Chapter 265: The Industrious Black Bee
Even Simon, the commander of the Dragon Army, was transferred by him, and this matter was so important that Eugen felt that it should be handed over to a reliable person, and it was inconvenient for him to go out in person, so he thought about Simon's head.
Simon had no problem with this, as he had learned many tactics and commands from Eugen during the Reconquest of Lebour.
During this time, he was thinking of taking the Long Xiang Army to practice these methods, those bandits gathered randomly were just a good touchstone, the threat that bandits could cause was very limited, and it was the most suitable to use them to practice.
So, on a clear and warm day, Simon led his team to step on the gradually melting snow, and left the Po River defense line in a mighty way, and killed the intended target outside the defense line.
For those bandit organizations, Dirmit naturally couldn't do nothing, he had already sent someone to secretly investigate all the surrounding bandit organizations, including their numbers, locations, defenses, and so on.
With this information, Simon's attack will be like a radar-guided missile, hitting every target with unmistakable precision.
This made the attack extremely effective, and each time, Simon led the team out for three or four days, and when he returned, he would bring with him a few large carts loaded with bulging bags.
The carts were wrapped in thick blankets and covered tightly, and it was claimed that they had taken grain from the robbers, but in fact, the carts were full of robbers' looted treasures.
Since the team was full of Eugen's men, the news never leaked out, and eventually all the treasures would be transported to the camp of the Dragon Army, and when a certain number reached a certain number, it would be transported to the city of Leber.
The journey from the Po Line to the city of Lebor was under Eugen's control, so the convoy would not encounter any obstacles at all, and everything was delivered to its destination smoothly along the way.
Eugen also gave this team a special title, calling them European Black Bees, the reason for this use is to describe the troops led by Simon as industrious black bees, going to the desolate wilderness to transport carloads of golden honey back.
On average, a huge amount of money is poured into the city of Lebor every day, driving the development of the entire city.
Under Maria's leadership, the whole city of Lebor entered a period of great development, and the city government started all kinds of construction activities almost unrestrainedly, from street renovation to the construction of large public facilities, from investment in factories to recruiting workers, the whole city seemed to be transforming, and new changes were happening every day.
The refugees that Eugen guided from the Po River Line also greatly promoted the construction of the city, and with money and people, it was much easier to get things done.
As the population grew, the city underwent another military expansion, bringing the number of soldiers standing in the city to 5,000, and the construction of a new large steel plant, which was mainly responsible for the manufacture of munitions.
With a source of weapons, the Long Xiang Army also began to enter the stage of expansion.
The first research institute in the city of Lebber was not idle, and many of the technologies in the newly established steel plant were renovated and revised, and many new equipment were added, although it was all driven by primitive manpower, but it also made the plant much more efficient.
Eugen had already informed Margarita of the idea of steam power, and the director of the First Research Institute, Kamal, had also begun to conduct related experiments.
However, Eugen also has little understanding of the specific operation of steam power, and all he can put forward is an idea, and how to turn it into reality depends on the efforts of the members of the institute.
At present, it seems that all aspects of Eugen's strength are growing steadily, and if he is given enough time, he will definitely be able to accumulate extremely powerful power.
It's a pity that what they lack most now is time.
After a long stalemate between the Habsburgs and the other two great families, a terrible turn of events finally occurred.
In March, Duke Billund, who was originally fighting on the northern front, suddenly led two Ten Thousand Eagle Feather Legions and appeared on the southern front.
On the southern front, both sides were evenly fought, and the Habsburg army under the command of General Ike was barely able to withstand the Prussian attack.
However, the sudden appearance of the Saxon Legion broke this balance, and in the face of the impact of the two Ten Thousand Eagle Feather Legions, the defense line only lasted for half a day before it was completely broken.
The Saxon cavalry drove straight through the breach, fighting with all their might among the assembled Habsburg soldiers, further widening the torn breach.
General Kyiros seized the opportunity, pressed all the Prussian legions, broke through the defensive line, and then opened the line on both sides, but wanted to encircle the Habsburg legions and strangle everyone here.
After these days of fighting, the seven legions on the Prussian side had little to lose, and the total number was still around sixty-five thousand.
The soldiers on the Habsburg side were quite depleted, and nearly 10,000 warriors had remained on this land forever, and the strength of the army at the moment was only a little more than 40,000.
The gap in strength between the two sides is already widening, and if a large number of soldiers are lost again, I am afraid that they will suffer a complete defeat.
Thinking of that kind of consequence, General Ike broke out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly ordered the major legions to retreat, but unfortunately it was too late, the Prussian army encircled it had begun, and the Saxon soldiers continued to harass and pursue, and in the end they only escaped nearly half of their troops, and a full 20,000 soldiers either lost their lives or were captured by the Prussian army in this battle.
This unexpected turn of events was completely unexpected by General Allen, who had not thought of the possibility of a joint attack between Saxony and Prussia, even though they had attacked at the same time, but could not trust each other.
However, for some unknown reason, these two forces actually reached a cooperation and launched an attack together, which immediately caused great losses to the Habsburg Army.
After this crushing defeat, the Habsburg Corps was greatly reduced in strength, and could no longer defend the large plains of the Danube Valley, so it had to retreat back to the capital Vienna.
The northern front was still solid, and the Saxon army did not continue the attack after capturing the first city of the five cities, and at that time it was thought that the Saxon army was retreating and waiting for the opportunity, but now it seems that they secretly bypassed the Sudetenland and entered the Danube plain, where the southern front battlefield was located.