I Will Be The Crowned King

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"My dear Carl Bain, don't be so nervous."

At the end of the "intense" conversation, Claude Francois waved to the servant who was holding a cigarette case and wine behind him: "It is indeed an accident that the empire can take the fortress of the top of the tower, but it is not enough to let us From the point of chaos, the advantage is still on our side.”

"In this regard, you have to learn more from my nephew. If you have more confidence in yourself, don't always think about things in a bad direction, and look at the good side."

"You're right, that bastard... I mean that Deputy Commander Anson Bach is really good at this." Karl smiled bitterly:

"To be honest, sometimes I don't know where his confidence comes from, thank you."

Taking the pipe handed by the servant, Carl Bain took a deep puff and exhaled a beautiful string of smoke rings.

"It's not self-confidence, it's more of... self-consciousness." Claude, who was in a better mood with a pipe in his mouth, played with the wine glass in his hand:

"You're a good military man, Carl Bain, but you obviously don't know what leadership is; for a leader, ability is secondary, and sometimes it's not impossible to be incompetent, but he must Confidence, and absolute confidence!"

"Because if a person doesn't even believe in himself, then he will not be able to unite the people around him; only if he firmly believes that he is right, that he is right...he can succeed."

"Even if he's wrong?"

Carl couldn't help asking.

"Even if he is wrong!" Claude affirmed with great certainty, and then he couldn't help but hummed: "Or...especially when he found out that he was wrong, he had to be more firm that he was right. "

"Because if it is right, then the 'mistake' in front of him is just a small setback before success; but if he admits that he is wrong, it will be forever."

"Just like now... You and I both understand that if you don't adjust your strategy immediately but continue to move forward, you will definitely give the empire an opportunity to take advantage of it and lose the fortress of the top tower. If you want to completely defeat the imperial expeditionary army, you need to pay the price. Probably several times as much as before."

"So, what is the most correct decision now? Hold a military meeting immediately and tell everyone that we have miscalculated, the empire is stronger than we thought, and we took the fortress of the top of the tower in three days; so we must suspend the march, Proceed with caution, um..."

Claude paused, and pointed at Karl to the crown hanging on his chair: "If I dare to say that, within a month, my head will have to belong to someone else with it."

"So I'll tell you now, in three hours I'll have a military meeting, and I'll tell my archdukes and vassals that our enemies are nothing but well-armed!"

"These vicious hyenas rely on deception and sneak attacks! They won the Climbing Tower. According to the traditional morality of knights, they can already be counted as losing!"

"And then, our army of 300,000 will go to the top of the tower, and there will be an unprecedented battle with the Imperial Expeditionary Force in Hantu, so that the entire world of order will stare at it, we... Hantu people... How to rise!"

Claude, who took down his pipe, chuckled a few times.

"Is it worth it?" Carl shook his head, but never looked away from Claude's face:

"People are going to die, and many people are going to die, because we...have to cover up our mistakes, so let them die for no apparent reason?"

"It's worth it!" Claude said with great certainty, with endless majesty in his eyes:

"As long as it can be exchanged for the rise of the Francois family and the rise of Hantu, no matter how much sacrifice... it is worth it!"

The voice fell, and the wine glass filled with scarlet liquid was slammed to the ground by him.

Broken to pieces.

As a result, the 300,000-strong army of soil continued to advance westward under the firmness of Claude Francois, taking advantage of the end of the midsummer season in August.

Of course, even if it is backed by the most prosperous Duchy of Mist and the prosperous Thun in Hantu, the Hantu Legion, known as the "300,000 army", is actually only a little over 100,000, but it can't completely rely on the supply line. Can provide all the logistics, so the vanguard may starve to death before reaching the reservation location.

Therefore, this "300,000 army" must move forward separately, relying on the supplies along the way to reduce the logistical pressure-by the way, it can also free up some trucks for transporting food, and more arms or something.

After carefully weighing the best strength to maintain combat effectiveness and the balance between the various forces, Claude Francois divided the entire legion into five.

The first is the Royal Army Corps, formerly known as the Grand Duke's Guards before him. It was expanded and supplemented by a large number of recruits equipped with the equipment of the August Armoury Factory. The equipment of various artillery and infantry is basically not much different from the Clovis army. The most powerful long-range firepower is the twenty-four-pound mortar, the main firepower is the six-pounder infantry gun, and some elites are even equipped with expensive rear-loading rifles.

Needless to say, this unit was commanded by Claude Francois himself; because it had the largest number of artillery pieces in the army, it had to move along the main road and in the center.

Followed by two frontier legions, the core main force is the mixed Aiden and Thun legions, the infantry equipment is basically complete, or at least one gun per hand, the artillery is worse, only a small number of field guns, but because There are many private soldiers of the lord mixed, so there are many cavalry.

Their task is to cover the flanks of the Royal Legion. The three legions on the marching route basically go hand in hand, but because the ratio of cavalry and artillery is different, the speed is also fast and slow.

In order to demonstrate the "mutual trust and unity" within the kingdom, Claude-François expressed his sincerity to the old rival by handing over both legions to the command of the Grand Duke Aiden.

Then there is the Mist Legion—the reason why it is called by name is mainly because this legion is almost entirely composed of the army of the Grand Duchy of Mist, and its equipment level is slightly lower than the previous three, but it is not too bad.

Out of distrust (referring to strength) of the Mist, this legion was tasked with serving as an outpost and sweeping away small groups of enemy troops, as well as gathering the rout...well, basically cannon fodder and meat sent to die Shield, used to test the firepower of the Imperial Expeditionary Force.

After all, the basic business of the Francois family is still the Grand Duchy of Thun. For the vast and densely populated Mist, of course, the more people die and the weaker the fighting capacity, the better the management and rule.

The last one is the "Reserve Legion" led by Henares, which has all the characteristics of a vast army - the size of the organization is chaotic, the quality of the soldiers is uneven, and the weapons and equipment are various... It is called an army, but in fact and armed refugees.

In order to build a legion that can face the empire head-on, Claude Francois naturally assembled all his financial and human resources-although most of them are still rabble, but at least they are more capable of fighting rabble-and Removed all the dregs he didn't want.

The so-called reserve corps that promised Carl to "stay in the rear to protect the supply line" is just such a garbage storage station... It also fits the style of the Chief of Staff of the Storm Division: never get along with the "elite", and stay with the "cannon fodder" all the year round.

The more important reason is that even with the current financial resources of the François family, it is still very difficult to maintain an army of 100,000 people that can fully meet the standards of the "Crowe military system"; even the current "300,000 army" "It's just barely getting the equipment together.

To be honest, they were already struggling to make ends meet; if it wasn't for Anson, it would have been impossible for Han soil to sell so many arms at a price that was "near" cost when the Clovis Kingdom itself had not ended the war.

Once dragged into a protracted war or the casualties are too heavy, the Hantu Legion that has just completed a wave of "upgrades" will rapidly degenerate and become their true colors, and the equipment level will fully fall back to before this "Isel Punishment War"... Even worse.

The five major armies, except for the reserve armies that were arranged to follow in the rear, still continued to advance to the top of the tower according to the original plan; the only difference was that they changed from "reinforcement" to "recapture" this place that once attacked Hantu. important fortress.

"...The above is all the information we have collected so far about this vast soil army."

In the main hall of the main fortress of the top tower, Bernard, the deputy commander of the expeditionary force standing in front of the long table, glanced at the knights and staff officers on both sides of the long table with incomparably calm eyes, facing Cass, who was sitting on the main seat. Commander Pa Herrid reports.

"What is the plan of the staff?"

The irritable old man asked in a low voice, his gloomy expression made everyone shudder.

"It's very simple. We stick to the top of the tower and use the fortress of the Hantu people to block the Hantu people." Bernard concluded succinctly:

"Although the battle to climb to the top of the tower did not cause too much damage to our army, it is still necessary to properly rest and wait for work; the cost of defending a strong fortress is far less than the loss of a frontal battle in the open field. It can also significantly improve the supply efficiency of our army."

"At the same time, although the enemy did not have as many as 300,000 people as they claimed, 100,000 is still not a small number; fighting in the wilderness, five to one means that the enemy's line is at least ours. More than three times, it can form absolute fire suppression and easily outflank our army's flanks."

While speaking, Bernard picked up the saber from the table and pointed at the map table in the center of the crowd: "The terrain of the Principality of Aiden is broken and barren, such an area means that once an army is surrounded, it is easy to The supply lines will be cut off by a large number of enemies, and we will be blocked in a narrow mountain path or between hills."

"At the same time, in terms of mobility, although Hantu is very backward in military system and equipment, it has the same excellent and ancient tradition of knighthood as the empire, and their number of cavalry is not inferior to ours; in other words, in terms of mobility, we are not inferior to us. There is no absolute advantage."

"What's more, the situation we are facing right now is not optimistic." Bernard suddenly couldn't help but sighed:

"So far, the Empire's vast soil fleet has lost contact with us for more than ten days. According to the usual results, we can basically conclude that our fleet has been... completely wiped out."

The moment the words fell, Bernard keenly noticed that Casper's face was a little ugly.

"Of course, it doesn't rule out that they encountered some difficulties, such as storms at sea and the like, and the climate of Hantu in August is not very suitable for navigation... But it also brings several problems."

After the conversation changed, the deputy commander of the expeditionary force stretched out **** of his right hand: "First, we have lost a mobile force that can attack the Hantu coastline at any time and disrupt their advancing speed."

"Secondly, this has also completely cut off contact with General Lawrence Igor and his advance army in the port of Carindia; and at present, he may not know anything about the situation, let alone get Subsequent orders will make it difficult to cooperate with the expeditionary force in the enemy's hinterland."

"As for the Iser elf..." With a light snort, Bernard, who waved his hand, put his right arm back behind him with disdain:

"I can advise you now, don't have any expectations of them; we are the knights of the Empire, and the knights of the Ring of Order, we have to protect our allies, but this does not mean that we have to protect a gang ...Old Gods!"

"So if there are no accidents, we may really have to fight alone in this war in the vast land. Under this premise, the staff believes that defending the fortress is the best choice."

"Well, that makes sense~www.readwn.com~ Kasper nodded with one hand resting on his chin, and had to admit that defending the fortress was the best option at the moment... Especially since the fleet is likely to be over, Carindia The port is now surrounded by the Han soil army.

After all, the emperor only gave him 20,000 people, and at the same time, it was impossible to mobilize more troops to expand the war of the vast land used to open up the second battlefield; in the event of failure or heavy casualties, Caspar Hred must bear all the burdens. Responsibility.

"Once the first round of Hantu's offensive is blocked, with the combat power of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, we can easily open a breakthrough and defeat their so-called '300,000' army."

With a disdainful pouting again, Bodner continued: "It may be difficult to defeat Hantu in the first battle, but it can advance steadily and open up the situation for the empire in Hantu; even if we have to negotiate in the end, we can still have a relationship with the enemy— - Clovis, of course - bargaining capital."

"But I don't want to bargain with these scumbags, and the emperor doesn't want to bargain with these scumbags!"

Casper suddenly became irritable: "What we want is to conquer the vast land and block the Clovis people north of Eagle Point City, not to bargain with them... in the vast land!"

"The staff! Does the staff have other plans and plans, or do you all have the same brain?!"

Dead silence, dead silence.

"If...if your goal is to annihilate, not defeat the Legion of the Earth..."

A certain figure sitting in the far corner of the long table suddenly spoke.

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to the same direction.

Facing the eyes with different expressions, the indifferent Louis Bernard slowly got up:

"On this point, I have a... not very mature plan, which can be used for your reference."