Chapter 1063 Unloading and killing the donkey? (Seeking a monthly ticket)
Chapter 1063: Killing the donkey? (Please vote for me)
Since the last leg of the army invaded Halua, in everyone's eyes, the situation on the battlefield has become very clear.
The Laohe troops and the Almohad New Army were divided into three armies, forming an iron wall and tightly encircling the province of Halua.
No matter how capable General Hadou is, at this time of year he can only be like a grasshopper after autumn, unable to jump for two days.
The Almohad North has begun to celebrate in advance, and the common people are singing and dancing. Abdelwad's imperial officials have also begun a new round of intrigues for official positions in the South, biting each other's heads like dogs.
Blood-brained.
Those bastards all know that the South has been at peace for hundreds of years, and those nobles are all fat.
Although they have gone through wars and were robbed of a lot by the Laohe troops represented by Lord Luo, one of the top ten outstanding young people in the Holy Light Continent, their old foundation is still there.
At least, those lands, minerals, and other things cannot be taken away by others no matter what.
Moreover, those gangsters are all a bunch of rough guys, they have eyes for gold and jade, so what good things can they recognize?
Even if they robbed things, they were just bastards who ate the barley and wasted it. A lot of it would definitely be missed.
There was once a rumor that a bunch of bastards robbed an ancient art gallery in a certain city, then took apart the gold and jade picture frames and put them in their pockets, threw all the famous paintings on the ground, and then weighed them.
Sold to scrap collectors.
All of them are world-class famous paintings, including Monet, Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci... and the most famous one is said to be "" by the famous oriental painter Mr. Bohutang five hundred years ago.
The old man riding a bicycle.
They are all priceless art treasures. Even a glance at them will make people cry and fall to the ground in admiration.
Just through this incident, you can know how many opportunities there are to make a fortune in the south. Not to mention those charming southern girls.
You know, although southern women have smaller breasts, they are always known in the Almohar Empire for being gentle and virtuous, while northern women are known for being tough.
After this war, many southern nobles must have been ruined. They will definitely not be as arrogant and high-minded as before in order to eat.
At that time, you only need to spend two small coins to marry a girl from a noble southern family that you have longed for as your wife, and you will even have more money in your pocket. If you find a few more, you can become mistresses.
No matter how you look at it, it's better than finding those tough old ladies in the north who wave pans at every turn, roar, "I'm going to beat you to death with one pan," and then chase them down three streets.
Not only did they not have to pay so much for betrothal gifts, but the best part was that when the southern nobles fell into ruin and had no one to support them, the mother-in-law would never dare to be too powerful.
The gang of bastards made a calculation and suddenly discovered to their joy: how to calculate the abacus and how to ring it. The only thing to worry about is that there are more wolves and less meat. It is too late to catch up with this group.
Therefore, they stepped up their actions one after another, running up and down, desperately trying to make camp.
Queen Isabella's desk has been filled with all kinds of intercessory and greeting notes, including "I have shed blood for the empire and been wounded in the battle of xxx. I am loyal to you."
"Your Majesty the Queen..." or something like that, showing off their seniority and reaching out to her to ask for an official position.
This made Queen Isabella happy and headache at the same time. She had to worry about who to send to the south as an official every day.
However, Lorraine never cared about who became the local magistrate. Currently, the peacekeeping force is the boss in this land. No one dares to disobey Lorraine and Grand Duke Julius.
The attention of the people of Almohad towards this war has dropped to the lowest level since the war began. Even the newly occupied southern provinces have begun to resume production.
Everyone believes that although the war is not over yet, it is almost over.
Seeing that victory was in sight, the peacekeeping troops had high morale from top to bottom, and the terrain was overwhelming as they attacked the city. The soldiers also hoped that the war would end as soon as possible and return home.
More often than not, what is circulated among the military is no longer various tactical instructions, but price lists for various consumption venues in Haligard City, including the red light district.
This is to prevent you from being tricked by those cunning southern profiteers when you go shopping in the future.
God knows how those bastards got this thing.
You know, Halua Province has been surrounded by iron barrels. The two armies are facing each other, and even birds can't get through.
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When Laohe's troops set foot in Halua Province, Hadu's home base,
They found that although the cities here had strict and complex defense systems like Desai, the defensive power in these peripheral cities was very weak. Most of the people defending the cities were militias composed of local people.
This defense has a retarding effect at best.
Most of the peacekeeping forces only need to set up their positions, and then conduct a brief assault to take down these cities after a brief artillery bombardment to destroy the city walls.
The attack along the way was extremely smooth, and could even be described as overwhelming.
On October 27, 834 in the Julian calendar, Lorraine led the central army three days ahead of schedule and rushed to the capital of Hadu - Haligad City.
Without waiting for his troops to set up camp, he chose a highland a few miles away from Haligad, overlooking the huge Haligad.
The broad figure of Haligard appeared in front of Lorraine. Looking from a distance, the whole city looked like a prehistoric beast standing on the ground.
At this moment, the city of Haligard has turned into a complete military fortress.
The city walls are high, the walls are deep, and the battles are fierce.
Outside the city, there is a complex defense system surrounding Haligad. Deep trenches crisscross the city, many times larger than the one under Desai City, and the originally flat ground is dug beyond recognition.
On the city wall of Haligard, countless black shadows can be seen walking back and forth. They should be soldiers of the Confederate Army.
The top of the city was covered with all kinds of ballistae, and there were piles of rolling logs and rocks. However, there were still civilians who continued to carry all kinds of materials to the top of the city.
Behind the city wall, there are dozens of huge wooden poles pointing towards the sky. They should be the heavy trebuchets in the city.
Looking at this spectacular city in front of him, Lorraine suddenly felt something strange in his heart.
It feels like you are playing a strategy game and have reached the last level. As long as you push down the last lair of the enemy boss, you can enjoy the level-breaking animation.
Around Haligad, the peacekeeping forces were building a camp to surround the city. The Southern Army in the city just looked at it coldly and did not come out to stop it.
Lorraine put down the telescope and sighed slightly.
The generals of the peacekeeping force crowded behind him and were also observing the distant city of Haligad. At this time, someone said excitedly: "Probably before the beginning of spring, we can let the brothers go home."
Lorraine was startled for a moment, and suddenly felt how familiar this sentence was, and suddenly remembered the famous bad luck quote "Send the children home before Christmas."
I remember that after saying this sentence, the person who spoke became tragic.
At this time, when she suddenly heard the same words, Lorraine felt extremely unlucky. Lorraine curled her lips and whispered: "Bah, that's too unlucky."
Then he glanced at the person who spoke and thought to himself: I will transfer you to sweep horse manure later.
The surrounding generals didn't know that their boss was most taboo about this, so they gathered together and excitedly discussed how long it would take to capture the heavily defended city of Haligard.
"A conservative estimate, two months."
"Even if it's just filling the soil and paving the road, one month is enough."
"On the premise of reducing casualties, it may take a little longer."
"..."
Lorraine rolled her eyes at them angrily, turned around and walked back to the big tent at the back.
The generals under his command were a little confused as to why this man suddenly seemed unhappy.
Lorraine returned to the tent, but before she could sit down firmly, Archduke Julius walked in with a sad look on his face and a sigh.
Then he skillfully opened Lorraine's desk, took out the cigar box from inside, lit it slowly with a dark face, blew out a smoke ring, and sat melancholy opposite Lorraine, sighing constantly.
Lorraine was a little confused and asked doubtfully: "What's wrong with you?"
Seeing that he was about to win, why did his cheap father-in-law begin to develop into a literary and artistic middle-aged man?
"Alas..." Archduke Julius sighed longly.
Then he looked up at Lorraine and sighed again, "Alas...".
Lorraine was dumbfounded by this situation she had never seen before, and said: "You are talking."
Grand Duke Julius took out a pile of letters and threw them on the table. Then he took a long drag on his cigarette, raised his head and blew out the smoke. His movements were as artistic as they were artistic.
Lorraine felt that her mind was a little hard to turn around. Archduke Julius was either shouting about beating this or that, or he was so unreasonable that he even came to Lorraine to eat and take away things, which was normal.
But I have never been so... so decadent, yes, decadent.
Lorraine was secretly amused. How could the Grand Duke look like a lovelorn young man? Wait a minute, lovelorn~!
Lorraine suddenly thought of something, picked up the letter thrown by the Grand Duke and read it.
A thick dozen contains more than ten or twenty envelopes.
Look at the envelope. These letters are all from Queen Isabella.
Lorraine hurriedly threw down these letters, smiled bitterly, and said: "This..."
It’s easy for my father-in-law to let his son-in-law read a letter written by a woman. Why does it taste so awkward? If Catherine knows about it, she won’t have to make a fuss with him.
Archduke Julius has never been idle since he went to war. Basically, he writes a letter to Queen Isabella every day, and Queen Isabella replies with a letter every time. This has become a daily routine.
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Lorraine admired Archduke Julius for his persistence in picking up girls.
Grand Duke Julius waved his hands feebly and said: "Didn't I ask you to give me some advice? Your kid is talented in this area. Anyway, Nicole is not here."
Lorraine had a weird expression on her face and didn't know what to say. She shook her head with a wry smile and opened the letters casually. The first few letters were normal and there was nothing inappropriate in them. They were all simple and direct greetings, Isabelle.
Queen La jotted down some daily things and the like.
By that time, the more I read back, the content of the letter became simpler and simpler, just saying that the letter had been received and wishing everything was well.
Until the last few letters, the dates seemed to be from the past few days, and there were only one or two sentences left, and the summary meaning was probably "haha", "haha" and the like.
It’s exactly the lingua franca used by those beautiful, rich and white people on the Internet to deal with passionate people. The only difference is that I didn’t say it directly, I don’t want to answer you anymore.
Lorraine raised her head and glanced at Archduke Julius, and when he saw the distressed expression on his face, he secretly laughed in his heart.
Of course Lorraine could guess what was going on.
This war is almost over, and it's time for Queen Isabella to draw a clear line between herself and Archduke Julius. Anyway, the Archduke's usefulness will soon disappear.
"I don't think Queen Isabella is relieved to finally have to deal with this old man anymore," Lorraine secretly speculated with some malice in her heart.
Queen Isabella knew the timing very well, and she was indeed a strong woman with exquisite orifices.
It seems that everyone thinks that this war will be over soon.
If Queen Isabella had maintained her previous ambiguous attitude until the end of the war, Archduke Julius would naturally have gone to the Queen to give her a hard time.
At that time, Queen Isabella put on a cold face and refused. It was naked to take advantage of Archduke Julius. It was inevitable that Archduke Julius would be embarrassed.
It is possible that the Grand Duke would become angry due to shame, and the consequences would be difficult to control.
"She is such a smart woman." Lorraine secretly praised her. It is true that women can hold up half the sky. There is no simple woman she meets.
But I can't tell Archduke Julius directly and clearly that this girl will dump you after taking advantage of her, so you can just do whatever you need to do honestly.
Besides, why is it better than Queen Isabella? She became a villain herself and let her take all the advantages.
This is not the way to be a human being.
Lorraine was scratching her head a little, what should she do? She was now her father-in-law's pick-up consultant, right?
Suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred, Lorraine slapped her forehead and thought to herself, I have it.
Lorraine put the envelope back and said, "This, Your Highness, I believe there is a reason for this."
Grand Duke Julius suddenly became energetic and came to Lorraine and said, "I'm just going to tell you. Tell me, what's the reason?"
Lorraine scratched her head and said: "I think it may be that Queen Isabella has been too busy recently. We have conquered so many places, and Queen Isabella has so many things to deal with, she may be too busy.
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Grand Duke Julius thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well, that's also possible."
Lorraine looked at Archduke Julius's expression and wondered if she should push him again. If Catherine knew about this, she would not be able to reap the consequences.
However, after weighing it in my mind, I finally gritted my teeth and said to myself: For the benefit of the empire, for the future of mankind, and for world peace, I will sacrifice you.
Lorraine said with a strange smile on her face: "Of course, there are more important reasons."
"Oh?" Archduke Julius became more energetic and said, "Say."
Lorraine looked solemn and said, "She must have a reason for doing this."
Archduke Julius's face darkened.
Lorraine said leisurely: "I think your enthusiasm must have worked."
"ah?!"
Lorraine smiled and said: "Queen Isabella was probably moved by you, but reserve and reason trumped emotion. The queen herself deliberately alienated you, Your Highness."
Like a ray of sunshine shining on the obscure face of Grand Duke Julius, the Grand Duke's face changed instantly and became bright and energetic. He tapped his palm hard and shouted: "Yes, it must be like this. I will say
It is impossible for a woman like Isa to change suddenly, she must have unspeakable difficulties."
Then Grand Duke Julius stared at Lorraine closely and asked: "What do you think I should do? You are the most experienced in this kind of thing."
Lorraine rolled her eyes at Archduke Julius angrily and cursed secretly that I was the most experienced. I was a little embarrassed at first, but now it all disappeared.
Lorraine said: "The more it is at this time, the more you can't give up. Not only can't you give up, but you have to work harder. I believe your enthusiasm will eventually impress her."
"Hahahaha..." Grand Duke Julius raised his head and laughed happily, patted the table repeatedly, and said, "You are absolutely right. That's what I thought."
Lorraine laughed dryly along with him.
Grand Duke Julius jumped up enthusiastically, swept the envelope on the table into his pocket, and said: "I'll answer the letter right away. I don't believe it anymore. If you keep persisting, you'll eventually be able to impress her."
Lorraine watched Julian walk out of the tent quickly and thought to himself: He had dug a big hole for both the Grand Duke and Queen Isabella. Although it was for the sake of the unity of the peacekeeping forces and mankind, he felt a little guilty.
feel?
After thinking for five seconds, Lorraine slapped the table and said firmly: "Of course not."
At this time, the door was lit up, and Archduke Julius opened the curtain and came back, saying, "I almost forgot about the business."
The Grand Duke returned to Lorraine and said: "Lorraine, I thought about it for a moment. Now Hadou only has his own lair left. Conquering this place is a matter of time and effort, and it doesn't take many people.
Our 600,000 soldiers cannot even move under the city of Haligad, and even if they are pressed against each other on the battlefield, they cannot squeeze in. Such a large number of troops is a complete waste, and it will consume huge amounts of supplies.
I wonder if we should withdraw the troops that are no longer needed from now on."
Lorraine rubbed her chin and thought for a while, nodded and said: "You are right. It is indeed time to gradually withdraw the troops."
To besiege the city of Haligad, an army of 200,000 to 300,000 is enough. The number of regular Southern Army troops trapped in the city is already less than 30,000.
Queen Isabella has established a ruling order in all the occupied southern areas, and the original southern army has been wiped out.
With the help of local nobles, it shouldn't be a big problem to stabilize the place and prevent rebellion. Then there is no need for peacekeeping troops to help stabilize public security.
According to the standard of "ten surroundings", it is enough to leave so many people behind.
There is absolutely no need to crowd all the peacekeeping forces under Haligad City.
As Archduke Julius said, even the battlefield cannot accommodate so many people. One-third of the people fight, and the other two-thirds play soy sauce?
If nothing else, the logistical pressure alone is too great.
This war has cost the Ruman Empire and the Holy See Vatican 35 million gold coins in total for half a year now.
Almohad's attempt to sell iron and steel cost him four million in wages, in addition to military expenditures for the new army. The amount of civilian supplies consumed by the collection was even more incalculable.
Lorraine himself also spent six million gold coins from the Flying Eagle Group, which was his personal pocket.
Lorraine herself has been scratching her head about who to ask for reimbursement of the money. The old guy from Prime Minister Russell obviously will not accept this account.
Some people in the Ruman Empire have been complaining for a long time. The domestic burden of the two-front war in the north and south is very heavy. Fortunately, Emperor Rudelun has accumulated a rich family fortune in the past few decades, otherwise he would not be able to sustain it long ago.
To put it bluntly, everything is about money.
Lorraine sighed and thought: It's time to prepare to withdraw the troops~!