Chapter 119, the battle for counterinsurgency begins
The autumn harvest is over, and the rainy season is coming to an end.
Under clear skies.
The 100,000 Pingping rebels who had completed the assembly left Duqiao Town with logistics supplies and marched towards the enemy army that had stopped at the junction of the eastern, southern and central regions.
Scouts on horseback and forth deliver messages back and forth every day.
After several days of rapid marching, they were getting closer and closer to the enemy.
Didn't bring soldiers and horses.
Lanton, Immorton were right next to Chris, and of course the restless returning horse Boy Skinner.
"Gabry, Marshal Medici's order has come down, and he wants the soldiers of the Northland and the Snowy Lands to join the Chinese Guard. ”
"But neither Duchess Isabella nor Duchess Elena were willing. ”
And offered to organize a unit to join the vanguard army. ”
"What do you think?"
Hearing Chris's words, Langton understands that he also wants to join the vanguard to compete for his military achievements, but he knows that the other side can survive a hundred battles, and now he has no understanding of the Believer Rebellion.
Acting rashly as a vanguard may become cannon fodder for the counterinsurgents to test the enemy.
"To be honest, I don't approve of you joining the Vanguard Army on an adventure. ”
Chris shook his head: "Gabby, don't take risks, how can our family move towards a more brilliant future?"
Lanton does have a way to make the Lanton family brilliant without taking risks, and has arranged for everyone to develop on Rock Island, and has also allowed the Chamber of Commerce to expand in the direction of a big capital consortium.
Just be patient and deal with some surprises and minor problems.
The Langton family will definitely go to the top!
But......
None of this can be said.
After a deep sigh, Langton said, "Chris, as long as you believe me, don't take too many risks in this war." ”
"Because the one who survives to the end is the winner. ”
"The one who lives to the end is the winner?" said a good one!" A nobleman who was passing by on a horse immediately looked at Langton with a look of approval on his face.
"This knight is so knowledgeable!"
"Good insight?" Langton shook his head with a wry smile: "This is not a good insight, most people will think I am a coward." ”
"Coward?" the nobleman laughed heartily, "So you know that, too." ”
"But it's okay to wait for those who mock and ridicule to die. ”
"It's all about the winner who survives!"
Langton nodded thoughtfully: "That's right. ”
The nobleman's friendly horseback leaned over, stretched out his hand, and said, "I am Martin Burns, from the South, and I am in charge of delivering letters between the marshal and our duke. ”
"I'm Gabriel Langton and I'm from Northland. ”
Facing this enthusiastic and hearty southern nobleman, Langton shook his hand and introduced himself: "This is my eldest brother, Christian Langton. ”
Chris also nodded politely: "Hello, Sir Martin Burns." ”
"Haha, you can just call me Martin, my friends call me Martin. Martin Burns said boldly: "Although I don't have any great skills, I just like to make friends, and I heard that your spirits in the Northland are good." ”
"Can you please have a few drinks?"
"Drinking?" Hearing this, Chris felt a little embarrassed, and the Grand Duke Medici, who had changed from military minister to marshal, had explicitly forbidden officers and soldiers to drink.
Langton shook his head, feeling that this Martin was a little out of tune.
But thinking that many nobles in the army didn't take the marshal's prohibition of alcohol seriously, before he went south, Tywin also reminded him to bring more good wine, in addition to being able to build a good relationship with the nobles, it can also warm up in winter.
Moreover, the traceless stretch bag on the body does contain a lot of wine.
Looking around, it is true that no one will report it.
"Asking me for a drink is really the right person. ”
"But don't be here. ”
Martin nodded: "That's right, why should you give Marshal Medici a little face." ”
"How about adding three of us?"
The bearded man who was marching with the team suddenly asked loudly.
"Good. Martin, who likes to make friends, has no objection: "Of course, the more people who drink, the better." ”
Chris: "Isn't that good?"
The double-sword warrior pulled the spear beard beside him: "It's better to be disciplined." ”
"It's okay, you just write it down with the general's stick. ”
The bearded man had a loud voice, which happened to be heard by Angus Medici, the eldest son of the field marshal who was on patrol, and the deputy commander of the Vanguard Army, who knew Langton from the North, and Martin from the South.
Or Martin's friend.
"Calling friends and friends in the army to drink, twenty military sticks per person. ”
Hearing this, Martin's face suddenly fell, and he was a little angry: "Angus, how can you treat your friends like this?"
"This is the army. ”
"Pay attention, too!"
Angus understood what kind of character this guy had, so he didn't bother to say anything, warned the soldiers around him, and continued to patrol.
Caught and revealed, Langton, Martin, and the bearded men were a little depressed.
But Martin didn't care, and when he saw Angus walking away, he said, "Since we're all going to be beaten, why don't we drink enough?"
The bearded man also decided to break the jar and break: "Do you have enough wine?"
Hearing this, Langton raised his eyebrows: "It's enough." ”
The Twin Sword Warrior smiled bitterly and pulled another long-bearded warrior with a broadsword, intending to drink with the bearded man and then be punished together.
As a result, Langton, Immorton, Rams and Martin, and the bearded man left the team.
Run to the grove next to the avenue and sit down for a drink.
There were Rams as squires.
In addition to the wine from the bag, Langton also took out snacks such as dried fruits, jerky, and biscuits, and the longbearded warrior left for a while, hunting a rabbit back, so that the spices and barbecue grill in the bag could also be used.
The bearded man put down his spear and drank heartily, not treating himself as an outsider at all.
As you can see from the equipment of the trio, they are not knights.
There is no jazz either.
But Martin, who likes to make friends, never disliked: "Don't the three strong men introduce themselves to us?"
Although the double-sword warriors are dressed more down-and-out, they have the bearing of ordinary people, and they are educated by the nobility and understand the proper manners.
When he heard this, he said: "I am Jackson Ogas, the second brother William Wilson is the great swordman, and the spearman is my third brother David Davis, and we are brothers in life and death under the witness of the God of Creation." ”
The surname Ogas is a variant of the royal August.
Martin was a little surprised: "I didn't expect you to still be a royal branch bloodline?"
"How did you meet and worship?"
"What's the story here?"
The bearded David Davis said hesitantly: "I was originally a butcher, I saw the eldest brother acting chivalrous on the street, and then the second brother came to help, because I admired them for not being afraid of power and extraordinary skills, so I bowed down, what is the story." ”
"Isn't that the story?" Martin smiled and clinked glasses with him, "tell us more about how you acted chivalrous." ”
Jackson Augas shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There is nothing commendable about the little chivalrous deeds. ”
"But I've heard that the Knight Gabriel is a legend of the Northlands. ”
"Me?" Langton, who had roasted a bunny with Rams, was a little speechless, not expecting him to pull it on his head.
Jackson nodded: "Knight Gabriel is the famous infatuated Gabriel of the Northland, who has taken care of his comatose sweetheart for ten years. ”
"I participated in the tragic battle of the Northlands and was lucky to survive. ”
Then help the young Duchess Isabella and overthrow the traitor Ravenna Theron. ”
"Now a pioneer knight, and an island off the coast of the Northland. ”
"Isn't his story legendary?"
"Yes, yes!" Martin nodded when he heard this, and then urged Langton: "Gabry, tell me about your legendary experience." ”
Langton: "......"
Rams knew that Langton liked to keep a low profile, would not brag about himself, and would not show off, so he immediately understood that this was his chance to perform, and hurriedly said: "I know, I know. ”
"I can talk about adults!"
Martin didn't mind: "Say it quickly." ”
"The story also begins with the tragic battle of the Plains in the Northlands......" After some processing, Rams recounts the glorious deeds of Lanton, and does not mention the infatuation, emphasizing that he helped Tywin defeat the rebels and used the Chamber's fleet to transport people back to the Northlands.
Martin and Jackson gave Langton a thumbs up.
......
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In the blink of an eye, the counterinsurgency army reached the central south, approaching the southern border, and also approaching the enemy.
Martin, who likes to make friends, returns to the south to deliver a message to the Duke of the South, and the three Jackson brothers also join a flank division and leave their headquarters according to the command, preparing to form an encirclement of the rebels.
Langton couldn't convince Chris after all.
He insisted on following Isabella, Woodford and his sons into the Vanguard.
And Tywin took more than a hundred people to join the Chinese Guard.
Most of the military has nothing to do with Lanton, and he seems to be busy with the army, all because the team of the Chamber of Commerce arrived and began to buy and sell with nobles from all over the world.
Because all the mechanical repeaters ordered by Giovanni Medici have been delivered to the east.
The big customer bought hundreds more and asked for the cloud to be given to the Medici family's private army.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lanton's hawker group plans to keep up!
See Langton has better steel armor.
In order to be less injured in the war and have a better chance of survival, many nobles, knights, officers and soldiers with few family assets have generously opened their purses.
In addition to the arms trade, he also told many lords about the business of the chamber of commerce.
But these nobles were too short-sighted and only focused on trade.
The construction of factories and the opening of the market are not considered at all.
While talking about business and marching, the vanguard army at the forefront encountered the enemy, and the war drums, trumpets, and shouts announced the official beginning of the war.
"The battle has finally begun. ”
It is not easy to negotiate business with a group of military aristocrats, they will not be willing to pay too much, the benefits are too large, they don't want to share more.
Ranton has to talk to people almost every day!
Beat these guys to the punch!
Now the enemy is discovered, and the nobles who take up the sword for the sake of merit, for the greater good.
Finally let go of the small commercial profits in front of me.
Because of his status as the Duke's advisor, Tywin had access to the marshal's tent to sit on the less important military arrangements, and could learn about the front, and after understanding, he was sure that the siege of the rebels had succeeded in trapping the rebels.
With the strength of the armies of both sides on the surface.
The counterinsurgency forces have a great advantage.
However, with Ares and Loki behind the scenes, this war will definitely not go too smoothly to win.
"Gabry, if you were a rebel general, how would you win this battle?"
Tywin didn't want this war to be won too easily.
It's not in his interest!
Knowing that the old lion wanted to gain more merit in the war, get rid of the situation that Isabella used to balance the Woodford father and son, and even take the opportunity to enter the imperial capital, Langton groaned for a moment and said: "Pretend to want to break through on the surface. ”
"In fact, find out the location of the commander, and then launch a surprise attack to kill the commander of the whole army. ”
"I can't think of any good way to do that. ”
Because there is extraordinary power in this world, and the individual force is extremely high, the decapitation tactic is indeed the most effective method.
And the army of peasants could not defeat them head-on.
Tywin nodded, asking, "Do you have any thoughts on this?"
Hearing this, Lan Dun's eyes immediately widened, the old lion obviously had the intention of leaking the position of the Chinese army and attracting the enemy's main force to attack!
"No idea!"
"At the previous military conference, I made a proposal to the Medici marshal. Tywin said: "We are the Empire's counterinsurgency, and we are fighting for the stability of the Empire, and we must also stabilize people's hearts, so we should show the momentum of the Chinese army." ”
"It's better to force the rebels to fight a decisive battle, and then destroy them with the power of thunder. ”
Marshal Medici agreed. ”
Langton felt a toothache: "So... The marshal wants to attract the enemy to attack the Chinese army?"
Tywin shook his head, "I don't know, after all, I'm just an advisor to the Duke of Northland, not an Imperial general." ”
Langton understood: "So we have to be ready......"
He is willing to see the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
But don't want to take too much risk:
Tywin saw his intention at a glance, shook his head and said, "Although the Chinese army is strong here, I have received news that the leader of the rebel army is not weak. ”
"It's like a golden order. ”
"You'd better hurry up and find an opportunity to summon a few strong people to help. ”
“......”
Langton was a little speechless: "Is it so easy to summon?"
Tywin: "I'll cover for you." ”
"Okay. ”
After consulting with his subordinates and the major lords, Bruce Medici assumed the banner of commander, showed his position to the rebels, and launched with great momentum, commanding the flanks to shrink and force the enemy to a decisive battle.
On the other side, I got a message from the scouts.
The back road had been blocked from the south, and knowing that the two flanks of the counterinsurgency were outflanking, Serk Alexander, as the leader, immediately guessed the enemy's plan.
In order to save the people of Leba.
In order to overthrow the tyranny of the aristocracy.
In order to build an ideal country.
Because he didn't want to see the commoners being oppressed by the nobles, and he didn't want to see starvation everywhere, this rebellious priest of the Holy Light Sect really didn't have much selfishness.
But things have come to this point.
He couldn't help himself.
The last defeat at the hands of the Medici Archduke in the East caused countless believers to die in war, and countless people died of starvation and winter.
Sec Alexander was truly guilty.
At the same time, I understand.
This war will not be won for a day, and the three brothers and the believers will never be able to escape the shadow of tragedy.
Defeat means more innocent deaths.
More people are displaced!
The oppression of the nobility will never end!
So.
Any chance of winning, even if it's slim, try your best to seize it!
"I have decided to lead the elite troops and attack the enemy Marshal Bruce Medici's central army. ”
"Derek, I want you to crush the enemy vanguard head-on!"
"Eric, I want you to defeat the southern forces that have been holding us back in the rear!"
"Then the two of you work together to stop the enemy from closing in on you... Even ......."
"Cooperate with me to destroy the enemy!"
"Are you confident you can do it?"
Knowing that it had reached the most critical juncture, Eric and his second brother Derrick, carrying the tomahawk, glanced at each other, and their eyes were extremely firm, and they nodded solemnly.
In unison, they said, "The Light will protect us over everything!"
Selke: "The Light will shelter us and win!"
...... To be continued......