Warhammer in a box

Chapter 57: The Siege of Sethemund
"What! It seems that we are still too slow! Nords, from now on you will join our army and lead the way for us!"

"Yes, sir!" the middle-aged Nord said respectfully to the White Wolf Knight.

As Nords who also believe in Ulric, they still respect the knights of the Church of Ulric.

The White Wolf Knight did not wait for a moment and rode his horse towards the direction of the imperial army. He needed to report intelligence.

"Captain Kaina!" Soon the White Wolf Knight arrived at the majority and met the captain of the White Wolf Knights.

Kenar Rizfeld, the youngest captain of the White Wolf Knights, leads a company called the Red Flame Company. Although Kenar's love of war has always been criticized, it has to be said that he still won people's respect with his bravery and achievements and proved his faith in Yurik.

"Rice! Why are you so panicked?!" Kena said.

"Captain! We met those villagers from Nordland! The current situation in Sessenmond may not be optimistic!" Rice said nervously.

He then told Kena everything that had just happened.

After hearing all this, Kena obviously realized the urgency of the situation. A Norse monster? I wonder if the walls of Sesenmond can stop it!
"Rice! Gather all the White Wolf Knights here. I will go and discuss this with Lele and the others right away!"

"Yes! Company commander!"

Soon after Kaina brought back the news, the chief officers of the reinforcements from the various electors gathered together. Lehrer, as the leader of the team appointed by Karl, presided over the meeting, and Ludwig was also among them.

"Everyone, the reconnaissance team has brought back some information. What I mean is, gather all the troops with war horses and the knights and rush to the battlefield in advance. In case the situation in Sesenmond is very bad, we can at least share some of their pressure." Lele said to everyone.

But some people also raised objections.

"Lord Lele, if we are alone with the cavalry without the support of other troops, it will be difficult for us to effectively kill those barbarians, right? We don't have many cavalry troops. If we rush in now, we will easily be surrounded by the Norsemen!"

The speaker was the commander of Marion's team. Although Marionburg had the right to autonomy and could be said to be independent of the Empire, in order to prevent themselves from being annexed by neighboring Bretonnia, they had to maintain good relations with the Empire. This time they also sent out their own provincial troops, the Border Cavalry.

Each of these horseback shooters is equipped with a portable grenade launcher, which can cause great damage to groups of enemies.

Obviously, as Lehrer said, they would definitely participate in this kind of assault mission.

"Hmph! Merchants of Marienburg, I advise you not to be cowards at this time. Can everything be measured by money? If you are afraid of losing your precious cavalry and equipment, you should not participate in this operation!"

Lele really didn't give any face at all. As Karl's personal soldier, he never had a good face towards those guys who tried to split the empire. And Emperor Karl never gave up the idea of ​​incorporating Marienburg back into the territory of the empire.

"You! You! Laler! I advise you not to slander me!" Marion's chief officer was obviously angry.

Lele didn't intend to argue with him. Seeing that no one else had any objections, he spoke without hesitation.

"Since you have no objections! Then it's settled. Ludwig, you and Ferrer's special warriors come along." Lele turned and said to Ludwig on the side.

Lele still recognized Ludwig's fighting ability.

"We? Lord Lele, we don't have any horses."

"Can't you borrow a few from West or Noon? I'm sure they won't refuse you! Okay, it's decided. Go quickly, everyone will gather in 5 minutes!"

Ludwig was brave, but he didn't advocate personal heroism unless it was necessary. Including Ferrell and the other two Cadian shock troops, there were only four of them. It was impossible for all the other Terran soldiers to follow. It was even unclear whether these soldiers who were originally town guards could ride horses. Even Ludwig was not very good at riding horses, but he knew that military orders could not be violated, so he had to do it.

It was indeed as Lehrer said, West had no objection to such a small matter as borrowing a few war horses.

Nuln's people even gave each of them a grenade launcher to slightly make up for their long-range capabilities.

The final team was decided.

A team of border riders from Marienburg, a team of Rick Guards from Lele, the Red Flame Company of the White Wolf Knights led by Kaina, a team of pistol cavalry from Ivy, and a team of stubborn bull sword knights from the Bull Knights of Ost, and finally 16 of the Empire's precious half-griffin knights.

This team of about 600 cavalrymen was all the mobile forces of the imperial reinforcements.

Ludwig, Ferrer and others also climbed onto the horses, but were a little clumsy. Fortunately, there were war horses in 40k, but they were all biochemically modulated. Ferrer and others had also had brief contact with them, so it was not a problem to control them normally.

"For everyone in the empire! Let's go!" Lele took the lead and rushed out, followed by the rest of the cavalry.

A large number of war horses galloped, raising a large cloud of dust on the ground.

The infantry troops that followed also began a forced march to speed up their pace.

As they got closer to Sesmond, they saw more and more tenacious Nords fighting with the Norscans who were hunting them in the forest and on the road.

Seeing the sudden appearance of the Imperial cavalry, the Nords cheered in unison, while the Norscans wanted to flee in fear!

"Charge forward! Don't let any one escape!"

Although they belonged to different teams, the power of the cavalry charge still caused these scattered Norsemen to collapse at the first touch.

Zhang Heng, who was watching from a God's perspective, felt his blood boiling.

The exchange of fire between hot weapons always seems to be a little less interesting than the battle with cold weapons.

Close combat, cavalry charges, swords piercing flesh, and splattering hot blood always seem to awaken the most primitive desires in the human body.

"My God, the Imperial cavalry is so terrifying when they charge. What will those Bretonnian knights look like when they charge? The Bretonnian horses seem to be much stronger than those of the Empire. There are even many powerful elven horses like Pegasus."

More and more Nords gathered behind this cavalry.

It’s just that the combat effectiveness of these civilians on the front battlefield is really poor.

"How far is it!" Kena said to the Nord riding on the warhorse of another White Wolf Knight.

"Almost there! Just rush through the next section of the road! We'll be there!"

As expected, with the speed of the knights, they arrived in a few minutes. Before they even saw Sesmond, everyone could hear the shouts and screams coming from afar.

When they actually saw it, everyone was still more shocked by the number of Norsemen in front of them. A large number of barbarians were attacking the city walls regardless of their lives. A large number of Norse raiders had climbed up the city walls and were fighting with Sesmond's defenders.

(End of this chapter)