I Will Be The Crowned King Chapter 444

Dark smoke swept across the sky, revealing only a blood-red sunset, reflecting the dilapidated and flaming Straw Town.

When the last setting sun receded and night fell, the battle of Straw Town that lasted for a day finally ushered in a pause button that neither side was particularly satisfied with, but they were helpless.

Because the cavalry units failed to successfully break through the western battlefield and deter the artillery positions of the Storm Legion, although the artillery fire in Straw Town was not as dense as at the beginning, it was never interrupted; Deadly blocking, paying heavy casualties.

One thousand elite cavalry, more than half of the casualties... Made up his mind, Julian, who stood in the first row of the line and participated in the battle, almost pulled the battle damage to the level of one to one, and defeated the organization of the cavalry regiment of the Mujahideen Army with his blood. , smashed and fled, and could not regain combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Of course, the heaviest loss in the eyes of Borre Levant is definitely the dead cavalry commander... His legion is almost entirely supported by this group of powerful and experienced relatives, any one, especially the higher rank The loss of the command will greatly reduce the command efficiency and combat effectiveness, and it is impossible to replenish.

What's more serious is a series of chain reactions caused by the failure of the cavalry regiment: the jihadist army that attacked across the board was blocked at the east gate of the straw town and could not continue to move forward.

But this is not because of how fierce the enemy's artillery fire is. It is purely because the main force of the jihadist army who was bombed out of the stress response successfully escaped, and they are no longer willing to return to that nightmarish place; no matter what Boley Levin Special repeated orders, coercion and temptation, these elites tacitly stopped outside the ditch in front of the city gate, refusing to take half a step.

With such a group of excellent role models, the remaining group of "reserves" who are not usually seen by the legion commander will naturally follow decisively. The army leaders and their soldiers were still unable to enter, and insisted that their attack sequence should be behind the main force.

It has been nearly four months since they set out from the Old World. They know the Legionnaire too well, and they are extremely partial to their relatives. The 20,000 people who say they are the Mujahideen are actually the Levant family and several others. Private soldiers of peripheral relatives, no matter how hard others try, they can only get some leftovers that the Lewent family doesn't want.

In this case, the members of the Levant family are not willing to work hard, why are they so active?

Their reserve army figured it out and opened it up, but Boley Levent is stupid - I don't even want to attack the entire front line, but the soldiers and officers are on the front line strike collectively, what kind of trouble is this? !

An hour later, in desperation, he really received the heartbreaking news: the New World Corps had defeated the defenders and captured the entire siege position including the headquarters, artillery positions, and baggage battalions. The 13-star ring flag.

This time, the jihadist army, who wanted to be a rotten salted fish just now, panicked immediately, and urged Borre Levent to quickly organize a breakout. Even the reserve army, which had not always been very active, took the lead, expressing its willingness to charge ahead.

But Borre Lewent just sneered... His siege position was originally designed to block the exit of Strawtown and prevent the enemy from breaking through and preparing for defensive counterattacks. Planned and prepared frontal attack, what is this not courting death?

So this hastily retreated breakout action, the result was completely in his expectation.

While the Borei Legion knew the structure of siege positions well, this only meant that they could gain a slight advantage in intelligence, plus at most the artillery positions they had destroyed themselves, without worrying about what happened when they attacked Strawtown. Just blown up.

leftover? Gone.

Although the Bolei Corps still has tens of thousands of troops, the number of which is three times the number of the third and fourth infantry regiments that have captured the siege position, plus the total number of remnants of the shooting army, but this is far from enough to level the fortifications. The morale impact caused by the successive defeats in the battle; coupled with the fact that most of the soldiers had no intention to fight at all, their minds were all thinking about how to break through, which further led to a decline in combat effectiveness.

The battle lasted from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The nearly 5,000-strong Storm Corps and the Shooting Corps dragged the Bolei Corps who were trying to break out of the siege. Borey Levent, who had little hope, chose to temporarily withdraw his troops to rest.

The entire legion was trapped in the middle of the empty battlefield between Straw Town and the siege position. There was no logistics and supplies, no camp that could shelter from the wind and rain, and rest in peace. They could only lie in the muddy ground ravaged by war horses and wildfires. Holding the weapon, shivering at the smell of gunpowder and corpses.

This is not the most desperate... When the number of casualties was counted, Bo Lei was surprised to find that there were only less than 13,000 troops left in the early 20,000... A large number of soldiers took advantage of the enemy to attack the siege position and break through the siege. Sneak away when it fails!

What annoyed him most was that there were not only those cowardly and incompetent reserve troops among the deserters, but also a few of his own relatives... Although the position was not high, the impact was too bad.

In order not to affect his morale, Borey Levent could only pinching his nose and put these people on the list of "missing persons" who attacked Straw Town. Even in order to prevent information from leaking, he could only temporarily pretend that he had nothing to do with the deserters. As far as I know, it's a little while to hide... Although it's probably not meaningful.

Under the dark night, looking at the 13-star ringed flag that had surrounded him, Boley Levant was full of desolation; wealth, honor, prestige, connections... he bet all the holy wars, maybe he would It's over here.

He just really didn't understand what he had done wrong, to let the 20,000-strong army be "anti-surrounded" by Anson Bach's army of more than 10,000 people... Obviously no matter the number, firepower or the quality of the officers and soldiers, he should be more One step ahead; in which link did the problem occur, and why did the other party complete such an impossible operation?

Boley Levent racked his brains, he couldn't figure it out.

What he didn't know was that the guy on the other side was actually in a similar mood to him.

Originally intended to completely annihilate the opposing battle, it turned into an incomplete siege... An Sen, who was full of self-confidence, suddenly felt a sense of confusion; obviously every link was executed perfectly, why is the result so different from the original plan?

With this kind of inexplicable confusion, An Sen, who "successfully surrounded" the enemy, did not continue to attack, but temporarily stationed the 5th Infantry Regiment with the guard company and the 5th Infantry Regiment with no small casualties. Look at the situation and then decide the next action.

The **** battle that lasted for a whole day with straw began silently at the halftime.

"Snapped-"

A crisp slap sounded in the tent among the ruins. An Sen, who was sitting at the map table, interrupted Julien's report a little helplessly, and sighed helplessly.

Looking up at the infantry commander standing in front of him with a sad expression and remorse, An Sen, who was silent for almost five minutes, took out a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, subconsciously wanted to use [Ju Yan] and quickly closed his hands. After groping for a long time, he took out the box of matches that were barely used, lit one, and handed it over.

"I already know the situation. It's not your fault that you lost the battle. The 5th Infantry Regiment fought very bravely. Without your restraint, the guard company alone would not be enough to defeat the cavalry of the Borei Legion. Norton and Leo captured the The siege of the position can't be so smooth, and as for casualties... this kind of thing is unavoidable a lot of the time."

"The infantry is blocking the cavalry, and it is the elite imperial cavalry. If it is replaced by a real standing army, it may not be able to make a one-to-one battle loss... You have worked hard."

"Anson is right."

The **** the side stepped forward and patted Julian on the shoulder, because he was not tall enough to stand on tiptoe: "Lisa also saw that Julian was so seriously injured, and he was fighting with the soldiers—than Anson who often hides behind the army and babbles at the map is even braver!"

The voice fell, and An Sen's expression, who was still holding a cigarette in his hand, suddenly froze.

The emotional commander of the Fifth Corps didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. He paused at first, then suddenly bowed ninety degrees, like a child who came to apologize for something wrong: "I'm sorry!"

"It's all because of my negligence and inexperience that my subordinates have suffered so much loss, and the cavalry that failed to stop the enemy in time wasted time, which led to the failure of the plan to encircle and wipe out the Borei Legion... It's all my fault. , please the commander-in-chief to deal with it by law!"

"I said, it's not your responsibility..."

An Sen, who still had a cigarette in his hand, sighed and said helplessly: "Well, if you have to accept the punishment, you can - the 5th Infantry Regiment is stationed outside the east gate of Straw Straw Town, and is vigilant against the Borei Legion. Be ready to strike anytime, anywhere.”

"As for you... Stand on the first sentry for me tonight. You are not allowed to rest without an order, do you hear it clearly?!"

"Yes!"

Excitedly, Julien immediately regained his energy when he heard the words, solemnly bowed to An Sen, turned decisively and walked outside the tent without turning his head.

An Sen, who specially lit him a cigarette, was still stunned, seeing more and more ashes almost falling into his hands.

This is really... Looking at the figure of the other party leaving in a trance, An Sen suddenly felt that he wanted to say 10,000 words, but all of them were stuck in his mouth.

Lisa, who was watching the whole process, seemed to have misunderstood something. She was stunned for a moment and suddenly ran up worriedly. Emerald's big eyes stared straight at him.

"What, what's wrong, Lisa?"

"Nothing, Anson, you don't really want to punish Julien, do you?" the girl asked directly without concealment.

"punish?"

Anson was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a little funny: "It's too late to cherish such an excellent officer, why does Lisa think I will punish him?"

"No, Lisa knows that Anson is a good person and won't bully others easily... Well, it's easy." The girl seemed to emphasize it very rigorously, with a very serious expression:

"But if it's for a certain plan, it's not necessarily; except for those who are particularly concerned and can't beat, Anson will only consider whether the plan can be successful or not, and will not care what other people think."

She raised her head and recalled it seriously: "That's right, like Carl Bain and little secretary Alan Dawn, they were bullied by Anson many times, um, Louis too... It's just that they Everyone likes Anson, and they don't take it to heart."

Uh, this... An Sen, who had just been blocked for a while, actually encountered a situation where he couldn't find anything to say.

"But Julien is different. He is a good boy who likes to cry. Even if Anson doesn't take the initiative to bully, it will make Julien very sad... On the contrary, Karl doesn't care, it doesn't matter how he bullies."

The girl tilted her head, and began to analyze logically and logically: "So if Anson treats Julien the same way he treats Carl, it will definitely make him very sad... Especially since he likes Anson as much as Carl, although It's just different likes…”

"Well, what Lisa said makes sense."

Seeing that the girl seemed to continue to speak, Anson quickly interrupted: "So don't worry, I will never bully er... bully Julien, let alone treat him like Carl, you You can rest assured.”

"By the way, who told you all this, and... do you already know all the officers of the Storm Officer Corps?"

At this moment, he was so calm on the surface that his heart was shocked to the extreme... In the impression, the girl didn't care much about the few people except herself and Carl; why did she suddenly become so social and even think about others?

"Knowing... Lisa has been with everyone for so long, so of course they have known each other for a long time."

For Anson's question, the girl with an inexplicable expression touched her head: "As for who told it... Does anyone else need to tell this kind of thing?"

"Oh, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Sister Talia said that Lisa can't be too free and loose in the future, she has to learn to grow up."

grow up? !

Anson's pupils shrank suddenly, this should be his first time... No, no, this is the first time I heard the word "grow up" from Lisa's mouth.

Lisa is the blood of the last August, the direct descendant of the apostles, and it is very likely that there is some relationship with August's final cause of death... Does Talia know something, but she never told her secret ?

Anson instinctively doubted that he and the Rune family were already allies on the same chariot, so there was no need to deliberately hide it from himself; but if it wasn't, it would be very suspicious when he thought about it.

His consciousness began to turn rapidly, and the expression in his eyes gradually made the girl stunned for a while, frowning subconsciously, trying to snuff out the smelly cigarette butt.

Just as Lisa stretched out her hand, a gunshot suddenly sounded in the silent tent!

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