Chapter 432 The Death of a Man IV When the Lantis assault boats finally forced onto the beach, the rebel defenders in the port area finally collapsed completely.
Landis's assault boat finally broke through the blockade of the entrance to the sea, and the dense boats, carrying Landis's soldiers, holding swords and shields, and archers, did not wait for the boat to dock at the diving place, they turned over and jumped into the water, took their bows and crossbows, and shot at the rebel defenders on the shore.
Bows and crossbows came and went, but the rebels on the shore who were already in chaos were mostly damaged.
Once the Landis were on shore, the battle for the harbor officially came to an end.
Gislent's guess was not wrong, the rebels lacked the courage and determination to fight to the death, and more importantly, these rebels had no intention of dying here, they were not familiar with the coastal defense system of the port, but after encountering the attack, they instinctively resisted for a while, after the officers had already lost their hearts, plus the team with Ruhr, although there were not many people, but the quality of the elite squad was making trouble behind, and the situation, once it was messed up, it could no longer be cleaned up.
Landis's landing army soon cracked tightly along the coast, and archers and soldiers with swords and shields lined up to gain a foothold to meet the growing number of Landis's troops who landed in small boats behind.
Standing on the bridge of the flagship Freelander, Gislent looked at the coast with a telescope, the first wave of troops who landed had already gained a firm foothold, and they were still lining up in an orderly manner to receive more people This naval commander of Landis suddenly sighed: "Alas, it's still too conservative."
He glanced at the lieutenant general beside him: "Who is the leader of the first wave of landings?"
The lieutenant general beside him also retracted the binoculars and smiled lightly: "It's that guy from Legan, it seems that he did a good job, the beach has been occupied, and the battle below will be easy." ” Ghislent shook his head and frowned, "Legan's courage is still too small, too safe.
You see, the defenders on the shore have obviously collapsed on their own, and at this time, now that they have landed, they are still lining up on the beach and waiting for the follow-up troops to concentrate their forces, and immediately rush up to those defenders, and as long as we put on a posture of charge, I am afraid that they will all be routed at once.
After all, Legan seems to be old, and he is doing things safely, but he is not enterprising enough.
Hey, you know, our navy must maintain a heart that dares to take risks and gamble. ” Gislent thought for a moment and said to the adjutant general: "Write it down, remind me after the war, send Legan to serve in the Admiralty." ” The lieutenant next to him was a little complicated, but under Gislent's serious eyes, he just lowered his head and wrote it down.
Gislent decided the fate of an admiral in his words, but he took off the command knife from his waist and threw it to the guards beside him, and most of them went to the deck of the ship, shouting: "Put down a small boat and I will lead the people to land and go ashore first" As soon as he spoke, several lieutenants around him changed color, and someone stopped him: "The battle on the beach is not over yet, and when our second wave of landing troops goes up, it will not be too late for you to take command again."
"Halligan's courage is too small to wait for the second wave of people to go up, but I am afraid that the sky is dawning at this time, and every moment is as precious as gold to release the ship" Seeing that the people around him were still going to stop him, Gislent finally glared and broke off The number of troops landed in the first wave of the Landis was only two or three thousand, and when they were honestly lining up on the shore to prepare to receive the follow-up troops according to the practice of landing operations, the troops of the second wave had not yet come up, and the troop carriers of the fleet had just sailed into the sea, and the boats had not had time to put down all the boats.
Gislent, with no more than twenty guards and a few lieutenants, took a dinghy, left the flagship directly, and landed As soon as he landed ashore, he immediately took over the command unceremoniously, and ordered the first wave of troops that had landed not to wait in line on the spot, and the whole army was immediately divided into several battalions, divided into several directions, and charged towards the harbor area At this time, the Landisians actually did not have enough troops to go ashore, but only two or three thousand, and the number of rebels in the harbor area was only twice as large as the first wave of Landis's landing force, and there were a large number of coastal defense colleagues in hand, if there was effective command and determination to resist, it would be a joke for these two or three thousand people to seize the harbor area in one go.
If the defenders encountered a counter-charge, I was afraid that they would be able to drive these two or three thousand people directly into the sea.
Even if they lack the courage to counter-charge, as long as they stick to the fortifications of the arrow tower, these two or three thousand will definitely not have the ability to seize the tight and deep coastal defense system. consumption, which can also make these two or three thousand people bleed on the beach But Gislent was right However, the landing force of two or three thousand rushed to charge, and once they rushed up, the defenders in the harbor area were so powerful that they had no intention of resisting, and seeing that Landis's army rushed up with swords and shields, the defenders just hurriedly put a few arrows and began to retreat randomly.
At the beginning, it was just a retreat of three or three, and in the end, it evolved into a team of evacuations, once someone picked the head, where would the others be willing to fight to the death Those arrow towers on the coast were originally the strongest fortifications, if the defenders were hard to carry, even if the Landis people could gnaw down, they didn't know how many lives they would have to fill, but once they charged, they found that the defenders in those arrow towers hurriedly withdrew from inside, and then they rushed in the direction of the city, and even the armor and crossbows on their bodies were simply thrown away.
Several people rushed over, and captured six or seven arrow towers in one go, but not a single one died, and the Landis people took down almost all the arrow towers around the landing beach without firing an arrow.
Gislent did it even more thoroughly, and he even ordered that no one should be left to guard any arrow tower that was captured, and the whole army just blindly rushed forward In the harbor area, a ridiculous and absurd situation was suddenly formed: however, the landing force of two or three thousand drove the scattered defenders who were twice their own to chase and kill all the way, and gradually gathered into a single force, and rushed towards the city and routed.
On the docks, the direction of the warehouse was still ablaze, and the fleet of the Landis on the coast had already driven in, and it took less than half an hour for Gislent to almost completely occupy the entire harbor area, and the defenders were completely driven out by him.
Finally, under an arrow tower, Gislent finally met the fat Ruhr, who was already covered in blood.
There were no more than thirty people left around Ruhl, all of whom were seriously injured, and some of them were so tired that they sat on the ground, and when the Landis arrived, they could only lean against the wall and gasp.
Ruer has a knife in his hand, the blade has been mottled and I don't know how many chips, a set of armor on his body is also damaged in many places, and a chubby face is covered with blood, and he can't even see his original face.
The fat man was also stabbed in the shoulder, cutting his shoulder armor, and the blood flowed endlessly, but seeing Gislent rushing up with someone, the fat man immediately threw the knife in his hand directly, and shouted: "My own people, my own people" Gislent rushed to the front and saw the fat man's appearance clearly, before finally taking a breath and saying with a smile: "I guessed that there are people on the shore who are responding, and sure enough, it is you Ruhr, if you are not here, I am afraid that I will have to fight hard until dawn before I can go ashore." ” Seeing that Ruhl had just thrown the knife to the ground, Gislent frowned and said, "What do you mean by that?"
Ruer smiled, squinted his eyes at the bearded general of Lantis in front of him, and said lightly: "You guy is very cunning, others don't know you, back then in the Imperial Academy, I didn't know hundreds of fights with you, Lao Tzu still doesn't know you If I don't lose the knife early and show my identity loudly, maybe you, a sinister guy, will take the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to kill Lao Tzu in the army, if you die in your hands, where will Lao Tzu shout injustice, and afterwards you will just spread your hands, an accident, and explain the past." ” Gislent's eyes changed, and he looked at Ruhl, and both of them laughed dryly.
Ruhl then said: "The dock is already yours, Gislent, now there are at least more than 100,000 rebels in and outside the city, now?"
Gislent did not hesitate: "Now naturally there is no need to ask, I will take someone into the city immediately, and go straight to the palace, as long as the palace of your country is not broken, and Your Majesty is still there, this battle will still be fought."
Ruhl sighed, he nodded, but his eyes became a little more gloomy as he looked at Gislent.
Straight to the palace Although Gislent has a big gamble, he is not a fool, this time he did not dare to directly enter the city with more than 2,000 people, the city is full of rebels, this point of people entered, I am afraid that it will be swallowed in a blink of an eye.
He patiently urged his subordinates to give orders, and it took more than half an hour for the second wave of landing troops to finally go ashore.
Having gathered tens of thousands of troops, Gislent immediately led his men out of the harbor area and swooped all the way towards the palace The city is in chaos again.
The harbor area fought in the middle of the night, and then, the defenders of the harbor area retreated, and the news that the Landis army landed ashore and had occupied the dock kept coming.
Originally a huge Osgeria, after the city was broken, it had been divided into a sphere of influence by various rebels, and all kinds of rebels were entrenched in different neighborhoods in the city, looting and plundering.
Once Gislent had taken his men and slaughtered them out of the harbor area without stopping, the rebels in the city had not even had time to make a strategy of resistance.
The rebels from all walks of life are fighting on their own, and Gislent doesn't have the heart to really occupy the entire city of Osgeria at once, he just personally led a team of no more than 10,000 people, and rushed in the direction of the palace, if the rebels in the blocks along the way blocked, he naturally did not hesitate to rush hard, but if the rebels along the way did not stop, he also roared past with people, and he was not even interested in taking a second look.
In this case, people clearly went to the palace to work hard, and whoever worked hard with him would be stupid.
Rushing all the way like this, only two groups of rebels on the road resisted a little, but under the footsteps of the imposing Landisians, they were quickly crushed, and the rest of the rebels simply stopped and did not have the intention of going up to encircle.
At this time, there was no prestige commander within the rebel army who could suppress all sides, and there was no strategy that was unanimously approved by everyone.
Are these Byzantine rebels brainless?
Outside the imperial city, it has been slaughtered into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood In the middle of the night, Hughes went crazy and urged his troops to storm all night, and the harbor area played ping-pong, and the governor's face became more and more ugly In the end, if it weren't for the desperate efforts of his men, the governor would have rushed forward on his own, already in armor His own commander was so mad that his subordinates had no choice but to fight hard.
One by one, the flag regiments were transferred in turn, outside the palace gate of the imperial city, although the square was also wide and magnificent, but after all, a palace could not be compared with the real city, such a large place, no matter how many troops could not spread out, they could only be transferred one flag group after another.
The guards in the palace have always been tight, and the defenders know that they are at the end of their rope, and if the palace is broken again, it will really be death There is one death on the left and right, it is better to fight to the death, kill one more rebel, and pull one more back Moreover, the emperor himself personally came to the battle to boost morale, coupled with the bloody battle of the defenders, the main general General Span, who was strong and stubborn, and fought the bloody battle side by side with the soldiers.
Tonight, the rebels suddenly went crazy and fought for their lives, but the defenders also knew the movement in the harbor area, and after fighting for a long time, they finally saw some hope that everyone was the last to come The rebels filled with human lives, and the defenders filled with human lives After fighting these days, the defenders have suffered heavy losses, and even the guards of Emperor Garcia himself have put on armor and fought on the city wall, and some of the strong court servants in the palace have also sent weapons and armor to resist on the city wall.
The rebels launched four or five charges in a row overnight, and under Hughes's madness of fighting for his life and regardless of losses, he even captured a section of the imperial city wall, and almost took down the gate of a palace, and finally General Spann himself with several officers personally rushed up to plug the gap, and finally several lieutenants around Spann were killed, which reluctantly drove the rebels down.
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This is the most dangerous one, but it is also the last After several successive charges, the rebels were finally exhausted, and no matter whether Hughes jumped in the back or vomited blood, the troops really could not attack anymore.
After entering the city, other families were robbing and robbing to make a fortune, only their own troops were still crying and fighting, and they had already accumulated too much dissatisfaction, and they were killed and wounded, fighting day and night.
The soldiers have really done their best.
At this moment, if Hughes wants to forcibly drive him out again, I am afraid that the next step will really provoke a mutiny After the last charge was driven back, Hughes listened to the sound of ping-pong fighting in the harbor area, and the roar of the ballista, and he didn't know when it stopped.
The rebel governor, whose face was originally flushed, suddenly turned pale by the way, his body shook a little, looking at the imperial city square in front of him, there were dead corpses everywhere, broken armor and swords were all over the ground, and blood accumulated a thick layer on the square Such a cold weather, even a layer of blood ice The air was cold, it was impossible to suppress the strong smell of blood, and he really tried his best Hughes suddenly smiled bitterly, opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood came out of his mouth.
His body shook again, and people around him had already come to support him.
"Adult" Hughes snorted, wanting to speak, but before he opened his mouth, another mouthful of blood came out, and his face became more and more pale and blue.
A general who was close to his confidant next to the "lord" had tears in his eyes: "I will personally take people up, and if I don't take down the palace gate, I would rather die on that gate."
As he spoke, the general was about to turn around and go up, but Hughes behind him suddenly opened his mouth, his voice was not loud, but he was very resolute: "Stop" The general turned around, Hughes had already smiled miserably, shook his head and whispered: "No need, the opportunity is over" He struggled to his feet, and in an extremely strange tone, said slowly: "We'll get out of here."
"My lord, where are we going to retreat?"
Some of his subordinates were puzzled.
The territory of this city has been almost divided by other rebels, and their own army is said to be retreating, but where is it retreating "Where" Hughes suddenly smiled again, but in this smile, his eyes were even more ugly.
Finally, gritting his teeth hard, he almost squeezed out of his mouth.
"We're out of town" As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the shock of their subordinates, and some people said loudly: "My lord, we fought hard to attack the city, how can we get out now, even if the territory is divided by other families, with the strength of our Armenia, no one can let us have a few points, even if the Landis people enter the city, we have dozens of rebels, and we are not afraid of this Osgerian city, how can we let it out easily" "Shut up" Hughes's eyes were red, and he finally shook his head: "You don't understand that if you can't beat the palace, this city is no longer ours" He suddenly clenched his fists: "Hateful conspirators, all of them are a group of short-sighted clowns, if it weren't for these guys' stupidity and short-sightedness, how could the good situation be so ridiculous in the history books, I, Hughes, will be a laughing stock after all" He was already desperate in his heart, and shouted: "Gather the whole army out of the city and let those fools fight the Landis in the city, don't leave now, it's too late, I'm afraid I can't leave if I want to" The Armenian rebels got the order to retreat, and the whole army was already war-weary, once the order was obtained, they immediately left the imperial city square in waves, Hughes did not talk nonsense, and went directly to the northeast of the city, and met the army of El Salvador on the way, and it was originally planned to attack the palace with Hughes, seeing that Hughes had withdrawn, how did El Salvador not know the situation, he did not hesitate, and immediately ordered his army, together with Hughes's troops, to slowly go to the northeast, and leave the city overnight "Withdrawn" Gislent's team had already rushed to a distance of only two blocks from the palace, and the vanguard of the road ahead came back with the news that the rebels under the palace had gathered and withdrawn long before their own army came up, and the formation was slowly leaving, but it was only the work of the front and rear feet.
Even when the vanguard of Lantis's army reached the palace, the retreating rear of the rebels was within sight.
But the rebels didn't seem to have any intention of fighting, but the rear team put on a posture of strict defense and slowly withdrew.
The square outside the palace was full of corpses, and the houses and buildings outside the surrounding square were almost all demolished, and the stones were used to make wood and stones during the siege, and there was a mess of ruins everywhere.
When Lantis's vanguard arrived at the square, they saw that the Byzantine Empire's imperial flag and eagle banner were already standing above the palace gates.
"Let's go."
After carefully savoring the news sent over, Gislent immediately calmed down after a short period of surprise, and he even touched his beard and said: "Hughes is really not a fool, but he can see the situation clearly, this person is also a bachelor, he knows that he has lost, and he does not entangle."
He's gone, he's gone."
It's just the humanity reported earlier: "My lord, there is just one thing" "What" The officer who delivered the news had a somewhat gloomy face: "Our front army has arrived outside the palace, and the enemy army has been cleared, but the palace gate is still closed, and the people we shouted have gone up, and the other party has refused to open the gate of the palace."
Moreover, our men were not allowed to approach the defenders on the walls of the palace wall, and they were very vigilant, and they did not put down their swords, weapons, bows and crossbows in their hands, and some of us tried to get closer, and the other party shot arrows to warn your lords, these Byzantines" Gislent listened, but suddenly smiled strangely, he looked at the officer, and said lightly: "It's not strange."
At this time, where did the Byzantines dare to open the gate of the palace and let us in, hum, they will have the last bit of capital left, that is, the emperor is still there, if the door is opened, we will take the opportunity to kill it and hijack the emperor" His eyes suddenly lit up again, and he couldn't help whispering to himself: "If yes, really" Gislent raised his head suddenly, his face was solemn to the extreme, staring at this subordinate: "You see that if the garrison in the imperial city is rushed up in a hurry, can we be sure to break the city gate and enter within a moment?"
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: