Chapter 697: The Western Lords Assemble! (2-in-1)
In Linz, the army of the Western lords is rapidly gathering, and one by one the German princes respond to the call of Hohenzollern to participate in the sacred war.
These German princes, the princes with a large number of troops, numbered tens of thousands, while those with few troops numbered only a few hundred.
Hohenzollern was already the largest prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Archduchy of Austria was the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, and Attila's attack on Vienna was in fact a declaration of war on the entire Holy Roman Empire.
The German princes were also brave and warlike, and they gathered a large number of troops to meet Attila's army.
Some German princes did not have time to participate in the last great war, and were on the march, they chose to participate in this one, with Hohenzollern as their lord.
The Western system of rule is somewhat different, and under the big lord there can be small lords, and the principle pursued is "my vassal's vassal, not my vassal".
It was not easy for the lords of the West to change this feudal system and centralize power.
In the current German region, the feudal system of the Holy Roman Empire is still practiced. However, Hohenzollern's prestige was enough to command the princes of Germany. These princes also realized that only by joining forces could the Holy Roman Empire survive the fierce competition of the Western Continent.
"The Holy Roman Empire, estimated to gather 400,000 troops."
Hohenzollern counted the number of troops sent by the various German princes, totaling 400,000.
The Kingdom of Macedonia was no longer the main force against Attila, and the Holy Roman Empire began to appear on the Western continent.
"The Archbishop of Cologne, the Archbishop of Mainz, the Archbishop of Trier, the Duke of Saxony, the Elector of the Palatinate, the King of New Bohemia have arrived!"
If you include Hohenzollern, who served as the Marquis of Brandenburg, the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire are here!
Alexander's injury and the return of the main forces to the Macedonian kingdom are no longer able to sit on the throne, and the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire and the triumvirate of the Roman Republic currently have a greater say in the Western coalition!
These ten great lords, plus Alexander, eleven people, decided the survival of Vienna, and indeed of the Western continent.
"Vienna is again asking for reinforcements, and Attila is gathering forces for Linz, and he wants to capture Linz and enter Germany before we have time to assemble our forces. The Kingdom of Hungary and the Archduchy of Austria have been defeated, and his next target should be our Holy Roman Empire. ”
Hohenzollern crossed his hands under his chin and looked around at the lords present.
Constantine muttered: "My Genoese legions, the Carthaginian legions, have arrived, and they will teach Attila a lesson." There are also two legions, I don't know if I will have time to participate in the battle......"
"Genoese legion? Could it be the Crossbowmen? ”
Hohenzollern's eyes lit up.
The province of Genoa, the Roman Republic, was rich in crossbows of the highest quality in the Western continent, and even German princes and other Western lords had to buy crossbows from the province of Genoa.
The crossbow legions of Genoa, no less than the Roman legions.
"In order to defeat Attila, there can be no more reservations."
Constantine glanced at the world rankings, the competition between the various lords was extremely fierce, the second year of the national war, the big war was still breaking out, and the lords of the Han Empire were sweeping the remnants of the tribes everywhere, and they could still get some points.
Caesar and Pompey, the two Roman giants, all looked at Constantine as the player lord.
Constantine, as a player, has a lot of advantages, and it is easier for players to deal with each other, and Constantine has inadvertently firmly controlled Genoa and North Africa, becoming the strongest of the Roman triumvirate.
Caesar and Pompey glanced at each other thoughtfully, seeing caution in each other's eyes, perhaps Constantine's power continued to swell, and the two giants might have to join forces to fight Constantine.
And, according to Constantine, it seems that he also had two special legions.
Such strength has already posed a threat to Caesar and Pompey, and can even compete with Caesar and Pompey together.
The city-state of Carthage in North Africa was able to compete with the Roman Republic.
The city-state of Carthage also had a number of famous generals, the most famous of which was Hannibal, who almost broke through Rome.
Although the Roman triumvirate is maintaining a delicate balance, this time the three people chose to join forces in order to preserve Rome's honor.
"We, the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire, have sent troops together, and I hope that you will spare no effort to crusade against Attila, and once Attila becomes greater, we will no longer be able to compete with him."
Hohenzollern was very pleased with Constantine's long-treasured Genoese Crossbow Legion and Carthaginian Legion, which had its war elephants and cavalry, and he hoped that Alexander, Caesar, and Pompey would also fight as best as they could, rather than by the Seven Electors of the Holy Roman Empire alone.
"This time, the Venetians who play for me will also send legions."
Caesar also had his own sphere of influence, which was served by the Venetian fleet and Venetian hoplites.
"I've transferred the Sicilian Legion."
Pompey also brought out his own forces.
Hohenzollern looked at Alexander again: "Alexander, can the Macedonian kingdom hold off the Ottoman offensive?" I don't want the Macedonian legions, while fighting Attila's army, suddenly return to the Macedonian kingdom to defend the Ottoman Empire. ”
"The Ottoman Empire's Sipahi cavalry and Janissary legions were indeed brave and good at war, and their prestige spread throughout Asia Minor, but the Greek city-states had Spartans and Athenians, and the Greek navy led by the Athenians and the infantry led by the Spartans were enough to stop the Ottoman Empire from conquering Greece for a short time."
Alexander was indifferent to the Ottoman offensive and chose to believe in the once-prosperous Greek city-states.
Alexander's conquest of many Greek city-states took considerable effort.
Only Alexander himself knew about the horror of the Spartan warriors, and Alexander needed to personally lead the cavalry of his partners to attack the camp in the rear of the Spartans, causing the Spartans to fall into chaos, and then take the Spartan city-state.
It is precisely because they know that they are good at war, as long as the Athenians, who have a little brains, command the warlike Spartans, the Spartans will not be so easy to fall.
The Spartans also had their own shortcomings, that is, they were not very flexible brains.
Alexander's arm was wrapped in gauze, which he was wounded in the battle with Attila, also testifying to his valor.
Not many Western lords dared to attack Attila's cavalry head-on, the whip of God, and Alexander was able to trade injuries with Attila at a disadvantage.
Hohenzollern did not doubt Alexander's determination to fight Attila. After all, among all the Western lords, Alexander was a belligerent, and Alexander took the initiative to advocate the alliance against Attila.
It was mainly Alexander's Macedonian kingdom whose forces were pinned down by the Ottoman Empire, which led to Alexander's inability to coordinate the overall situation, and simply handed over command to Hohenzollern.
The population of the Holy Roman Empire was only much larger than that of the Kingdom of Macedonia.
The Holy Roman Empire had quite a few plains, while the Macedonian Kingdom was predominantly mountainous.
"King Xia of the Han Empire in the East, and Catherine of the Tsarist Russian Empire, they joined our coalition army, but they have not sent troops yet."
Alexander had an opinion on the combination of Chutian and Catherine.
The cavalry of the Tsarist Russian Empire is definitely a powerful force that can change the entire battlefield, however, Chu Tian and Catherine did not move for a long time, but supported their own troops and were still waiting for the opportunity to enter the field.
Constantine had become accustomed to the supremacy of Chutian's interests: "Most of them think that our losses are not heavy enough. Really cunning Orientals, until the end, they will not take the initiative often. ”
"They defeated the Golden Horde under their own strength and now act alone, and there is nothing to blame. We should be prepared to defeat Attila alone in the event that the Russian Empire will not make a move. ”
"It makes sense."
The great lords of the West all thought that Chu Tian was not easy to get along with, and there was no law in his style of acting.
"Attila's army will soon advance to Linz, and before that, there are two new allies who are willing to join our coalition to deal with the threat from Attila, these two people, may change the unfavorable situation."
Hohenzollern mentions the new lords of the coalition of Western lords.
The eleven big men present were not the great lords of all European civilizations, but only represented Germany, Rome and Macedonia.
"New allies?"
Alexander was somewhat surprised by Hohenzollern's diplomatic skills, and as a new chieftain, he recruited two new lords for the somewhat difficult Western armies.
Those who are eligible to join the Western Lords Alliance are all influential or powerful lords.
Caesar asked, "Who are they?" ”
"I've agreed with them that they will soon be in Linz, the Grand Duchy of Austria, and I don't think they will let us down when you go with me to meet our new allies in the teleportation array."
Hohenzollern rose, along with the other six Electors of the Holy Roman Empire.
The triumvirate of Alexandria and Rome was intrigued by the new lord Hohenzollern had found, so they followed Hohenzollern to the teleportation array in Linz City, where they waited for the new lord to lead their guards.
"These people are usually hidden, and if there is a real war to destroy the country, their elite troops will come out."
"The population of our native Rome is no less than that of Macedonia, and the colonies of North Africa also have a population of several million. If expansion continues in North Africa, the population of the subject country may reach 10 million. ”
Constantine, Caesar, and Pompey were in the same camp as the three Roman giants, observing future opponents and comparing Rome with those of these civilizations.
If Rome wants to unify the western continent, it must defeat powerful civilizations such as the Macedonian Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, and France, none of which have a population less than Rome itself.
If Rome wanted to expand, it had to consider expanding into North African civilization.
"We can occupy Egypt, Morocco, not just Carthage, and I need your support to gain more in North Africa. It's not easy to fight on the European side, but the African civilization is weak, they don't know how to use the local resources, we can get tens of millions of people in North Africa, and then use them as cannon fodder, provide taxes, and conquer other European civilizations. ”
After proposing the co-rule of the Three Emperors, Constantine proposed a plan to occupy North Africa, and as a player lord, he could see a further prospect.
"Constantine, what other legions do you have that we don't know?"
Pompey was jealous of Constantine's two legions that had not yet appeared, and he feared that Constantine would backstab the other two Roman giants.
Constantine did not answer directly: "Believe me, Pompey, our interests are aligned. ”
In the teleportation array of Linz City, Hohenzollern and six other Electors of the Holy Roman Empire are waiting for a special reinforcement to arrive.
"By the time, they should have arrived."
The teleportation array in Linz City flashed white, and a team of knights walked out of the teleportation array.
The armor of this group of knights was covered with a white robe, and on the chest of the robe was the symbol of the red cross, which contrasted sharply with the black cross of the Teutonic Knights.
Alexander, Caesar, Pompey, Constantine and others all looked at the arriving knights, who also held shields with red crosses.
"Louis of France?!"
Caesar was raiding the Gauls, that is, the French, and he recognized this old rival.
Gallic chickens, definitely not an easy enemy to deal with.
"Louis of Paris, it seems that you have leveled the Visigothic king with Spain."
Hohenzollern shakes hands with Louis, lord of France, who arrives.
France and Germany were powerful civilizations, and they did not have much presence in the previous national wars, but this time, they began to speak out.
In "Lords", the population of France is slightly smaller than that of Germany, but the population of France is also 20 million, and the number of troops gathered at the doorstep can be as many as hundreds of thousands.
This time, the French lords also decided to address Attila's threat.
"This is the Knights Templar ...... in France"
Hohenzollern noticed the special knights brought by Louis, Lord of France.
Like the Teutonic Knights, the Knights Templar belonged to one of the three major knightly orders in Europe, unlike individual knights!
The Teutonic Knights were larger and more secularized, but Hohenzollern was reluctant to fight the Templars, who were more fanatical than the Teutonic Knights, and their characteristics made them sometimes like mad dogs.
"Your Teutonic Knights, it seems, have grown in size again."
Louis was also very jealous of the Teutonic Knights in Hohenzollern.
France's relationship with Germany was also complicated.
"This time we have a common enemy, and we will put aside our past grievances for a while. There is also a lord, who has not yet arrived. ”
Hohenzollern eased his feud with the French lords.
The relationship between the French lords and the German lords was quite complex and difficult to describe.
In fact, the relationship between European civilizations is very complicated, sometimes friends, sometimes enemies, and only interests are eternal.
Louis heard that there was another lord who was involved in the decisive battle of Attila's camp, and he couldn't help but be surprised, almost all the main lords of Europe were involved in this big battle, who else would come to the war?
"Could it be that Charles of England, his army of English longbowmen, is also going to war? If the longbowmen of England had entered the war, it would undoubtedly have been easier for us. ”
Louis coveted the English Longbowmen, a unique class of English civilization.
There were similar knights in England, but the Knights of the Round Table fell into the hands of Chu Tian, and the English longbowmen and the Galen galleon fleet became the main arms of England.
It was impossible for the English galleons to go ashore to fight Attila's cavalry to the death, so they could only attack Attila's cavalry with the help of English longbowmen.
As long as they occupied favorable terrain, the English longbowmen could become a nightmare for Attila.
"No, Charlie of England, he is busy dealing with the Vikings Cnut the Great, you should also know that Cnut the Great occupied England in history and became the king of all England, he may be the legendary hero with the most powerful Viking civilization, so Charlie is a little painful, even Edward, the black prince of England, has some difficulty dealing with Cnut the Great."
Hohenzollern denied Charles, lord of England, his participation in the Great War of the Western Lords' coalition.
"Cnut the Great is indeed the only person who can be called the Great Emperor of Viking civilization, and the English are really unlucky, this time it was the king of England who came to attack England."
After ruling out the lords of England, Louis had already guessed who Hohenzollern had recruited to fight against Attila.
The teleportation array flashed white again, and another group of soldiers appeared from the teleportation array.
This group of soldiers, composed of spearmen, halberdiers, arquebusiers, and sword and shield soldiers, has a good fighting ability as a whole.
Leading the group of soldiers was a queen with long, wavy blond hair.
Louis was all too familiar with this group of soldiers: "It turned out to be Queen Isabella I of Castile (Spain), and the famous Spanish phalanx. Not long ago, we also joined forces to defeat the Visigothic Kingdom and solve the threat of the Visigothic Kingdom, so we can join forces this time. ”
"It's going to be hilarious this time."
Constantine was not too big of a deal, except for the three maritime civilizations of the Netherlands, Portugal, and England, this time, almost all the lords of Europe were blown up by Attila and started an unprecedented war.
In this group of Western Lords, there is a Lord from the East.
In St. Petersburg, Chutian gathered 80,000 cavalry, infantry (equipped with war horses as vehicles), and 100,000 cavalry sent by Catherine to form an army of 180,000, intending to divide the troops into three routes, pull and break through, and attack the capital of the Hun Empire.
He had already learned that Attila had fought Linz and was going to start a great war with the lords of the West to decide the ownership of the Western continent, and this war was mostly a lose-lose battle, so it was his turn.
The movement of the army is difficult to escape the sight of Attila's scouts, after all, in St. Petersburg, there are many scouts of the Hun Empire, or traitors inside St. Petersburg, it is not impossible.
St. Petersburg could also choose to lock down the city, so that scouts and traitors could not spread the news, but the closure of St. Petersburg itself sent a message to the outside world that the Russian Empire was going to send troops to attack the Huns.
Therefore, the troops were divided into three routes, one of which was the main direction of attack, and the other two were used as partial divisions to pull and suspect soldiers.
Soldiers are fast.
"Chen Qingzhi, you and Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun are all the way, and we will meet in the capital of the Hun Empire."
Chu Tian separated the white-robed army as a partial division.
"Yermak, you lead a squad of Cossack cavalry, the defenders of the Hun Empire on the border."
Catherine divided a detachment of Cossack cavalry and cooperated.
"Yermak originally meant to fight to the death for His Majesty and faithfully fulfill his mission."
As the leader of the Don Cossack cavalry, Yermak was extremely loyal to the Tsar and was the Tsar's loyal eagle dog, while the Don Cossack cavalry, with its strong mobility, was used to contain the Hun defenders, which was quite easy.
"Before Attila led his army and allies westward, he left his brother Bleda to defend the capital of the Hun Empire, the Hunnic Empire is full of soldiers, and there should be hundreds of thousands of cavalry, but in front of our 180,000 cavalry, it can be easily defeated."
The last time Chu Tian defeated Blaida's 100,000 Hun army with 40,000 cavalry, the loss was only a few thousand.
Braida's ability is much worse than Attila's.
"The lord must be careful, Attila is left alone, and Breda must have someone to assist. As expected, Attila left at least two good generals behind, so he dared to go west with confidence. ”
Before Chu Tian sent troops, Sun Bin reminded Chu Tian to pay attention to the military generals of the Hun Empire.
If Attila only left Bleda to defend his home and brought all his powerful allies to attack the West, then Attila might not have too much confidence in Bleda's ability.
Chu Tian knew this in his heart.
However, he really couldn't think of any other famous generals in the Hun Empire besides Attila and the Bleda brothers, as well as their amazing system bonuses.
The history of the Hunnic Empire is not long, and the records are not sufficient, and it is Attila who can really fight.
"I have information about the Hun Empire here, and it seems that Attila has recruited a group of generals from other civilizations to serve him."
Before sending her troops, Catherine finally got useful information about the Hun Empire.
"Generals of other civilizations? His position is mostly a military general from Eastern Europe, but it doesn't matter, we have prepared a lot of time for this raid, spent a lot of gold and silver, and we must pay off. In this expedition, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. ”
Although he knew that Attila would definitely reserve a back hand, Chu Tian still resolutely sent troops, otherwise the teleportation array, grain, grass, and weapons of the 80,000 cavalry would not be reimbursed.
Even if you can't capture the capital of the Hun Empire, you have to loot hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and return to the Han Empire to make up for the finances. Every time you send troops, at least it must be profitable.
"Your Majesty, the latest news, Hohenzollern, the Grand Lord of the Holy Roman Empire, has invited Louis of Paris, Lord of France, and Isabella I, Queen of Castile, to join forces against Attila!"
Chu Tian and Catherine were about to send troops, and they learned even more shocking news, and now even the lords of Western Europe were involved in this great war.