Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 64

"You said that Selchik's troops joined an Aden army from Wengerburg? Now they are waiting for us on the hill ahead?"

"Yes, General, besides the emblem of the Kingdom of Aedirn, the new army also has a Falcon flag on its head."

Striberg, the commander of the Baraka division who spoke, was surprised by the news.

Can the people of Aden still pull out an army?Shouldn't the Aedirn army have all been defeated on the frontier?

"Xiang Falcon... I have seen this emblem in the briefing of the Imperial Intelligence Department. It belongs to Herme Botterdam, Commander of Hackland, Earl of Sazarburg. In previous records, he has 6000 people, but the information does not say that he can pull out so many troops."

Marcos, the commander of the Winniberg division, thought about it for a while, and then told Herme's information.

A usual briefing comes to mind after a little thought, which shows how serious this person is in his daily work.

What puzzled Marcos most now was how did Herme gather such a large army?He was really puzzled by this.

And it's normal for Nilfgaard to be puzzled. They don't know how Haklan's prestige is exchanged for manpower, and they don't know that Herme can summon a huge one-time army by consuming money and fame.

"What are you worried about? Let's defeat them again. It's been so long since we went north, and we haven't fought a real battle yet. Now is a good opportunity."

A young and frivolous voice sounded, and that young voice naturally belonged to Gwama, the commander of the Wind Tower Brigade.

Regarding this voice, the two commanders just looked at Gwama with the eyes of a fool. Although the two of them sometimes had conflicting ideas in warfare, their attitudes towards this young man were unified.

Then I felt sorry for this person's staff officer. I'm afraid it must be very hard on weekdays under such a guy who is tossing around all day long.

Nilfgaard's military system is very advanced and mature, so even the most stupid and idiotic officers can easily control the army, and the staff will do all the chores.

Although nominally, every senior Nilfgaardian officer is a graduate of the military academy, there are always some guys who can pass the course by relying on their family connections.

And the guy in front of him is undoubtedly this type, but he is not a complete waste, although he is arrogant, but at least he dares to rush and kill.

Facing the contempt of the two teachers, instead of bowing his head or feeling ashamed, Mr. Brigadier raised his head higher, as if to show his glory and power.

Then he left with the victor's posture, and the two division commanders shook their heads again and again.

"It's really unlucky. Why can't we have some experienced veterans if we want to cooperate with such a dude?"

Striberg grumbled, obviously displeased.

"The main force of the cavalry has been transferred to the Central Army, and the veterans are also there. Moreover, the Duke of Adal doesn't have many resources at his disposal, so he can only allocate this force to us."

Marcos continued to maintain his calm and said that given the current political situation in the empire, it was inevitable.

"I really don't know what the higher-ups are fighting for. We need cavalry the most because we need cavalry the most... But anyway, we completed the task without many cavalry, and just hit those guys in the face."

Of course Striberg knew what Markos was implying, so he complained, complaining about his dissatisfaction with the political struggle at the top of the empire.

Really, it has affected the war, God knows what they are doing.

Makosh just smiled, then shook his hand cryptically, not intending to speak.

Be cautious in your words and deeds, this is the experience he has summed up after so many years in the empire.

There are spies everywhere in the imperial intelligence department. God knows if today's hilarity will be used to attack tomorrow, so be cautious and cautious.

Striberg has also been in the empire for so long. Seeing such gestures, he also understood the meaning of his old comrades-in-arms, so he shut up.

Next, is to concentrate on leading the army to the battlefield.

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"Lord Selchik, I'm glad you're alright."

Herme enthusiastically held Selchik's strong hands. Against the background of Aden's defeat, seeing this reliable former boss really touched him.

Not to mention, it can be said that it is a surprise that the person behind him still has tens of thousands of fighting power.

With the addition of Selchik's troops, he is also more confident about the next victory.

"Lord Herme, it's great to see you."

Selchik also seemed very eager. The reason for his eagerness was simple. Herme really brought such a large army.

And they also brought a lot of food and equipment to supplement the soldiers and people under Selchik's command.

Not far from them, Herme's subordinates were distributing food and equipment.

Now, the two are on a small hill, and in front of the hill is a vast wilderness. The battlefield here is wide enough to start a big battle.

As the White Knight of the Kingdom of Aden and the commander-in-chief of the Aden Armed Forces, Selchik is well aware of the terrain in Aden. He has an impression of every place suitable for a big battle, so he chose it easily. here.

"Master Herme, do you have any news about His Majesty the King? The last time I received news from the King was a week ago. At that time, the information was that His Majesty and Queen Miwei broke out from Edsberg together. Now the King has returned to the capital. ?"

As a loyal knight, Selchik was naturally most worried about the king's safety. He couldn't care about the precarious situation before, but now that he joined his allies, he naturally had to ask.

And Herme just shook her head in response,

"No, we have not received any news about His Majesty the King."

After the violent suppression in Wengerburg, Herme was still very worried about what would happen if the king returned, but the fact was that the king had not returned, so his worries were unnecessary.

"Is that so? Thank you very much, Lord Herme, then let's focus on winning this war."

When Selchik heard the news, he didn't continue to struggle. Since the king didn't know where he was, he should be honest and concerned about the war.

The white knight looked at the Herme army who was setting up a position on the hill. The Sazaburg militia and the Cossacks on the list showed better qualities, and they moved forward in an orderly manner.

In addition, there are soldiers called from Wenger Fort. As the capital of Aden, there are still many experienced fighters.

In contrast, the Cossacks and militias of all walks of life are very good and wilting, the good ones are extremely good, and the bad ones are endlessly bad.

But compared to before, the Cossacks in Herme's army looked a bit like soldiers now.

The worst Cossacks all got an iron helmet, which was finally not the previous naked outfit.

The Cossacks are now busy pushing the carriages up the hill. These carriages have been specially reinforced to serve as reliance in battle.

The classic Cossack tactics like the car formation must be carried up.

And to be honest, if the car lineup doesn't come up, Hemei is worried.

If there were no car formations, many Cossacks would have rushed around as soon as the battle started, and then they would be easily driven away.

He never counted on the discipline of the Cossacks.

Herme knew this very well, so he could only follow Hackland's method.

What caught Selchik's attention was that some of them were soldiers with special muskets.

Simple muskets are very common. With the advent of muskets, both the northern and southern armies were more or less equipped with muskets, and both sides used muskets as a supplementary firepower for bows and crossbows.

The muskets of these people looked very different from the Huomen guns. They were longer than ordinary muskets, and they also carried a bracket, but he couldn't tell the difference because he didn't know gunpowder weapons.

These soldiers are using wood to build a wooden platform that is slightly higher than the ground. The materials are all from military carriages. It seems that they plan to use this platform as a basis to project firepower in all directions.

The soldiers who arranged the car formation left some gaps between some carriages, and then they pushed the iron pipes on the carts into it. This thing looked like an oversized musket.

Selchik had seen a lot of that thing, but it was much bigger, obviously not the same thing.

And seeing how the soldiers attached importance to this, Selchik knew that this thing must not be simple.

There are also some woods with iron hoops that are arranged in the gaps of the carriages. The wood is pine wood, and the middle is hollowed out to place projectiles and gunpowder.

"Oh, those things."

Herme noticed Selchik's gaze, so he explained,

"This is a gift for the people of Nilfgaard, a super gift, a gift that can change the situation of the war."

Herme's face was full of pride. It was finally the day when the cannons performed in this world. They would definitely be able to surprise the people of Nilfgaard.

But just as he was about to explain the artillery and arquebus, there was a crackling sound in the forest, followed by various shouts of killing.

Everyone here is familiar with this, and this is exactly the sound of musket firing.

And this undoubtedly means that the Nilfgaardians are coming.

However, the work in everyone's hands still hasn't stopped, it's just a peripheral battle, and there is still some time before the arrival of the Nilfgaardian army.

Hurry up and improve the fortifications as soon as possible. The commander has said that if you sweat more now, you will shed less blood in the war.

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"boom!"

The Cossack on the horse lit the match, and the musket fired, but he didn't know where the bullet went.

But the Cossack's actions did not stop. He spun the musket in his hand, lit the matchlock again, followed by another bang, and then another wave of operations like this, before finally galloping away.

What the Cossack is holding is a musket with three pipes at the top. In another world, its name is the three-eyed gun.

The Gunpowder Workshop in Sazaburg had a lot of jobs, and some of them seemed to be of little value, but they were sold for good money, so he put all the jobs of little value into the market.

This three-eyed firecracker was one of them, but although Herme didn't plan to install it, the Cossack bought it very happily.

There are also some Cossack blacksmiths who started to make their own, making a large number of three-eyed guns.

You see, you can shoot three shots in a short period of time, how good it is.

But now, although all three shots have been fired, the effect is not good. Apart from scaring the Nilfgaardian cavalry on the opposite side, it has no effect.

But it was this fright that made the Nilfgaardians slow down, and then the Cossacks could ride away nimbly.

Then the Nilfgaardians enjoyed another shower of arrows, and the Cossack horse archers, who could juggle on horseback, fired a wave of arrows that hit the Nilfgaardians right on the flank.

A few unlucky ones fell off because they were shot in the weak spots of their armor, but most of the Nilfgaardians were fine because they had solid armor.

And just as they were about to expel the horse archers, the Cossack cavalry returned.

They ran very close to the Nilfgaardian, and then ignited three pipes at once.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Under such a wild operation, some three-eyed guns exploded directly, but no one was injured, and all the projectiles were shot out.

The Cossacks played very wildly with the three-eyed blunderbuss. Don't be afraid of the thick armor on the opposite side, just pile up the gunpowder charge, enough to break the armor.

For this reason, it doesn't matter if the musket in the hand is blown up. The design of the three-eyed gun largely avoids the danger of blasting the chamber.

Moreover, the wall of the three-eyed gun is already thick, so there is no need to worry too much.

Under such a close-range shooting, the outermost Nilfgaardians turned their backs on their backs.

However, even at such a distance, the hit rate of this musket is still not optimistic. Many bullets flew to nowhere, and some were stuffed with various debris and slag, but such a Although the diffusion surface is large, the opposite side is wearing armor, which is useless to armor.

Then these Cossacks holding three-eyed guns directly waved the iron lumps in their hands and rushed into the melee.

This is another advantage of the three-eyed gun. It can be used as a melee weapon, but it is not very convenient. Most Cossacks still draw their scimitars.

The horse archers also drew their swords and joined the battle. Under the numerical advantage of the Cossacks, Nilfgaard was defeated even though he had an advantage in armor.

Then the Nilfgaardian was quickly stripped of everything, leaving only a pile of naked corpses.

The Cossacks knew that their shortcoming was in their armor, so they must find a way to make up for it, and the armor of the man in black is very good, and it can be used if the sun emblem on it is painted off.

The Cossacks suffered heavy casualties, but they still cheered.

The biggest characteristic of these visitors from the other side of the blue mountain is that they are not afraid of death. After all, they live in a place where death is commonplace.

Against the Nilfgaardian heavy cavalry, the Cossacks could rely on numbers and vigor to win, but against the defectors, rangers, and Scoia'tael, they would naturally win continuously.

The fight between light cavalry is one of the repertoires that the Cossacks are best at.

When facing heavy cavalry, most of the time, the Cossacks still used riding and cavalry to sneak these heavy cavalry, just like walking a dog, and finally launched the final blow when they were exhausted.

Therefore, in the skirmish battle before the war, Nilfgaard lost very thoroughly.

Their stragglers were completely defeated by the northerners, and self-protection was a problem, let alone detecting the intelligence of the northerners.

"Trash, idiot, rubbish, why can't you even defeat a group of northern barbarians!"

In a temporary command post in the field, the brigade commander of the Wind Tower Brigade, Gwama, was blaming his subordinates. He was in charge of managing the skirmishers, and such a fiasco really made him lose face.

Although Geerma is a dude, he has never been afraid of fighting, so when a battle breaks out, he will lead his guards to stay very close to the front line, and even wander around the front line with a couple of horses.

This is a habit that most Nilfgaardian officers do not have. According to the military regulations of Nilfgaard, unless the commander is required to go into battle in person, the commander should keep a certain distance from the front line, and observe the battlefield under heavy guards. In order to avoid the loss of the commander due to accidents.

Therefore, Geerma's behavior is undoubtedly disliked by his colleagues. This kid is simply playing with his army there.

But who told people to have a hard relationship, he was not afraid of these things at all, no matter how others looked down on him, he only regarded it as an honor.

And his subordinates all lowered their heads, not daring to make any rebuttals.

Because they know that refuting this will only lead to more severe reprimands.

Seeing this, Gwama was even more annoyed in his heart, this time it was really too embarrassing.

The other two teachers saw it, and they might be sneering and sarcastic.

However, he was actually looking at these two generals based on the atmosphere in the circle of dudes in the City of Golden Pagodas.

In fact, those two generals didn't think much about it at all. For them, it's a blessing that this guy didn't cause trouble.

"Continue to invest more troops and drive out the barbarian cavalry in the north! Give me a quicker movement, hurry up!"

Following the roar of the young brigade commander, the officers below took action immediately, if they don't hurry up and stay here, they will be scolded.

The brigade commander's guard gave him a jug of water, Gwama took a sip, but immediately spit it out,

"The Great Sun Wheel, is it water? Damn it, how long has it been since I drank this thing, I almost don't know the taste of this thing, bring me the wine."

Another guard immediately brought over a jug filled with Toussaint wine. This jug is very beautiful, with gilt decorations on it, and the quality itself is also very good.

It's just that just when Gwama was about to stuff the wine inside into his mouth, there was a sudden loud noise, and then his kettle was pierced, and wine like blood flowed directly onto the ground.

The fatal thing was not here, but at the next moment, a bunch of Cossacks emerged from the forest. When they saw the brigade commander, it was as if they saw countless gold, silver and jewels.

"Take up your arms and prepare to fight, bastard, how did these savages touch this place!"

Although Gwama is a dude, he has never been afraid of death. At any rate, he is also among the best in the military academy in terms of swordsmanship.

So he simply drew out his long sword and charged towards the Cossacks, and his guards quickly followed and joined the battle.

Cossacks were mostly unarmored after all, which gave them too much of a disadvantage, so the fight didn't take much time.

This is just a Cossack squad, and naturally there is no possibility of victory in the face of the heavily armed Nilfgaardian knights.

But Gwama felt very bad, the enemy actually touched him.

Damn it, if I hadn't been drinking just now, I might have been killed.

The always arrogant brigade commander was a little scared, and those thoughts about embarrassment disappeared from his mind.

Now he really wants his main force to come quickly. Once the main force arrives, these guys can only retreat.

Of course, you can't say that to your subordinates, but you have to maintain your dignity.

(End of this chapter)