Chapter 54: The Battle of Italy (2)
"According to the intel that Henry brought, that damned traitor has gathered great forces and is ready for us to pave the way forward with the blood of German warriors."
"The main component of his army was the well-equipped Italian mercenary force, and a small part of the Venetian army, but they joined in the name of volunteers."
His Majesty the Emperor finally decided to break the calm first, stood up and pointed to the map, and said: "The Italians have the best armor and weapons in Christendom, and many years of war have made them very cunning on the battlefield, often resorting to intrigue and trickery. In particular, the Venetian army, which was equipped with Byzantine Greek fire, was likely to inflict great casualties on our infantry phalanx when the two armies fought, and our soldiers must be reminded of this. ”
"At present, we only have a general understanding of the composition of the enemy's forces, but we are not very clear about the specific deployment of the enemy on the way forward. The Grand Duke of Swabia followed His Majesty the Emperor to make his position clear.
Henry, Grand Duke of Bavaria, snorted softly, pressed his hands on the table and said to the Grand Duke of Swabia: "Now we are not discussing how backward our intelligence is, the most important problem is how to solve the difficulties in front of us, you are always like this, closely following the steps of His Majesty the Emperor, including the matter of the regent of Dean Mathilde, you are also the first to stand up and raise your hands in favor, as the oldest nobleman in the whole of Germany, your approach really makes my juniors feel very ...... Hehe. ”
Archduke Henry did not finish his sentence, and carried it with his characteristic dry laughter, which only made the atmosphere of the scene even more awkward and dull.
"Enough!"
Emperor Otto stepped forward at the right time, stopped the two archdukes who were about to quarrel, and brought the topic back to what he wanted to discuss.
"We now have a common enemy, and if we are not united, the honour of Germany will be tarnished, and then both you and I will be laughed at by the world, understand?" His Majesty's cheeks were red from anger, and the spit splattered like a sprinkler on the map in front of him, and the spots looked very messy.
Henry IV, Grand Duke of Carinthia, immediately came out to play a round and made a tentative suggestion: "Don't fight, everyone, or shall we first send a forward force as the vanguard of the army, and find out the distribution of the enemy's forces, so as to facilitate the march of the subsequent army?" ”
"It's easy to say, but who wants to be this forward force that has no return? Is it yours, or is it someone else's? The Grand Duke of Franconia was unimpressed by Henry IV's suggestion and asked with a sneer.
Listening to these big people fighting like children, I had a hard time standing on the sidelines, knowing that years of otaku life have degraded my body functions very much, and standing for a long time may cause spinal protrusions to twist, which in turn affects the function of the torso.
The more I listened, the more sleepy I became, and the words of the Grand Duke of Franconia suddenly woke me up from my wandering state, or rather, a bad feeling slowly penetrated my nerves from the soles of my feet......
His Majesty the Emperor raised his head and glanced at the nobles standing in front of him, everyone who was watching was like being licked by the flames, and some people couldn't help but retreat in fright, at this moment I couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
However, His Majesty the Emperor's gaze was projected onto me over the layers of figures in front of me, instantly knocking me into an ice cave, and I couldn't hide from what was coming.
"Isn't there a ready-made candidate here? The Viscount, who has long been famous! ”
Emperor Otto seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but in fact he was overjoyed to find cannon fodder, and he looked around at the few dukes around him who were smiling with understanding.
"Our despicable Knight Randy is both wise and brave, deeply appreciated by His Holiness the Pope, and has successfully completed the mission several times, I think he is the striker this time."
Everyone applauded or nodded, and almost went out to order five hundred gongs and drums, glad that he was not chosen to be the boy who sent him to death.
Everyone looked at me affectionately, of course, there was more schadenfreude in affection, but there would never be sympathy, maybe Zareth would have a little bit, who knows?
There is a kind of people...... Always charge ahead and enjoy the back!
There is a kind of people...... It's always a matter of brushing clothes to hide merit and fame!
All right! I'm not as noble as I described, but I also know that my fate will only be so bumpy, that perverted emperor always tortures me with all kinds of bad tricks at various times, and I don't understand why he hates me so much, is it because he is too handsome? Well, technically quite possibly.
In consideration of the problem of battlefield coordination and command, His Majesty the Emperor was very considerate to let me command the infantry I brought, and also handed over the infantry and knights of the Principality of Upper Lorraine to me to command.
Because I am a knight loyal to the family of the Count Ardennes of the Duchy of Upper Lorraine, in his words, the native army accent dialect or something, the communication should be completely barrier-free, it seems that my current fief is in the royal territory of the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, why don't you send me the elite soldiers of the royal family? That way I'm more able to connect and perform well.
In short, all kinds of fragmentary troops with different corners have been stuffed into my combat sequence, and the miscellaneous soldiers with different equipment have been re-dispersed and integrated regardless of their affiliation, and the number has reached 2,000 people, forming a seemingly powerful avant-garde force, but I can't comment on the combat effectiveness of these miscellaneous armies, but at least from the perspective of the uneven appearance of tall, short, fat and thin, the prospects are not optimistic......
In the Emperor's camp, Emperor Otto and several Grand Dukes were assigning combat missions to me.
To put it bluntly, they sat and I stood, they ate and watched me, and they all showed me the privileges of the superiors.
On a map with distorted corners and painted by ghosts and angels, there are wooden models of soldiers, knights and infantry, used to deduce the entire battlefield situation, those little wooden figures are vivid and vivid, I can't help but sigh, instead of handling the details so perfectly, it is better to put more effort into the map and draw the map according to the scale, what is that big black thing? Is it a mountain range?
"At the front of the march of the great army there is the enemy's advance position Vipitano, a city located in the valley between the rivers, perched on a hillside, surrounded on one side by water and mountains on three sides, with no flat ground to spread out an attack formation, easy to defend and difficult to attack."
"Tighten the main road to Venice in the south, according to intelligence, there are 1,500 rebels stationed there, most of them Venetian troops in disguise, relying on strong fortresses to defend, your task is to lead the avant-garde troops to surround and conquer the city at the same time, or attract the attention of the enemy army, block the rebels' escape routes, buy time for the army to bypass here and go straight to the Bresano class, and do not let the enemy perceive the direction of the army's movements, understand?"
All right! Brothers! Are you really going to play me?
Although I am a novice traverser, thanks to various TV series in later generations, I know more or less the truth of the Ten Rules.
A fortress with 1,500 people guarding the city and deep pits, only 2,000 people will be dragged and conquered at the same time, and the meat buns are also self-aware, okay?
Even if you give me 2,000 Navy SEALs, I have to plan carefully to be sure, not to mention the 2,000 badly equipped miscellaneous army, and we are not China's urban management, so we can't conquer the world.