"We lost so many troops, why, why can't we still win?"
While William was losing his temper, Lord Lanjit was also losing his temper, and even said that he had more reasons to lose his temper than William. otbnkotgt After losing so many troops, the battle turned into a stalemate, which made people even more unhappy.
What was even frightening was that, like the expeditionary force of the Russian Gothic Empire, he had no reserves left.
What's even worse is that for the Russian Gothic Empire, which has a population of 15 million and a growing population, and tens of millions of ruled ethnic groups, they have nearly unlimited manpower to waste with them. squander.
But for Maharaja Ranjit of Punjab, the most reliable core strength he could rely on was the Jat farmers who had allocated land to him.
The number of these Jats is not large.
It can be said that if one of them dies, one will be missing.
If the competition was about consumption, he would definitely not be able to compete with the Russian Gothic Empire.
"Asshole, what a bastard."
While being furious, Lord Lanjit also felt a strong sense of helplessness.
In addition, there was even more intense fear.
If this war fails, then everything he has now will become a dream.
His status, his power, his wealth, his army, his ambitions, and the countless beauties in his harem.
All of this has to be said goodbye to him.
"All of this, all of this, all of this" Thinking of this, Lord Lanjit could hardly help but groan.
He even said that he could hardly resist giving an order to retreat.
If the fight continues, there is no telling that he will really do this.
He even said that he would not negotiate with William von Hereford or surrender.
Anyway, those are the things William wanted, to be a vassal and pay tribute, to obtain tariffs and markets, in addition to losing diplomatic power, and to hire consultants with high salaries.
Although all this is hard to accept, compared with being defeated and dying, and then losing everything, these don't seem so hard to accept.
It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, anyway, even if he loses all this, he can still occupy a lot, and he can still be a king of a country, domineering and majestic in his territory.
Speaking of which, what Lord Lanjit is thinking now is no different from that of most of the princes of the princely states in Indy.
In real history, that is, in the world of William's previous life, this was usually the case when the British colonists faced these princely rulers.
As long as something can be left to them, they will happily become captive, happy pigs, and then pass it on from generation to generation.
The feeling seems to be no different from that of the captive vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.
If we really talk about "difference", then it is the upper-class guys in the Ming Dynasty.
Compared with the upper-class people in Britain, their horizons are too limited and their skills are too low-level.
This does not mean that their ability to fight politically is weak.
In fact, if William had to choose, he would definitely think that the political struggle experience, skills and abilities of the Chinese upper class are unparalleled and number one in the world.
Such as those rumored treacherous ministers, powerful ministers and so on in foreign countries.
If it were placed in China, I'm afraid very few people would be able to get to that level, and most of them would be killed in minutes.
However, excellent means of political struggle do not mean excellent means of governing the country.
Even saying that excellent means of governing the country does not mean excellent means of maintaining rule.
At this point, the Ming Dynasty lost in both horizontal and vertical comparisons.
As the pinnacle of the eight-part essay and the imperial examination system, the Ming Dynasty's bureaucrats were the most stubborn and rigid in the world.
In this case, European countries are completely different and a little further.
Let’s not talk about this for now.
All in all, this war has reached such a stalemate until now.
Both William and Lord Lanjit are dissatisfied with this situation.
The same goes for the expeditionary force of the Russian Gothic Empire or the Sikh army composed of Jats.
Both sides struggled desperately, and both sides also fought desperately to die.
The elite troops of the Russian Gothic Empire continued to die because of wrong use, even though it was a last resort.
At the same time, the Sikhs died quickly in the right way, even though they chose the most correct fighting method, and indeed built a very solid fortification system on the other side of this small river ditch.
However, no.
Still not working.
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Not at all.
The equipment is indeed very similar, but the quality is worlds apart.
This "quality" does not refer to the morale and training level of both parties.
In fact, in terms of infantry alone, the level of Sikh infantry is still quite high.
These Jats of the yeoman class train very hard for their own land and for their Sikh faith.
This kind of effort naturally won their instructors.
At the beginning, they were instructors from the Russian Gothic Empire, but now they are replaced by Britons.
Of course, in addition to the two most active countries in the Indy subcontinent, there are also countless gold diggers in Indy and even in Indochina.
With huge ambitions, and having long understood the unreliability of the Russian Gothic Empire and the Britons, Lord Langit valued those guys who came from foreign countries to fight.
He hired many adventurers as his military advisers to help him train his army.
Of course, some of these adventurers are just scoundrels and bankrupt tramps who have no ability to come here to eat and drink.
But besides that, there are some really capable ones.
Especially the White Legion, a group of guys William didn't expect.
After the almost omnipotent Cheka organization reported these names to William, it took William himself a while to figure out who these guys belonged to.
Yes, those same Polotsk people he recruited in the Polotsk Republic region at the beginning.
They formed the first direct force under William, called the Elite of the White Legion.
Under the leadership of William, this elite mercenary force easily conquered the Novgorod Republic, which was a great power at the time, and then participated in the expedition to the New World, playing an active role in a series of southern and northern campaigns.
Of course, in the end, this unit did not escape the fate of being disbanded.
William von Hereford hoped to arm himself with advanced tactics such as the nation's standing army, reserves, and national mobilization system.
Eventually I couldn't stand these mercenaries.
They are too barbaric and too indulgent.
They fight for money.
They are a group of war hounds who come after the bloody smell of money.
Maybe these guys can be relied upon for a while.
But any aspiring monarch should make the decision to form a more trustworthy army that is fully loyal to his own lineage rather than relying on these foreign mercenaries.
So, in the end, William used some little tricks and finally split the army, taking away all the artillery, chasseurs, elite troops and officer corps that he could trust, leaving behind a group of ordinary soldiers.
These ordinary soldiers are insufficient in terms of ability, charisma, organizational management ability, and financial strength.
Therefore, shortly after William withdrew his capital, the White Legion, a famous mercenary group in modern times, was disbanded.
It was short-lived, but the remnants of the White Legion did not disappear like this.
It is even said that the destroyed White Legion played a greater role in promoting the historical process than the existing White Legion.
Some of the remnants of these White Legions entered the army of the Briton Empire and became the strong backing of the Britons in the subsequent military reforms.
Some also joined the Visigoths, Asturias, and even some In the army of the Ottoman Empire of Dark Elves.
These guys were either depressed or used as military instructors and consultants, which to a large extent promoted the military level of the countries in the Old Continent.
Although these guys can only imitate cats and imitate tigers, and their learning is neither fish nor fowl, but in terms of military level, these guys still have some.
In this way, the vast majority of the remnants of the White Legion have a "stable" and "respectable" job.
Even the worst and worst guys were absorbed by other mercenary groups and became the management of a certain mercenary group.
In today's Ostrogothic Empire, those backward, and of course more importantly, princes with poor economic conditions, still very much favor the help of mercenary groups.
These guys happily rejuvenate their lives in this way Although in the following, most of the guys who chose this path died in the war where Emperor Kalman IV was furious.
The war between the old and new sects was like a dry cleaning machine, quickly wiping out the blood of various mercenary groups in the Ostrogothic Empire.
To this day, William has long forgotten this period of history, and even said that he believes that the White Legion is a term of the past tense.
However, just today, on this battlefield, when he saw these guys wearing very nostalgic white military uniforms, William still felt dazed, surprised, unbelievable, and dumbfounded.
This is a group of remnants of the White Legion who have drifted to the Indy area.
It seems that the vast majority of the remnants of the White Legion hold a grudge against William.
The level of their hatred is usually inversely proportional to the amount of money in their pockets.
And these guys who will be reduced to the point where they have to go to Indy to take risks like a broken house, you can imagine how poor they are.
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It can also be concluded that their hatred for William is the highest.
"It's a bit, um, a causal cycle," William couldn't help but think, and then smiled happily. 160420oshow7: