Power and Empire Chapter 1856: Blood and fire, the battle for northern Gaul (1)

Through the narrow high windows of the Red Fort of Antura’s main hall, the afterglow of the setting sun curbs the ground and hangs the walls—dark red stripes. Now, although the stone walls here have been contrasted with cyan and brown, The Slavs who wanted to establish a nation here refurbished the whole hall, and painted images of the Slavs who once founded the country with colored colors on the walls.

That is the history that the Slavs are proud of. Decades ago, they also stood on this land as a unified country, occupying the northern part of Gaul. The ambitious Slavs thought that they were no longer Will go back to the cold region where people who die in the cold are like dead animals, but they don’t want their offspring to forget this,

The furnishings of the chamber are extremely gorgeous.

On both sides of the door are a pair of bronze statues of Sphinxes, and the rounded red garnet eyes appear piercing on the black marble face. The Slavs professed to be a warrior from the Land of the North, surmounted by thorns, surrounded by fierce enemies (Falcon Empire), under the guidance of the God of Winter Snow (Climbing the Glacier), in a long night of stars (cold in the winter night) The wind rustles, the starry eyes of hungry people finally came to this land of flowers and milk (the Slavs naturally ignored the fact that they were the invaders!)

In order to demonstrate the difficulty of all this, a huge tapestry tapestry of narrative stage scenery, covering the wall of the main entrance of the hall from the top of the chamber, shone with a red light under the rays of the setting sun

Ruhr, commander of the 12th Infantry Regiment of the Gaul Northern Army, hurried up the steps leading to the hall, flanked by guards in full armor with shields and spears, calf leather riding boots spiked on the hard stones of the steps, There was a clicking sound. Quick and powerful,

At the end of the steps, there were two Gaul generals who arrived first, standing there and chatting in a low voice. One was a bright bald head, about forty years old, with a Chinese face and an old wound on the corner of his eyebrows. The centipede-like traces underneath, the arms hug the red cross helmets hanging down, and they wear red and blue armor. The handle of the knight's epee on the waist is inlaid with seven huge sapphires arranged in an arrangement of North Stars. Another general Gaul is about 30 years old. His arm armor is a mark of a lion head. His eyes are long and narrow when he turns his head, giving people an unnatural cold feeling.

Hearing the sound coming from the direction of the steps, the two looked down the steps and saw Ruel wearing the armor with the crown of the stag marking. The bald general first raised his hand to Ruel and shouted loudly, "Lu Sir. You came so fast!"

This person is Pat. He is the commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment of the Gaul Northern Army. He has a good relationship with Ruhr.

"I should have thought of it, as long as there are good things. Your Pat is definitely the fastest!" Ruhr smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, and said to the triumphant bald head that seemed unwilling to do so,

Stopping at the top of the steps, Ruhr saluted another Northern Army's Eleventh Step Corps commander Adelin slightly. "Unexpectedly, Lord Adelin also arrived so fast. This is the eleventh one. The Infantry Regiment's resident Grosso is ten miles away! I came from Maurton Woods, three miles away, and it was really embarrassing to have no adult arrived first. "Master Ruhr! I didn't come from the station. Yes. I arrived last night, because of the serious frostbite of the soldiers, but it was just a coincidence!"

Adelin smiled awkwardly, and returned a gift. "You also know that the recent troop has been reduced seriously. I think it is necessary to ask Master Simon to ask Kyoto to add cold-proof supplies! And I just heard that there is a part of Kyoto. Reinforcement of the army is here, if Simon can come forward to coordinate, maybe we can get a batch of cold supplies, maybe "" Haha, it turns out that everyone thought of it together!" Ruhr's face was stunned and his hand touched his chin and said, "I I heard that the Kyoto army that arrived this time has a total of 50,000 people. If we can get some supplies for the winter, the soldiers below can also suffer a little bit less! "That is, the equipment of the Kyoto army has always been better than ours, too. I don’t know what the Ministry of Military Affairs thinks. When everyone received the order to enter the north from Kyoto, it was in August when people died. Most of the soldiers wore thinner clothes. Now it’s the cold of winter, the soldiers are still wearing thinner clothes. Clothes are very difficult, not to mention fighting, it is difficult to stand for a long time!

Bald-headed Pat looked particularly angry, and said angrily, "I also specially advised Master Simon that all the troops should be concentrated in Antura, at least this is a city, there are ready-made houses, and the forest outside the city. Not cold, hungry, unlike the area where we are now, there are only a dozen houses, most of the soldiers are camping and sleeping. If you want to cut the wood, you must run to the forest area eleven miles away, otherwise you will only be shivering. You’re waiting to die! "You’re too exaggerated! Don’t do it because I don’t know what you’re thinking. Do you want this to win the sympathy of Sir Simon?" Ruhr rolled his eyes at the familiar Pat

"Exaggeration? I can swear by the reputation of my soldier!" Bald Pat was anxious, his right hand patted his chest heavily, his face was like chicken blood, and he said, "You know, I have frostbite there. The number of people has reached more than 1,300, and more than 150 of them are no longer able to fight. What do you think is this? My imperial infantry regiment can't even get a thousand cotton-padded clothes. In broad daylight, the camp is like a ghost town. They are all buried in tents and dare not come out. If anyone comes out, they may fall on the road. It takes less than three hours. The situation is really severe for an ice sculpture, and my place is also different. Not too big, I also made a similar opinion to Lord Simon, that we can effectively conserve our strength by mobilizing troops to Antura.” But Lord Simon refused. The Lord said that our military strength is several times that of the Falcon Army. We should consider if we use it. This advantage is to lure the enemy into Antura to encircle and annihilate, instead of gathering the army in Antura, so that the opposite Falcon army dare not attack Antura! But now it seems that the opponent is obviously much more cunning, just in When Antura swims outside, it just doesn’t enter Antura"

The slender-eyed Adelin belonged to the kind of thoughtful general. Although he also appeared dissatisfied, he restrained his anger, shook his head and said, "The main force of the well-equipped Gaul Northern Army had already moved westward in August. The troops stationed in the north are new troops dispatched from Kyoto in August. The equipment is incomparable with the elites of the former Northern Army. The soldiers are thinly dressed and the weapons are all obsolete second-line weapons, and they have been shipped recently. The few poor cold supplies were given to Lord Simon’s own army"

Adelin's voice paused, took a deep breath, and said with regret, "Kyoto will put all its power to deal with the frontal Falcon Army, and there are still thoughts to take care of us, as winter falls. The severe cold and snow hit their faces, and the army fell into the embarrassment of lack of supplies for the winter. In order to resist the aggressive northward advance of the Salon Army, our soldiers only wore thin linen and fought in the wind and snow. Several battles came down, and the number of people suffering from frostbite was more than that. There are many people who died in the battle. If it continues to deteriorate like this, at most one month, my troops will have lost their fighting ability without fighting!" "Hey. It's better to be when Lord Alder is there, anyway Alder The adults won't let everyone suffer so much, there is no benefit at all, and they have to fight the Falcon Army desperately!" Ruhr glanced at the steps under his feet. With a deep sigh, the other two's faces suddenly acquiesced,

Since Alder was appointed by the chief of the Kyoto front to enter Gaul Kyoto, the situation of the Gaul northern forces has begun to decline.

The new person in charge sent by the Gaul Military Department to take over is Duke Simon, the Deputy Chief of the Military Department, a sophisticated noble, because of several major reshuffles in the Gaul military circles. In addition, many outstanding generals have died in the situation of overwhelming power on the Western Front. Now the Gaul Military Affairs Department has become a place used by the Kyoto nobles to divide power, and they have almost no combat capabilities. /

Like this Duke Simon who took over the affairs of the Northern Army, one of the things he did the most was to insert a large number of noble children from Kyoto into his direct troops, and he was indifferent to the situation of the other troops of the Northern Army. Most of the weapons, equipment and military expenses shipped from Kyoto were distributed to the so-called Bidan New Army of 15,000 people formed under his command. According to this old nobleman, Alder’s set is outdated. , The poor performance of the 100,000 New North Army in the Battle of Dalny is a clear proof. He wants to build a real Gaul strong army and wants the Falcon army on the opposite side to know what a Gaul warrior is! To restore Gaul’s honor of sweeping northern Obaro three hundred years ago

The clamor is powerful, but in reality it is another matter

Several battles commanded by the Duke of Simon have caused heavy losses to other troops of the Northern Army. He is the one who prevented the Slavs from going south. Although he has superior forces, he is staid, stubborn, and does not understand the changes in the battlefield. He blindly demands soldiers. Fighting bravely, although the Slavs paid a heavy price, the Slavs still succeeded in breaking through the siege. Faced with the rapid northward advance of the Falcon Salon Army, they only know what kind of tactics such as frontal battles and forced blocking.

Ordered other northern troops to attack on the battlefield, but the most powerful Bi Dan Army under his command never deployed in the back row. It completely ignored the inferior equipment of other northern troops and the difficult fighting conditions in the cold winter. The result was nearly ten Before the 10,000-strong Northern Army rushed to the enemy, it was defeated by the Sarongbei Army Corps, which had only 30,000, lost its helmet and unarmed, and was defeated! "Attention, Sir Simon is here!"

Ruhr suddenly lowered his head and whispered to the other two grasshoppers who were not dealing with him but were standing in a boat

At the bottom of the steps, a spirited and pale old man walked around a dozen generals, with a Chinese character face, a magnificent appearance, wearing a dark blue military uniform and a vertical wind collar, looking like that This kind of righteous and stern words is enough to shame the enemy’s old scholarship,

The old man tilted his head and talked with a general Gaul behind him. I haven't seen him. He is wearing a blue captain uniform and his chest is covered with colorful medals that no one knows what it means. It should be this time. The person in charge of the Kyoto Army supporting the north found that he did not know him. Ruhr continued to scan his gaze behind Duke Simon. The three generals of the Bi Dan Army and all-in-one Kyoto nobles came from. "These guys are here too!" Lu Er frowned slightly, retracted his gaze and disliked these guys from the bottom of his heart. Their chins are always held high. Outside of Kyoto, I look at anyone with a bird's-eye view. The tone of speech is not so much the same. The conversation is more like talking to oneself. It seems that as long as they are not the nobles in Kyoto, they should be treated with some kind of worship. "It is three disgusting guys!" Ruhr heard the rude-looking bald sarcasm as always. Say "I bet these guys are better at getting into women's beds than they are at fighting! The role of their swords is more to show off to those mistresses" "Just take care of your mouth. Don't talk nonsense, I know." Among them, Liar fought against the Falcons on the Western Front! "Adelin's voice is dull" Yeah, is Lasti going to fight? I've heard that hundreds of thousands of empires were destroyed in World War I, if not run away Hurry, he was almost caught alive by the Falcons for ransom just like everyone else! He was so embarrassed to come back, but I apologized. "Pat rolled his eyes in disdain." Are you okay? "The old man stopped." In the footsteps, he raised his head and saw the three people standing on the steps waiting for a long time, and his eyes flashed with obvious disgust. The tone is unusually cold

For the second-line troops left by Alder, he has always been shown to be lukewarm. After all, he is Alder’s subordinate. Alder is also the head of the Kyoto front. There may be a chance to be promoted to the Imperial Marshal. , He didn't need to offend people, he had always planned to let these lazy guys fend for themselves, but now it's different, news from Kyoto. Alder, the head of the Kyoto line, has just been convicted and detained for sixty years. It is impossible for him to come out in this life.

In this case. He doesn't need to be fearful anymore, he is the person in charge of the north, he can use whoever he wants! "We heard that the reinforcements from Kyoto have arrived, so we want to apply for some protection against the cold...!" Ruhr hesitated. Saying boldly, "Kyoto’s reinforcements? Does this have anything to do with you? In the absence of orders, your behavior of leaving your post without authorization is a serious violation of military discipline, and it is still in front of the guests in Kyoto. You want it. Do you want me to lose face? As for the supplies to protect me from the cold, I have nothing to spare. If I don’t want to be arrested for this, I’ll go back right away!” The old man interrupted him with an indifferent expression and waved his hand unceremoniously. The guard shouted, "Leaving duty without permission, you should be cut off! Your lord is kind enough to you!" Someone in the three generals of Bi Danjun said, his eyes were full of disdain, like looking at a beggar on the street. "My lord, we are just... …" Ruhr insisted hard, clasping his hands together, thinking of the soldiers trapped in the cold winter, his face was pale and wanted to speak, but he was held by a hand next to him, it was Edlin, and he told Ruhr. He whispered, "Enough, it's useless to say it again! "I'm sorry, our recklessness has embarrassed the adults, we will go back immediately!" "Adelin immediately saluted Duke Simon and dragged Ruhr and Bald Bert away. When the backs of the three disappeared, Duke Simon apologized and said to the general of the Kyoto army next to him, "Master Tielan, it's true. Make you laugh, these ignorant inferior nobles are always so self-righteous "Haha, nothing, in Rusty, I have seen more rude people like them!" Sometimes when I think of the destiny of the empire being controlled by such a person, I can’t sleep. "The general of Kyoto showed a sad expression on his face, so I seemed to be full of pity for the world

It was in the Battle of Rusty, Tie Lan, the commander of the blue holy beast cavalry who swiftly retreated and escaped,

Although the Battle of Rusty failed, it was a strong capital for Tillan, one of the chiefs of the young and Zhuang sect in Kyoto. Not everyone was able to recover from the mercury-like offensive of the Falcon Army. After retiring, the reason for the failure of the Battle of Rusty was ultimately determined by Hasen Rambo’s misjudgment, but Tielan was promoted to deputy commander of the Kyoto Guards because of his outstanding performance in the Battle of Rusty, and he was still a heavy military minister. , This time to help the north are Tielan’s blue holy beast cavalry and three Kyoto infantry regiments with a total force of 57,000.

"Master Tielan is indeed an upright person! Those who disregard class to disrupt this country should be born in a dark dungeon." Duke Simon showed a satisfied smile, this time Tielan meant something. He had brought an army of 50,000 people, and they were all well-equipped soldiers. He had foreseen that the Falcon army of only 30,000 people would be screaming miserably under the encirclement of his Bi Dan army and Tielan's army, and stabilize the north of Gaul. Then go south to defeat the Falcon Army and approach Kyoto’s army, Gaul’s revival is expected

"Let’s talk about the situation in the north!" Tielan tilted her head~IndoMTL.com~ said happily

"Of course, with the help of Master Tillan this time, I believe everything will go well!" Duke Simon shook his hand and asked him to spread the map of the north on the long table in the chamber, pointing to the map and said, " Our army now occupying here, a total of 80,000 people, opened a huge net in Antura. Opposite this net is a prey named Salon. The two armies have been facing each other for ten days. It should have been long ago. The enemy army that entered Antura stopped unexpectedly, which led to the failure of the Antura counterattack plan that I had painstakingly arranged."

"So, you only need to introduce this "boar" to Antura, right!" Tielan looked at the map, raised her head and said (in Gaul, the pronunciation of Salon Similar to wild boar)

"Mountain boar? Haha, it can be said that this guy is a headache boar!" Duke Simon was taken aback, and immediately reacted with a smile. "The **** soldiers are all wearing thick cotton clothes. Let us eat. After a lot of hardship, now I am even more looking forward to how his bloated soldiers can climb the tall walls of Antura like tortoises! ""My lord, urgent news from the front!" A servant officer suddenly walked out of the chamber in a hurry. "Come in" what's going on, have you forgotten the basic etiquette? "Duke Simon's eyes are full of anger, and he asked with a heavy tone." I'm sorry, my lord, but it is too urgent. At noon today, they drove in the direction of Antura! "The attendant was panting (to be continued...)