Warhammer Seal

Chapter 34 The Battle of Glenburgh

"Today is a very sad day. It is an extremely dark day for me, for Rickland, for Wessenland, and for the entire human empire."

"Under the watchful eye of the bronze statue of Sigmar, his sons fought each other for their own sake."

"This is also one of the reasons why he became the first emperor and established the electoral system. Someone must break the terrible crisis of our compatriots killing each other, and there is only one person for this burden."

"That's me, the Elector of Rickland, the son of the previous Emperor Louis Bird, and the current Emperor of the Empire, Karl Franz!"

On the cliff outside Glenburgh stands a huge bronze statue of Sigmar.

Holding a sledgehammer in his hand, he looked at the Black Fire Pass in the south, where the orcs of the badlands had to pass through if they wanted to invade the empire, and it was also the direction of Wessonland.

But this time, what appeared from the sight of the bronze statue of Sigma was not the evil greenskin army, but compatriots, human beings, who wore the same clothes and equipment as the defenders.

Headed by the Elector of Wissenland, Duchess Elspeth von Drakken.

Her troops are excellent.

Three teams of crossbowmen, three teams of shield spearmen, three teams of swordsmen, four teams of musketeers, one team of Hellsprayers, one team of steam tanks, one team of grenade heralds, two teams of halberdiers, and one Imperial team leader.

As for the defenders of Glenburgh, there were only four teams of crossbowmen, four teams of swordsmen and an imperial captain, and they were no match for the Duchess at all.

But these people still choose to go out of the city to fight. Without the protection of the city wall, going out to fight can minimize the damage to the city residents.

It wasn't just high morale and high strength that made these men stand up.

Karl's troops have been lurking in the forest outside Glenburgh, an ambush whose location no one knows.

The Duchess' troops advanced slowly. Although the soldiers were extremely fast, running forward would greatly weaken the soldiers' physical strength, causing them to be out of breath in subsequent battles.

Everyone moved forward slowly under the open path of the tank, and slowly stationed next to the bronze statue of Sigma.

The Duchess waved all the troops to stop, waving her staff forward.

The steam tanks were already in range, and the cannons were already aimed at the center of the line of Glennburg defenders.

With the violent impact of the black powder being ignited, a shell flew straight out.

"Disperse! Disperse!"

Glennburg's Imperial Captain immediately shouted, telling everyone to disperse.

But the speed of sound was far less than the flying speed of the cannonball. The cannonball from the steam tank fell into the swordsmen's formation, blowing up three people to pieces.

Even people who were far away from the shells were sent flying by the impact, and two more people were seriously injured and fell to the ground, unable to stand up.

After the steam tank shells fell to the ground and remained still, the group of swordsmen also started to gather again.

After the bombardment this time, the infantry formations were separated by a little distance to ensure that they would not be caused too much damage by a single shot from the steam tank.

Of course the Duchess was not in a hurry. With the slow fire of the tank, the Hellspray serial cannon was slowly moving forward under the control of the engineer. As long as it entered the range, all the defenders of Glenburgh would not be able to shoot.

In order to prevent the fish from being caught, the spearman and the swordsman have been wrapped around the Hellspray serial cannon to avoid the situation of the cannon being stolen.

The grenade pioneers lurk in the woods, waiting for the enemy to be completely defeated and start harvesting heads.

There was an uneasy smell in the air, which made the duchess, the amethyst mage, a little uncomfortable.

"It's strange, why doesn't it feel good all the time, could something happen?"

Just when she was wondering, the sound of shells piercing the air came from the sky, and there were no artillery thrown in her troops!
Following the sound, five Hellstorm bazookas flew out of the forest, and the target was her jet serial cannon.

"Abandon the engineering equipment, everyone disperse!"

The shell speed of the Hellstorm rocket launcher is not slow, but as a projectile artillery, it will draw a very obvious trace in the air, which makes the Duchess fully prepared.

Everyone was as soft as cotton candy, and the operator of the jet chain cannon ran 20 meters away.

"It must be Karl's army lurking in the forest. Although I don't know where he got the Hellstorm bazooka, but fortunately, this thing has not been very accurate!"

Five shells had landed, and only one blasted into the line of the serial jet cannon.

Since the shells and gunpowder had been taken away in advance, no explosion was caused, and the artillery unit was intact.

The Duchess already knew the location of the artillery unit lurking in the forest, and at the same time made a specific plan for the next step.

"The musketeers and crossbowmen hid beside the statue of Sigma, and the rest of the melee infantry hid in the woods. The tanks continued to fire at the defenders of Glenburgh. I want to see who can't stand it first!"

Due to the angle and the fact that the statue of Sigma is too tall, the Hellstorm bazooka can't hit the musketeers and crossbowmen hiding on the side of the statue.

Tall trees and thick branches will provide excellent protection for the rest of the infantry.

The steam tank is an extremely hard heavy armor unit, and the Hellstorm bazooka, which lacks armor-piercing output and hit rate, cannot cause any substantial damage to individual steam tanks.

Another shot fired, and another five of Glennburg's infantry were killed.

Just as the Duchess was complacent, waiting for the balance of victory to tilt towards her, the wind of magic produced a slight ripple, and a huge fireball flew directly out of the woods, slowly flying towards her jet chain cannon.

"Steal the cannon! Operator, go and bring back the serial cannon!"

Because of Karl's direct order, the flame mage who came out of the blood forest and joined the empire also knew what his target was. He ignored the infantry and only needed to focus on the opponent's artillery equipment.

Although the fireball technique flies slowly, it has its own tracking function, coupled with the extremely slow movement speed of the artillery, such a huge fireball has already hit a serial jet cannon, and a beautiful firework exploded in an instant.

"Hmph, is it better than magic?"

The Duchess walked slowly towards the edge of the forest where Karl was lying in ambush, and the staff in her hand began to gather the wind of magic, and even the naked eye could see the magic flowing rapidly.

"Zereth Purple Evil Sun!"

This spell can summon a huge purple sphere, which moves randomly at the target location. Anyone who does not escape from the purple sphere will suffer great damage or even die directly.

However, there were no cries of soldiers dying in battle, and no flesh and blood splashing around in the forest. It was just that the Hellstorm bazooka changed its position slightly, and then continued to shoot.

The Duchess, who was headmaster emeritus of the Nunn Artillery Academy, knew what was going on in a split second.

"Damn Karl Franz, he had the guts to separate the artillery from the infantry, and not send any infantry to protect his artillery."

"But now is not a good time to attack blindly. Everyone shrinks the defense line and stays out of the opponent's artillery range! Squat for a long time!"

The Duchess is confident.

"His Carl's supply line is in Altdorf, a day and night away from Glenburgh, and my supply line is Nunn. It only takes one morning to deliver the supplies."

She wanted to see if Karl, who was known as a military strategist and a tactician, exchanged 1000 prestige points for these two titles.

(End of this chapter)