I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 187 Extra Story [-]: Dmitry's Ragnia War
On December 49, 12th year of the founding of Pella, on a winding and rugged mountain road in the Domon Mountains at the junction of the Kingdom of Lagonia and the North Gilles Province of the Kingdom of Macedonia, a huge army was slowly and difficultly On the march.

The soldiers in this army are fully armed, and most of them use spears and bucklers. The dark military flags they hold high depict the symbol of the sun of Vecina, making their identity instantly recognizable - they come from the south. The army of the Kingdom of Macedonia.

Today, 4 years have passed since the Kingdom of Lagonia and its allies in the encirclement network declared war on the Kingdom of Macedonia. During these four years, the Duke of Harun and the Kingdom of Catalan within the Alliance of the Kingdom of Lagonia have been defeated successively , the Lagnians relied on the natural danger of the Domon Mountains to keep the powerful army of the Macedonian Kingdom out of the country one after another. Countless soldiers from both sides were buried under the castles standing in the mountains.

In order to end the war in the north as soon as possible, Dmitri, the son of "One-Eyed" Antigonus, the commander of the northern legion appointed by King Antigon himself, is determined to break the boat. Under the guidance of the mountain people, they forcibly crossed the Domon Mountains.

At this time, it has entered the cold winter, and the high-altitude Domon Mountains are already covered in silver and covered with heavy snow. The Lagonians cannot imagine that the Macedonians dare to forcibly cross the high mountains in this season. The main force is also concentrated in several castles in the mountains, hiding in warm facilities, guarding against the Macedonians outside the mountains, and waiting for the end of winter.

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The cold wind was blowing across the white hills, and the Macedonian soldiers who were struggling in the snow were all wrapped in thick animal fur coats and used their spears as crutches to advance step by step. They quickly put a new layer of white clothes on their bodies. The soldiers' beards and eyebrows were covered with frost, and the hot breath they exhaled was dissipated within a few seconds.

Even animals couldn't bear this kind of weather. Most of the horses that accompanied the army froze to death on the road, and the few that barely survived were extremely weak, as if they would be blown down by the cold wind at any time.

In the ranks, a young phalanx infantry gradually slowed down. The comrades around him just wanted to step forward to help him, but before he could move, the soldier fell slowly and fell on the thick snow. Inside, a snowflake was brought up, and the comrade in arms did not pull him up from the snow, because it was unnecessary.

Hearing the movement behind him, Dmitry turned his head to look at the long line behind him, and also saw the soldier lying in the snow. A little shaken flashed across his face, but he quickly returned It was replaced by a resolute expression. It has been more than half a month since the legion crossed the mountains, and they are about to walk out of here. The soldiers who came to freeze to death, their sacrifices will also be in vain.

"Keep going!"

He shouted in his heart, because of the cold, his lips were already chapped, and he was struggling to speak.

It was a gamble, a gamble that cost his life and the lives of the entire legion of soldiers. If they successfully crossed the Dormont Mountains, everything would be reversed, but if they froze to death (or got lost) in this complex terrain In the mountains, the northern defense line will be destroyed.

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Half a month later.

Looking at the small wooden houses dotted in the white wilderness below the mountain, Dmitry and many soldiers in the legion showed joy. They walked around the mountains for more than a month, ate up all the dry food they carried, and After drinking up all the drinkable water, they could only rely on building fires to melt the snow to obtain drinkable water. Now they finally walked out of the Domon Mountains.

"Speed ​​up! Don't stop!"

Dmitry ordered loudly to the soldiers under his command, and the officers in the ranks followed closely to pass on the command of the commander-in-chief. Soon, the shouts of continuing to move forward sounded one after another in the entire long ranks. The Macedonian soldiers who endured the severe cold on the mountain cheered and accelerated their march towards the foot of the mountain.

The Lagnians on the other side of the mountains had no idea that the Macedonians would dare to cross the mountains in such cold weather to complete a death march. When the troops holding the flag of the Kingdom of Macedonia appeared in their villages like heavenly soldiers While outside, the Lagnians who were hiding at home warming themselves by the fire were unprepared and were brutally massacred by the Macedonian army.

The male villagers in this remote village were killed by the Macedonian soldiers, and the women were forcibly taken away and used as playthings for the soldiers to vent their anger. All the winter food they had stored at home was also searched out and fell into the hungry In the stomachs of the Macedonian soldiers, let them regain their combat effectiveness.

Dmitri did not stop the soldiers from venting their violence. After they had eaten and drank enough, the Macedonian legion transformed the village into a temporary camp. The soldiers randomly discarded the bodies of the tragically killed villagers in the wilderness outside, leaving them alone. The snowflakes falling from the sky buried it, and then the dove occupied the magpie's nest, lived in the warm homes of the villagers, and slept peacefully - this was the first time they had been able to sleep so peacefully in more than a month.

After one night, the energetic Macedonian army left the village and marched towards the nearest city, led by the villagers who were forcibly captured as guides.

Although four years have passed since the war, because the war has not been brought to the Kingdom of Lagnia, the territory of the Kingdom north of the Domon Mountains is a peaceful scene of singing and dancing, except for those who appear on the road from time to time. Except for the military couriers with small flags on their backs and the transport teams transporting food to the front line, there was not much difference from before the war broke out.

However, today, this illusion of peace was finally broken. The Macedonian army, which crossed the Domon Mountains at all costs, appeared behind the Domon defense line of the Kingdom of Lagnia. Before the Lagnia army discovered them, they captured it first. Belelas, an important city behind the mountain defense line, was a transit point for transporting grain to the front line. After it was captured by the Macedonian army, which appeared like magic soldiers descending from the sky, all the huge stocks of grain and grass fell into the hands of the Macedonians. hands.

When the news reached the front line, the people of Lagnia stationed in the castle couldn't believe the truth of the incident. Whether it was the high-level generals or the low-level soldiers, they all shouted that it was impossible. Confidence, unless one of the castles is captured, it is impossible for the Macedonians to enter.

But the reality is indeed the case. The scouts sent by the frontier army all brought back a certain answer, so the generals on the front line went crazy.

Although after the surrender of the Principality of Harlan, there were huge loopholes in the western border defense of the Kingdom of Lagonia, but their eastern border defense has not been greatly affected. The main force of the Macedonian army led by them was in a stalemate. If the army that suddenly appeared behind them came from the west, it would prove that the battle in the western theater had been defeated, but they could not have received such big news for a long time.

It can be seen from this that this army must not have been interspersed from the west.

No matter how hard the Lagnians thought about it, they couldn't figure out why Dmitry appeared behind their buttocks, so they stopped thinking about it, and instead mobilized the army to wipe out the sudden appearance of the Macedonian army. Prevent them from causing greater irreparable damage.However, Dmitry is not the kind of character who waits to be beaten. After looting the city of Beleras, he left the city with as much food and grass as possible. Before leaving, he ordered Burn the remaining food and grass that cannot be taken away together with the food for the citizens for the winter.

Therefore, when the Ragnian army returned to Belelas City, they faced warehouses that had turned into white ground and more than ten thousand hungry people waiting to be fed.

Seeing all this, Chesterton, the commander of the Ragnian army, was so angry that he almost vomited blood. While cursing the Macedonians for their insidiousness, he kicked away the consul Belelas who begged him to use military rations to help the civilians, and then ordered Pursue the Macedonian troops fleeing here.

On the other side, the Macedonian army, who had heard the news that the Lagnian army had drawn troops from the front line, also began to launch a tentative attack on several Lagnian castles, which was exactly what Dmitri asked before setting off. of.

The news of the attack on the border successfully distracted Chesterton from chasing the Macedonian army in front of him. This was exactly the effect Dmitri wanted. For a while, the young Macedonian nobleman learned many war strategies from the king. He let some of the army pretend to be the main force and continue to advance, while the large army set up an ambush on the bank of a river, waiting for the Lagnians' pursuit army to cross the river. At that time, the Macedonian army ambushed here fired all arrows and attacked the enemy army still on the ice.

The Macedonian army's ambush successfully disrupted the formation and organization of the Lagnian army, causing the soldiers on the ice to fall into chaos. The dense arrow rain they shot also killed a large number of Lagnian soldiers who had no cover. The ice surface was red and blood flowed like a river.

In this ambush, the Macedonian army once again sacrificed the advanced gunpowder weapon invented by the research institute. This gunpowder weapon was an early grenade conceived by Antigonus and made by the craftsmen in the research institute. This grenade They are round pottery pots filled with black powder, iron nails, gravel and other gadgets. The top of the pottery pots is pierced by a special fire rope. When using it, light the fire rope first, and then throw it at the target.

Early grenades were not very powerful due to their technical limitations. The damage to the enemy was mainly due to the scattered iron nails, gravel and fragments of clay pots after the pot exploded.

In the chaos, the Lagnia soldiers only saw round pottery pots falling from the sky. Before they realized what the enemy was throwing them for, the pottery pots exploded in the air, and the iron nails and broken stones inside were like The heavenly maid scattered flowers and covered the area below, and the Lagnian soldiers below screamed and fell on the ice, some unlucky people's exposed skin was covered with dense small fragments, blood Flowing, struggling with pain.

Facing this unprecedented weapon, the Lagnia soldiers all showed timid expressions. The deafening explosion sounded like the roar of a god, and rang in their ears. Some pious and timid soldiers ignored this On a dangerous battlefield, he fell to his knees and prayed for the protection and mercy of the gods.However, the so-called gods are only the movement caused by the explosion of gunpowder, which not only fails to bring them shelter, but on the contrary, it brings them cruel death.

After a round of explosions, while the Lagnian soldiers were still in shock, the Macedonian soldiers ambushing nearby roared and rushed to attack the Lagnian army crossing the river. The Lagnian army was almost defeated at the first touch, and was killed without any armor remaining.

The heavy snow hindered the escape speed of the Lagnian routs, allowing the Macedonian cavalry to catch up with the routs easily. At the end of the day, both sides of the snow-covered river were the corpses of the Lagnians , The warm corpses flowing from them almost melted the ice surface, which shows how amazing the number of soldiers died on this day.

The main force of the eastern theater of the Lagnians was wiped out in World War I, and Dmitry did not slack off because of this. He stripped off the military uniforms and armor from the captured Lagnian soldiers, and replaced them with On the road, under the banner of reinforcements, march towards the defense line of the Domon Mountains.

Seeing this, it must be easy to guess the direction of the next battle.The Macedonian army, pretending to be a reinforcement, successfully sneaked into the fortress of the Domon Mountains with the help of the surrendered Lagnian captives. After the army entered the fortress, they suddenly launched an attack on the surrounding Lagnian soldiers, who were caught off guard , was caught off guard and fell into chaos, but the Macedonians took control of the city gate behind them in time, leading the main force of the following legion into the city. With the continuous entry of the Macedonian army, the castle fell immediately.

Afterwards, Dmitri tricked open the gates of several other castles by the same method, and cooperated with the inside and the outside, destroying the defense line of the Kingdom of Lagnia in the Domon Mountains.

Without the dangerous location of the Domon Mountains, the Kingdom of Lagnia, whose main force was confronting King Antigonus in the west, was like a weak lamb. By the time of looting and destruction, countless civilians were either killed or plundered to become slaves. When the main army of the Kingdom of Lagonia returned to the defense, the once-rich hinterland had already become a piece of scorched earth.

(End of this chapter)