Claude was in a hurry, and so was Major Skree. No one knew when the light cavalry from the Principality of Karnas would make a comeback. This time the enemy only came with a light cavalry brigade, and they found out the details of the first ranger battalion. Claude
Both De and Major Skerry believed that the enemy already knew that there was only one battalion garrison in this area, so the next time they came, it might be a regiment.
However, even after Claude and the others gathered the entire battalion's troops, built defense facilities at the entrance to the mountain road, and sent away the women, children, old and weak, the young and strong, and the prisoners, the enemy still didn't come.
Even the reconnaissance cavalry dispatched had to run for three days and two nights before they could discover the whereabouts of the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry deep in the prairie.
Until September passed, Claude and Major Skerry still didn't understand what was going on. It seemed that the enemy had forgotten this area again. But this September, the prairie was very lively. The original plan was to catch up
The second battalion of rangers who came to join was said to have been repeatedly harassed and attacked by the light cavalry of the Principality of Karrnath, resulting in heavy casualties and forcing them to retreat.
The third and fourth battalions of the Rangers in the other two directions also encountered the same situation. They now no longer care about the mission of the vanguard reconnaissance battalion, but are trying to save their lives under the constant attacks of light cavalry. From the map
By looking at their location, we can conclude that they were not resisting and retreating as the battle report said, but were fleeing. Because it only took them a day and a night to return to where they were a week ago.
Starting point...
A battle report from the frontline headquarters at the end of September stated that the Blue Feather Legion, which had rested for nearly two months at the Grand Duke's Fort in Braviso, had officially entered the Karnas Prairie in collaboration with two second-line armies. The Blue Feather Legion's legions
Lieutenant General Ed Parker said that he was confident that he would lead the three legions to suppress the anti-Austrian alliance forces who fled to the Principality of Karrnus in the Beibu Gulf area, and wait for the arrival of the follow-up legions before launching an attack and destroying the Principality of Karrnath in one fell swoop.
According to the battle report, the Chief of Staff of the Blue Feather Army, General Michelq. Priest, had a fierce dispute with Lieutenant General Ed Parker over this. General Michelqi believed that the Blue Feather Army was now entering the prairie.
It is a very risky thing, but Lieutenant General Ed Parker believes that the anti-Austrian alliance has lost three principalities in a row and has become discouraged. Now is the best time to beat the dog in the water and cannot delay it any longer.
Because of the dispute between the two generals, each had his own opinions, and the quarrel was so fierce that Prince Hansback had no choice but to temporarily suspend General Michelci from his position as the chief of staff of the Blue Feather Army, and let Ed
Lieutenant General Parker led three legions into the Karrnath Steppe and acted according to the opportunity.
This happened a week ago. Claude and Major Skerry believed that it was probably Lan Yu and three other legions that entered the prairie, which caused the Principality of Karnas to give up attacking the territorial nobles here.
The plan to abandon the area is to first deal with the advance of Lan Yu's three legions. It seems that the First Ranger Battalion will continue to be peaceful for a while, and the enemy will not attack soon...
Until mid-October, the battle report Major Skerry received from the frontline headquarters was still that the three legions of the Blue Feather Army were advancing towards the Gulf of Tonkin. At the same time, they had merged with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions, and the Principality of Karnas
The light cavalry were no longer as rampant as before, daring to raid the military formations in small groups. They just monitored the progress of the three legions from a distance and did not dare to get too close.
Claude took the opportunity to return to Squirrel Village in the name of transporting supplies, and had a tryst with his young lover Sheila for a night. However, when Claude returned to the castle of Count Crelaus, he saw Major Skerry with a pale face.
Shivering while reading a letter from a falcon eagle.
"What's wrong?" Claude asked.
"Defeated. The Blue Feather Army and the two second-line armies were defeated by the enemy..." Major Skerry replied with a trembling voice.
"What did you say?" Claude grabbed the message from Major Skerry's hand. After a closer look, it was indeed the latest battle report from the frontline command. It said that the Blue Feather Army and the two second-line armies were in Karnas.
Prairie fought a hasty battle with the Anti-Austrian Alliance forces. It only took half a day for the two second-line armies to be defeated first. Then the Blue Feather Army was unable to support itself. After inflicting heavy damage to the enemy, almost the entire army was annihilated.
On the prairie.
Now the defeated second-line legion troops and the logistics department of the Blue Feather Legion that fell behind are evading the pursuit of the light cavalry of the Principality of Karnars. Prince Hansback has urgently ordered a second-line legion stationed at the border to enter the prairie to provide relief.
At the same time, the Guards were ordered to end their rest and recuperation, and rush to the border garrison between the former Principality of Eskilen and the Karnas Prairie...
"How is this possible?" Claude was very surprised. Everyone knew that the anti-Austrian alliance forces transferred from the Principality of Rimodra to the Principality of Karnas were only four legions at most, and one was the standing legion of the Kingdom of Nasseri.
, this can be regarded as the most elite force in the anti-Austrian alliance, but it is only comparable to the combat power of a second-line regiment in the Kingdom of Overas. There are two light cavalry regiments from the Principality of Karnas, and one is the gathered Yuan Ai.
The legions formed by the noble private soldiers of the Principality of Skilling. These four legions have long been frightened. How could they possibly be able to defeat the three legions headed by the Blue Feather Legion in one battle?
It took another two days for Major Skerry to learn more detailed information about the battle situation from his friends at the frontline headquarters. In this battle on the Karnas Prairie, the anti-Austrian alliance dispatched a total of nine legions. What made Ovi the most
What the military of the Kingdom of Rath did not expect was that two light cavalry regiments from the Principality of Karrnas that were assisting the Kingdom of Nasseri quietly returned to the Beibu Gulf at some point, and brought with them a second-line regiment from the Kingdom of Nasseri...
In this battle, the standing army of the Kingdom of Nasseri, which was transferred from the Principality of Rimodra to the Beibu Gulf, cooperated with the second-line army that had just arrived to block Lan Yu's three armies face to face. The two sides advanced hand in hand, on the prairie.
When there was a sudden encounter, the two legions of the Nasseri Kingdom had already set up their formations and were marching towards the Blue Feather Legion who were marching.
The Blue Feather Legion, who did not expect that the enemy would dare to engage in large-scale battles, suffered some losses at first, but soon stabilized their position and ordered the two coordinated second-line legions to deploy on their left and right wings to prevent Kannas from attacking.
A two-sided assault by the duchy's light cavalry regiment.
It must be said that the response of the Blue Feather Legion was very perfect. After the three legions set up the battle formation, the left and right wings were attacked by the light cavalry legion of the Principality of Karrnus. However, this time the Principality of Karnnus could be said to have used all its strength to fight.
During the battle, they dispatched a total of seven light cavalry legions. In addition to the two light cavalry legions recruited from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the two light cavalry legions transferred back from the Principality of Rimodra, they also formed three temporarily recruited light cavalry legions.
Light Cavalry Regiment.
Leading the charge are these three temporarily formed light cavalry regiments. These three light cavalry regiments are all composed of older herdsmen and half-grown boys. They go forward to rush into the formation and die. They can only move forward and not retreat. As long as there is retreat,
Those who escaped were immediately executed on the spot. In this way, these three temporarily formed light cavalry regiments launched an endless charge against the two second-line regiments on both wings. Waves of charges followed one after another. The front of the position was full of corpses.
Like a mountain...
The two second-line legions almost turned the barrels of the artillery they carried red. Only then did the Principality of Karnas invest in the four elite light cavalry legions. The two wings of the Blue Feather Legion were breached in this way, and countless
The light cavalry broke into the soldiers of the two second-line legions and killed them. The two second-line legions were quickly broken up by the enemy's swarming light cavalry and fell into a rout.
Then the light cavalry of the Principality of Karrnath attacked the Blue Feather Legion from both sides and the rear. The Blue Feather Legion was surrounded by enemies on all sides. The bloody battle lasted until dusk. The last group of resisting Blue Feather Legion officers and soldiers died on the battlefield. Except for those who fell at the back.
Except for the legion's logistics department and treatment department, almost the entire Blue Feather Legion was wiped out on the prairie. Nearly 50,000 officers and soldiers under the legion commander, Lieutenant General Ed Parker, were killed in the battle, and an estimated 6,000 people were injured and captured.
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A Blue Feather Legion has a full strength of more than 60,000 men, and two second-line legions have a strength of nearly 110,000. This battle, which the Anti-Austrian Alliance called the Great Victory of Karnas, caused nearly 150,000 casualties in the Kingdom of Ovelas
, although the two second-line legions were not completely wiped out, the fleeing soldiers could not escape the pursuit of the light cavalry of the Principality of Karnas on the vast prairie. In the end, less than 5,000 people managed to escape.
This defeat was like a slap on the head of the proud Kingdom of Ovilas, which believed that victory was in sight, causing violent turmoil in the entire kingdom. When Sterling X heard about this defeat
After hearing the news, he vomited blood and fell to the ground and became bedridden. The first thing he did after waking up was to send a message to Prince Hansback, angrily scolding him and asking him to learn a lesson and not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy again. The kingdom had no more spare parts.
The military strength will suffer another big defeat like this.
"Baker is in the second battalion of the Rangers. I wonder if you have escaped..." Diavid said to Claude very worriedly. Baker is Belklin, one of the four noble children. After capturing Wilf Hill, most of them
The prince decided to form three more ranger battalions, and Belklin was transferred to the second ranger battalion. This time he also entered the Karnars Grassland, and there has been no news about him until now.
"Don't worry, Baker is not a fool, he will be fine. And don't forget that veteran Shashili. This old guy used to be known as the best escaping skill in the Ranger Battalion. He was also transferred to the Second Ranger Battalion, and
Beck is in the same brigade, and with him taking care of him, Beck will be fine." Claude could only comfort Diavid in this way.
At the end of October, the reconnaissance cavalry of the Principality of Karnars appeared in this area again, and three or four cavalry were very bold and dared to approach the castle of Count Crelaus, shouting that you are finished, surrender quickly and I will spare you.
Claude was so angry that he personally led his men to set up an ambush at night. When the scouts came back the next day, they launched an attack and killed three or four groups of enemy scouts in a row. Only then did the enemy
The scout cavalry had some taboos and did not dare to get too close to the castle.
Although there was a small gain, Claude and Major Scree knew in their hearts that the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry appeared again, which meant that they would soon attack the castle.
"I finally understand the main reason why the enemy must reconnoiter this area in September." Claude patted his forehead in hindsight: "The enemy didn't originally want to regain this area, they just wanted to know where we were.
How many people are stationed here will have an impact on the prairie battle they are planning. So we waited for so long after getting ready, but the enemy did not come. Now that they have won the battle, they are free to deal with us.
Already..."
Major Skerry smiled bitterly: "We have not received the order to retreat, so we must stick to this place. No matter how many enemies come, we have to hold on to this castle. Maybe we will never go back..."
Captain Cold Walker, captain of the 4th Brigade, said: "The castle has enough supplies of food, grass, ammunition and other supplies for us to hold on for three months. I hope that the enemy will retreat on their own by the end of the year. It is winter at that time, and I think the enemy is there."
We can’t hold on outside the castle for that long.”
"I hope so." Major Skerry said: "Now there are more and more enemy reconnaissance cavalry outside. I estimate that the enemy's large forces will arrive in two or three days. Please check the equipment of your respective groups again to boost morale.
Don’t make any mistakes in your defense.”
Major Scree's prediction was accurate. On November 2, a large group of enemies appeared under the castle.
"Oh my god, there is one regiment of light cavalry from the Principality of Karrnath, and one regiment of infantry. Wait, I read that right, this infantry regiment still flies the flag of the original Principality of Eskilen, Eskilen
Hasn't the principality been destroyed by us?" Markchi stood on the city wall and shouted with a monocular.
"This is not surprising. After the surrender of Grand Duke Eskiline, the territorial nobles in the Principality of Rimodra were unwilling to accept the demise of the Principality of Eskiline. They gathered their own private soldiers and those soldiers who were unwilling to surrender, and reorganized this organization.
The Eskiline Legion served for the Anti-Austrian Alliance. It is said that the Archduke of Rimodra, who fled to the Gulf of Tonkin, also wanted to imitate them and prepared to form an exile legion of his principality in preparation for the restoration of the country. However, he formed three regiments of
After the military strength, they shouted that it was too much and the expenditure was too high, and they intended to ask the anti-Austrian alliance to pay for this military expenditure. The two sides are currently wrangling."
What Claude said was all from the battle reports sent by the falcon messenger from the frontline headquarters. He also asked Major Toscree to find his friends in the frontline headquarters to find out if there was any news about Belklin.
After checking for a while with his own monocular telescope, Claude said curiously: "It seems that the military expenses of this newly formed Eskiline Legion are indeed very tight. They actually serve as mercenaries for the territorial nobles in this area and sent a
The troops of the regiment are coming, and it seems that the territorial nobles here are going to bleed out. Mike, please help me see if the family emblem flags of the fourteen territorial nobles here are erected together with the flag of the Eskiline Infantry Regiment.
?”
McJack took the monocular and took out a notebook from the small backpack beside him. After opening it, he began to compare. He soon reported: "Sir, yes, the family crests, flags and love letters of the nobles in the fourteen territories here."
The flags of the Skilling Infantry Regiment are erected together. It seems that just as you said, these territorial nobles hired the Eskiling Infantry Regiment to regain their family territory."
"Sir, look, that's the light infantry artillery equipped by our kingdom's army." Markchi pointed to the distance and said.
The light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karrnath was divided into four battalions, each dragging two light infantry artillery equipped with the standard equipment of the Kingdom of Ovelas army and began to camp on the four sides of Count Crelaus's castle, and the Eskiline Legion
The soldiers set up camp about two miles away from the front of the castle.
"Those light infantry artillery may have been captured by the enemy." Claude said: "It seems that the enemy will not launch an attack today. Tomorrow is the time for us to perform defensive operations. Let the soldiers rest early at night so that they will be energetic tomorrow.