Chapter 117: Autumn Offensive
Regarding the aristocratic rebellion, in the end, as Sun Lin expected, under the command of Miller, first with the cooperation of the Second Army and the militia troops, all the noble rebels on the periphery of Fort Belgian were cleaned up, and then at the end of August, the remaining aristocratic army launched the offensive and defensive battle of Fort Biliga, and finally after a stalemate for more than 1 week, under a night raid, the gate of Fort Biliga was breached, and then Milair immediately led the army into the fortress, killing all the nobles and their soldiers inside without leaving a single mouthAfter hanging a few of these more famous dukes, who were the leaders of the rebel army, in the city gate tower, the vigorous aristocratic rebellion ended on September 2nd, although it was later than Sun Lin had previously estimated, but the closer the time to the autumn offensive came to an end, wasn't it exactly what Sun Lin intended? As for the counterinsurgency, Mireel also paid a corresponding price, at least nearly half of the professional soldiers of the group army number died in this counterinsurgency, and the semi-professional troops were lost. There are as many as 40,000 militia troops. But it doesn't matter, Sun Lin doesn't care how many people die, anyway, if he dies, he will die, as long as it doesn't prevent Sun Lin from occupying the territory, the rest doesn't matter.
Then the time moved to September 10th, after more than a month of rest, the army of the Sun Never Sets Empire, under the leadership of Sun Lin and Bobby, set out from Normandy in two groups, one was led by Sun Lin with an army of 50,000 troops, including 10,000 heavy swordsmen, hook scythes and Yoman longbowmen, plus 20,000 orcs and siege troops, and the Northern Route Army headed straight towards the Imperial City of the Leinster Empire with a sharp knife; The other route army was another army of 50,000 led by Bobby, including 10,000 yoman longbowmen and 10,000 hook sickles recruited from the New Delhi peninsula, a cavalry force of more than 5,000 people and 20,000 Dorinster prisoners, cannon fodder troops, and a small number of siege troops formed by the Western Route Army, which captured two small cities as a transit point in a curved route, and let the town militia that followed after being stationed, relying on the continuous supply of materials from the rear, The more than 20,000 militia troops left behind when he captured Fort Biliga and returned Mireel to the imperial city for defense, and about 50,000 soldiers from the semi-professional army group that had been temporarily recruited by the treasury in August, were all surrounded and annihilated in Fort Biliga.
For the strategic goal of this time, Sun Lin did not have the luxury of incorporating all the territories of the current Lanster Empire into the Sunset Empire, because the night before Sun Lin was about to launch the autumn offensive, Sun Lin learned from the intelligence that he had established on the northwest continent that the other three empire-level forces of the neighboring Lanster Empire, except for the Warsaw Alliance, the rest of the Mars Empire and the Shamir Empire have begun to increase troops in the border area close to the Lanster Empire, and the number of professional soldiers on both sides has reached about 30,000. As for the other types of soldiers, they are almost more than 40,000.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Sun Lin decided that the strategic goal of this time only needs to include several more important and well-developed cities near the Imperial City of the Lancester Empire, and the area near Fort Biliga, the military center of the Lancester Empire, into the Sunset Empire, as for those territories and border cities near the inland and two hostile empires, the castle depends on the situation, and even Sun Lin has sent 2 newly recruited officers to the Mars Empire to negotiate with the Mishaal Empire. The content of the negotiations is the signing of a non-aggression pact, as for the bargaining chips............ When the envoy was dispatched, Sun Lin was already prepared not to occupy the entire territory of the Ranster Empire, so the bargaining chips here were those marginal cities of the current Ranster Empire.
The members of the 3rd Department have no objection to this, as well as Bobby, Blackbeard and other high-ranking personnel of the Sunset Empire, because these people all know the truth that the Sunset Empire needs to be eaten in one bite, and it is very good that the Sunset Empire can obtain so many territories this year, so there is no need for too much icing on the cake. And besides, these territories are there, will they grow feet and run away, and after Sun Lin has digested all the territories obtained by the Lanster Empire this time, he will be able to maintain more food and military expenditures, and then with the help of the system, he will be able to recruit troops that can compete with the two empires at the same time and then recapture these lands, as for what kind of non-aggression broken treaty? It doesn't matter, such treaties are destined to be torn apart from the moment they start, but they last for a different amount of time.
September 10 is the day of the opening of the autumn offensive, and the first battle of the two route armies from Normandy Fort is from the western route army led by Bobby, the time is on the afternoon of September 14, the place of the battle is the first transit point that the western route army needs to occupy during the march, but there is no suspense in the battle, because the city is defended by only a Lancester city defense army that is less than 4000 people, so when the catapult is destroying several arrow towers and blasting the city gate open, After the slave army composed of the Lanster captives braved a rain of arrows and killed many people to rush into the city, killing or capturing everyone in this army, the battle ended in less than 1 day, as for the residents of the city, Bobby according to the old custom, first appeased and sent food to calm the people, and then killed all the nobles in the city (if they have the ability to be noble, Bobby will let them choose whether to die or become a commoner), because Sun Lin does not want the strength of this aristocratic class in the Sun Never Setting Empire at present, After leaving 1,000 hook and sickle soldiers behind to take order, he led the large army out of the city and set out for the city marked on the next route to be captured. As for those who remained, the hook and sickle soldiers would follow up with the town militia troops and be stationed thereafter (the riots in the Yorks and Normandy have been resolved, and the spy war in the northwest territory of the Sunset Empire has also taken the fruits of victory under the command of Thebes, so far there will be no traces of rebellion in the Northwest Territory, and the constitution promulgated by the Sunset Empire is very perfect and in line with the people's will, so now the Yorks and Normandy do not need so many 20,000 town militias to maintain law and order, only a few of them can be, Therefore, the day after Sun Lin and Bobby set out, a total of 15,000 urban militia were also divided into two groups, and with the pace of the North Road and West Route Army, they were ready to go to the newly occupied city to maintain law and order) set off to catch up with the large army in front.