I Will Be The Crowned King

"finally come……"

On the southern gate of Green Valley, Duke Aiden, who was wiping his saber, stood under the iron fist of the Emmanuel family, and looked coldly at the King Clovis flag that appeared on the horizon.

Behind him, a tragic siege battle just ended.

Thick and long black smoke columns rose from the burning warehouses and streets, mixed with the smell of gunpowder that had not yet dissipated, the sparse gunfire and the screams of the rebels.

The numb captives, driven by the bayonet and the angry shouts of Aiden's soldiers, gathered together, kneeling in front of the unrecognizable Carindian flag, covered in footprints, mud and scorch marks, with their heads in their hands.

On the other side, the victorious Aiden soldiers swept the battlefield triumphantly, searching for all possible valuable trophies from the corpses, prisoners and rubble; at the same time, they burned and buried the corpses under the urging of the knights and lords. .

Burning cities, dejected captives, crying and desperate refugees, complacent soldiers, fluttering iron fist flags... All of them show that the green valley of stubborn resistance has completely surrendered to her conqueror.

In order to seize the Green Valley before the arrival of the Clovis reinforcements, the Aiden Corps attacked at almost no cost; not only did they exhaust the last shell reserve, but the ratio of casualties between the enemy and the enemy was almost reached when the strength gap was so obvious. On a one-to-one scale - the loss is almost more than one-fifth!

If it weren't for the stupidity of these Carindians, or the fact that too many veterans were killed, the defenders were mostly mindless civilians and recruits who blew up their own ammunition depots... Could the Legion of Aiden be able to get rid of it so quickly? It is still unknown when Luyin Valley is taken down.

But this victory, which was finally ushered in after paying a heavy price, could not make the young duke feel even the slightest joy, or even a kind of nausea that was stuck in his throat.

Because this "victory" came at a bad time.

The Port of Carindia was captured by the Clovis without a shot being fired, and the reinforcements have already arrived outside the Green Valley; that is to say, unless you plan to confront the opposing Storm Division head-on, it is impossible to advance halfway. step.

Then if you can't move forward, you can only retreat, and you can only go back the same way - but you still have to go back the same way, so what are you doing to win Luyin Valley?

But if the Green Valley cannot be defended, the retreating Aiden Legion will inevitably be pursued by Clovis or Carindia; so this presents another problem - anyway, they are retreating, why should they attack? Green Valley?

Taking such a big risk yourself, paying so much for nothing, and sacrificing thousands of well-trained soldiers? !

It's a pity that whether he wants to accept it or not, he has to swallow the bitter fruit... The seemingly aggressive Aiden Legion has actually depleted most of the ammunition reserves in the Battle of Green Valley, and paid huge casualties. Exhausted to the point of exhaustion; and because the rushing invading advance was completely separated from his other legion, he could not get any support.

Even the Luyin Valley, which he desperately won, was such an embarrassing situation; it would be a pity to discard it, and there was a risk of being chased when retreating;

He looked at the endless horizon to the south, and the naked eye could see the sound of thousands of footsteps flowing slowly on the ground; the soldiers of the Storm Division, wearing drab gray coats and holding the King Clovis flag, were very close to the greenery. The location of the valley is to dig trenches and set up camps and build positions... It looks like a plan to attack the city.

At this moment, the atmosphere on the city wall was suppressed to the extreme; the Aiden knights, who were still in high spirits just now, are now facing a formidable enemy, as if the Clovis would attack the city in the next second.

He was so nervous that he couldn't breathe, but he still tried his best to cover it up, pretending to be relaxed and content, which was very funny.

"Do not worry."

Duke Aiden looked at his "heroic and skillful" knights with a cold expression:

"In any case, the Clovis will not attack the city today."

The words fell, and the knights were stunned, wondering where the Duke's confidence came from.

"Why... don't believe it?" Duke Aiden raised his eyebrows, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes:

"We broke the fortress of Carindia and Clovis received the surrender letter at about the same time, and they should have been later - they could arrive as soon as we broke the city, and you thought their preparations would have How full?"

"And before the army arrived, the scouts of the Clovis had already appeared outside the city of Green Valley, watching the whole process of our taking the town; that is to say, they were not ignorant. Come here, but only after we have a full understanding of the situation, it appears in front of our eyes."

"Unless the deputy commander of the Southern Legion is a lunatic who thinks differently from ordinary people, he should understand that he only needs to besiege the city.

The knights suddenly realized, and the atmosphere on the city wall instantly relaxed a lot.

After all, they have just experienced a rather tragic battle. Although they can't say they are afraid, they have to immediately fight the Clovis who once wiped out the Iser Guards Corps, and it is still when the ammunition is about to run out... Don't be nervous. Strange.

Of course, it is not certain that the other party is not a lunatic... Duke Aiden muttered to himself in his heart.

In his eyes, if his actions are considered crazy, then the other party is simply crazy - taking a huge risk into the hinterland of a strange country, and starting a war with another country without any scruples... I really don't know what to say about him Arrogance or confidence.

Of course, the other party does have this arrogant capital.

"Then what will happen next?" The messenger holding the Iron Fist flag couldn't help but ask:

"Are you going to fight Clovis here?"

On the quiet city wall, the light-hearted Aiden knights perked up their ears.

"Go to war? Maybe... But I don't think that Clovis' deputy commander will fight a futile battle for Carindia, who has sold himself to him, after all, he has already won the most lucrative That trophy."

After thinking for a while, the young Duke of Aiden shook his head: "But it cannot be ruled out that their initial target was us, after all, the relationship between Aiden and Thun is not very good, that Claude Francois Grand Duke, it is very likely that he will instigate the contradiction between the Clovis people and us, and take advantage of the opportunity."

"But the most likely outcome is peace talks..."

………………

"So this is your perfect plan?"

Standing on the trench that had just been dug, Carl Bain looked at the green valley billowing with smoke in the distance, rolled his eyes at Anson and said, "Besiege the city first, and then wait for the other party to wait any longer before negotiating... That's all?"

"Don't look at me, what can I do?" Anson complained, complaining:

"If the Carindians hadn't lost the Governor's Mansion—no, if they weren't stupid enough to rush out and try to retake their position, but instead held on to the warehouse, there might still be a way to get Green Valley back from the Aiden by now. "

"But what about now? All the defenders were wiped out, and then they attacked and recaptured Luyin Valley... How mindless am I to fight this endless siege battle?"

As for the deputy commander's rhetorical question, he had chosen to ignore Anson's "I'm always reasonable" chief of staff who was completely numb.

And speaking of the other party's speechless An Sen, he also proudly turned his attention to the green valley city wall not far away.

To be honest, as a fortress, the terrain of Luyin Valley is relatively easy to fight from south to north. The originally narrow streets have become much wider under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Aiden people, and the governor's mansion in the center of the town has also been severely damaged by the bombing. , which belongs to the terrain that can be driven straight once it is broken through.

The only thing that is difficult to gnaw is the northern sentry tower - it is condescending and covered by artillery positions. The streets and terrain are well preserved because the Aiden pushes too fast, and it is easy to fall into a tug of war that consumes troops... But if you hit this At this point, he basically won.

So if you really want to attack, Anson is also confident that he will attack.

The Aiden Legion, which was underprepared at the beginning, drove straight from north to south, and was able to level the green valley in six days; I, Anson Bach, were fully prepared and well-planned to move steadily and steadily from south to north, and it would not be a problem to retake the town within three days.

The only question is, why fight?

The port of Carindia has been obtained, and the richest city and two-thirds of the land in the entire Carinthia Republic have been put into his pocket; the remaining one-third, if the duke likes it, can be given as a gift What can he do with Aiden?

Well, the Carindians may disagree - disagree, not agree, surrendered anyway; the best troops are either disarmed by themselves, or wiped out by the Aiden or about to be wiped out, so...

What does the ownership of the Carindian Republic have to do with the Carindians?

The most important thing now is to get the Aiden people out of the battle, and at the same time try to avoid a head-on conflict with Aiden's Emmanuel family; after all, the other party is the "Gatekeeper of Hantu", a powerful and not too oily force, It's better to play as late as possible.

So after quickly judging the situation of the enemy and the enemy, Anson's plan quickly changed from skirmish breakthrough, line advance, artillery cover, flank to outflank, street battle to lock the enemy, into... uh...

Pretend to be like a rainbow army attacking the city, but in fact squatting under the city motionless, waiting for the other side to come to the door to negotiate or retreat - in short, the enemy will not move, I will not move, the enemy will run and I will say goodbye.

This is Anson's "perfect plan".

Of course, it can't be too fake; if the other party refuses to negotiate with him for a long time, Anson will still attack the city, but the pace will definitely be much slower - for example, the wise commander Ludwig A major general will never attack a city without enough artillery.

At this moment, a young soldier dressed as a cavalryman with a sabre slung over behind the two of them in a hurry, handed a scroll to Carl, gave a non-standard military salute, and hurriedly ran away.

"It was sent by Fabian?" Anson asked guessing without looking back.

"Um."

The chief of staff nodded, opened the envelope skillfully, and glanced at it quickly: "The situation is very smooth, the Carindian nobles did not resist at all, and he and the cavalry battalion were basically 'welcomed' into the city. ."

"After 'consulting' with the Carindian Council, he has now obtained the keys to the Carindian Harbor Armoury and Grain Depot - although the Carindians are poorly prepared and are basically worthless of."

"As for the most critical issues of agreement and indemnity, he didn't dare to make the decision, so he temporarily suppressed it. According to him, the Carindian nobles in the council were very happy, and they confirmed that only one-fifth of Carindia was needed. After the annual income, I agreed on the spot!"

Oh, it seems that these Carindians are really not bad for money!

An Sen's expression moved slightly when he smelled the scent of the leeks, but he still pretended to be indifferent, looking at the direction of Luyin Valley calmly: "Is this?"

"There is one more thing." Carl suddenly paused, with a slightly hesitant expression:

"It's a big deal, but it probably won't affect us - Carindia's ocean-going fleet . . . defected."

"Defection?"

An Sen was stunned for a moment: "What is defecting?"

"It's... uh... how else can I explain this?" Carl looked confused.

"Nonsense~www.readwn.com~ I didn't let you explain." Anson rolled his eyes:

"I asked where they went!"

"How do I know this, Fabian only wrote that the Carindia fleet suddenly defected from the port of Carindia the night before we arrived, and then disappeared!" Carl twitched the corners of his mouth:

"And the fleet defected and defected, what does it have to do with us?"

Anson's expression froze.

Hmm, it doesn't seem to matter.

The purpose of the storm division is to control the vast land to gain wealth, not to stay and operate; it is indeed a pity that the fleet defected, and it will definitely cause a heavy blow to the leek land of Carindia, the republic, but Does not affect the storm division cutting leeks ah.

Perhaps when the Grand Duke Claude Francois came to receive Carindia, he would have complained a little bit?

After all, as an aristocratic republic dominated by trade, the huge ocean fleet is an important means to maintain the prosperity of Carindia. If the fleet is lost, her value will be greatly reduced, not to mention that the merchant ships themselves are extremely expensive wealth. , the price of any one is no less than the formation and support of one or two line infantry regiments.

Of course, there is something strange about this incident, and the accident happened just the night before Fabian arrived at Carindia Port, saying that it was impossible to say no problem; but for a while now, Anson I really can't think of how this will affect me or Clovis.

Could it be that there is a large amount of property hidden in the fleet, or that there are important people and forces on board, and they do not want to surrender with the Carindia Council, so they chose to defect?

Without any clues, Anson could only think like this.

Until a melodious bugle sounded suddenly on the city wall of the Green Valley on the opposite side, and as the city gate slowly opened, a cavalryman holding an Iron Fist flag came towards the storm division to besiege the position.