Chapter 1083
While Loren was still trying his best to bypass the battlefield from the Jewel River and enter the imperial capital that was under siege, the "Golovan Defense" in West Sacrament was already in full swing. Staged.
But in fact, there is a "small misunderstanding"; that is, when did the "Golovin Imperial Capital Defense War" in the cognition of all parties begin, there are about four to four Five answers.
The reason is that the time difference in the middle is very different-whether it started with Byrne Legion going north and sticking to the Imperial Capital; or the Azores breakthrough defense line, water and land invasion of Sisak Lan begins; or is the Eboden line completely collapsed, and Grand Duke Allerman leads his army to break through?
During this period, there were also various niche theories, such as "The Duke of Byrne went westward", "Boy Hussein crossed the road", "The Crown Prince Brandon went south"...
Various theories are mixed, mixed with the interest entanglements of several forces, or some scholar establishing the sect, the purpose of writing the book; so that the future history has to At the same time, it includes almost all there is a saying, and the start time is roughly set within one month before and after.
As for why this happened... In addition to the chaos of the war, the time difference in traffic and communication, a reason that is rarely noticed is from Imperial Capital Golovin-more accurate Said it was a letter of assistance from the Heavenly Vault.
Since the founding of the empire for thirteen generations, Imperial Capital Golovin has never encountered any war-the reason is very simple. It is Eboden to the north, Sackland to the east, and Lothar to the west. , Return to the south under the jurisdiction of Byrne...The Imperial Capital, which is protected from all sides, is basically impossible to encounter the threat of war.
Thirteen generations of comfortable life, the nobles of Imperial Capital have long forgotten what war is; the sky dome is the core of the world, then the end of the world is the city wall of Golovin-as for What happened outside the city wall was an anecdote in another world, nothing more than talk at the banquet reception.
So even though the empire has entered a state of total war, and even the Emperor Imperial Capital personally went north to sit in the fortress of Duanjieshan, the nobles of Imperial Capital are still very calm, complaining about the increasingly scarce luxury goods and the recent Exercisingly.
This "calm" continued until the Eboden line was breached for the first time, and a small group of Azores attacked a manor near the Imperial Capital.
The first reaction of the Imperial Capital nobles who heard the news was not panic, but excitement.
For these "long-eared elves" who suddenly appeared, the Imperial Capital aristocrats did not regard them as irreconcilable enemies, but some kind of "fresh stuff"-to alien cultures and aliens. The curiosity of race made these aristocrats who had nothing to eat and work to find new pleasures in their boring lives.
So under the "excitement" of the aristocratic council, a "Imperial Capital Guard Legion" led by the Imperial Capital patrol team, mixed with fanatical Holy Cross followers, and young Knight led by the "Imperial Capital Guard Legion" was formed. , Also specially handed over a declaration of war to the Azores on the opposite side, fighting to the death on a flat grass near the Gem River.
The Azores warrior who received the challenge letter was very touched, and specially asked the messenger to send a thank you letter, saying that he must "comply with the noble reputation of the warrior and fight fairly with the Knights of the Empire";
Then I waited the same day for "Imperial Capital Guard Legion" for a whole day and found that he had been released with pigeons. In the evening, I found out that this Legion had only finished the journey of 2/3/2021. The wizard warriors were annoyed Launched a surprise attack, leaving the gang of people killed.
In order to retaliate against "the imperial people for not keeping their promises", the Azores warriors sent all the captured prisoners to the Imperial Capital city wall and beheaded them in full view.
The scared city wall guards watched these people have their heads chopped off—among which is included ten Yu Family heirs, radical imperial aristocratic councillors, more than a hundred people are in harmony with Germany The Imperial Family of Salion has bloodline of in-laws.
These "noble bloodlines" were chopped off their heads like hyenas in the spring breeze in the clear sky.
Imperial Capital nobles finally panicked-after three hundred years, they once again learned the difference between street riots and war.
They found it for the first time. The war can actually be so close to oneself; the Eboden line, which seems to be far away in the horizon, may be no more than a few days away for the light cavalry.
If the Eboden line of defense collapses, then Imperial Capital, as the rear, will be directly exposed to the fronts of hundreds of thousands of Azores elves.
At the suggestion of some "responsible" young nobles, the front-line commander of the imperial parliament, Secretary of State Severin de Salion wrote a very severe letter of reprimand, accusing him of "supervising the war" It is unfavorable and even the Imperial Capital suffers, and the Imperial Family is ashamed".
Then they received another terrifying piece of information-the port of Eboden was thawed, the Azores elven reinforcements had arrived, and the strength might not be less than 100,000.
The Eboden line of defense, which was originally on the verge of collapse, may collapse at any time.
In the voice of "excitement", Metternich Leopold, the chief of the Imperial Cabinet and the Minister of the Seal, "indifferently" refused the nobles to send Legion outside the city. Guard Imperial Capital, especially the request of the private estates of the nobles.
In order to appease the emotions of all parties, and after consulting His Royal Highness Princess Zhang Fitronay, he still agreed to let the imperial parliament send letters of assistance to "all parts of the empire".
But on the issue of "who to ask for help", the Imperial Capital nobles are caught in a great contradiction.
Because there is no doubt about the distance, Lotaire, Alman and East Sacrament must be the nearest three places; They help; Elman is everywhere in the hills, and when the reinforcements arrive, it will be cold.
The best option is of course Brandon Desalion, who is rebelling in East Sacrament-but the last thing the Imperial Capital nobles want to choose is Brandon Desalion!
This "disgraced prince" has already obtained the status of the Prince of East Sackland and the first heir in the last exchange of interests. Once he has the huge "save the Imperial Capital" Prestige is equivalent to making him the next-generation emperor who is firmly established.
For the nobles of Imperial Capital, this may really be more uncomfortable than letting them die.
After a brief quarrel, or more accurately, after bad news came from the front line one by one, the Imperial Capital aristocrats had to turn their attention to another force-Byrne.
This is also an option that makes Imperial Capital aristocrats very "difficult".
The Byrnes and the Sacklanders... More precisely, it is the imperial nobles of Western Sackland who have always been at odds and are in a state of despising others.
This state reached its peak in the "Black Duke" era, and ended with the death of Roland Torino and the division of Byrne's thirteen leaders.
Now, facing the strong rise of Byrne and the "internal trouble and outside aggression" of the empire, the reluctant Imperial Capital aristocrats have to once again challenge the Battle Emperor country. A powerful vassal of authority asks for help.
In order to ensure that Byrne will not refuse, the Imperial Capital nobles specifically described the current situation as very dangerous-the Eboden line of defense has collapsed, and the life and death of the Grand Duke Eleman and the Minister of Military Affairs are unknown. Imperial Capital Goro Wen is in jeopardy...how miserable it is.
They know that this ancient "Knight Town" has always had some very stubborn "hero traditions". They rarely refuse requests for honor and face, and they are especially keen on actions that can win prestige.
Even if the bait is salty, they are sure to let Byrne take the bait.
On the same day that the Imperial Capital letter of assistance arrived, the letter of assistance from the Duanjieshan Fortress also came to Scarlet Blood Castle; Charlotte, who was hesitant, decided to rush to the Imperial Capital Golovin, and he He personally rushed to Brandon's barracks to "supervise" the crown prince to rescue Duanjie Mountain.
80,000 people, the elite Legion of Byrne, quickly moved northward and entered the Western Sacrament at the speed of the Legion of Compassionate Sacrament; the wishful thinking of the Imperial Capital nobles finally succeeded.
But unfortunately, this world has never been satisfactory to anyone.
Almost on the same day that Byrne Legion entered the scope of the Imperial Capital, the bad news from the Eboden line of defense also spread to the Imperial Capital Golovin. After confirming that there was an army breakthrough line of defense, Rodria· The Azores little Prince finally stopped hesitating and immediately organized an army to launch a full-scale attack on the Eboden line.
In the face of almost twice as many enemies, the Eboden line was caught off guard with heavy casualties, and many fortresses were directly flattened; in the end, the weakened defender was caught by the elven Prince and organized. Thirty thousand vanguards marched on land and water from the Gem River, broke through the Eboden line, and pushed all the way to the Imperial Capital Golovin.
Two days later, Brandon, who had just put down the East Sacrament Rebellion, finally received the news that the Eboden Line was breached, but finally decided to go north to support the Broken Frontier Fortress; and he was fully prepared to become "Imperial Byrne Legion of "Capital Liberator" was a little too late, and finally arrived at his destination on the 2nd day when the Azores elves entered the Imperial Capital range.
The two sides did not carry too much heavy equipment in order to march quickly, so the outpost scouts on both sides collided directly with each other without warning, and a fierce conflict broke out.
After getting information on the outpost, the little Prince thought that this was a reinforcement that had hit the Imperial Capital’s support of the Eboden line and must be eliminated;
The commander of Byrne Legion, Rock Castle count Angelt judged that it was the Azores who were fighting against him, and they were encircling the Imperial Capital army; if they could not be defeated as soon as possible, his 80,000 Byrne Legion would lose the opportunity to enter the Imperial Capital.
So the two sides invested all their forces in a silly manner, and an extremely fierce encounter broke out outside the Imperial Capital; the battle lasted from noon to the evening, and both sides chose to lose their morale and physical strength. Retreat temporarily.
The defenders of Imperial Capital watched the battle on the city wall from beginning to end, closing the city gate and never supporting Byrne Legion, let alone sending cavalry to provide any useful information.
This headless and doomed encounter lasted one day and one night again. The prudent little Elf His Highness the Prince chose to retreat temporarily and reorganized the army that was scattered to the point of losing its establishment;
And Byrne Legion took advantage of this short "window period" to march overnight and finally entered the Imperial Capital Golovin before the Imperial Capital was encircled by the enemy.
At the same time, the two commanders of Eboden’s defense line-Uli Wirtz, Duke of Allermans, and the Secretary of State Severin Dessalion were breached against the defense line, and there was a fierce Contradiction.
Elman Great Princess Zhang retreated across the board and attacked the pioneer army of the Azores from the back before the Imperial Capital was encircled, and asked for help from all parts of the empire at the same time;
And military affairs The minister insisted on continuing to stick to the broken line of defense, because the army of the breakthrough line of defense is only a small part of the enemy. Giving up the line of defense is equivalent to giving up a large area of territory, allowing the enemy to launch an offensive in any direction without any interference.
The result of the dispute between the two sides was that the Grand Duke Eileman led his army to the south, while the Minister of Military Affairs continued to organize his extremely limited forces and resources to reorganize the line of defense on the border between Eboden and East Sacrament. Resist the Azores' uninterrupted attacks time and time again.
On the 2nd day of the southward journey, the Grand Duke Elman and the elven little Prince’s army who had retreated shortly met in the rear—the Azorean spirit root assaulted the southward spirit root. There was no defense against the back, but the attack came from the back. The elven little Prince suffered quite heavy casualties and was almost broken through across the board. The army was almost divided into two, falling into a situation where they were fighting each other.
The empty rear of the enemy allowed Grand Duke Elman to seize the opportunity; the brave and combative Swordsman with both hands of Elman rushed into the barracks and looted wildly; most importantly, the fleet of the elves was burned.
The reason why the little elven Prince was able to invade southward at such a fast speed was relying on the elven fleet on the Gem River; throwing a large amount of materials and heavy equipment onto the ship greatly accelerated him. Marching pace.
Aleman's backstab hit the soft underbelly of the elf Prince.
But Duke Uli Wertz was not dazzled by the victory. He knew very well that the forces he had on hand were simply not enough to confront the Azores head-on, even under the premise of equal forces.
So on that night, Eleman Legion broke into pieces, scattered and broke through-during the period, the Elf Prince who was flying into a rage out of humiliation kept chasing and killing the whole Sisak. The northern part of Lanland has become a battlefield of blood and fire.
The Grand Duke Elman who paid a certain amount of casualties, entered the Imperial Capital city wall on the 3rd day when Legion arrived at the Imperial Capital in Byrne.
It took three days for Rodria Azores to reorganize its armaments. With 30,000 vanguards as the core, a large number of troops rushing through the defensive line were scattered, and finally they managed to gather 100,000. The Azores up and down officially went south to encircle Imperial Capital.
Thousands of elven warriors rushed into the unsuspecting and unresisting plains of Western Sacrament, burning, looting, and plundering the nobles’ manors and warehouses. All the looting was wiped out and all the rebels were killed.
From beginning to end, Imperial Capital never sent a reinforcement to protect those who were burned and looted in the countryside;
After such crazy days lasted for a whole week , Azorean elves finally completely blocked and occupied the surrounding area of Imperial Capital, and the tents and flags of the siege appeared outside the gate of Golovin.
Imperial Capital's offensive and defensive battle has officially begun.