Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Vol 5 Chapter 118: The Great Siege (31)

Cepes looked at the Bohemian standing in front of him with curious eyes.

He didn't like Bohemians, whether in the Prague court or in the wild, which always reminded him of Ladislas II.

But the person in front of him aroused his interest.

But the most important thing is because this person is Sophia's nominal adoptive father.

Nashan wiped the slightly tipped tip of his lips with his hands. He and Zosha were surprised by the situation they had just heard of. They never thought they would have arrived in Bucharest smoothly, but they did not expect it. Will suddenly hit the battlefield.

The Anatolian cavalry encountered by Russa was almost hit by a headache as soon as they came into contact. Several Ottoman light cavalry did not even see what the enemy looked like. They were hit by oncoming rows of projectiles. sieve.

This miserable situation surprised other Anatolian scouts a little further away. Some of them quickly pulled out their sabers and rushed to the enemies on the top of the slope, and some turned their horses and ran quickly. Report to Xi Sugu that in the southeast of the city they encountered enemies of unknown origin.

Those cavalry who rushed to the enemy are not fighting, their more purpose is to find out the strength of these enemies.

What makes them feel terrible is that when they ran halfway before they rushed down the slope, the enemies above seemed to increase a lot, and to their surprise, shaking figures appeared on the side of the hillside, which seemed to The action was not very fast, but the enemies surrounded from both sides stopped decisively, and then raised their muskets one after another.

It was all Musketeers!

The idea just flashed in the brains of some Ottomans, and the sound of gunshots that had sounded from almost three directions at the same time had poured into their ears.

Grenadiers are still very nervous, after all, this is only their second battle.

And unlike the army led by Alexander, these grenadiers met the famous Ottoman army during the second war.

Because of the tension, the shooting did not form a neat sequence, but the densely intertwined barrage still woven a large net of death on the open space below the hillside.

All the Anatolian light cavalry who charged were not even able to fully enter this concave net, many people have been beaten into sieves, and the horses that have lost their masters keep running forward, and some are still hanging on On the stirrup, the corpse was dragged to the ground and rolled forward, leaving a long list of blood stains on the green grass.

The Anatolian scout team opened a chapter in the history of the first Grenadier battle of Cosenza in a way that was nearly wiped out by the whole army.

But after the battle, Ruosha was nervous immediately.

She did n’t know how to meet the Ottomans in this place away from Bucharest. Although it ’s not clear how many enemies there are, it can be inferred from the number of opponents that these should be just vanguards or scouts. They may encounter the Ottoman army.

Ruosha immediately ordered the team to retreat north, and after consideration, she let Nashan take a few people to the city of Slobozia to listen to the news.

The reason why Slobozia has not fallen is because the local people who have escaped have not been encountered along the way. Although it may also be that the refugees did not run in the direction of Constanta, they did not encounter it. It is unlikely that the city has fallen into the hands of the Ottomans.

Nashan entered Slobozia very smoothly, but to his surprise, he didn't expect to meet Cepes here.

"Is Sophia okay?" Nashan asked the Grand Duke that he didn't hide his concern for his daughter, and he believed that Zeppes actually knew that Sophia was his own daughter "I haven't seen her for a long time."

"She's very good, or a little too proud." Zeppes couldn't help complaining. From Alexander to Bucharest, Sophia had almost forgotten everything around her. Everything she did seemed to be related to Alexander. This inevitably made Zeppes a little lost. "She is now with the Earl of Montina, and I heard that the Patriarch has blessed their marriage contract."

"I knew it would be bad," Nashan clenched his fist in annoyance. "That Gombre was her nightmare."

Zeppes thought about it and asked, "Tell me about the Earl of Montina. I think he came to Bucharest for a purpose, telling me what the **** is going on."

"That boy," Nashan thought and shook his head. "If you want to know more, it's best to ask someone who really knows him, just outside the city, his sister Countess Cosenza in Naples. , She has a good relationship with Gumbre, you can ask her about it. "

"Why, has Count Montina's sister also arrived in Bucharest?" Cepes asked in amazement.

"Yeah, and Grand Duke, I want to remind you that although the young lady is young, she is not so good. In fact, this family is not a fuel-efficient lamp except that their mother is beautiful and a little silly."

This advice made Zepez look at Nashan more than once, and the relationship between Nashan and the Queen of Bohemia was nothing new, even the king himself had heard of it, just because the queen was Naples. Princess, this made Ladislas II simply pretend to be deaf and dumb about it.

However, Nashan ’s words aroused the curiosity of Cepes. In addition, it was heard that Ruo Sha seemed to bring a powerful musket force, which made Cepes want to see the Countess of Nascenza earlier. Too.

Almost at the same time as Cepes got the news, Xi Sugu also received the information brought back by the scouts who had fled back.

This made Xi Sugu startled. When he asked, the scouts repeatedly described the battle they saw. When he heard that almost a whole team of scout cavalry was almost killed before they rushed to the enemy, Xi Sugu was Surprised, then suddenly walked up to the city of Slobozia in the distance.

"You have to find the army, you must find them as soon as possible!" Xi Sugu suddenly ordered "Send cavalry to find them, we must not let that army contact the people in Slobozia, otherwise we will be in big trouble."

Xi Sugu, who had a headache because of the complex terrain of Slobozia, realized that he might have encountered more troubles. If the strange army is really as described by the scouts, it means that if let They united with Cepes in the city, and then borrowed the terrain of Slobozia, he may face a very difficult battle.

An Ottoman army immediately led the scout and searched southeast along the city.

According to the orders of Xi Sugu, after finding the strange army at all costs, they should be prevented from approaching Slobozia, and if possible, annihilate them in the wild.

"The army relied on the power generated by a large number of firearms when they were used intensively, but if they could not stop the cavalry charge in the wild, but if they entered Slobozia, they could rely on the city to be strong The obstacles created by the buildings and narrow water channels maximize the power of firearms, which is fatal to us. "

Xi Sugu made an accurate judgment almost in a short time. Although he did not know the origin of the army, he immediately discovered the threat that the other party might pose to himself.

The cavalry quickly moved southeast, and this time Xi Sugu ordered his cavalry general to attack quickly without hesitation once he found the enemy.

"Don't care even if you haven't had time for the whole team. I want you to rush up as long as you see the enemy's shadow, tear them up, disrupt them, and don't give the enemy any chance to form a firepower concentration."

Xi Sugu was a little excited and excited when he gave the order. He surprised his men like that, because even in the face of the most powerful enemies, they had never seen such a general abnormal.

"This is a genius, or a fool, but no matter what he is, I want to see that person," Xi Sugu explained to his men. "Be aware that this person actually uses an army of musketeers. If This man is either crazy or has a unique set of tactics that may not be known yet. "

Listening to Xi Sugu's inexplicable statement, a scout who was standing silently beside him hesitated for a while before carefully saying, "Master, maybe I saw the person you said."

"Did you see him?" Xi Sugu immediately asked hurriedly, "Did you see their commander, are you sure that the man is the commander of this army and not just a captain or any unimportant officer?"

A series of inquiries by Xi Sugu made the scouts overwhelmed. Until they were questioned again, the scouts answered with a little confusion: "I don't know if that person is the commander of this army, but because she is so special, she left Far away I still noticed that person. "

"Wait, are you talking about 'She'?" Xi Sugu finally noticed the most wonderful part of the scout.

"Yes, it ’s true, it ’s‘ She ’, a woman. Although she is far away, I can be sure that it is a young woman who commands those Musketeers.”

"Musket? Woman?" Xi Sugu stared at the scout's face for a while, and finally came out a sentence "Tell me, are you crazy or am I crazy, or is the woman you said crazy?"

The scout looked at Xi Sugu with a dazed look, and he was trembling in his heart. He could not help but say, "Maybe they are all crazy ..."

The convoy was moving northwards, and Ruosha obviously felt a certain danger. This is a very wonderful, even unclear sense of the sense. This feeling is like an animal ’s instinctive vigilance against natural enemies, or simply a woman Intuition.

This intuition told her that she might be in danger if she didn't leave that place as soon as possible, or when she saw the Anatolian light cavalry rushing towards her, Ruosha realized that the nearby terrain was not good for her.

The plain without any cover is too suitable for cavalry charge, and the mobility of the Ottoman light cavalry is by no means a team can block.

The reason why the robbers could be almost wiped out so easily last time was only because the other party did not know their details.

But now the Ottoman army is to be dealt with, and Ruosha will not think that the pagans will stupidly commit the same mistake twice, since this escape is undoubtedly the most correct choice.

It is just because with too many captive teams it is impossible to move forward quickly.

Ruosha decisively ordered the release of all the captives, and threw the saber hanging on the saddle in front of the robber leader who had just untied the rope, regardless of whether the man could understand it and shouted:

"If you live well, you can escape farther!"

She raised her hand and threw a shiny thing at the man, and ran towards the front of the team with her feet firmly.

"That woman is really delicious," a robber walked to the head and looked at the distant back and licked his tongue. "I have been thinking these days that if this woman can become my wife, I can even convert her."

"Shut up, how dare you use this kind of thing to joke." The leader screamed at his companion in angrily, looked at the sabre in his hand, and then released his right fist.

In the palm of my hand is a shiny gold coin, with the Athena goddess above holding a shield in her left hand and a musket in her right hand.

"Let ’s go, as she said, if you are lucky, you can escape a little bit." The leader began to scream his companion and quickly gather the women and children who are running around in a hurry, they must escape before the Ottomans arrive. Far.

The team moved forward quickly. In order to prevent the Ottomans from catching up, Ruosha had ordered to throw away unnecessary things. At the same time, although she was in a hurry, she ordered the team to keep the two-row formation as much as possible.

"If you really can't get rid of it, you can only form a defense in place." Ruosha made this decision after thinking carefully. "As long as we persist, we can wait for Slobozia's reinforcements."

"But miss, how do we know that Slobozia's army can come to support us, maybe they dare not come because of fear." A maid turned blue because of fear, she half-smiling nervously from the carriage. Ask her master, "It might be better if we don't let those robbers go. After all, they are also Christians and should be able to fight with us."

Ruosha rode and ran her head forward while looking at the frightened maid in the car. Her eyes were calm but very cold, until the maid lowered her head because of uneasiness.

"If Nashan had already seen the commander of that army, that person should know how much threat they would threaten them if they did not come to support us, once the firearms we transported fell in the hands of the Ottomans," Rusha decided. Be patient, after all, she still likes this maid very much, so she does n’t mind saying a few more words. “As for the robbers, I let them go because they can hold the Ottomans for us.”

The maid listened in a daze, first she didn't understand, and then her mouth opened like she was stretched out by something!

Ruosha looked back and saw that the Hussites were running back and forth blindly on the grassland, yelling and contacting, and she could not help shaking her head slightly.

If the robbers are only themselves, they may still have the opportunity to escape, but they are procrastinating.

Ruosha knew that those people would not leave their women and children, so they would waste precious time in order to summon and care for those people.

Then those people will become bait to attract Ottomans.

"God forgive me, these people could have been good slaves," Ruosha whispered first, then raised her head and ordered loudly, "Speed ​​up, if you don't want to be overtaken by the Ottomans, run quickly!"

Hussites are running in the wilderness. Many of them are women and children, so it takes a lot of time to gather these people.

When most people finally escaped in the direction of the leader, a cloud of smoke had risen on the far horizon.

"Run, run!"

The leader shouted while turning and ran back. The men ran out of the team one after another. Some of them ran as they struggled to get rid of the women who were tightly holding their hands.

"Don't go! You will be beaten to death!" The woman was dragged to the ground, but still pulling the man's clothes like crazy and refused to let go.

"Flee quickly, little fool." The man yelled and then punched hard at the woman's face.

The woman screamed and fell to the ground. When she got up, the figure of the man had disappeared into the distance.

The figure of the Ottoman cavalry had already appeared in front of them. They started to look a little confused. They didn't know whether they should attack this seemingly inexplicable team, but in a few moments they started running towards the Hussites.

The shining saber flying like snow flakes was so dazzling at this moment. When raising his head to look at the oncoming blade, the beautiful woman figure suddenly flashed in front of the robber leader's eyes.

"What a smart woman."

There was a strange smile on the leader ’s face, and he knew he was caught by the woman, but even then they could n’t flinch, because they were their loved ones behind them.

The opposite Ottomans rushed to the front, and the leader gave a cry!

"This is due to the dusty people, the soul will rise to heaven!"

The leader's final shout broke out with the sound of the oncoming Ottoman horse riding on the ground.

But immediately the voice was swallowed by the roar of the Anatolian cavalry saber.

Luo Sha's hand held the musket tightly. She could feel her heart beating violently. She didn't feel guilty for her decision. In fact, she had no sympathy for those Hussites from beginning to end.

The fate of those people was already doomed when she was taken captive. If all goes well, she will send them to the plantations in Crete, let them work in the sunshine of the hot sun and the erosion of the sea breeze. The situation on the island of Crete has caused headaches because of the turbulent situation, which has caused a large number of people to lose on the island.

The only thing she worried about now was how long the Hussites could hold the Ottomans.

A jungle in front caught Rusha's attention, and she immediately ordered the convoy to drive into the jungle.

There was a panic cry from behind the team, and Ruosha suddenly turned back to see a piece of smoke drifting quickly in their direction.

"It's Ottoman!"

The maid on the carriage screamed, and her scream immediately caused a panic. The drivers drove the carriage forward. The two parallel rows of the team suddenly staggered, and even the whole formation showed signs of chaos.

"Shut up!"

With the bang of the gunshot, the stock of the short musket in Ruosha's hand suddenly shook her shoulders, and the force of the backlash made her slender waist sway, but then she was seated immediately.

"Hurry into the woods!" Although there was a trace of panic on Ruosha's face, she tried to calm herself down immediately. She took the mount and looked back, murmured in her mouth. "Those Husbands are so short Hasn't time held up. "

The dust in the distance was getting closer, the people in the team stared nervously in front of him, and Ruosha rode and patrolled back and forth along the side of the team.

The dim light in the woods made it impossible to see the outside, but Ruosha had no hope of avoiding the Ottomans.

Looking at the figure of cavalry getting closer and closer, Zuosha told every soldier passing by: "Do n’t panic, remember your usual training, they are just the targets and prey you hit, look at their horses, then shoot, just So simple."

"Miss, I might be killed."

A young soldier raised his head with trembling lips and said to Ruo Sha that his face was full of panic. This fear seemed to infect the people around him for a time, and people could not help looking at Ruo Sha.

"Trust me, we can all survive."

Ruosha put a gold coin in the hands of the young soldier. "Okay, this is one of the first batch of gold coins that my brother minted. When all this is over, you come to me with this gold coin. Florin redeemed. "

The young soldier nodded violently, then tucked the gold coins into his close pocket.

The figure of the cavalry finally broke through the smoke and came into sight. Ruosha came down from the horse and put a short musket against her shoulder.

She actually knew that at such a long distance, her musket had no effect, but she was still used to raising her gun to aim at the shadowy figure in the distance.

Then she straightened her waist and pulled a slender saber from her waist ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Grenadier, ready ~ "

"Lasparatoria!"

The distinctive command of mixing the green girl and the majestic Countess sounded again, and a fierce gunshot burst out of the woods towards the plain, resounding through the sky.

Many years later, a small statue was built on the square of Slobozia near the city hall.

The material used is not the stone or copper commonly used for sculptures, but very rare iron, and the sculptures are not heroes or legends of religious myths, but a broken saber.

There are two rows of inscriptions carved in Cyrillic under this statue of only one person standing tall in front of the square pool.

"I wish to commemorate the fighting that took place in Slobozia on May 11, 1499."

"Mr. Russa Cosenza, Earl of Cosenza, Naples, was here to bravely resist the invaders of the Ottoman Empire."

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