I Will Be The Crowned King

South of the Dawn Mountains, Carindia Republic, Green Valley.

Earth-shattering roars, shouts one after another, burning houses and broken city walls, collapsed towers and streets full of corpses and flags, billowing gunpowder smoke filling the ground, black smoke plumes reaching the sky...

All of these together constitute the current Green Valley battlefield.

After experiencing the fiasco of the frontier fortress, the 4,000 Carindian troops who fled all the way and the system disintegrated were finally regrouped in pieces in Luyin Valley, and the defense line was re-established on the spot.

The Carindian nobles, who learned the bad news on the front line, were in a panic. They assembled 4,000 troops and rushed to the Green Valley for reinforcements; In accordance with the previous treaty that Anson gave to the Principality of Paia, he demanded surrender.

Although this request is too extreme, once it is really agreed, it will inevitably cause Carindia to bleed; but once it is annexed by the Principality of Aiden, it is not a problem that money can solve - Aiden, who was originally strong, brazenly tore it apart. Breaking the covenant, launching a full-scale invasion desperately, even a fool really understands what he wants.

On the one hand, there are the Clovis people who plan to cut the leeks, and on the other hand, the Aiden people who plan to soak the leeks and flatten the fields before planting their own leeks—every Carindian nobleman who still wants to live knows how to do it. Which one to choose.

On the other hand, after conquering the frontier fortress of Carindia, the 13,000-strong Aiden Legion bit the tail of the defeated soldiers and rushed directly into the hinterland of Carindia, the fortresses and transportation hubs along the way. Either fleeing with the routed soldiers, or surrendering at the speed of light after being beaten in the face.

Until the Green Valley, the Aiden Legion that drove straight in finally encountered a bit of decent resistance, but it was only "decent".

The rout of Carindia retreated to the Green Valley on June 7, and the vanguard of the Aiden Legion had already reached outside the city on June 8; Patience launched an attack on the town.

The Carindians, who were caught off guard, had no time to rectify the city defense, not to mention the artillery positions and deep trenches, and even a decent trench was not dug, and they were immediately attacked by the chasing Aiden army.

On June 9th, the second day after Aiden’s army arrived in Green Valley, the outer city wall was declared to fall; the two armies, who were also in a hurry, were in the narrow streets, churches, warehouses, governor’s residences… in the collapsed walls and burning buildings During this time, a battle for towns that was even more tragic than the battle on the plains was launched.

"Bang! Boom—! Boom—!"

In the streets filled with gunpowder smoke, the Aiden soldiers, who had long since killed red-eyed, carried rifles with bayonets and howled at the barricades built with rubble, baggage boxes, carriages and tatters. 's charge.

The Carindians, who were limited in number and, more importantly, had extremely low training levels, could only curl up behind the shattered bunkers, firing round after round of messy platoons of guns amid the hoarse shouts of a few veterans.

This is also impossible - if the routed soldiers and recruits are allowed to rush out, and the frontal bayonet-to-bayonet battle of the Aiden Legion, the "Gatekeeper of the Wild Earth"... The end of that has already been staged in the frontier fortress.

In this age of ambiguous rifle accuracy, the best way to show the difference between a recruit and a well-trained, war veteran is not a free fire or a volley from fifty meters away, but within three paces bayonet charge.

Facing the buckshot that hit behind the barricade like water, the Aiden soldiers holding the Iron Fist flag were like waves rushing towards the coastline, falling down row by row amid the screams, and in just a few minutes, they were on the street. There were corpses left behind.

No matter how inferior the soldiers of Carindia are, as long as they can put the lead bullet into the barrel, pull the trigger and shoot at the enemy, the crowded and narrow streets can even help them "correct the ballistics" - even if it is a stray bullet , as long as you can hit something casually, it can also cause a fatal threat.

After throwing down more than a dozen corpses, the Aiden Knights, who couldn't stand such heavy casualties, waved their flags and ordered to retreat, and the tidal army began to spread out to the left and right of the street.

At the same time, before the exhausted Carindians hiding behind the barricade had time to cheer, a sharp-eyed veteran cautiously poked his head out from the edge of the barricade, the only clean eyeball on his blood-stained and muddy face suddenly burst out. shrink.

"The artillery strikes! Everyone - get down!"

"boom--!!!!"

The moment the exclamation sounded, the other end of the street was already lit; six-pound lead bullets spewed out of the cannon flames, hitting them with a screeching air ripping through the air.

In an instant, the rudimentary barricade was smashed by shells, and the cracked rubble and smoke were mixed with minced meat and blood plasma, sprayed into the sky like a geyser, and then sparsely fell to the ground.

When the roaring ceased, the veterans lying on the ground raised their panic-stricken eyes—there were only a few rubble left on the barricade, and a few soldiers who wanted to escape were torn to pieces when the bunker was blown up. …Less than two-thirds of the remaining soldiers were all wounded, and some were still buried under the rubble, moaning in a low voice.

At the same time, the charging cry of Aiden's army resounded again on the street opposite them.

The veteran with the rifle limped up with the rifle, stuck the bayonet in the slot under the muzzle, loaded the bullet calmly, raised the gun, and aimed.

"For Carindia—!"

Amidst the continuous gunfire, the remaining Carindians were smashed into sieves one by one by the salvos of the opposing Aiden Legion, and they fell into the ruins covered in blood.

After the surviving soldiers fired the last round of platoons, they roared and rushed towards the enemy several times, even ten times their size... until they fell under the stray bullets or the bright bayonet, still fighting to the death.

Similar scenes have been staged countless times in the green valley filled with gunpowder.

Carindia, known as the "Hantu Money Bag", has excellent sailors, but has never had excellent soldiers; more precisely, from the day this country was born, this country formed by the combination of merchants and landed nobles has been No thought was given to her having a real army.

Even their only army and militia were "guards" organized to protect trade routes and warehouses from looting and to clear out robbers and smugglers.

However, this group of "not the army" troops, after a tragic defeat, burst into unprecedented high morale in the small green valley; the city defense had been broken, but it forcibly withstood the Principality of Aiden. attack.

Because they don't have a choice... there's nowhere else to go.

Because behind them, is the port of Carindia.

Even if they knew that they were not the opponents of the Aiden Legion at all, the panic-stricken nobles in the port of Carindia had already packaged and sold the entire Carindia to the Clovis, even if they blocked the front of the Aiden. They still have to pay a large amount of indemnity and promise countless unequal conditions...

Even if there is no officer to lead, lack of weapons, and hopeless victory... These rout soldiers and recruits still have no hesitation, dragging the Aiden Legion, which has been driving straight in, into the small green valley.

On June 12, the fourth day after the arrival of the Aiden Legion in the Green Valley, the town's defenses had not yet been breached, and two-thirds of the city was still under the control of the Carindians.

………………

Facing the warm wind full of gunpowder smoke, Victor Emmanuel, Duke of Aiden, who was standing at the top of the tower, held up a monocular with a gilded pattern and looked towards the front of the battlefield in high spirits.

As the owner of the west gate of Hantu, Duke Victor is only in his early thirties this year, much younger than Grand Duke Claude Francois of Thun, who is also the "gatekeeper of Hantu", and his energy and physical fitness are at the absolute peak state, and still retains the adventurous spirit of his youth.

Otherwise, he would not lead the army all the way alone while half of the army was still fighting fiercely on the border, and went straight to the outside of the port of Carindia, intending to do everything in one battle.

It is not difficult for any experienced commander to find that the Aiden Legion, which seems to be menacing at the moment, is actually in danger; because it did not immediately support the other half of the army after breaking through the defense line, it chose to continue the attack, resulting in two There has been a substantial separation of the military.

Once either of the two armies is severely damaged and has to retreat, the other army is not only unable to provide support and cover, but also runs the risk of being completely exposed to the enemy's offensive on its flanks or rear. the blow.

But the high-spirited Duke Aiden still rejected the suggestions of all his generals and knights, and chose the most dangerous tactic - because there was really no time!

While they were still dawdling on the border of Carindia, the Clovis had already won the battle of Eaglehorn City, almost completely wiped out the guards of Iser Elf, the Alliance Thun, and completely controlled Hantu. Eastern land.

If these weren't scary enough, it took him only two days to conquer the Principality of Paya and force Duke Lacar to sign an alliance under the city, which really made him feel horrified.

This is not a small country or a free city like a stinky fish and shrimp, but one of the Seven Cities Alliance, a principality that can pull up an army of 5,000 people at any time!

As for their next goal, Viktor Emmanuel is clear.

Carindia is a republic, which means that she does not actually have a real master, but is divided and ruled by dozens of families with different powers. Naturally, some masters get more benefits and are more loyal to her; others are more loyal to her. Can only get some leftovers and hold grudges.

After buying several of these families, Viktor has also been clear about Carindia's wishful thinking; if you don't hurry up, these poor Carindian nobles will really pack and sell themselves to the Clovis. !

In the thunderous shouts of killing, the front line that Carindia was desperately maintaining was just a crumbling broken house under round after round of charges, as if it would collapse in an instant with just a few more kicks.

It was already extremely fragile, but no matter how many rounds of offensive the Aiden Legion on the frontline launched, no matter how considerable the casualty exchange ratio was, this dilapidated house could barely hold up at the last moment of collapse.

Looking at the battle line drawn by gunpowder smoke and corpses, the young Duke Aiden frowned slightly, but the corners of his mouth lifted up quickly.

It was clear that the battle had already been won, and that he had won one-third of the city defense and the outer city walls. Even if he won, he would not be able to drive out the Aiden Legion. The gang of Carindia, who were short of rifles and bullets, were defeated. He knew that his troops and firepower were inferior to him, but he was still fighting to the death.

If you change to any experienced commander, you will leave a small amount of troops in the Green Valley to contain them. Then, with the help of the tall city walls of Carindia Port and the open terrain on the outside, you can play a head-to-head battle with your alone army under the city. encounter.

But they didn't, what does this prove?

It proves that Carindia is really panicked, not only panicked, I am afraid that the current port of Carindia is simply an empty city!

As long as you conquer this small town in front of you, at least two-thirds of Carindia, including the port of Carindia, will become your own.

Victory is close at hand... Duke Aiden with a smile raised his right hand to the messenger behind him.

The messenger who understood it immediately turned around and let out a hoarse roar at the artillery position under the tower:

"Fire!"

"boom--!!!!"

Six infantry artillery fired at the same time, blasting the barricade and the houses on both sides to pieces together with the soldiers hiding inside; the Carindians who lost their cover exchanged fire with the swarming Aiden Legion, while retreating into the streets on both sides of the street. houses.

But unfortunately, their resistance was doomed to futile. Although they held the front line with high morale, the casualties caused the gap between the strength of both sides, especially the veterans.

When the veterans who had been defeated from the frontier kept dying and the proportion of new recruits rose rapidly, the Carindian Army in the city began to show the embarrassment of being slow to respond, hesitating to advance and retreat, and even not knowing what to do, completely turned into Aiden A live target under the muzzle of a regiment.

Just like the group of recruits who are retreating in a hurry... If there is a veteran on the scene, they will warn them to keep some troops outside the bunker at any time to facilitate reconnaissance and alternate cover~www.readwn.com~ But they did not, so Ai The Climbing Corps can calmly divide their troops in front of them, send a small unit to complete the encirclement and interspersed from the back street, block dozens of soldiers and nearly a hundred residents of Luyin Valley in the house, and use artillery and guns to turn into stumps in one place. broken bones...

Victory is already in his pocket.

Looking at the house that collapsed under the fire, Duke Aiden, who seemed to hear the death-deep cry of the Carindians, put down his binoculars, and his relaxed expression was filled with the joy of victory.

at this time……

"What did you say?!"

Duke Aiden's eyes widened, and he looked at the messenger who approached in shock:

"Clovis?!"

"Yes, our messenger found an army holding a red unicorn flag outside the city - it is confirmed that it is the flag of Clovis!" The messenger replied nervously and loudly:

"The Port of Carindia... has surrendered to the Clovis!"