"Wailea was lost and Navarre was captured?" When such news reached Hanard's ears, he was a little confused: "Didn't I order the walls to be cleared and all the outer cities to be abandoned, leaving only a small number of people?
Monitoring the enemy? Why is Navarre there?"
The officer who reported the report said: "It was the order of the Grand Duke Black Snake. There are many properties belonging to the Grand Duke in the Velea area. His property has not been transferred in time."
Hanard was furious: "What authority does he have to command the army? The command authority of every army and every soldier should be here!"
The officer glanced at the other people busy in the command room and replied: "I checked the records and it was the order issued by Mayor Yuri."
Since Dean Helen was captured and the army retreated to the Western Capital, the command of part of the army has passed to Blaise Uri.
Yuri was drinking tea in the corner of the room. When he heard his name being mentioned, he smiled awkwardly and said: "General Hanard, there is nothing I can do. The Black Snake Archduke put pressure on me, requesting to delay the advance of the Gripen Kingdom.
, that’s why I…”
"That's enough~! How dare you do this? I've said before that all troop movements must be decided through the headquarters!" Hanard paced angrily.
Yuri trembled in fright, suppressing the fear in his heart and said: "General Hanard, you also know that the Black Snake Grand Duke is the uncle of the queen. His request, I...I..."
Hanard shouted: "So? His property has been saved?"
"This...I don't know, I don't think it's necessary to transfer completely."
"Hmph~!" Hanard asked: "Where is the Grand Duke now? Is he in the Western Capital City?" He thought that the Black Snake Grand Duke's personal guards were quite large in number and very powerful, and they could be borrowed for use in the city.
As a result, Yuri replied: "He took the guards to the south more than ten days ago. He said he was going to the south for a vacation to watch the rain."
Hanard punched the thick table hard.
Dutch had been watching the excitement with his arms folded. General Staff Officer Gushnan said: "Several generals, the command here is too decentralized now, and many people have the power to mobilize troops on their own. In order to fight better,
Do you want to ask His Majesty for unified command?"
Hanard glanced at the staff officer and Dutch, frowning and feeling embarrassed, not to mention that the Knights of the Holy Moon were not under his control at all, and the garrison of Anmosiddu was not completely under his command. The King of the North's personal
He has no control over the armed forces and can only discuss decisions. For a family that has been in charge of military affairs for a long time, it is not that he does not know the importance of unified command, but his qualifications and strength are not enough to convince the public, and he has to consider the king.
He could not directly ask for this power based on the Seventeenth's thoughts and ideas, otherwise the Seventeenth would not have made the decision to jointly command multiple people on the Western Front.
At this time, a tall old man wearing a white priest's robe with gold trim appeared outside the door.
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"Ah, respected Lord Yahan, you are here." An officer noticed it first and stepped forward to greet him.
Bartholomew Bartholomew Ahan is the instructor of military science at the Imperial Academy of the Demon Moon Empire. He is also the Deputy Prime Minister of the Royal Council (Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Speaker), the Minister of State of the Privy Council, and the Winter Sect of the Demon Moon State Church. Debira
He is the ecumenical bishop of the Diocese and the Holy Inquisitor of the Barony of the Red River area. Therefore, it is not surprising that he appears here wearing a holy clerical robe.
Yahan held a two-meter-long staff in his hand, and the golden streamers fluttered as he walked: "In addition to bringing the power to use the 'Bell of the Empire' this time, I also come as the special envoy of the Privy Council Governor. Your Majesty said
The current battle situation is extremely unsatisfactory. He has read all the battle reports from the front line. Although the enemy used some superior weapons and mysterious weapons, this cannot be used as a reason for the unfavorable battle situation."
Hanad's expression was solemn: "Mr. Yahan, the actual situation is worse than what was stated in the battle report. The Gripen Empire launched the war at the risk of the fate of the entire country, and their strategic purpose has changed! Although it is not sure why they did not attack An
If Moxidu attacks, our current strength is at an absolute disadvantage."
Yahan said: "Saint Bikeya also suffered a large-scale attack by the Creation Royal Army. The two embassies are actively discussing the border garrison. Once the agreement is reached, there will be no pressure from Saint Bikeya, and the army on the southern front will be large."
Some of them can be deployed. In fact, His Majesty has ordered the mobilization of the southern front troops. I have brought 150 red-robed archmages who have been trained in forbidden magic. If the Gripen Kingdom does launch an attack, Your Majesty has authorized me to use them at my own discretion.
The timing of ‘Bells of the Empire’.”
While we were chatting, the sound of relay war drums sounded in the Western Capital City. This was the alarm drum that would be sounded when the enemy made a big move. Soon, one after another battle reports came, and various observation posts outside the Western Capital City were occupied one after another, north and south.
Several passes also fell due to abandoning defense. Then aerial scouts flew down and trotted over to report: "The enemy's heavy siege beasts appeared, and a large number of siege equipment was found mobilized!"
The elderly Gushnan looked at the time and then at the sky outside: "It's almost dusk. Does the Gripen Kingdom like to launch large-scale attacks in the evening recently?"
The army of the Gripen Empire has made large-scale movements.
The total strength of the Holy Gripen Empire is claimed to be tens of millions, and 6.5 million combat troops have actually been mobilized, including 50,000 air-control cavalry, 37,000 super heavy cavalry, 210,000 heavy cavalry, 700,000 cavalry, 470,000 crossbowmen, and 50,000 heavy cavalry.
There are 210,000 armored infantry, more than 1.7 million light infantry, 49,000 armed soldiers, 6,900 siege equipment of various types, about 1,200 heavy siege beasts, and more than 4,000 siege beasts, excluding miscellaneous soldiers and medical personnel. General 21
There are about 3,000 people, including 207 lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadier generals. The king personally serves as the commander. There are also 3,000 Haichao friendly troops.
At this time, a total of 6.5 million people have not yet completed their assembly, and many troops are still on the way. Many of the troops that have entered the territory of the Demon Moon are scattered in villages and towns west of Anmositdu. The troops gathered around Anmositou will exceed
Two million, those slower-moving heavy-armed troops have gathered more than 2,000 weapons at this moment.
After the Gripen King occupied Velea, he issued the order to siege the city with heavy artillery. The magic rock cannon, magic rock thousand-crack cannon, magic trebuchet, skyfire trebuchet, and siege iron crossbows were assembled and set up, and they were arranged in sequence.
Under the cover of air cavalry and ground troops, they advance forward until they enter the temporarily fortified high ground, which is the furthest range of the thousand-split cannon and trebuchet.
At about 4:30 in the afternoon, the cannon was fired from Magic Rock.
Hundreds of magic rock thousand-crack cannons were spitting out tongues of fire crazily at Anmosi, which was dozens of kilometers away, and trebuchets threw magic rock balls into the city.
The city protection magic was activated in the Anmoxidu
Outside the counterattack range, the battle situation is one-sided and overwhelming.