Chapter 23 Riga Offensive and Defensive Battle IV, Urn City
Egil is so confident and naturally has its own barrier - that is, the legendary Celestial Dynasty created an extremely vulgar one in the long-term evolutionary history (it seems to have been found in the Spring and Autumn Period). It is nominally an increase in defense ability, but it is actually a invention to cheat people.
The so-called urn city.
The urn, one male on top and one tiled on the bottom, actually means that I put you in the jar and cook it. This means.
It was as if it was now. Amid the cheers, the soldiers of the United Kingdom shouted loudly, holding up their spear signs to charge towards the city of Riga. Follow-up troops continued to pour in. Then they hit a wall.
They could not think of it at all. Why? Why is this? Why is there another city wall behind one city? Even if it is divided into inner city and outer city, this outer city is too small. And there are no houses, so who are we robbing? Why is the first to board first? Isn’t it just to rob it quickly, and I’ll ask for ten or eight days. But now...
Just as the soldiers of the United Kingdom were thinking about it, they heard a sound behind them, and a thousand-jin gate made of cooked copper suddenly fell at the gate behind them! Among the soldiers of the United Kingdom, there was neither Confucius' father nor the fourth hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Naturally, they could only watch the Qianjin gate fall down in a daze. Then they became the king of the jar. Seeing the city walls that were nearly ten meters high around them, they were speechless.
"Pour oil." At this moment, Egil was not afraid of wasting it. He laughed and ordered it like this. Then hundreds of barrels of various oil were poured down. Then everyone threw stones and set rockets. Thousands of soldiers from the United Kingdom below screamed. There was no way to heaven and no way to the ground!
At this moment, the reinforcements who were still outside the city and were preparing to enter the city suddenly reacted. When they heard the sounds that were not like humans in the city, they felt creepy, and they mostly understood something - they were not very clear about the specific one, but one thing is certain - they were cheated of it!
Because at this moment, the soldiers of the United Kingdom thought they had broken through the opponent's city gate, so they didn't even bring any decent siege equipment, so they couldn't even continue to attack - no, isn't there a legendary siege hammer next to them?
...It turns out that it has been burned out now, hahaha...
So, after leaving hundreds of corpses, reinforcements from the United Kingdom fled back in a panic. The soldiers in the urn were not so lucky. They were burned to death by fire, fried to death, stone to death, and shot to death by bows and arrows... In short, they were all dead.
In this way, the second offensive and defensive battle in Riga City was a result. Although he dispatched a powerful siege hammer, he was eventually defeated by Egil's conspiracy and lost more than 2,000 troops and fled in a panic.
Vadislaw II was very sad and anxious. The two consecutive days of siege had no result except for losing troops and generals. Always, even if he died in such a few thousand or thousands, he would die in less than a month... It seems that forcibly attacking is not a good idea. After the casualties in the past two days, the Normans' troops exceeded his number. Vadislaw II could not think of any good idea, so what should he do next?
Or, let’s wait until the reinforcements arrive first.
In the end, Vadislaw II understood a truth: it would be impossible to defeat Riga alone with the 20,000 to 30,000 troops he had collected again in China. However, when the 50,000 troops he collected in China came, then 80,000 troops would be trapped in Riga City... At that time, relying on his troops, he would forcibly besieged and stay for a year and a half. The city that could not be defeated can be hungry. When the city is broken down and the baby is cooked and eaten, Vadislaw II will not attack him. Riga City will also open the door and ask for surrender.
After understanding this, Vadislaw II sent a messenger south again to urge reinforcements to go north as soon as possible. As a result, in November, when the Normans opened the city gates at night every few days, and then sent cavalry to harass the United Kingdom troops, Vadislaw II received a very unfortunate news.
There are no reinforcements.
Or, reinforcements are gone.
Of course, these two actually mean the same - the main reason is that the Teutonic Knights.
The commander of the Teutonic Knights, Albresit, fought quietly and undeclaredly during the battle with the United Kingdom. The elite troops of the Eight Thousand Knights were divided into more than a dozen small troops and headed south, invading villages and attacking towns, and harassing the northern territories of the United Kingdom. In addition, these places were the territory of the Knights a few years ago. As soon as the gentry and nobles of the towns decided to surrender to the army to become a great good citizen...
In this way, the territory of the Knights increased more than doubled in an instant. In addition, the army expanded to 15,000. Albresit was proud and prepared to cooperate with the Normans to annihilate Vadislaw II's 30,000 troops in Livornia. As long as Vadislaw II died, the entire United Kingdom would fall apart immediately. At that time, the entire Poland and Lithuania would be the food on the Knights' tray again...
However, Albresit took it for granted, but in the end he was natural - Egil did not cooperate with the Teutonic Knights' plan to wipe out the United Kingdom army. Instead, he decisively chose to sell his teammates again.
After learning about the advance of the Teutonic Knights, Vadislaw II was very panicked - not because of the strong combat power of the Teutonic Knights, but because the Teutonic Knights were too destructive - just like locusts, they burned, killed, looted, and destroyed the economy and agriculture in all directions. Moreover, the Knights' methods were extremely cruel, and the massacres of the entire village and even towns were completely done. They were not like Egil, who knew how to give a sweet date with a stick - they were so heavy that they were dying. Therefore, they were extremely unpopular.
Wadislaw was heartbroken. He felt that his kingdom was ruined by such a group of locust-like mistballs. And after his army learned that monsters like the Teutonic Knights attacked his home, he was also in a panic. In addition, Riga City was very strict and there was almost no possibility of conquering it. In the end, Wadislaw II gritted his teeth and made a retreat, returned to his country, and destroyed the Teutonic Knights. This was the plan.
So, on a dark and windy night, the entire United Kingdom army bid farewell without saying goodbye. The next day, Egil received the news and said, "Oh." He said, "I knew." Then he slowly finished breakfast and issued the order: "Vilnius, let's go to that city."
"...You don't care about those guys?" Artoria, who was lying beside her, raised her head and swallowed the food in her mouth hard, then gusted a bottle of red wine, and then asked.
"Who?" Egil pretended to be stupid.
"Oh...no one." Artoria silently urged the death of the Teutonic Knights to silence for a second, and then continued to bury her head to eat.
"I have calculated it before." Egil counted with his finger: "After receiving Vilnius, we have some time to go to the territory of the Teutonic Knights and take over Magdeburg. There is still time to go south to collect the knights, and to receive the territory of the southern Knights, and to teach the Poles and Lithuanians a lesson. In this way, the Livornia region can basically be completely stabilized. The territory and population have expanded again, why not do it?"
Artoria thought in her mind that if the marching speed was fast, it would be true. After "receiving" these cities and territory, she marched south. She could just catch up with the United Kingdom to destroy the Knights' troops - but she had hurt the enemy before. After killing the Knights, the United Kingdom would definitely suffer losses. She could get another advantage and beat the United Kingdom. In this way, after losing a large number of soldiers and territory, the United Kingdom was greatly injured and forced to negotiate peace, and most of the time would be able to succeed...
"But, this is too presumptuous, right?" Artoria couldn't help but complain: "You are planning for everything in the best and most ideal situation. But what if things are not as you imagined? So what if you can't accept Vilnius and Magdeburg? So what if the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania was not hurt after a war with the Teutonic Knights - even at worst, they directly united against us, so what if that?"
Artoria on the opposite side said so much. But Egil didn't care at all and said directly: "Let's talk about it then." That's all.
"Also, the Teutonic Knights are still ally with us today, and unlike other alliances, you have enough reason to turn your back on the covenant. This time you can take back Vilnius, but what reason do you want to use to take back Magdeburg and occupy the Prussian region?"
"The Teutonic Knights tyrannically harmed the people, so they attacked them on behalf of God, how about?" Egil said extremely shamelessly.
"—If this reason is true, then all wars in Europe can be used!" Artoria went crazy.
Chapter completed!