Power and Empire Chapter 1484: The battle of life and death in Rwanda Akka (3)
On the city wall of Rwanda, Lidacus's complexion looked bad, the situation became more and more serious, the weather was cloudy and rainy, the temperature dropped below freezing, and the ice forming on the city wall and the woods outside the city could be seen It has been chopped down. On the one hand, it can not leave the wood for the enemy to make siege equipment, and on the other hand, it can make the line of sight of the defenders on the city wall wider, and the wilderness outside the city is full of refugees waiting to enter the city. The densely packed queues, with bleak sadness and helplessness on their faces, dragged their families to their mouths, and dragged their carriages from outside the city to a few miles away
"Let the city gate guard give me the statistics list!" After patrolling the defense, Lidarcus walked down the city wall and ordered the adjutant behind him, "I need to know how many people have entered the city in the last few days."
"Yes, Lord Governor!" The adjutant nodded and hurried away. Soon, he got the statistical register from the city guard,
"What a surprise!" Lidarcus flipped through the roster, with a smile on his mouth. "These refugees are all from the border area. The Southwest Army carried out a full sweep of the border area, expelled them all, and set them on fire. In their houses, in just a few days, the number of refugees who fled to the city of Rwandakka exceeded 10,000. You know, the total number of people in the entire Rwandakka area is less than 100,000. In other words, the entire Rwandakka area Wangakadu is forced to stand on our side!"
"That's what I said, but with so many people swarming in, I'm afraid there will be problems with our food!" The adjutant said with an ugly expression
"Food is not a problem!" Lidacus smiled disapprovingly, and closed the roster in his hand, "Have you heard of people starving to death in areas near the sea? Although it is winter, Rwanda The water temperature of the inner bend of the card is higher than that of the outside, and a large number of fish are concentrated in the inner bend unconsciously. As long as you increase the fishing manpower, you can at least survive this winter. On the contrary, the other party can't think of it. They did it just for us. A big favor"
" Among these refugees, there are many young people who are suitable for fighting. If it is normal, it is almost impossible to recruit so many people. Now, you only need to ensure that they and their families are safe. The place and food are all you need! Tell the recruiters to set up a few more points in the city! I have a hunch that our army will exceed 15,000." Lidarcus' voice stopped, and he said in a more accented tone
"Yes, my subordinates will tell me later!"
The adjutant looked down Lidarkus’ words with a pen respectfully. The adjutant’s name was Nelson. As Lidarkus’s right-hand man in logistics, he followed Lidarkus for a long time, nearly forty years. At the age of five, his temples are already covered with gray hair, and he looks like a staid person, but in fact, Nelson is flexible in thinking, good at mental arithmetic, and has an unforgettable ability in accounts.
He is a very cautious person, and he has no hobby of revealing military secrets to anyone in his sleep,
While the logistics department seems to be complicated and useless, it is actually a key confidential organization that is named every time by the fat man. Otherwise, the enemy only needs to understand the logistical movement and can easily determine the next plan of the Falcons. , The scale of the mobilization of troops, and the composition of the arms. If there is a lot of horses and grass, it must be a cavalry. If there are many arrows, it must be an infantry. If it is an armored crossbow, it must be an empire. Central Army
As the brain executive of the logistics department, Nelson’s presence allows Lidarcus’s logistics transfer to be completed in a relaxed manner. Therefore, the logistics department officers have exercised their due rights, that is, being When the boss is not present, everyone talks openly about the rights of the boss, and uses their imagination to guess the reason for the poor mental mood of the logistics department.
Some people guess it might be because of not being promoted! I quarreled with my wife, played cards with Minister Lidakus and was tricked, and bet with Deputy Chief Piris to lose his life... There are all kinds of speculations, etc.,
But the "creation" which was unanimously "appreciated" by everyone. The "creation" that won the "grand prize" is what an adjutant from the military department said, "The fact is for Minister Lidakus. Everyone knows that, Minister Lidacus has decided to let Nelson take office and leave the Lord’s side. Our Nelson has lost such an unrequited love partner. Of course he is extremely disappointed. No wonder he is in a bad mood. We should comfort him more!"
Hearing such a reason, everyone was dizzy with laughter! Everyone knows that Nelson is definitely a normal big man. He will never like men. It is a joke to give up all the above words! In fact, the real reason for Nelson's bad mood is that he is now a forty-year-old man, but he is still growing wisdom teeth! This is what makes him unhappy,
Rwanakka’s defenses are constantly strengthening. Lidarcus will be worthy of being a logistics expert, and his ability in resource utilization is quite remarkable. He ordered the people to heighten the city wall and hòu, and recruited from the refugees. Thousands of young and middle-aged men were enlisted into the army and equipped with armor and weapons seized from the warehouse in Rwana. The silt of the moat outside the city was also dredged, and the warehouse stocked more than a thousand barrels of crude oil barrels. The first line,
500 barrels were placed on the city wall, and the leaning wall below the city wall was filled with other 1,500 barrels. Lidacus had made up his mind that if the city of Rwanda was broken, he would order these crude oil barrels to be ignited. Everything seemed to be ready, Lidarcus began to wait for the time for the Southwest Army to appear under the city
"Your Governor, Lord Dusternky, Secretary of the Navy is here!"
Just when Lidarcus was wondering what the Southwest Army wanted to do, Dusterenkai, who had just won the sea victory, approached him. Although the imperial navy achieved an absolute victory, several dragon teeth were also damaged in battle. The nearest port is Rwanda Akka
" Your Majesty, there is an urgent warrant from your Majesty, asking you to lead the army to withdraw from Rwanda Aka immediately! "Du Stellenkai walked in and handed a letter of order in his hand to Lidarcus
"Evacuate from Rwanda Acre?" Lidarcus took the order and swept his eyebrows tightly. In this order, the fat man explained the reason for requesting to evacuate from Rwanda Acre, see. Lidarcus’s face is getting whiter and whiter,
It’s no wonder that the other party took the initiative to drive out the refugees, obviously deliberately letting oneself expand its strength by admitting refugees, so as not to be afraid of slipping away because of fear, otherwise, the "bait" of Rwanda Akka would lose enough to contain the Falcons. The effect of this, the person who arranged this trap must be a genius, it is terrible, I am still triumphant here, I have no idea that I have fallen into the trap designed by the other party!
Lidarcus can already see beads of sweat on his forehead, walking back and forth, but now in winter, the temperature outside has reached the level of splashing water and ice, which shows the degree of shock in his heart
"The transport fleet should arrive in the afternoon, and then ask the adults to lead the troops and leave immediately by boat!"
Du Stellenkai looked at Lidacus who was a little gaffe, and said in a deep voice, "The naval threat of the opponent has been cleared by the fleet, and I have to catch up to the new combat location immediately, so I can’t continue to delay here. , Let’s see you in Normandy then!"
"Are you going to another combat mission?" Lidarcus put the order book in his arms and asked uncertainly
"Yes, according to the mission assigned by your majesty, we will go directly into the southwestern sea this time to find a fighter that will hit the other side hard!" Du Stellenkai hesitated for a moment before he said regretfully. "It may take time. It's a pity that it's half a month or longer. I'm afraid it was already December. I originally wanted to go home. My wife just gave birth to a son. It looks like we will have to wait until next spring! "
"Congratulations, there is someone to succeed!" Lidarcus said congratulations, his voice stopped, and suddenly he said firmly, "In this case, I decide not to evacuate for the time being!"
"Why? Sir, are you kidding me?"
Du Stellenkai's eyes are round, and he looks at his old boss with disbelief,
He knows too much about his old boss. In terms of ability, he is absolutely top-notch, but in terms of courage, he is only a little bigger than ordinary people, but not so great that he can carry an army of 10,000 enemies alone.
From the bottom of their hearts, the generals have a lot of criticism for Lidarcus’s qualifications to climb to the position of governor, but in terms of the navy, they have a deep sense of the former navy’s contribution to the former navy minister. But you can’t just sit back and watch, Dusterenkai hurriedly persuaded "Why? Your lord, are you crazy? You know, the other party has more than 100,000 troops, and your army has only 5,000 people. Your Majesty has given up support." The plan, you stay and wait for death!"
"Because of this, I can't leave!" Lidarcus seemed to let go of everything, and smiled calmly. "Have you ever thought about it, if I lead the army to evacuate from Rwanda, these escape What about the refugees in the city? Those coastal areas that have surrendered will be shaken by this behavior. They need not only powerful managers, but also people who are willing to stay and protect them in the face of danger!"
"And you led the fleet into the southwest waters, not to mention the long-distance raids, the supply points are also difficult to connect because of the unfamiliar sea and land, continuous operations, regardless of the ship and sailors are inevitably exhausted, the shortage of supply is inevitable!
"If I abandon Rwanda Akka, where should you go to supply supplies when your fleet returns?
"Are you going to let the brave soldiers set foot on the long sea way home with an empty stomach? You know what happens at sea. Anything can happen. If there is another storm or something, the elite of the Imperial Navy will be counted. It was completely ruined. At that time, you and I were all sinners of the empire"
"But it’s too dangerous to stay...
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Du Stellenkai still wants to continue to persuade "I just defeated the southwest fleet at sea. The opponent will definitely be angry at the failure and launch a crazy counterattack. With the current weak strength of the adults, it is completely unable to defend Lu. Wangaka!"
"Don't worry, it's not as bad as you expected! I dare to stay, naturally there is a way to hold Rwanda Acre" Lidarcus' eyes flickered, and he shook his head indifferently, and said slowly, "Don't forget, I may not be a competent general, but I am a diplomat. I know too much about the country’s attitudes, and I am also a logistics officer. Without the assistance of the navy, the other side wants to capture two sides by the sea. The city of Akka, Rwanda, must adopt a positive attacking posture, and I have prepared a generous gift for them, a gift that can prevent the other party from daring to take a step forward!"
"What kind of gift?" Dusterenkai asked uneasy. It is incredible to be able to stop the gift of a hundred thousand army.
"It's very simple. There are still a thousand and five hundred barrels of crude oil in Rwanda." Lidarcus looked around and found that no one said in a low voice, "Actually, I have already thought about it, why are you desperate? Slogans such as the First World War are used to boost morale. I only need to pour 100 barrels of crude oil into the moat a day, and the flames burning on the moat are enough to sustain the moat burning for 15 days. , Unless the opponent can fly, cross the river of flames!"
Lidarkus said that there was some movement, "On the reinforced city wall, what awaits them is the dense rain of arrows and sharp shots of 15,000 defenders!,
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Du Stellenkai took a breath of air, this. .
口 can still have such a way of defending the city? Is this too shameless!
Although I don’t want to admit it, I have to say that this seemingly clumsy but very effective method can indeed stop the 100,000 troops in the southwest from advancing, but he still expressed concern that even if the flame can last for fifteen days, ten What about after five days? The opponent will still approach the wall to initiate a breakthrough!
"This is not something I need to care about!"
Lidarcus shrugged his shoulders like a rascal, and retorted, "Do you think that in the nature of your majesty Falcon, he would allow a robber to wander in front of his house for fifteen days without going? No, he must Will run over irritably, beat this guy who doesn’t know the current affairs, and use his feet to step into the ground as fertilizer! Of course, if you are really worried about me, you will leave me five dragon teeth Battleship,
My requirements are not high, as long as the sails are complete, it is really not good. I can run with oil on the soles of my feet! At that time, even if they spit and stare, it will have no effect on me." Lidarcus blinked his eyes and looked at Dustlenko's heart, his eyes were too warm
In the end, taking into account that the main force of the Southwest Navy was gone and the mission would not be affected, Dusterenkai personally left Lidarcus with a Dragon-class battleship that was damaged in the battle at sea ( The so-called damage is that the side deck of this Dragon-class battleship was hit by a sling into a recess, and a shelling baffle was smashed into the air. "And 5 fully equipped Dragon-fang battleships, this is basically a dragon-class battleship. The configuration of the fleet.
Lidarcus arranges this unexpectedly powerful support on the sea five hundred meters away from the city. When everything is ready, Lidarcus can’t wait to see the shadow of the southwest army. Now, he was determined to create a myth, just like when Saron Yiwan's army defeated the 100,000 elite Swadian Northern Army, and established the title of a generation of famous generals. Thalidarkus would resist the Southwest Army with 15,000 people. The siege of a hundred thousand army, and then stepped into the ranks of the brilliant falcon army.
The pace of the war is rapidly approaching. The collision of the two huge military groups from the northwest and southwest also attracted the attention of the entire northwest. The focus of attention is called "Luwanaka"
"The moon, the dark golden wilderness, under the rays of sunset light, as the forward of the army, Tatton, the commander of the 3rd Army of the Southwest Army, appeared on the deserted hill five miles away from the city of Rwanda. Behind them, there are 11 thousand soldiers of the Third Army. The footsteps of the regular infantry of the Gaul Empire shook the earth. Countless startling birds flapped their wings and flew from the depths of the woods. Countless long spears. Lift up high, flashing cold light in the sun, and discharge a long dragon along the ground
The city of Rwanda in the distance is not big. It faces the sea on both sides. It has some low and wide walls. The architectural style of the city’s spires and domes is mixed. It looks a bit nondescript, more like a port from the sea. Small cities developed,
And the facts are also true. Rwanda Akka was originally a supply point into the Xibei waters. The local lords took advantage of this and spent hundreds of years to gradually build Rwan Akka from a small fishing boat. The urban population is only 10,000 people, and the fishing industry is the main source of livelihood
Tuton is a beautiful man with dark brown hair. However, what he gives a stronger impression to others is the two different eyeballs, gray and blue. When I was born, I was regarded as unlucky by my family, and I was almost taken out of an eye by my biological mother. At the age of ten, his mother committed suicide with a mental disorder, and his father became a half-life by indulging in alcohol. He hid in the second place of a large mansion. The father in the building gave up the diligence and integrity of the single age, and slept with Bacchus all day long.
But occasionally I would walk down the stairs to the first floor, throw off the butler and the nanny, stand in front of the young son, staring at the flushed and muddy eyes and scolding "If you were not born" Just fine, no one wants you to come into this world!"
"If you don’t have a baby, you’ll be fine~IndoMTL.com~ This is the lucrative song that Tuton was familiar with when he was young. The reproaches of his parents have trained Tuton's cold heart, which is different from ordinary people, when he was 20 years old. His father fell into the river pond and died inexplicably. He inherited his father’s baronial title and became a member of the local garrison.
At the age of twenty-two, because of his outstanding performance in the Kyoto Hunting Competition, he received an enlistment from the Southwest Army.
At that time, the Southwest Army was fighting at the border summer valley in the Yu Gangfei Empire. Tuton performed well in the battle. It was caught by Algernon Katja, the deputy commander of the Southwest Army who had just been transferred from Kyoto. Be transferred to his command and become a general of the regular army,
Algernon Katja has always regarded himself very high. He believes that people who are incapable are not worthy to follow him. Tuton is a person with sufficient combat ability and command ability. However, his vision is often limited to the battlefield in front of him,
" He can be given the highest value of tactical victory in a personal battle zone, but he can’t see the whole battle. Or his heart is too calm, so that many worries are worried about him, but he is good at fighting. People." This is Algernon Katja's evaluation of him.
"Encamp on the spot!" Or, Algernon Katya was correct in his assessment of Tuton, and the third army that arrived first camped out of the city instead of launching a tentative attack first.
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