In Claude's calculations, one of his two divisions must stay in the Royal City of Polyvisia to maintain order and security within the royal city, guard prisoners, and guard the city walls. Therefore, he only has one division for mobile field operations.
However, the enemy is in two directions, northeast and southwest. No matter which direction Claude throws the mobile field division in his hand, it cannot prevent the enemy from the other direction from approaching the royal city and separating the two divisions.
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This is the real reason why Claude has been unable to make the final choice, because this mobile field division, no matter which direction it deals with the enemy, cannot defeat or defeat the enemy. After all, the enemy's two armies are hundreds of thousands.
The strength of the army can contain the enemy, but it cannot destroy the opponent, and may even put itself in trouble. You must know that this is the territory of the Nasseri Kingdom, and the geographical location, people and people are never on the side of the Thunder Legion.
Belklin had suggested to Claude that he wanted to follow the example of Marshal Michelchi in dealing with the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks in the two direct territories of Cromwell and Beringana. Use the light cavalry of the Thunder Legion.
The ability to flexibly maneuver the assault obscures the enemy's entire field of view on the battlefield, forcing them to go all the way to the dark side. Finally, they are trapped in an isolated and helpless situation with no ammunition and food, and they have to put down their weapons and surrender...
But Claude quickly rejected this combat plan. It was very simple. The combat environment was different. At that time, the two direct jurisdictions of Cromwell and Beringana were ordered by Marshal Michelchi to clear the country and attack the five invading Greeks.
For the standing army of the Kingdom of Kos, entering the scope of these two directly-administered territories means stepping into the trap set by Marshal Michelich. They have no chance of a head-on confrontation and have been led by the nose.
Now the Thunder Legion is the intruder, and the territory here belongs to the enemy. As a sworn enemy of the Kingdom of Ovelas, the people of the Kingdom of Nasseri are in a very fierce mood of resistance. Claude suspected that if the light cavalry scout team sent was not vigilant,
If so, it is very likely that they will be unexpectedly attacked by the people of the Nasseri Kingdom. As long as the enemy finds towns and villages, they can easily obtain supplies and intelligence. It is impossible to block their battlefield vision.
Let the first division led by Belklin attack. All they can do is harass and guerrilla, and raid the logistics supply channels of the enemy's camp. They also have to be careful of the enemy setting a trap to ambush their light cavalry troops. The reason why they did not let Di
Yavid's second division attacked because he was worried that he would become reckless and choose to fight the enemy regardless of casualties. Claude wanted to win, but he didn't want to pay too heavy a price in casualties. On the enemy's land, everyone who had already
All soldiers are a fighting force, and their lives are very precious and worth cherishing.
However, the current battlefield situation is somewhat confusing to Claude. First, more than 400,000 Alliance troops retreated to the Kingdom of Nasseri from the southwest and strode towards the Royal City of Polyvisia. However, more than 300,000 Alliance troops from the five northeastern counties
However, the army stood still and did not cooperate with the enemy forces in the southwest to march towards the royal city. Prince Vedario, who then fled, appeared in the alliance army in the southwest and gained the support of the three Nasseri standing legions. At the same time, he also
Let the more than 400,000 alliance troops stop their advance and camp on the spot.
Claude could only ask Belklin's First Division to stop attacking. He really didn't understand what the Alliance army was doing and why they gave up this great opportunity. It wasn't until five or six days later that the Wolf Fang Brigade captured a Naso from the northeast.
The logistics major officer of Seri Kingdom understood what all this was about after interrogation...
The reason why more than 300,000 alliance troops in the five northeastern counties remained stationary was due to Muriel Ed's armored fleet. They destroyed the Sea King Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks and captured nearly a hundred ocean-going transport ships loaded with military supplies.
The military supplies transported by this transport fleet escorted by the Sea King Fleet are the military aid provided by the Kingdom of Hicks to the Kingdom of Nasseri. The current result is that the officers and soldiers of the two newly formed Nasseri Standing Corps in the five northeastern counties
, most of them are still unarmed, and only a small part of the 120,000 people are armed, and they need to wait for another assistance from the Kingdom of Hicks.
If it weren't for the fact that the two standing legions from the Hicks Kingdom came ashore for reinforcements, and at the same time the Kingdom of Karnas sent a light cavalry legion as reinforcements, giving these two Nasseri standing legions a safety guarantee, maybe there would have been no
The two newly formed Nasseri standing corps of weapons have long since disbanded themselves. Now they are staying in the five northeastern counties without moving. The Kingdom of Hicks is preparing to ship another batch of military supplies to arm these two corps.
Go to the battlefield.
However, it is no longer possible for the Kingdom of Hicks to transport by sea. The Sea King Fleet has been destroyed. The unescorted transport fleet is to deliver food to the armored fleet, so it is necessary to take the land route. To reach the Kingdom of Nasseri by land, you have to go through
The Kingdom of Breault and the Kingdom of Menbamark. Therefore, the Kingdom of Hicks needs time to negotiate with these two kingdoms to open up land transportation checkpoints and routes, so that it can transport military supplies to the Kingdom of Nasseri and support the alliance army to continue fighting.
It is worth noting that the commander of these two newly formed Nasseri Standing Legions is the third prince of the Nasseri Kingdom, Prince Darklind, the son of another princess of Nasseri VII. Intelligence said
This prince is not very favored and valued by Nasseri VII, but his uncle is the Grand Duke of the Kingdom of Nasseri, serves as the Minister of the Army of the Kingdom of Nasseri, and is also the marshal of the kingdom. But now this
The marshal and the king were trapped in the palace together as high-ranking prisoners of the Thunder Legion, under strict supervision...
Claude suddenly understood why the more than 400,000 alliance troops in the southwest were approaching the Royal City of Polivisia and suddenly camped on the spot halfway. It seemed that this was thanks to Prince Vedario. Nasseri
The kingdom is the only two princes who are not in the royal city. Fortunately, they did not become prisoners of the Thunder Legion. Therefore, they all have selfish motives and hope to go further. Perhaps they are still thanking the Thunder Legion in their hearts. If the Thunder Legion does not raid the royal city, then they will inherit the throne in the future.
The one who takes the throne will definitely be their eldest brother, the eldest prince Nasseri VII will ascend the throne.
The three Nasseri legions in the southwest support Prince Vedario, while the two new legions in the five northeastern counties are in the hands of Prince Darklind. If the Nasseri Kingdom does not have the presence of his country's army, then it is obvious that
The two princes will also follow the example of the Kingdom of Orvelas and stage a civil war in the Kingdom of Nasseri where two kings compete for the throne to determine who will become the new king.
It is a pity that there is still the existence of the Hicks Kingdom army. No sane commander of the Hicks army will allow the two Nasseri princes to fight first. Most of the main combat forces in the alliance army rely on Hicks.
With the five standing legions sent by the Kingdom of Sri Lanka, the farce of the Kingdom of Nasseri will soon be suspended and coordinated. Maybe the ambitious Mechid III will also bring the Kingdom of Nasseri to the throne.
Became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Hicks.
The current situation is that Claude has to carry this war to the end. The Kingdom of Nasseri must be destroyed in order to restore tranquility and enjoy long-term peace in the eastern part of Farea Continent. Under the current situation, the Kingdom of Nasseri must
These two princes must surrender to the Kingdom of Hicks in order to successfully ascend to the throne. No matter who becomes the new king of the Kingdom of Nasseri, he will become a pawn of the Kingdom of Hicks. Behind him is the arrogant and stubborn Mechid III.
Damn it, peace will never be restored in the eastern region. What the weak Kingdom of Overas needs most now is time to recuperate and regain its strength.
But Claude breathed a sigh of relief first. Even with the Hicks Kingdom coordinating in the middle, it would take a certain amount of time for the two princes of the Nasseri Kingdom to decide the winner, and time is also very precious to the Thunder Legion.
At the very least, Claude can now calmly transfer the large amounts of captured property, trophies, and prisoners from the royal city without having to worry about enemy forces from two directions launching a surprise attack on the royal city of Polyvisia.
For a very simple reason, Claude believed that none of the two princes of the Nasseri Kingdom would be willing to rescue his father Nasseri VII and his brothers. They would rather watch their relatives being escorted away.
He was imprisoned in the royal capital of the Kingdom of Overas, and he did not want his father Nasseri VII or his brothers to escape the trap and become new opponents.
After thinking about it, Claude no longer ordered Belklin to lead the first division to take the initiative. In addition to sending a light cavalry field regiment to act as a scout and closely monitor the enemies in both directions, the other three main field regiments first escorted 50,000 troops.
The prisoners and their families went to Amys City in the Principality of Sidings. At the same time, Claude sent a messenger to General Albert, asking him to set up a prisoner camp in Amys City to detain these prisoners and send them to him after the war.
Overseas Dominions.
As long as time can be delayed as long as possible, all the prisoners in the Royal City of Polyvisia can be escorted away, and then the Thunder Legion can free up its other hand and use both divisions in the battle. In this way, Claude
It was indeed a big risk. If during the transfer of prisoners, the Alliance army suddenly launched an attack on the royal city, then the Thunder Legion with only one division and more strength would probably not be able to withstand the attack of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops.
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From the Royal City of Polyvisia to the City of Amys, it would take seventeen or eight days for the light cavalry to go back and forth, but it would be difficult to escort the prisoners. Even if Claude used all the carriages collected from the Royal City and surrounding towns to transport 50,000 prisoners and their families
, estimating the time it would take for unexpected situations and changes during the escort journey, Claude estimated that it would take at least twenty-five days to make a round trip.
The camp of more than 400,000 Alliance troops stationed in the southwest is only fifteen days away from the Royal City of Polyvisia. This is an estimate of the infantry march. If it were replaced by the light cavalry of the Principality of Karnas, it would take seven days.
The troops are approaching the city. Fortunately, among the more than 400,000 alliance troops, there is only one division of the light cavalry of the Principality of Karrnath. If they dare to raid the royal city, Claude is quite confident that he will annihilate them under the royal city first.
The fact is just as Claude expected, even if the two Nasseri princes knew the information that the Thunder Legion was transferring prisoners in the royal city and its troops were empty, they still remained motionless. Perhaps Prince Darklind could still argue that his subordinates
The two new legions have not yet been armed and cannot raid the royal city. As for Prince Vedario, it is likely that he was frightened by the previous battle in which the 18th Standing Legion was raided by two light cavalry field regiments led by Diavid and the entire army was destroyed.
If you lose your courage, you won't even step out of the camp.
As a result, the Kingdom of Nasseri suddenly fell into a strange calm situation. The Thunder Legion transferred and escorted all the prisoners and their families to Amys City in an orderly manner in the Royal City of Polyvisia. And the alliance army of more than 700,000 troops was there.
The troops in the southwest and northeast remained stationary, but the two princes of the Nasseri Kingdom desperately searched for food and soldiers from various local counties. Their momentum became stronger and stronger, but they never marched towards the royal city.
Time passed like this day by day. General Albert rushed to the royal city with a large amount of ammunition. Another half month later, the last group of prisoners and their families were on the road and were taken to the city of Amys. At this time
, the alliance armies from both directions finally started taking action. But they were not heading towards the royal city, but towards Bismenk County.
Bismenk County is a border county between the northern part of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Kingdom of Monbamark. It is separated from the area where the Royal City of Polyvisia is located by the County of Grassom and the County of Durmel. These three counties were once occupied by the Thunder Legion.
The second division had been swept away, and now the movement of the Alliance troops from both directions attracted Claude's attention.
The alliance army gathered in Bismenk County was divided into three parts. In the middle were the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks, on the left were the five legions of the Kingdom of Nasseri, and on the right were a semi-light cavalry legion of the Principality of Karrnas and
The garrison troops from various local counties and the noble troops who volunteered to join the army recruited from the Kingdom of Nasseri totaled three legions of troops.
After resting for ten days in Bismenk County, all five legions of the Kingdom of Nasseri hung up the flag of Prince Darklind, and then the army began to march towards Grassholme County. At the forefront was the army from
There are approximately 70,000 to 80,000 noble armed forces recruited and voluntarily enlisted in the various local counties of the Kingdom of Nasseri. Then there are the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Nasseri, and the last are the five legions of the Kingdom of Hicks. And Karnas
Two of the principality's three light cavalry divisions were placed on guard on both wings, and one was in the front, probably serving as a supervisory team for the 70,000 to 80,000 men in the lead.
At this time, General Beach Kerin led the 2nd Rock Division to the Royal City of Polyvisia, while the 1st Division of the Rock Legion and General Bolognik stayed in Ames City to take care of the more than 100,000 prisoners and their families, and prepare
Escort them in batches to the seaport of Florik, waiting for the arrival of the ocean cruising fleet to transport them to overseas autonomous territories.
Claude now finally had his hands free. He entrusted the defense of the royal city to General Beach Kerin and left the 2nd Rock Division to guard the Royal City of Polyvisia. He and General Albert led the 1st Thunder Division.
He and the second division left the royal city and headed to Durmel County to proactively meet the enemy's vanguard.
The counties of Grassom and Durmel are both plain areas, with only a few low hills. However, the waterways here are relatively dense, and several famous rivers in the Kingdom of Nasseri have branches that meet here. It is said that the Nasseri Kingdom has branches.
Decades ago, the Seri Kingdom had a proposal to dig a water conservancy artery canal through the country along the branches of these rivers. However, because it violated the territorial rights of local noble lords and was unable to raise so much project funds, this project was abandoned.
The canal construction plan will always remain on paper.
Due to sufficient water power, the land in these two local counties has been fully developed. It is one of the famous food production bases of the Nasseri Kingdom and is also a place where various handcrafted manufacturing workshops are concentrated. Because of these two
All local counties are under the direct jurisdiction of the Nasserine royal family, so the people of these two local counties do not have to worry about being exploited by the territorial nobles, their lives are relatively comfortable, and they basically support the rule of the Nasserine royal family...
For the soldiers of the Thunder Legion led by Claude, they only truly realized that they were in an enemy country and that they were invaders when they entered County Dourmel. No resident of a town or village was willing to cooperate with the Thunder Legion, even if
Even if you spend real money to purchase supplies, you will often get an uncooperative attitude and hostile silence.
Fortunately, Diavid's 7th Regiment of the 2nd Division had once swept away the garrison forces in this local county, and knew very well how to deal with these stubborn Durmelans. For example, to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, they would directly lead troops to the door.
They would pick the orchards they liked by themselves, and then throw the purchase funds to the owners of the orchards after the work was done. People in Durmele were used to this kind of thing. Anyway, the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion would not default on their debts, so they would
Standing silently waiting for the final payment...
The contact with the Alliance army was on the eighth day after entering Dulmele County. On the morning of October 14th, Year 600 of the Holy Light Calendar, a light cavalry scout team of the Thunder Legion was on the outskirts of a town called Bodera.
On the road, they encountered a large group of cavalry from the vanguard of the Alliance army. There were about three to four hundred cavalry, huddled together and galloping toward the town of Bodera. After discovering the light cavalry scout team of the Thunder Legion, these cavalrymen drew their sabers.
, shouted and cursed and rushed over.
The light cavalry scout team turned around and fled while firing, luring the enemy to pursue them. Soon, two light cavalry brigades passed by from both sides, and a battalion of light cavalry rushed towards these enemy cavalry.
In the past, this time it was the enemy's cavalry's turn to turn around and escape. In the end, only a dozen enemy cavalry were lucky enough to encounter their subsequent large group of infantry and escaped pursuit. The light cavalry battalion that won the first battle killed more than 300
The enemy himself paid a small price of eighteen injuries and zero deaths...
The enemy immediately retreated more than ten miles and camped on the spot, but they did not hold out for a whole night. General Belklin personally led the first division to launch a surprise attack overnight, using only one round of artillery bombing and 300 long-barreled rockets to defeat the enemy.
The camp collapsed amidst the flames and explosions. The 1st and 2nd Thunder Divisions pursued them until daybreak. Most of the leading troops of the Alliance army were killed or captured, and only nearly 10,000 people escaped.
Although this first victory was very beautiful, Claude was not very excited. He knew very well that these 70,000 to 80,000 ragtag troops who served as the vanguard were actually cannon fodder sent by the Alliance Army to test the Thunder Legion's combat power.
, no one will care about their life and death, victory or defeat. What the Thunder Legion really has to face is the subsequent alliance army of nearly a dozen legions from the Kingdom of Hicks, the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas.
On October 14, the first year of the Holy Light Calendar, 600, what later military history called the Battle of Polivisia finally kicked off...