That's it, after a day of fierce fighting, the Hereford army lost nearly two thousand people and the Imperial army lost more than three thousand. otbnkotgt As mentioned before, Lancers are almost non-renewable resources.
Concentrating the power of Hereford, William organized seven regiments of lancers and 7,000 cavalry.
This is quite a rare feat in this day and age.
And these seven thousand lancers are almost equivalent to emptying out the entire knight family of the Kingdom of Wende and the Kingdom of Russia.
Nowadays, even William himself does not know whether he can replenish the Lancers, let alone the exaggerated number of six hundred.
There were even times when William wanted to think about whether to maintain the pastoral pleasures of the feudal system a little in certain areas.
Let him recruit more lancers in the future.
But after thinking about it carefully, I decided to forget it.
To worship a Lancer, one needs to maintain a manor with dozens of people.
A manor with dozens of people can provide more than a dozen soldiers.
These dozen soldiers are no match for the Lancers in single combat.
In the feudal era and the cold weapon era, more than a dozen peasant soldiers could never stop the attack of a knight.
But it's different now.
Regardless of whether these dozen people are light cavalry or musketeers, they can easily defeat a lancer.
Calculate it this way.
Sure enough, it is better to choose to continue reform.
As for the seven thousand lancers under his command.
Just think of it as using a little less plug-ins. 34Swamped by the ocean.
That's it.
That's it.
Although the Imperial Army suffered more losses, it defeated several companies of Hereford Lancers.
In terms of the preciousness and combat power of the troops, the Imperial Army rarely takes advantage.
The two sides can be regarded as maintaining a tie.
The news was reported to Emperor Kalman IV, who was quite satisfied with the result.
However, after recruiting Franz back and explaining the situation, the emperor pondered a little.
The enemy actually successfully counterattacked despite initially having a large disadvantage, and caused serious damage to the Imperial Army in the subsequent battle.
Thinking about this kind of thing, Kalman IV felt a headache.
That ominous premonition lingered in his mind.
It's like it's going to explode at any moment.
"Have you figured out who the enemy's commander is?"
the emperor suddenly asked.
And after hearing that the commander on the opposite side was Freya, a little-known person with almost no information before, he became even more surprised.
Could it be that the people of the Hereford family really have different bloodlines?
If you pick out a random member of the clan, you can actually be on a par with his trusted general.
This is simply incredible.
Seeing Kalman IV like this, Franz felt very depressed for a while.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But nothing was said in the end.
Although his current state does not match that of the defeated general Yu Yanyong, his mentality is the same.
Although he didn't lose, he didn't win either, right?
Especially when there is such a big advantage at the beginning of the war.
Just haha.
That's basically it, Kalman IV becomes even more regretful about continuing to fight the Herefords.
But still, the situation has developed to this extent.
It is useless to talk about this now.
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Fighting must be fought, it’s just about how to fight and how far to stop.
Kalman IV hesitated at this point.
If possible, then Kalman IV would naturally want to wipe out the Hereford family in one fell swoop.
But now it seems that this situation is difficult to happen.
So he has to leave a way out for himself In this way, after the outpost battle, Emperor Kalman IV sent an envoy to see William.
When giving the title, William was also appropriately called His Majesty the King.
He also claimed that the two armies belonged to the Gothic ethnic group.
Although everyone was now fighting to the death, their friendship remained unchanged.
It was hoped that after this war, both sides could change their positions and play happily together again.
Hearing what the emperor's envoy said, William could only sneer.
Seeing him like this, the emperor's envoy anxiously asked what he was dissatisfied with.
So William burst out of course: "That bastard also thought well when he begged me, but it was too wishful thinking.
Now he knows that he regrets it.
It's too late.
Don't say anything anymore.
Let's see life and death on the battlefield."
In this way, William drove the emperor's envoy out of the military camp, and then firmly reiterated his fight to the death with the emperor.
And why did William do this?
This was mainly because the emperor had severely cut his face before.
After King Otto couldn't retreat and William took control of the Hereford family, William still wanted to play a balance game at first, sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight and snipe and clams competing for the fisherman's profit, while the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole behind. of drama.
It’s just that Kalman IV didn’t cooperate at all.
As soon as the emperor came up, a hundred thousand troops were dispatched towards the Hereford family.
Afterwards, William politely submitted a letter of challenge to him, but was rejected by Kalman IV.
The emperor's reason was that he did not regard William as an equal enemy.
William is a traitor, a traitor to the empire, and a thief.
He killed William as a matter of law and justice.
William's self-esteem was severely hit by Kalman IV's arrogant response, and he naturally developed a strong hatred for Kalman IV.
I was so pretentious before, but now I am saying these words, I really want to save my face.
This is pretty much what William expressed.
That's it, Kallmann IV's goodwill overture was ignored by William.
Of course, His Majesty the Emperor would not think that this was because of his strategic mistakes some time ago, but would only think that it was because William did not know what to do and did not know how to flatter him.
After sighing like: "He is really a country bumpkin who doesn't understand etiquette", the situation returned to the starting point again.
Next, the two sides fought several rounds of small-scale battles that could not determine the outcome.
Usually these battles are conducted under the command of Freya.
Although the result is not great, it is still acceptable.
There were victories and defeats between the two sides, but the imperial army always suffered more losses, but not a lot.
All in all, it was February.
After William sent the hundredth letter asking for help to the Britons but still nothing happened, the decisive battle finally began.
The emperor could not bear to continue like this.
The central and northern regions of the empire could not withstand the consumption of a hundred thousand troops.
Of course, His Majesty the Emperor does not care whether these potential northern Protestants die or not.
What he cared about was that there wasn't enough food in the north to feed his troops.
Therefore, before the army runs out of food, he must win this war.
No matter how bad it is, it will be a failure.
That's it.
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Under the command of the emperor, the 100,000-strong army approached Magdeburg.
After receiving the news, the Hereford army also deployed on all fronts.
Ready to fight the enemy to the death Completely different from the previous arrangement.
The three arrays William deployed this time were foot-heavy and top-heavy.
He deployed the Third and Fourth Corps, which had lost part of their strength in the previous battle, on the first and second fronts, and separated the two Lancer regiments belonging to these two Corps.
Deployed on the third front.
On the third front, the two most elite troops of the Hereford family, the First and Second Legions, are deployed, as well as the two elite troops of the First and Second Independent Cavalry Brigades.
There are also two under-strength lancer regiments separated from the 3rd and 4th Corps.
Altogether, the number of troops is close to 30,000.
William's tactics are very simple to understand.
The 3rd and 4th Corps will act as forces to block, delay, and weaken the enemy.
After the enemy breaks through the two fronts, the ace troops of the third front will be dispatched to launch a counterattack, causing the enemy to be defeated thousands of miles away.
At the same time, under William's orders, Little John, who led the fifth legion, the Polotsk Praetorian Guard, was also roaming in the northern part of the battlefield.
William's orders were to hold back as many enemy troops as possible.
Under his bluff, the emperor indeed sent more than 20,000 troops to monitor and confront this partial army.
After excluding the 20,000 troops here, we also eliminated the troops lost in the battles of the past few days.
The number of combat troops currently available to His Majesty the Emperor will never exceed 70,000.
The Hereford army it faced was close to fifty thousand.
As a result, the gap in strength between the two sides has further decreased. just Of course His Majesty the Emperor would not think so. at least in In terms of propaganda, His Majesty the Emperor would never say that.
He would still say that he had an army of 100,000, while the other party only had 60,000.
If there are more people than others, you have a greater chance of winning.
Although in fact, His Majesty the Emperor himself knows that these words are just empty words.
The first formation of the imperial army was still commanded by the emperor's confidant General Franz, and its strength still numbered 20,000.
At the same time, more than two hundred artillery pieces were assigned.
The emperor handed over 40% of the artillery power of the Imperial Army to Franz.
The purpose was to enable him to make achievements in the shortest time and get a good start.
In addition to these precious artillery units, Franz also had an assault force of three cavalry regiments.
It's just that unlike the Hereford family's gorgeous lineup of seven thousand lancers, the three cavalry regiments under his command are all light cavalry.
Although their combat effectiveness is equally impressive, they are not as large.
The second array was led by the Imperial Prince, Archduke Charles, the eldest son of Kalman IV.
The troop strength is also 20,000.
But there were not many artillery units.
Rather than saying that this is an independent army, it is better to say that it is a supplement to Franz's first array.
Almost as much as Franz lost troops, Charles would replenish him.
Then continue to let Franz move forward.
It is conceivable that this decision made Prince Charlie feel very unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Although it was said that the emperor had positioned him as the heir, his background as a concubine put Prince Charlie in a bad situation.
Most of the nobles in the empire looked down upon this prince whose biological mother was from a lowly background.
Even his position is not very strong.
In addition, the old emperor Kalman IV was a guy who liked to seize power.
This is destined that Prince Charlie will not be given too much power.
That's it.
The third array seemed to be William's goal.
Kalman IV also deployed the largest number of troops and artillery in the third array under his direct command.
At the same time, the Empire's two regiments of lancers and two regiments of cuirassiers.
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The largest cavalry group was also in his hands.
His tactics are very simple, which is to use the first two fronts to kill the enemy as much as possible.
When the time is almost spent, he will take action and win the war in one fell swoop. 160420oshow7: