I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 189 Extra Story [-]: The Eight Years' War - Catalan Kingdom
"Hill, it's time to go."

Hearing the call of his comrades outside the door, Bellamy Hill responded. He gently stroked his young son's head with his left hand without gloves, and held his wife in his arms with the other hand, mouth Said softly.

"I will come back safely. When I come back, we can live a better life. Don't you always want to change into a new dress? I will buy you more."

"You must come back safely." The wife hugged him tightly, her voice was a little hoarse. Although her husband often accepted the call of the lord to go to the battlefield before, everyone in Catalan knew that the war between the nobles was not fierce, so she would not be too angry. A lot of worry and tension, but this time is different, their opponents are the Macedonians in the south!
The Kingdom of Macedonia was able to rapidly develop from a remote small country of Quor into a regional power in a short period of time, and even eliminated an established power. Naturally, its military capabilities are beyond doubt. Therefore, the Kingdom of Catalan has opinions on the issue of war against the Kingdom of Macedonia It is not unified. The main war faction headed by the king hopes to use the power of the four-nation encirclement network to gain some benefits from the Kingdom of Macedonia, while the conservative faction headed by the Minister of the Seal believes that it should not directly go to war with the Kingdom of Macedonia. In other words, Even if you want to join the war, you should wait for the situation to become clear before intervening in the war.

However, King Cattelan did not listen to the advice of the Lord Privy Seal, and directly declared war with his allies on the Kingdom of Macedonia, and recruited domestic nobles to participate in the war. Because of this, Bellamy Hill, as an earl's inner knight, also wanted to follow The lord goes out.

After comforting his wife and son, Bellamy Hill kissed his wife on the forehead, and then walked out of his house. Outside, his comrades in arms were riding on horses, watching him come out and get on the horse , asked.

"Farewell to them?"

"Yes." Hill nodded, grabbed the rein tightly, and drove the horse under his crotch forward, "I have a hunch that it may take a few years to come back after this trip."

"I think so too." The comrade-in-arms responded, with a wry smile on his face, and said, "The Oglell Peninsula is full of barbarians. Even if we successfully cross the Barla River, the road ahead will not be easy."

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In fact, when they heard that they were going to war with the Macedonian Kingdom, many nobles and soldiers were not very willing. What they liked most were the items produced by the Macedonians. There may also be a feeling of love for houses and birds in it, but they are more worried about it. After the start of the war, items made in Macedonia will not be used anymore. Once the war breaks out, it will not be over for three to five years. The nobles who are used to it feel cold and empty when they think that they will not be able to use it for the next few years. .

However, the war is already a fact. No matter how unwilling the Catalan people are, the two countries have entered a state of war. The angry Macedonians have blocked all business routes between the two countries, and all goods are prohibited from entering the Catalan Kingdom as trade with the country. punish.

On April 46nd, 4th year of the founding of Pella, the Cattelan Kingdom's army gathered on the north bank of the Barla River. Looking at the continuous green forest on the other side of the river, Oscar, Duke of Collens, appointed by King Adams III of Cattelan, rode his His beloved brown war horse is full of vigor in his chest. Throughout his military career, he has fought countless times with the Ogrell barbarians who invaded from the south. This time he finally has the opportunity to counterattack and return to the barbarian homeland. Although those barbarians have been conquered by the Macedonian Kingdom, This does not prevent him from feeling that Feng Shui turns around.

For this war, the Kingdom of Cattelan assembled more than 3 troops. The vanguard of nearly 1 troops led by him will first build a new bridge (the original bridge was destroyed by the Macedonian army after the war), and then cross the Barla River. Set foot on the enemy's land first, and the follow-up more than [-] troops are still on the way. They will join the reinforcements from the Lakeside Principality and come to this side for reinforcements.

Currently, most of the main forces of the Kingdom of Macedonia are in the Gilis region. They are either confronting the Kingdom of Lagnia or have invaded the mainland of the Principality of Harun. I am afraid that there will not be too many troops left in the mainland. This is why King Adams III stands out from the crowd. One of the reasons why Yiyi wants to join the war is that the Macedonian Kingdom is too rich, which has made him jealous for a long time. Now that the main force of the Macedonians is not at home, he will be sorry if he doesn't take the opportunity to make a fortune.

But would Antigon really make such a mistake?
The answer is obviously no.

Antigonus had long seen the malicious intentions of King Cattelan in the north. Before he personally led the regular army composed of Macedonian citizens to expedition to the Principality of Harun, he instructed the governor of Thebes, Epaminondas, to secretly mobilize the new Greek immigrants, The free folk and subject barbarians joined the army to defend against the kingdom of Catalan in the north.Ipaminondas, who was instructed to do so, was very dedicated. After receiving the Catalan Kingdom's participation in the war, he quickly mobilized a group of troops with combat effectiveness.

This army is based on the Thebes heavy infantry of the city-state of Thebes, including Greek heavy infantry and light infantry recruited from the new immigrants, as well as auxiliary infantry and cavalry recruited from the free people and the subject barbarians. Ten thousand.Although the number of Cattelan troops who invaded from the north was greatly reduced, Ipaminondas was not afraid.

On April 4, after several days of large-scale construction, dozens of pontoon bridges across the Barla River were completed. Oscar, the Duke of Correns, took the lead and was the first to step on the pontoon bridge and set foot on the land of the Kingdom of Macedonia. He watched The forest stretching for several miles and the stone paved road through the forest, full of pride in his chest, raised his right hand holding the horsewhip to point to the stone paved road, and shouted to the nobles who followed behind.

"Look, when the Macedonians built this paved road, they must have never imagined that one day we would walk this road to attack them!"

"Hahaha..." The other nobles echoed and laughed together.

At this time, one of the nobles took the opportunity to pat the horse and said: "Your Excellency, you are the first person to lead an army to the territory of the Kingdom of Macedonia. After the war is over, all Catalans will remember your name. Remember your heroic deeds of leading the army across the river!"

"Well said!" Duke Oscar laughed loudly, "More than ten years ago, the barbarians from the Ogrell Peninsula crossed the Barra River and invaded our land. Today, more than ten years later, the status has changed and we have invaded them. territory.

Send an order, when we go south, no matter which barbarian tribe we encounter, we must kill all the people inside. This is to avenge the Cattleya who died at the hands of the barbarians in the past! "

"revenge!"

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The order issued by the Duke of Oscar was well implemented. After the Cattelan Kingdom's army went south, they soon encountered a small barbarian tribe. Because this tribe lived in the forest, they rarely communicated with the outside world. The channel is only merchant trade. However, because of the war, merchants have not visited for a long time, and they do not know the news of the war between the two countries.When the Cattlean army surrounded the tribe, the old chiefs didn't know what happened, thinking that the Macedonians were going to fight them, but when they saw the Cattelan flag flying high, they were shocked. The memory of going north to plunder ten years ago appeared before their eyes, and these barbarians immediately understood everything.

What followed was a ruthless and brutal massacre.

In less than an hour, the entire tribe was razed to the ground by the Catlans. Before they left, they set fire to the tribe and burned it. The smoke and dust soaring into the sky can be clearly seen even miles away.

At the same time, the army led by Ipaminondas, the consul of Thebes, also went north along the convenient paved road, preparing to meet the Catalans who dared to invade. The speed is very fast, it only took less than a week to pass through Greatpolis, and the distance from the Catalan Kingdom's army is getting shorter and shorter.

Finally, on May 5, the armies of the two countries encountered each other ten miles north of Greatpolis. The two armies encountered did not immediately go to war, but retreated in a tacit understanding, set up camps, and prepared to wait for a night of rest. Start the decisive battle again.

However, Ipaminonda is not a pedantic gentleman who fights head-on. He grasped the so-called aristocratic spirit that the Cattelan nobles would not attack at night, and used the barbarian cavalry to launch a night attack on the camp of the Cattelan army that night. Although people in this era had night blindness, he and other Greeks were not affected by night blindness because of the abundance of food, so they personally led the cavalry to launch an attack. Under the leadership of these brave Greek generals, the barbarian cavalry rushed into Catalan The army camp, massacring the sleeping soldiers, setting fire to the camp, immediately caused a catastrophic chaos.

Seeing the chaos in the camp of Cattelan's army, the Thebes general who stayed in his own camp took the infantry who had assembled to meet the barbarian cavalry out of the camp without receiving orders from the commander in chief, and rushed towards the chaotic camp. However, his unauthorized action completely changed the direction of the battle. When he found that the Macedonian infantry was approaching, the Cattelan infantry in the fire suddenly collapsed. They screamed and fled in the direction where there were no barbarian cavalry. The Cattelan nobles who ran out of the camp were scattered by the defeated crowd. They only knew that the camp was under attack and wanted to organize a counterattack, but the chaotic infantry ran around like headless chickens. No one cared about these nobles yelling.

The battle lasted until the sky turned white, and as the sky turned pale, the corpses everywhere in the camp became more and more clearly displayed in the eyes of the Macedonian soldiers. In this night attack, the Cattelan soldiers were not killed in their sleep , was burned to death, or was beheaded by barbarian cavalry while escaping, pushed and fell to the ground by his comrades, and trampled to death.

Later, according to the statistics of the Cattelans themselves, nearly ten thousand people were killed in battle that night alone, and thousands of people were still missing. People—they came in high spirits, with a number of nearly 4000. After a big fire in one night, less than one-fifth of them remained, and even killed several nobles in battle.

After this battle, the reputation of Ipaminondas resounded throughout the Kingdom of Macedonia and Catalan. Let the children stop crying.

Then, under the leadership of Ipaminondas, the Macedonian army continued to go northward along the stone-paved road, chasing the defeated Cattelan army. Duke Oscar could never have imagined that he had just ridiculed the Macedonians for building this road for them To make a wedding dress, the Macedonians are now following this road to pursue themselves.In order to save his life, he let go of his image as a duke, rode his warhorse and led the broken soldiers to flee frantically, and he was relieved only when he met the reinforcements who came later.

The reinforcements who rushed over were startled when they saw them like this. The commander of the Lakeside Principality hurriedly asked the Duke what had happened to them. To avenge Duke Oscar.

The opportunity came quickly. Two days later, the two armies met head-to-head. Seeing that the number of enemy troops far outnumbered their own (the Macedonian army numbered nearly ten thousand, while the coalition forces of Cattelan Kingdom and the Lakeside Principality combined totaled more than 5000), Iraqi Parminonda wisely did not choose to confront the enemy head-on, but directly turned around and withdrew his troops. While retreating, he released all the barbarian infantry in his general and ordered them to disperse into small groups to use the forest to harass the Cattelan coalition forces. .

Because this is also defending their own homeland, and the barbarian infantry are very clear that once the Catalans, who have a blood feud with them, go south, they will not let their tribe go, and frantically harass and snipe the coalition forces who are trying to go south to pursue them. The withdrawal of Palminonda was long delayed.Under the harassment of the barbarian guerrillas, the Cattelan coalition forces suffered unspeakably. Every day, various numbers of soldiers were caught off guard by cold arrows shot from the forest, or their necks were wiped off when they were resting to relieve their hands. For a long time, the soldiers even had the illusion that every tree around them was speaking the common language of the barbarians.

On the other side, Ipaminondas, who withdrew to Greatpolis, issued a mobilization order to the residents of the city. Although there was still a gap between the Brits and Macedonians living in the city, in the face of the general trend of defending their homeland, , They also gave up these gaps, actively responded to Ipaminondas' call, took up arms and joined the army, preparing to meet the Cattelan coalition forces that were about to walk out of the forest.

On May 5, the Cattelan coalition forces, who were exhausted by the barbarian guerrillas, finally walked out of the forest. They managed to get out of the forest. Before they had time to catch their breath, they found that the Macedonian army was already standing on the plain to welcome their arrival.

Seeing the status of the enemy and us, Duke Oscar, who had taken over the command again, rolled his eyes and made his own decision...

(End of this chapter)