Chapter 397: Greater Ambition Although the news of the victory and Char's deliberate hype for it made the morale of the army and the people lifted, and even set off a craze for signing up for the army again.
However, despite Green's warning, Char still ordered not to recruit new recruits for the time being.
The reason is simple: you can't afford to feed too many troops on your own turf.
At present, for Char, who only owns half of the county, feeding two legions is already an extremely frightening ratio.
Unlike the jubilation among the people, the newly formed Northern Corps quietly implemented a set of strategies of loosening the outside and tightening the inside.
The newly formed First Corps had been secretly mobilized, and in the barracks outside Denzel there were envoys on fast horses almost every day.
On the road to the city of Mesta, there were also a large number of messengers galloping.
Although he gave the Odin a hard blow, whether it was Char or Green, it was clear that this loss was far from hurting Manninger and the Red Snow Army.
And Manninger, who suffered this small loss, is still difficult to say what he will do next.
But no matter what, this small nascent group of the entire Char has been nervously preparing for war.
The First Corps of the Northern Military Region transferred three flag regiments and was ordered to go south, and at the same time, the Reading Cavalry Regiment also began to move.
More than 10,000 troops marched south and stationed in the southern part of Mollshire, defending along the central road of the two rivers, ready to deal with the Red Snow Army's march northward.
Char's family background is not thick, in order to cope with such a situation, the logistics chief Cato almost fought for his life, and in the two months of respite, almost all the arrows and armor in the inventory that were finally produced were distributed to the front-line troops.
In the areas controlled by Char, it was necessary to announce the continuation of food rationing, the prohibition of alcohol was extended indefinitely, and almost all the materials and food that could be mobilized were given priority to the army.
At this critical time, the people of Moore County did not complain in the slightest, and even more encouraged by the previous small victory, people were still willing to grit their teeth and survive this difficulty.
After about fifteen days, the south was surprisingly quiet.
The results of a large number of scout reports were spilled, but there was no news of the Red Snow Army going north.
It seems that after Manninger suffered this small loss, he really swallowed his anger.
This situation makes Char and Green both mixed blessings.
The good thing is that as long as the Odin people don't go north, they can fight for more respite, and now their own foundation is too weak, so they must strive for enough time to recuperate, and continue to expand their strength, so that they can have the capital to fight with the Odin people in the future.
The worry is that such an unusual situation is not necessarily a good thingManninger is a rare heroic figure among the Odin, he is also resolute and resolute, and there is no lack of strategy, such a loss, he can actually bear it, I am afraid that there are other ideas Sure enough, after Char waited for a long time, the spy who came back from the south finally brought back a shocking news About eight days before the news reached Char, Manninger personally led the main elite of the Red Snow Army with about 30,000 troops, and finally conquered the capital city of the Corsican Military Region The course of the battle was full of drama: Manninger first made a gesture of retreat, deliberately withdrawing his troops from the battlefield in a hurry, and made the appearance of a hasty withdrawal.
The defenders of the city, led by the second son of the governor of Corsica, rushed out of the city in pursuit, only to be ambushed by Manninger.
The 20,000 Corsican troops were ambushed, most of them killed and wounded, and the rest surrendered.
Only the second son of the governor of Corsica fled desperately with a dozen horsemen, and his whereabouts are unknown.
Manninger then returned to the army and struck a blow, this time, in the face of the empty city, the Odin did not spend much effort, and the capital city of the Corsican Military Region was broken out by the governor of the Corsican Military District, and was finally captured by Odin in the breakthrough.
Most of the officials in the Governor's Palace surrendered.
Manninger ordered the Governor of Corsican to be imprisoned, and then formally took over the Corsican Territory, and after the Governor's surrender documents were sent to various places, most of the remnants of the small local armies of the Corsican Military Region announced their surrender, and in almost two or three days, most of the territory of the Corsican Military District was surrendered The Corsican Military Region is one of the traditional forces in the fifty-four Tema Military Districts of the empire, with a rich family background, and the materials and wealth accumulated over the years all fell into Manninger's pocket, so that Odin's Chixue Army was suddenly greatly replenished The Corsican army that surrendered was no less than 20,000 men.
This time, Manninger did not exercise bloody and cruel tactics again, and did not massacre prisoners of war as he had done with the Seventh Corps of the Byzantine Empire before, but absorbed all the 20,000 surrendered troops, appointed a small number of Odin tribal leaders and a small number of Odin troops to supervise and control, and then collected the 20,000 surrendered troops for his own use.
In the end, Manninger made a surprising move by moving his command post to the Doge's Palace, the capital of the Corsican Military Region This move is tantamount to the formal and complete annexation of the Corsican Military District With this victory, Manninger and the Red Snow Army suddenly became famous on the mainland, Manninger doubled the area and population of the land he occupied, and also seized a large amount of materials, grain and grass He directly controlled the land and population equivalent to two counties, and recruited 20,000 Corsican troops, which were strong, and he was in the north of the Byzantine Empire, overlooking many military districts in the south For a while, after the news spread, it was not only Char's Byzantine warlord party Red Round Table that was shaken, it was originally an alliance-like group.
In this civil war, almost all the warlord parties were in one camp, and there is no doubt that the Corsican Military District was also a member of the rebel camp, although they did not directly besiege Osgilia, but as members of the Red Round Table, they still supported the rebel coalition on the front line with a large amount of supplies and military expenses, and also raised the rebel flag in response In the spirit of the covenant of common prosperity and common shame issued by the Red Round Table, one of the allies was directly wiped out by an outside force, and the entire family was swallowed up, and the fact that this foreign force still welcomed the door with its own hands brought shocks and influences to the rebel alliance of the Red Round Table was multifaceted.
When the Odin people were brought south, the purpose of the rebel alliance was very simple, that is, to deal with the three central standing corps loyal to the royal family, the sixth corps and the seventh corps stationed in the north of the empire, as well as the henchman Rhodría Corps, to use the Odin army to contain these three regular armies loyal to the imperial family, and then the rebels gathered to besiege Osgilia, so as not to worry about the army of the royalist faction threatening the rear lair behind them.
It can be said that this strategic goal was basically achieved: the Red Snow Army annihilated the Seventh Corps, and Hasting's Black Flag Army solved the Sixth Corps.
Only the Rhodelia Corps abandoned its garrison and rushed thousands of miles to aid Yanjing.
But at the very least, the rebels can safely continue to besiege Osgilia with additional forces without any worries.
An agreement was reached with the Odin, originally according to the judgment of the Red Round Table, how could the land of the three or four counties in the north satisfy those greedy Odin, besides, those Odin barbarians did not understand politics, so a large piece of land, it would take a lot of time for them to eat it.
Even within the rebels, there is not no one who has the idea of overthrowing the royal family first, and then driving back those stupid and savage Odinites when they have the opportunity later.
The problem, however, is that the current situation has greatly exceeded the expectations of the Red Roundtable That guy Manninger actually attacked his allies, such an act is tantamount to openly tearing up the secret covenant between the Odin and the Red Round Table, which is a treacherous approach What's even more worrying is that since Odin dares to annex the Corsican Military Region, then since they have all turned their faces, what else will this Manninger do Will he not be greedy enough after getting the Corsican Military Region, and continue to aim his covetous eyes at the rear of other rebel military regions Even if Manninger didn't do it, but the Odin people invaded south, but there were three legions, where is the Black Flag Army, where is Hasting, and the Odin Royal Legion on the Western Front, will it be "inspired" by Manninger's actions because of this, and also raise the butcher's knife, at this moment, many members of the rebel alliance have transferred their elite troops to Osgilia, although the strength left behind in the lair cannot be said to be weak, but, don't forget, the Corsicans are all in the lair, and they were all wiped out by Manninger in one fell swoop On the rebel alliance's side, when they got this shocking news, they suddenly fell into a subtle silence for a while, and they couldn't make any reaction Only those with a keen sense of smell understand that it is not that the rebels have not reacted, but that in the face of such a huge change, internal quarrels have become a mess The Red Roundtable is divided into at least three different positions on how to deal with this matter.
Some military districts headed by the Armenian governor Hughes, because their own territories and nests were not in the north and were not under the threat of the Odins, strongly advocated the continuation of the siege of Osgilia, and even thought that they could temporarily adopt a strategy of delay and tolerance against the Odins.
And a group of members led by Salvador, the head of the Red Round Table, because they want to maintain the dignity of the Red Round Table Alliance, strongly demand a tough and harsh response to this treacherous behavior of the Odin.
In the long run, once the Byzantine royal family is overthrown and a new power is established, then the various military districts will become a kingdom, and in the future, they will still have to collectively unite against the Odin, and they must not be too weak and bullying at this time.
The third position is that some of the nests are not far to the north, directly threatened by the front of Odin's army.
These rebel members have been shaken, and many even think that they should withdraw their troops and return to their nests in order to protect themselves.
If the nest is in danger, then the front-line army soldiers, family members and property are in the territory of the military region, but I am afraid that the military will collapse immediately In fact, there is no need to wait for that time, now after the Odin people captured the Corsican Military Region, there have been varying degrees of stirring in the rebel armies of several nearby military regions.
The three parties quarreled endlessly, and they failed to reach a result for two days.
Finally, on the third day after receiving the news, the Red Roundtable finally came up with a solution that was barely acceptable to the majority of the people, or rather, it was a way to protest that could not be considered a solution Or to put it bluntly, it is to test the current reaction attitude of the Odin people and their next step.
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Salvador, Governor Hughes, and the governors of military districts jointly signed a solemn protest against the Odin Empire by the Red Round Table, and then sent this protest to the Odin Empire through secret emergency channels, and through the emergency transmission of the magic teleportation array, this document equivalent to the level of national letters was quickly sent to the Odin Empire.
In this protest letter, the members of the Red Roundtable jointly protested against such a perfidious and vicious act made by Manninger, the commander of the Red Snow Army of the Odin Empire, and claimed that such a move seriously damaged the friendly and cooperative relationship between the Red Roundtable and the Odin Empire, seriously hurt the hard-won friendship between everyone, and hurt the interests of the members of the Red Roundtable In order to think about the long run, the Red Roundtable asked the Odin Empire to immediately order the Red Snow Army on the front line to stop this bad behavior of violating allies, And to return the occupied Corsican military district lands, to release prisoners of war, and specifically to demand the unconditional release of the captured Corsican governor.
After this document, which was equivalent to the state letter, was transmitted to the Odin Empire, it is said that it soon appeared in a cold and spacious stone hall in the Imperial City of Odin.
This is a stone hall with a width of 100 steps and a length of 100 steps, and the spacious hall can accommodate at least a thousand people.
The rugged style of Odin's imperial architecture is evident here, and there is no gold wall decoration on the walls, but the true color of the huge rock that has been cut squares looks black, heavy and hard And on the huge windows, several meters high, there are huge red curtains, which are dyed red with some kind of animal skin.
Red curtains, black walls, such colors are mixed together, giving people an extremely iron-blooded taste On the walls hung all kinds of heavy weapons, giant hammers, prism hammers, chain hammers, giant swords, heavy axes, in the center of this large house, on an iron platform cast of pure iron, and in a wooden plate, the "national letter" was lying quietly, but it had been torn into a ball In the center of the room, a tall and majestic figure stood, its broad shoulders as if it could hold up a mountain, and the whole body, when viewed from behind, was almost a stunning inverted triangle, with lines and proportions giving a striking sense of symmetry and strength With a strong palm, he slowly placed a broad-bladed sword on the platform, and then gently wiped the wet sweat from the hilt.
"Hmph, that guy Manninger is really bold, I can't imagine that he would dare to make such a decision and tear his face to those Byzantine rebels without my consent."
A cold voice sounded in the main hall, as if it was talking to itself.
The sound sounded full of a cold metallic feeling, thick, cold, and hard, although it was self-talking, but when the voice came out, it seemed to fluctuate with some kind of power, and the weapons hanging on the walls were buzzing.
"Originally, I was going to reprimand Manninger for his unauthorized actions, but if the reaction of these Byzantines is like this, then instead of punishing Manninger, I will reward him greatly."
The uneasy Red Round Table finally waited for an answer from the Odin Empire.
In fact, this reply is a handwritten reply from His Majesty the Supreme Majesty of the Odin Empire, who is recognized as the strongest human being today But when El Salvador, as well as Governor Hughes and other leaders of the rebel alliance unfolded this handwritten reply from Emperor Odin, everyone was stunned.
Because this reply letter is actually just a return of their previous letter of protest, but at the end of the place, the legendary Odin Supreme wrote a sentence that can be regarded as a reply.
"There is so much nonsense that you want land, and you will lead the troops to get it" Leaders of the rebels: "" "Manninger, I think we're all underestimating him."
In the council hall of the castle guard in Denzel City, most of the core figures under Char's command gathered, and standing in front of everyone was a thin and delicate young man with a pale face, Reinhardt.
Reinhardt lowered his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Before, we all thought that he might not dare to really do such a desperate thing, after all, we can judge that the Odin people invaded this time, and they must have colluded with the rebels."
But Manninger dared to really swallow Corsica, and the rebels still had hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands.
Originally, we all thought that the battle between the Red Snow Army and the Corsican Army might end under the mediation of both sides, and at most the Corsicans suffered some losses, but Manninger dared to do such a desperate thing, this knife was equivalent to stabbing the rebel alliance directly in the waist."
"Well, I think this Manninger might be too reckless."
It was Philip who spoke differently.
Since being truly introduced by Char as a confidant, Philip's confidence has become more and more sufficient, and he has gradually dared to show himself more in this core group.
He looked at Reinhardt and frowned: "I think Manninger made a mistake, although he got the land and population of the Corsican military region and surrendered the army, but the rebels will not forget it, even if it is to maintain the unity of their internal alliance, they must intervene."
Once the rebel alliance sends troops to deal with Manninger, then the Odin people are only afraid of the army far from their homeland after all."
Reinhardt glanced at Philip: "I admit that what you said makes sense, but you think so, even the rebel alliance has always thought so, so because they have this reliance, they have never really worried about the friction between Manninger and the Corsicans before the Odin people dare to turn their faces, and even fight, and the rebel alliance also sent people to mediate, because they couldn't imagine that Manninger really dared to directly destroy a military region."
That's why I said Manninger, we underestimated him and everyone thought he wouldn't dare, but he just did it at the best time, and before someone intervened to stop it, he swallowed up all of Corsica's territory in one fell swoop."
"But now if the rebel alliance sends troops" "The rebel coalition will never send troops," Reinhardt interrupted Philip in a sonorous tone.
The young general's face was absolutely uneasy, and there was deep worry hidden in his eyebrows, he turned his head and stared at Char with blazing eyes: "My lord, I am suddenly worried about something more important."
Taking a deep breath, Reinhardt's tone was extremely serious and dignified.
"I'm worried that Manninger's self-assertive move will suddenly awaken the ambitions of the entire Odin Empire" His eyes were full of uneasiness: "Before that, whether it was the rebel alliance, the Odin Empire, or even those of us, there was such a thought in our hearts: The Odin people went south this time, just to take advantage of our internal strife and take advantage of the land and population of a few counties for them at most.
Yes, I believe that it is not only the rebels who think so, but also the Odin themselves, and even everyone here who has always thought so."
Speaking of this, Reinhardt suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Actually, we are all wrongManninger's action, it is a signal, and even a powerful signal that awakens the whole country of the Odin Empire, the meaning behind this signal, have you ever thought about it, in fact, Odin and us are wrong, we all underestimate this crisis, Odin people are actually fully capable of getting more this time, in fact, the crisis that our empire has fallen into is far deeper and heavier than what we see with our eyes, if they dare to take risks, then, It is even entirely possible that they can take advantage of this opportunity to completely destroy our empire in one fell swoop, and not just occupy a few counties, yes, if they dare to gamble, dare to take risks, dare to invest, everyone think about it carefully, we really have the possibility of national or even national destruction, and Manninger, I doubt that this guy also saw this, so he dared to make such a big move to his operation, It is likely to awaken Odin's domestic ambitions, especially His Majesty the God Emperor, who is known as the number one on the mainland."
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: