It took only one day and one night for Major Lieutenant and his entourage to arrive at Squirrel Village. At this time, Claude reluctantly settled the prisoners and counted the seized materials in the camps of the noble coalition forces in the two principalities. The next thing is still there.
There are many, the camps need to be demolished, the traps on the mountain roads need to be filled, the Squirrel Village has not been cleaned up yet, so many dead bodies and remains have to be buried, it gives me a headache just thinking about it.
Upon seeing the arrival of Major Leedfunk, Claude was overjoyed and handed over all the following matters directly to him. He went back to his room and took a deep sleep behind closed doors. Seeing Claude's eyes red and his face haggard, Lieutenant Colonel
Major Defunk was considerate of the hardships experienced in this war and directly ordered all the soldiers who participated in the battle to have a good rest. The squadron he brought was responsible for guarding the prisoners and guarding them.
Being young is good. Claude slept for fourteen hours before getting up. The fatigue accumulated from the war was wiped away and he became energetic again. When he went downstairs, he saw Major Leedfunk and several people from the battalion headquarters.
The officer was sitting at the dining table in the hall checking the list of supplies seized from the enemy camp. He said hello, went into the kitchen to get something to fill his stomach, washed his face and rinsed his mouth, and then came out to take a look.
Harvest results.
Unfortunately, although a lot of supplies were seized, they were not of much value. Most of them were grains and ammunition. The problem was that the grains and grasses were given by the territorial nobles to their private soldiers and enlisted citizens, and most of them were rough and rough.
The territorial nobles did not have much of miscellaneous grains for their own use. As for ammunition, it was far from the standards of the Ovelas Kingdom's military commanders, and it was not even worth the consumption of Claude's side in this battle.
There is not much cash, only a box of copper coins and a small bag of silver coins, which are the coins used by the Eskiline Principality, and their value is only about twenty or thirty gold crowns. Major Leedfunk estimated that this money should be used for
Reward those subordinates of the nobles of the Principality of Karrnath who have volunteered to lead the people. After all, the territorial nobles of the two principalities want to go to the three southern counties to plunder, not to do business. Therefore, although there are many troops this time, they will not bring too many.
money.
The most valuable items captured were the tents in the camp, especially the tents used by the territorial nobles themselves. Most of them were made of high-grade cow and sheep skins, with golden patterns and family crests of the territorial nobles on them.
However, these tents must be turned in as proof of military exploits, otherwise it is quite comfortable to keep them for your own use.
Major Leedfunk pointed to a corner of the hall: "Take two bottles for yourself. You can also choose other items to keep as a souvenir of this war. These are all collected from the tents of the territorial nobles. It can be said that
This is the most valuable part of the loot captured this time.”
Claude turned around and saw that there were four or five boxes of good wine there. They were all wines that the territorial nobles had brought with them to enjoy along the way. There were only more than a hundred bottles in total. There were also some bottles left by the territorial nobles next to them.
There were swords, clothes, gold, silver, wine bottles and other souvenirs in the tent. Generally, officers and soldiers were allowed to keep such things privately as war commemorations. Anyway, they could not be worth much of their meritorious service, so most of them were thrown into the warehouse.
Claude chose two bottles of white wine, and took a gorgeous dagger. This dagger should be a magic item. He secretly cast an Exploring Eye, and he could see that there was a layer of silver on the dagger.
Light. Claude thought that this dagger should have a sharp effect on it, so he lightly stabbed the wooden pillar next to it. Sure enough, half of the sword blade penetrated into the wooden pillar easily.
"You will write a report on the process of this battle in the past two days, and we will check it one by one." Major Leedfunk said to Claude seriously: "Write it in as much detail as possible, about what you have arranged.
How the trap and fire strategies were considered must be clearly stated. After all, this victory was too unbelievable. More than 5,000 enemies faced more than 170 people, and they were defeated and annihilated with minor casualties.
We have paid more than 4,000 people, and it is difficult for people to believe this kind of military exploits. Therefore, we must prove and implement this military exploits and work hard to make it impossible for people to find any fault..."
"Yes, I understand." Claude nodded.
Major Leedfunk was busy in Squirrel Village for a week. He ordered the prisoners and soldiers to clean up 2,564 enemy corpses and remains from the ashes of Squirrel Village, dug pits, filled them, marked them, and then took them with him.
They led the prisoners to dig up the graves of the enemies that Claude and others killed on the defensive position on the mountain behind Squirrel Village and the enemies killed at the bend of the mountain road. They checked the number of corpses one by one, and then took out the corpses of the enemies who had fallen into the trap.
The fallen enemy corpses were brought up from the valley, all counted, and then pits were dug and buried. Finally, the total number was obtained, and a total of 4,385 enemies were annihilated. These numbers were all evidenced by the enemy corpses.
According to the confessions of the prisoners, about 400 more lightly and seriously injured people were sent back first. In addition to more than 200 prisoners, it proves that in this battle, Claude and his companions had more than 170 people to resist the enemy's force of more than 5,000.
The attack resulted in the elimination of nearly 5,000 enemies. This was an out-and-out victory, a miraculous victory that could be recorded in history.
Major Leedfunk went back with satisfaction and a large stack of documents, which not only contained Claude's report on the battle process, but also the verification number and burial location of the enemy's corpses, as well as more than two hundred prisoners.
His confession proved that some seriously injured prisoners and the six captured territorial nobles were also taken away by him. More than 130 healthy prisoners were left behind, as well as a large amount of food, grass, ammunition, etc.
Materials, Claude needs these manpower and materials to rebuild Squirrel Village.
Currently, there are still three unsatisfied squadrons stationed at the Squirrel Village camp. Although most of the territorial nobles of the two principalities have escaped, we must beware of them jumping over the wall and recruiting troops to retaliate. Of course, this possibility is very small, Claude
Others still cannot be careless.
Before Major Leedfunk's victory report was passed on and caused an uproar, the situation of the Kingdom of Overas in the three counties of Nanbu was not very good. During the battle between Claude and the territorial nobles of the two principalities, Squirrel Village
, the anti-Austrian coalition forces of the Principality of Rimodra gathered more than 200,000 troops to storm the defensive front set up by the Blue Feather Army on the border. In just half a month, the Blue Feather Army lost one-third of its troops.
They could barely withstand the enemy's onslaught, and finally had to pull up another second-line army as a reserve force.
To the east of the three southern counties, there is also a second-line army fighting fiercely with several newly formed reserve armies from the Principality of Eskilen and the Principality of Karnas. Fortunately, the elite soldiers and generals of these two principalities are all in Limo
Among the coalition forces of the Principality of Deira, the several legions that counterattacked the three southern counties were formed by newly recruited personnel and had poor combat effectiveness. Although they had a large number of troops, they still could not break through the eastern defense line established by the second-line legion of the Kingdom of Ovilas.
The most tense situation is within the three southern counties, where riots and rebellions occur frequently. The temporary passage in the Picklet Mountains has not yet been opened, so that subsequent support troops and supplies cannot reach the three southern counties. There is a lack of troops to guard Olvera in the three southern counties.
The Royal Sri Lankan army is unable to suppress local rebellions, and it is even less possible to raise large amounts of logistical supplies to support the front line.
If Claude and the others cannot withstand the attack of the nobles from the two principalities this time and allow the enemy to break into the three southern counties and plunder them, the consequences will be very serious. The three southern counties are likely to erupt like a volcano, eroding the entire region.
, in serious cases, it may even affect the defensive operations on both sides of the front line. No one can win the battle with enemies from both sides, no matter how powerful the army of the Kingdom of Ovilas is.
Major Liederfunk knew very well that under the current severe situation, Claude's good news was no less than a shot in the arm for the Ovelas Kingdom's army, which was fighting alone in the three southern counties, and even the rebels in those places.
The rioters will also calm down after receiving this news. This is because many of the rebel rioters were instigated and connived by spies, and many of them were secretly arranged by the territorial nobles.
Now the more than 5,000 troops of the territorial noble coalition were defeated by about 170 garrison soldiers, and more than 5,000 people were wiped out. When the report of this victory spreads, the conspirators and rebels have to think about it.
The army of the Kingdom of Overas is so powerful. When they withstand the attack or reinforcements arrive from the rear, will there be a future for me who has been jumping so energetically during this period?
In fact, Major Leedfunk's concerns are indeed very reasonable. After Claude's victory report was publicized, no one really wanted to believe that the battle report was true. The three southern counties were skeptical and even regarded it as a fake.
What a joke. However, the officers of the three legions who were fighting fiercely on the front also believed that this was a lie fabricated to boost morale. They saw through it but did not tell it. Everyone tacitly understood it.
Major Leedfunk sent this brief victory report to the frontline headquarters through a falcon messenger. The officer who received the letter cursed it as nonsense. How could this be true? However, he still passed the battle report to the higher-ups.
The staff and the officers of the staff were even more furious. They thought that the combat troops below had falsely reported their military exploits to such an unreasonable level. There were more than 5,000 people compared to 170, and 5,000 people were annihilated. The 170 people were annihilated.
Are the ten soldiers invulnerable? They handed the victory report to the frontline commander, Prince Hansback, and suggested that the officers and soldiers in charge who falsely report their military exploits should be severely punished.
Prince Hansback is very busy. As the commander-in-chief of the front line, he can be said to have many things to do every day and is extremely busy. He has not slept for more than five hours since the rainy season in March. The temporary passage in the Picklet Mountains is due to the
Heavy rains in the rainy season, mudslides, landslides and other natural disasters caused the rear line to lose contact with the Kingdom's troops who broke into the three southern counties, leaving them virtually alone. This unexpected change that affected the entire war situation involved most of his energy.
Beginning in April, the eldest prince ordered the frontline Guards Corps to lead the two second-line regiments to continue to attack the defensive front of the Principality of Rimodra, striving to break through as soon as possible to put greater pressure on the anti-Austrian alliance forces, and at the same time reduce the pressure on the three forces in the south.
The strategy of raiding the three southern counties and annihilating nearly half a million troops of the anti-Austrian alliance gathered in the Principality of Rimodra was the result of the strong advocacy and promotion of Prince Hansback.
It was implemented. But no one expected that the temporary passage set up in the Picklet Mountains would collapse and break due to the rainy season. This made the great prince Hansback, who saw the hope of victory, once again feel anxious.
If the three legions in the three southern counties are encircled and annihilated by the enemy, then all the opportunities and battlefield advantages gained by the Kingdom of Overas will be lost, and all efforts will be in vain. The war will continue to return to a stalemate and confrontation between the two sides.
, this situation is extremely unfavorable to the Kingdom of Ovelas. Because it has no allies, it is one vs. five in the eastern part of the continent, while the anti-Austrian alliance countries are seeking support and assistance from countries in the northern and southern parts of the continent.
.They define the Kingdom of Overas as a hegemonic and ambitious country in the eastern part of the continent. It is the biggest factor of instability in the eastern part of the continent and the birthplace of the Taoqi War.
Although the Great Prince Hansback did not know the saying that good people will get more help and bad people will get less help, but he did not deny that the Kingdom of Overas had the ambition to unify the entire eastern region of the continent. He knew very well that if the strategy he formulated this time failed,
, this war sweeping across the entire eastern region of the continent does not know how long it will be delayed until it ends. And if the decades of accumulation of the Kingdom of Ovilas are consumed in this war, it will take many years to recover.
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It is necessary to speed up the erection and construction of temporary passages in the Picklet Mountains and restore traffic to the three southern counties as soon as possible. This is the key point of this war. But what makes Prince Hansback helpless is that no matter how determined he is, he cannot
Let reinforcements and logistical supplies fly over the Picklet Mountains to the three southern counties. The temporary passage built in winter was able to be successfully erected due to the cold weather and freezing ice and snow. However, after the rainy season, the soft mountains made the temporary passage difficult.
The erection and repair has become a very difficult project, which cannot be speeded up by more people.
At this time, the eldest prince was even more upset when he received a request from the staff to severely punish false reports of military exploits. The three southern counties had cut off contact with the rear, and all sorts of moths came out. Did he think that the rear could not go to confirm it?
False report of military exploits? Without even looking at the victory report from the Falcon, he wanted to order the officers and soldiers involved to be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the staff.
At this time, his adjutant, Captain Skerry, stood up and stopped him: "Your Highness, you'd better take a closer look at this good news."
"Why?" The eldest prince was very angry.
Captain Skerry was not afraid of the eldest prince's anger: "Because this good news was sent back by Major Leedfunk, and it was Claude who made the meritorious service."
"Leedfunk? I remember that he is now the commander of the 1st Ranger Battalion. He is a steady, responsible and serious guy who never cheats. Who is that Claude? The name sounds familiar..." Hansback said
The prince was deep in thought.
"Your Highness, Claude is one of the junior officers you need to pay attention to. His name and files are recorded in your notebook..." Captain Skerry reminded. He picked up a book on the eldest prince's desk.
This thick notebook, when opened, is full of names and notes. These names are all guys that the prince thinks are more promising, but many of them have black horizontal lines on their names, which indicates the owner of the name.
Already died on the battlefield.
Turning to the back, Captain Scree found Claude's name, and he handed the notebook to the eldest prince.