I Will Be The Crowned King

Facts have proved that the Iser elf who "loves tradition" and "has a high self-esteem" can also sell his teammates very decisively as long as he can shirk his responsibilities after encountering trouble.

Relying on the information provided by the glorious pure-blood royal knight of Iser, Bühle Mathias, Anson, who led two thousand lightly armed soldiers, quickly spread out his troops, west of the rugged road and the mountains and forests of Eagle Point Pass, and the unknown The Iser elf reinforcements who were betrayed by the Thun people carried out planned and large-scale raids and looting.

The first to suffer was a large baggage corps closely following the outpost of Bühler Mathias.

Because the Clovis moves too fast, the Iser elves, who are not ready to start a war in the spring, have led to the preparation of the crucial fortress of Eagle Point City, which is quite inadequate. Ammunition, supplies, and troops... A very low state, so the initial response of the border guards after the outbreak of the war was to quickly provide a batch of supplies to the front so that the defense line would not collapse.

Unlike a certain elf knight, this baggage team probably knew very well how important the batch of materials it was escorting, so it was quite cautious; after sensing the sound of the cannon, it immediately stopped and stationed in place, and sent scouts to try to communicate with the already non-existent. to get in touch with the outpost.

But their prudence actually harmed them - the scouts who divided their troops to explore the road were wiped out by the skirmishers ambushing on both sides of the road, and the elven soldiers who were left to protect the baggage raised their hands decisively in the face of the Clovis army that surrounded them. surrender.

So Anson achieved a new campaign achievement after "finishing a battle in fifteen minutes": zero casualties.

The scale of the seizure this time is obviously completely different from the last outpost army. Not only a large number of military supplies, including but not limited to weapons, ammunition, medicine, food, military uniforms, etc. - just the carriages and livestock that transport these materials are A small fortune.

After carefully inspecting all the spoils, Major Fabian, who was in charge of the interrogation and verification, also found two boxes of military salaries from the supplies—almost four thousand gold coins.

Obviously, although the combat effectiveness is not easy to say, the "honorable and traditional" Iser Elf Army is on par with Clovis in terms of "modernization": morale is directly linked to subjective initiative and real money, and no first payment is given. Just don't expect the bottom layer to honestly execute orders.

Four thousand gold coins is not too much for an army smaller than half an infantry division, but if it is purely used as a net income, it is very impressive; when Anson fulfilled his promise in public, he directly distributed a quarter of the money to the whole nation. When the army soldiers, the whole army instantly boiled.

Although the rest of the supplies and loot are also quite a lot, they can also be discounted in various ways after the war; but how can there be coins that can be obtained immediately, and the heavy coins are more exciting?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Anson simply decided the distribution method of the spoils - all the spoils must be turned over and distributed uniformly, one quarter to the soldiers, one half to the military operation, and one quarter to the officers.

Anson did this for two very important reasons.

The first is that the following battles are all ambush battles on rough terrain. The complex terrain and situation determine that Anson cannot directly command every unit during the battle, and must rely on grass-roots officers and soldiers to exert their "subjective initiative" .

Then there is the time when this troop was established, which is really too short-the only "direct line" troop belonging to Ansen in the strict sense is the Storm Corps, and even the Storm Corps was established with the sponsorship of the Franz family.

To make this group of people a whole, the most direct way is to bind their interests; if there is no chance of promotion for conscripts, then use the distribution of spoils to let them understand that the victory or defeat of this unit is closely related to their personal interests.

In Carl Bain's words, the army looked more and more like a band of bandits, and bandits with an official background.

Of course, the main reason why Anson can do this is because he is not in a hurry like other officers who have contracted the levy, and is in a hurry to return the capital or meet the dividends of the sponsors. The only "investor" is still a person who doesn't care much about money.

After tasting the sweetness, the "Storm Division" acted quickly; without much urging from Anson, the soldiers took the initiative to hand in the spoils - at least most of them - threw away the excess baggage, and proceeded lightly to the next goal. .

At dawn on April 26, the well-versed "Storm Division" once again successfully ambushed an Iser outpost with a size of almost a full infantry regiment; facing the dark muzzle and the bright bayonet, he was caught off guard and then again. After a round of rapid artillery fire, the remaining 300 Iser elves were as honest in their mouths and bodies as the unlucky ones before.

After being patiently questioned by Major Fabien - the former guard officer seems to be quite good at this - the "generally aware" elf nobleman - this does not seem to be a pure-blood royal court knight - not only resolutely confessed all Intelligence, and even took the initiative to betray a baggage team ahead of them that was about to arrive at a fortress around Eagle Point City.

When they learned that this "supposedly supposed to transport ammunition" baggage team was secretly used for smuggling by the elf nobles in some fortresses, and the ammunition box was full of tobacco, wine, fur and velvet, the whole army immediately set off. , in four hours on a ten-kilometer march between the mountain roads, catching up with this baggage team.

So the two sides who met in the mountains had a "friendly exchange" for about 40 minutes, and "fully exchanged opinions" with practical actions. In the end, the Iser Elf was convinced and took the initiative to donate all the property to their savior, Anson Bach. , thank him for not killing him.

Anson, who annihilated four Isel reinforcements in a row, also captured countless pieces of information about the Isel reinforcements—material equipment, marching routes, troop deployment, the location of the main force, and the exact number of each unit. .

Of course, there are some contradictory situations in the information, and the captured Iser elves are not without hard bones; but Anson still kept his promise and let them go after the search was completed.

On the one hand, it was because he had only 2,000 people on hand, and he had absolutely no money to hold down the ransoms such as prisoners; on the other hand, sending the rout of these reinforcements to Eagle Point City was also part of Anson's "perfect plan".

In the next few days, it seemed that the whereabouts of the previous battle had been exposed, causing the reinforcements of the Iser elves to be quite alert; not only did they stay armed during the march, but also sent scouts to investigate when they passed through some narrow or dangerous terrain. As soon as you notice something strange, you should retreat immediately, or fire a warning shot to the surrounding area.

This put a lot of pressure on the "Storm Division" who couldn't stand casualties and had to fight quickly. The whole army expressed unanimous interest in this kind of hard bone that couldn't get too much oil and water.

But this time Carl Bain rarely sided with Anson. He firmly stated that a battle must be fought, and that this group of Iser Elf reinforcements that are gradually being assembled should be eliminated as much as possible. The reason is very simple:

"Once the support army arrives at Eagle Point City, it means that all the cowhide that was blown out before will be broken, and the Yisel elves will know that behind them is a small force that does not dare to confront them directly; in order to ensure the supply line , they will immediately send troops and reinforcements to attack and strangle us near Eagle Point Pass!"

"So either we simply disobey the military order and withdraw from the Eagle Point Pass; or we must fight this battle, strive to wipe out the enemy, and remove the cows of 'the main force of the Southern Legion has entered the eastern side of the pass, and is ready to confront the main force of the Iser reinforcements'. Blow it down!"

So under the double threat of being shot to death and being surrounded and suppressed by the enemy for disobeying the military order, the officers of the Storm Division finally decided to attack the gathering outpost of Iser reinforcements in a way of obeying the majority.

During this period, Leon Francois, who gradually evolved from Anson's admirers to creatures in another dimension, "by the way" acted as a small secretary, watching and recording the whole process of what happened on the unknown hill. The following battles went through:

"At four forty-five in the morning on April 27, the main storm regiment of the Clovis Storm Division arrived on the west side of the hill. Eight hundred soldiers and two mounted guns occupied the high ground and blocked the road, and erected Scarlet Unicorn King Banner.

At 5:30, an infantry regiment-sized outpost found them and immediately tried to organize an attack to clear the way; the battle lasted for an hour, and the outpost, which had completely wiped out a company, left the baggage behind and quickly evacuated to the rear.

The panicked enemy immediately began to seek help from the nearby Iser reinforcements, and soon, an army with a size approaching 4,000 people and sufficient baggage was assembled.

Before the rugged mountain road, the enemy spent nearly four hours assembling the army, and under the harassment of the skirmishers ambushing in the forest, hurriedly formed an army and attacked the main storm division along the previous road.

But officers with a little common sense knew (this is what Anson said) that they made two fatal mistakes.

The first is that the formation of the army is too hasty, and even the highest commander is not able to be elected before launching an attack, which will inevitably lead to a situation of fighting each other; the second is the rigid insistence on advancing from the road, completely daring not to enter the forest or climb the mountain, fight for Highland control.

This means that the enemy has completely turned into a moving target. Artillery and rifles can completely judge the position and distance of the enemy based on the corpses left before, and deal a devastating blow to it.

Sensing this, Ansen Bach immediately dispatched a line battalion of the remaining two infantry regiments, commanded by Major Fabien, to move from the west to the east of the hillside, ready to attack from the enemy's left flank.

The Iser spirits soon noticed this army of several hundred men, and immediately stopped to organize a counterattack; but the line they opened towards the left flank was immediately the target of two cavalry guns.

In just one minute, the enemy lost a fully organized line battalion under the rapid fire of artillery, and screams and wailing became the only sound on the battlefield outside the gunfire.

At this time, the problem of the enemy's unclear command was immediately exposed, and the companies that received multiple orders at the same time began to fight separately; Major Fabien immediately mobilized an infantry regiment from the flank to move to the rear, preparing to double-team the enemy.

At 10:25, the Storm Division launched a general attack on the scattered enemy from the front, left flank and rear at the same time; the stubbornly resisting Iser Elf reinforcements began to disintegrate. formation.

Facing the storm division's three buns, the unwilling to surrender Iser elves began to venture to the north - their right flank - to retreat into the forest, and they were greeted by the lovely Miss Lisa Bach and the storm division. the skirmishers.

At 10:55, the remaining Iser elf soldiers and noble officers handed over their weapons to Ansen Bach, surrendered unconditionally, and declared the end of the battle.

A total of 40 sets of vehicles were seized in the campaign, as well as all the equipment of the 2,000 Iser reinforcements; the survivors, after surrendering all their belongings, were allowed to leave by the merciful and magnanimous Deputy Commander Anson Bach, and went to Eagle corner city.

The victorious Anson Bach and his loyal, elite and brave storm division did not stay in place too much; after hastily sweeping the battlefield, they set off again and moved on to victory one victory after another..."

After defeating the large-scale Isel elf reinforcements, the existence of Anson and the Storm Division was finally completely hidden; the reinforcements who rushed to Eagle Point City retreated one after another. Like the dog's tail grass, which grows savagely in the spring, with the retreating elven reinforcements, it spreads across the Iser elf frontier.

The main force of the Southern Legion has passed the Eagle Point Fortress~www.readwn.com~ to fight the Iser Janissary Army to the death - this is still light - "The Eagle Point City has fallen, the Clovis people are setting fire to the city, massacres The army and the people in the city", "The army of 100,000 Clovis is advancing towards Iser, clamoring to kill a million elves and enslave a million elves"...

As the "Storm Division" continued to advance eastward, they caught up with them one by one and wiped out the gang of elves who were frightening themselves; at the same time, a steady stream of supplies began to be sent to the rear outpost.

As these supplies increased, Ansen had to mobilize two infantry companies to set up transport teams and more temporary strongholds to transport the spoils.

The establishment of the logistics team and the administrative team has also been put on the agenda again... In the outpost, there are two dark circles in the tent, and the little secretary who is about to be buried alive in the ledger desperately opened his bloodshot eyes and drank his thick hair. Bitter hot coffee, lying on the desk with a trembling right hand pen:

"…Although I have done everything I can, but due to the sudden increase in the workload recently, even if the working time is extended to 15 hours, it is still unable to complete the daily scheduled work... Various materials have exceeded the predetermined reserve... Various tasks are lacking in manpower, the base Overrun and completely incapable of functioning.

Therefore, allow you to duly authorize your humble clerk to establish an interim logistics management committee..."