When Marius, the Elector of Iverland, delivered an impassioned war mobilization speech at the imperial meeting, Kislev's diplomatic envoy Brandi Otto also returned to the city of Kislev in high spirits aboard the Merchant Merchant.
After a two-month tour, Brandiotto successfully persuaded the four imperial electors to send troops to Sylvania.
When he visited Stirland and Ostermarkland, the local elector received him with almost the highest courtesy. Unlike Reikland and Middenland, these provinces located on the eastern border of the empire were extremely eager to
The vampire war is coming.
For them, Sylvania is like a sword hanging over their heads, and it has been a major concern for generations of electors. Now, the northern kingdom of Kislev and the United Empire are sending troops, which is a big deal for them.
Good news. Nothing deserves more attention than this.
Especially when Kislev proposed a secret agreement, Elector Alberich of Stiria and Elector Wolfram Hertwig of Ostermark were almost moved to tears on the spot.
After so many years, we finally see hope of solving the vampire crisis. In the past, although the empire has repeatedly stated that it will attack Sylvania and drive vampires out of the empire's territory, each time it was a verbal promise, and none of it was implemented.
In terms of actual actions, this time, even the Aviland has taken serious action. Kislev, as the active party in provoking the war, is already actively preparing for war.
These actions gave the three electors real hope.
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Thunder Castle.
Rhodes stood in the Lord's Hall, looking at the entire map, lost in thought.
Although Brandiotto has successfully persuaded the four provinces of the empire to join the war, it is still not easy to invade Sylvania.
This country of the dead is surrounded by natural dangers on all sides. To the west, the area bordering the Mutt and Stir lands is the Baylokhov Swamp, which is a large swamp of death. Over the past thousands of years, the number of battles that have taken place in that area has
There are countless Imperial soldiers who died in the Baylokhov Swamp.
The area bordering Ostermark to the north is the Hungry Forest and Hell Swamp.
Unlike the forests in other parts of the empire, which still have roads and trade routes, the Hungry Forest is an almost primitive dense forest with no roads or trade routes passing through it. The trees grow close to each other, and the space above the heads of land animals is almost covered with dense leaves.
The bottom layer of the dense forest is shielded from sunlight all year round.
Therefore, many terrifying evil creatures lurk and hunt here. Among them are giant forest spiders.
The only border between Kislev and the Land of the Dead is Thunder Castle. This small checkpoint located among the mountains and hills can directly lead to Sylvania. However, on both sides of the narrow valley, there are two
It is a strong fortress. One side is controlled by Kislev and the other side is controlled by Sylvania. No matter which side is attacked by force, it will suffer great losses. Once it cannot be conquered for a long time, the battle will be lost and it may be counterattacked.
Push. Losing the fortress, no matter which side, means the door is wide open.
In the south of Sylvania, there are mountains stretching for thousands of miles. The tall snow-capped mountains form a barrier, which is like the edge of the world and cannot be crossed at all. A narrow mountain path connects Duncanhof Castle and the Dwarf Castle Torrent Pass.
But there is not much overlap between the two.
Therefore, it is actually very difficult for large-scale legions to enter Sylvania. This is one of the reasons why vampire forces have been able to stay here for hundreds of years.
The easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain combined with unprofitable wars made Sylvania almost the state of the empire.
Several strategic plans were placed in front of Rhodes, but no matter which plan was the best.
The opinion of Serta, captain of the Norscan Guard, is to concentrate on having the large forces set off from Thunder Castle, use continuous cannons to clear the way, and storm Blood Rock Castle.
The opinion of Sibes, the leader of the Knights of the Sons of Esun, is to borrow the dwarf engineering team to dig tunnels, bypass the Blood Rock Castle, appear in the hinterland of Sylvania, and then attack from both sides to open the road to Sylvania.
door.
High Priest Yeskovich was relatively conservative and suggested directly joining the imperial army in the west and attacking Sylvania head-on.
But no matter what plan, it is not feasible here in Rhodes. First of all, the first plan is to storm the Blood Rock Castle. Although the power of the continuous cannon has made great progress under the research and development of the dwarf engineers, the vampire's castle
It is not a normal castle. When a bombardment occurs, the undead troops can hide underground and emerge from the catacombs when the human troops attack frontally. After all, the dead do not need food and sunlight...
Therefore, even if the buildings in the castle are turned into ruins, there may still be a large undead army lurking there.
The second plan, in Rhode's opinion, is too radical, risky, and unrealistic.
Although the quality of the tunnels dug by the dwarves is guaranteed, how many people can be accommodated in a long and narrow tunnel at the same time? For small groups of troops to fight in the rear, the tunnel method may be good. But for large-scale battles, the tunnel method is obviously impractical.
Even if large troops can pass through in a short period of time, what will happen if the underground passage is blocked by the enemy in advance? Or what if it is discovered and destroyed by greenskins who are also good at digging tunnels? Humans are not good at fighting in underground environments, and darkness will only make people vulnerable.
Fear, restlessness.
The third option seems relatively practical and safer.
But in this war, Rhodes had no intention of advancing or retreating with the Empire from the beginning.
This seemingly huge country is actually a piece of loose sand. Each elector has his own agenda and only cares about his own interests. Once the situation on the battlefield goes wrong, the fastest ones will be these imperial coalition forces from all over the world.
"Great Lord!"
While Rhodes was discussing countermeasures with the officers, a young man hurriedly broke into the conference room.
Everyone looked up and saw that it was the familiar face - the alchemist Belshazer Geert.
Seeing the young man rushing in eagerly, everyone was confused at first, but then quickly put down what they were doing and started watching the show.
The alchemist has unknowingly become famous in Kislev. Not only because of his "famous" in several battles, but also because of the various behaviors of this young sorcerer in Kislev... and the best relationship with the queen.
His best friend fell in love and was beaten to the bone by Caroline, the director of the Ice Magic Academy. Every incident was enough to make him the focus of heated discussions throughout the world.
At this time, the alchemist broke into the venue, and everyone was waiting for something interesting to happen.
Rhodes saw everyone's greedy mentality and wanted to let Galt go down first and chat privately after the meeting was over. Unexpectedly, the alchemist couldn't wait any longer and asked -
"Why don't you let me go to war?"
After hearing this, the officers in the row suppressed their laughter and bowed their heads silently.
"Now is not the time. You have more important things to do in Kislev."
"Research trains? And industrial machine tools? Those can be postponed, but the battle of Sylvania cannot be postponed!"
While everyone was looking at each other, Galt asked angrily.
But Rhodes still looked expressionless.
No one understood it, but Rhodes knew better than anyone else. The things that Galt studied were indeed more important than anything else... But no matter how he explained them, it was useless. Galt wouldn't understand either.