscellaneous cards are miscellaneous cards.
As soon as he gave the order, the archers on the city wall immediately drew their bows and fired a round into the sky at a forty-five degree angle The first group of advancing infantry of the Roland people had just run halfway through when they heard a whooshing sound in the sky, and then the sharp swords fell from the sky, and many soldiers had just raised their shields in their hands, but they had already fallen down with arrows.
But most of the Roland soldiers still ran forward with shouts "Shield," Miro raised his voice and shouted The soldiers at the forefront of the Empire of Light left and slammed their huge shields into the ground, and the sharp shields were inserted into the soft sandy ground, and a solid shield wall was immediately erected in front of the military formation "Ready" "Prepare the back row to press forward" "Ready" The officer shouted loudly, and as he saw the enemy getting closer and closer, his dense footsteps were like a shout of urgency.
Then, on this battlefield, the Roland army, which was half like a rolling torrent, slammed into the shield wall Bang bang, the two forces slammed together, and some of the shield walls were immediately knocked open a gap, but after the gap was opened, the Roland soldiers who had just rushed in behind were desperate to find that they were greeted by countless sharp swords, and the Roland soldiers who rushed into the gap left and were immediately cut into pieces, and the first wave of attacks all hit the shield wall, hitting their heads and bleeding, not only did not break through, but blocked the people behind.
"Withdraw the shield" Mirogao shouted, only to hear the incessant click, as soon as the shield wall suddenly broke from the middle, the giant shield of the Bright Emperor team was linked together with two pieces, as long as one of the iron cables inside was broken, the shield was immediately divided into two pieces With a shout, the Imperial hoplites rushed forward and quickly tangled with the opposing soldiers The heavy infantry of the empire were all professional soldiers who had undergone rigorous training, and their fighting skills, as well as the skills of three or five people in a battle formation and fighting and killing, far surpassed the soldiers put together by the Rolands.
Often, the sword of a Roland soldier had just cut off the weapon that the other party had chopped, but the neck was cold, and the head had been cut off by another Imperial soldier As soon as they made contact, countless people fell down in an instant, howling miserably Luo Di's dragon tooth sword had already been swung, and a golden fighting qi burst out from his sword, and all the Roland soldiers who rushed to his side were immediately torn apart under that golden fighting qi, turning into a mass of flesh and blood.
Miro's swordsmanship is much more elegant in comparison, his swordsmanship is like a real dance, every stroke and every stab can instantly take away a life The excellent equipment and skillful fighting skills of the heavy infantry made the Roland people suffer very large losses Many Roland soldiers found that they had fought hard to cut down the other party, but they could not break through the opponent's hard armor, but in such a stunned manner, the opponent's sword had already pierced itself "Lord Tiger, please let us go" Seeing that the people on their side were slaughtered by the other party in front, the other party's heavy infantry was like an impassable metal wall.
A tall knight shouted to General Tiger beside him: "Let my knights charge, no matter how powerful the other party is, it is only infantry, I am sure to kill them."
Tiger glanced indifferently at the knight beside him, and said lightly, "No."
After a pause, he said slowly: "Have you seen the other party's city gate, their Thor's whip must be waiting behind the city gate, I said, today is not the moment for a decisive battle, today is just a test I just want to let those arrogant guys in the army who think that the Empire of Light is vulnerable, know what kind of enemy we are facing."
After a pause, his tone was a little softer, he looked at the tall knight, and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, your knights are an indispensable force in my hands, and I still want to keep you to deal with Thor's whip, please bear with me for the time being."
Tiger immediately gave orders one by one, and the second and third waves of teams kept rushing forward, hitting the heavy infantry formation of the Empire of Light like a tide, but they knew that the other party was only 50,000 people, but these troops under his command just couldn't break through, and all the attacks like waves hit the wall, and the teams of infantry went up, as if they were sent to death.
"Gordon Infantry Regiment, Celt Infantry Regiment, Slavic Infantry Regiment" The knight frowned: "Can't the three infantry regiments rush over, the other side is only 50,000 people?"
Tiger sneered: "Didn't the people of the Gordon Kingdom, the Celestian Kingdom and the Slavic Kingdom go crazy in the camp last night, so let them try for themselves how sharp the other party's sword and armor are today" He glanced at the knight who was about to move beside him, and said lightly: "I don't want disobedient people in my barracks."
I know you want to go up, but the other side relies on the bottom of the city wall, do you want your knights to rush up and be a live target for those archers on the city wall, don't you see those stones on their walls, do you use the knight's armor to resist the stones that fall down?"
The armor on Luo Di's body has been stained red with blood Of course, these are all enemy blood, after being smeared with the blood of the demon dragon, that kind of ordinary soldier's weapon can't cause him any damage at all A golden light streaked by, and another head flew up.
The golden light also took advantage of the momentum to split the body of a Roland soldier in half Looking at the enemy who was routing and retreating like a tide, Roddy's face was grim, and there was a cold-blooded look in his eyes.
Although the heavy infantry beside him was more powerful than the ragtag army sent by the other party, they had also lost a lot after this tidal attack, and the soldiers were even more exhausted.
Luo Di glanced at Zige on the city wall, then looked at the other party's slowly retreating military formation, and said to himself coldly: "In the first battle, it seems that the other party is also tempting." ” In the evening, his soldiers reported that reinforcements had arrived on the sea Luo Di immediately took Zig and Miro to the city wall, and through the moonlight, a white medium-sized warship slowly approached Miro and looked at the flag on the other party's warship, frowned, and said in a low voice: "It's the magician guards of the Roland Continent, their magicians have arrived."
Luo Di shrugged his shoulders, looked at the barracks of the Flame Warrior Regiment under the city wall behind him, and said lightly: "Magician, then it seems that these people from the Divine Sect will soon be able to come in handy." ” 'Next chapter, Achilles' Barley To be continued: