Chapter 1662 The righteousness lies, er, the Western Army?
The soldiers of the Legion whose morale once again rose, crossed the long bridge created by the power of magic and finally stepped onto the land of Dongmen Island. At this moment, they truly passed through the East Gate of Orsotian District.
They are about to liberate the Federation. The only roadblock is nothing but an enemy with a total force of more than twice the size of their own.
Mencius sighed, waved the flag, and let the First and Second Legions launch an active attack from both wings. He knew that in this way, the one who had to fight the bridge was his own side. However, there was nothing he could do about it. If the Fourth Legion could not be guaranteed sufficient pressure through the flanks, it would be a matter of time for the terrifying collapse of the entire army.
As a result, as the natural chasm before the island was filled, a full-scale fierce battle on the main battlefield of the central government was completely launched.
On one side of the southern line, one side fought and retreated, and the other side advanced layer by layer. After more than an hour of tug-of-war, both sides paid the "blood price", the troops led by Alexson and Hedos finally occupied the entire South Bird Island. On the other side, Elio Ils, led the "heavy losses" troops to retreat along the 100-meter-long Talong Bridge to Baifeng Island and meet with the Second Legion.
Death of one or two hundred people is of course the price of blood. In addition, the dead are not only recruiting serfs and mercenaries, but also retainers. This requires a large amount of pension, and of course there are heavy losses.
In short, after a bit of battle, the two "friends" who had just joined Lu Xi became the first group in the army to completely repel the enemy ahead and occupy an entire island.
The nearly 8,000 troops gathered the opponent's camp and went to the Talong Bridge to confront the enemy. Although they had won a "victory", the two people who led the team knew very well that the people under their command were very good. The mobs could fight with the mobs, and the battle situation often made them look like gongs and drums, and the red flags and other battles. But if they really wanted to fight against a regular army like the Second Legion, they would probably not be able to get through for a few rounds.
Yes, in Lu Xi's morale, the first and second legions, whose centrifugal soldiers were not willing to fight, were just specimens of roads, but in the eyes of Alexson and Hedos, they were definitely invincible elite soldiers.
It is impossible to fight hard, let alone cross a bridge? Fortunately, judging by the other party, he doesn't seem to be ready to fight back through the bridge.
So, they decided to make some tidying. Then, let's have lunch first.
Anyway, it is almost ten o'clock in the morning. It's been more than four hours since the first meal in the morning. After so long, everyone has been hungry.
Although they were a mob, their rations were really good, with fragrant meat pies, white bread with ham and vegetables and even some wine. Since these two heads of the family would become the target of Russell's differentiation of the clan, it is conceivable that they are not the ones who have too ugly eating. They should try to ensure the basic treatment of the people below when they lead the troops out. In addition, the supplies allocated from the new boss, these serfs recruited soldiers and feudal lords, at least in terms of food, they really surpassed the other's regular army.
There is no way, Elichar has been implementing the food rationing system for several months. Ordinary citizens are so hungry that they are pale and thin, which is not the point. The point is that the children of the nobles and the canaries they raise cannot hold the sea and sky feast for a long time. Then you guys who fight want fresh meat and wine to eat and drink? Can you eat enough, do you know how much effort we are put into? You must be grateful and be ashamed!
The soldiers began to eat lunch, and the Second Legion and the soldiers of the Ils family smelled the scent of the meat opposite, looked at the stinky salted fish that could only be kept half full in their hands and the dried meat that could be used as weapons in the last century. For a moment, they felt that they were not even as good as dogs.
"Persevere in your post and do not be provoked by the enemy! We are the glorious imperial soldiers of the Federation. Today's suffering is a necessary process for tomorrow's glory! Hardship will forge your spirit, and suffering will temper your will. This is the blessing of you!" Lieutenant General Jeff Keringels, the commander of the Second Legion, inspired the soldiers after only more than a month of serving as the commander of the Second Legion.
"Soldiers have not even had green and stinky salted fish since last week. They only had the slurry of water boiled from the water that they picked up from there. They even told us that this was the extra meal before the war. But you have roasted whole lamb covered with spices. Don't think we can't smell the tent!" The soldiers looked at the lieutenant general's face and wanted to roast him as the whole lamb on the spot.
It would be fine if the serfs who had been trained out of Stockholm were recruited, but the Second Corps was a regular guard, and the soldiers were all civilians, so of course they would have more different thoughts.
Just as the soldiers of the Second Legion were wondering if they wanted to change something, the lunch time on Baifeng Island was also over, the "world change" between Dongmen Island and Tianqiao Island suddenly broke out.
The soldiers looked at the scene in front of them in a daze. With the sound of an earthquake, Dongmen Island and Tianqiao Island instantly supported a piece of land, connecting the two largest islands in the archipelago on the spot. This was a miracle scene. Ordinary soldiers could not tell whether this was a magic or a miracle, and the three armies were in an uproar.
"This, this, the new world has appeared?"
"Goddess, the goddess has appeared! The goddess is standing on his side!"
"Mom, I'm going home!"
The soldiers were crying loudly, and this time they really fell into the critical point of mutiny and even bombing the camp.
"What are you shouting! That's just magic, ordinary magic! Lieutenant Colonel Vijay, take your people to stabilize the situation! I will give you the military police to control you. You are allowed to cut five hundred heads, but if the camp is blown up, you will send your own head over!" Lieutenant General Jeff shouted loudly.
The captain of the guard under the command of the Lieutenant General, who had brown skin, horns on his forehead and earth, looked like the orc bloodline, saluted and went with a machete. The lieutenant colonel had two hundred men under his command, and the commander's elite guard, plus a 150 military policeman, which was the only existence in this legion that maintained its organizational and fighting spirit.
Of course, thankfully, this is a world where mysticism is prevalent. Although these few elites were almost speechless by the miraculous scene just now, they could still endure the panic and tremor in their hearts and return to a certain degree of calm execution of the orders under the call of the officers.
In short, when dozens of unlucky guys who shouted the most powerfully and jumped the most happily were hung on the flagpole, the commotion just now was finally suppressed. Of course, we also have to thank the enemy across the bridge for not being elite soldiers. On the one hand, they have not finished their lunch yet, and on the other hand, they are also shocked and speechless by the wonders just now. Otherwise, taking this opportunity to attack the whole army, the situation of the battle is really hard to say.
"He, he, this... no, what kind of existence are they fighting against?" Alexson's cheeks twitched and he whispered. The person among the nobles who had always been known for their calmness and rationality had a little distracted at this moment.
Hedos looked at his friend with some curiosity, sighed, and said, "Fortunately, we are on his side now."
"No, it's just a temporary..." the other party said. There was a trace of indescribable emotion in his voice.
Hedos instinctively noticed something wrong and said in a deep voice: "Eric, what do you want to say?"
"My old friend, we became allies of Russell Clement because neither of our families really liked to squeeze oil from the black bread of mud legs. Whether it was slaves or serfs, it didn't matter whether our family's income had long been transferred from farms and mines to sea trade. But essentially, his reforms were actually beneficial to us. The new federation he led still needed people like us to maintain stability. After his reforms, Vilanbart and Dandy Lane would inevitably decline, and then it was the time for us to take office. This was also the result of our negotiations back then."
Hedos continued to be confused and said, "So, what's the point of saying this now? Russell Clement is dead..."
"This is the important place. Don't you understand that the people we follow now no longer need tools like us. In the country he is going to build, there will be no longer a place where we exist."
"This, this, this..." Hedos wondered if your thinking was a little bit unrestrained! Why did you suddenly come to this conclusion?
Alexson's eyes suddenly turned red, and he grabbed Hedos' collar, as if he squeezed out a stern tone from his teeth: "Idiot! Didn't you see his ship, and the cannons just now? The twins of the Veranda House, hehe, those genius twins can't stand for a few more seconds in front of them. Yes, guidance... What a great word, what a future word, but how an angry word it is! Don't you know, in the New Shipyard in Neosfia, there were ten guided ships going into the sea in the first year of their completion, and they were clearly running on the sea. But the cost and safety factor are much higher than our floating ships. I heard that by next year, Auckland will build its own forceship. That's fine... One day, what if the ground people really cast their eyes into the sky? Can we still occupy the sky and claim to be the free people closest to the goddesses? The core of Tisru can only be born in the alchemist's experimental workshop, but anyone can do the guidance engine! As long as that person is willing, any country in the world can share the sky. But he can still share the world easily! Don't you understand?"
Hedos, who was as fleshy as a butcher, looked at his friend with a sweaty head. He was not scared by the scene described by the other party - although he really felt that it made sense - but was scared by the other party's sudden pathological fanaticism. After knowing each other for so many years, he really didn't know that this guy actually had a sick side, but the problem is that you are just a rough man, you are not cute when you are cute?
After a while, he said, "...so, you weren't going to join him from the beginning, are you?"
"Yes, there is a future where something exists, not our future, there is a future where it exists, nor a future of the Federation. However, I must only join him to find his flaws. Fortunately, I finally found it!"
He looked into the distance, and his eyes passed the "remnants" of the Second Legion confronting them on White Maple Island and another old friend, Elio Iles, and looked directly at the main battlefield on Dongmen Island.
At this time, the main force of the Fourth Legion led by Lu Xi had crossed the long bridge built with the power of magic and began to slowly advance towards the direction of the general's banner of the noble army. The vanguard troops composed of 3,000 guided gunmen had even arrived on the original land of Dongmen Island, and what they had to face was the 20,000-man line arranged by Marshal Mensus on the front line. They were mainly composed of sign soldiers from each family... Well, to put it bluntly, it is the so-called cannon fodder troops.
No one thinks how long these cannon fodder can last, although they can almost compare with the opponent's total strength. Once they collapse, they will face the deadly thorns of the steel rose, which is Marshal Mensus's formation.
Then, the only way to stabilize the front is to launch a counterattack on the two wings of the enemy. The only person who can perform this mission is the two so-called imperial guards on Baimao Island and Fujishima.
The Second Legion on Baifeng Island was scared and could not attack immediately for a while. The First Legion on Fujima led by Lieutenant General Gerrana acted more quickly and led the entire army to pounce on the flank of the Rose Legion. Of course, this famous veteran would not be foolishly crossing the bridge that could not be unleashed and the opposite side. Instead, the combat mages used magic to suppress their heads, while the engineers and alchemists built a floating bridge.
As mentioned earlier, Fujishima was originally a production base for Tengzhi, with factories, farms and houses. Demolition of these was barely available building materials. Of course, the mages of the First Legion could not directly raise a land bridge between the islands to turn the sky into a road, but it is still possible to put together these door panels, fences, house beams, etc. and make a bridge that is temporarily stable and can pass through by the iron-armored men.
In a very short time, the First Legion drove five or six temporary floating bridges and launched a fierce attack.
The "Dangrily" of the First Legion also restored a little courage on the other side. After leaving Elio's "remnants" to look at the rear, they also began to charge.
At this time, the situation was already very obvious. The Fourth Legion led by Lu Xi was blocked from the front and the two wings were surrounded by nearly three times his enemies. According to military common sense, 90% would be completely defeated or even wiped out.
However, from the common army of nobles to the ordinary soldiers to Marshal Menthus himself, no one felt that they had the upper hand. Marshal Menthus knew very well that the counterattack of the First and Second Legions on both wings was a last resort to draw the advantage as a disadvantage. Once the front is broken, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction of a complete collapse.
...Maybe, I just rely on the arrangement of the Gods fleet. But that is my last trump card! Or, what else is there to do?
Thinking of this, Marshal Mensus's gaze couldn't help but sweep towards Nanto Island in the distance.
Almost at the same time, Alexson, who was on Nanniao Island, finally confirmed that he had grasped the situation. Although the Rose Legion was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength, he was winning steadily on the front, forcing the Central Noble Joint Army to show signs of collapse. On the north and south wings, the First and Second Legions tried their best to do their best and always maintained their offensive against the opponent's wings. However, that's all. Their only result was that the Rose Legion successively reinforced the troops passing behind the Yunzhong Fortress to the front line of the two wings, which objectively attracted firepower and reduced the pressure on the central group.
In his opinion, the Rose Army coming from the east had already gained an advantage, and the aristocratic joint army in the west had already lost its skills, and it was sooner or later to collapse. However, thanks to the offensives launched by the First and Second Legions of the "Western Army" on both sides, there was a clear gap in the south of the "Eastern Army". As long as we crossed the sky of only more than 100 meters between Nanniao Island and Dongmen Island, there were only three or five hundred people under Alexson's command and the thin Rose Banner of the Rose.
Yes, this is my fighter plane! Alexson thought.
"Will you stand shoulder to shoulder with me? Hedo." He looked at his friend Hedos, who had been with him for many years.
"When did not have it since I was a child?" The other party's face was full of flesh and blood.
"Then, the whole army follows my order!" Alexson raised his staff and shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!