Chapter five hundred and seventeen good news and lies
Chapter 517 Good News and Lies
The Alliance army arrived at the Royal City of Polyvisia, with a total strength of nearly 550,000. However, after the Battle of Polivisia, except for the supreme commander of the Alliance Army, Marshal Piraghi Ferriot took him away when he saw that the situation was not good.
70,000 to 80,000 troops returned to the outside of the Kingdom of Hicks, and the remaining more than 400,000 Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms were all destroyed in the hands of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion.
In the Royal City of Polyvisia alone, there were as many as 180,000 corpses from the Alliance army side that were cleaned up from the Western District after the war. Of course, this included the five people who were killed by artillery bombardment in the Royal Square of Nasseri.
The estimated number of soldiers was 60,000. Only 130,000 Union troops were injured and surrendered. This is a rare case in which the number of casualties on the losing side was higher than the number of prisoners and surrenders.
Even in the thousands of years of history of the Faslan world, there has never been a precedent like this. After breaking through the defense of the city wall and entering the city, the attacking force was more than four times larger than the defending force, but the entire army ended up being annihilated.
Later war histories and military experts spoke highly of the Battle of Polivisia, especially because the defenders used the property scattered and stored in various places to make the attacking soldiers have no fighting spirit, and only focused on making a fortune to make an army about to win.
The strong army turned into a mob, fell into a trap set by the defenders, and finally turned victory into defeat...
The only bright spot of the Alliance army in this battle was that its supreme commander, Marshal Pyrrha Ferriot, realized that the troops entering the city had fallen into the enemy's trap, and immediately took away all the Hicks Kingdom soldiers in the Alliance camp.
The wounded and logistical administrators, as well as all members of the Alliance army who were willing to go with him. At the same time, they also forcibly took away all the mounts of the light cavalry of the Principality of Karrnath stored in the alliance camp, so that the victorious Thunder Legion and Rock Legion were reduced.
The most valuable batch of loot.
In the Royal City of Polyvisia, the Alliance army invaded with about 310,000 troops, and Marshal Pyrrha Ferriot took away another 700,000 to 80,000 troops. In addition to the losses and casualties caused by the capture of forward positions and the city walls,
In the end, the Thunder Legion did not encounter any resistance when they captured the coalition camp, because all that was left in the coalition camp were nearly 100,000 sick and wounded from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, which was tantamount to victory.
The patient is burdened with another medical burden.
Fortunately, Marshal Pyrrha Ferriault was quite measured. When he evacuated the coalition camp, he did not take the advice of his subordinates and burned down the warehouses in the camp where grain, grass and military supplies were stored. He only brought
He took away all his belongings and sidearms. In order to keep moving forward lightly, he ordered that except for the necessary supplies for the long-distance march, he should not carry anything else that would affect the speed of the journey. Finally, he left some spoils for the Thunder Legion.
After occupying the coalition camp, General Albert gave up chasing the group of escapees from the Hicks Kingdom and returned to the royal city. But Claude immediately gave him another task, to recruit the second and third parties from the Thunder Legion.
regiment, as well as the 7th and 8th regiments, and then used officers and soldiers from other regiments to replace the vacancies of these four main field regiments, and reorganized them into a temporary division. Claude asked General Albert to lead this temporary division
The regiment went straight to the Archduke Castle of Beaumaris, the capital of the Principality of Karrnath, and destroyed the Principality of Karrnath.
At this time, there are only more than 16,000 troops left in the Royal City of Polyvisia, including three regiments of the second division of the Rock Legion, and more than 6,000 remaining troops of the Thunder Legion. These 20,000 troops have to guard more than 200,000 troops.
The prisoners and sick and wounded of the Alliance army were under great pressure. Fortunately, after the Battle of Polivisia, these prisoners of the Alliance army were frightened and were very honest and obedient. Under the custody of the Thunder Legion, they formed a team to go to the royal city every day.
The Western District was cleaning up the battlefield, and there was no sense of resistance.
The reason why Claude reorganized the temporary division was because of his quick military strength, hoping to capture the capital of the Principality of Karrnus in a sneak attack and catch the Grand Duke of Karrnus by surprise. This was because the supreme commander of the alliance army, Pirag.
Marshal Riot's early withdrawal brought an imperfect end to the Battle of Polivisia. Once the evacuation team led by Marshal Pirag Ferriott was out of danger, they would definitely immediately
Deliver the message to the Grand Duke of Karrnath.
Claude didn't want the Grand Duke of Karrnus to flee and cause any worries for the Kingdom of Overas to unify the eastern part of Farea continent. The strength of a temporary division was enough to sweep across the entire Principality of Karrnath.
The Principality of Nass has provided three light cavalry regiments for the alliance army. If it were not for the support of the Kingdom of Hicks, the Principality of Karnas would not be able to form so many troops. Now the only one in the entire principality is the Grand Duke Castle of Beaumaris.
A Guards Division and some local garrison armed forces, they could not withstand the advance of the Provisional Division...
Although the strength of the Royal City of Polyvisia is a bit thin, the wounded in the past few months have recovered and left the treatment camp in the palace. After a while, two temporary field regiments can be reorganized to maintain order in the Royal City.
and public security. In addition, General Bolonik also sent a regiment, which together with a support group from the 3rd Thunder Division, will reach the royal city in five or six days.
The Battle of Polyvisia began on November 7, the first year of the Holy Light Calendar 600, when the alliance troops arrived at the Royal City of Polyvisia, and ended on November 29 when the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion fully recovered the western part of the Royal City.
The last few hiding Hicks soldiers were discovered and captured. After a period of twenty-three days, the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion won the final victory. It can be said that from this day on, the battle with the Kingdom of Orvelas lasted for nearly a hundred years.
The sworn enemy country, the Kingdom of Nasseri was officially destroyed and withdrew from the historical stage in the eastern region of Farea...
The king of the Kingdom of Overas only received the report from the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion alliance on December 5th. During this period, there was a slight mistake. The duty officer of the Kingdom's Army Department received this letter.
When sending the letter, he was very arrogant and thought that the two legions of the Overseas Dominion were bragging and lying. In his opinion, the Alliance Army has more than 500,000 troops, and the Thunder Legion and Rock Legion combined in the Kingdom of Nasseri are only eleven.
How could 20,000 troops annihilate the alliance army and destroy the Nasseri Kingdom?
So the officer on duty casually threw the falcon message aside and ignored it. It was not until half a month passed that the well-informed businessmen in the royal capital learned about the achievements of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion through fast horses and carrier pigeons, and began to publicize them.
After the great victory in the Battle of Polivisia, celebrating the demise of the Kingdom of Nasseri, and even organizing a manned caravan to go to the Kingdom of Nasseri to seize business opportunities, Frederick I heard the news and approached the senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Department.
Come and ask...
What's ridiculous is that these senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Department did not receive any official report, so they swore in front of Frederick I that the news spread by the outside world must be rumors, maybe it was the overseas autonomous territories. They should
They wanted to increase their voice in the royal court, so they spread rumors among the people and exaggerated the combat power of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion, hoping to gain the favor and attention of the people in the royal capital, and by the way, they packaged the two legions as the savior and hope of the kingdom.
There must be an ulterior purpose in this.
Just when these senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Department spread out the topographic map of the Kingdom of Nasseri in front of Frederick I, they analyzed and explained in detail why it was impossible to defeat the Alliance Army with the strength of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion, and it was even possible to defeat the enemy.
When they were evacuating the Kingdom of Nasseri in embarrassment in front of an army of five to six million people, the new Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Marquis Blancart, rushed into the royal court. He excitedly waved a falcon message in his hand: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Nasseri
The Kingdom of Li is destroyed, long live the Thunder Legion! Long live the Rock Legion!"
Frederick I and the senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Ministry were dumbfounded as the new Prime Minister, Marquis Blancart, went crazy in front of them. After a while, Frederick I asked in confusion: "Mr. Blancart, are you there?"
What are you celebrating? The death of the Nasseri Kingdom?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is absolutely true!" Prime Minister Blancart shouted excitedly: "The Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion won the Battle of Polivisia. They wiped out more than 400,000 alliance troops.
The supreme commander sent by the Kingdom of Hicks, Marshal Pirag Hi Ferriott, fled back to the Kingdom of Hicks with 70,000 to 80,000 horses. The Kingdom of Nasseri was officially declared destroyed! This is something worth celebrating.
Good day, my lord, we no longer need to hear the name of this sworn enemy country!"
Prime Minister Blancart, who was cheering, looked at the senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Ministry who were stunned and asked with some confusion: "What are you doing here? You should be the first to get the news? What do you think of your expressions?"
Is it so weird? Have you not received reports from the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion yet?"
A senior military officer asked with some embarrassment: "Mr. Prime Minister, where did you get this falcon letter? Is this information accurate?"
Prime Minister Blancart passed the falcon in his hand to the senior officer: "See for yourselves, this is the autograph of General Bolognik of the Rock Army. He said on it that he had sent a report to the Kingdom's Ministry of War half a month ago.
, when he received my Falcon Message, he was still wondering why there had been no movement in the kingdom. This time I also heard the news from the family business and found it strange, so I directly sent the Falcon Message to him to ask him if the news was true.
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General Bolonik's private letter to the Prime Minister, Marquis Blancart, confirmed that the news circulating among the people in the royal capital was true and credible. However, Bolognik did not describe the battle process of the Battle of Polivisia.
It was mentioned that the Second Division of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion, under the command of Claude, Generals Bichlin and Albert, wiped out more than 400,000 troops of the Alliance Army and destroyed the Kingdom of Nasseri.
At the same time, General Bolognik mentioned in this letter that Claude's Falcon letter sent to the Kingdom's Ministry of War half a month ago contained a detailed report on the Battle of Polivisia. The Prime Minister can go to the Kingdom's Ministry of War to check.
, which contained confirmed casualty data on both sides of the enemy and statistical reports on the seizure of trophies, and requested the royal court to send officials to the Royal City of Polyvisia to take over the local administrative affairs of the Kingdom of Nasseri...
So King Frederic I, Prime Minister Blancart, and the senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Ministry came to the Kingdom's Army Ministry together. After searching for more than half an hour, they finally found the information about the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion among the discarded documents.
Joint Falcon Message. The above briefly describes the battle of the Battle of Polyvisia. The general idea is that Claude set a trap in the royal city of the Kingdom of Nasseri, luring the Alliance army into the city and falling into a trap. The Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion
They used ambushes and shelling to engage in street battles with the enemy, and finally eliminated more than 300,000 enemies who entered the city. They then counterattacked and captured the enemy's coalition camp, winning the battle...
The letter also listed the list of the more famous generals and senior officers of the Alliance army who were killed and captured, as well as the quantities of military supplies, food and grass captured in the Alliance camp. As for property, Claude only mentioned it.
The gold and silver reserves of nearly two million gold crowns in the Nasseri Kingdom's treasury were seized in the royal city. The property plundered from the private sector and the treasures seized from the Nasseri royal family's treasury were forgotten.
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As for Claude's letter, which suggested that the royal court dispatch officials as soon as possible to take over local administrative affairs, this is what it should be. After all, both the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion belong to the Overseas Dominion Military Region, and the territory occupied by the two legions does not belong to them.
Under the jurisdiction of the Overseas Dominions. This is the continent of Farea, not the continent of Nubicia, and the hands of the Overseas Dominions cannot get involved here. In addition, by leaving those cumbersome administrative affairs to the royal court, Claude can focus on two
Let’s move on to the reorganization of legions and the handling of trophies...
For these senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Ministry, the found Falcon Letter was a slap in the face. Earlier they had sworn in front of Frederick I
The Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion were bound to fail. As a result, the good news they sent from the losers to annihilate most of the Alliance army and destroy the Kingdom of Nasseri was lying in the Army Department gathering dust for half a month. If it weren't for Prime Minister Bran
Marquis Carter heard the news and sent a message to General Bolognik. Maybe the matter will continue to be silent.
If it is discovered later, the greater the humiliation of the Kingdom's Army Ministry will be. Didn't you see that the eyes of Frederick I now looking at these senior officers are full of suspicion? Maybe the seeds of distrust have been planted in His Majesty's heart. Anyway, from now on
When the Debt War began, the judgments and predictions of the senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Department were often wrong, and few were accurate. Especially this time, it was so ridiculous that even the victory reports were casually thrown aside as lies...
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The senior officers of the War Department had no choice but to look for a scapegoat. As a result, the officer on duty that day, the major who received the hawk's message, was not timid. Instead, he made a nonsense in front of Frederick I. He believed that he was not wrong because he
The reason why we came to the conclusion that this good news was a lie was because we heard too many words in the War Department that were not optimistic about the two armies of the Overseas Dominion Military Region, and it was these senior officers who made these remarks.
In order to prove that their views were correct, these senior officers also conducted many sand table combat exercises in the Army Ministry. The final conclusion was that the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion would lose at least half of their troops, and they were hastily withdrawn from the Nasseri Kingdom.
Fleeing. The Alliance army will also suffer roughly one-third casualties. In the future, the two legions of the overseas autonomous territories will need to occupy the new territory, and the Kingdom's Red Dragon Legion and Griffin Legion will be in a standoff with the Alliance army on the border between the two countries. This stalemate will
This will last until the Kingdom and the Alliance resume truce negotiations and sign a peace agreement...
It was these senior officers of the Kingdom's Army Department who instilled too much information that was detrimental to the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion to their subordinates, and expressed too many pessimistic views. Therefore, the major officer on duty had a preconceived idea and naturally believed that this good news was a lie.
.So many seniors said that the two armies of the Overseas Dominion could not win, so this good news must be false.
Frederick I felt a little strange and asked: "Then you don't have your own judgment? As a soldier, you should have your own opinions. Besides, it is difficult to falsify such good news in war, and it is impossible to falsify it like this."
, there should be training on this in military schools, right?"
To Frederick I's surprise, the major officer answered frankly: "Your Majesty, I have never attended a military school. I am from the Adriano family. My father forced me to serve in the Kingdom's Army Ministry. He said that I
In the Army Department, as long as you obey the teachings of your seniors, your journey will naturally be smooth. My current military positions and missions have been arranged long ago..."
The Adriano family is a member of the old aristocratic family in the Kingdom of Overas. Among the four major military industries in the kingdom, the Telenas Manufacturing Workshop is led by the Adriano family.
The Guard Corps has great power.
King Frederic I's face was livid. A nobleman who had never attended a military academy was given the official rank of major as soon as he entered the Kingdom's Army Ministry. This was simply a joke. He even ignored the most basic personnel promotion regulations of the Kingdom's army. It was simply unreasonable.
, no wonder there are such big omissions.
A senior military officer hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Your Majesty, although Major Adriano has not attended a military school, he is a talented student majoring in literature at the Cravely School of Art. We are civilian military officers and in order to improve the conciseness of communications.
He was specially recruited to join the army and awarded the rank of major. He did not violate any military orders and regulations..."
"I remember the appointment of special recruits and civilian officers. The highest military rank is only captain..." Frederick I looked at the senior officer who came out to defend for a while coldly before he said this sentence.
If you say that, turn around and leave.
Prime Minister Marquis Blancart looked at the farce in front of him and couldn't say anything. He could only sigh and chase after him...
On December 28, the royal court's falcon sent a message to the Royal City of Polyvisia. The letter appointed Claude as the temporary governor of the Nasseri area, responsible for all military and political affairs. After the New Year's Eve, the royal court announced on the New Year's Eve
The court meeting will be reconvened on January 15th to discuss the candidate for the supervisor of the Nasseri area. Only then will they go to Polivisia to hand over to Claude. As for the great achievements of the soldiers of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion, they will also be announced in the New Year.
Announced at the first court meeting...
However, before receiving this falcon message, Claude had also just received the falcon message from General Albert. After seventeen days of long march, the temporary division he led arrived at the Principality of Karnas.
The capital is the Grand Duke's Castle of Beaumaris. Unfortunately, the Grand Duke of Karnas has already packed up his belongings and taken his family, a light cavalry regiment loyal to him, and some nobles of the principality. It is said that they have already taken a boat to Shik
The principality took refuge.
General Albert and the temporary division failed and had to occupy several towns in the Beibu Gulf, and then sent a hawk message to Claude to report the victory.