Chapter 967, The Eastern Light of the Empire - Herzig

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It was actually a bit late for Suria to get the news. When the Queen of Knights and the Dark Elf Maid were still discussing the battle, the siege of Herzig, the capital of Hawke, had actually ended.

When the Battle of the Three Kings took place, the Slaanesh Legion led by Prince Sigwald, the champion of Slaanesh God's Chosen, was still several miles away from Mildenstang. Prince Gewald immediately gave up approaching Mildenstagel and turned to attack Hawkland.

Once again severe calamity and dreadful trials awaited this ancient imperial province.

The Slaanesh Legion took advantage of the fact that the empire's attention was all on Oster and Ostermark, and immediately swept across the entire Hawkland. Under the command of Prince Sigvald, the Slaanesh Legion gave full play to their speed like the wind. With the characteristics of plundering like fire, the marching speed is extremely fast, and the defenders often arrive before they have time to react. However, the crossing of the Slaanesh Legion is not like the Khorne Legion wanting to kill enough people to get enough skulls and bleed enough , not like the Nurgle Legion is full of spreading the plague and corruption. The Slaanesh Legion crosses the border as quickly as the wind. It is enough to celebrate in one place and satisfy their own desires before going to the next place.

As a matter of course, Prince Sigwald aimed at Herzig, the capital of Hawkland, the city known as the Eastern Light of the Empire. Along the way, he killed tens of thousands of Hawkland and looted several Town, a few days later, the army of Slaanesh has already approached the city of Hezig.

Edbrand Ludenhof, Elector of Hawkland, personally led the Knights of the Broken Sword and the defenders of Hawkland to fight against the Slaanesh Legion. The siege lasted about five or six days. The army of Slaanesh in the field battle lacked siege weapons and was ineffective in attacking the city. The two sides fell into a stalemate, and the army of Slaanesh was in high spirits, because the commander promised that once Herzig was captured, no matter how terrible desires and strange hobbies were, they could be satisfied. .

At the same time, Prince Sigwald also managed to "charm" a large number of Beastmen from the Drakewald Forest and joined the siege as the "Imperial Association Army".

Edbrand Ludenhof gathered almost all adult males to form an army of more than 20,000 men, and was prepared for a long siege. Fortunately, last year was a bumper harvest, and the food reserves in the city were quite sufficient. .

Edbrand Ludenhof is a tall, thin, middle-aged man with a horse face. In addition to the Elector, he is also the Grand Baron of Hawke, Marshal Talabek, The guardian of the temple and the title of Baron Herzig, the elector has always been known throughout the empire for his loyalty and bravery. He is brave in battle and is especially good at dealing with huge enemies. His eyes are like eagles, and although he is tall and thin, he is Unexpectedly strong, he is a rare and brave general.

There are advantages and disadvantages. Edbrand, as an elector, doesn't like to stay in his own palace. He spends many years in the hunting ground and palace in the south of Hawkeland, indulging in hunting activities, and rarely interferes with internal affairs. He especially He is proud of his large collection of hunting raptors. Because of their huge number, there is at least one raptor perched in every room of the palace. Even the electors let the falcons rest on their arms during battles.

Only when the winter hunting is no longer possible will the Elector come back to Herzig, and spend the winter in his Elector Christopher's Castle, where the high-walled fortress will keep him and his family and the filthiest and meanest from the poor.

In February, it was winter, and the annoying ice and snow used to be something that the Hawk leaders hated, but now they cheered for every heavy snow, because the low temperature would prevent the Chaos army from attacking the city, and the ground was still colder than The bones were still hard, and the trees stretched their bare branches in vain to the gray sky. The refugees in the city wrapped themselves up tightly. They were afraid and trembling in the dark, listening to the voices outside, and constantly chanting In the name of Charlemagne, Ulric, Tal or Valenna, hoping for salvation.

The streets of Herzig are empty, and the strictest military control has been implemented in the city. The elector asked every resident and refugee to stay in the house as much as possible and not to go out. At the same time, every male aged 16-50 was recruited to go to the battlefield , Now, the entire narrow urban area and neighborhoods of Hawker have become tidy, and teams of patrolling soldiers are walking on the road, vigilantly guarding against each other.

On the city wall, the Elector is discussing the defense of the city with his general, General Scharnhorst.

Hawkland is located in the east of Midden, south of the Central Mountain Range, north of Talabek, and west of Ostland. It can be regarded as the central transportation hub of the empire. Because of this, Hawkland will not be hostile Outsiders, they are optimistic and cheerful, and at the same time as wise and flexible as an old hunter, but war still plagues the people here. Every two years there will be at least one large-scale public security war in Hawkland. After Gertwo ravaged, Herzig never regained its former glory, but the people here always refused to succumb to the darkness. They would rather die than give up their homeland.

"Chaos and miscellaneous are attacking the north and west gates." The elector said to General Scharnhorst: "Be sure to be more vigilant, there must be other possibilities waiting for us."

"The enemy's attack is very fierce. Our order is to avoid close combat as much as possible. We have enlisted every firecracker, every bow and every sword in the city." General Scharnhorst said: "Chaos Chop Suey lacks siege weapons and has no advantage in numbers, Herzig will never fall so easily."

"Where are the reinforcements from the King of Knights and Boris?" General Scharnhorst is a general trusted by Elector Edbrand, and the Elector will not hide his worries in front of him: "We can't fight alone and persevere Too long."

As Edbrand said, it is impossible for Herzig to persist for too long in front of the Slaanesh army, because Hawkland is the largest province among the empire's provinces, with a small population, and Hawkland and the empire's provinces The province has one of the biggest differences, that is, Hawkland only has security patrols and semi-professional defenders, plus the elector's personal guard. This province does not have a strong standing army. The reason is also very simple. That is, the area of ​​Hawkland does not allow a fully professional army to be raised for a long time.

And when Osterland was invaded, Hawkerland also sent many troops to Osterland for support, so now Herzig City lacks elites to suppress the field except for the Elector's Guards, even if all adult males are recruited , There are only 20,000 defenders.

Now the most elite army in the city is the famous Drakewald Patrol Battalion of Hawkland. Known throughout the province for killing a Minotaur in a duel.

There are five companies under the patrol battalion, three of which are collectively known as the "Green Hat Regiment".

A company of swordsmen, the Scarlet Rebels, guarding the flanks of the Halberds, is known for its bravery and tenacity.

Of course, the first four companies are not as famous as the last company.

"Gunderman's All-Victory Shooter", the most famous firecracker company in the old world uses Yishui's Hawker collar specialty long-barreled sniper firecrackers. According to the local Rao Yuan (blowing) words (bull), the company leader Gundermann-Bulz can hit a coin from 350 meters away, which is of course impossible, but if enough time is given to aim at around 100-150 meters, this marksman may not really be able to do it.

This patrol battalion is the backbone army of the electorate. In addition to its strong combat effectiveness and great ability to fight in forests and wilderness, the patrol battalion is also notorious for its unclean hands and feet. The "bizarre disappearance" has been checked several times, but nothing can be found. Considering the arduous task of patrolling the forest and the possible trouble and turmoil of a thorough investigation, the elector himself finally chose to acquiesce.

"It should be very close." General Scharnhorst replied: "If there are no accidents, reinforcements will arrive today or tomorrow."

Edbrand Ludenhoff breathed a sigh of relief. Such a large reinforcement should be able to solve the chaos army that besieged Herzig once and for all. He was extremely grateful that the Empire and Brittania had signed an alliance treaty. Charlie Man and Tull, he was still firmly opposed to signing the contract, because the alliance with Britannia might affect Hawkland's timber exports, glass manufacturing and animal husbandry production.

Now that he only needs to persist for a while, the elector is much more relaxed. He looked at the barbarian army below the city. They seemed a little helpless in the face of Herzig's city wall, basically relying on claws and ladders made of cut wood to attack the city. .

Hawkland has never lacked excellent musketeers and hunters. The musket salvo and waterfall-like rain of arrows fell on the city wall. The Slaanesh army lost their troops. After several consecutive attacks, they were still unable to attack the city wall. Sigwald Because the prince didn't like ugliness, he refused to bring the giant beast troops, and the original Chaos Hell Cannon was also lost in the battle of Zedevka, because he had many difficulties when he encountered siege.

The champion of Slaanesh God's Chosen tried to personally lead the Slaanesh warriors to attack Herzig's city wall, but because his attire was too flamboyant and conspicuous, it directly attracted the concentrated fire of Hawk's long-pipe gunners, and the bullets It hit Sigwald's armor and wiped out a lot of sparks, which scared the champion of Slaanesh. He came to the old world with Motkin to have a good time, and he didn't want to risk his life. delivered!

"According to this attack intensity, we can last for a long time, my Elector." Another imperial general came up, holding a revolver in his hand. It is quite luxurious, the black and gold military uniform and gorgeous full-body plate armor are shining.

He is the military advisor sent by Nur, General Erich von Küchler, a senior artillery expert, in charge of commanding the artillery force of Hawkland, and was sent by Countess Emmanuel to provide professional Artillery command, the Elector attaches great importance to him. After all, his eldest son Konrad Ludenhof is studying at the Nuer Gunnery Academy.

"I hope so." The Elector continued to personally command the battle. The Slaanesh army attacked again and again, but they were all repulsed by the heroic Hawk leader. The cannons on the city wall continued to fire. The proud Hawk leader Musketeers Rows of bullets and white smoke poured down on the warriors of Slaanesh, trying to make Prince Sigvald retreat.

Sigwald didn't want to give up, he hoped to dedicate the eastern light of the empire to Slaanesh and to his master, Prince Pleasure.

Until in the dim afterglow of the setting sun, a mad knight rushed to Prince Sigwald's side: "The situation has changed, my lord, champion, there is a huge army coming towards us from the west! There are a lot of them , also carrying a large number of artillery, look at the flag, it is the human coalition army of Knight King Ryan Malcador and Midden leader Boris!"

"Idiot! I already knew it!" Prince Sigvald waved his hand impatiently, signaling the mad knight to go away.

Hearing that a huge army was coming, Prince Siegwald's personal guards, the Mirror Guards, all turned their eyes to their master.

The prince raised his reflective and transparent shield, checked his proud face lightly, and said flatly, "Give it up. In terms of beauty, he, Ryan Malcador, can't compare to me."

"Your Excellency, the number of enemies is much larger than ours!" A magic mirror guard reminded: "Once we are caught in a double-sided attack, we will be in danger of being wiped out!"

"Shut up!" Sigwald's voice became sharper: "Don't I know? I, Sigwald, don't need anyone to remind me!"

"I have sent several Beastman battle groups to set up an ambush on the periphery! Today is the day of Ryan Malcador's destruction!"

On the other side, Drakewald Forest, Hawkland Road.

The army is moving fast.

"Your Majesty, Herzig is under siege!" The scout sent information: "We are less than three kilometers away from Herzig!"

"The whole army, speed up!" Ryan ordered loudly, and the King of Knights walked in front of the team himself.

The human army eager to support Herzig crashed into the Beast Raider's ambush. In an instant, in the dark jungle, hundreds of Beast Man-horned Beasts led an even larger number of Beast-horned Beasts, Centaurs and various other beasts. A group of monsters rushed out of the forest, led by dozens of big horned beasts and minotaurs, gushing from all directions like waves on a green ocean.

"Roar~roar woo woo woo~"

"Wow woo woo~"

"Kill...human...meat...eat!"

Thousands of Beastmen looked extremely ferocious, and the screaming shamans chanted the name of the evil god, heralding the coming of glory. The Beastmen had the opportunity to serve the evil god, and the children of Chaos opened their mouths lazily, muttering, Then screamed, and then roared in groups, praising the gods, rushed out of the forest in groups, and rushed towards the vanguard of the human army.

In the next second, they saw Knight King Ryan Malcador riding on the Griffon Impris, and the bearskin hats behind him, and the bearskin hats held up high with the golden "L" letter and A tricolor flag embroidered with a large number of place names!

"Knight King, lady's God's Choice champion, here is Ryan Malcador! Who dares to fight me!" Ryan led the Griffin, and the Knight King raised Thor's Hammer. He came down to the mortal world like a god: "Ryan this!"

"Forward! For the lady and the king! For Britannia!" The Old Guard and the Holy Grail Knights followed immediately.

"Wooooow! It's... Ryan! It's... the enemy!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

"We...are doomed...to fail!"

"Gore...cry!"

"Lane is here! Ryan is here!"

"Lightning... will... burn us!"

"Escape... Escape!!!"

When the bighorned beasts saw Ryan and the bearskin hats pressing directly over them, they were terrified and trembling. These beastman battle groups, which have always been known for their strength and bravery, almost subconsciously threw away their weapons and turned to run for their lives.

The screaming shamans were terrified. They threw away their staffs and fled in all directions. They didn't even have the courage to look back. They galloped with all their might. Some even crashed into a tree and passed out.

The horned beasts and the bad-cornered beasts were even worse. They were so frightened that they peed and shit, their legs were weak, and they could only crawl out of the battlefield by crawling on all fours. "On-site defecation and urine removal.

All the Beastmen were running for their lives. When they saw Ryan appearing, the only thing they thought about was running for their lives. They clearly had a geographical advantage and through ambushes, and beat the human coalition forces by surprise. The first reaction of the bighorn group was not to take the opportunity to fight To make full use of their strengths, they were thinking about running away, and in an unorganized and unsequential way, each of them took care of themselves and fled in all directions.

All the big horned beasts were like this, and the rest of the beasts were even more unbearable, completely defeated.

escape! escape! Get as far away as possible! There is no way we can defeat Ryan, never!

Prince Sigwald's well-designed ambush tactics were completely defeated in this way. Thousands of beastmen were completely defeated without even killing a single one in front of the human army. The moment Ryan appeared, the outcome was already doomed.

The fear of this knight king and his army has been engraved into the DNA of the Rackwald beast man, and it will be difficult to eliminate.

Ryan didn't show mercy. With a wave of his warhammer, the knights took the opportunity to chase and kill them. After a wave of charge, more than half of the thousands of beastmen were killed, and the rest had all fled. The human army had only one hapless knight riding The war horse accidentally tripped over the corpse, causing the horse to fall and break its leg, but there were no casualties.

"WTF?" Prince Sigwald stared at the scene dumbfounded.

It was too late, Ryan personally led the cavalry brigade, rolling towards the Slaanesh army formation on the outskirts of Herzig!

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