It is March 13th, Autumn, Year 5 of the Magical Calendar.
Yesterday at the autumnal equinox, it rained at noon, and it continued to rain until night fell. The rain stopped and the wind picked up, and the leaves after the rain swayed to the ground. The residents of the imperial capital once again felt that the cold winter was coming.
It was dawn, and the military field outside the west gate of the imperial capital was already filled with soldiers. Marquis Chi was running the army very strictly, with more than 30,000 soldiers and nearly 10,000 horses, but there was no sound. To the north of the military field were officials from various imperial ministries who came to see them off.
It was a major event, and even though His Majesty the Emperor did not come in person, all the officials from the Imperial Military Department, the Civil Service Department, the Commercial Department, the Agriculture Department, the Industry Department, the Criminal Department and other ministries in the capital were all absent.
"Boom...boom...boom...boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Woo--Woo--Woo--"
The two warriors raised a 1.2-meter-long drum with both hands and beat it. They faced each other and beat the war drum as tall as one person with all their strength. Dozens of giant trumpeters blew their horns at the same time.
Chi Hanfeng came to the ground dressed in black, his face was ashen, his eyes were slightly narrowed, he walked slowly and heavily onto the stage, his golden general's hairpin trembling in the wind.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes... His Excellency the General stood on the handsome platform that was as high as two people and did not speak for ten full minutes. The northwest wind brought the early chill and kept taking away the heat from the armor of the soldiers.
"I...I really don't know what to say to you." The General spoke with difficulty: "A few days ago, we were embarrassed to learn that in the 500-year history of the empire, the Imperial Capital Defense Zone was the great and sacrosanct capital of the empire.
area, the Fanos Army invaded two major cities in one fell swoop.”
What? 99% of the soldiers did not know this news. There was a vague commotion in the audience, and the soldiers tried hard to control their emotions.
The general raised his hand and ordered the officers below: "Take down...the flags of each unit." The white gloves flashed across the air.
The colorful war dragon flag, the guard flag with double phoenix feathers, the black tyrannosaurus flag, the white long sword flag...the four flags rustled down in the cold wind.
The flag bearers folded the flag very skillfully, held it respectfully in their hands, ran up to the podium, and stood in front of the Marquis.
The white gloves came together gently and shook slightly. The soldiers in the front row saw a wisp of green smoke rising up, and blue flames jumping on the fire media, passing over the four flags in turn!
"No!"
"No!"
"Why!?"
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The people standing at the front of each unit were the captains and above. They saw the flag of the Knights Order being swallowed up by the flames, and the chess players were surprised to see the chess players opening their mouths wide and slapping the blazing flames on the ground, blue, green,
The red tasseled helmets representing different military ranks gathered together and rushed to the coaching stand. Under the helmets were pairs of angry and surprised eyes.
Chi Hanfeng glanced coldly at the officers who were pushed away by the guards, and slowly paced back and forth on the stage. The steel nails under his riding boots kept biting the granite floor, making rhythmic sounds.
Make a harsh sound.
What does the military flag mean? In the Amy Empire, an army suffered all casualties in a battle. As long as the military flag is not lost and the flag is raised, it is another iron-clad army. The fallen soldier immediately becomes the most important person on the military flag.
Holy patron saint. In the 500-year history of the empire, there have been several times when an army was ambushed by the enemy and fell into a dilemma with no hope of breaking out. The most important thing the army's top commander did before the final battle was to gather all the elite troops.
Soldiers, break out of the siege and return the military flag to the Imperial Military Headquarters - any officer who loses the military flag, regardless of his military rank or where he is from, there are only two military regulations waiting for him: capture all military ranks and titles;
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Looking at the flames that were about to burn out on the stage, most of the officers and soldiers in the audience had tears streaming down their faces.
"Shame!" the general shouted suddenly.
"This is my shame, and it is also the shame of the Gyeonggi War Zone. The Colorful Dragon Knights, known as the ace legion that will never fall among the four ace legions of the empire; the Royal Guards, often claim to be the uncrowned king, honor, loyalty, and supreme
Synonymous with strength, they think that 'when the imperial guard comes out, it's like the emperor is here'; the Duke's Palace Guards, known as the most dazzling diamonds in the Black Dragon Knights, have never suffered a defeat in three hundred years; the Gyeonggi Swordsmen troops always think that they are
Its combat power surpasses the regular armies in other theaters of the empire! Now, these glories that we boasted about have become four small gems on the crowns of the beasts from the wild areas, embellishing the enemy's style."
Chi Hanfeng paused for a moment.
"As a Gyeonggi general, I feel ashamed! The regular imperial establishment of 140,000 in the Gyeonggi area is actually no match for a small mercenary group that was established only five years ago. A handful of 2,000 young men under the age of 20 have defeated tens of thousands of wild beasts twice in a row and defended their homes.
country! And where is the ace army in the Gyeonggi War Zone? Everyone still needs to be shameless!"
The Marquis's face was livid: "I want to be ashamed. As an imperial noble and as a supremely glorious soldier of the empire, I promise to the empire that I will take back every inch of land lost in my hands, and I will take it back now."
.What about you? Do you have the confidence to take it back!" The voice of Lord Marquis instantly covered the entire military field.
The dark soldiers and officers were stunned, and no one answered.
"Soldiers in Gyeonggi Province, tell me now, do you have the confidence to take back the lost territory?"
"Yes!" Thirty thousand soldiers roared at the same time, tears flying everywhere.
"I! Give everyone one last chance! Which unit can win the lost territory first, I will embroider a crown on the flag of this unit. All civilian soldiers in this unit will be promoted to imperial noble knights, and all of this unit will
Nobles, allow this battle to be embedded in the family crest. If..." Chi Hanfeng spoke from between his teeth: "If any unit fails to fight effectively, its designation will be revoked immediately and disappear forever from the imperial army. If, all
The soldiers can't take it down even if they rush forward. As an imperial soldier, I will lead the Guards to launch the final charge."
The Marquis paused again: "Originally, I wanted to arrange the small mercenary group in the forward force, but considering that it would be too embarrassing, the small mercenary group set off last. Now, as the supreme commander of this battle, I
Issue the first and possibly last order: 'If the small mercenary group finds out that I and the regular Imperial soldiers have all been killed in battle, step on my corpse and kill all the enemies.' All of them will die in battle. This is owned by the Imperial Gyeonggi War Zone.
Soldier’s honor!”
The soldiers all turned to look at the small mercenary group. I don't know who took the lead in shouting: "Victory belongs to the Empire's regular army, which completely surpasses the mercenary group." The overwhelming shouts filled the school military field.
"Here comes the wine -" Chi Hanfeng shouted. This is a custom. When an army goes out on an expedition, there must be fine wine given by the emperor.
Two officers came up carrying a large jar of fine wine, pulled off the jar cloth, and the smell of wine immediately filled the air. A sea bowl was placed on the table, and the clear wine was filled up.
A white glove was taken off and fell gently on the stage. Chi Hanfeng picked up the wine, took a big sip, then put it down, pulled out a long sword from the left side and cut it hard on his wrist. The bright red blood was like
Like a chain, it dropped into the bowl of the sea. Tens of thousands of soldiers in the audience held their breath not knowing what the general was going to do.
The sea bowl was lifted again, and the fragrant wine was poured into the jar again - all the soldiers saw that the wine turned red.
"Pour the wine into the well outside the military field!" the general ordered softly.
"Soldiers and robes, I did not drink His Majesty the Emperor's wine alone, but poured it into the well water outside. When all the troops passed by the well, every soldier took a swig from the bowl to strengthen his journey."
"Pa—" Chi Hanfeng smashed the sea bowl in his hand into pieces: "Send troops to Fantao City, join forces with Fan Zijue, conquer Fantao, and cut off the enemy's retreat! Let's go!"
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In the early stages of the War of the Gods, among the three major forces, the Fanos Legion had the advantage in intelligence - after all, it had continuously penetrated the empires over the past hundreds of years, invested huge financial resources and manpower, and achieved remarkable results. And the intelligence effect was the most effective.
What is worse is the armies of the empires on the Eminor continent. Although they have the most advantageous geographical location and people, the intelligence departments of the empires have always hoped to infiltrate the enemy's army, and even resorted to the mutiny mode of high-level mercenary groups to penetrate into the enemy's interior. However,
The real results were mediocre. The mercenary groups who rebelled against the past and the humans who successively broke into Fanos and Alcatraz were not reused at all. It was simply too difficult to convey useful information from low-level positions.
In fact, a few days after Chi Hanfeng's army set off, the two chief officers of the Fanos Army: Merlin and Yemoda Wanster received secret reports one after another.
For the Fanos Army, the past few months have not been sad. Although it is located within the empire, it is protected by the mountains of Messis Peak, which stretches for hundreds of miles, and with the powerful protection of many insiders, it is not difficult to avoid the search of the imperial army.
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Merlin led his legion to conquer Pantao City, and dragon knight Yemoda. East's legion conquered Hamburg, an important town at the western foot of the Messis Peak Snow Mountain in the Empire. Norton, who set out with them, broke his arm due to overwork for more than a month.
His wounds burst open many times, and he had no choice but to return to Xilin Island by sea ship with the Third Army Corps and two other seriously injured soldiers two months ago.
According to the established plan, after capturing the city, Norton and Yemoda built high city walls while leading their cavalry to continuously attack in all directions, plundering residents from the surrounding areas of the two cities into the city to accumulate more food and grass.
The two cities are not far apart, only 215 miles apart, and a fast horse can reach them in one day. After receiving the information, Yemoda immediately rode the golden dragon and rushed to Fantao Town to negotiate with Merlin.
Merlin also received the express report, which posed a big problem to the two legion commanders.
Although after several months of training, even with the newly recruited human mercenaries, the total number of soldiers in the two legions of Fanos is only 14,000. The city of Hamburg is relatively large, and it is located on the edge of a mountain, with an abyss on both sides and a sky-high cliff on the other.
, only the front can be attacked, and it is also a city of steel. It is extremely rich in various defensive equipment and weapons and arrows. It is known as the city that never falls in the northern part of the continent. If it were not for internal support, it would be impossible for the Fanos Army to conquer it. Likewise.
, it is also easier to defend.
Although Fantao City has 100,000 residents, a three-foot-high city wall, and a small port, it is difficult to compare with Hamburg in terms of defense. In terms of military strength, it is at least 1:6. With such a gap in military strength, it is difficult to defend
The difficulty of the city is still quite high. There are more than 30,000 imperial troops starting from the imperial capital. According to another tip, the day before yesterday, the bone dragon knight Chi Aotian led more than 10 mad eagle knights to camp in the west coast defense zone of the empire.
Landing in the city, Fan Zijue gathered nearly 30,000 soldiers to encircle Fantao City. In this way, the ratio of troops would reach 1:8.
Yemoda's idea is very simple: abandon the defense of Fantao City, and shrink all the troops to Hamburg. They will wait for work and contain Hamburg.
Merlin, who was dressed as a Confucian general, asked gently: "Fantao City is lost, and we are guarding a dead end. If the Western Expedition Corps sends reinforcements again, will a landing battle be necessary? Can we cooperate with the reinforcements?"
"This..." Yemoda couldn't answer.
"When do you think our reinforcements will arrive?" Merlin folded the newsletter in his hand into squares and played with it.
"It takes about 30 days to go back and forth by ship. Counting other time, I think it will be soon. The last bulletin said that the mercenary empire war has come to an end. Only 50,000 soldiers are going to be left for garrison. All other armies will go to the empire.
West Coast." In the past few battles, Yemoda has gained a new understanding of Merlin and Norton, and his words have long lost the arrogance of the past.
"Yes, that's what I calculated. If we stick to this place and attract all the troops in the empire's war zone, it will still be of great benefit to our plan. Moreover, there is also a small port here. Once reinforcements arrive, we will immediately
Then we can provide support." Merlin asked Yemoda for his opinion.
"So, we give up Hamburg?" Yemoda was a little anxious. After staying in Hamburg for less than a month, as a soldier, he immediately fell in love with this city of pure iron. Hundreds of blacksmith shops kept replacing the soldiers of the Fanos Legion.
With new equipment, the current Yemoda Legion far surpasses Tongji in terms of combat power, at least in terms of equipment.
"No need." Merlin has also been to Hamburg and understands Yemoda's heart better. Such a city is too important for any empire. Moreover, it is easy to give up. If you want to get it back, hehe, it is estimated that no one can
It is impossible for thousands of soldiers to bleed under the city. "Send more weapons to give Fantao City some more combat power. I think with such a strong city wall, the 2,000 people of the small mercenary group Amy can still defend the city for more than ten days. We
, can a legion still be inferior to Sir Amy? That would be too embarrassing."
The two legion commanders immediately wrote a letter to General Dahaino of the Western Expeditionary Army. Yemoda used the dragon flute to summon a third-level golden dragon and sent it to Xilin Island.
The young golden dragon's attributes are earthy, and its flying speed cannot be compared with the natural dragon. It takes a day and a half to travel from the Imperial Gyeonggi War Zone to Xilin Island. In the night, the golden dragon roars to Xilin Island. Dahainuohe
Norton, Moramon and other officers did not rest. They heard the thunder and thunder outside and guessed that the dragon was coming. They came out quickly, respectfully gave the dragon a service fee (a large piece of gold) and returned to the tent with the letter.
Under the oil lamp, the three chief officers gathered around and read the letter hastily. Dahino and Norton slapped their palms on the table at the same time. Looking at the surprised faces of their two colleagues, Moramon showed a look on his face.