Chapter 1098, Fierce Battle in the Swamp
The latest website: In 2520 of the Imperial Calendar, a decisive battle began in a swamp ten kilometers away from Newland.
It was still raining in the sky, and the army of King Harold of Albion seemed to have gotten used to the endless rainy season of Albion. When the armies of both sides lined up and tried to enter the battlefield, no one took the initiative to attack.
Because in the middle of the battlefield of both sides is a large swamp, extremely muddy and unable to find a way, no matter who it is, the side that initiates the attack is bound to endure a difficult offensive battle.
What's more troublesome is that there are a large number of monster war gangs in Harold's army. These monster war gangs are chaotic in command but fierce in combat power. Due to the addition of Tzeentch's army, Harold has more numbers than the knightly army. the wizard.
The knight brigade that the Brittany is proud of cannot rush through the swamp to double-team, so it has to confront the barbarians head-on, and this is what Harold hopes. Once caught in a large-scale melee, the barbarians Humans obviously have an advantage over Bretons.
As for the other side of the battlefield, Ryan riding the Griffon Imperius was also observing Harold's formation.
"The barbarian generals lined up in two lines, and the central army formed an extremely tight shield wall." Ryan said to the marshals: "The two wings are a large group of monster gangs, and the most elite barbarian champion warriors and Tzeentch wizards are hiding. At the end."
"Your Majesty, if we attack by force, we will have to face the strong shield wall of the barbarians and the attack of chaos magic." Francois said to Ryan: "If we rush to the front of the shield wall, we will also have to face the barbarians who are best at Melee combat is not in our favor."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is not good for us." Callard also said.
"Well." Ryan looked at Harold's army formation. Due to O'Brien's special terrain and weird weather, the advantages of the chivalry army could not be brought into play, including artillery, and of course including knights' impact. The barbarian in front of him was very Will choose a place.
However, the chivalry army also has its own advantages.
First of all, although the troops under Ryan's command come from the principalities of Brittania, most of them are professional soldiers or semi-professional soldiers. No matter how bad the serf infantry regiments are, most of them have participated in many wars and have rich combat experience. experience.
Moreover, in terms of military equipment and weapons alone, the equipment of the Bretanian soldiers is not comparable to that of the barbarian army. Most of the barbarians only have cloth armor and leather armor as protective equipment, and the Bretanian army is considered serf infantry. They are also equipped with breastplate and leather armor, and the elite have chain mail and scale armor, and everyone wears an iron helmet.
Secondly, although the muskets could not be used, there were still thousands of archers and crossbowmen in the Breton army, and a dozen mortars were also pulled out, preparing to load ammunition, and those Breton troops Knights, in fact, although the muddy swamp makes it difficult for the knights to play their roles, Ryan holds the magic scroll carefully crafted by Morgiana in his hand.
Eight ring magic, galloping in the clouds.
Then the problem is very simple.
Ryan ordered that the army be divided into three parts, the left wing was commanded by François, the right wing was commanded by Callard, his own Royal Guards and Davout's Mousilon Legion were the central army, forming a three-line formation just like ancient Rome , the archers are at the front, the infantry are at the back, and the heavy cavalry and the old guard are at the end.
In the clammy drizzle of O'Brien, war was about to break out.
Obion's unique thick fog made it difficult to see clearly, and even the barbarian army in the distance was looming, so he focused his attention on the Nord Marine Corps. Many of the armies in Nigeria are stronger, but there is something special about this Marine Corps.
They are particularly good at fighting the enemy on the beach, in storms, in the rainy season and in swamps, which are almost all on Obien Island, so Ryan specially named this army to support them.
The general of the Nord Marine Corps is named Sigurdson, and his nickname is Nord "Cannon". He is said to be brave in battle and hot-tempered. This is a veteran, and his temples are slightly frosted. I don't know which general he is the first general of this army. The only thing that is certain is that this old general is not willing to obey Ryan's order.
"You don't seem to be optimistic about our war?" Ryan rode a griffin down from the sky, and then asked Sigurdsson: "Do you think we will lose?"
"We won't lose, I just feel tired." Sigurdsson shook his head: "Very tired."
"Very tired? In fact, I think we are the one with the most energy. The barbarians on the opposite side marched 120-150 kilometers in four days and came to us, but we rested for four days, and your Nord army also rested for two days. How can you be tired?" Ryan asked casually.
"If it's just a battle, we are full of energy." Sigurdsson exhaled, his beard was already wet by the rain: "But if it is for Nord, do you know, in your list Before the Tani people appeared, we Nords and these damned barbarians were already fighting this war, we don’t need your orders, we know how to win this war ourselves.”
Ryan sighed, not knowing what to say, and Marshal Rokossovsky came to Ryan, and Luo Shuai said lightly: "We are the same, Your Majesty, Mrs. Kissler and Ugor Man has been fighting barbarians for over a thousand years just to survive."
"But before that!" Rokossovsky suddenly pulled out his sword and pressed it against Sigurdsson's throat. Luo Shuai's expression became extremely serious and even hatred: "Nords, I don't You are allowed to speak like this to His Majesty the Great Knight King."
"What? Ugol, you want to kill me?" General Sigurdsen also drew his sword: "Then just come, I know you, Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokoso Vowski, Nord has your name, so you want to try?"
"Enough! General Sigurdson." Ryan only lowered his head and glanced at the Nord general: "Listen to my order, don't let me say it a second time!"
An unreasonable fear almost engulfed the soul of this Nord general. He could feel the substantive coercion from the Sun King. The old general can be sure that if he really does not obey orders, Ryan would really kill him.
"Let your marines wait for my order." Ryan said coldly.
Sigurdsson nodded silently.
Afterwards, the King of Knights signaled for the horn to sound.
Right under the morning sun, the battle begins!
The serf archers, longbowmen and crossbowmen of Brittania were struggling to advance in the swamp amidst the drum beats and the orders of the knight lords. Their team was a little scattered but not chaotic. On the opposite side of the army, the barbarians formed what may be the tightest shield wall in history. They used round shields to cover the front and the top. Under the rain and dense fog, it was like a small city wall. indestructible.
One row, two rows, three rows, the extremely dense shield walls lined up in full rows, and the barbarian warriors united closely under Harold's order, not intending to give the Bretons any chance.
"put!"
"Let the arrow!"
The dense rain of arrows flew towards the huge shield wall of the barbarians, and most of the thrown arrows hit the shield and bounced off. Obviously, bows and crossbows had no effect against this kind of tortoise shell array.
"Let the archers stop shooting arrows." Ryan then ordered: "Let the soldiers press up!"
"Veronica! It's up to you." Ryan shouted at Veronica.
Veronica nodded. She stood on top of her light magic vehicle and began to condense magic. Due to the short time and terrain reasons, Veronica's light magic vehicle has not been modified to the land cruiser for the time being. Ryan has to rejoice It was the right decision, as the Obiion is going to have a hard time being a Land Cruiser in this damn place.
At the same time, under the operation of the engineer, more than a dozen mortars began to fire towards the barbarian shield wall. Amid the whistling wind, the fragment bombs flew into the air, drawing a perfect parabola.
"Boom!" The explosion blasted a few small holes in the barbarian's shield wall, but at this time the Breton army was still a considerable distance away from the barbarian's shield wall. Chaos wizards cast spells one after another. Chaos magic blocked the power of the mortars and strengthened the defense of the shield wall. Hundreds of magic light bullets blasted the advancing soldiers. Afterwards, Veronica's witch group began to play a role. The magic duel between the two sides went back and forth in the sky.
The infantry marched slowly under this pressure. They walked for nearly half an hour in the muddy swamp for two to three hundred meters. When the Breton army approached the barbarian shield wall with their shields from three directions At that time, the barbarians were in a commotion, and hundreds of berserkers and barbarian warriors couldn't help but rushed out of the shield wall to compete with the damned Nanke.
"Hold on! Don't move!" Harold galloped through the array on a Norscan horse. He loudly ordered his army not to move casually. The barbarians reluctantly obeyed his orders and decided to use javelins and The throwing ax hit back, and while staying still, the Bretons who rushed ahead were knocked down by the throwing axes and javelins, and the soldiers eager for military exploits continued to rush forward, blocking the throwing weapons with their shields, acting like barbarians. When people roared in praise of the Chaos Gods in unison, the Bretons finally started to take steps. The swordsmen clenched their swords tightly, the spearmen lowered their center of gravity, and the halberdiers raised their chests.
Like a fist of steel, the Breton army smashed on the rows of shield walls of the barbarians.
"It's started!" Ryan muttered silently.
The battle was in full swing from the start, and the brave Bretons knew their king was watching them, the clang of weapons clanging against the shield wall followed by the clanging of weapons, then piercing into flesh, spears striking Shields and sharp swords cut through the armor, and the halberdiers used their sharp halberd blades to split the wooden shields of the barbarians. In the depression, the two sides fought together, and along the 2,000-meter-long front, the two sides fought in an all-round way.
Not only does it seem a little boring to fight like this, the battle between the two sides is like the purest war of attrition.
But there is no other way, there is no other choice for fighting in the swamp.
"I now suspect that this Harold must have gone to Rome as a barbarian court guard." Ryan said to Rokossovsky who was standing beside him: "This tortoise shell formation is really skillful."
Rokossovsky didn't quite understand what Rome was, but he knew what the tortoise array and palace guards were, so the marshal calmly replied: "Your Majesty, the tortoise array is only useful in certain circumstances, now we just need to let our The army is constantly pressing up, and the barbarians can't resist our attack."
"But in this way we need to pay more casualties." Ryan seemed to be thinking about the pros and cons.
"What we need now is patience." Luo Shuai did not follow Ryan's words, but turned his attention to the battlefield.
The loud "Marseillaise" military song gradually overwhelmed the battle roars of the barbarians. After fighting for more than half an hour, the Bretons began to gradually gain the upper hand. The soldiers brought by Ryan were all brave veterans , they advanced steadily under the command of François and Callard, and fought steadily, forcing the barbarians to gradually retreat. Every explosion of mortar fire could cost the barbarians a dozen lives. Some barbarian champions used Great swords and giant axes swept across the battlefield, and their appearance once caused the balance of the battlefield to swing back and forth.
It's just that the number of barbarian champions is far from that much. Francois waved his hand coldly, and the Wenford Unicorn Guard appeared. These elites of the Principality used long halberds and big swords to advance together, and chopped the barbarian champions into pieces. .
"Flaming Skull!" A flaming skull more than ten meters high burned through the entire row of shield walls. Veronica's magic was activated, and the witch group successfully suppressed the magic of the Chaos wizards. Then cast the spell.
"Meteorite technique!" A meteorite with a diameter of more than ten meters exploded in the barbarian army formation, and the entire shield wall formation was shattered. The barbarians still tried their best to maintain their defense line, but after Veronica's indiscriminate bombardment, However, their poor discipline finally began to have some small problems. Many young and stormy barbarian warriors and berserkers forgot Harold's order and rushed out of the originally tight formation. The charge turned the tide, but it didn't help them at all. Instead, it threw their army into chaos. These reckless fools not only lost their lives in vain, but even disrupted their own lines.
Ryan watched this scene with satisfaction. The King of Knights knew that the bloody courage of the barbarians would not help them in this war, but would instead sink them into the swamp and become lambs to be slaughtered. But just as Ryan planned to When ordering more troops to launch a fatal blow, there was a dragon roar in the sky, and a chaotic dragon galloped out of the thick fog and rain in Obien, and rushed directly towards the Britannian army formation !
"dragon!"
"It's a giant dragon!"
The Chaos Demon Dragon passed by at a low altitude, and it spit out the dark red Chaos Dragon Breath, instantly hundreds of Bretanians were engulfed by the flames and turned into coke.
Tzeentch's God's Chosen, Egrim von Horstmann, the former Guangming Academy of the Empire, the Great Master of Light, has come to the battlefield!
The powerful Tzeentch God Chosen laughed wildly to show the chaotic dragon that Tzeentch gave him. He raised his staff, and a colorful storm of flames instantly engulfed the entire company of Breton halberdiers. The demihumans instantly changed from a neat and orderly army formation to a group of chaotic individuals. Harold got a breathing space, and he quickly ordered the army to regroup.
However, when Egrim von Horstmann tried to use spells to expand his results again, Lion riding the griffin Impris had appeared in front of him.
Sky-blue spiritual energy enveloped Egrim's body, and a star dragon emerged from the void. Its eyes were like lightning, and pale flames burned on its sharp claws, and it snapped the Chaos dragon away.
Egrim didn't dare to neglect, he screamed loudly, and released a colorful chain composed of a thousand ravens and a hundred Tzeentch flames, heading straight for Ryan.
Ryan easily reached out and pinched the hundred chains in his palm. The Tzeentch flames on the five-color chains made his palm sizzling, and even a little scorched. However, as he grasped the chains tightly, Egrim was horrified to find The chain is losing control, and the power of Tzeentch on it is gradually being transformed into pure and dazzling purification spiritual energy. At the same time, Ryan condenses his own power, and ten bald eagles fly out from the light and shadow behind him, preying and hunting to their heart's content. The raven that slew Ulgrim.
Tzeentch's God-Chosen hurriedly gave up the five-color chains, he injected his soul and power into the raven, his body turned into three phantoms, and each phantom merged into the psychedelic and smog of the subspace.
There was no trace of confusion on Ryan's calm face. He was chanting an ancient mysterious language, and with his fingers connected, three mysterious ancient holy runes spit out from his mouth. Each rune suppressed the original violent magic power. The wind, the flames of Tzeentch kept retreating under the power of the runes, one after another the disciplinary lightning and the light of the stars bombarded the surface of Egrim's soul, and each rune corresponded to a phantom.
"Ahhh!" Egrim's seven orifices spurted black blood, he was struggling in pain, his soul was turned into fly ash under the bombardment of Ryan, just like the sun The ice cubes dissolve layer by layer.
"It's over." Unknowingly, the five gray knight recruits had already taken their positions, and they recited the emperor's holy name together. Qi Shenxuan's blue ravens rained down from the sky, but were slaughtered by the bald eagle and turned into nothingness. A large stream of black blood spurted out from the seven orifices of Tzeentqi Shenxuan and then melted. Egrim was still struggling By that time, Ryan had already condensed a silver spear with psionic energy.
Tzeentch Godchosen was about to escape, but Ryan's time domain had enveloped him, and a long river of time belonging to the Primarch of the Gray Knights imprisoned Egrim, and the silver spear struck, Egrim struggled to use his sword and staff To resist: "Don't even think about it!"
The magic sword and staff were shattered in an instant, burning ashes swirled in the air, the spear of light pierced Egrim's body, and purified spiritual energy was injected into his body, his flesh and bones melted in the dazzling light , together with his soul, turned into nothingness: "No...it can't be like this..."
The black unknown metal that made up the Chaos Cursed plate armor melted and flowed down with the disappearance of the light spear, bubbling hotly.
The whole process took only five minutes. Tzeentch's god-chosen Egrim von Horstmann, the former Archmage of Light who had caused countless disasters and losses to the empire, died of Obien.
The Chaos Demon Dragon fled in a panic, and it realized that it could not be the opponent of the god enemy in front of it.
After successfully disposing of Egrim, Ryan refocused his attention on the battlefield. The Sun King raised Thor's Hammer, and the beam of psychic light shot straight into the sky.
The dark clouds faded, the rain stopped suddenly, and the sun descended on the sky of O'Brien for the first time in a long time.
The war was still going on, and Ryan immediately ordered that the second echelon and Davout's Mousillon army go into battle.
Sorry for being late.