Warhammer Throne

"Qing Fu, I ask you, if we set off from the Axe Bite Pass to the empire, how long will it take and how many people can we pass through?"

The Sun King Ryan and his queen Suria are standing on Montferre Castle. Looking from the top down, the axe bite in the distance is the preface. The imperial city of Bogenhafen is the end point, so the whole journey is about 200 kilometers away.

"Your Majesty, it is impossible for us to send troops to support the empire at this time." The Duke of Ford has a simple appearance, dark skin, and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He is not tall and speaks with a certain imperial accent. This is due to Montfort's contact with the imperial all the year round.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we are unlikely to send troops to support the empire now. My army needs training. The recruits are far from reaching the standard for sending troops." Bertrand also said that the commander of the old guard was in Kuilau. In the battle, he was wounded by the brass whip of the horror abuser, and he barely returned after recuperating for several months, and he was still not quite good.

From the spring of the imperial calendar 2523 to the autumn of the imperial calendar 2524, there were successive battles in Bretania. The dukes were busy rebuilding after the war, and the court of Lane was also busy reorganizing the army. After several battles, the top of Bretania The loss of strength was very heavy. The old guards have not been recruited to the level of 2,200 before the Kuilau war, only 1,800, and the combat effectiveness of the recruits has not yet reached the level before the war.

Similarly, the Cold Creek Guards Regiment has so far made up 1,500 people, and the First Guard Lancers Regiment has made up 1,000 people. Even Ryan is still having a headache. Where can I find a qualified Wing Cavalry commander-Rokosso Marshal Marshal Vsky died before, and General Meretskov had limited abilities.

The Young Guards currently have only 800 men, and they are still unable to constitute combat effectiveness.

The only good news is that the battle with the Terrorist Demon Army has allowed many people to break through the shackles of the legend. Now Ryan’s three elites should add up to 700 legendary powerhouses. It can be said that with the great guardian, they become weaker and weaker. With the disintegration of the Maelstrom, the restrictions on mortals were gradually unraveled.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Raymond also walked up. The old guard was shrouded in the light of the Holy Grail, with a touch of red in his eyes, which is characteristic of drinking the water of the Holy Grail. With envious eyes, Raymond said to Ryan: "Give us at least two more months. If we want to support the empire, we can send an army first, along the waterway against the coastline, starting from Le-Angoulang, or It’s going upstream along the Rick River to Braunschweig and then to Taraberheim or even Bekafen, or we can also go directly along the West Territory to Nordling until Olengrad."

Bertrand glanced at Ryan’s reaction and saw that he did not refute, so he went on to say: "Your Majesty, we have two ironclad ships, the Enterprise and the Varyag. This is simply a country for naval battles and maritime transportation. Sharp weapon, we also own the Land Cruiser Awesome and the Dwarf Colossus McZod on the same land. We have no reason not to go. Although the axe bite pass is easier to pass, but the Awesome and McZod must be transported and reassembled. , This difficulty..."

"Two loves, I know what you said." Ryan shrugged: "Even I know that if we go from Marienburg, the high elves' Marienburg fleet can still **** us, right?"

"Exactly." Bertrand thought for a while, and proposed: "If the waterway empire can't support it, we can at least support the empire before the chaos hits Tala Beheim."

"Yes." Ryan nodded, why didn't he know that the waterway is convenient and fast? As long as the main waterway of Le-Angoulent-Marinburg-Brunswick is opened, it only takes twenty days to reach the city of Braunschweig from Brittany.

Historically, for ancient times, whether it was war or people's livelihood, waterways were the vital lifeblood, and their priority and convenience were many times higher than land routes, and transportation losses would be much smaller.

"You want it, don't the Chaos Army think of it?" Ryan smiled at Ford, Bertrand, Raymond and others: "I am prepared for both hands. Of course it is good to be able to use the waterway, but if it does show up. In situations or emergencies, we have to have alternatives, Ching Fu, tell me, what is the upper limit of the army's pass through the Axe Bite Pass, and how long will it take?"

The Duke of Ford frowned. He thought for a few minutes before answering: "Your Majesty, the axe-bite pass is 154 kilometers long. If we start from Montferre Castle and end at Bogenhafen, the total length is It is 203 kilometers. For the sake of insurance, under the circumstance of ensuring uninterrupted logistics, you can only walk up to 30,000 people at a time. This is the limit."

"Thirty thousand people, fine, how long will it take?" Ryan nodded.

"The plank road at Axe's Pass has undergone many repairs and reinforcements, and there are also a large number of sentries and patrols, but many places are still rough and difficult." Duke Ford thought for a while, and gave an estimate: "If there is no accident. For a month in the army, Xiaoqi Qingqi walks like a caravan for about 15-20 days."

"No accident?" Su Liya asked.

"Without heavy rain, without encountering the large stocks of green skin in the gray mountains, and without encountering anything else, I should be able to reach Bogenhafen in a month." Duke Ford nodded, "Madam, please."

"Madam will bless us." Ryan smiled.

Although it takes a month to get to Bogenhafen on the opposite side from Montfort, this is the fastest. It takes more than 1,000 kilometers to reach Braunschweig from Kurona via the Kurona Road. road,

Water transportation is really important. Ryan thought that there was no reason why the Eternal God chose Aichaun that he could not think of. He had to make alternative plans to prepare if the chaos blocked the waterway, he still had land to go.

Thinking of this, Ryan couldn’t help but smile. Axe-biting the pass was considered a good way to go. It was like a waste of time. It’s no wonder that the prime minister Zhuge of the celestial dynasty in his previous life spent his entire life in the Northern Expedition but was always trapped in Hanzhong. .

Someone will definitely say that Han Xin secretly managed to succeed in Chen Cang.

In fact, the difficulties that Zhuge Liang faced were completely different from those of Han Xin. First, the Central Plains forces were in chaos when Chen Cang was dark. Han Xin had the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. In Zhuge Liang's time, the Central Plains were already monolithic.

Furthermore, there is a very very important geographical factor, that is, Han Xin can take the waterway out of Hanzhong, transport troops from Chencang Road directly through the Han River to Weishui, and then follow Chencang down the current all the way towards Chang'an. In ancient marches, waterways meant high efficiency, speed, and low loss.

So the question is, why didn't Zhuge Liang take the waterway?

Unfortunately, the Wudu earthquake in the later Han Dynasty changed the topography of Chencang Road and the Han River was cut off and diverted.

By the time Zhuge Liang left Qishan, the Western Han River was no longer connected to the Weishui River. Han Xin could transport troops and food by water. By the time of Zhuge Liang, he could only rely on soldiers pushing wheelbarrows and mountain roads to transport food. This was a devastating disadvantage. It can be a surprise (that is, the first Northern Expedition). As long as the north is prepared, it will be very difficult for Shu to have a chance, unless it can perform a military miracle.

This is also the reason why Sun Shiwan always fights in Hefei. Hefei is the key to linking the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River.

Similarly, if Ryan wants to support the empire from the axe bite pass, then he spent 16 years repairing the Grand Canal of Brittany, which is the key. And the army can come to Montferre Castle far and away.

Ryan thought for a while, and he cast his gaze into the distance. The gray mountains were as majestic as ever.

Karl Franz, my dear friend, you must hold on, hold on until our Bretania reorganizes the army.

…………I am holding on to the dividing line…………

"What? The first battle to destroy the main force of Chaos?"

It is also the autumn of 2524 in the imperial calendar. The front line of the Golden Fortress, Von Zhukov Castle, and Emperor Karl-Franz are in a meeting, ready to listen to the opinions of the electors and imperial generals.

After nearly two years of fighting against chaos, the empires are already very clear that my heart is immortal. These Yankees are different from any previous enemies. They have only one goal, and that is to destroy the human world.

Under continuous fighting and endless losses, the imperial army is very exhausted. Now its morale depends entirely on the emperor’s personal prestige and his speech after speech. The intensity of the chaotic attack is very high. High, the imperial army did not make any changes at all, they could only challenge one after another.

Karl-Franz constantly urged the supplies, salaries, and recruits from the rear to come to the front line. At the same time, he realized that if the empire was consumed like this, the empire could not have been consumed by chaos—the hundreds of thousands of troops basically did not need any supplies. As long as killing is the best food and army, the power of the evil **** makes the enemy stronger, but the empire is getting more and more tired. After almost exhausting the army of the empire, the emperor now has only 120,000 in his hands. And scattered along the entire Golden Fortress.

Opposite the Golden Fortress is the 300,000 army of Vice Admiral Kejon, who is constantly adding new forces.

Sitting on the main seat of the von Zhukov castle, Karl Franz listened to everyone's opinions.

"Your Majesty, the Golden Fortress has begun to disintegrate automatically. Although our wizards and priests can still maintain the operation of the Golden Fortress, they don't know how to repair some damaged and rusty places." The Supreme Dean of the Imperial Academy of Light Kant faced the emperor. Said: "What Gelt left behind... is too esoteric. We have exhausted all our energy and it is still difficult to understand how the Golden Fortress works. All we can do is to perform according to the rituals left behind by Gelt."

"Kant, you are the best light wizard since the traitor of Egrim. Can you not even understand the mystery of the Golden Fortress?" Karl-Franz sat on the main seat, the emperor was a lot thinner, this In the past two years, except for a few sleeps during the strongest winter blizzards, the emperor spent the rest of the time almost busy maintaining the northern defense line, which made a strong and energetic mature man who was originally strong and energetic was visibly old. Now, crow's feet have appeared in the corner of his eyes, which is incredible for a sanctuary powerhouse who is less than sixty years old.

Hearing Kant's words, the emperor's tone was not very pleasant.

"This is a brand-new spell that I have never seen before. I can't analyze its principle. Your Majesty, maybe only Gelt himself..." Kant, the Supreme Dean of the Guangming Academy, could only admit his mistake immediately.

"Enough, Gelt has escaped, and we can't count on him." Hearing Gelt's name again, the emperor frowned. Gelt was undoubtedly wronged, but he was also stupid. If Gelt is recalled again, where is the authority of the empire? What should the Justice Church explain? What about the Ludenhof family?

"Okay, everyone, I'm calling you all today to hope you can think of something." The emperor motioned to Kant to go down: "You have witnessed the war for more than a year, and you have personally participated in the action against the Chaos Army. The empire appreciates your contribution, but this is not enough, far from enough. Everyone knows the current situation. If you have any comments, please feel free to put it forward."

There was silence in the hall.

The elector Marius was aggressive and obviously had a plan.

The Electors of Wamir and Alberrich were silent, with both hope and pain on their faces, hoping to change the status quo but afraid of failure, so they were silent.

Theodoric Gesser, King Nord and the holder of the Nord electoral right, was angry but didn't intend to speak. Perhaps he was already prepared to retreat.

Marshal Rick Heilberg frowned. The emperor couldn’t help but smile when he saw the old man’s expression, but he was heartbroken. Heilberg had been exhausted for months, trying to find a way to reverse the situation, but he could not think of a perfection. Strategy.

The remaining empire generals and court ministers did not speak, Boris and Emmanuel were not present, and there were only these electors in the empire.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean...we are going to abandon the golden fortress?" Acting Archbishop Esme III asked tentatively.

"The Golden Fortress helped us withstand the chaotic peaks. This is what Gelt did," the emperor nodded, and Karl-Franz could only continue: "But...but you have seen the situation now, and so on. If we wear it down, we will undoubtedly lose."

There were bursts of low "Oh oh oh" voices in the field, and it was obvious that all the empire military and political officials present were aware of this problem.

The emperor needs to change, and the only end of the empire is to be consumed by chaos.

Everyone, look at me and I will look at you. No one dared to be the first to speak. If you stick to the golden fortress, the empire can last for a while. If you change your strategy but don’t get the right results, then it’s the person who speaks. Back to the pan.

Therefore, no one dared to give up the golden fortress. Although there are many problems with the golden fortress, as long as they can make do with it, everyone will not dare to talk nonsense. Before doing things, the pot must be divided.

Everyone is in a hurry, everyone is waiting, waiting for the emperor to speak.

At this time, only the elector Marius spoke. The famous "crazy earl" saw that everyone was restrained, so he simply spoke directly: "Your Majesty, I have three strategies to break the chaos!"

"Oh?" Hearing Marius's words, Karl-Franz's eyes lit up. Mad Earl Marius's plans are always full of whimsical and neuroticism. In many cases, his plans are not only very risky, but also take every one of them. The soldier’s potential is squeezed to the limit. Sometimes his military plan will bring everything into the abyss, and sometimes it will bring a glorious military miracle: "Mary Siqing, please say it."

"The best policy is to give up the golden fortress directly! Fight against the main force of Chaos in the Ostermark territory!" Marius' voice was very passionate, and he sonorously said: "I have thought about the process, we just need to do this. There is a chance to annihilate the main force of Chaos in one fell swoop!"

"The best policy? What is the best policy?"

"Just give up the golden fortress?"

"Directly fight against the main force of Chaos?"

"Marius, are you crazy?"

The whole hall was filled with surprised sounds.

"I'm not crazy, this is the only chance!" Marius made a decisive decision.

"How exactly do you want to do it?" Karl Franz motioned for everyone to be quiet, and he motioned to Marius to continue.

"Our approach is...re-enact the Battle of the Three Kings of Middenstang of Knight King Ryan-Makado!"

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