"Report, I just received a message from the Eagle. Your Highness, the three border ranger regiments in Windbury King City have been dispatched, and the target is Walker Town. They are estimated to arrive around 3 p.m.." Tagle hurried into the big tent, Report the latest military situation to Lorist.
"Hehe..." Lorist showed a satisfied smile, and said to Earl Felim who was sitting beside him, "The Grand Duke Feisabrun has been fooled. He may think that this is just an act of resistance by Viscount Eddis and the others. Winter Wheat was taken, so Viscount Eddis and the others gathered their troops in Walker Town to resist his transfer order. It is understandable that the border ranger regiment that arrived yesterday did not take Walker Town.
After all, the walls of Walker Town are hung with the flags of seven or eight territorial nobles, and the total defensive force is about 20,000. It is normal for the 10,000-man Border Ranger Regiment to attack three times yesterday and injure nearly a thousand people. So he sent all the three remaining corps in Wangcheng, clearly to kill the chicken for the monkeys to see, and suppress the resistance of the nobles like Viscount Eddis, so that the rest of the nobles in Winston Province will be honest. obeyed his orders. "
Stretching out his hand to grab the map, Lorist pointed and smiled and said, "Let's proceed according to the plan. Earl Felim, your Pegasus Legion is in charge of the left, Tiger Ross, you lead the Flying Tiger Legion to attack from the right. Terman, you Lead the Angry Bear Knights in a circle and cut off their way. I will lead the guard battalion to act with you. Al, Reddy, each of you lead a team to clear the scouts sent by the Border Ranger Legion, and make sure the enemy does not escape .”
"Yes, Your Highness." Al and Reddy walked out.
"Your Highness, shall we launch an attack as soon as we close the siege?" Earl Felim asked.
"Yes, the night is long and the dream is full. The three frontier ranger regiments must rest in the camp when they arrive in Walker Town. We will launch an attack immediately so that they will be caught off guard. Secondly, they will be exhausted after walking for a day. Even if they want to break through It's not far away, it's convenient for us to gather and annihilate this border ranger army. After we succeed, we will hand over the work of cleaning up the battlefield to Tiger Ross. He will set off to attack Pedro City tomorrow. And we will go to Windbury King City overnight, so that Tomorrow morning, we can directly take over the Royal City."
"By the way, Tagle, did the Eagle's message say that the Grand Duke Fesabrun went out in person?" Lorist thought of the most important thing.
"No, Your Highness, the news came that the leader of these three border ranger regiments was the original regiment commander, the Golden Knight Hemmerison. He is a veteran under the command of the Grand Duke Fessabrun, and he has won the trust of the Grand Duke." Heavy, I have followed the Grand Duke for more than 30 years, have rich experience in the battlefield, and have a stable personality." Tager replied.
"So the Grand Duke Feisabrun is still in Windbury?"
"Yes, Your Highness, the news from Wangcheng yesterday said that the Grand Duke is going to form a 45,000-strong army mainly based on the guards in the noble territories of the territories he destroyed and the private soldiers left by the former nobles of the southern provinces in Wangcheng." The human garrison will be responsible for defending Walker Town, Windbury King City and Xihu Town in the future. It may be because of this incident that they can't leave for the time being, so they handed over the task of attacking Viscount Eddis and the others to Hemmerison. "
"Hmph..." Lorist sneered, "It seems that Grand Duke Feisabrunn hasn't realized that we have launched an attack on the Kingdom of Iberia, so he is still carrying out his plan step by step. Unfortunately, I won't Give him more time. In this case, we will first accept the heavy gift of the Border Ranger Legion sent by him, and then go to Windbury King City to pay homage to the Imperial Army God. I am looking forward to seeing him fully Surprised face. Let's go!"
"Yes, Your Highness."
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"Strange, why do I always feel a little restless? Could there be any troubles in Walker Town this time?" Sitting on horseback, the head of the Fesabrun Family's First Frontier Ranger Legion, the Golden Knight Hai Morrison looked around suspiciously.
"Come here, send an order to send twice as many scouts, and expand the scouting distance to thirty miles."
"My lord, what's the matter with you? Walker Town is only a hundred miles away from the royal city, and it takes only half a day to go fast. We set off in the morning and have not found anything along the way? We will reach Walker Town and Lord Udinese in two hours. Get together, take a good rest tonight, and tomorrow you will be able to capture Walker Town, which is guarded by the mob, and you will soon complete the task assigned by His Royal Highness. It is a very easy errand, why do I feel like you are facing a big enemy? "The commander of the Second Corps, Hemmerison's deputy, the golden knight Marquez came over and asked.
"I don't know why, but I always feel that something is wrong in this expedition. There is a heavy feeling, just like when I followed the Grand Duke to raid Jinchuan, it seems that I will face a big war. But I think about it, I just want to It’s not right to go out there. This time, the rebellion of the nobles of the territory like Viscount Eddis has long been expected by His Royal Highness.
It's just that they didn't expect that they would gather seven or eight families and nearly 20,000 garrison troops, which made Lord Udinese suffer a small loss. It seems that these territorial nobles are planning to fight a defensive war with us by relying on the fact that they have just harvested the winter wheat and have no worries about food and grass. They want to delay the war and force His Royal Highness to make concessions. But I think, when our legion reaches Walker Town, those rebellious territorial nobles will regret it. Although we are Qingqi, our attacking ability is not weak. Knight Hemmerison laughed.
"My lord, I may understand why you are worried." Knight Marquez said solemnly.
"Oh, let's hear it."
"There were originally forty-seven traditional territorial nobles in Winston Province, but later the dead ghost king, that is, the second prince of the empire sold his titles in order to raise military expenses, and added more than a dozen territorial nobles to Winston Province. Although later They competed with the nobles in the southern province and fought in a mess, and a dozen or so families were wiped out, but there were still fifty-six territorial nobles left.
Last year, His Royal Highness led us to destroy 23 families, and another 33 noble families were forced to accept His Royal Highness's order to relocate them to the southern province. Now Viscount Edis has gathered a total of seven or eight lords to guard Walker Town together, so there are more than 20 remaining nobles in the territory who must be watching our expedition this time.
If we successfully captured Walker Town and wiped out the seven or eight rebellious lords who resisted the order of His Royal Highness, then the rest of the nobles in the territory would obediently follow His Royal Highness's order and be transferred to the southern province. But if the battle is delayed and Viscount Edis and the others defend Walker Town, then perhaps the remaining nobles in the territory will be ready to move, and they may secretly stab us in the back, and then Winston Province will fall into chaos. massive rebellion. I think that's what adults worry about. "Marquez Cavaliers analyzed the situation in great detail.
Knight Hemmerison nodded: "Your analysis makes sense, but what I'm worried about may be that those territorial nobles who we thought were still on the sidelines have secretly organized themselves, and they may secretly negotiate with the rebellious lords guarding Walker Town. Qu, at the most critical moment when we attacked Walker Town, he suddenly appeared behind us and launched an attack. In that case, we would not be able to successfully conquer Walker Town, and we would not be able to complete the tasks assigned to us by the bus. I think maybe this is what I am worried about Bar."
"My lord, in fact, we can fight steadily. Didn't the Grand Duke say yesterday that he will bring the reserve army here next month? They will still be the main force to deal with the four northern alliances in the future. If you encounter the situation you mentioned, Even if all the nobles in the territories of Winston Province participated in the rebellion, then we can continue to entangle with them and give them a joint end when the reserve army arrives." Knight Marches said viciously.
At present, the five frontier cavalry regiments formed by the Fesabrun family basically have one-third to half of the cavalry of the grass barbarian tribe joining them. However, the cavalry of these barbarian tribes can be regarded as naturalized barbarians. They can basically speak the common language fluently, and some can read and write letters. They are no different from imperial soldiers after staying for a long time. On the contrary, except for the imperial soldiers and family knights appointed by the Feisabrun family as the grassroots officers, the reserve army is basically composed of the most capable grass barbarian cavalry.
To be honest, apart from being the strongest and most powerful of all the legions under the Fisabrun family, the reserve legion is also the most famous for not observing discipline and disobeying commands, and often causing some troubles. The Grand Duke Fesabrun transferred the reserve army to Winston Province to prevent the four northern families from attacking the Kingdom of Iberia.
"No, Marquez, what we need most now is time." Knight Hemmerison shook his head: "The four families of the Northern Lands unexpectedly annihilated the Principality of Madras the year before last, and helped the Second Highness Oguesello Astounded by this, His Royal Highness immediately raised and prepared a defense strategy against the four northern alliances.
Generally speaking, it takes more than two or three years to recuperate and recover from the start to the end of a war. It's a pity that we can't know how much the four northern alliances suffered in this war. His Royal Highness estimates that it will take two years. This is already an overestimation of the combat power of the four northern alliances. After all It was a war of extermination.
However, when we learned that the Kenmes family and the Shaheen family, among the four major families in the Northland, had carried out territory replacement and moved out of the Northland, His Royal Highness finally breathed a sigh of relief. The family alliance should not take action against the Iberia Kingdom. Replacing the territory is a troublesome matter. At the same time, in order to confuse the four major families in the Northland, His Royal Highness is also planning to send envoys to the Northland in June and July to send another message to the Norton Family and Snow Salt. The Chamber of Commerce ordered a batch of goods worth two million goldfords.
Therefore, what His Royal Highness is currently implementing in Winston Province is the plan to fortify the wall and clear the country. It is planned to make Winston Province the main battlefield against the four alliances in the North within two years. We need time to clear Walker Town, Windbury King City and Xihu Town has been built into a strong defensive fortress castle. As long as we control and defend these three strategic locations, we can use the mobility of our border rangers to launch guerrilla warfare and harassment against the family armed forces of the four northern alliances that will invade in the future. A war can wear them down and force them to withdraw after exhaustion.
If our attack on Walker Town does not go well, and the remaining twenty or so nobles in the territory also start to rebel, Winston Province will be on fire. As long as the war drags on, it is likely to attract the four major families of the Northland. Maybe they haven't recovered their combat power, but the problem is that our Feisabrun family is not ready. If we fight with the families of the four Northland alliances in Winston Province, it will have a great impact on our family's strategy. Impact. What I am most afraid of is to arouse the suspicion of the four alliances of the Northern Lands, making it impossible for His Royal Highness' plans to be implemented. "
Knight Marquis nodded solemnly and said: "So we must win the battle quickly in Walker Town this time, and we must win it cleanly, so that those nobles who are waiting or preparing to rebel will be caught off guard when Walker Town is defeated by us. Captured, watching us hang the seven or eight nobles headed by Viscount Eddis, so that they will obediently obey the order of His Royal Highness and move them to the southern province. And we can easily integrate them. Your territory and personnel labor, successfully complete the task entrusted to us by His Royal Highness, right?"
Knight Hemmerison praised: "That's it, you are right. Oh, the scout is back, let's see what he has to say."
In the distance, a scout came galloping like the wind. When he was approaching, he stopped his mount and reported loudly: "My lord, there is nothing abnormal in the surrounding thirty miles, and we haven't found anything."
Knight Hemmerison waved his horsewhip: "Thank you for your hard work, continue to be vigilant, and report back immediately if you find anything."
"Yes, my lord." The scout Qingqi once again whipped his horse away.
"Send the order, speed up the march, and arrive at Walker Town early." Knight Hemmerison issued an order to the orderly around him.
At around 2:30 in the afternoon, the three frontier ranger regiments led by the Knights of Hemmerison and Marches rushed to Walker Town. Udinese, the commander of the Third Corps who had already set up camp in front of Walker Town, came to greet him: "My lord! , The camp has been arranged, do you want to take a rest first?"
"Don't worry, Udinese, tell us about yesterday's battle first, and then take us to see the defense situation of Walker Town." Knight Hemmerison waved his hand, and sent an order to the guards around him: "Go and invite Kari Master Chuuk and Ben Prick come over and go with us to see the situation in Walker Town and discuss the attack plan."
"Yes, my lord." The guard hurriedly rode away.
The First Frontier Ranger Regiment of the Feisabrun family has a total of 46,000 people, divided into four regiments and a logistics division. Hemmerison was Legionnaire and Commander of the 1st Corps. Gold three stars. The Marquez Knight is the deputy commander of the army and the commander of the second army regiment, with two gold stars. Udinese, the Golden Knight, is the commander of the Third Corps and a two-star gold star. As for Karicchuk, whom Cavalier Hemmerison ordered his guards to invite just now, he is a three-star silver knight, and he is the commander of the Fourth Corps. head.
Although Knight Hemmerison is the head of the legion, he is very polite to the two Silver Knights Karichuk and Benprik. There is no one else, but the surname of these two Silver Knights is Fesabrun, and they are Fisa The distant relatives of the Duke of Brunn, who counted as members of the Feisabrun family.
"My lord, I arrived here yesterday morning. After setting up camp, I launched three attacks on Walker Town in the afternoon. The second and third times I used the flying horse to throw the rope and successfully attacked the city. However, the enemy was too crowded on the city wall. Everyone, we failed because there were too few people in the upper city." Udinese Cavaliers introduced the situation of his three attack failures yesterday afternoon with great regret.
Pegasus throwing rope is to use the characteristics of the defense side's low wall. When the horse is passing under the city wall, the rider throws the hanging rope and hangs on the top of the wall, and uses the speed of the mount to throw himself on the top of the city to seize the city wall. This is a barbarian. The tribe's elite grass barbarians are good at riding, and many imperial soldiers of the Border Ranger Legion have also learned this skill.
"What is the strength and condition of the defense on the city wall?"
"Basically, they are all strong and strong. It is estimated that there are about 20,000. Except for five or six thousand of them who are veterans with combat experience, we estimate that the rest are strong and strong laborers who have just been selected. They carry a variety of weapons. I have seen many The guards on the Shaocheng wall were holding sickles and other agricultural tools, and even saw women on them. The armor was very tattered, and most of them were wearing tattered leather jackets. However, there were three or four hundred longbowmen among them, and half of our casualties were It was caused by them." Udinese Cavaliers answered honestly.
"My lord, I found that the city wall of Walker Town is only five or six meters high, and it is also very thin. We can use the wooden throwing tactics to hit the city wall tomorrow. I believe that the city wall will be destroyed soon. Udinese My lord suffers from the lack of troops, and now our entire legion is here, as long as the city walls are torn down tomorrow, these rebellious territorial nobles will be finished." The Marches knights were keenly aware of Walker Town's defensive weaknesses.
"Very good..." Hemmerison nodded in approval, and when he was about to say something, a whimpering horn echoed in the distant sky and rolled in, interrupting what he wanted to say.
"What's going on?" Cavalier Hemmerison was shocked, unaware that his whip had fallen.
In the distance, more than a dozen scouts galloped towards Qingqi desperately, shouting loudly: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack... It is the armed forces of the Norton family and the Felim family in the Northland..."
Knight Hemmerison's face turned pale, and he murmured, "This is impossible..."
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April 26th, 1778, according to the Gallint Argentine calendar. The armed forces of the four Northland alliance families headed by the Norton family of the Northland surrounded and annihilated the First Frontier Ranger Army of the Fesabrunn family in Walker Town, Winston Province, Kingdom of Iberia.
During the battle, the commander of the First Frontier Ranger Army, the three-star gold knight, Hemmerison, died in battle, the deputy commander and second army commander, the gold two-star knight, Marcus, died in battle, and the third army commander, the gold two-star knight, Udinese, died in battle. die. The commander of the Third Corps, the silver three-star knight Karicuk, surrendered to the Norton family. The First Frontier Ranger Corps suffered more than 28,000 casualties, and more than 16,000 people surrendered and were captured, none of whom slipped through the net. In the history of the Galintia Continental War, this battle is known as the Battle of Walker Town Annihilation.
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