Power and Empire Chapter 1848: The first winter offensive of the Empire (6)
The terrible news that the northern line of defense was torn apart has shocked the entire Gaul Kyoto,
"Is it true? The Falcons just defeated you by sitting on the horse-drawn plank!" Alder, the first person in charge of the Kyoto Defense Line, looked at the two in front of his desk with embarrassment with a solemn expression. General Gaul, who doesn’t know how to explain it, has a straight body wearing a rigorous Gaul military uniform. The golden hem looks heroic and bold. He can no longer see the embarrassment of the dog who was beaten into the water a day ago. It is precisely because of the huge contrast. So Alder looked at the two with cold eyes, it was more like killing,
The two of them were the New North Army’s Fifth Infantry Regiment Commander Gesef and the 7th Infantry Regiment Commander Ya-Nu, who were defeated by the Salon Army two days ago. They lost their defense zone and lost more than 17,000. People, the two were escorted to Gaul Kyoto by the supervising team on the spot,
" The enemy appeared too suddenly, almost just discovered, it has entered the attack range, our army has no time to assemble, and hastily confronted...
. . . "New Fifth Infantry Regiment Commander Gesef bowed his head with an ugly expression
" Our army is also the same. Although it is close to it with all its strength, it is still destroyed! "The seventh infantry regimental commander Ya Anu accords with the Dao.
" Okay, let's go down first, someone from the War Supervision Department will ask you for questions!" Alder rubbed his temples painfully, his face was cold and waved to the two generals who were trying to explain. , Did not want to see the faces of the two again. In fact, His Majesty was very angry about the gap in the northern front. This meant that the already stretched capital of Kyoto had to transfer a part of it to the north, which was against the Falcons. In the past month, Gaul Kyoto was even worse,
And the current battle situation is not optimistic. Starting from mid-September, after discovering that the Gaul-Kyoto defensive line was impeccable, the Falcon Army’s frontal attack began to slow down and began to be very patient to pull out Kyoto one by one. Peripheral barriers. When the winter snow came, Onda, a key city outside Kyoto, had been captured by the Falcon Army, and then the fall of the four cities including Berkland and Fansaiden. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Falcon Army advancing towards Kyoto. The line of attack is being reduced step by step,
When the two turned and left, Ya Dian stood up solemnly, her eyebrows twisted into a word ",
He began to feel that rejecting the war into the winter would not bring a period of calm to the empire as expected. On the contrary, in this winter, the Falcon Army has been mobilized more and more frequently. According to the news, the Falcon Empire has the most combat power. The Central Army Group of Central China is gathering in the southwest, while the Congolese Empire, which was originally a containment in the south, is now deeply mired in the war with the Istanbul, and has no time to take into account the situation in the north. The Falcon Empire has bred a major offensive this winter. Signs of becoming more and more obvious
He has a hunch that the gap in the northern defense line is only the first link of this offensive. The real test has just begun. The Falcon Army has turned the horse-drawn snow comb, a tool for transporting materials, into a transport force. Soldiers, the investment of this new computing tool has made the ground unimpeded. Thinking that the Falcons can cross the snow at high speed in winter, even Alder felt uneasy in his heart. The anticipated obstacle became the resistance of the enemy, Gaul. The vast snowfields in the north will no longer be an insurmountable natural barrier. What will the Empire do to fight the Falcon Empire!
Yadell is a very pragmatic man. In order to resist the new tactics of the Falcons, he wrote a letter asking the empire to recruit 50,000 horses from the Kyoto front, no matter what horses, war horses, strong horses, or horses. As long as it can pull a cart, if you want to deal with the horse-drawn sleigh of the Falcon Army, you can only build a horse-drawn snow hang by yourself. As soon as his proposal was submitted, it immediately caused an uproar in Gaul and Kyoto.
"What a joke, fifty thousand horses! Is this guy going to robbery?"
The nobles heard this proposal as ridiculous as they heard horses running on it. Gaul is not a country that produces horses, because most of the land is located in a huge basin, separated by mountains on the edge. On the road to the north, scarce supplies such as war horses were exchanged with the Slavs from the northwest, or smuggled from the Central and Bian area. As for the source of smuggling, looking at this report, I felt that the wind and rain were coming. The family leader of Zhu Chenwood, one of the four powers of the Eastern Army, is the edge of the two continents. The area where the four powers of the Eastern Army is the production area of good horses with rich water and grass, and the best production area of war horses is the closest to the northern grassland. Zhu Chenwood’s leading mountain province is a huge swamp with lush water and grass, which is the habitat of wild horses
" The Ministry of Internal Affairs could not make up 50,000 horses. Such requirements are too demanding and even absurd. If it is 2,000 horses, it may be possible! "Looking at the document with the word "urgent" in his hand, Gaul The Secretary of the Interior, the Duke of Hecaston, said in a hoarse voice,
" Actually, there were enough horses in Kyoto! "Alder looked serious, and he didn't give up and raised his head and said," The 301 giants in Kyoto, that one does not have more than five carriages, just the whole, it is already There are more than 10,000 fine horses, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of nobles in Kyoto who have carriages. As long as all the horses that pull carts are requisitioned, this problem can be solved!"
"Madman!"
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Duke Hucaston, slightly curled his mouth, and did not speak. The Imperial Conference was locked in the suffocating silence and astonishment of today's people. Gaul Kyoto does have enough horses, but the question is who will be the wicked person. Once the order of expropriation is issued, the entire Kyoto will be offended
"I’m a little tired! Aldqin, there are more than a thousand horses in the palace, which are generally rarely used, so let’s give it to you! As for the others, you can figure it out, and I’ll give it to you. Power!"
In silence, a slightly hoarse voice said, it was the pale young emperor of Gaul who stood up from his seat. "Your Majesty, be careful!" Algernon Julia, who stood behind him, quickly supported his swaying body,
After the winter, the young emperor’s physical condition deteriorated drastically. In the previous month, some blood was still visible. Now, even after the court makeup artist's efforts to modify it, he has only turned the paleness into paleness. With the support of Genon Lelia, his steps looked unusually heavy, he raised his head and glanced at the sky outside, and slowly left the venue,
" Your Majesty, "Yard's body trembled slightly, looking at the back of the young emperor, his eyes reddened at once,
"My Leyard family is willing to provide one hundred and seventy horses for free"
"My Steya family provided one hundred and ten horse farts for free for reasons!"
"Ninety-three horses from my Taucus family!" With the emperor's example, the ministers who participated in the Imperial Conference still agreed to the bloodletting even though they were reluctant to do so. By the end of the conference, you have collected three thousand. Many good horses and the attitudes of these top giants will also affect other giants in Kyoto
At the end of a red-carpeted corridor in the Gangfei Imperial Palace, the young emperor panting, sat down on a railing and looked at these statues with deep envious eyes. "Unfortunately, it seems that those who have promised to send those royal horses to the newly promoted Janissaries are unable to honor it now!"
"No, I think those good horses are more useful in the hands of Lord Alder!" Algernon Leilia said calmly, lowering his head,
" Use everything, this sentence is very suitable for me! At the end of my life, I can see clearly many things young and frivolous, I don’t know what I did, and I don’t know what the enemy is, so that I have moved the empire to this point. To the point, among the seven emperors of the Gaul Empire, it may be that my straw bag is almost the worst!"
The young emperor's mouth is a little self-deprecating, and he looks at the "horse gate" in the distance. The horse gate is a statue cast by the first Gaul emperor for his beloved war horse. It is a bronze steed with standing hind feet and high front feet. Leap, the four hooves meet at a height of more than a hundred feet from the road, forming a spire arc, majestic and extraordinary, you can imagine how energetic the first emperor of Gaul was.
"Your Majesty, don’t talk nonsense." Algernon-les-Lia said with a serious face, "Your Majesty is the rare British lord in Gaul for hundreds of years. If it is not for the troubled by natural diseases, it is definitely not inferior. The existence of a generation of emperors! And the imperial doctor has already said that as long as you don’t work hard, your majesty’s illness will be eliminated by itself!"
haha, a rare hero in hundreds of years! "Hearing what Algernon Lelia said, the corner of the young emperor's mouth smiled slightly." I know you are comforting me, what is the Lord of England, like the Viking Falcon, the invincible talent is called the Lord of England. I heard that that guy was about the same age as me, and he unified a great empire in a few years. My first war ruined the fifteen-year Seattle battle plan carefully arranged by my father, so that more than a hundred thousand empires The warrior died in a foreign country, and in the end he had to cede land for peace. Compared with such a person, a "British lord" like me really has no qualifications to be ashamed! "
" I heard that there were prairie people in the Falcon Army. Is this true? The last time it was said that the prairie people hit Obaro decades ago. "The young emperor who has never had a chance to leave the palace, face There is a thoughtful look on it
" Indeed, the last time I fought all the way out of Kyoto were the prairie cavalry under the Falcon Empire! "Algernon Cailiya hesitated on her pretty face,
"Tell me, what is the prairie cavalry battle like?"
, "I'm not sure but their equestrian skills are better than any knights." Algernon Lelia saw that the emperor's interest is very good today, perhaps because of his amazing performance at the Imperial Conference. For this reason, the young emperor has not made a statement for a long time,
She explained, “I’m on the killing field where arrows are raining, wearing hard leather and chain mail. I am not afraid of the sky, and the range of bows and arrows is far beyond us.
Most of our archers are on foot, hiding behind shielded walls or sharpened wooden stakes. The prairie people shoot arrows on horseback, and move freely regardless of charge and retreat. Your Majesty, they are very dangerous..."
"Yes, it's very dangerous!"
There was a trace of yearning in the eyes of the young emperor. He remembered the first time he was supported by his father’s wide shoulders at the age of seven on a high war horse. What his father said was "Straighten your back, look forward, and step forward bravely. With horseshoes, my Gaul warriors are not inferior to the prairie people!"
In the eyes of everyone, the boy is as dazzling as the sunlight in the spring breeze, radiant, carved stone tents, grass-woven mansions the size of a castle, crumbling wooden towers, and marble steps Shaped pyramids, and a timber temple with an open roof facing the sky. Some palaces have replaced the fence with thorny fences,
The cloak churns in the wind like waves, and falling snow pounces on his face. I'm leading the way and look back from time to time to make sure that others are keeping up. Then he ran swiftly and smoothly again. Waiting at the edge of the woodland two miles away from Bidong Town, I have already thrown the attendants behind them far away
"I can ride a horse"
The young emperor seemed to see that he was laughing and yelling right away. It felt like flying, and then he flew out. At that moment, he felt like a bird spreading its wings. His childhood memories made People feel fascinated, and there is no need to think about it at that time, because his father is the emperor of Gaul, and his broad shoulders are enough to protect himself and protect the country from wind and rain. And now, the statue of his father is accompanied by the statues of the other five ancestors. Juxtaposed at the end of the corridor, the majestic eagle sits on the throne, looking down coldly,
Below the statue, there are engraved slender girls dancing on a marble pedestal, with only flowers covering their bodies. They are holding broken bottles and pouring out only air. No one takes a look here, or soon there will be a statue of himself standing there,
Algernon Mauria stood quietly next to the young emperor, watching the emperor enter into a trance again. This situation appeared more and more frequently, which was a sign of the end of the disease. The only good thing was that the emperor became ill. The habit of killing people is gone, and replaced by a kind of trance-like emptiness. The imperial doctor said that this strange disease is called soul-returning syndrome, and there is no cure for it. As the trance time gets longer and longer, eventually one day it won’t Wake up again,
"Lelia?"
I don’t know how long it took, the young emperor seemed to slowly recover from the trance, his eyes fell on the ruddy face of Algernon Lelia, who was lying on the promenade, and changed from confusion to Clearly, this is how many times he can't remember his soul. Each time, it takes a while to remember who he is. The sunset glow in the distance shines from the remote mountain ridge, passing across the roof of the tallest building in the Gallic Palace. A long black shadow was revealed, and the palace in front of him made him feel cold.
The order to collect horses throughout Kyoto was issued. The decision made by the Imperial Council and the example made by the Emperor himself, no one dared to object, but it does not mean that they can be willing, because the finances have been continuous for several months. Deficit, the army is unable to compensate the owners of these horses" and this kind of thing itself cannot be convincing. The nobles watched one by one and wondered why their family recruited three horses while the other family only recruited two. The horse has a lot of criticism,
After being forcibly suppressed by the army, the nobles began to find all kinds of bad horses and replaced them with sick horses. As a result, the problem appeared. The army suffered a plague in the winter. A soldier guarding the stables fell ill. These two soldiers took advantage of their positions to privately send the sick horses in the stables to the market for sale. Nowadays, prices are soaring, even ordinary nobles can’t afford the expensive but quantity. Rare pork, horse meat is not a minority, and it did not attract people’s attention at the beginning. This is treated as a general food poisoning.
As a result, the acne epidemic showed a trend of large-scale spread. In just five or six days, the number of people in the army who fell ill reached thousands, and more people fell in the city of Kyoto. There were more than two thousand people. The nobles of Kyoto waiting for the opportunity, like crazy dogs smelling blood, pointed their spears at the outrageous horse recruitment order at the same time. People were panicked and rumors abounded. They all believed that this must be because someone was sinful and led to the angry **** Because of this, the order to recruit war horses had to be temporarily stopped.
Yard finally got less than 10,000 horses, among which more than 3,000 were dealt with because of the plague, and the remaining 6,000 were turned into a transport team of six horse-drawn sledges by him. On the opposite side of the Alder’s Kyoto line, the Salon Army marching northward under the new tools of the horse-drawn sledge, marched at a rapid pace. The New Northern Army of Gaul was completely beaten, and was thrown a lot of maneuvering, often receiving it. The news of the Falcon Army was found somewhere, and the reinforcements are still on the way, and they have already fallen over there.
In late October, Saron’s soldier has been pushed to Antura, an important northern town that was once regarded as the capital of the Slavs. The river in the morning light is like a shiny blue-green ribbon. Reeds grew in the shallows along the coast, and Saraon saw a water snake swimming quickly across the river, causing ripples behind him. Above his head, an eagle was circling lazily.
Amura, who had just been swept by the Gaul army, was miserable. All the places passed by were deserted and ruined. No matter the farmland, villages, castles, churches, and barns, they all ended up in the same way. The Gaul army was retaliatory to burn and burn, kill or kill, and even set fire everywhere to destroy woods.
Fortunately, the leaves fell almost in winter, and it rained recently, so the fire did not spread.
"If the lake can burn fire, I guess they won't let it go."
Saron teased with the adjutant next to him that the adjutant was a Slav. Looking at the mirror-like lake in front of him, he seemed to see the tribe’s camp from the wilderness, just like ten years ago. When the ship carried him away from home,
He stood by the boat rail that day, listening to the oars rowing and the oar officer’s drums, watching the cliffs in the distance shrinking in the distance.
There is silence,
As a guide leading northward~IndoMTL.com~ This Slav's face is ugly, knowing that Saron is right.
The night he escaped, a blazing fire was reflected on the water, as if the lake was really burning.
⑽ The tragic migration of Mrs. Vancera under the siege of the Gaul army is a **** tear in itself. I saw that the gate of the former home was chopped down, the wall was half collapsed, and the bones of white blood were all over it.
The guide knelt on the ground with only one glance, his eyes full of tears, "I die, I will die." He said, "I have been gnawed by a dog" to be continued) [This text is provided by 启航Update Team@ 】If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. )
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