Chapter 286, The Battle of Hemgart (Part 2)

The Imperial armies are in haste, many soldiers not yet ready for battle.

Elector Umberto immediately realized in a hurry that their previously discussed plan had failed, and Casvann's army had already descended ahead of schedule!

"Forward! Knights of Brittania! Shred the enemy! For the lady!" Casvann stood in the army and roared at his army.

The knights blew their horns, the horses hooved forward, the ranger knights formed a cavalry formation, ready to charge towards the imperial army, the serf archers drew their short bows, and rockets and ordinary arrows scattered all over the place. Sprinkled from the Britannian army formation, roared towards the imperial army.

Many imperial swordsmen and pikemen were hit by a large number of arrows, and dozens of soldiers fell down immediately.

Facing the sudden attack, the imperial army seemed a little flustered. They pushed each other, their formations were chaotic, and they were looking for each other. They were caught off guard by the Britannian knights.

Seeing that the morale of the imperial army was unstable for a while, Kasvann showed a satisfied expression.

This is what he needs.

After Kasvann convened the military meeting, the experienced Duke immediately realized that not only would the imperial army not defend to the death, but would instead take the initiative to attack, because Karl Franz had a need for this.

And if the confrontation lasted for a long time, the situation would be harmful to the emperor, and he had to take the initiative to attack, otherwise Casvann's army from afar would have enough rest time.

Kasvann immediately judged that the empire would be the first to launch an attack early this morning, so the Duke asked the Lake God Prophet accompanying the army to cast a large-scale magical spell—Goddess Mist. Relying on the cover of the mist, the army marched into the battlefield, waiting to rest the ground To the imperial army that is still crossing the river.

The knights quickly broke through the first column of the imperial army. The weak crossbowmen and pikemen were attacked by the knights before they could react. The first column was quickly broken. The ranger knights of Brittania Using the lance quickly broke through the defense of the imperial army.

"Oh no!"

"Help!"

"Ahhh!"

The morale of several infantry battalions and crossbowmen companies in the first formation of the imperial army collapsed under the impact of the knights. They fled in all directions screaming. If the ranger knights pursued them at this time, a massacre would result.

It's just that the ranger knights had received the Duke's order in advance, so they didn't pursue these rout soldiers, they rushed directly towards the second formation of the imperial army.

According to Kasvann's thinking, the knights should take this opportunity to directly attack the central army. As long as they can break up the empire's front, victory will come.

The situation on the battlefield disappointed Kasvann a little. Although the imperial army was a bit chaotic, Umberto Elector's command ability was not easy. After the great Elector reacted, he immediately commanded The imperial army regrouped and launched a counterattack.

Rickland and Aviland are the two richest provinces in the empire, and these armies are the direct descendants of the emperor and the elector. They responded immediately after a short period of stupefaction. The troops below formed several fronts.

Under the call of the elector, the well-trained imperial army still quickly formed a formation, the musketeers lined up in three rows, and the crossbowmen and archers formed a front, heading towards the speeding Breton army The attack was launched.

"Bang bang bang~" A row of musketeers fired at the knights, and the lead bullets shot a barrage of bullets. The knights who rushed to the front fell down by dozens in an instant. Back off, the remaining musketeers immediately stepped up.

But none of this could deter the Britannian knights. The ranger knights chanted the name of the fairy of the lake, galloped across the battlefield, and swept everything. The first row of the imperial army was completely overwhelmed by the ranger knights.

"Kill! Ma'am, give us strength and protection!" The remaining serf infantry led by the sergeant rushed into the imperial army formation, and the tragic hand-to-hand combat began, although the quality of the serf infantry in Brittania was not as good as The imperial army, but when the array was broken through, the imperial army could only get into a fight with the serf infantry.

"Madam protect me!!" A serf infantryman stabbed his spear into the chest of an imperial spearman, but he was cut off by the imperial swordsman next to him.

"Die! Mudblood on the other side of the mountain!" The emperor's officer tried hard to restore the situation, but he immediately found himself surrounded by serf infantry like a tide.

Several spears pierced his chest and belly, and then a lance from a knight pierced his body from behind.

The first formation of the imperial army began to collapse.

The halberd soldiers united into a tight front, and the sharp halberds were lined up in several rows. Although the ranger knights of Brittany once again rushed into the second formation, they were already at the end of their strength, shooting arrows like locusts. The barrage of arrows and muskets caused the ranger knights to fall one after another.

More than two hundred pistol cavalry and pioneer cavalry flashed out from the flanks of the Imperial Army. These troops were composed of the academies of the Nuer Gunnery Academy and noble children. In the empire, all nobles put military merit first. Most of the noble children will be sent to Brunswick University or Nuer University to study, and many noble children will enter the pistol cavalry regiment, looking forward to being recognized one day and becoming an official knight.

The pioneer cavalry is the best of the pistol cavalry, these people are also called imperial dragoons, they lead the pistol cavalry, riding horses, with fancy beards, wearing all kinds of bright clothes and fashionable hats, It gushed out from behind the imperial formation.

There is only one chance, because the pistol cavalry has no chance to reload in front of the Britannian knights, so when the pistol cavalry is slightly closer to the Britannian army, the leading cavalry officer immediately shouted Said: "Get ready! Shoot!"

"Fire!" Groups of pistol cavalry and pioneer cavalry raised their muskets. In the early morning light, there was a thunderous volley on the battlefield.

"Bang bang~~" Although only one volley could be fired, this volley still achieved unimaginably good results. The Bretanian ranger knights who were fighting hard in the second formation fell down more than a hundred in an instant. The barrage came from the side, and the Bretanian ranger knights who were not in a hurry suffered heavy losses from this attack. Many ranger knights' mounts were hit by lead bullets, and they fell off their horses and were captured on the spot.

The pistol cavalry and the pioneer cavalry hit and ran, and these light cavalry quickly disappeared behind the Imperial Army.

"For the Empire! For Charlemagne! Hold on!" The Elector Umberto shouted angrily. The Elector's holy sword "Mother of Destruction" exuded aura in the darkness of the early morning. The morale of the imperial soldiers was shaken. The Cavaliers blocked before the second set.

"Fight! Destroy the knights on the opposite side of the mountain! Victory belongs to the empire! For Charlemagne!" The great swordsmen entered the battlefield under the command of Elector Umberto. Found a shooting opportunity.

The roar of the cannon plowed deep furrows in the Breton army.

The Hellstorm bazooka is made of single-barrel rockets on vehicles and vehicle racks. These rockets are filled with a large amount of black powder, and are added to the cart after elaborate tail fins and rocket ejection devices crafted by Imperial engineering masters.

"Ready! Launch!" Herman, an imperial engineering master from Nuer Gunnery Academy, raised his hand: "Let it go!"

"咻咻咻~" Seven or eight rocket launchers shot into the sky. They performed a brilliant fireworks show in the sky of Hemgard, and then fell into the marching army of Brittany.

The devastating explosion shock wave swept across the Britannia army formation, and the accompanying ground vibration and roar swept all the enemies. A large group of serf infantry regiments died on the spot in the bombing of the Hellstorm rocket pack.

The morale of the serf infantry in Brittania began to be unstable. Many serfs retreated screaming, and groups of ranger knights began to show their defeat. They began to retreat and tried to regroup.

However, the poor accuracy of the Hellstorm bazooka also caused bad results. Even though the engineers of the empire had tried their best to calibrate the accuracy of the bazooka, two bazookas also fell into the army formation of the empire.

The explosion blew up the imperials themselves, and the great swordsmen of the empire who were directing the defense were bombarded by their own people, causing heavy casualties, and the array shook for a while.

Kasvann, who was in the middle army, finally waited for this golden opportunity.

After entering the battlefield, Casvann discovered that the most elite half-griffin knights of the empire, the Rick guards, and the emperor himself were not in the imperial formation.

Obviously, it is impossible for Emperor Karl Franz to run away, so he must have led the elite to leave temporarily, and even planned to sneak around to attack his own army. Kasvann believes that there is no reason why the emperor who is in such a big war under the Doomsday Mountain does not know , so he must completely defeat the Elector Umberto and the imperial army before Karl Franz leads the elite back!

Kasvann turned his head calmly: "Kanelle!"

"Yes!" Earl Carnell, the Duke's lieutenant, nodded, and he raised his lance: "Knights! In the name of the lady, we went to fight in the empire. In the name of the lady, we fought so hard. Now, let us Give the Imperials a fatal blow!"

Three hundred kingdom knights and forty Pegasus knights responded loudly: "For the lady! For Britannia!"

This is the most elite force in Kasvann's army. The Duke saved this force for the last. Now, the knights of the kingdom will shout the name of the goddess and crush all enemies!

"go ahead!!!"

The cavalry array formed by the kingdom knights swept across the field like a raging wind. They turned into a hurricane of death. Wearing crowns and gorgeous blouses, the kingdom knights spoke little, but the impact they erupted With all his strength, he defeated the resisting imperial army in one fell swoop.

The storm formed by the kingdom knights swept the second formation of the imperial army. Even the halberd spear formation could not resist the group charge of the kingdom knights. Earl Canel pinpointed a weak spot in the imperial army that had just created chaos. , he took the lead and rode his spear through an imperial captain.

The strength of the knights of the Kingdom of Britannia instantly changed the balance of victory and defeat.

Earl Canel drew out the sharp sword at his waist, and chopped a great swordsman of the empire in two with one sword. Afterwards, a torrent of steel swept across the entire battlefield. into pieces.

The second formation of the empire began to collapse after the group charge of the knights of the kingdom, the Elector Umberto and his personal guards - the Golden Fleece Knights and the Great Swordsman Legion finally appeared in Brittany Before the eyes of the Nigerians, the elector ordered the Great Swordsmen Legion to enter the battlefield, barely stabilizing the situation.

At this time, the sky had begun to brighten, and the time went from early morning to early morning. In the cold weather, the imperial army was still fighting bitterly with the Britannian army. Any attempt to regroup the army failed. Only the smoke of the melee remained.

Kasvann knew that in terms of the battle situation alone, his army currently had the upper hand. Relying on the knights' numerical superiority and group impact, the imperial army was temporarily at a disadvantage.

Yes, only for the time being, Kasvann knew that his army seemed to be slightly superior at the moment, but the serf infantry regiment and sergeants had begun to show fatigue, and the ranger knights had to join forces with the emperor after charging. Falling into a dogfight, the number of knights in the kingdom is too small, and it is still very difficult to kill the Elector Umberto.

Kasvann knew that he could not pin his hopes on the serf infantry regiment and sergeants, because the quality of the infantry in Brittania was definitely not as good as that of the God's Army, and he was still able to persist because he relied on the knights' group Shocking, the imperial army was shaken, and once Emperor Karl Franz led the knights back to help, he would fail.

The Duke of Palaion is hesitating. In addition to a thousand-man infantry regiment used to guard against the emperor's surprise attack from behind, he also has a reserve team of two hundred knight-errants and fifteen hundred infantry.

Is this reserve team now going into battle?

Casvann was a little hesitant. If all the reserves were put on the battlefield, it would be a big gamble. The bet was that he could defeat Umberto and his Golden Fleece Knights before the emperor came back to help. However, Umberto elected the emperor Hou is a strong man in the sanctuary who has experienced the great holy war. Kasvann knew that his strength was not as good as him, so the odds of winning this gamble were not very high.

The Duke of Palaion was still hesitating, but in the imperial formation, Umberto Corleone, the Elector of Tuscany, completely calmed down, and the bearded Elector nodded: "Although it is not the same as I imagined. , but Kasvann took the initiative to attack, and Karl Franz's goal has been achieved."

"Now, it's time for the knights of Brittania to see the power of our empire." Umberto waved his hand, and the engineers from the Nuer Gunnery Academy and the Royal Academy of Engineering in Brunswick expressed their understanding.

The situation on the battlefield changed suddenly. From the middle army of the empire, the five steel behemoths finally showed their fangs. With a huge figure, driven by the compressed steam in the roaring pressure boiler, the steel behemoths rolled their huge wheels , exhaling steam and white smoke soaring into the sky, and entering the battlefield.

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