Lorist led a guard battalion of 2,000 troops and was walking on the road to Chikses Province. Ten days had passed since the capture of Meishan Castle, and Lorist was obsessed with trifles, without him, mainly because it took such a long time to arrange for the nearly 100,000 residents of Meishan Castle to go to the Northland. These residents who were driven out of their homes had nothing and had already been reduced to abject poverty. Their eyes were full of hatred when they looked at the Norton family's armed forces.
Lorist was very helpless, this is war, he saved these residents from harming their bodies and lives, but he couldn't appease their pain and resentment of losing all their property. At the same time, they not only had to arrange food and accommodation for them to move to the North, but also arranged vehicles for the old and weak women and children. They were so busy that they didn't get away until Baron Camorra came in a hurry. Throw it away and hit the road.
From time to time on the road, peasants and soldiers under the nobles passed by with crude weapons and their trophies. When they saw the Norton family's flag, they all cheered, and respectfully avoided the side of the road to make way for the avenue. Lorist's face sank, and he didn't want to talk to these mobs. In his opinion, these so-called allies were actually more hateful than enemies.
I saved the lives of 100,000 residents of Meishan Castle by myself. Watching these guys loot the entire Meishan Castle, they did not hesitate to dig three feet and demolish the entire house in order to find the belongings hidden by those residents. After finishing, prepare to set fire to the house. If Lorist hadn't stopped it quickly, maybe the entire Meishan Castle would have been burned to ashes. And they justified their arguments, saying that this is the area they drew lots, and how to deal with it is naturally up to them.
Bastard, in a fit of rage, Lorist hanged more than a dozen veterans who thought they were reasonable, and only then did he stop this unhealthy trend. It's very simple, if you set fire in your own area, the fire will be a whole, and there are still so many people in the city who haven't come out, are these bastards trying to set fire to their own people? In fact, many of these peasants and soldiers are veterans who have experienced the civil war in the empire. They have long been used to doing such things. Some of them want to vent their anger because the areas they rob are not much, and some are just convenient.
While Lorist was busy relocating the residents of Meishan Castle, the aristocratic coalition forces had already made a fuss in Meishan Province. Meishan Castle was captured, but there were still many noble territories and towns and villages in the Principality of Sabaji in Meishan Province. However, these aristocratic coalition forces were not satisfied with the harvest of Meishan Castle, and began to turn their attention to the entire Meishan Province. Thus, the catastrophe in Meishan Province began.
Compared to the armed forces of the Norton family, which had always been strictly disciplined, these aristocratic coalition forces were simply bandits, who committed murder, arson, robbery and rape. Even because the Norton family was an important person, they even captured those captive villagers and wanted to sell them to Lorist. Originally, Lorist wanted to buy these distressed villagers, but he was stopped by Baron Camorra who arrived.
Baron Camorra told Lorist very seriously that if you can't buy it, buying it will become an excuse to condone the coalition forces of these nobles to plunder the population. If there is a captive trade, our family will become the same as those slave owners. This violates our family's promise not to engage in human trafficking. Those noble coalition forces know that if we don't buy and sell people, we will only rob property and women. We can take in villagers whose homes have been destroyed, and they will be grateful to us, the Nortons.
Lorist knew that what Baron Camorra said was right, even though he sympathized with the villagers who were in distress, he could only resolutely not pay attention to them. Even if the Norton family's armed forces were powerful enough to wipe out the entire coalition of nobles, Lorist was powerless to stop what was happening before him, and he couldn't issue this order. This is a war, a war in the Galintia continent. What the noble coalition forces do is commonplace, and it is normal behavior for them. On the contrary, the armed forces of the Norton family with discipline are very different.
Out of sight, out of sight, out of sight, out of sight, out of sight, Lorist could only comfort himself in this way. After all, the aristocratic coalition forces are all their allies, and turning their faces for the atrocities committed by their allies against the enemy's people is something that only a *brain* would do. Lorist could only pretend he didn't see anything, and hurried to Chikses Province.
Two days ago, Tiger Ross sent a messenger to report that Grand Duke Sabaji and his family had successfully escaped to the Principality of Faker. However, only four or five thousand people of the First Army of the Principality survived the disaster, and the rest of the troops were completely lost in order to stop the Flying Tiger Army and the two light cavalry regiments led by Earl Shaheen.
It can be said that the entire Sabaji Principality has fallen. Except for a few castles and fortresses in Chikses Province and towns with sufficient garrison forces, there is nothing that can resist the soldiers armed by the four northern alliances and the Feisabrun family. front. Even the Grand Duke Sabaji has fled to the Principality of Faker, and the Principality of Sabaji has existed in name only. After the arrival of the Flying Tiger Legion, those castles, fortresses and towns had no choice but to surrender or perish.
With the help of three legions preparing to go to Sabaji for reinforcements, the Principality of Fakel finally stabilized the situation on the border of Zamora Province, established a fairly complete defense line, and stopped the Pegasus Legion, the Reserve Legion and the third The invasion of the three light cavalry regiments of the Frontier Rangers. But the Principality of Forendo is more difficult. Not only has Freeward Province become a smooth road, but even Perorina Province, where the capital city of Pedro is located, is full of wars and is often attacked by light cavalry.
Fortunately, the Principality of Handra created two new legions and sent them to the Principality of Forendo, and Grand Duke Faker desperately recruited two legions, one sent to Zamora Province to replace the reinforcements of the Principality of Forendo. One went directly to the city of Pedro to support, which was considered a boost to the Duke of Volendo. In addition to the two legions newly recruited by the Duke of Volund, the five legions had nearly 200,000 people in Freeland. The province set up a defensive line, which finally blocked the unfavorable situation that the light cavalry was shocked by the capital city, and the two sides began to confront each other.
Lorist is also very satisfied with this situation, and now the initiative of the war is in his own hands. The four principalities of the central region, oh, now they can only be called the three principalities of the central region. They suffer because they do not have a strong cavalry unit, unable to resist the attacks and harassment of high-mobility light cavalry, and suffer repeated losses. Although both the Principality of Faker and the Principality of Forendo have established defensive lines, investing nearly 300,000 troops. But it is divided into two directions for defense. The four Northland alliances and the Fiesabrunn family armed forces occupy the Qikses province, and they can gather their forces to attack in one direction at any time. The Principality of Faker and the Principality of Forendo can only passively carry out defensive counterattacks.
Lorist decided to take a breather. There was no need for the light cavalry to attack a position with complete defense facilities under such a good situation. Now he could wait for the Second Highness to lead the White Lion Army to the front line. The report from the rear said that after the Second Highness heard the news that the Sabaji Principality had been captured, he had accelerated his march and entered the Southern Province, but it would take at least thirty days to reach the Qikses Province. Just take advantage of this time to let everyone take a rest, and casually solve their own loot problems.
To be honest, capturing the Principality of Sabaji did not gain much in terms of property from the four Northern Alliances and the Feisabrun family. Earl Shaheen was already considered good, having seized properties worth more than 300,000 goldfords. And because the Norton family captured several towns and castles on their own, they also gained more than 100,000 to 200,000 yuan. Earl Felim and Grand Duke Fessabrun had the same income, less than 100,000 gold worth of property. On the contrary, it was the coalition army composed of more than a hundred nobles. They looted and looted everywhere, and each family had ten thousand or several thousand gold merits.
Occupying the Principality of Sabaji, the biggest gains are manpower and food and grass. In addition to the Norton family needing manpower to fill the Northland, the Philim family also needs manpower to develop the southern province. Even Earl Shaheen also gathered more than 3,000 people. The family is going to take it back to the family territory. They were all influenced by Lorist, and they paid special attention to the relocation of the entire family when relocating these residents. Only in this way, these new immigrants would adapt to the new environment faster and become loyal citizens under the rule of each family.
What makes Lorist contradictory is that the Grand Duke Fesabrun is also thinking about the same idea, but his approach is more cruel. He only wants young men and women, and discards all the old and weak, so that the periphery of his prisoner camp is full of white people. The gray-haired old man begged for their family to be reunited, crying and pleading endlessly.
When the Grand Duke Fesabrun found Lorist and asked him to issue an order to allow the Rock Legion guarding the border of the southern province to open the way so that the Fisablun family could take the spoils back, Lorist sighed deeply. , He told Grand Duke Feisabrun that he was very reluctant to let them bring these young captives back to the family territory, because this was all to strengthen his family's strength. But because he vowed to treat all people fairly and justly, he will still order the Rock Legion to open the border. However, he only had one request, to reunite the families of those young and strong captives, and not to separate their families even if they moved.
Grand Duke Feisabrun nodded and left. Lorist immediately saw the gate of the prison camp of the Feisabrun family open, and the old people gathered outside rushed in, and the crying began to be replaced by the sound of thanks. Lorist then wrote a warrant for Genorio to send to the Grand Duke Fesabrun. After he sat down, he suddenly slapped his forehead and realized that he had been fooled by that old fox in Feisabrun again.
It was obvious that the scene of the separation of the flesh and blood was specially done by the Grand Duke Fessabrun for himself. The old fox was also worried that Lorist would not let them go through the border, so he came here. Otherwise, he would have driven away all the old people gathered outside the camp, how could he allow them to chatter outside. If he wanted to abandon these old people, even if those young adults were moved to the family territory, they would deeply hate the Feisabrun family. It was impossible for that old fox not to know such a simple truth. Deliberately separating the young and old from the old is to win sympathy for Lorist to let them cross the border...
Lorist smiled wryly, forget it, there is no need to compete with that old fox. No matter how he tried to increase the strength of the Feisabrun family, he couldn't keep up with the rapid development of the Norton family. I have already occupied the right time, place and people, if I can still be overthrown by that old fox, I might as well find a flagpole and kill myself. Compared with his vigilance against Grand Duke Feisabrun, it is obvious that the old fox is more afraid of himself. This can be seen from the fact that he swore himself not to dig holes or frame their family's armed forces before dispatching troops.
Qikseth Province was originally the hereditary territory of the Sabaji family, and it was also considered an agricultural province. The terrain was flat and vast, and it was the most suitable battlefield for cavalry. With the news that the Flying Tiger Legion captured those castles, fortresses and towns, and that El led a cavalry regiment to force-land the 12,000 troops of the Sabaji Principality stationed in the Bailu Lake swamp, it can be said that The Principality of Sabaji has been destroyed except for the prince who fled.
This war was too cruel for the Sabaji Principality. The damage suffered by the three provinces of the Principality was unparalleled. This was not only the loss of property, but the most terrifying thing was the massive plundering and forced relocation of manpower. Before the war, the Principality of Sabaji had a population of about 800,000, but after the war, there were less than 300,000 survivors in the three provinces. Except for the residents who died in battle, were killed and fled to the Principality of Faker, almost half of the residents were relocated Went to the family territory of the four alliances in the Northland and the territory of the Feisabrun family. As a result, the economy and development of these three provinces were delayed for two decades after the war.
On September 7th, the Second Highness, who arrived belatedly, finally led the White Lions and the two heavy armored regiments of the Kenmes family to Chikses Province and entered the garrison.
After resting for three days, His Royal Highness held a military meeting to discuss how to attack the Principality of Fakel and the Principality of Forendo. Now the situation on the battlefield is very clear. The offensive situation holds the initiative on the battlefield, and you can attack wherever you want. Whether it is the border defense line of the Principality of Fakel in Zamora Province, or the defensive position of the Principality of Forendo in Freeward Province, as long as one defense line is broken, another Principality will be captured.
If the eight garrison regiments deployed on these two defensive positions are wiped out, then the demise of not only the Principality of Faker, the Principality of Forendo, and even the Principality of Handela will be close at hand. For these three central duchies, this crisis is more dangerous than the invasion of the army led by the eldest prince Ridley more than ten years ago, especially the duchy of Sabaji was almost destroyed, and it was also penetrated by the armed forces of the kingdom of Antinak. In the hinterland of the Principalities, the three Principalities are at a disadvantage in terms of terrain and combat power.
His Royal Highness hopes to keep only one light cavalry corps to contain the three garrison corps of the Principality of Faker, and then concentrate all forces to break through the defensive line of the Principality of Forendor in Freeward Province. Although there are as many as five garrison corps on this line of defense, this line of defense is longer and the terrain is flatter, which is more suitable for cavalry assaults.
His Royal Highness is going to use the White Lions and the two heavy armored regiments of the Kenmes family to break through somewhere in this defensive line, open an opening, and then the reserve army of the Feisabrun family, the third border ranger army , the Pegasus Legion of the Felim family, the two light cavalry regiments of Earl Shaheen, and the Flying Tiger Legion led by Lorist all went deep into the Principality of Forendo along this opening, encircling the Principality of Faker and Hand from behind. In the Principality of La, one battle will determine the outcome.
The Second Highness said that the three principalities are like eggs, the only hard shell is the two lines of defense in front of us, as long as we make a hole in it, we can eat the delicious egg yolk inside. I firmly believe that the offensive power of our army and the armed forces of your families is unparalleled and invincible. Invincible in all battles, I believe that the four principalities in the central region will soon become history. I wish you all invincible and make outstanding contributions to the unification of the empire.
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