Chapter 320: Completely Annihilate the Sixth Army
After listening to the officers' opinions, Richard weighed the pros and cons and decided to take the four-province coalition army to take on the heavy responsibility. He persuaded earnestly: "If we retreat at this time, Steven may not be able to support it. If the Grant royal family loses two main legions, the regime may be unstable, and a new round of political struggle may break out in the country at that time.
Whether it is the Dukedom of Harland or the four provinces in the northern border, they are facing orc invasions at any time, and we must have a stable environment in the rear. Therefore, it is in our interest to maintain the political stability of the Grant Kingdom. Moreover, we are vassals of King Roger and have the obligation and responsibility to be loyal to the kingdom.
I have explained the above reasons very clearly, so I ordered the troops to prepare immediately and launch a full-scale attack tomorrow morning. The reinforcements will not arrive for two days, and we must annihilate this enemy before the reinforcements arrive."
Although there are some conflicts between the Harland family and the Grant royal family, the royal family, in order to consolidate its position, tried to create some obstacles for the Harland family and maintain the balance of power. However, the cooperation between the Harland family and the Grant royal family far outweighs the differences. Especially when facing foreign enemies, once Richard chooses to hold back, it will be difficult for the two sides to trust each other in the future.
Years of glorious victories have made Richard very prestigious among the officers of the four provinces in Harland and the northern border. Under Richard's persuasion, the coalition forces of the four provinces unified their opinions and decided to annihilate the Sixth Legion first, and then block the reinforcements of the United Kingdom on the east coast, guard the rear for Steven, and take on heavier responsibilities.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, the soldiers began to line up and prepare to launch a full-scale attack.
The heavy trebuchet in the camp was launched first. After years of development, there has been a small-scale blowout of mathematical talents in Harland. Now, with the addition of magicians, there are two or three hundred mathematical talents who are proficient in gravity measurement and ballistic parabola calculation.
After advance calculations, the trebuchet group was very accurate with the use of appropriate counterweights.
With the sound of orders, the soldiers kept cutting the ropes, and the stone bombs crossed a distance of 200 meters and landed accurately on the camp of the Sixth Legion of the East Coast United Kingdom.
The stone bombs fell from high altitude, with powerful kinetic energy, and hit the tents hard, smashing the unfortunate soldiers into meat patties.
Such a terrible scene shocked the soldiers' nerves. Even the veterans who had been in the army for many years were frightened when they saw this scene.
Seeing the stone bombs constantly thrown over, making a harsh sound of breaking through the air, Caesar, the commander of the Sixth Legion, had a livid face.
Although the two sides had fought many times, it was the first time that Richard used a heavy catapult to attack. The catapult only fired a few rounds, and the visual impact on the enemy was already very serious.
Although Caesar found this new type of equipment in the battle report of the Kingdom of Delong, he never expected that in the hands of Harland's army, the power of this catapult was so amazing?
At this moment, the soldiers of the East Coast United Kingdom must take action to break the passive situation of being beaten.
"Soldiers, the enemy has launched a full-scale attack on us. The Grants have elite cavalry. Under the impact of the cavalry, it is impossible for us to retreat.
Now terrible stone bullets keep falling on our heads. The top priority is to improve this situation. I decided to lead everyone to launch a charge. Please believe me, follow me, and defeat the Grants in one fell swoop.
I swear to the God of Kingship and Order that I will treat everyone well after the victory and share honor and gold and silver with everyone.
Victory belongs to the Sixth Legion and the people of the East Coast!"
Caesar made a final mobilization to cheer up his soldiers. The soldiers of the Sixth Legion of the East Coast quickly adjusted their formation and launched a desperate attack on the coalition forces of the four provinces in the northern border under the rain of stone bullets fired by the trebuchet.
The heavy trebuchet is not very convenient to move and is not very useful in field battles. Once the enemy moves quickly and enters within 100 meters, it is difficult to aim.
In the face of life and death, the soldiers of the Sixth Legion of the East Coast acted quickly. After the trebuchet was lined up, Caesar led the soldiers to rush through the range of the heavy trebuchet after only five or six rounds.
In the four-province coalition, Richard led 6,000 soldiers from Harland as the central army, 7,000 from the noble coalition of Rah Province, and 2,000 from the noble coalition of Grotta Province as the left camp. 5,000 from Gascoigne Province and 6,000 from Gedda Province were the right camp.
The commander of the left camp was Viscount Raphael, an eighth-rank gold knight, and the commander of the right camp was Viscount Roman, a seventh-rank silver knight.
Because the last time the intervention army was formed, Richard led the nobles of the Northern Frontier to a brilliant victory. After the war, four noble officers achieved class transition and were promoted to the hereditary noble class.
This time, the nobles of the Northern Frontier invested almost all their money in forming the intervention army. Those who participated in the war were basically elite soldiers. Viscount Raphael, Viscount Roman and other important nobles all joined the intervention army with their elites.
Including the soldiers of Harland's territory, the Northern Frontier noble coalition had a total of 26,000 soldiers, while Caesar had only more than 15,000 people under his command.
Seeing the left and right wings coming up, Caesar quickly issued an order, and the soldiers of the East Coast United Kingdom adjusted their formation. Two battalions were separated from the left and right wings to block the left and right battalions led by Raphael and Viscount Romen.
Seeing Caesar's change of formation, Richard rode on his iron-horned horse and smiled to the officers around him: "It seems that the enemy wants to break through the middle camp. I order the soldiers led by Harland to defeat the enemy from the middle.
After the order was issued, the soldiers of the first battalion took the lead and bravely launched a counterattack against the enemy.
Even on the way forward. The archers of the First Battalion shot arrows one after another. Although these arrows looked sparse, they were very accurate. More than a hundred arrows were shot, and almost every one of them hit the enemy accurately.
There are many veterans in the First Battalion, and there are more than a hundred people with archery skills reaching the third level. These hundred people are all archers, who can accurately hit the enemy's vital points within a hundred meters.
In the battle, the killing and casualties of each archer are very amazing. In just a few rounds of arrow rain, hundreds of soldiers under Caesar were killed and injured. The casualties were much more than those killed by catapults.
In addition to the precision shooters, the First Battalion, except for the scorching ray gunners, the rest of the soldiers were equipped with bows and arrows, and their long-range projection capabilities were very strong.
The regular army of the East Coast United Kingdom could hardly compete with it.
Seeing that the casualties were getting heavier and heavier, Caesar had no choice but to bite the bullet and launch an attack.
Caesar was a ninth-rank epic knight with a very brave character. With him leading the way, the soldiers of the East Coast United Kingdom mustered up their courage and charged the Grant Kingdom army.
In less than three minutes, the two sides rushed over a distance of more than 100 meters, collided fiercely, and a tragic hand-to-hand war broke out.
Caesar's strength was amazing, and each blow could kill or seriously injure an elite veteran.
In less than a minute, Caesar had made six shots, killing a grassroots officer, seriously injuring two professional veterans, and also killing a sharpshooter and two high-level warrior trainee soldiers.
Relying on his own bravery, Caesar easily opened a gap and rushed into the first brigade. Even low-level professionals wearing brute force armor could hardly be Caesar's enemy and could not compete with him.
Seeing Caesar so brave, Richard was about to kill him himself. Martin, the captain of the first battalion, and Jennings, the captain of the sixth battalion, took the lead and led officers such as Sura, Tyron, and Julian to surround and kill this person.
Martin and Jennings are both sixth-level warriors. Sura, Tyron, and Julian have also been promoted to the fourth level and promoted to the captain level in Harland. Five mid-level warriors joined forces, wearing brute force armor that increases strength, and bravely blocked Caesar's attack.
There are many high-level professionals in the headquarters of the Sixth Legion of the East Coast United Kingdom. The two deputy legion commanders command the soldiers on the left and right wings. The third deputy legion commander of the legion department, the logistics minister, the captain of the magic team, the general military judge, and the military priest all participated in the raid war.
Harland's army also has many high-level professionals, the seventh-level Soros, Sofia, the fifth-level Wendy, and the fourth-level Annie and Butler also follow the headquarters. The magic support force of Harland's territory is far stronger than the magicians of the East Coast United Kingdom. Among the officers of the headquarters, there are more than ten fourth-level and fifth-level warriors.
After the two armies fought, officers and professionals immediately targeted magicians and priests, because everyone knew the destructiveness of magic professions to war.
Generally speaking, a dozen magicians joined forces to release a large-scale joint magic to break the balance of the war.
Sophia's opponent was a five-ring magician, who was the captain of the magic support team of the Sixth Legion.
This magic support team has a total of twelve people, among which the captain and deputy captain are both mid-level magicians, and the remaining ten team members are low-level magicians. Among the ten people, there is a senior magician of the third level, and the rest are first-level and second-level magicians.
According to the usual combat experience, once the magic team takes action, it can often play an immediate role. Use the diversity of magic power to help the infantry defeat the enemy.
However, Caesar never expected that the number of combat magicians accompanying the army led by Harland exceeded 60, and there were two teams of nearly 30 formal magicians. The remaining auxiliary personnel are basically high-level magician apprentices, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than the three magician support teams.
After Sofia used two magics, she successfully broke the enemy's magic shield.
Sofia's magic talent is top-notch, and her mental talent is far superior to that of ordinary people. In addition, she wears the Starlight Necklace, and her magic lethality has exceeded that of an eight-ring magician, close to the standard of an ordinary nine-ring magician.
She released a powerful immobilization spell and easily immobilized the enemy.
After being hit by a powerful immobilization spell and unable to be exempted from damage, the captain of the Sixth Legion Mage Squad immediately prepared to open the dimensional door and use the dimensional space to escape.
As a result, Sofia took the lead and released the fourth-ring magic dimension anchor, which fixed the different-dimensional space and made the enemy's magic ineffective.
Before Sofia could make another move, Richard and Wendy had teamed up to solve the deputy captain of the magic team and successfully captured the fourth-ring magician. Wendy just freed her hands and used the thunder and lightning staff to release a powerful lightning spell, easily killing this person.
The captain of the magic team died in battle, the deputy captain was captured, and the fate of the remaining magicians was doomed. Four magicians died on the spot, and the remaining six were captured alive by the professional Harland leader and became prisoners.
After dealing with the magic team, Harland leader's magician freed up his hands and released a large-scale grease spell, instantly covering the two squadrons of enemies in the spell range.
In the fierce battle, more than 300 soldiers slipped and fell in an instant, and their fate was instantly doomed.
Seeing that he was about to be defeated, Caesar was extremely sad. Although Caesar's family was a duke family of the East Coast United Kingdom, there were actually only two hereditary legions.
This time, the Sixth Legion was completely annihilated in the Kingdom of Delon. The Caesar family suffered heavy losses, and its influence in the East Coast United Kingdom would be greatly weakened.
But the situation has developed to this point, and regret and grief are no longer useful. Caesar's only choice is to escape.
Caesar hit with all his strength, causing Sura's hands to hurt severely, and a gap appeared on the enchanted sword. Although Sura was very brave, the gap between him and Caesar was too large. Once Caesar got angry, he fell into a passive position in an instant.
Caesar fought hard and immediately knocked down Sura's weapon, and saw that Sura was in danger. Jennings and Julian rushed forward bravely, protecting Sura behind them, and blocked Caesar's continuous attack.
In order to protect Sura, Jennings and Julian left a gap in their positions. Caesar rushed forward with force and instantly broke through the encirclement of five people.
Just as Caesar was about to escape, Wendy had released a chain of lightning and hit him hard.
At this moment, Harland and his accompanying magicians had already freed their hands, and Richard, Sophia, and Wendy all aimed at this person.
Seeing the chain of lightning coming, Caesar hurriedly raised the magic shield.
A blue light burst out from the shield, releasing a powerful body-protecting fighting spirit to block Wendy's attack. Before Caesar could breathe a sigh of relief, Sophia released the five-ring magic ice storm, and a powerful ice attribute energy enveloped this person.
Caesar was born in the warm southern region, and his own knight blood did not have a strong cold resistance attribute. He was enveloped by the ice storm and was instantly injured by this magic. Severe frostbite appeared on his body, and his vitality was severely damaged.
Caesar endured the severe pain and moved his legs hard. He finally broke through the range of the ice storm and was about to draw his bow and shoot Sophia, the annoying enemy.
Martin and Jennings had already raised their enchanted shields to block Caesar's shooting range.
Martin and Jennings were both level 6 warriors, wearing brute force armor. They could pose a certain threat to Caesar in close combat. They held a shield in one hand and wielded an enchanted sword in the other, attacking Caesar.
Caesar endured the pain and bravely forced the two back. Before Caesar could continue to attack Sofia, Richard had already released a powerful three-ring magic human immobilization spell on him.
Being targeted by the immobilization spell on the battlefield doomed Caesar to defeat.