On July 5th, 1781 in the general calendar of the Galintia continent, the Four Northern Alliances of the Antinac Kingdom and the Fesabrunn Family suddenly launched an attack on the Sabaji Principality of the Central Four Principalities.
On July 6th, the Flying Tiger Legion armed by the Norton family launched a fierce attack on the garrison of the Second Army of the Sabaji Principality in Limad Province. The Second Army of the Principality finally collapsed after resisting for a long time. The leader of the army, Merlin the Golden Knight Germany led the remnants of the legion to escape in the night and fled to the Principality of Fakel in one breath...
On July 9th, the Shaheen family legion of the four Northland alliances and the noble allied forces besieged Meishan Castle. Grand Duke Sabaji saw flags and bonfires everywhere outside the city. He did not dare to dispatch the First Army of the Principality to fight the enemy in the field, and stayed in Meishan Castle to wait for reinforcements.
On July 11, Earl Felim's Pegasus Army, the Reserve Army led by the Grand Duke Fesabrun and the Third Frontier Ranger Army arrived in Chikses Province and began to burn, kill and loot. The soldiers in Chkses Province were in a panic, and the smoke was everywhere. The province of Zamora in the Principality of Fakel, which is adjacent to the province of Chikses, and the province of Freeward in the Principality of Forendo were shocked when they heard the police. to the province of Samora.
The sudden attack launched by Lorist this time really caught the four central duchies by surprise. For the four principalities in the central region, they are most concerned about the movements of His Highness the Second Highness, but they don't pay much attention to the four northern alliances. This is actually a blind spot of the spies they sent, and there is also a problem with the effectiveness of the intelligence.
Since the Four Central Principalities sent troops to reinforce the Fisabrun family in the Southern Province and the Northern Alliance's family armed forces, they were beaten to pieces and fled in embarrassment. The Central Four Principalities and the Northern Alliance have been in a state Therefore, the Principality of Sabaji, which is adjacent to the southern province, formed the Second Army of the Principality and deployed it in Limad Province. And Earl Felim of the southern province also dispatched Pegasus Legion to patrol and guard the border, and the two sides were like enemy countries.
This resulted in a lack of information. The spies sent by the four principalities in the middle of the country sent secret reports about the four alliances in the north from the southern province to the imperial capital, and then passed through the two southwestern provinces to the Principality of Handra, and then to Saba. Kyrgyzstan. Even though they are two neighboring provinces, sending a secret report has to go around a big circle, and it will take almost two or three months.
Three years have passed since the offensive and defensive battle in the southern provinces. The information obtained by the four central principalities about the four alliances in the north is nothing more than the battle between the Fisabrun family and the Norton family. Set up a defensive position on the border of the Southern Province and the Eastern Wilderness Province to show a long-term garrison, and the Grand Duke Fesabrun led the grass barbarian cavalry to defeat the Norton family's hunting cavalry in the Muyeyuan Province, and the Felim family in the south The development and construction of the family territory in the province, etc...
The Four Central Principalities finally felt relieved. Compared with the Second Highness, the Four Northland Alliance's attention was not on the Central Four Principalities. They had been entangled with the Feisabrun family. It seemed that they would not target the four central duchies before the two sides had decided the winner. After understanding this point, the four principalities in the central region were very regretful. They should not have listened to the slander of the Fesabrun family because the four northern alliances were nobles from the Antinak Kingdom, and sent troops to reinforce the Duke of Fesabrun. In the end, they not only offended After defeating the four alliances of the Northern Lands, they suffered a major defeat, consuming 60,000 to 70,000 elite infantrymen of the Principality.
In three years, the four central principalities have already relaxed their vigilance against the four northern alliances. In their view, the four northern alliances are dragged by the Grand Duke Fesabrun on the northeast prairie. There is no time or energy to deal with the four central duchies. So they turned their attention to His Highness the Second Highness. They knew very well that the Second Highness hated the Four Central Principalities for their betrayal, and they were staring at the Four Central Principalities all the time. They didn't dare to be careless about the second highness who was known as the new generation of military god.
Last year, His Highness Second Highness was successfully promoted to a first-level Great Swordsman, which shocked the four Grand Dukes in the Central Four Principalities, and then His Highness Second Highness's inspection of the Northeast made them even more wide-eyed. It is a pity that His Royal Highness succeeded in persuading Archduke Fesabrunn to return to the Kingdom of Antinac, and the news that he was going to go to the four principalities in the central part with him was sent to the four principalities in the central part by the time the spies rushed around in a big circle. It's the end of May. Even if the four principalities in the middle of the country immediately form a legion, it will take a certain amount of time, so that their reinforcements have not reached the Principality of Sabaji for a long time.
The military system of the four central principalities is basically that each principality has only one standing army, and the Sabaji Principality is a special case. Once an enemy invades, the principality will recruit young and strong men, divide the standing army into two halves and expand it into two armies, so that the combat effectiveness will not drop much by the way of veterans leading new soldiers. Then the two legions stayed behind and went to the front line, and then rotated after a period of time.
After receiving the exact news that the Second Highness was planning to attack the four central duchies through the southern province, the Duchy of Handela, the Duchy of Faker and the Duchy of Forendo all mobilized for battle, expanded their legions and sent the second legion to Limad Province. At the same time, he kept a close eye on the movements of His Highness the Second Highness. From the perspective of the four central principalities, the Second Highness will return to the imperial capital, and then transfer the White Lion Army from the border of the two southwestern provinces to the southern province. It will be August when the marching army arrives, and the attack will definitely be in mid-August. At that time, the reinforcements had already arrived in Lydmar Province to set up a defensive front, and were waiting for the White Lions to come and smash their heads.
Therefore, the four central principalities are not in a hurry, and everything is proceeding step by step. They really did not expect that Lorist would suddenly launch an attack fifty days in advance without waiting for the arrival of the Second Highness. This made the four grand dukes who got the news almost dumbfounded. Didn't it mean that His Highness and the White Lions had just entered Dremke Province? Didn't they join the two heavy armored regiments of the Duke of Kenmes? Judging from the progress of the infantry, it would take them at least a month to reach the southern province. Why did the coalition forces of nobles in the north and the armed forces of the Feisabrun family start to attack at this time? Aren't they afraid of the thunderous wrath of His Highness the Second Highness
When the news from the front line reached the ears of the Grand Duke Faker and the Duke of Flanders, they were really anxious. The Pegasus Legion of Earl Felim and the two light cavalry legions of the Grand Duke Fessabrunn had entered their camp frequently. They plundered villages and towns within the Principality. It is said that they not only wanted money and property, but even the residents were forced to relocate. While the two archdukes scolded the Fesabrun family for their ungratefulness, they urgently recruited young and strong men to form armed forces to station at the border and set up a defensive line. At the same time, they also asked Grand Duke Handela for help. Now none of them cared about Grand Duke Sabaji who was trapped in Meishan Castle.
It’s just that most of the four principalities in the middle are armed with infantry and lack mounts. One of the main reasons why they were willing to send troops to support the Fesabrun family back then was to obtain a sufficient and stable supply of war horses. It's a pity that this plan was ruined by the four northern alliances. Back then, Lorist wanted to cut off the trade route of the Fesabrun family to the four central duchies, but what he didn't expect was that the way for the four central duchies to obtain war horses was also shattered.
Even if there are some war horses in the four principalities in the central part, most of them are in the hands of the territorial nobles. There are not enough war horses to build a large-scale cavalry armed force. Harassment, guerrilla attacks, and looting by a light cavalry force, the garrison troops of the Principality of Fakel and the Principality of Forendo have been in a passive situation of being beaten. This situation did not come to an end until the three reinforcement corps formed by the three principalities arrived at the border of Zamora Province.
However, the three reinforcements stabilized the borders of the Principality of Faker, while the Principality of Forendo on the other side suffered. The Grand Duke of Feisabrun and Earl Felim negotiated and left the third border ranger army to contain Samo The three reinforcement corps deployed on the border of the province, led the reserve corps and the Pegasus corps from the province of Freeward in the Principality of Forendo, and went straight to the city of Pedro, the capital of the Principality of Forendo. The flames of the war spread throughout the entire Principality of Forendo. The Duke of Forendo took care of one thing and neglected the other, while sticking to the various towns and important places in the Principality, and at the same time urgently asked for help from Grand Duke Handra and Grand Duke Faker.
After breaking through the garrison of the Second Army of the Sabaji Principality, Lorist ordered the Flying Tiger Legion to continue to attack, destroy all the castles and fortresses, and capture the village fortresses in Limad Province. At the same time, he ordered the two accompanying cavalry regiments to carry out search and arrest activities in the province. Whether they were rout soldiers or residents, all arrests were handed over to the two guard regiments for custody and escorted back to Northland.
After working for more than half a month, Tiger Ross led the Flying Tiger Legion to Meishan Castle and joined the Shaheen Family Armed Legion. At this time, the entire Limad Province has been hastily cleaned up by Lorist, leaving only devastated ruins everywhere, thousands of miles of people...
Grand Duke Sabaji, who was trapped in Meishan Castle, finally decided to break out. Although Meishan Castle is called a castle, it is actually an expanded city centered on the castle. The population of the entire city is nearly 70,000, and the number of residents who fled into the city has exceeded 100,000. Although there are enough manpower to guard , The food stored is enough for so many people to eat for a year, but Grand Duke Sabaji, who was trapped in the castle, was very disturbed. For more than 20 days, he did not sit still, and often dispatched troops to fight against the besieged Earl Shaheen's family armed army, but he did not get any benefits from Earl Shaheen's hands.
The reason is very simple. Earl Shaheen used the method of deep ditch and barriers to besiege Meishan Castle. Meishan Castle has gates on only three sides, and the configuration of the Shaheen family's armed forces is two light infantry regiments and two light cavalry regiments. Earl Shaheen ordered two light infantry regiments to set up two defensive camps in front of the two side gates, while the front was handed over to the noble coalition forces for guard. Their task was to hold the camp when they were attacked by the First Army of the Principality of Sabaji, and Earl Shaheen personally led two light cavalry regiments to fight back.
Using bluff to confuse Grand Duke Sabaji for a few days, Earl Shaheen urgently built three camps during this time. When Grand Duke Sabaji wakes up, the camp has already been built. Grand Duke Sabaji once sent three regiments with 30,000 troops to attack the camp on the north side, but under the attack of two light cavalry regiments led by Baron Shaheen, they were beaten to pieces and lost more than 5,000 troops.
So Grand Duke Sabaji never had the idea of attacking again. Although Grand Duke Sabaji is a first-level great swordsman, his great swordsman was not promoted through real talent and learning, but was promoted to a great sword by using countless precious medicinal materials and natural materials and treasures to forcibly improve his realm Master, so he cherished his life very much, and never led his troops to charge into battle, even a second great sword master who was guarding him would not send him into battle, otherwise Earl Shaheen might suffer a big loss.
After guarding the Meishan Castle for more than 20 days, Grand Duke Sabaji also sent a lot of messengers and spies for help, but only a few came back to chat, and only two or three of the dozen came back. The news they brought back was very bad. , especially the news from the Principality of Fakel and the Principality of Forendo made Grand Duke Sabaji fall into the abyss. The Principality of Faker barely managed to hold the border, and the Principality of Forondo could not protect itself. It was obvious that they could no longer care about coming to rescue themselves. There is only one dead end to stay in Meishan Castle. So when Grand Duke Sabaji discovered that the Flying Tiger Legion of the Norton family had arrived at the city, he had only one thought, to get out of danger as soon as possible...
Tiger Ross never expected that he would let the Flying Tigers rest for a day before attacking Meishan Castle the day after tomorrow. No matter how far they traveled, they would have to take a good rest. As a result, in the middle of the night, the gate of Meishan Castle suddenly opened, and the First Army of the Sabaji Principality attacked from the gate on the south side. While sending a corps to attack the camp in front, a large force bypassed the camp and headed towards Chikses Province. Flee in a hurry. Tiger Ross and Earl Shaheen just lay down and heard the alarm. They thought Grand Duke Sabaji wanted to attack at night, and sent people to support him while making people alert. It took an hour to feel something wrong, and then a soldier reported that the gate of Meishan Castle It was open, and the camp that was attacked immediately sent a report that the large army of the Principality of Sabaji fled around the camp.
The tiger Ross and Earl Shaheen suddenly realized that they hurriedly led the cavalry to pursue the fleeing Grand Duke Sabaji. At the same time, they sent people to occupy Meishan Castle and sent messengers to report to Lorist. No one expected that Meishan Castle would fall into his hands so easily. Lorist hurried to Meishan Castle with a cavalry corps without stopping.
Lorist arrived at the right time, and the front of Meishan Castle was on the verge of annihilation. The reason is simple. Tiger Ross took two Lancer regiments and Chariot Crossbowmen regiments, and Earl Shaheen took two light cavalry regiments to pursue Grand Duke Sabaji and the Principality’s First Army. The remaining regiment and Shaheen The earl's two regiments of light infantry captured Meishan Castle. At this time, more than 10,000 aristocratic coalition forces who helped to besiege Meishan Castle quit, and they asked to enter Meishan Castle to reap the spoils they deserved. Because no one who could make the decision was present, the noble coalition forces were stopped outside the city gate, so they were very angry and began to swear and clash with the guarding soldiers.
Looking at the coalition of nobles who shouted "enter the city, grab money, grab women!", Lorist cut the mess quickly, recruited all the nobles in the territory, and quickly divided the spoils. The Norton family is important, and Earl Shaheen wants money. So very simple, the residents of the whole city were taken away by the Norton family. All property in the central castle of Meishan Castle, that is, the palace where Grand Duke Sabaji lives, belongs to Earl Shaheen. As for all the residential areas in the city, they are divided into areas for these nobles to draw lots, and it is up to them to draw which piece. Go in and raid, and everyone will resign themselves to how much property they get. Lorist will send the Chaser Legion to patrol, and anyone who crosses the border and provokes disputes will be severely punished...
Although there were still some nobles who felt aggrieved that there were no women to let them vent, but due to the threat of Lorist's powerful strength, they finally agreed to this relatively fair distribution request. As the lottery ended, the remaining soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion and the soldiers of the Chasseur Cavalry began to drive the residents of Meishan Castle out of the city along the street. Soon, tragic cries and curses began to resound throughout the city...
Lorist closed his eyes and said to Genorio: "Go and tell those residents that we are driving them out of the city to save them. If they fall into the hands of those noble coalition forces, they will cry so hard of… "
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