Chapter 1021
On the 3rd day of the Round Table Council, Byrne’s "Legion Expedition" has officially set off.
Judging from the hasty notification of the Emperor Connold, I am afraid that the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain has already been attacked-in fact, Brandon's Night Watchman intelligence network has sent some rumors about the north:
A huge elven army is advancing eastward along the Duanjie Mountain, destroying all the small fortresses and strongholds along the way, and approaching the "main entrance" of the Blood Skeleton Valley and the Duanjieshan Fortress.
Where there are fortresses and strongholds, there must be a way; as long as one fortress and one fortress are taken down, they will be able to successfully reach the exact location of the fortress in Duanjieshan in a piece of ice and heavy snow.
This rude and extremely simple method is really pure and unpretentious.
But for Connold, this kind of thing is nothing but bad news.
The strongholds and outposts were destroyed, and the northern line of defense lost its ability to detect it. It’s nothing. At least it also served to expose the enemy’s target. Emperor Connold was slapping him in the face naked.
These are just rumors at the moment, so he must act as soon as possible before the rumors become "truth", so that the empire believes that everything is in the hands of the emperor.
So Byrne and Boye must dispatch troops as soon as possible to fulfill their promises to the emperor.
Knight-errant Knight of the Byrne Army, as the pioneers of the Byrne Army; in a sense, they are the incarnation of the words "Byrne Knight" and "Knight Township";
These Knights who have been fighting alone all the year round, are good at small-scale operations and have also received group combat training. Most of them ride on horses with excellent endurance and use a variety of weapons to fight together.
In Byrne, which is rare for hussars, they generally take on vanguard and reconnaissance missions. They can either attract enemy targets on the battlefield, or fight on the battlefield, and use their excellent endurance to complete large roundabout attacks. And the task of mopping up.
Three thousand Byrne Knight, as the main force of the entire army and the essence of Byrne, after Loren's strong promotion of the "institutionalized Legion", the man and the warhorse are finally dressed in uniform armors and equipped with dovetails. Flag spear, cavalry kite-shaped shield, two-handed sword;
The Bayerns are not good at using non-armor piercing weapons. The original heavy Knight sword is not very useful against the basically unarmored elves. It is long in Azores. The sword couldn't have an advantage in front of him, so he replaced it with a dwarf-style thick mad slasher.
The last six hundred elite guards of the Scarlet Blood Castle, Knight, and four hundred people up and down the Sky Wing Hunter Fiend, served as Loren’s core guards; they were adjusted and equipped after the Battle of Eboden The Floating Void City "Hornbox" of the first version of "Kyao lightsaber" is an important and the only long-range support for the entire army.
In order to ensure foolproof, this expedition almost transferred the power of Byrne's overwhelming majority-Lake City count Bell Lanmaros, White Horse Peak count Ambon Rigeler, Glory Tower count Yi De Gerant, Stormcaster count Ayton Glenwell...
Loren transferred all the cavalry commanders in Byrne at once, and they all joined the battle. The castle of Fury count Eckert continued. Served as adjutant; Mentor Dalton Kander and Isaac Grantham, Ayn Rand led the Byrne wizards and the wizards who had withdrawn from Eboden to join the army on the Floating Void City.
In addition, it is composed of the main force of 20,000 Byrne under the commander of the rock fort count, the long spear army in phalanx, armed attendants and the silver helmet mountain dwarf servant army, and the banner gun fort count Ul Salard , Broken Sword Tower count Cedric Elandil, Loyal Soul Castle count Ganis Bowes served as adjutant.
This infantry-dominant Legion is stationed at the border of Byrne near East Sacrament, and is dispatched at any time; in addition, another thousand Mount Lookout Hussars are called up to take charge of each Legion and The liaison task between Byrne.
On the same day that Loren departed, news of the departure of Boye’s conscripts—a total of 10,000 hussars—has arrived, and they have crossed the border between Boe and East Sackland. At a speed of nearly seventy kilometers a day, he rushed to Duanjieshan non-stop.
At the same time, the thirteenth emperor of the empire, Connold I’s "fight against" war book, has also spread throughout the empire.
"To the Lord of the Kingdom of Azores, Your Majesty Xiong Yingwang:
You descendant with long ears, the leader of assassin and thieves, Demon’s gang of scoundrels, Evil God himself henchman, the recognized mental retardation of the void and the world, the silly* in front of the heaven and the abyss, the gray grandson common to the poisonous snakes and the mother mice;
Today, our citizens of the Sackland Empire are officially Announcing that under the rule of the 13th-generation Supreme Emperor Connold I, the warriors of Sackland, Eboden, Lothar, Alemans, Byrne, Boye, and Arles have completely succumbed to you. ;
Sunday hangs high in the sky, and history is recorded in books. The sky and the earth, mountains, rivers and seas will witness together, the empire will never acknowledge allegiance, the empire will fight to the last person;
The Empire will not accept any peace or compromise negotiations until the war ends as we expect;
Therefore, please prepare your grave and customize your coffin and urn for our convenience After completely destroying your army physically and mentally, you can dig out your grave;
If you drag out an ignoble existence, the imperial crown that you take away is your noose. ;
If you die in battle like a jackal, we will erect a pillar of shame for the Azores on your frustrated land;
No warning, no reminder , His Majesty Connold and all the subjects of the empire will accept your arrogant and conceited challenge, personally destroy you under the Fortress of Broken Boundaries, and then destroy all the Azores who still dare to appear on the territory of the empire one by one.
——————The Sackland Empire and its loyal subjects together pay tribute to your corpse..."
"...this, this Is it really written by my Imperial Brother? Fake, why don’t I remember that he still has this level of literature, and this style feels more like mine..."
A place in Sacramento In the Legion camp, looking at the letterhead Edward handed him and the declaration of war with a "different style" on it, Brandon Desalion looked surprised, and at the same time he looked at the places that could be modified with admiration:
"Well, it feels more appropriate to replace the "long ears" in the first sentence with "Master Rabbit". After all, the elves may not understand this metaphor; the empire emphasizes a bit more often, and reducing it once does not affect the meaning. Expressed;"
"And the'grey grandson', I think it should be replaced by..."
"This letter is ordered by His Majesty Connold and commissioned the Empire The parliamentary compilation is completed."
Seeing the topic is about to be led away by His Royal Highness Going in a strange direction, Edward, the night watchman in pain in his temple, quickly opened the mouth and said:
"It should be because your Majesty is eager to send troops, so he released it without waiting for review. "
"What, he didn't write it..." Brandon looked disappointed, and he didn't forget to spit out:
"che, it's boring. "
"..."Edward.
Brandon shook his head without noticing the change in the expression of the leader of his night watch, and took a serious look at the "Declaration of War" in his hand. ", the corners of his mouth suddenly aroused.
"No, no, that's what he meant--maybe he didn't write it himself, but it must be his instruction. "
Edward did not show any expression, and listened carefully with a puzzled look.
"Does this declaration of war have any substantial significance to the Majesty Xiong Yingwang?" No, definitely not—whether we fight or not, he is already in the glacier wasteland north of Duanjie Mountain. "
"In this case, attacking the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain is his only choice; whether this letter can be delivered to him or not, this matter will not change. "
Raising the letterhead in his hand, Brandon smiled playfully: "Therefore, his letter is not addressed to that majesty Xiong Yingwang, but to us, to be more precise. , It belongs to the nobles who are still'observing the situation' in the empire. "
"If the'full mobilization' before this can be regarded as the attitude of the emperor himself, then this letter is the final'declaration of war' in the name of the imperial aristocracy; starting today, No one should expect to surrender or compromise to the Azores. "
"At the same time, this is also a response to all the previous rumors about the fortress of Duanjieshan-the emperor knows everything well, and is already fully prepared to face all the invading enemies. . "
"In this way, the prestige of my beloved Imperial Brother is definitely not reduced but increased. In addition, this time the enemy is attacking from the Broken Border Mountain Fortress in the north, which can increase the victory of the empire. Confidence. "
"Of course, the premise is that he can really win..."
Brandon muttered in a low voice.
"You are worried about your majesty Will lose? "Edward frowned slightly, his expression a little worried.
Of course, what he was worried about was actually Brandon expecting Emperor Connold to lose.
"No, what about this battle?" It seems that my Imperial Brother won. "Brandon waved his hand vigorously, his hesitant expression never relieved:
"It's just because it seems to be winning, that makes people worry about accidents..."
According to the information collected before, the Azorean elves have reached a very detailed level of understanding of the empire, they must know the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain, in that case...
No, even if they don’t. , And what idiot would leave the gem river channel more suitable for invasion not to use it, and turn from the desolate to the ice field attack that can’t provide any supplies?
Unless they have a reason to do so.
To attack the empire on three sides? It is possible, but it will not reverse the disadvantages of ice operations. Moreover, the split attack itself violates the basic combat principle of "separate attack and joint attack".
They are fighting in the empire and they do not have the advantage of local warfare. The large-scale division of troops will definitely weaken the battle strength of the various armies, objectively resulting in the probability of being destroyed by the enemy one by one.
So...what is it, Let the enemy “must” use this method to force Connold’s Imperial Brother to go north and fight him at the Fortress of Duojieshan?
The messenger who broke into the camp interrupted his thoughts and sent a letter After passing the letterhead to Edward, he bowed and saluted Brandon, and then left in a hurry.
"Wait a minute, let me guess first. "
Stopping Edward who wanted to report immediately, Brandon said with a smile first: "It's bad news, right? "
"Yes...nor. "
The night watchman gave a very ambiguous answer.
"Your enemies—to be precise, they are the East Sarks whom you call the “rebels” Nobles of Lan, after collective discussion, about 1/4/2021 decided not to accept your negotiation terms, and decided to formally appeal to the Sky Palace, requesting a court trial; if the imperial court does not accept, then request His Majesty Connold personally Come forward and hold the imperial trial. "
Brandon sat upright and blinked at Edward: "So... what's the result?" "
"His Royal Highness Connold refused their request for an imperial trial, but the imperial court accepted the trial-when we confronted these rebels, their representatives had gone to Imperial Capital and participated in this Trial. "
Edward said solemnly: "What the person just sent is the final resolution of the Imperial Assembly and the court. "
"Well, this should be considered bad news, what is the good news? "
"The good news is that the imperial court finally decided that this issue is an internal contradiction in East Sacrament, and the Prince of East Sacrament and the East Sacramento nobles should discuss the method, handle and resolve it on their own;
It is never allowed to intervene in the next battle of Duanjieshan; apart from this, the empire and the sky palace only accept the final unanimous decision of East Sackland, and do not accept any request made by others alone. Including yours. "
It took Brandon a whole minute to figure out what this passage meant.
"In other words, no matter how much I and this bunch of country people As long as the rich lord does not let them die thoroughly, I can pull out a group of people to stand on my side and say that the East Sackland civil strife is over, so you don’t have to worry anymore-the sky palace does not matter? "
"It should be understandable this way. "Edward is nodded, feeling a little uneasy.
He originally thought that the empire would take the opportunity to intervene in East Sacrament affairs to weaken Brandon's power in East Sacrament; they actually let go, saying "This is your business, don't bother us."
In other words, the nobles of Western Sacrament have decided to give up their gang in Eastern Sacrament after negotiating with the emperor." Country relatives", don’t care about their life and death anymore.
This, this is too...eh?!
Vaguely aware of a murderous aura of Edward lifting suddenly the head, I saw that the prince in front of him was grinning at the corner of his mouth and smiling, his expression was very brilliant, just like a child.
And it was very hairy.
"This But it’s really good news..." Brandon whispered and slowly stood up from his chair, as if there was something shining in his eyes: "Since the Heavenly Vault has ordered it, then We don’t have to wait any longer-send orders to the entire army and give them half a day to prepare; tell everyone that we don’t accept any form of surrender, the rebels die, surrendered and imprisoned, surrendered Fiefdom and half of the property for redemption . "
"As for the group of dare to swindle me, the group of guys who sneaked to the Imperial Capital to sue...well, there is no need to say anything, and there is no need to threaten them. I will go talk to them myself . "