In the spring of this year, the flames of war that swept half of the Byzantine Empire slowly passed.
The center of the empire, Osgiria, the two sides of the fierce battle, because of the sea supply line of Lantis, the defenders of Osgilia had a chance to breathe, and after getting supplies, at least on this side, the support time was infinitely longer.
Although the rebels, in the name of the Red Round Table, Salvador personally wrote a letter to the Kingdom of Lantis, which was signed by twenty-six governors.
However, Landis's reply is very "official": the Landis Kingdom has no intention of interfering in the internal disputes of your country, and hopes that the warring parties in your country will end the war as soon as possible in the spirit of compassion and compassion for the people, and return a peaceful world to the mainland.
At the same time, he firmly denied that the fleet at sea responsible for supplying Osgilia had anything to do with Lantis.
This answer made many of the governors of the rebels almost vomit blood, but even if they closed the door and slapped the table and smashed the glass, it was to no avail.
The leaders of the rebels immediately wrote a second letter to the Landis Kingdom, since it was the Lantis Chamber of Commerce, then asked Landis to stop the civil actions of the merchants, otherwise, if it caused a conflict, they would not be responsible for Yunyunke's tough letter, which was answered more vaguely by Landis.
The letter of state of Lantis declares that the Kingdom of Lantis has always been a free country with political enlightenment, openness, and civil rights, and even the political axe of the kingdom has no right to interfere with the actions of the private merchant group, and at present, it seems that this "Lantis private business group" that funded the Byzantine royal family, their actions did not violate any of the laws of the Lantis Kingdom, so even the king could not order to stop this "legal act".
As for what you said could lead to conflict, my country can only say that it can't help it.
This letter was later torn to pieces by several angry governors, and even the surname was anxious to order the fleet at sea to attack.
Soon, however, the calm Governors of Salvador and Hughes put a damper on this impulsive thought.
The facts are obvious.
The rebels' sea power was too weak, and although they had an absolute advantage in the total number of ships, everyone understood that they wanted to win the regular naval fleet of Lantis, which had always been rampant and invincible at sea, by relying on a fleet of ships of different sizes, temporarily gathered together, with no tactics and no combat effectiveness to speak of "Let's be patient for the time being, and concentrate on taking Osgilia.
As long as we can take Oskiria, then the Lantis will naturally succumb. ” El Salvador's insight is sensible.
In the process of the two sides, the spring passed quietly.
Outside the city of Osgiria, the Emperor's 2nd and 9th Corps, combined with the Rhodrian cavalry, launched a counteroffensive before the end of the spring, and fought a fierce battle with the rebels.
But in the same way, the rebels were strong, and although the imperial counterattack achieved a small victory, it did not have much impact on the overall situation, and because the troops were too small, they could not take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results.
However, with the end of spring, the 2nd and 9th Corps could not replenish its losses after continuous operations, and gradually could only be in the strategic defense stage.
The Rhodrian cavalry retreated thirty miles overnight for a simple reason: the army ran out of food.
The battle for Osgilia was still stalemate, but in the northern part of the Byzantine Empire, the situation took a turn for the worse The invasion of the Odin was overwhelming, and within a month, they occupied three counties within the empire Nods County was occupied by the Black Flag Army, Mor County was occupied by the Red Snow Army, and Tatania County in the western part of the empire was occupied by another Odin Legion, and the Odin Corps on the West Road was a mixed corps led by the Grand Prince of the Odin Empire.
At this point, in the battle for succession in the Odin Empire, the eldest prince has occupied an absolute advantage.
The Black Flag Army has always been a group that supports the Great Prince, and this time the Odin God Emperor let the Great Prince personally lead the army, in this mixed army, it is said that 10,000 elite Odin warriors were drawn from the Thundercloud Legion of the Odin royal family, plus a total of 40,000 warriors recruited by the nine large and small tribes in Odin to form a large army.
At this point, the three-way Odin invasion army has entered the Byzantine Empire with more than 130,000 troops.
At the end of the spring, in the southern neighboring county of Siltan, the southward Red Snow Army completed the encirclement of the last formed imperial regular army in the northern part of the Byzantine Empire.
The 7th Corps was in a situation of internal and external difficulties, faced the persecution of the rebel troops on the left and behind it, and undertook the offensive of the Chixue Army, losing three consecutive battles, losing the county defense city, and retreating on a large scale, and abandoning a large number of baggage logistics troops along the way.
Then the soldiers fled in two directions to the southwest.
One is led by General Rostock of the Corps and four elite main flag regiments, and the other is composed of partial divisions of two flag regiments and some auxiliaries.
Manninger's Red Snow Army, on the other hand, left only a small number of troops to garrison the occupied area, and the large force continued to pursue the 7th Corps of Rostock without stopping.
Vowed to wipe out the main force of the Seventh Corps.
Finally, on the last day of spring, the main force of the Seventh Corps, which had rapidly retreated, was overtaken by Odin's Red Snow Army in the northern part of the river called "Hilma", located northeast of Siltan County.
On the plain of the Hilma River, the rapid march of the Red Snow rank tail pursuit, while the Seventh Corps tried to cross the river, Manninger concentrated all the reindeer cavalry, suddenly launched a surprise attack, the Seventh Corps resisted in less than an hour and then collapsed, the army was defeated, the battle lasted for an afternoon, the river was dyed red, the corpses blocked the river, and even a large number of corpses floated downstream along the water This battle, the main force of the Seventh Corps was finally eliminated by the Odin, more than 7,000 people died on the spot, The establishment of the two flag regiments has since been abolished.
The corps general Rostock was killed by an arrow, and the flag officer of the subordinate flag regiment died three times and surrendered, but Manninger, the patriarch of the Bashak tribe, the commander of the Red Snow Army, made a mistake at this time.
Probably because of what Char had eaten before, he finally let out his anger at this moment, and Manninger ordered the slaughter of the captured 3,600 Byzantine Empire soldiers, including the two banner-level generals who surrendered.
After the war, the three banner regiments of the original main force of the Seventh Corps escaped alive, and less than 300 people escaped this kind of action, although it vented its anger for a while, but it left a very bad consequence.
Because there are still a small number of remnants of emperors in many places within the empire.
When the war situation was eroded, many local armies had already wavered, and some even had the intention of surrendering.
However, at this time, the news came that the Odin had slaughtered all the prisoners of war and those who surrendered, but it only strengthened the resistance of the remaining Byzantine army.
Surrender anyway, it's better to fight to the death After the main force of the 7th Corps was annihilated, the other retreating detachment of about 4,000 men finally escaped from Ascension, and when the road to the south was blocked, they had to turn around and go northwest, while behind them was pursued by an army led by Manninger's son Morca.
Fortunately, at this time, God was finally on the side of Byzantium, and suddenly it rained for three days in a row, which washed away the roads in the hilly area, and Morca's pursuers were blocked, and they could only watch the last 4,000 men of the Seventh Corps flee, but at this time, Manninger did not care much about this result.
The elite main force of the Seventh Corps has been completely annihilated, as for the 4,000 people who escaped, they were not the main force in the first place, and there were still a small number of auxiliaries.
At this moment, the Red Snow Army has occupied the entire territory of Siltan County, obtained a large number of supplies and ordnance, and the wealth of the rich Byzantine Empire after taking the tax wealth of the Byzantine Empire in the county guard treasury of Siltan County for its own, suddenly made all the Odin warriors red-eyed The tribes in Odin's country, in addition to the royal family, the other tribes, even the other five strong clans, the life of the people in the Pingyueli tribe is not easy.
The Byzantine Empire's warm climate, fertile land, and increased grain abundance made it possible to capture Syltan County, and the entire Red Snow Army received a large amount of booty.
At this time, the whole army was full of ambition, and even Manninger couldn't help but feel a little proud.
At this time, greed is naturally born.
We came from the north, defeated the county of Mor, defeated the county of Syltan, and almost did not encounter any decent resistance, these Byzantines were as weak as sheep, even the Seventh Corps of the Central Regular Army of their empire, they were vulnerable, we only took half a day to defeat these guys with such a weak Byzantines, where is still our opponent, we only took a month to occupy two counties, got so much wealth, why can't we get more, why don't we continue to fight, Manninger was proud, but he still retained a trace of sobriety, and he immediately remembered that he had been frustrated by the city of Denzel in Mooreshire, which was still behind him.
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At this moment, he has enough weapons and food, and it is time to return to the army and pull out the nails of that small city.
But at this time, God saved Char's life It must be noted that the northern part of the Byzantine Empire, especially the counties around Mor, has always been the main grain-producing region in the northern part of the empire.
Since they are grain-producing regions, it is certain that these areas meet several conditions: fertile land, a warm and humid climate, and abundant precipitation every year.
The climate of these counties is the rainy season at the turn of spring and summer.
At this time of year, cold air from the north of the continent travels south and hot air from the ocean from the south travels north, intersecting in this area, resulting in a large amount of rainfall.
Sometimes, it even rains for more than ten days in a row.
At the same time, the topography of this area is very special.
In this area, crisscrossed by seven or eight small rivers, the staggered erosion of these rivers, and finally formed the geology of this area is similar to the surname of the river plain, the land is soft and fertile, very suitable for farming, but at the same time the soil is soft, all belong to the plain of the beach soil layer, once the rainy season, it will make the road muddy, difficult to walk.
This year's rainy season is particularly special.
This year's rainy season seems to have been particularly heavy.
Heavy rain for half a month in a row has flooded many rivers, which will bring more silt from the river beaches, making the land on both sides of the river beaches more fertile, but washing away many bridges and roads.
The rain continued for more than ten days, and the news finally came that almost all of the roads in Moore had been completely destroyed.
In many places, landslides have collapsed, completely blocking the roads, making it impossible for cars and horses to travel together.
And in other places, the situation of bridge destruction and flooding, at this special time, helped Char a lot Manninger's Red Snow Army was in the south, and because of the rain in the rainy season, the roads were blocked, and it was impossible to organize a large-scale army to come north and pull out Char's nail.
You must know that when the army marches, it must carry heavy vehicles.
If Manninger's army did not come with food and supplies, the result would only be a repeat of the previous fruitless siege of Denzel.
According to the current situation, if you want to repair the roads and bridges, so that the chariots and horses of the army can go together, I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it in a month.
What's more, now Manninger occupies the entire Siltan County, as well as part of Moore County, a large number of occupied areas, all of which need him to divide his troops to garrison, although Manninger has the advantage of troops, but if he wants to gather enough troops to attack Char, I am afraid it will not be possible to do it for a while.
Don't forget, now in Char's Denzel City, there are tens of thousands of troops.
At this time, Char instead started Manninger's idea.
Manninger's main forces had gone to Siltanshire, and the roads were blocked during the rainy season, and they could not return for a while.
Char naturally set his sights on the nearest enemy-occupied area: Mesta, the original capital city of County More Mestari only has a few thousand Odin defenders, and Char and Green have carefully analyzed that with their current strength, it is entirely possible to eat the other party, and as long as this counterattack is successful, then the erosion situation can greatly stimulate the morale of the remaining resistance forces in the empire "After the fight, we can defend or we can walk.
The current weather is favorable for us Manninger if we want to return to the army, the fastest, there is no month to do Mesta, the city is less than three days away from us, if the fast horse is a day and a half, we can calmly arrange the situation, when the time comes, whether to defend or go, the initiative is in our hands. ” Green pointed to the map and said slowly to Char: "Besides, the city of Meesta is full of our people, and when we attack, the citizens of the city may echo us.
It is said that the Odin people were unpopular, and not only slaughtered prisoners of war, but more importantly, they hung the head of the warden of Corinthia on the city gates.
Lord Krinthia served in Mor County for seven years, and he was very loyal to his duties, and his death made the people of Mor County full of resentment towards the Odin, and these favorable conditions could be fully exploited. ” After saying this, Green looked at Char: "The only thing that needs to be decided now is to go to Mesta, whether you go or I go." ” "I'll go."
Char said loudly without hesitation, "You stay in Denzel City.
I took only Nene and two thousand cavalry as the vanguard, and let Sharba follow with two thousand infantry.
At this time, speed is the most important, and the Odin people would never have imagined that we would come out to counterattack in this rainy season.
The city of Mesta's defenses had been destroyed in the last war, and I only had to take the opportunity to sneak up and 2,000 cavalry rush into the city, and I would be able to decide the victory in one battle, even if my cavalry could not make a surprise attack, and when Sharba's 2,000 infantry arrived, I would have enough time to calmly attack the city. ” Char smiled: "Our biggest advantage is that Manninger and the Odin people don't know that we have tens of thousands of troops, but I'm afraid that Manninger still thinks that we only have a thousand people." ” Two days later.
In the dark night, the city of Mesta, only the lights and torches hung on the walls, but the city was silent and dark, and there were no lights.
After the Odin occupation of the area, strict night control was enforced, and the inhabitants of the city were strictly lit at night.
This kind of order seemed to Char to be a bit inexplicable.
Probably because Odin is in the northern country, they all live as tribes, and they lack the experience of defending the city.
At night, he didn't light the lights, didn't he make it clear that he gave Lao Tzu a chance to attack at night As soon as he rushed into the city and set fire everywhere, the Odin would be frightened After a hillside outside the city, two thousand cavalry were ready to go.
After they galloped for a day and a half to reach the city of Mesta, Char ordered everyone to hide behind the hillside and rest for a while to regain their strength.
And at this moment, the two thousand original horse thieves have changed into the armor of the imperial army, and they already look quite a bit.
Nene stood not far behind Char, looking at Char's back, and didn't know what he was thinking.
Nene had returned to Denzel ten days earlier, and had brought back more than six hundred people, most of whom were horse thieves and mercenary tribes that had lived in the wildfire fields.
And Char's newly formed cavalry flag regiment, Nene still temporarily held the position of deputy flag officer, although everyone knew that Nene would not hold this position for a long time, but at least by the former boss, these horse thieves who had been reorganized for more than a month were still very happy.
"Wait two more hours, before dawn begins to attack dawn, it is the time when people sleep most soundly at night" Char crouched on the hillside, looked at the city from afar, and stretched out his hand to point in the distance: "The wall in the northwest corner is broken, there is a gap, the Odin people have not completely blocked it, you take three hundred people to rush to the city gate with fanfare to attract the attention of the defenders, and I will lead people to raid the gap in the northwest corner, as long as we can rush into this battle, we will win." ” Char said this, but found that Nene was silent, and looked back, only to find that the woman was looking at herself in a daze, and in the dark night, that gaze seemed to be a little distracted To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: