ps. The map in the group has been updated to the November 26 version
At the same time when the five mysterious institutions were conducting a video conference, a showdown of hot weapons, the largest in the history of the empire, broke out in the far north of the Panda Empire.
The Yelise River runs through the entire Tackland Duchy, almost splitting the Tackland Duchy in two.
Rio Keriel, a fortified castle standing on the south bank of the Elysee River.
Once the control of the Rio Keriel Castle, it means cutting off the connection between the north and south ends of the Duchy of Taclan.
In order to win the castle, Norman personally led 50,000 new troops and 50,000 levies, starting from the direct jurisdiction and heading west along the Yelisi River.
According to the suggestion made by the military advisers of the new imperial army and the officers and soldiers of the Changshan Army Command College, as long as Rio Keriel is captured, the imperial army can arrange a line of defense along the Yelisi River.
Then send the army up the Yelisi River, all the way to the Peaceful Mountains, so as to build a Peaceful Mountains-Yelisei River line of defense to resist the southern army of the North.
Norman can calm down and close the door and beat the dogs, and fight the north and south sides of the Valkyrie to quell all the rebellions south of the Peace Mountains.
Norman quickly adopted the advice of the Changshan Army Command College, and while marching westward, he sent Michel, the general, to lead the remaining new army to establish a line of defense in the east of the emperor's direct jurisdiction to block Nord. The invasion of the army.
At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the Berbor Duchy, Norman even sent messengers to the Avalon Empire, bringing a large amount of imperial currency, and reached an agreement with Barcelona.
After receiving a lot of wealth from Norman, which represented the friendship between the two sides, Barça immediately suspended the unification war against the Semites.
"First Clan"
The Avalon Army and the Valkyrie Army in the south took a stand along the southern border of the two countries, put on stools, and started a sit-in war.
Soldiers on both sides were given orders from the commanders and nobles above to forbid any escalation of disputes between Avalon and Panda.
Everything has to wait for their respective emperors to issue their final will.
Not only that, Norman also reached an agreement with Barça, allowing Avalon's army to enter the northern kingdom of Wienchild to help the Panda Empire fight the rebellion.
As for the benefit, it allows Avalon's army to legally obtain all the resources they want from the local nobles.
Norman single-handedly brought in foreign troops to counter the rebellion, which suddenly made the Northern Army head bigger.
The essence of the revenge war of the Avalon Empire was the excommunication war after Norman was excommunicated, and the revenge war of King Wienchild was only a small part of the excommunication war of the Avalon Empire against the Panda Empire. That's it.
Even if Norman temporarily stopped the Avalon army in the south, he could not stop Avalon's invasion of Panda in the end.
Unifying the Semitic people is the real intention of Barcelona.
Because no matter how fierce the north fights, the excommunication war will never allow Barcelona to gain even a piece of territory from the north.
It's just that the conditions for looting the wealth of King Wienchard are too tempting. The hatred between the Queen of the North and the nobles in the northeast of Avalon is quite deep.
Barcelona will not miss this opportunity, nor will the nobles in the northeast.
Norman knew of Barcelona's intentions, but with the Northern Army in the west and Nord's army in the east, the double-sided attack had to make Norman take extreme measures.
It is precisely because of this that Freya, Duchess of Arnotté, began to spread the news that Norman colluded with Barça, led Barça troops into King Wienchard's domain to do mischief, and murdered nobles and commoners, thereby attracting neutral nobles. and those civilians.
In this way, Norman's image has plummeted. Even a year ago, because he shaved his head and was about to cut through the abyss and save the queen, the glorious image he built up collapsed.
But Norman can't control so much anymore. The Northern Queen of the Northern Army is restrained by Avalon, and his pressure is much less.
Going west along the Yelise River, I was going to take Rio Keriel at the fastest speed, but halfway along the way, the Imperial Army was ambushed by the Northern Army.
Arnault's new army was also guided by military advisers and proposed by officers and soldiers from Huaxia National Defense University.
The officers and soldiers of the National Defense University knew that since the military advisor of the new army of the Imperial Army was Chang Shi, then Chang Shi would definitely set his sights on Rio Keriel.
The Northern Army had already made an ambush in the Toulon Hills, the only way to go, just waiting for the new Norman army to enter the urn.
Those who are often referred to also know that the National University provides military advice behind Arnotay, and it is also very possible to ambush the new imperial army halfway.
Therefore, after receiving military advice, Norman decided to march cautiously after hesitating, although he planned to attack Crijokeril quickly.
A large number of scouts were dispatched, but fortunately these were not in vain.
When they arrived in Rio Keriel with 4 days to go, the scouts discovered the tracks of the Northern Army nearby.
The Northern Army also discovered the existence of these scouts, so they immediately intercepted and killed these scouts.
After the scouts fought with the troops of the northern army, they got rid of the entanglement of the northern army, and only three scouts escaped from the siege of the northern army.
When the news reached Norman's ears, Norman was fortunate. His decision was right. Fortunately, he followed the advice of Huaxia's military advisor. .
Norman's surprise attack failed, and the Northern Army's ambush also failed. A day later, the two sides officially launched a face-to-face confrontation.
The Imperial Army consisted of 50,000 new troops armed with flintlocks and artillery, as well as 50,000 levies and 30,000 civilians.
The Northern Army consisted of 30,000 Arnault New Army armed with flintlock guns, 40,000 Northern Army nobles and 20,000 civilians.
Norman has few famous generals, and the famous imperial general Fuxi was killed in the war with Huaxia a year ago.
The Panda Virgin Margaret suffered an accident, and her whereabouts are still unknown.
As for the Valkyrie, who just got rid of Avalon's raid, is attacking those rebellious nobles in the south.
And Michelle, who had a broken right arm, was leading the other half of Norman's army and established a line of defense in the east to defend the attack of King Florence.
The only person who could help Norman at this time was himself.
Jacobin looked at the Arnotta new army at the forefront of the northern army array in the distance, and squinted his eyes slightly: "Your Majesty, the other party is also a new army, with 198-style flintlock guns and artillery, the same equipment as ours."
Since Jacobin and Margaret returned to the Empire from China a year ago, they were attacked by the Valkyrie army in the land of the abyss. After Jacobin used modern weapons, they have developed a strong interest in these firearms. .
These things, which were mistaken for a staff a year ago, have extremely powerful power, and can even easily be placed in a titled magician-level character.
Not only that, these firearms only require the user to spend a little training to use them proficiently.
Sir, times have changed.
Jacobin finally understood the meaning of this sentence. With the emergence of hot weapons, cold weapons have gradually fallen behind the times.
The reason why the strong are strong in this era is because they have been trained to be beyond ordinary people through their own efforts.
A titled magician is even the top combat power of a country.
But with the advent of firearms, it became possible to manufacture "titled magicians" on a large scale.
As long as the most ordinary soldier is equipped with a flintlock gun, with enough distance and enough luck, he can also kill the powerful such as the titled magician.
This is the new era.
Norman nodded slightly and said, "Raise the battle flag, line up, and prepare to fight!!"