Power and Empire Chapter 3355: The dead line of tripping (5)
Kalisu Kingdom, Karoo Woodland Fortress
The morning breeze that is blowing on the face already means that the temperature is warming up a bit. As the fork of the cold forest river, the largest river in the Barua region, it was a huge expense to build this Karoo fortress. The de facto defensive center of the fortress Baruja area is its scale, which is more than a thousand meters long and wide, just like a huge gate standing on the wavy cold forest river
Bahruia is a dense forest area with numerous trees, a long-term humid climate, and the prevalence of termites in the dense forest area, resulting in problems with the wooden buildings of the Kallithu Kingdom in ten years. It is impossible to build fortresses without solid stone. Even the royal capital of the Kalisu Kingdom is a half-wood and half-stone structure, while the Karoo Fortress in front of you is a full-stone structure. The stone here comes from a lying mountain a hundred miles away and is transported by waterways in the dense forest area. Since the cost is too high, this fortress only completes the main part of the horizontal river channel, and more extends to both sides. It is still a tall wooden wall built of wood, but the fortress has its unique construction. The first impression is very deep. It is a fortress lying on the river. The woodland outside the fortress has been cut down, leaving a good view. Standing on the height of the Karoo Fortress, You can easily see the sights within twenty miles nearby
The morning sun fell on the cold stone wall of Karoo Fortress, reflecting the uneven light. The wooden walls extending from the middle to the two sides are very irregular, undulating in height and scattered. The space inside the fortress is very wide, and the roads are formed by directly cutting down the woodland, which is very rough, but very strong
Many houses are not well lit. Most of the buildings have only one or two rough windows. The fortress itself was built from the perspective of war, so it abandoned the useless decoration, but from The building from the outer wall to the inside of the wall is integrated into three defensive lines, which look strong but not unbreakable. What really makes the attackers feel helpless is because the fortress is located right between the valleys on both sides of the river. The frontal width of the attack does not exceed 50 meters, and it is difficult to send more than 100 soldiers each time
Elliott stood on the heights of Karoo Fortress in armor, staring to the north, and his face looked a bit ugly. He withdrew the 50,000 Karri Soviet army here, hoping to take advantage of Karoo Fortress. The unique terrain made the imperial army retreat in the face of difficulties, but the situation surprised Eliot, that is, three days have passed, but the expected imperial army did not appear in front of the Karoo Fortress
"It's been two days, and tens of thousands of imperial troops just disappeared under your noses. Can they still fly away with wings? Unless the imperial troops have left Baruja, or else you are blind! "Elliott retracted his gaze from a distance, and turned his gaze sternly to look at the head of the scout who looked guilty and embarrassed behind him
"Master Elliott, I think the imperial army should not have disappeared, but withdrawn, because half the time of the imperial annual meeting has passed, time has not allowed them to advance step by step, and the other party’s raid It is even more broken by our side, and when the other side feels hopeless, it is normal to choose to return to the boundary line"
A young general Carriesu standing behind Elliott said with a look of disdain
This is a handsome young general with sharp eyes, a firm nose, and slightly thick lips that make him look wild. He wears an armor made of black Luo iron, a specialty of dense forests. , A flaxen hair draped over his shoulders. In the past few years, as the veteran generals in the military have gradually retreated, the children of the Karisu royal family have gradually mastered the elite of the Karisu army. He is the second step of the Karisu king’s army. The head of the Corps Blanche, the most dazzling one among the younger generation of the Karisu royal family, was appointed as the elite of the elite at the age of 27, and the commander of the Second Infantry Regiment
You must know that the Karisu 1st Corps is the Karisu Royal Guard, so even if it is facing Eliot, Blanche has no look of fear, because everyone knows that as long as the battle is over , Eliot will be transferred back to the royal capital. He may never have the opportunity to lead the army again. He is already a man who is doomed to pass. How can he be the future of the kingdom compared with a newcomer like himself, and Eliot It's the past of the kingdom
If it weren’t for this collision, the new officers of Carrie’s Soviet Army would realize how big a gap between him and the imperial army sweeping the north is. In the case of a sudden attack, the opponent would have withstood three times the strength of the army. The fierce attack and killing continued until the arrival of the imperial reinforcements, and almost hit the counterattack of the Kali Soviet army. Although it was only a short two-hour confrontation, the new officers who had already fought were terrified.
Under the situation of taking advantage, more than 3,000 people died in the battle, and more than 4,000 people were injured. In this battle, the arrogant elites of the royal family fought fiercely. A face was originally bullish, but now it’s a drum in the heart. The more than 10,000 imperial armies are still like this, and the number of imperial armies that came afterwards is even more. Such an astonishing imperial army presses into Karisu. Can the kingdom's territory be defended?
They need an experienced veteran to sit in town, so Elliott’s orders are still heard. In fact, from the bottom of their hearts, they also hope that the imperial army will really retreat. After all, the fact that the empire swept the Obaro continent There, the imperial Thor, the most notorious empire, has not yet appeared on the stage, and it has been able to force the impact of several times the strength of the force. If the imperial army pulls the imperial Thor, it is still a matter of whether the Karoo Fortress in front of him can be defended!
But who knows, three fearful days have passed, and there is no shadow of the imperial army. The report from the scouts is even more shocking. The imperial army has disappeared! Wouldn't it be better not to fight! The new officers cheered happily in their hearts, and this expression naturally made Elliott look in front of them. These new officers who lacked combat experience and were promoted by rockets made Elliott a deep sigh. The consequences of Leiter’s sudden return to China six years ago. When Leiter returned to the Kingdom of Kallithu and revealed the truth of the incident, the military generals were in an uproar.
The military and the royal family almost turned their faces, but in essence, it was just a turmoil, but at this time, the southern Fazer Kingdom took advantage of the vacancy and persuaded the two Kalisu to hold a heavy hand. The general rebels to Feize, and one-half of the border guards of the Kallithu Kingdom has mutiny. If the Kalisu Kingdom is not dealt with in time, I am afraid that the Kalisu Kingdom will fall into a civil war and split.
Because of this, the old military generals resigned in shame, and the general power was restored to the royal family. The result was a major exchange of military officers that lasted for several years.
A large number of children of the Karrisu royal family poured into the army to take up important positions. Eighty percent of the middle-level officers have been controlled by the Karrisu royal family. Among the 21 generals at the top, 14 are members of the royal family. Or aristocrats married to the royal family, the royal family regained military power and launched a major reshuffle, that is, 60% of the officers in the original Karisu army were dismissed from the military, and a large number of inexperienced young royal aristocrats became the army. The chief officer, King Karisu’s army seems to have expanded by one-third of its total military power outside, breaking the 100,000 limit, but inside is a group of self-righteous young officers running rampantly, fighting each other against the above orders, otherwise what? It is also impossible for 50,000 troops to fight for two hours, stupefied by the embarrassing situation of over 10,000 imperial troops.
Now, facing the fluke of the inexperienced officers, Eliot shook his head and said categorically, "The empire's tens of thousands of troops went south aggressively, and they withdrew only after a collision. This is absolutely impossible, and in this collision, it is our side that took advantage of the first move. According to the imperial army’s nature of paying for a tooth, how could it be possible to swallow this breath, so the imperial army will definitely not withdraw, even if it does. The withdrawal will definitely be after launching a fierce attack, otherwise, it will not be the imperial army sweeping the mainland!" As a battlefield veteran, Eliot has first-class vision and judgment, and it is just as he said. In that way, the imperial army did not withdraw, but detoured to Sakye and went straight to the capital of Karisu, but it would not sound so nice to those new officers who wanted to avoid war!
After all, the elite troops are still in the hands of these royal officers. Eliot's border officers are far inferior in terms of background and the quality of the troops, so these royal officers know that as long as they do not agree to take the initiative to attack, Eliot will be impossible. To give an order to attack, it’s best to just drag the time over.
"In order to prevent the military power from slipping out of his hands, Lord Elliott had to insist that there was no withdrawal even if the imperial army had withdrawn. It is really chilling. Such actions and intentions do not violate your majesty. Do you trust you unselfishly..., I have other things to do, so I won’t delay your time here! "It was Blanche, the 2nd Infantry Regiment Commander who said this, and his mouth was cold. He glanced in disdain, and turned around with a few officers, and saw him like this. The other royal officers also immediately said that they had something to do and turned and left. Soon, just like that, Eliot was left with only the original. The officers of the Baruan army
These officers did not leave, but gathered all at once,
"My lord, these guys are so rude. If it weren't for these guys to hold back, our army would not be like that." These officers glared at the leaving royal officers, these young people with no combat experience. What is it, have they eaten the wind and drank blood on the border defense? A group of arrogant young people first came to the battlefield, thinking that they were all the imperial military gods to the north! Everyone is not convinced. We are the real border guards of Baruja. We have been stationed here for more than ten years. We are familiar with the vegetation and the geographical trends here. We dare not say that we have been fighting for a long time. I have seen blood on the battlefield, but when these royal officers came, they all acted like uncles, relying on their royal family status to use the border guards as slaves. When they came to the battlefield, they would shout a few words, what shit. I don’t understand, if it weren’t for these royal officers who only knew the fierce rush, how could 50,000 people fight 10,000 in two hours, but there were 7,000 people injured in the battle, and the opposing imperial army At most there are three or four thousand people. With such a useless record, these guys also put the blame on our border guards for ineffective combat."
The border guards officers were filled with outrage, and surrounded their old superiors. Eliot didn't expect the situation to become like this. The border guards and the royal officers had so much opinion that they could only listen to the subordinates with a wry smile. , The influence of that frontier defense mutiny has been fully revealed at this moment,
The officers trained by the royal family do not trust the border guards at all, and the border guards do not trust the royal officers. This rift is rapidly growing
At the beginning, Eliot also saw this problem. He was unwilling to eventually clashed between the border guards and the royal army, and finally chose to leave the border guards and return to the royal capital. After the exchange of blood is completed, this estrangement and contradiction will naturally disappear, but unexpectedly, this unexpected war has caused this contradiction to erupt. Now Eliot can only try to calm the excitement of his subordinates and use the kingdom. The overall situation requires the subordinates to be more patient, but at this moment, he does not know that King Karisu has been conquered by the imperial army that has turned to the rush! The fifty thousand Karisu army was stagnated at Karoo Fortress, which is less than a hundred miles away from the capital due to its own internal conflicts
Karisu King's City
The sudden violent fighting at night caused the residents to panic and uneasy. People hid in their homes in a panic, packing the valuable gold and silver. They closed the door tightly, did not dare to turn on the lights, and watched the soldiers marching on the street through the gaps in the curtains. When the sun rose, the empire in black armor appeared before the eyes of the citizens of the Khalisu capital. Soldiers replaced the royal army of Karisu. These black-clad soldiers stood on the street with serious expressions and controlled the nearby streets. There were almost no people walking on the street. Sometimes one or two people hurried on the road, acquaintances did not dare to talk, but dared to meet. Give each other a glance Even the most daring residents of Kallithu did not dare to approach the imperial soldiers patrolling in black armor. No one knew what the imperial army would do with the city, and King Kallithu changed hands overnight, even more so. Both civilians and nobles are panicked. Above the city, there is a depressive, heavy breath, as if the dark clouds of IndoMTL.com have covered the blue sky before the rainstorm arrives.
"Thank you for not letting the soldiers rob the king's capital." Lytel looked back from the window with excitement, turned around to look at Bai Dan and Estante, nodded to express his gratitude. After all, he is a Kalisu. Although he was treated unfairly by the royal family, whether it was a misunderstanding or whatever, everything ended with the head of King Karisu. If possible, he still hopes to save King Karisu from this war.
"Master Lytle didn’t know that the regular army of the Empire has no tradition of looting, and even looting without authorization will be dealt with by military law! What is used to looting is the two courts composed of the Kurgits, not our regular army"
Estante leaned on the sofa and smiled at the corner of his mouth. He wouldn’t tell Lighter, in fact, the Nords’ reputation in Ikadiva is also very bad. It was only after being incorporated into the empire that the looting style of the Nord soldiers was improved. Moreover, King Karizu in front of him was too poor. King Karizu almost emptied the entire treasury. Down, the civilians are even more bleak, even the royal family has not found much valuable things, and will soon face revenge from the Kali Soviet forces from the two lines, and it is quite dangerous to run with a large number of looted goods. thing! In this battle, all we need is to capture the capital of Kalithu!
"When will Lord Salton's main force arrive? Kalu Fortress is only a hundred miles away from here, and may be killed at any time." Lighter asked with a hesitant expression. Dancing on the tip of a knife, even if it is blocked across the board, facing the dense forest terrain, the news will eventually leak out,
"Yesterday, I reported the battle to Lord Salton," Estante said, "According to the plan, once our army captures the capital, Lord Salton's main force will go south from the west coast"