"Knock Knock Knock" In the wilderness, the sparse woods have been cut down.
The already vast wilderness looked more and more bleak and solemn.
The earth-shattering drums rang out loud and immediately spread far away.
Twenty drums lined up, each covered with cooked cowhide, were erected on a tall rack to the height of a man, and beside each drum were two naked strong men, striking with a giant hammer in the wind The black oppressive military array has been set up in a closely connected phalanx, and the black iron armor is spread on the ground like a dark cloud, looking from afar, the cold light is shining At the back of the array, a high platform made of giant wood was ten meters long, with huge rollers under the base, and more than two hundred strong men in leather armor were pushing the platform slowly forward with the military formation.
The sky was overcast, the dark clouds seemed to be lower, and the governor of Hughes on the high platform looked as if he was standing among the clouds.
Hughes, dressed in gold armor, looks high-spirited, under the golden helmet, with a horsewhip in his hand, standing on a high platform, holding the railing, looking into the distance just ahead, a long river is like a strip of water, the majestic and continuous city wall opposite, and the towering triumphant tower, the flag fluttering, but under the dark clouds, it looks a little downcast.
Hughes stood on top of the tower, suddenly waved his horsewhip, exhaled and smiled: "That is the royal capital of my future kingdom" Behind him, there were several ironclad guards on the high platform, and among the guards, Adeline and Daphany stood there with miserable expressions.
"This is the first majestic city on the continent, and it will be the first precious gift I give you" Hughes turned his head, and the light in his eyes swept over Daphne's face before he smiled reservedly: "I will be the new king here, and you, my future queen, this city will also prostrate at your feet." ” Once the military formation of tens of thousands of ironclad lions is spread out in this wilderness, it is really covering the sky and the Armenian Military Region has always been known for its excellent armor, and the armor of this army under Hughes is even more bloody, especially an ironclad infantry corps behind the military formation, almost every soldier is armed to the teeth by the high-quality armor produced in the Armenian region, thick iron armor, covered peeping, iron shields like walls, spears like forests After the drums sounded for a while, the rapid sound of military trumpets was immediately heard on the wall of Osgilia in the distance, and the soldiers on the city tower were seen moving like ants in the distance, and the battle flag was quickly raised.
The fluttering Imperial Eagle Banner stood above the tower, and Hughes looked at the majestic wall, but only smiled.
At this moment, several horsemen in the distance galloped from both sides along the front of the military formation.
The army immediately divided into an aisle, and the horses came under Hughes's high platform.
"Your Excellency the Governor's First Banner Regiment has conquered the Southern Acropolis, annihilated four hundred enemies, and the Southern Acropolis has entered my hands" "Your Excellency the Governor's Second Banner Regiment has defeated the Western Acropolis and annihilated 600 enemies, and the Western Acropolis has entered my hands."
"Your Excellency the Governor, the Third Banner Regiment has conquered the Northern Acropolis, and the enemy has burned the towers and is in ruins."
"Lord Doge, Fourth Banner Regiment" Several cavalrymen shouted back one after another under the high platform, and Hughes above listened, raised his eyebrows, and then laughed a few times, and shouted: "Okay, the nails around have been removed, and the Osgilia in front of me has become an isolated city."
He immediately smiled and said with a slow smile: "Pass me on the order to conquer Oskilia and plant my royal banner on the first city breaker at the head of the city, regardless of his status, the bounty is 100,000 coins, and he will be promoted to three levels."
On top of the tower of the Triumphal Castle of Osgilia, the general of the Royal Guard, Span's face was as heavy as water, his eyes were bloodshot, his beard had never been trimmed, and there were even some minor wounds on his body that had not healed from the battle to exterminate the remnants of the rebels in the Red Zone of the city.
General Spann hadn't closed his eyes for two days, and although he wasn't a famous general in the Empire, as a general who had been fighting for half his life, he knew the current situation very well Trapped in a lonely city Ever since he had allowed Salvador to escape Osgillia that day, Spann had been well aware that the curtain had begun on the civil war Although he was furious with the thunderous wrath of Emperor Kantos, he was loyal to the royal family and knew that he had no way out and no choice In just two days after El Salvador fled, the Armenian military district, which was closest to the Yanjing Governorate, was the first to raise the flag of rebellion, and immediately within the empire, at least a dozen military governors immediately responded with troops, and the rest must have been ready to move, even if there was no news yet.
At this time, in fact, it doesn't matter whether the guy in El Salvador escaped or not, the outbreak of this civil war is no longer a situation that can be changed by one person's life or death.
Or rather, on the very day that Cavishir was assassinated, the curtain of the war had already been opened General Span, who has been in the military all his life, knows very well the elite of the army under the command of the Armenian governor, and has heard that these Armenian rebels are so well-equipped that even the Imperial Palace Imperial Guards may not be able to match them Just three days ago, an announcement had spread throughout the empire, and the announcement had been passed through the magic arrays of the magic unions in various parts of the empire.
This is a war letter drafted by the Armenian Governor Hughes.
In this war letter, Hughes scolded the Emperor Kantos the Great in a questioning tone for annihilating the cronies of the Emperor, turning his back on the military, and making no achievements in politics for many years, and repeatedly suppressing the military, causing the imperial generals to feel chilled and distracted.
This time, a purge of the military was suddenly launched.
In the war letter, Hughes demanded that Cantos the Great immediately abdicate, abolish the royal dominance of the Klenma family, restore the Senate system to the antique system, and re-elect the Senate Council to govern the empire.
"The existence of the country for thousands of years, the disadvantages are extremely redundant, and it has reached the time when it is impossible to change the time when the people at this time, for the fortune of the empire, for the glory of the soldiers, when they stand up, although they are dead and broken without regrets, the former Governor of the Armenian Military District of the Empire, Hughes, weeps blood, and the heroes and heroes of the world ask for the emperor to return the glory of our empire in the past" Spann remembered the last two sentences of the announcement and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
What a "former Governor of the Armenian Military District of the Empire Hughes", this sentence is wonderful in the word "original".
This Hughes has made up his mind completely, and even the official position of the empire has been abandoned.
Fight against the faint emperor, abolish the rule of the Kalenma royal family and establish the Senate jokes, how can these warlords play any tricks of the Senate, even if they really set up any Senate, the future members of the new Senate, I am afraid that they will all be swept away, and all of them will be replaced by the governors of these military regions.
This announcement has made a complete political break with the imperial family.
The imperial dominance of the imperial family was no longer recognized, the official positions of the imperial royal family were no longer recognized, and even the existence of the Byzantine Empire was no longer recognized Governor Hughes's army immediately aroused the response of the warlords, and at this moment, the rebel flags were erected in various military regions in the empire, especially in the north, and half of the territory in the north of the empire had changed flags.
The Armenian Military Region is the closest to Yanjing, Hughes was the first to raise troops to invade Osgilia, and his strength was originally among the top three military regions in the empire, coupled with the benefits of the military armor and years of operation, it is not surprising even if he raised 100,000 troops.
Hearing that Hughes had reached an agreement with the governors of the other military districts this time, and that Salvador played a major role in it, Hughes immediately poured out, and two heavy infantry regiments and a mixed infantry regiment with a total of 60,000 troops immediately marched into Osgilia.
In this case, as the commander of the garrison of Osgilia, General Spann had to resort to the tactics of retreating.
Originally, Osgillia was the location of the Empire's Yanjing, and there were four acropolis around it, which was roughly equivalent to an ordinary small city in the empire, plus the surrounding villages and towns, forming a large area directly under the jurisdiction of Yanjing.
The Armenian rebels attacked, and Span's response was to abandon the periphery and retreat to Yenjing Oorgillia.
Although this strategy was debated at court meetings, especially when the civilian clique disparaged the strategy of retreating before fighting, Spann stubbornly stood by his opinion.
In his heart, he was very disdainful of the remarks of those civil servants.
Fortunately, the old emperor Kantos the Great was also from the military after all, and firmly supported Spann at this time.
Span's reason was simple: Osgilia was underarmed.
Originally, the defenders of Osgilia only had 20,000 Yanjing Guards, plus only about 8,000 Imperial Forest Army.
Even if you add up all the guards and so on in the city, the number on paper is only 30,000.
What's more, because of the recent war with the Odin, two of the central standing corps of the empire were directly disabled, and in order to rebuild, and in order to ensure the royal family's control of the reconstructed troops, at least 8,000 people were successively transferred from the guards in Yanjing to enrich the new army.
The vacancies in the Wangcheng Guards were filled by the second-tier local garrisons in various places.
Originally, the combat effectiveness of Yanjing's guards may not be very strong, although there is no doubt about the loyalty of the guards to the royal family, and the equipment and military salaries have always been preferential treatment by the royal family.
But this army is stationed in Yanjing all year round, and most of the soldiers have not even experienced much fighting.
Such an army, even in the eyes of several other central standing regiments that also belonged to the royal camp, was somewhat disdainful.
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It is common to hear people from the Sixth and Thirteenth Corps mocking Yanjing's guards as "old soldiers and baby soldiers".
But now, even this "old soldier and baby soldier" has been transferred by half, and the second-line local garrison army that has been supplemented is even more unbearable, and the combat effectiveness has been reduced by 30%.
As for the Imperial Forest Army, if the Yanjing Guards are a fancy army, then the Imperial Forest Army should be a guard of honor, and it is faster to shake their heads in battle.
Except for the mysterious "Night Forest" But no matter how strong the Night Royal Forest is, it is only a few hundred people.
The battle of the large corps, how much can a few hundred people play The strength of 30,000 men does not sound like a small amount.
However, the city of Osgilia was too big to defend such a huge city, and it was much weaker for 30,000 people to sprinkle on that long wall.
If you have to divide your troops to garrison the four acropolis on the periphery That's just looking for death There was a lack of cavalry in the city, although there were quite a few cavalry, but the fighting power of those guys could not be trusted.
The rebels outside the city have the upper hand, and once they attack, they will definitely pull out the nails around them first.
And if the troops are stationed separately, it is like a fist is released, allowing the other party to cut off their fingers one by one.
It's better to close your fists and defend Osgilia with all your might.
The city of Osgilia is majestic, but it is also a natural danger.
Coupled with the perennial prosperity, the city is full of materials, not to mention anything else, just food, self-sufficiency for three months is no problem.
Moreover, there is also a sea transportation line where the rebels have just arrived, and they may not be able to blockade the sea and defend Osgilia, and they can continue to replenish supplies by sea, relying on this majestic city, maybe they can deal with the rebels for a while longer.
And Spann still had some hope in his heart.
General Adric had already gone to the southeast to mobilize the local garrison.
Reinforcements will definitely come, and there are several other central standing corps of the Loyal Empire, not to mention anything else, the Rhodelia cavalry corps of the Ruhr, if they can arrive, then there is a little more hope of victory in this war But Span, though he thought about it all the time, knew that there was little hope.
Several central standing corps are scattered in various places, and at the moment there are rebels everywhere, and if each corps wants to rush to the aid of Yanjing, they must first pass through the enemy-occupied area.
And even if you really risk death to arrive, you can still have a few percent of the combat power left Moreover, when Hughes's army invaded, other rebellious warlords would also raise troops, and I heard that several other governors in the north had already raised troops and rushed to Yanjing at this moment.
In Span's view, the royal family really had no hope of victory in this war.
The empire has been eroded for a hundred years, and the system of the Tema Military Region has fattened these wolves, and after several generations of operation, these military regions have long become a country within a country, recruiting and hoarding military funds, even in peacetime, the comparison of military strength between the two sides is also the royal family at a disadvantage, not to mention that after the war with Odin, several central standing corps loyal to the royal family have been weakened.
Knowing that it was a certain defeat, the people in the city of Osgilia were panicking these days.
And from time to time, there are all kinds of gossip news.
As the general of the city's defenders, Spann was also tempted by the rebels.
These rebels have been in operation in the empire for generations, and the latent force does not know how many.
Even though martial law had been imposed in the city for several days, just last night, someone actually asked to see Spann in the middle of the night, indicating that he was coming to persuade Spann to surrender on behalf of the rebels outside the city.
I really don't know how these guys sneaked in through the secret channels of the tight city defenses The other party said that as long as Spanken turned against him, changed his course, and opened the gates of the city in the middle of the battle to let the rebels enter the city, "Lord Hughes said that the future post of military minister of the Kingdom of Armenia will be reserved for you to be a count, and a reward of 100,000 gold coins, and I have heard that you have a nephew Nigul, you will treat it as if it were your own."
Lord Hughes said that he would marry his daughter to Nigul as his wife, and from now on, he will treat you as a brother."
That's a lot of money The future royal minister, the Earl of Knighthood, the reward of 100,000 gold coins, and the prestige of Eppen, who had formed a family with the new king, had been in the city guard for many years, and naturally there was also a group of loyal men who were loyal to him, and it was not necessarily too difficult to open the city gates in battle.
Span knew very well that as long as he was willing to nod his head and sacrifice the city gate, then he would be able to live a prosperous and prosperous life in the future, and he would be able to save the survival of the family and his surname.
And if you refuse, once the city is defeated and broken, your entire clan will be wiped out And now it seems that there is really no visible hope for the side.
"I'm very tempted, really tempted."
At that time, Span looked at the messenger sent by the other party, and sighed very calmly: "I serve the royal family loyally, I am forty years old this year, and I am just a commander-in-chief.
Your Majesty's closest and most trusted people may not have me in the top twenty.
The powerful family of the empire, I can't even rank in the hundredth place, and even before the war, His Majesty still blamed me for El Salvador's escape, and it is only now that the war has hired people, so I can continue to lead the guard.
And I, Span, I know my own skills, when it comes to talent, I am just a middle-aged talent, there are many famous generals in the empire, whether it is Adrick or General Ruhl, the talent is ten times better than mine, even the mad dog Green in the past, is ten times better than me With my talents, even in another fifty years, I will not be able to sit in the position of Minister of War.
So in comparison, Lord Hughes's conditions are already full of sincerity.
So, if I'm not tempted, it's a lie."
When the envoy heard this, his face immediately moved: "Your Excellency has agreed."
Spann continued to sigh: "I would love to promise you, but unfortunately I can't" He stood up, slowly walked around the table, looked at his own saber hanging on the wall, suddenly smiled lightly, he slowly turned around, and at this moment, Span's tone was light, but extremely serious: "In addition to glory and wealth, there is always something else in a person's life."
After saying that, the sharp qi in his hand flashed, and the blade of the sword had already pierced into the throat of the messenger The messenger's eyes widened, his throat clutched, and he made a gratified sound, blood slowly pouring from his fingers "In the history of the empire, the founding marshal Duke Tulip once said: If the country is destroyed, loyal ministers should die, and I am not talented, and I dare not compare myself with Duke Tulip.
Today, though, I also have a saying" Span slowly wiped the blood on the blade of the sword, and his gaze was as calm as water: "If the empire is destroyed, I, Span should die" To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: