Warhammer Throne

Imperial calendar April 30, 2515, downtown Olengrad.

Emperor Karl-Franz’s special envoy, Count Clemens von Metternich, the Empire’s diplomatic ambassador to Brittania, and the chief observer envoy for the war in the North temporarily appointed by Emperor Karl-Franz, he was in Led by the old guards lance dragoons, they rode into the city on horseback.

The square in Olengrad is full of Bretonian troops. The knight masters separated on two sides to form several square formations. The two battalions of the old guards and the Holy Grail knights were located in the center, and there were more than a dozen serf steps behind. Corps phalanx.

Nicholas Davu, the deputy commander of the old guard, was shining with aura from the fairy in the lake, and his eyes were as bright as electricity.

"Everyone! Prepare~"

"salute!"

The old guards and the infantry regiment saluted together, and then the knight group led by the holy grail knights.

Metternich is very well-dressed. Judging from the shoulder width and waist width of the dress coat, he knows that his silk dress is tailor-made, and his thick and naturally curly short hair is clean and tidy. He is in Davu. Under the leadership, he watched quietly the Bretonian army who came to welcome him.

The more you observe, the more ugly Metternich's expression looks.

All bearded, all veterans! Well-equipped and murderous! And morale is extremely high!

Taking a closer look, the ambassador of the empire found that most of the soldiers are around the age of twenty-five and sixty-six years old, which is the golden age of service! And these soldiers are only a small part of the Knight King's army. It is well known that Ryan's enlistment of the army this time is only at the level of fifty households to come out on an expedition, which hardly feels anything for Brittany.

Damn Breton! They will become a huge threat to the empire in the future!

Metternich has always been a great imperialist in his heart. To put it simply, he hopes that all the countries of the old world except the empire will be destroyed. Now he has to admit in his heart that the Knight King Ryan and his army Will become the biggest obstacle for the empire to become the overlord of the old world.

At the same time, many citizens of Olengrad came out to watch. The city is a waste of time, but people’s faces are full of hope.

"It can be said that the citizens of Olengrad are more and more fond of their new Duma Council and the new Grand Duke Vladimir." Nikolai Davu deliberately smiled at Count Metternich: "This It’s a good thing to reestablish order in Kislov."

"Good thing?" Metternich said coldly, "Grand Duke? Who did it? He did it himself, or did it by His Majesty the Knight King Ryan? Is it with the permission of His Majesty Catalyn? Can this kind of knighthood be counted? ?"

"This is the choice of the people of Olengrad." Dawu was choked by this sentence. After all, he was a soldier. After thinking about it for a while, he could only say something like this: "We can only respect. "

"Can a referendum represent public opinion?" Metternich sneered a few times: "I wonder now how much of your so-called chivalry in Brittany is left?"

Davout’s face is very ugly. As an old guard of the Holy Grail and the deputy commander of the old guard, he feels that he has been insulted and questioned, so he does not intend to speak properly: "Your Excellency Metternich, I miss you Must not know, right?"

"Know what?" Metternich had a vague premonition in his heart.

"Her Majesty the Czar was defeated. Just upstream of Foltanhav, there were more than 33,000 casualties of the fifty thousand White Guards." Davu also sneered: "Now, we can say that Kislev's land is not even an inch. It is under her actual control, Your Excellency Metternich, the people need heroes, what do you think?"

"I won't tell you, I want to see your Majesty Ryan!" Sure enough, the imperial envoy's face changed drastically, and he directly wanted to rush in where the Knight King's Great Account was.

The two old guards standing guard immediately put down their halberds and crossed them: "Your Majesty and the Duke are in a meeting!"

"Please wait outside, Your Excellency Metternich." Dawu's attitude also became tough: "A little bit, when your Majesty finishes the meeting, you will be received as soon as possible."

"...Okay." The imperial ambassador could only agree. Dawu quickly gave the old guard at the door a wink, and the guard immediately understood: "Your Majesty is in a meeting, you can't go in! Please wait, sir."

"Who is so noisy outside?" A graceful and luxurious voice full of elegance and Nuer accent came from the side: "Oh, it's Metternich? Carl is actually willing to send you to this bitter cold place?"

"Have seen the Honorable Countess!" Metternich dared to put on airs in the face of Davout, daring to say that it was because his status as the ambassador of the empire determined that he would never show weakness or flattery, but could face Emmanuel. Countess, this is only for kneeling and saluting: "I have brought the blessings and greetings of Emperor Karl-Franz. Is everything okay with your Excellency?"

"Okay, I feel good." Speaking of this Ryan's little maid couldn't help but smile: "Come in and talk."

"Yes!" Dawu couldn't help but smile because of Metternich's pros and cons. After thinking about it, he decided to go to the big tent himself.

And inside the Great Tent, Knight King Lane, Lake God Witch Maugiana, Duke Berhemond, Duke François, Duke Raun, and Old Guard Commander Bertrand were sitting together in a meeting. Talleyrand stood by behind Ryan to listen in. Duke Hagen was injured and absent. Gerrod stood in front of the map and explained everything.

"As expected by Your Majesty, Your Excellency Bohemond and his cousin (François)." Gerrod said with a battle report: "The Czar and her White Guard were destroyed in the upper reaches of Fortandorf. Sexual failure."

"On the evening of April 20th, her army built a pontoon bridge on the Talabek River, on the opposite bank of the city of Rachhof, and was going to cross the river. I have to say that we can repair the pontoon bridge in an hour or two and they spent a whole one. In the evening, after the repairs were completed, it took most of the 20,000 White Guards to cross the river, and the forward troops had already turned fire with the Chaos troops."

"The war started very smoothly at first. After all, the main force of Chaos has been annihilated in Olengrad, Bekafen, and Wolfenburg. The rest are some miscellaneous soldiers. Although the White Guards themselves collapsed several times, they ended up in Karnataka. Tarin's personal command, magical help and... Under the leadership of the old guards, the enemy army headed by Zaneike was driven out of the ruins of Rakhov. The victory was once close to Katalin. "

"Old Guards?!" Bohemond looked strange, and the old Duke waved his hand: "I remember the old Guards standing guard outside the door, Gerald?"

The old prince didn't say anything, he was very envious of Ryan being able to have such a super strong army that was watching the world, and his Red Dragon Guard was not hot enough now.

"Uh, I mean, His Majesty Katalyn also formed an old guard to replace her lost Krim guard. Soldiers are selected from the white guards. They are required to be tall and handsome. The equipment is the standard equipment obtained from Nuer." Gerrod said helplessly: "Well, let's change the name, Romanov guards are ready."

"Go on, Jerrold, continue." Francois reached out for Jerrold to continue. The Duke of Winford glanced at his son-in-law and saw that Ryan was frowning while looking at the map and thinking about something, and Mogie next to him. Anna simply had a wandering look on her face, so she had to speak for herself: "Go on."

"The White Guards who had crossed the river were supposed to take advantage of the victory to pursue the remnants of Zaneck, but this inadequately trained and corrupted army disbanded on its own. The reason is that there were a large number of barbarian camps in Rachhov, and there were a lot of looted camps. With spoils and supplies, the White Army soldiers quickly lost their formation and vigilance and began to looting."

"At this moment, several barges full of heavy objects and explosive barrels suddenly descended upstream from the upstream, and instantly cut off and destroyed the fragile pontoon bridge of the White Guards! At this time, the White Guards were completely out of touch."

"The White Guards did not notice this at first, until a brand new Kurgan cavalry appeared from the forest and launched a charge towards them. At the moment when the short soldiers met, the White Guards almost collapsed, and the army was still on the other side of the river. At this time they were still trying to repair the pontoon, but they soon saw with their own eyes that the 20,000 troops that had crossed the river were in chaos and were completely overwhelmed by Kurgan’s cavalry. Zaneike’s army regrouped and counterattacked. The White Guards on the North Bank were in a bitter battle, and the White Guards on the South Bank were demoralized and chaotic."

"At this time, General Bagramian who was in the rear managed to stabilize the situation and ordered the soldiers to hurry up to repair the pontoon bridge. Hundreds of White Guards were forced into the water to forcibly complete the pontoon bridge. Most of them froze to death. At the same time, Romano The head coach Semenov personally led the last cavalry of the guards and launched a counterattack against the Kurgan cavalry. He himself was killed in the battle, and almost all the cavalry guards were killed."

"But it bought time for the redeployment of the White Guards on the other side. The Romanov Guards showed amazing bravery and determination to block the charge of the Kurgan Cavalry at this time, even though they lost more than half of them."

Ryan nodded repeatedly after listening, and the Knight King thought for a while and said, "It seems that our female czar has learned something from me."

"But everything ends here." Gerrod continued: "Just when the battle was slightly deadlocked, more than 300 Kurgan cavalry suddenly appeared on the south bank of the river. They were secretly in the Kurgan Khan. Under the leadership, he used a raft to cross the Upper Talabek River and appeared behind the White Guards on the South Bank!"

"The White Guards on the South Bank saw Kurgan cavalry appear from behind, and mistakenly believed that a large group of Kurgans had successfully smuggled into the sea and they had to flee from both sides. It collapsed, and the worst thing is that the czar first escaped under the protection of the ice guards. Once again, her magic created an ice bridge on the river and abandoned her people."

"On the north shore, thousands of soldiers flocked to the only pontoon bridge to try to retreat. Hundreds of people were trampled to death. More soldiers jumped into the water and tried to wade across the river. However, it was floating with a lot of ice floes. The river, there is no doubt that they are dead. In the chaos, the White Guards forgot to destroy the pontoon just repaired, which directly caused the Kurgan Cavalry and Zaneike's Chaos Army to cross the river and pursue them directly."

"The tragic slaughter lasted for a day and a night. After the Kurgan cavalry and Zaneike's army looted the White Guard camp on the South Bank, they chased the White Guard for more than ten kilometers until they approached Foltanhav. The Imperial Guard came out to meet this. The pursuit and retreat stopped. After the war, the number was counted. There were more than 33,000 casualties of the White Guards, and only more than 16,000 remained. Katalin’s Romanov Guards lost more than 4,000 men, and the entire second regiment was wiped out. There were only 60 people left in the third regiment, and the corpses of Mrs. Keesler were all over the road for more than ten kilometers. The Chaos Army’s Zanike Department lost more than 3,000 people, while the Kurgan cavalry was said to have only lost more than 100 people. Now the Chaos army has all withdrawn."

"It's finished." Gerrod finished a long sentence, couldn't help taking a breath, and took a cup of water to drink.

Everyone in the big tent, look at me, and when I look at you, they all sighed helplessly. Everyone looked at Ryan and waited for the Knight King to speak.

"In fact, there were not too many problems in this battle." Ryan thought for a while, and the Knight King clenched his fists on the table and sighed: "The reason for the real failure was the absolute low quality of her army. In fact, if In my case, this battle should not be fought at all. When the quality gap is huge, contact with the enemy should be avoided as much as possible."

"Then what do we do now? The White Guards have been basically annihilated. After such a failure, this army is already useless." Berhemond still considers the problem from a military perspective as always: "An army can fail, but It cannot be such a devastating failure when it is first formed."

François considered the problem from internal affairs: "Your Majesty, do you still plan to help Kislov regain the homeland? I think the current situation is enough. The army has begun to wear out, and many people are eager to return to their hometown. "

Kingdom Regent Raun hesitated, and then said: "Your Majesty, what about Marshal Rokosovsky? Do you want to give it?"

Ryan pondered over the problem, and the King of Knight shook his head first: "Kislov’s homeland cannot be recovered for the time being. Our current military strength is insufficient, but I plan to restore the northern border of Olengrad. At least, the trade with Dulong City must be opened. !"

"Dulong City!" The people in the big tent didn't like to fight anymore. However, after hearing the words Dulong City and trade, everyone, even Pershmond, couldn't help feeling heartbroken. Dragon City's trading profits are too lucrative.

"So, are we going to involve the empire? Your original little maid?" François couldn't help but speak. The old man is most sensitive to interests: "This is a big piece of cake!"

"Can we in Brittania eat it by ourselves?" When Ryan heard François's words, he knew that the old man meant to swallow alone. The king of knights simply complained: "There must be enough channels for re-export trade. Without Nuer, we can't digest that much share by ourselves, and we still have to let the empire join in."

Everyone couldn't help but nod. Indeed, there are 100,000 dwarves in Dulong City, and such a large trade share is really unpalatable. Then the ideal partner for cooperation with the Empire is Emilia. The arms products produced by Nuer have always been cloth. The favorite of Letanians, although the price is a bit more expensive, but the quality is really top-notch. Emilia ordered every craftsman to engrave his name on the weapons produced, and whoever goes wrong will be responsible.

Who is not making money for? It's better to make money for Nuer.

"So, what should Rokosovsky do?" Raun asked, "Really, as the czar said, do we have to spend 2,000 gold crowns to buy his death row status?"

"2000?" Ryan sneered a few times, and he stretched out his hand to compare a number: "500, it can't be more, and tell her that if you want money, you will first issue a statement to open the nationality of Constance Dante, we are good Help him get Bretanian citizenship."

"This condition is a bit harsh..." Gerrod couldn't help but said.

"It's a bit harsh." There was a terrible chill on Ryan's face, and the Knight King stood up: "But I think, I'm afraid the czar has no ability to force anything, the incompetent, we clearly gave her She did not cherish the opportunity to continue to be the Tsar. Now Olengrad does not need a puppet."

Everyone in the big tent couldn't help but laugh, yes, after Katalyn had sacrificed the last bit of capital, she was already a little girl who could be dressed up.

"Well, today's meeting will end here first."

"Let me meet the emperor Karl-Franz's envoy and see what he intends to talk to me."