The Second Southern Province Offensive and Defensive Battle was the only large-scale field battle in which the armed forces of the Feisabrun family and the coalition forces of the four central duchies fought against the armed forces of the four northern alliance families. Nearly 160,000 troops fought against 100,000 troops from the four northern alliances. After the Norton family armed forces in the Northland used the secret weapon catapult, facing the huge stone ball flying from the sky, the elite infantry battle formation of the four principalities in the central region collapsed. More than 60,000 infantrymen in the four principalities in the central region suffered heavy casualties and were defeated like a mountain. If it weren't for the Fesabrunn family's reserve army to resist the Norton family's Angry Bear Knights, the infantry of the four central duchies would have turned into a big chase.
——Contained from the History of War in Galintia Continent: The Rise of the Bear Chapter—The Battle of the Southern Province.
Having won this war, Lorist finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the strategic initiative of the Southern Province was firmly in his hands. But then he was troubled by the heavy casualties. The 100,000 horsemen who fought in the field suffered more than 30,000 casualties, which exceeded Lorist's expectation.
The biggest loss was the two Flying Tiger Corps led by Tiger Ross and Pachiko. They defeated the three attacks of the Grass Cavalry and counterattacked, defeating the Fifth Frontier Ranger Corps of the Fisabrun Family, and then He led the rest of the Lancers to attack the two ribs of the enemy's central army, which became the last straw that crushed the enemy and laid the foundation for the victory of the entire battle. There are only two Lancer regiments of 30,000 people. After the victory, less than 10,000 people are still riding on horseback.
Followed by the Raging Bear Knights, 3,000 Silver Knights and 6,000 knight attendants fought against the 20,000-strong reserve army of the Feisabrun family. Although they left the reserve army on the battlefield, they also lost more than 4,000 of them. people.
Next came Earl Felim's two Flying Horse Corps. They were responsible for assisting the two Flying Tiger Corps led by Tiger Ross and Pachiko. Although the main force on the battlefield was the Flying Tiger Corps, they also lost five or six thousand troops.
The heavy armored corps of the Kenmas family suffered nearly 2,000 casualties when they were pursued by the infantry of the four principalities in the middle and assisted the Bear Knights in the battle against the reserve army of the Feisabrun family.
Finally, the two regiments sent by Earl Shaheen, one is the light cavalry regiment and the other is the light infantry regiment. These two regiments entered the battlefield after Lorist gave the order for the whole army to attack, and just started chasing and rounding up the fleeing soldiers. It went very smoothly, but then Grand Duke Fessabrun called the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment to stop the Hussars when they came to meet the defeated soldiers.
The least casualties were the Panshi Legion guarding the camp's defensive position. There were no less than three or four thousand corpses of grass barbarian cavalry left in front of the camp, but their own casualties were less than five hundred. But if you add the 4,700 sentry tower guards who died on the first line of defense, the number of casualties of the Rock Legion will exceed 5,000.
The total number of casualties was around 30,000, more than half of whom died heroically. Lorist sighed for a long time, and only now did he truly understand what it means to become famous once and die forever.
The family armed forces of the four northern alliances suffered nearly 30,000 casualties in the second offensive and defensive battle of the southern province, but at this time, the Grand Duke of Feisabrun and the four grand dukes of the four central duchies could not even cry. The Feisabrun family lost a reserve army. The 20,000-strong reserve army claims to be the most powerful armed force in the family, but now the entire army has been wiped out on the battlefield.
Then there was the disabled Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment, of which only 16,000 of the 40,000 light cavalry escaped back, and then the third Frontier Ranger Regiment, which went to meet them, fought fiercely with Earl Shaheen's Light Cavalry Regiment A match was fought, and the result was a tie, with about three or four thousand casualties.
The most irritating thing is the rough cavalry. This time, the Grand Duke Fessabrun drove all the rough cavalry onto the battlefield and divided them into three teams. There were more than 20,000 grass that attacked the defensive position of the Norton family's armed camp. The barbarian cavalry launched an attack under the custody of the Third Frontier Ranger Corps. After losing three or four thousand people, they began to refuse to attack. However, the main camp was to contain them, and the Grand Duke Fesabrun didn't bother to argue with them.
But the 40,000 barbarian cavalry Grand Duke on the left and right flanks is not going to let go. Of course, there are not 40,000 of them now, and less than 20,000 can escape back to the camp. According to the reports of several family knights of the crippled Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment, the reason for the defeat was that these savages did not obey orders and disrupted the formation of longbowmen deployed by the Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment when they fled. The two Lancer regiments of the Norton family took the opportunity to rush into the battle formation and slash and kill. The Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment, unable to resist, had no choice but to flee...
The reserve corps was wiped out, with more than 20,000 men. The fifth frontier ranger corps, which was full of 45,000 people, had more than 18,000 riders, and the third frontier ranger corps suffered three to four thousand casualties. Twenty-five thousand men and horses were gathered. In total, the Fisabrun family's armed forces lost nearly 75,000 troops in this battle.
If the casualties of those rough cavalry were subtracted, the Feisabrun family’s armed forces lost at most 50,000 people, but the annihilation of the reserve army made the Duke of Feisabrun feel heartbroken. The sharpest sharp knife in your hand is almost entirely composed of the most elite grass barbarian cavalry. It suppresses the rebellious grass barbarian tribes and sweeps up the grass barbarian tribes that refuse to surrender on the northeast prairie. It has made countless achievements for the family. His great achievements are gone now, and the Grand Duke regrets so much, why did he send the reserve army to meet the defeated soldiers of the four principalities in the middle of the country? If I had known this, it would be better to retreat as soon as possible to preserve my strength. Anyway, the infantry of the four principalities in the middle of the country could not escape much...
Compared with the regret of the Grand Duke Fesabrun, the four Grand Dukes of the Central Four Principalities are really crying without tears. 80,000, 80,000 elite infantry are gone! In the end, only a little over 10,000 infantry from the four principalities in the middle of the country gathered in the camp. Among them, the Sabaji Principality is the luckiest, and there are about 5,000 infantry, mainly because their battle formation is at the bottom. The infantry of the Principality of Handela was the worst. Less than 800 of them returned to the camp alive. Their battle formation was at the forefront. They came back alive because they were the first to escape.
Nearly 3,000 soldiers from the Principality of Faker fled back, and just over 3,000 soldiers from the Principality of Forendo. All the soldiers who fled back to the camp were in a trance, and there were even nightmares in the middle of the night when they suddenly woke up, cried and made a fuss and almost bombed the camp. Thinking about it, many soldiers who don't know the truth regard the stone balls thrown on the battlefield as the forbidden magic meteor shower in the legendary magic civilization era. For the soldiers, apart from magic, who can get so many densely packed huge stone balls from The sky is coming, fighting the legendary magician, us mortals are looking for death...
In fact, it was this second offensive and defensive battle of the southern province that made the thunderbolt catapult and the steel crossbow in the hands of the Norton family famous all over the world. Almost all countries had a strong interest in the catapult and steel crossbow. The Four Central Principalities and the Feisabrun family, which captured the first line of defense, seized a lot of steel crossbows from the sentry towers. After dividing the spoils, they ordered their craftsmen to imitate them, but none of them succeeded. The biggest difficulty is that they can't come up with the same crossbow arm steel.
On the contrary, many catapults have been imitated. Although many countries have not seen the real ones, they can throw huge stones into the sky. With this direction, many craftsmen are full of imagination. Soon, catapults and twisted catapults Arm catapults and lever-type catapults appeared. Although the throwing distance is not far and the accuracy is not accurate, and the stones thrown are not large, they have added a new type of attack and defense to the military equipment in Galintia. It can also be regarded as a symbol of technological progress.
"Your Highness..." El raised the curtain and came in hastily: "The scout Qingqi reported just now, and there was an abnormal situation in the enemy's camp. The flags of the four central principalities disappeared."
"What?" Lorist raised his head. Less than three days after the end of the war, the flags of the four Central Principalities disappeared in the enemy camp. What's going on? Could it be that they ran away
"Immediately send people to search the road leading to the four principalities in the middle. If they escape, they will always leave some clues." Lorist ordered.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the scout Qingqi who went to search came back. The news they brought back was that new wheel marks and horseshoe marks were found on the road leading to the four principalities in the middle. According to experience, it should be around four or five o'clock in the morning. down. Obviously, the four central principalities have given up continuing to fight in the southern province and the four northern alliances, and retreated back home with the remaining troops. Now the four Northland alliances are only facing the armed forces of the Feisabrun family.
"Your Highness, should we send someone to chase after him?" Shi Huade asked from the side.
Lorist rubbed his chin and pondered for a while, then shook his head: "Don't worry about the retreating troops from the four principalities in the central region, they are running out anyway. The troops are currently resting and cleaning the battlefield. It will take a lot of time to restore combat power, and the armed Qingqi of the faction’s family will pass by, I am worried that they will lose their defenses and fall into the trap set by the enemy, so it is better not to make extra troubles.”
Lorist circled around the big tent twice and asked, "Is there any other change in the camp armed with the Feisabrunn family except for the absence of the flags of the four principalities in the middle?"
El replied: "No, the scout light cavalry reported that the Fisabrun family's armed forces were forcing the rough cavalry to dig trenches and deploy new defense facilities in the camp, but our people couldn't go around behind the enemy's camp. In this regard, the Rangers of the Border Guards are very closely guarded."
"It seems that even if the four principalities in the central part have fled, that old fellow Fesabrun still decided to fight us to the death!" Lorist chuckled lightly: "Next, we can pick up the original strategy plan for the southern province. Alright, after the rest of the troops are finished, we will smash the tortoise shells of the Feisabrun family. The first step of the plan has been completed by driving the Feisabrun family's armed forces out of the southern province. There should be no major battles. Wait for us We built the southern province into an iron wall as planned, and we locked the Feisabrun family on the prairie. I really want to see when that old guy bows to me... "
In this battle, the Fesabrun family's reserve army was gone, the fifth frontier ranger was disabled, and the third frontier ranger was also limited. In addition, the remaining troops of the four principalities in the middle also fled, and the superiority of troops had already shifted to Lorist's side.
As long as the Feisabrun family is driven to the northeast prairie, the southern province falls into the hands of the four northern alliances, and the trade route to the four principalities in the middle is cut off, then the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce can monopolize Feisab The sale of goods and materials in the territory of the Lun family can make the Feisabrun family play to the fullest. No matter how much gold the Feisabrun family mined from the big and small Jinchuan areas, in the end it was just a wedding dress for the four northern alliances.
However, Lorist had to wait patiently for a period of time. After the end of the war, he was busy with many affairs. The 80,000 elite infantrymen of the four central principalities suffered more than 30,000 casualties in this battle, and more than 30,000 were captured, adding up to nearly 70,000. So Lorist didn't care about the escape of the remaining troops of the four central duchies, the remnants were just defeated, and that little troop strength was not in his eyes.
In addition to the infantry captives from the four principalities in the middle, more than 8,000 barbarian cavalry were captured, and Lorist gave them all to Earl Felim and threw them into the iron mine for mining. As for the more than 30,000 infantry prisoners and the more than 10,000 wounded prisoners, Lorist handed them over to Baron Camorra. Repaired it. As for the wounded and captives, they were also given medical treatment, but after they recovered from their injuries, they also had to serve three years of hard labor before they could be freed...
On July 28, 1778 in Gellinte Yatong, the third offensive and defensive battle of the Southern Province kicked off. It's just that this time the main attack has become the family armed with 70,000 horses from the four Northland alliances, while the defense is the Feisabrun family armed with nearly 50,000 horses and more than 40,000 cavalry cavalry. Although the defensive force commanded by Grand Duke Fessabrun outnumbered the attacking Lorist, the initiative on the battlefield was in the hands of Lorist from the beginning of the war, while Grand Duke Fessabrun was being beaten passively.
Lorist snorted proudly: "I have plenty of time, everything can take my time..."
It might be that Lorist hummed too badly, and Schwader, who was standing beside him, couldn't stand the noise and had to cover his ears. It's just that the guards around him didn't pay attention to Schwader's actions, and now everyone looked up at a large piece of boulders in the sky, like rain, falling on the armed defensive position of the Feisabrun family, and let out a dull sound. The sound of the impact raised a large cloud of dust.
Under the command of Ovikis, the Thunderbolt Sling Battalion smashed all obstacles that blocked the advance, while the soldiers of the Rock Legion led by Bodfinger and the heavy armor led by Sulemus of the Kenmes family pushed the captured trenches. Cars are set up on log bridges made of logs over the ditches. As for the counterattack by the Fisabrun family's armed forces? Don't be kidding, there is also the Chariot Steel Crossbow Corps commanded by Malek watching from behind. All the soldiers of the Feisabrun family who fought back were either hit by boulders or shot dead by the chariot steel crossbow...
Lorist didn't mind spending a few more days smashing the camp and defensive positions arranged by Grand Duke Feisabrun to the ground, but Duke Feisabrun didn't want to play anymore, and on the third night, he withdrew his troops. Yes, the next morning Lorist found that the old guy had run away and was about to order someone to chase after him. The last few knights of the Feisabrun family left in the camp set fire to the camp, and the fire stopped the four Northland families. The alliance armed forces pursued the way until the fire was extinguished three days later, but the camp was already in ashes.
"Old guy, you can't run away." Lorist said bitterly.
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