Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding military exploits. Therefore, the first attack is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the third is to attack the army, and the third is to attack the city.
In the early stages of the War of the Gods, most of the generals of the Eminor Continent did not understand the secrets of recruiting troops. On the contrary, the soldiers of Fanos and Alcatraz Island were more willing to incorporate common military matters into the strategy without leaving any trace.
What later generations of military scientists lamented was that in the autumn of Year 5 of the Magical Calendar, the God of Luck favored the Amy Empire more.
First, the Holy See, the most loyal ally of the Amy Empire, declared a full-scale war with Fanos and the soldiers of Alcatraz Island. Then in October, the owner of the Fairy Forest joined the war because of his marriage to the leader of the small mercenary group, Mr. Amy. This
It was extremely bad news for Fanos and Alcatraz. Once the news came out, it also prompted the two major forces to accelerate the progress of some of their plans.
On March 1, the autumn of the fifth year of the Magic Calendar, Marshal Datong of the Imperial Military Department left the imperial capital and went to the four major war zones including Sanggan River War Zone, Shizi River War Zone, Shengxue Mountain War Zone (Tongyunguan War Zone), and Jielin War Zone, on behalf of
The emperor shows mercy.
On March 6, autumn of the fifth year of the Magical Calendar, Hamburg, the coastal town of Fantao City in the north of the imperial capital and the continent's largest steel producer at the western foot of the Messis Peak Snow Mountain, suddenly lost daily contact with the imperial military. Subsequently, according to the recent reports of several subordinates,
According to reports from the troops in the west coast defense zone of the imperial capital, undue foreign flags appeared in these two cities. Fan Zijue quietly used the cover of night to mobilize two brigades to ambush near the mainland highway and main roads leading to the imperial capital.
Immediately, an emergency military report was sent to the Imperial Military. Count Chi Hanfeng's face, who was on duty, suddenly turned extremely ugly. He sent three fantasy beast knights to investigate. The last two knights of the Colorful Dragon Knights were ordered to go to the west of the imperial capital to form
New defensive perimeter.
The accurate news is that the commanders of the Fanos Army, Norton and Merlin, each led their direct subordinates to secretly infiltrate their subordinate human warriors into these two cities. The subsequent battle was quite simple. On a moonlit night, the city gate
After being opened, thousands of strong alien warriors killed all the warriors defending the city in just three hours. Two squadrons of Imperial warriors and four squadrons of Imperial swordsmen were wiped out.
The Vice Minister of the Empire, Bode Delaware, took the opportunity to attack and strongly accused Fan Zijue, the deputy chief of the Imperial Gyeonggi Theater, of losing his territory twice in a row. Without killing him, it would not be enough to face up to the enemy. However, Count Chi Hanfeng, the chief of the Imperial Gyeonggi Theater, was in the presence of a powerful enemy and indulged in singing and dancing.
, who is bent on engaging in corruption for personal gain and seeking huge profits, he must be removed and sent directly to the lost territory to avenge his crime and make meritorious deeds.
In the Imperial Council Hall, the words of the Deputy Prime Minister were loud and clear. In the imperial capital, the only person who could contain His Excellency the Marquis was Marshal Chi Datong. Unfortunately, now that Marshal has left the capital, there was silence in the hall of hundreds of people.
The Red Stone Emperor's face naturally doesn't look good. The empire is attacked from both sides, and a partial enemy force is actually heading straight towards the Imperial Capital, which is only seven days away from Scambrai. Now, millions of residents in the Imperial Capital don't know the news, otherwise... the outside world wouldn't know it.
How many citizens must have made trouble or taken refuge - from this point of view, Fan Zijue, the chief executive of the Western Front War, indeed survived.
"There is something that has always been strange to me." General Gyeonggi's words brought Emperor Hongshi's thoughts back to the council hall - as always, the general did not give a full salute.
"Oh, just tell me what you have to say." Hong Shi saw the exaggerated curiosity written on his cousin's face and snorted softly, knowing that the other party did not expect him to give the so-called "strange" correct answer.
"Your Majesty, according to the final battle report of the small mercenary group at Duanbing Port and Fan Zijue's final statistics, the Fanos gang still had more than 10,000 troops when they fled after their defeat, and at least 50% of these bandits were in Duanbing Port's attack and defense.
He was seriously injured. What is incredible to me is that this unit disappeared out of thin air the day after escaping from the battlefield. During this period, the Gyeonggi Theater sent more than 40 scout units to the northwest of the empire to search, and Fan Zijue
Your Excellency has sent nearly a hundred troops to sweep the west coast of Gyeonggi Province, but unfortunately, no trace has been found. Put it this way, it seems that no Fanos soldiers have ever landed on the west coast of the mainland."
It was so quiet in the council hall that you could hear a pin drop.
No one knows what the top official of Gyeonggi means by these words. More than 60% of the territory on the west coast of the imperial capital is under the management of the Gyeonggi garrison, and the remaining 30%, except for the territory directly under the royal family, is the territory of the imperial nobles.
No ordinary small noble would dare to challenge the first sect of the empire. Fan Zijue, a person with a humble background, lacks due respect for the nobles of the empire. The so-called dragnet search, the wolf-like knights of the Colorful Dragon Knights and
The soldiers of the Praetorian Guard almost turned these noble families upside down.
If there are still fish that have slipped through the net, it is the fiefdoms of the royal family and several super nobles of the empire - huge powers that even with the dignity of the Chi family they are not willing to challenge directly.
Su Mingpu, the deputy minister of the Imperial Criminal Department, secretly glanced at several important ministers next to him - when His Majesty the founding emperor divided the territories, he deliberately gave the southern territory to the military generals among the founding fathers, while the northern territory was mostly given to the civil servants who were resourceful and decisive.
His Majesty Emperor Wu's explanation for this was: "The south has many forests and mountains, and banditry is constant, so it needs to be guarded and managed by aristocratic families for generations; the north has many mountainous areas, which is of great benefit to the health of the children of civil servant families."
The five major civil servant families in the empire, headed by the Marquis of Bode Delaware, had some fiefdoms on the west coast of the empire and the Messis Peak Snow Mountain area. One can imagine the lethality contained in Earl Chi's words.
"Your Majesty!" His Excellency the Marquis bowed respectfully and deeply: "I believe that Count Chi Hanfeng deliberately slandered the ministers with these words and tried to shirk responsibility. He even shirks the responsibility for the loss of land to the point where he cannot search the ministers' territories. In order to clear his name, I will ask you now.
General Chi sent troops to search all territories; and I believe that other important officials of the empire will definitely agree."
"Tch—" A sneer pierced everyone's ears, and Count Chi Hanfeng said leisurely: "Shameless!"
"What did your Excellency say?" Lord Marquis's expression suddenly changed.
"When Fan Zijue led his troops to search, why didn't he say this earlier? Now, I'm afraid all the enemies have arrived in the two cities." Chi Hanfeng's face was full of disdain.
"Nonsense! What you said is falsely accusing me of being associated with ugly orcs. You are slandering the dignity of the family. I..."
"How are you? Do you want to challenge? I'm afraid I don't have to, back then..."
"Shut up!" Emperor Hongshi immediately stopped Count Chi Hanfeng's continued provocation. More than 20 years ago, His Excellency Marquis de Delaware was seriously injured and disabled by Chi Hanfeng due to a small conflict. The previous generation of marquis was also injured because of his eldest son.
Returning to the West after being seriously injured and angry was a great shame for the Marquis family.
"Your Majesty, although the two cities lost by the empire are both near the Marquis's territory, and the Marquis has set up private soldiers among them, according to detailed information, all the soldiers in these two cities were killed in the battle, and the Marquis's
Private soldiers are no exception. I think that General Chi and General Fan have indeed fulfilled their duties before. Changing generals before the formation is a taboo for military strategists. Your Majesty, please investigate in detail." Huo Dahua, the Imperial Minister of Civil Affairs, came out to smooth things over.
"Old fox!" Chi Hanfeng and Bode Delaware cursed in their hearts at the same time.
Among the six major ministries of the empire, the Minister of Personnel has been a veteran of three dynasties and is also the most famous tightrope walker in the empire. To use the words of Count Chi Hanfeng to describe it: "Everyone in the empire will make mistakes, but the Minister of Personnel cannot. Whatever the emperor wants to hear, the Minister
The prime minister immediately phrased his words to make the emperor smile. "The officials and prime ministers are not only the evergreen trees of the empire, but also the third force known to the superstructure. Although they are not as powerful as the Chi family and the Bode and Delaware family, under clever checks and balances,
He didn't even fall behind.
Hongshi nodded. For any emperor, in the national architecture, one faction must not dominate. It would be too easy to form a powerful faction. If another family is supported, it will often lead to quarrels between the two families every time important decisions are made.
In the end, it was impossible to push forward at all. This required a third force - although it was small in power, at critical moments, it could say what the Emperor wanted to say and offend people on the Emperor's behalf.
"Chi Hanfeng, two months, I only give you 60 days, you must take back the two cities, otherwise... you think about it yourself..."
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that blood is thicker than water. In any case, Chi Hanfeng is still the cousin of the Red Stone Emperor, and there is no way that the Red Stone Emperor will be in trouble.
Returning to the Duke's Mansion, the Earl immediately ordered to summon the remaining officers of the Colorful Dragon Knights, the head of the Imperial Guards, the head of the Chi Family Guards, the Imperial Swordsman Battalion and the small mercenary group Daqingshan, Horns, and Chi Aotian.
The chief officers held a meeting.
The Gyeonggi generals now have very little combat power at their disposal. Once upon a time, the Gyeonggi war zone only had 30,000 regular troops, 24,000 swordsmen battalions, plus 100 million Imperial Guards, and several large mercenary groups.
In terms of quantity, it ranks first among the seven military regions of the empire. Unfortunately, now... the Colorful Dragon Knights only have one underground dragon knight brigade and one heavy infantry brigade left, and neither of the two brigade is full.
The combined strength is less than 8,000. There are five brigades left. His Excellency Fan Zijue controls a heavy cavalry brigade and a light cavalry brigade; Chi Hantong transferred a light cavalry brigade and a squadron of dragon knights; there is also a squadron of dragon knights.
The heavy knight brigade and a light knight brigade were sent to the west side of the imperial capital for defense. The Imperial Guard also had two brigade - but the number of people could not be compared with the knights, with only 7,000 people. The other brigade was defeated by Chi Hantong
Let's go. The Swordsman Camp is quite neat, but the key point... Hehe, neither Fan Zijue nor His Excellency Tongyun Marquis are optimistic about the Swordsman Camp, otherwise the Swordsman Camp would probably not be so neat.
According to Chi Hanfeng's estimate, the Fanos Army has more than 8,000 troops stationed in any one of the two cities. Otherwise, it would be impossible to defeat the defenders overnight, and no soldiers would escape the net. But there are nearly 10,000 soldiers... Chi Han
Although Maple has participated in several major battles, but... they were all victors in those times, and those who died were soldiers from other empires. Now...
"They are all my soldiers..." Chi Hanfeng bit his lower lip tightly, with a strange luster in his eyes. A commander who had not been on the battlefield and had not been saved by soldiers would not understand the significance of soldiers to officers.
The officers of the Chimen Guards were the first to come in and saw the General standing motionless with his back to the gate and his face facing the wall. The two looked at each other, walked lightly and sat aside. The General of the Guards and the two active captains joined forces.
The secret came, alarming the earl. Chi Hanfeng wiped his face with his hand and greeted his colleagues.
The three chief officers of the small mercenary group and the deputy leader of the Colorful Dragon Knights arrived together.
"I have a piece of good news to tell you, and I also have a piece of bad news to tell you. I don't know which one you want to hear first?" Earl Chi asked softly without moving his expression.
Several warriors from different armies looked at each other. What happened to the general? When did he learn to be so reserved? This is inconsistent with his usual style. It seems that after encountering something, the last thing he likes to do is to
The subordinates pulled over and asked everyone to guess what happened, and then said the four answers to ABCD in a serious manner - there will be prizes for correct answers, and there will be penalties for wrong answers... of course. However, according to the probability, there is no chance of correct answers.
No more than 20% (multiple-choice questions). The adults also made a lot of money from their subordinates by relying on this, and the euphemistic name is: effectively testing the judgment of their subordinates.
Horns, Da Qingshan, and Chi Aotian have not received similar gifts, so they speak more straightforwardly: "Let's tell you the bad news first. You can hear the good news anytime."
The general narrowed his eyes and shot two cold rays: "Actually, the good news and the bad news are both the same. A few days ago, two troops suddenly attacked two cities on the west coast and massacred all the soldiers defending the city..."
Before the general finished speaking, Chi Aotian and Horns jumped up from their chairs, and the young man in black opened the door curtain and rushed out.
"Come back!" Chi Hanfeng didn't even move his body. He slapped the table heavily and chased him out of the hall angrily.
Chi Aotian and Horns both know the general very well. If they are not joking, they must have reached the extreme. Although Chi Aotian has a bad temper and even dares to contradict his father in person, but for
This uncle... was very scared. Even though he was usually very talkative, when he was really angry he would kill someone.
"Why are you two so promising?! You are so smart! So what if you guessed it was the Fanos Army? Do you know how many people came from the other side?! Do you know which two cities were lost? Do you know who is leading the army?! It's just you!
Can two people do it? Do your eyes grow to the top of your head? Can’t the empire’s 700,000-strong army compare to you two?! Are you really so awesome? What did you do in the first place?!"
Chi Aotian's fair face turned dark instantly and became clouded. Horns scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, an embarrassed smile appeared on his honest face, and when others were not paying attention, he stepped heavily on Daqingshan - Damn it
, I didn’t even remind him just now, but I just sat here and watched the joke.
"Uncle Chi, let's talk in detail. Since you called us here, there must be something arranged." Da Qingshan had to come forward.
"We must take revenge!" Chi Hanfeng said a few words, turned around and opened the wall-mounted map: "I invite everyone here because we need to rely on everyone's strength in the future war."
"Today is March 11th. Three days later, that is, at 7 a.m. on March 13th, the following troops will gather at the Ximen School Military Field in the Imperial Capital, waiting for the order to set off."
"The 1st and 2nd Squadron of the Heavy Infantry Brigade of the Colorful Dragon Knights." After being named first, the deputy commander of the regiment ranked first among the empire's armies showed a proud smile. Marquis Chi Hanfeng had not yet spoken.
: "Your Excellency, Marquis Toyota, the Colorful Dragon Heavy Infantry, as the forward force, will join the Second Heavy Knight Brigade and First Light Knight Brigade of Colorful Dragon to the west, which are already on defense, and head directly to Fantao City. Your Excellency, the Marquis, is the person in charge of the front army.
"
"Yes!" The hairpin on His Excellency the Marquis' head trembled.
"The third and fourth squadrons of the second battalion of the Imperial Guard, the first squadron of the Gyeonggi Theater, all members of the second swordsman battalion, and all members of the Duke's Palace Guards are the central army and are under my command."
"The Third Squadron of the Colorful Dragon Knights Heavy Infantry Brigade, the First and Second Squadrons of the Imperial Guard, the Small Mercenary Regiment Blocking Swordsman Battalion, the Wild Vulture Swordsman Battalion, the Magic Swordsman Battalion, the Archer Swordsman Battalion, the Great
The Swordsman Battalion, the third and fourth swordsman battalions in the Gyeonggi War Zone, are the rear army, and the commanders of the rear army are Baron Daqingshan and Viscount Horns."
There was a sense of uneasiness among the imperial officers. Only imperial soldiers had ever commanded mercenary regiments. There was no precedent for such a thing. What's more, the Colorful Dragon Knights and the Royal Guards were the most powerful troops in the imperial army. In the end,
What he is famous for is not his combat power, but his arrogance. Not to mention a mercenary group cadre, even the commanders of other war zones in the empire, even the captains of knights assigned by the military department, if they do not have considerable strength, these noble soldiers will not pay attention to them at all.
The Marquis picked up the knight's sword from his side and threw it to Da Qingshan. He said in a calm tone: "Anyone who disobeys the order, regardless of rank or lord, will be killed with this sword first and then punished. If anything happens, I will be responsible to Your Majesty."
The meeting hall was immediately filled with murderous intent. The officers took a breath of air-conditioning. It seemed that General Chi had high expectations for his disciples. Only generals at the general level had the right to kill generals and nobles in battle.
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"Chi Aotian, you immediately take this order, and together with Sha Ruo, take two groups of mad eagle swordsmen to the west coast to see His Excellency Fan Zijue and ask him to lead the team in person immediately to surround Fantao City. Don't take the initiative to attack. Wait for me to lead the attack.
The army is going. Remember two points: first, tell Fan Zijue that if you are still so careful about gains and losses, you should retire; second, there is a note in the warrant that Fan Zijue is not that easy to deal with. Please read it carefully before setting off.
Explanation, follow what is said above."
I can’t tell the master:
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