"Go forward, run forward, take small steps, run quickly, adjust your breathing to keep up with the rhythm, just like you do in training."
He was wearing a lead-gray military coat with a cowhide armed belt and shiny brass buttons. otbnkotgt The effect of long-term hard training is perfectly displayed at this time.
William's White Legion, six thousand strong, marched rapidly, carrying a total of eighty artillery pieces.
At a jaw-dropping marching speed of thirty kilometers per day, they were heading towards Holmsk, the Kingdom of Holmgard.
Along the way, the light cavalry of the White Legion carried the military orders issued by William and the flags with the Hereford family crest, giving orders to every village and town where the army passed.
Ask them to: "Listen to the oracles of the Lord of Radiance and respect the natural authority of the Herefords over Holmgard.
Serve the great ruler of the Herefords, Archduke Otto von Hereford, as their Owner."
Amid the exclamations and bewilderment, the leading figures of these towns and villages, minor nobles and village chiefs, elders, mayors or similar roles were gathered together at the first moment, and then they were forced by the cavalry's sabers to stand alone.
Kneeling on his knees, placing his hands on the Bible of the Church of the Lord of Glory, facing the portrait of Archduke Otto of the Hereford family, and the heir to the grand duke, William, the commander of the White Legion, and the long sword cross flag of the Hereford family.
Pledge of allegiance.
After the allegiance ceremony, the cavalry shouted and left, rushing towards other towns or villages as quickly as possible.
With the efforts of Cheka's intelligence personnel, the vast area of Holmgard was not very large.
Most of the geographical and humanistic information is controlled by the White Legion.
William even felt that he knew this country better than His Majesty the King of Holmgard.
Occasionally, there are some ignorant, mentally ill, or people who think they can persevere, who refuse to open the city gate to the light cavalry, and even refuse to swear allegiance to the Hereford family.
In this case, the light cavalry would not be polite to them.
Those villages that are loosely defended and have almost no protection will be bloodbathed at the first opportunity.
After a round of carbine fire, the cavalrymen would immediately draw their sabers and charge.
Often at this time, the young militia members of the barely cobbled-together village would disperse in droves.
Then, there was arson, looting and massacre.
"Holmgardians who disrespect the great Hereford family have no need to exist in this world" chanted such slogans.
Many of these light cavalry units started half a year ago when they were nomads and barbarians.
Had a carnival.
After killing all the young men and stealing all the food and valuables, they will take the women and children south and return to their army.
They will have their share of these spoils, and the women and children will be gathered together by the baggage troops, transported back to various large farms in Novgorod, and distributed to the bachelors without wives.
In this way, William's army marched quickly at a speed that no one expected.
The people of Holmgard were immersed in the dream of safety and comfort, thinking that the Kingdom of Wende was going to have a civil war next, and when they couldn't care about themselves, they launched this round of raids.
Totally unprepared.
All Holmgard people, from the king's ministers and nobles to the ordinary serfs.
Everyone could not believe that William would launch an attack on himself when the situation in the Kingdom of Wende was so tense.
They were unmobilized and completely unprepared.
In theory, the collective military strength could reach 20,000 troops, but in the end only less than 5,000 troops were mobilized.
The rest of the army was scattered in other parts of the kingdom, and the smarter ones sensed something was wrong.
Those who were slow to respond did not even know that their country was under attack.
Within half a month, the White Legion came to the city.
After hearing the news, King Holmgard almost fainted.
The urban situation of Holmgard is basically the same as that of Novgorod.
They are all traditional, unrepaired, very dilapidated and fragile medieval city walls.
A city wall of this level cannot withstand the Hereford family's heavy artillery and armed engineers blasting it.
Therefore, even though I really want to hide in my own palace and be a tortoise.
However, after weighing the situation, King Holmgard still bit the bullet and sent all his guards out of the city to prepare for a battle with the White Legion.
Five thousand versus six thousand.
Holmgard's army, which was not even numerically superior, naturally lost.
After a burst of artillery bombardment from the White Legion, the formation of Holmgard's army was in chaos.
Then, the main infantry force of the White Legion did not even step forward.
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Just the newly formed cavalry regiment rushed forward, with a burst of carbine fire and then a charge, the Holmgard army collapsed.
The formation was scattered, the training was seriously insufficient, and the morale of the Holmgard musketeers was low.
They didn't even have a lead bullet.
Fight out.
There was no thought of forming a dense array, a bayonet array or a hollow square array to deal with the cavalry.
They just panicked, screamed, and then aimed their muskets at their opponents and pulled the triggers.
Many people forgot to put the gunpowder, and many people forgot to win.
Many people forgot to put the pellets, and some people loaded a bunch of pellets into the barrel, which caused the barrel to explode.
All in all, only a dozen of the thousand Holmgard Musketeers who were arranged in the front row and modeled after the Goths' new army successfully fired a shot.
Not a single hussar died under such a "volley of muskets."
In this way, Holmgard's army, which lost less than a thousand and perhaps more than 4,000 men, trampled on itself, causing countless casualties.
Only a few were actually killed by the cavalry's sabers.
There were even fewer soldiers and officers who were lucky enough to escape back to the city.
After King Holmgard learned of the defeat, he fainted again.
After waking up, he shouted for escort.
After understanding what was going on, he prepared to issue weapons to the citizens and organize a militia.
But after he really calmed down, he made the most correct choice, which was to surrender to the Hereford family's army.
If nothing else happens, His Majesty the King will spend the rest of his life in a dungeon.
It starts on March 10th and ends on March 26th.
The half-month-long Holmgard War came to an end.
William and his White Legion were victorious.
The last independent state of the Slavs came to an end.
If this news spreads, then of course William's reputation will rise to the next level.
Coupled with the previous success in attacking Novgorod with the White Legion, as well as the achievements against the Centaur Khanate.
The world will never again regard him as an incompetent person sheltered under the wings of Archduke Otto.
But really, regard him as a first-rate general However, the news did not spread.
The news that was spread to several other Grand Dukes of Wende was that Grand Duke Otto personally led an army of 20,000 to the expedition to Holmgard and won a complete victory.
Be it the number of troops or the commanders.
What the Hereford family released was all false information.
Archduke Henry was stunned when he received the news, and then he yelled and cursed Archduke Otto for being unreliable.
Seeing that the civil war in the Kingdom of Wende was about to break out, why did he choose to attack Holmgard at this time?
In contrast, Archduke Dietrich and Archduke Viall were elated.
Archduke Dietrich felt that Archduke Otto was expressing his position in this way, even though he verbally announced that he supported Henry's coronation as king.
But that was just a verbal promise.
Neither he nor his army had any intention of intervening in this Wende civil war.
"Very well, since Otto is not participating in the war, I will definitely win this war and it will be me who is crowned King of Wende."
Archduke Dietrich was high-spirited, and then led his 20,000 troops south, preparing to split with Archduke Henry.
High or low.
And what Vuillard of Turov had in mind was different from Grand Duke Dietrich.
He saw greater opportunities.
After the strong rise of the Hereford family, the Grand Duchy of Turov, which was adjacent to the Hereford family, felt great pressure.
Archduke Viard was very worried that the invincible Archduke Otto and the new Circassian army under his command would go south to invade Turov on a whim and swallow up the weakened Turov.
"Seizing this opportunity, we must attack the Hereford family firmly."
With this idea in mind, Archduke Viall led the 10,000 troops that had already been assembled and crossed the Vistula River as quickly as possible.
Then go north, heading towards the core area of the Hereford family, the Principality of Mystia.
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The Archduke of Vial made up his mind to wreak havoc in Mestia, killing all the people and burning all the towns, villages, and farms.
Destroy all factories and bridges.
He wants to destroy all the achievements that the Hereford family has made over the past four years.
Let them not be able to turn over within ten years Because only in this way can Turov be safe, and only in this way can this high-speed war machine be stopped by destroying the war potential of the Hereford family to the greatest extent.
Interrupting the expansion of the Hereford family "I will win no matter what that idiot Otto thinks.
But as long as he is not here, then there is nothing to be afraid of."
Archduke Viard, who was riding a standing horse, thought in his heart.
This should be the happiest period of his life.
Until he encountered the new Circassian army of eight thousand led by Archduke Otto. 160420oshow7: