Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 421 Trenches and Earth Walls

"Forward!" A squadron leader of the White Lion Corps drew his sword and roared, commanding the soldiers under his hand to push the shield cart, carrying sandbags full of mud on their shoulders and rushing forward.

The White Lions under the command of His Royal Highness II have attacked this defense line in Fryward Province for six days and five nights. It is a pity that the White Lions have damaged nearly 10,000 people and still haven’t broken one on this defensive line. Mouth. This is not to say that the command of the Second Highness is unfavorable, but that the three existing principalities in the central region realize that this defensive line is related to their survival, even though the cost of casualties in these three days and four nights of defense has exceeded the cost of offensive white. The Lion Army two or three times, but they still persisted...

The rumble of war drums reverberated continuously on the battlefield for several miles. The soldiers of the White Lion Corps pushed the huge shield cart and moved to the front of the trench with difficulty, shielding the crossbow arrows from the defensive line and carrying sandbags. Under the shield of the shield car, the soldiers threw sandbags into the trench, turned and ran back. Soon the front trench was filled for a while, and a few white lion soldiers dragging the planks rushed to the shield car to put the planks on the ground, and this trench was broken.

In the process, only four soldiers were hit by a cold arrow, one died and three were wounded. They were all dragged down for treatment. The dead soldier had already died of his breath. He was unfortunately hit by a crossbow arrow in the front, which shot in from his left eye, and the arrow went deep. For the brain, the only thing I can be grateful for is that he died without pain, almost instantly.

After filling a trench, no soldier showed a happy smile on his face, only endless exhaustion and numbness. Because in front of this filled trench, there are countless trenches to break through. Looking into the distance, they are all dense trenches. This is the defensive position set up in the province of Forivot, and it is also the Second Highness. Commanded the White Lion Corps to attack for six days and five nights and only advanced three or four miles.

"I suspect that when we attacked, the back of this defensive position was still digging trenches." The Duke of Kenmax said to Lorist.

This is a result that no one expected. After capturing the Duchy of Sabaki, Lorist rested the armed forces of the four Northland alliances and the two legions of the Feisabrun family for nearly a month in Chixes Province, waiting for the arrival of the second highness. Unexpectedly, it took more than a month for the Principality of Forendo to arrange the front line of defense in this way, dug countless trenches to form an endless net, and even launched the attack after the second highness. I found that it would be so difficult to break through a hole on this defensive front.

It is obvious that it is easy to break the thread and the net is difficult. Lorist heard a word in his previous life that war is the best way to learn. This defensive position in front of us is a good proof of this. There has never been such a defensive position and method of defense in the history of the Galinthia War. Basically all defensive battles are carried out using castle fortresses. When the forces are weak, even setting up a defensive position is nothing more than digging one or two trenches, building an earth wall, and reasonably using long-range shooting weapons to kill the attacking enemy.

But when the Norton family's catapult and chariot steel crossbow were born, not only did the castle fortress become a target, but the general defensive positions could not resist the catapult attack. The Flying Tiger Legion swept the Kingdom of Antinac and helped the Second Highness re-elevate the throne.

In the offensive and defensive battle of the Southern Province three years ago, Lorist used the combination of trenches and arrow towers to perfectly restrain the Fesabrunn family’s light cavalry tactics, and used trebuchets to smash the 70,000 elite infantry of the central four principalities in the field. The offensive made a great victory and suppressed the Feisabrun family back to the Eastern Desolation Province.

But I didn't expect that the offensive and defensive battle would bring such a big change to the four principalities in the central region. The Second Highness originally thought that with the powerful combat effectiveness of the White Lions and the fifty catapults knocked out from Lorester A hole was torn on the defensive line composed of the trenches and soil walls in the front, but what he did not expect was that there were still endless trenches and low soil walls behind these trenches and soil walls, everyone found After this result, I almost collapsed. What kind of battle is this fighting...

On the first day of the offensive, only a thousand defensive troops were blocked in front of them. They collapsed when fifty head-sized boulders bombarded their positions. They only fired dozens of crossbow arrows and disappeared without a trace. The White Lion Corps filled in 14 trenches and broke 21 earth walls in one day, and the front was flat. Of course, the result is zero, because the enemy has fled.

The next day he continued to attack, but after two hundred meters, he discovered that there was another trench and earth wall in front of him. This time, the garrison was much braver. They resisted under the bombardment of the catapult for a long time. With the help of trenches and earth walls, they used crossbow arrows to cause dozens of casualties to the White Lion Corps. They also paid more than 200 people. Deaths and injuries.

It took the White Lions two days to fill in a few passages in this trench area and continue to attack. After another two to three hundred meters of flat ground, there were dozens of trenches and earth walls in front of them. Everyone is angry. What does this mean? The defense is only a few thousand people, and the resistance is not very fierce. It means that the offense is constantly filling the trenches and the defense is constantly digging the trenches. What a battle is this? ?

His Royal Highness finally lost his breath, and gave an order that he regretted, telling the soldiers of the White Lion Corps to stop pushing the shield carts to fill the ditch, and just take the wooden plank up and cross the trench. You are so fast, it makes sense to occupy this trench area as soon as possible. So the White Lion Corps sent out a sword and shield regiment to attack forward. Facing this trench area guarded by a thousand people, they quickly swept away the enemy and continued to move forward.

It's just that this trench area is particularly large. When the back of the sword and shield soldier disappeared before everyone's eyes, the sound of killing and fighting suddenly came from far away. The Second Highness was anxiously like ants in an iron pan, because of the trenches everywhere, the cavalry could not step forward to support. His Royal Highness had no choice but to send someone to investigate, but what he didn't expect was that the young man sent was soon killed by a cold arrow shot from the trench. Although many people sent can support it, no one can return to report the news except for the louder killing sound from a distance.

Everyone present was savvy, and now this situation is obviously a hit. But the problem is that in addition to the remaining three regiments of the White Lion Corps, there are also two heavy armor regiments of the Kenmes family and two light infantry regiments under the command of Earl Shahin, with a strength of nearly 90,000. Although the total strength of the four principalities in this attack was as high as 300,000, most of them were cavalry. Facing this battlefield full of trenches and earth walls, Lorist and others looked at each other, and they couldn't let the cavalry dismount as infantry to go for reinforcements.

The problem was that the Sword and Shield Corps of the White Lion Corps attacked too fast and fiercely, and went straight to the distance invisible to the naked eye. The Second Highness did not expect such a situation to happen, and if he couldn't grasp the situation of the battlefield, it could be said that he had already lost half. Now he is determined to make full support and put all the infantry in his hand into the battlefield.

This determination is very difficult. After attacking here for several days, Grand Duke Fulunduo already knew that His Highness would break through here. This defensive line is guarded by five legions with nearly 200,000 troops, all according to the situation in the previous few days. Grand Duke Lundo could align his forces and stand in front of him. The attacking Sword and Shield Corps is likely to hit the trap and be surrounded. Then, the encircled Sword and Shield Corps can be used to lure the Second Highness into reinforcements, in order to fight more and less annihilate the 100,000 infantry under the Second Highness, and then stay behind. The cavalry can only look at this defensive line in a daze.

The Second Highness and Lorist discussed with them for a long time, and finally decided to send all the heavy armored regiments to go for reinforcements. The most important thing is to figure out what happened before. As a result, when they were about to send troops, the sword and shield regiment withdrew back. Their situation was a bit miserable. Ten thousand people went up and returned less than three thousand, and their regiment leader and four captains all died on the battlefield. Among the more than 2,000 soldiers, the two squadron commanders had the highest positions. One was seriously injured and the other slightly injured. Almost all of the soldiers were injured.

The offensive went too smoothly. After smashing the resistance of the thousand-man garrison, most of the sword and shield corps encountered a thousand-man defense force in the next attack. They could not withstand the assault of the sword and shield corps. The defensive force of a team was wiped out. The attacking sword and shield regiment was vigorous and forward, unknowingly rushing forward more than two miles, and then found three well-equipped elite infantry regiments of the Three Principalities waiting for them. 's arrival

This time, the Sword and Shield Corps realized that they were at the end of their crossbow. Under the attack of the three elite infantry regiments of the Three Duchy of the Central China, they almost suffered a heavy blow and suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the trenches and earth walls all over the place were turned into instead. The barrier they resisted, under the command of the regiment commander, resisted and retreated.

But what they didn't expect was that the trenches and earth walls were not just for defense. Another infantry regiment of the Duchy of Forrento moved along these trenches and quickly moved behind them under the cover of the earth walls to block them. Their retreat. The Sword and Shield Corps that insisted on resisting collapsed as soon as the road was surrounded. The corps commander and several battalion commanders struggled to fight and finally broke a blood path, allowing the soldiers to flee back, but they were trapped by the swarm of enemies. It didn't take long for the enemy to cheer, and then a few heads were raised high by the enemy, and the remaining soldiers gave up their plans to rescue and retreated...

This defeat was like a big slap that slapped the Second Royal Highness's face fiercely. The Second Highness, who originally thought it would be easy to conquer this defensive line, came to his senses and asked everyone about it, but there was no good way to do this. Whether it's the battle-tested Grand Duke Feisabrun or the flexible-minded Lorist, this will have no idea, no one can say how to attack.

In fact, Lorester's shock was even greater. No one is a fool. The defensive line of the Central Four Principalities is almost trench warfare. The family intelligence investigator hidden in the city of Pedro in the Principality of Forrundo said in a secret report sent by the letter eagle that the Grand Principality of Forrundo mobilized almost all the principalities of the Principality to move the defense line of the Province of Forriod to Pero. In the city of Pedro in Rina Province, countless trenches were dug and countless earth walls were built within a distance of almost a hundred miles. Even the three intelligence investigators were recruited to dig trenches for more than 20 days, and the information was passed so late...

This is the hell, Lorester scolded bitterly. It is obvious that the defensive positions formed by these trenches and earth walls have to deal with the steel crossbows and catapults armed by the Norton family to abolish these two long-range attack weapons. There is no defensive facility that protrudes from the ground, so that long-range weapons lose their targets. There is no target to launch the steel crossbow of the tank. If the catapult wants to smash it, just smash the dirt walls and trenches. The defensive force has become a field mouse running around in the trenches. If the offensive is impatient to fill up the trenches and flatten the earth walls, it will be easy for light soldiers to enter. The result waiting for you is like the sword and shield regiment of the White Lion Corps. The same end.

His Royal Highness also knew this very well. In the next three days, he could only fill in the trenches step by step and open an offensive channel. But what I didn't expect was that the trenches filled during the day were dug again by the enemy's garrison at night, and the soldiers of the White Lion Corps saw that they had to refill them the next day, and their morale dropped drastically. At this time, the enemy's garrison also became active, firing crossbow arrows from time to time in the trenches, causing a lot of casualties to the White Lions.

Now the offensive Antinac kingdom is caught in a dilemma. The landfill during the day was dug up at night, and soldiers were sent to garrison. At night, they were harassed and attacked endlessly. As a result, they suffered more damage in one night than during the day. . Sending soldiers to hunt but fall into traps, turning around in the trenches, it is easy to get lost or be lured into an ambush, causing heavy casualties. In this way, he attacked for five days and four nights, and only advanced for less than two miles, and everyone was desperate.

"What kind of battle is this? I would rather have a decisive battle with all the armed forces of the three principalities in the central part of the country, even if the enemy's strength is ten times more than ours. But what is the matter of dealing with the trenches and walls every day? The soldiers were all cursing, and morale dropped very quickly." The Second Highness complained to Lorist.

Lorist gave the final blow to the Second Highness. He took out the spy report from Pedro City and handed it to the Second Highness. The Second Highness took a suspicious look. When he saw that the secret report said that the distance of hundreds of miles had been dug a trench and built an earthen wall, he was stupid. For a long time, His Royal Highness jumped up with excitement: "Is Grand Duke Furundo crazy? He actually dug trenches throughout the principality. Does he want to farm and harvest food..."

But the Second Highness immediately understood ~www.readwn.com~ If you didn't do this, Grand Duke Furundo couldn't stop the cavalry assault on his side. He dug half of the duchy’s ground and covered trenches and earth walls at least to his side. The offensive force was dragged down, and he still had half of the principality's land to farm, and he could go to the Principality of Handra to buy and borrow the grain if he didn't harvest enough. If the front line can't stop him, the Principality of Forundo doesn't need to consider the food issue without him. He might not even be able to save his life when he fell into the hands of the Second Highness. Everyone knew that the four princes the Second Highness hated most now.

"Blow the trumpet, take the troops back to the camp." The Second Highness dejectedly ordered the guards around him, and now there is no need to do any useless work. He shuddered at the thought that there were hundreds of miles of trenches and earth walls waiting for him to fill and flatten him. It seemed that he would have to think of other ways to attack these three principalities.

Post-war statistics show that, in order to resist the frontiers of the Antinac Kingdom, the Grand Duke of Forrento mobilized nearly a million citizens of the entire Principality and spent more than three months in the province of Forivod to Perolina. 431 trenches were dug within a distance of eighty-three miles from the capital of the capital, reaching a depth of two to three meters, and the trenches were connected. And with the excavated soil, more than 1,000 soil walls of no more than one meter to one meter five high were built, and an easy-to-attack and difficult-to-defend sky moat was built on the flat ground. Known as a miracle in the history of war, it is included in the war wonders of the history of the Gahlint Asian continent war.

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