"...The intelligence reported by our scouts is that the Clyde Army and the Jessica Army are coordinating with the local garrison forces in Fedkansi County and Benguela County on the southern coast, as well as territorial nobles and local officials,
Taking the family to move to Colwalk County in the west..." Colonel Bockal drew the red route of his transfer on the map hanging on the wall.
"How many troops do they have in total?" asked Avitley I of the Kingdom of Breault.
Colonel Bockal glanced at the folder in his hand: "The two standing corps have more than 136,000 troops, plus the local garrison, there are about four garrison regiments with about 20,000 troops. There are also those who left together.
The local officials and relatives of the territorial nobles, as well as the southern residents who left with them, totaled nearly 200,000 people. We estimate that their destination should be the four counties of the Northwest Highlands, where the Grand Duke of the North of the Kingdom of Hicks
The territory of Duke Piraghi Firiot..."
"Duke Pirag. Xi Ferriot? This name sounds a bit familiar..." Claude asked thoughtfully: "The four counties of the northwest highlands are all the territory of this duke? Then where does his power lie in Xi?"
The Kingdom of Kes should be considered second to none..."
"Your Excellency, Marshal, this Duke Pyrag Sy Ferriot is indeed an acquaintance of yours." Colonel Bockaar smiled: "During the Second Eastern War, he served as the supreme commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the alliance army.
Officer. At the end of the Battle of Polivisia, he saw that the situation was not good and forcibly captured more than 80,000 war horses placed in the camp by the three divisions of the Principality of Karnas Light Cavalry. Together with all the four-wheeled carriages, he took away ten
More than 10,000 wounded and remnants of Hicks fled back to the Kingdom of Hicks. Because he fled without fighting, he was deprived of the rank of marshal by King Melchid III after his return...
Duke Pyrag Heath Ferriot has a high prestige in the military circles of the Kingdom of Hicks. Among the four counties in the northwest highlands, except for Wilmouth County, which is his family territory, the other three counties were acquired from the highland barbarians.
Because these three counties were often attacked by highland barbarians, the Hicks court was unable to directly govern these three counties or grant them to other territorial nobles. It had no choice but to hand them over to Pirag.
The Duke of Otter took over the trusteeship, so that the four counties of the northwest highlands became the sphere of influence of the Ferriot family.
The commanders of the Clyde Army and the Jessica Army, General Homes and General Torimoc, were both subordinates of Duke Pyrag Syferriot during the Second Eastern War and served under his command.
When Duke Pirag and Hi Ferriott led the team to evacuate and return home, one of the two generals was injured, and the other was responsible for escorting the logistics and supplies. They both followed Duke Ferriot back to the Kingdom of Hicks.
Because Duke Pyragchi Ferriott alone took the blame for fleeing without a fight, the subordinates who followed him back home and the two generals were not punished for their involvement. They were very grateful to Duke Ferriott.
This is also the main reason why our Military Intelligence Department has judged that the destinations of the Clyde Army and the Jessica Army are the four counties of the Northwest Highlands..."
"Can we intercept them?" asked Avitelli I.
Colonel Boquear looked at Avitley I, a little embarrassed: "It can be intercepted. If the Thunder Legion is allowed to chase them, it can delay their journey and force them to find a place to hold on, and then wait for the three Breault Mountains
The legions came to surround them and then launched an attack. We had to pay a certain price of casualties to encircle and annihilate these two legions and the teams that followed them to the west.
But the problem is that if we all go after them, it will give Hicks's other four standing armies an opportunity to take advantage of. If these four standing armies learn that we are going after the Clyde Army and the Jessica Army, then it will definitely
Will send troops to attack Wang Jing..."
"Let them go." Claude looked at the map and said, "Since they are out of the battlefield, we can leave this team alone. Their departure actually helps us reduce the number of enemies we face. Colonel Boquear, tell me.
What’s going on with the remaining four Hicks standing legions?”
"Yes, Your Majesty Marshal." Colonel Bockard opened a new page in the folder. Now that Claude has made his decision, there is no need to worry about the whereabouts of the two Hicks regiments. I have to admit that Clay
The commanders of the German Army and the Jessica Army, General Homes and General Torimoc, were very smart and chose a way out.
"Buckler's Corps and Bruce's Corps are currently stationed in Scuvia County adjacent to Dartmouth County. They are two days behind the Solem Standing Corps. It is speculated that the two Hicks Standing Corps should have received
Wang Jing sent a message for help and rushed back. However, when they arrived in Skvia County, they received the news that the Solem Standing Army had been completely wiped out and that Wang Jing had been captured and that Melchid III had died in battle. As a result, they were in a dilemma.
The commander of the Barak Legion is the third son of Melchid III, His Highness Mondo Carlo da Hicks, the lieutenant general of the kingdom. He is said to be the most talented military officer among the 19 children of Melchid III.
The talented prince once participated in the war to suppress the rebellion of the nobles in the territory. He was cruel and cruel by nature. His favorite thing was to pour kerosene on prisoners and burn them alive. Because of this, he had a very bad reputation among the Hicks Kingdom army.
The young officer thought that he did not have the bearing and demeanor of a king.
The commander of the Bruce Army is the Marquis of Wissinbad, a major general of the kingdom. He is a relative of the Hicks royal family. His aunt married Prince Theriheim, the younger brother of Melchid III, and became the princess. Wissinbad
Relying on this relationship, the Marquis rose to prominence in Hicks's army. He was soon promoted to major general and became the commander of Bruce's standing army. This man's performance in the army was unremarkable. His only advantage was that he was obedient and obeyed his superiors in everything.
Act according to instructions.
At present, Buckler's Army and Bruce's Army are stationed in Skervia County, and they have summoned reserve armies from surrounding local counties and collected grain, grass and other supplies on the spot. Now three reserve armies have arrived at their camp, and it is estimated that the gathered troops have already
There are about 350,000 people. According to the confession of the messenger we captured, His Highness Mondo Carlo da Hicks also requested the Clyde Army and the Jessica Army, as well as the two standing armies stationed on the Manoli Plain.
Come and assemble..."
Colonel Bockal pointed with his finger at the westward route of the Clyde Army and the Jessica Army: "Obviously, these two armies refused to obey His Highness Mondo Carlo da Hicks.
Instead, he found a way out for himself and avoided fighting with us. As for the two standing armies stationed in the Manoli Plain, the Dahli Army and the Faklin Army, they did not listen to the call of His Highness the Prince.
Instead, we built a defensive position at the entrance to the mountain outside Patkara Port, as if we were going to hold on..."
Avitley I interjected: "The Dahli Standing Army is a local army in the three counties of the Manoli Plain. Most of the officers and soldiers were recruited locally. Seriously speaking, they should be from our Breout Kingdom. Only
However, the three counties of Manoli have been forcibly occupied by the Kingdom of Hicks for more than thirty years, and I don’t know if the people here still recognize that they are our people..."
Claude looked at the somewhat disappointed King Avitelli I and comforted him: "I believe those older people will remember the Hicks Kingdom's forcible occupation of the three counties of Manoli. You said that the Manoli Plain was
The resistance activities were very fierce. The occupying forces of the Kingdom of Hicks killed many people here. This hatred will not be easily forgotten.
You can see that the Daheli Army did not obey the recruitment order of that prince, but built defensive positions at the mountain pass. It can be seen that they do not want to fight for the Kingdom of Hicks, but are preparing to defend their hometown. Maybe you can send
If the envoys make contact with them, maybe they will happily return to the embrace of their motherland."
King Avitley I thought for a while and nodded slowly: "Okay, I will send someone to discuss it with them. If they are willing to accept peace anyway, that would be the best."
"Then we now only need to deal with the army assembled by that prince from the Hicks Kingdom in Skvia County, with 350,000 troops, two standing legions and three reserve legions." Claude stood.
He stood up and looked at the map: "Colonel Boker, tell me about the situation in this local county."
"Yes, Your Excellency, Marshal." Colonel Bockaar motioned to his men to hang a detailed map of Skvia County on the wall: "Skvia County has hilly and plain terrain, with two main rivers, and a total of three cities and eight cities.
The town has sixty-eight villages and is the direct jurisdiction of the Hicks royal family, with a total population of about 740,000. The capital, Scannamo City, is located on the banks of the Glow River and is the home of the current prince Mondo Carlo da Hicks.
His Highness's headquarters.
At present, His Royal Highness Prince Mondo Carlo da Hicks's Barak Corps is deployed in the capital city of Scandinavia, setting up a defensive front based on the Glow River. The Marquis of Wisinbad's Bruce Corps is deployed in Turner Field.
The mountain city of Hindpas in Linshan is connected to the Glowing River. Between these two points, there is the town of Cheber, where the reserve regiment from Kedames County is stationed.
There are four towns in front of this defensive line. The Ridley County Reserve Corps was split up and stationed in these four towns. It is estimated that His Royal Highness Prince Mondo Carlo da Hicks sent the Ridley County Reserve Corps
It was used as a forward cordon and forward base. However, the other four standing legions did not respond to his summons, so he could only switch from offense to defense and did not dare to advance towards Dartmouth County where our Thunder Legion was guarding.
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Behind the defense line set up by His Royal Highness Prince Mondo Carlo da Hicks, there is also the city of Langris, which has now become the general logistics base for these more than 300,000 troops.
The reserve corps is responsible for guarding the city and collecting food, grass and other supplies on the spot. According to the confessions of enemy soldiers captured by the Thunder Legion, it is likely that in the next half month, two reserve corps will come to reinforce, one from Renwo
Yorkshire and Drinkingshire."
After Colonel Bockard introduced the simple situation, he asked his men to label the towns on the map with the garrison strength reported by the prisoners. Claude looked at the map, smiled and shook his head, then turned to the senior officers who were sitting in the tent.
They said: "Judging from the deployment of defense forces in Skvia County, we can draw the conclusion that His Highness the Prince is not an experienced and outstanding military general..."
Claude pointed at Scananamo City, the capital of Skvia County on the map: "General Belklin, if you were the defender, how would you arrange this route from Scananamo City to Cheber Town?
Then to the defensive line of Hidpath Mountain City?”
Lieutenant General Belklin, the chief of staff of the Thunder Legion, led the 1st and 2nd Thunder Division to pretend to be General Baker, the commander of the Breault Kingdom's 1st Mountain Legion. He successfully fooled the Hicks Kingdom officials who came to escort him.
Bring a division of the Breault Kingdom's 1st Mountain Corps and the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Thunder Corps to Dartmouth County, then collect grain and grass supplies on the spot, hang the escorting Hicks officer, and send Dartmouth to Dartmouth County.
The county made chickens and dogs restless.
Because of his outstanding performance, the senior officials of the Hicks Kingdom did not realize that there was anything unusual. They only thought that the Breault Mountain Legion raised the flag of rebellion due to the harsh supply of logistics supplies, so they focused on forcing Solai to
The Mu Legion comes quickly to put down the rebellion and kill the Mountain Monkey Legion who dares to rob the surrounding counties of King Hicks...
So the Sollem Legion, which was marching in a hurry, did not bother to conduct pre-war reconnaissance or anything like that, and ran directly into the defensive iron plate that had been prepared and waiting for work. After the collision, it suffered a bloody head and suffered heavy casualties. It was just that something was wrong.
It had no chance to regret. The next morning, General Belklin commanded the 1st and 2nd Thunder Division to carry out outflank and counterattack from both sides. In one battle, the Hicks Standing Army, which had not even had time to build camp protection, was annihilated.
General Belklin naturally knew that Claude was testing his vision and military knowledge by asking him this question. He walked to the map and carefully inspected the layout of the defensive line, and answered confidently: "If I were the commander of the garrison,
If so, I will place the focus of defense in the town of Cheber, which is the center of this defensive front. I really don’t understand why His Royal Highness the Prince deployed his standing army in the capital of Scananamo City. If Cheber
If the town is captured, unless he retreats from the Glowing River, his Balak Army will be trapped in a dead end..."
"The Glow River has an average width of fifty or sixty meters, with a maximum width of more than two hundred meters, and a basic water depth of seven to twelve meters. It is the largest river in Skvia County. The Glow River surrounds the capital city of Skanamo
It is its widest river surface, with a width of more than 100 meters to more than 200 meters, and is also called Glow Lake. The river surface is calm and waveless, like a mirror. Every time the sun rises in the east and the sun sets in the west, the lake glows.
The river of light reflects the morning glow and sunset, which is known as the beautiful scenery of glow and shadow."
Colonel Bokoal had already turned the folder in his hand to the page about the information about the Glow River: "Basically, the Glow River is operated by ferry and there are no bridges. The capital city of Scandinavia has only two ferry terminals, each with its own ferry terminal.
The two flat-boat ferries take about an hour and a half to go back and forth by pole and rowing methods. Each flat-boat ferry can carry more than fifty people across the river at a time. There are also thirty-two small fishing boats for fishing.
, each fishing boat can carry up to five to eight people..."
General Belklin nodded to Colonel Boker: "The Balak Army is deployed in the capital of Scandinavia, and there is no pontoon bridge built on the Glow River. Then we only need to capture the town of Cheber and seal the capital of Scandinavia.
Motown's land passage, and then deploying a regiment of troops on the other side of the Glowing River, then this bullshit prince would have no chance of escaping.
If I were to lay out this line of defense, the focus of defense would be in Cheber Town. Scananamo City, the capital on both sides, and the mountain town of Hidpath would only need to be defended by one reserve corps. Both standing corps should be deployed.
In Cheber Town, one is in front and the other is behind, so as to facilitate rapid reinforcements, so that we can withstand our attack for at least a month..."
"Then how will you arrange the defense of the first four towns?" Claude asked.
"No arrangements are needed." General Belklin replied: "Just withdraw all the town residents and defense forces, and clear the country. Even the villagers in the front should be moved to the rear. It is best to burn all the towns and villages in the front.
Once it is empty, the enemy will not be able to take any advantage, and they can only get a resting place by setting up camps in the wild..."
Claude laughed: "That's a good answer, but the reason why the enemy didn't fortify the wall and clear the country is because they still have the illusion of regaining the city of Saint Cyprian, so they deployed garrison troops in the towns in front of the defense line to wait for the strength of the troops.
If it is sufficient and well timed, it can be used as a supply base for advancing when launching a counterattack. Now that you have understood the weaknesses of the enemy's defense line, it is up to you, the Thunder Legion, to attack the enemy.
You and Diavid will lead the four divisions of the Thunder Legion, and the Reed Leeds County Reserve Army stationed in the four towns in front, the Kerdames County Reserve Army stationed in Cheber Town, and the Lanzhou Army in the rear.
Clean up all the Sudakbuk County Reserve Army in Grace City. As for the Bruce Army in the mountain city of Hidpath and the Barak Army in the capital city of Scandinavia, you only need to trap them in two cities.
That’s it, you are not allowed to attack the city without authorization to avoid unnecessary casualties, do you understand?”
General Belklin and General Diavid stood up and saluted together: "Follow your order, Your Majesty Marshal, we understand what to do."
Seeing General Belklin and General Diavid, together with the senior officers of the four divisions of the Thunder Legion, happily exiting the camp and preparing to carry out Claude's order, Avitelli I became anxious: "
Marshal Claude, you must arrange some tasks for the three mountain legions of our Kingdom of Breault. You can’t let them just watch your Thunder Legion perform meritorious service, right?”
Claude smiled and waved his hand: "My friend, you don't have to worry, there will be a chance for you Breault Kingdom warriors to show off their talents. The Thunder Legion is a light cavalry army, fast maneuvering, and interspersed raids are their specialty. You see
, the mountain city of Hidpath guarded by the Bruce Army is located in the hilly area, which is the right terrain for your mountain army to attack. I will leave this mountain city for you to attack. I believe you will be able to capture it quickly...