Rise of the Empire Total War

　　 "Retreat! Retreat!"

　　 In the unfamiliar forest on Kuban Island, the painful screams of his companions, the wailing before his death, and the terrifying sound of the crossbow tearing the air in his ears are all desperate!

　　Everything must start in the morning. As the striker chosen by the "Goddess of Luck", DuPont and his companions were ordered by the commander, Omar, to explore the depths of the island, looking for the poor prince and his subjects from the Kingdom of Winster.

Everyone thinks this is a very simple task, and DuPont and his fifty companions also think so. With a relaxed mood, they walked along the simple dirt road that the islanders walked into the dense forest that was beyond sight. , The nightmare begins...

　　 "DuPont, how many soldiers do you think the poor Winster's men will have? Maybe the number is less than one-tenth of ours."

　　 Listening to the laughter of his companions behind him, DuPont wearing a red headscarf also grinned with big yellow teeth, and replied: "If the elderly and women are also soldiers, they might have half of us."

　　 "Let's pull it down, what kind of fighting power can the elderly and women have, is it possible to stand there and yelling and waiting for our swords?"

　　 "I don't know if we will wait for our sword, but I know that the spear under my hip is ready to show off at any time, and I don't know whether there will be a tender woman under the poor Winster."

"Hahaha…"

　　 Amidst the laughter of the pirates, a few dark shadows quietly approached their team, and then through the light of the stars falling from the treetops, they could vaguely see the wooden objects they were holding in their hands-it was a filled crossbow!

　　 "Shoot!"

While almost all the shadows were ready, an angry roar cut through the peace of the forest. The next second, the deadly crossbow bolt shot out from every angle, flying towards walking on the dirt road with a sharp sound of breaking through the air. Pirate squad!

　　 Next is the cruel and **** massacre!

　　 It is well known that crossbow bolts with a piercing effect can shoot through the knight's armor at close range, killing the knight master inside. Here, the crossbow militiamen attacked unarmored pirates. The deadly crossbow bolts easily tore the clothes and skins of the pirates, running through their thin bodies, and the powerful kinetic energy even nailed some of the pirates to the trunk. Blood gushed from the wound, and the screams of people scared the pirates who survived.

　　 Anyone who saw his companion who was still talking and laughing a second ago, and who was nailed to a tree trunk by a crossbow bolt the next second, would be frightened to a mental breakdown.

DuPont was one of the people who survived the team. He looked at his struggling companion who was shot through his throat and fell to the ground in a panic. He wanted to shout something, but was horrified to find that he had lost any language ability. It can only turn into a harsh scream to the mouth.

　　 A few seconds later, someone reacted and shouted the two words at the beginning of this chapter in the most stern voice.

　　 "Retreat! Retreat!"

People follow the crowd. When the first person takes the lead to escape backwards, someone will immediately follow. This is the case with the attacked pirate squad. After the first person yelled to retreat and fled the same way, DuPont He waited for them to make a strategic shift over their wailing companions who were still lying in a pool of blood.

　　 However, this was of no use. After loading the second crossbow bolt, the crossbow militia hiding in the dark raised the hunting crossbow indifferently, aimed at the back of the escaped pirate, and pulled the trigger.

The crossbow bolt pierced through the air like the laughter of death sounded again, and DuPont, who was running in the middle of the team, rolled to the ground subconsciously. In the calf, blood spurted out instantly, splashing blood on his face.

Before he could be grateful for his good luck, DuPont hurriedly crawled past his unlucky companion who was kneeling on the ground and screaming, and continued to run forward. From time to time, crossbow arrows flew past him with the sound of breaking through the air, and His companions who ran away fell one by one, and the despair and oppression that lingered in his heart made him breathless.

Finally, just when DuPont thought he could escape from birth, a few meters in front of him suddenly jumped out of the bushes a few meters in front of him, a middle-aged man holding a wooden crossbow, this middle-aged man dressed in dust-stained leather armor, his face expressionless , Slowly raised the weapon in his hand, aimed at DuPont, which was getting closer, and pulled the trigger.

　　嗖—

　　 too late to shout for mercy, the crossbow of the iron arrow hit DuPont's front door, the arrow body sank into the body, and the arrow came out from the back of his head, spilling dots of viscous liquid.

Looking coldly at DuPont, who was still convulsing on the ground, the middle-aged man slowly stepped forward and squatted beside him, fumbled for DuPont's body that was not looking at him, and after a while, he took out a few from his pocket. I didn't know where the silver coins were, and rubbed the clothes of the corpse in disgust, and the middle-aged man stood up and carried the hunting crossbow to the depths of the forest to look for his comrades in arms.

　　 In the forest, UU reading www. uukanshu. All the crossbow militiamen of com walked out of their hiding spots and began to clean up the **** battlefield. They held sharp daggers or short swords in their hands. When encountering pirates who were lucky to not die on the spot, they pierced the opponent's heart with a single knife, and then ignored the other side. The blood spewed out, and he began to look for valuable things on his pirates.

　　 This is an opportunity for them to make a fortune. As the Emperor, Richard will not order them to hand in the spoils drawn from the corpses. He values ​​the large wealth more.

　　 After confirming that all the pirates were dead and that they had no valuables on them, the crossbow militiamen left here. The war that took place here would have to wait for Omar, who sensed that something was wrong the next day, to send a second team to check it out.

　　...

Looking back to Nuremberg, Richard had already transferred back the soldiers stationed in the mines and Lizzie cemetery. In order for the soldiers to have a better condition to meet the war, all the heavy soldiers and the Janissaries were exempted from patrols. Tasks and training, the level of food has also been improved, but the urban militiamen who have been recruited not long ago, but the auxiliary militiamen have to take on all the tasks at once.

At the same time, Richard and the Janissary General Magnus and the early General Guard Captain Condela made a preliminary strategic plan. They first let the crossbow militia harass the pirates who are marching inland in a vast forest. , If necessary, the Viking Raiders can cooperate. The heavy armored sergeants and the Imperial Guard were deployed in the capital Nuremberg, acting as the reserve team. As for the only cavalry early general guards, they can only be used when the main pirates invade, relying on that powerful charge to strike a thunder against the pirates. One blow, one battle determines the victory.

　　 However, even Richard was not sure that he could defeat hundreds of pirate offensives with a single charge of those 24 knights.