His Majesty pressed Prais open the door of the hall with a hurried expression

The candlelight in the hall shone on the buttons of the Falcon General's uniform embroidered with the Falcon Military insignia, and the reflection fluttered like a flickering red jump, and in his hand he pinched a slightly crumpled battle report

Oh, how is the battle going, the fat man turned his head and asked a little nervously, although the war on the mainland has subsided, but since September, the main force of the Southern Army stationed in the north of Salander under the instruction of the fat man has begun to march in an orderly manner to the south of Salander, and in several battles, the Normans have been defeated and retreated

In October, when the fat man dispatched the entire Central Army and 2 main battle corps to attack the Acropolis of Kyoto one by one on the outskirts of Nord Kyoto, the Falcon Southern Army in the south of Salander Island also fought with the Normandians, and the Northern Army with the Southern Army as the main body sent an unprecedented 60,000 troops this time

Among them, Statunko's Falcon Southern Army consisted of 30,000 men, Nilai commanded 15,000 Northern Combined Army, and then 14,000 Salander's troops recruited under the slogan of going back to the South

Among these conscripted soldiers, there were civilians, nobles, and many Mamunuk knights, and in the face of national hatred and family hatred, the Salanders naturally ignored the identity of the falconry itself as outsiders, so that when they arrived at the front line, the number of troops gathered from all over the country had exceeded 60,000

In contrast, the Normandy army, with a thin garrison of less than 30,000 men at the front, was a violent conqueror of southern Salander, and the Normans did not bother to recruit soldiers from among the native Salander, whom they considered weak and incompetent

Some time ago, in the north of Salander, nearly 20,000 main battle light infantry and the only cavalry unit were lost in the north of Salander, recently, because of domestic relations, and a part of the main force returned to Normandy with the Duke of Normandy, and now the troops that can be gathered in a short time can only barely make up such a number

The victory or defeat of this battle had lost its suspense, and the Normans, who had misassessed the combat strength of the opposite side, did not know that the combat strength of the Falcon Army was not at all the same level as the Salander army they had encountered before, so they put up a skirmish attack line and took the initiative to cross the open space between the two armies and attack

A bunch of

Seeing the Normans lining up on the opposite side, listing shields and spears, the attack line of the Normans on horseback and riding on the war horse pursed the corners of his mouth with disdain

Even if he was not as good as the other Northern Army leaders in terms of military command, it was clear that the Normans wanted to use the mobility of light infantry to bypass the strong center of the main formation, and the old tactic of attacking from the two flanks of 6,000 crossbowmen, which appeared to be extremely weak

This was what the Normans had done in the past against the Mamunuk's cavalry of the Salanders

Because the Mamunuks were a kind of semi-heavily armored and semi-mobile cavalry, they often preferred to charge from both flanks, using their signature armor and unusually sharp spears to gouge through the opposing enemy's flank, and then flip back and plunge in from the enemy's position, and if the attack was frustrated, it would become uncontrollable

Wandering around on the battlefield, and even habitually retreating towards their own army's home formation on the way to retreat, the result is that instead of playing its due role, they often crush their own own formation, so this time the Norman commander also took it for granted that the two wings of the Falcon Army were the most vulnerable areas to be shaken in the impact of this battle

It's just that some of his men are defeated

He first chose an open field as a place to block the southward advance of the northern army, and then divided the 15,000 light infantry with high hopes into the two flanks, leaving only less than 15,000 of his own troops in front of him, and the Falcon Army, which numbered 50,000 men, faced each other, and the main forces of the two armies did not immediately start the battle, because Statunko was waiting for naval support, while the Normans needed to do their best to gather a limited number of troops...,

But the scales of war had been tilted in favor of the Falcon army from the very beginning, not only in the backyard of the Normans who were in the absence of soldiers and generals on the frontal battlefield, but also in the midst of fire

As the fat man had predicted, when he heard the news that the army from the north had begun to advance towards his homeland in the south and crush the Normans in front of him to almost collapse, the whole of the southern Salander was boiling, and the more than 3 million Salander slaves who had been bullied vied vied to become the advance army of this war

They fled in droves from the Norman-controlled towns and gathered in the mountains and forests, or organized themselves to attack the small Nordedian convoys, kill the lone Rude soldiers, and turn every road leading to the battle site into a place of death for the Normans

In order to protect the logistical supply lines that were frequently attacked, the Normans had to draw another 5,000 men from their limited and pitiful forces to serve as food guards, but for the Salander who had infiltrated from the north in large numbers, even the regular food guards were often attacked, and the Normans were often attacked, not so much as arrogant, but as a last resort, and the longer it dragged on, the more unfavorable it was for the form of the Normans

It was an unfair war, but for the long-planned Falcon army, Statunko defined it as a victorious march

A letter of contact from the newly formed Imperial Admiralty had also recently reached the headquarters of the Southern Army

Having said that, the Admiralty had already sent personnel to make contact with the southern part of Salander in August, and had completed the exploration of the southern coastline of Salander, and that it was great that no one knew better than him how amazing the newly formed Imperial naval power was

That is the ultimate power of the empire for ocean control, which is the return of tens of millions of gold coins, with more than 18 super-large dragon-class warships, 65 improved dragon-tooth warships, and more than 100 large transport ships, which have the powerful power to throw 15,000 army troops into the other side of the ocean

This time, the Imperial Admiralty adhered to the will of His Majesty the Falcon, and invested 8 Dragon-class warships, 20 Dragon's Tooth ships and 80 transport ships to assist the Southern Army in transporting the two main flag regiments of the Southern Army from the mainland of Vekia to the port south of Salander under the condition of attracting the Normans head-on, and Moralis directly cut off the Normans from the sea and the mainland, and deeply stabbed the Normans in the back

陛xià一qiē顺lì

Prais smiled at the fat man, then raised the battle report in his hand, Stitunko's southern army broke through the southern town of Salander, and together with Dustromke's naval force, flanked the Normans, and annihilated 25,000 Normandy troops in this battle, causing more than half of its main force to lose more than half of its main force, and had to choose to abandon the Leland Mountains and retreat to the southern plains

Is it so, there is nothing in the way in the south of Salander, the fat man's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he hurriedly took the battle report from Prais's hand, glanced at it, smiled and flicked the information in his hand, this is definitely the best news since the beginning of spring this year, I knew that Statunco's steadiness should be enough to deal with these Normans, but I still didn't expect him to use Salander Kyoto as a bait to lure the main Normandy force into the flat Srui woodland, and use the advantage of crossbow groups to deal with the mobile light infantry of the Normans, and now the Normandy army has suffered heavy losses, which is just an opportunity for us to counterattack the south with all our might

The overall situation has been decided, and the remaining strength of the Normans in the south of Salander will not exceed 10,000, Prais responded, but the Normans have suffered such a big loss, and they are afraid that they will not give up, and their subordinates are worried that they will mobilize local forces to counterattack, and the strength of the southern army will only be a little difficult

Don't worry about this, the fat man smiled disapprovingly, we are not Salanders, our navy is not the Salander navy that has been smoothed out by hundreds of years of peace, in fact, I have already issued an order to the Admiralty in June to send ships to O'Barro, I believe that the relevant reports will be sent back soon, no matter how the Normans will react this time, I am confident that they will not be able to cross this strait, they will not come, I will have to cross...,

His Majesty means that we are going to land on the Obaro continent, what about the Dorok people in the eastern mountains, Prais looked at the fat man with a strange expression

It's not landing, it's understanding and carrying out commerce, the fat man smiled at the corner of his mouth, and gently put the information in his hand on the table, and the scattered Dorok people on the table are not worried, too much oppression will provoke their unity

And the fastest time to restore the economy is the problem we need to consider, the continent's internal trade lines have reached the bottleneck of development, and the other end of the strait is still an unknown land, if we can establish a docking point there, I believe that the empire's finances and taxes will grow rapidly again

Kuronze, Salander Island

I haven't seen you here for a year, and I almost don't know each other, and the fat man sat down on a bench in the park with some emotion, and said to himself

Salander Island in early spring has a unique beauty, because of its proximity to the southern tropical sea, the entire scenery of Salander Island is a mixture of cold and heat, here you can feel the cold and biting currents, warm winds can see the floating lights of fishermen at sea, spring here is always earlier

Krunzeburg in March is the most beautiful season of the year, the crimson trees full of red flowers line the streets, and in the park that was still cold last year, there are lovers watching the crimson flowers, and the fresh crimson petals dance and swirl with the cool spring breeze, like a pair of gentle hands gently brushing off the coat of the earth

The silver-gray olive trees on the roadside also have greenery, the red sunflowers on the grassy slopes of the garden are like bedding, and the violets flow like streams in the earth

Your Majesty will not come here just to feel the beauty of spring, the sun shines down from the crimson petals, swaying and gently reflecting in the sky, sacrificing Parschena's dreamlike beautiful face (to be continued, if you like this work, you are welcome to come (.) Vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation)