The First Arrival Chapter 61: Calradia (I)
In the spring of 1232 in the Kari calendar
Gangding. Harry Brex, the first king of the Nord kingdom, came all the way from the northern continent of Amuna, the land of ice and snow, and countless keels washed up on the beaches of the Empire, and only four days later, on the fourth day, at sunset, the nest and its surrounding area fell into the hands of the Nords. The Imperial army is lazy and lazy, both in quantity and quality can not compete with these tough guys from the land of ice and snow Yamuna, the Nord's footsteps have not stopped for almost a moment, the nightmare continues, the Nords are not only landing on the coast of Wocheze, there are also a large number of Nords landing near Fort Cherbek, Tiha, Sagos and other places, while the Nords want to attack these areas, the original Nord settlers in the city have also begun to cooperate with the outside world, and the defense has become very difficult, Some of the castles had to begin expelling and even slaughtering the Nords who were still in the city, and on May 9, 1232, after the Nords had completed their assembly, they began their first large-scale assault on the Tiha and Sagos regions, and the "Northern Campaign" officially began.
The "Northern Campaign" was divided into three phases, the first of which was the offensive of the Nords on the outer defensive rings of Tiha and Sagos; The second stage is the fall of Tiha; The third stage was a general assault on Sagos. There were only five short days between the fall of Woche and the attack of the Nords, and the outer castles were overstretched, and the imperial capital of Sagos was already on the front line. So the monarch of the empire, King Yaistrich, decided to shrink his forces and withdraw all the outer forces to the defense line of Tiha and Sagos. and sent additional troops to Fort Derburg and Fort Tihlog to secure the supply lines, and at the same time imposed heavy taxes on the Rhodok Mountains to ensure military supplies, and Marshal Mars of the Halma front was responsible for guarding the elite troops of the Kugit and began to retreat to prepare for the counteroffensive. The main direction of attack of the Nords was divided into two directions, one led by Ragnar with a total of about 80,000 men from the area of Fort Rejek and Fort Cherbek to attack on the Tiha side, and the other by King Nord, known as Gunding, son of Odin. Harry Brecs led a total of 110,000 advance troops from Wocheze, capturing the cities of the empire along the way, and pointed his sword at the royal capital of Sagos.
The outer castles fought for 9 days with limited forces and finally all fell, and the Nords approached Tiha and Sagos, and Tiha and Sagoth also used these 9 days to make the greatest possible resupply, and the supply team crossed the Jelberg mountain road into the You River (also known as the Weir River) and entered Sagoth and Tiha by water. Before the Nords launched the general attack, the Empire had already committed 120,000 troops to the northern campaign, but in order to secure the supply lines, 10,000 and 20,000 men had to be assigned at Fort Derberg and Fort Tihrog. The garrison of Tiha and Sagoth reached 40,000 and 50,000. With their strong walls and defensive equipment, the defenders of Tiha and Sagoth repelled numerous attacks by the Nords, and despite heavy casualties, urgently conscripted soldiers were able to enter the city by water. After five days of attacking, the Nords began to change their tactics, and the troops stopped the siege, but the siege continued.
The Nord's navy began to enter the Gulf of Tiha, frequently attacking the fleets of the Karad Empire, causing the supply to reach Tiha and Sagoth to dwindle, and at the same time Ragnar sent the Nord army to start harassing the supply convoys from Fort Derburg, Gunding. Harebrecs also began to direct his forces towards the River Vale and Fort Tihlog. In the face of the mighty Nord army, the battle at Fort Tihlog was almost one-sided. The infantry of the Empire could not compete with the mighty Nord warriors, both technically and physically, and after three days and nights of storming Fort Tihrog, it also fell into the hands of the Nords. The loss of Fort Tihlog meant that supplies from the Vel River could no longer reach the front line. The fall of Tiha and Sagoth was only a matter of time.
The Emperor of the Empire also knew that after the news of the loss of Fort Tihlog reached Sagoth, the plan to break out was put on the agenda and was quickly executed, the remaining supplies in the city were burned, and the Imperial Guards Knights led by Sir Harauth were in charge, and the defenders of Tiha and Sagoth and the royal family of the Karad Empire began to retreat to Fort Derborg, and entered the Plain of Suno through Fort Djerburg, and moved the capital to the gem city of Suno. The members of Sir Harlaus's Knights are elite warriors selected from all over the empire, and they quickly jump out of Okadin under the honor guard of the emperor. Surrounded by Harry Brex, he advanced towards Fort Ruda, and took the main Nord force in a big circle. By the time Harry Blakes finally realized his mistake and reversed course to attack Fort Gerburg, the Callard Royals had escaped the Nords.
Surrounded by everyone, Gangding. Harry Brex entered the Imperial Palace in Sagoth to officially proclaim the establishment of the Nord kingdom and declared the Nordians to be the rightful heirs of the continent of Calradia, while countless keelboats continued to land on the northern coast to bring a steady stream of soldiers to the Nord kingdom.
After half a month's rest, the Nords launched an offensive on the mainland again, and the Nord army in the northeast captured the city of Kulau and all the fortresses around the Kurau Snow Field and prepared to launch an attack on Zhivadin, only the city of Chanda was spared the baptism of war after the sacrifice of Chanda's money, and the western front, although it paid a lot of casualties, the Nord army still controlled the important fortress of Jerberg. On the Central Front, the young lord Ruud of the Nords captured what is now Fort Ruud and named it after himself.
In just three months, the Kalad Empire lost all of its territory north of the Djerberg Mountains, losing 80,000 troops. But the battle that followed was not all smooth sailing for the Nords, and south of the fortress of Djerberg was a vast plain that became the Suno Plain, on which there were two important towns, one was Paraven, the knightly city of the Karad Empire, and the other was the new imperial capital of the Empire, the jewel city of Suno. On the Sunoan Plain, the Empire's forces were dominated by cavalry, and the powerful Imperial Knights were the backbone of the expansion of the Karad Empire centuries ago. A culture of knighthood has always been developed in the Empire. He also established three powerful knightly orders, namely the Knights of the Guards of Sir Harlaus, the Knights of Sanction of the House of Harangers, and the Royal Knights under the command of Marshal Mars.
Not only that, but the armament of those imperial lords on the Suno Plain was mainly knights and cavalry. The Nords, on the other hand, are completely different. The Nord people's homeland, the northern continent, is a bitter cold land, which is not suitable for the large-scale reproduction of horses and other animals. And the Nords are not about agility but about strength. Therefore, except for the lords and a small number of scouts, the Nord army was basically all infantry.
The superiority of the cavalry on the Suno Plain was maximized, and for the first time, the warriors of the Nord in front of the Imperial cavalry failed to take advantage of anything.
The cavalry regiment of the Kingdom of Svadia passed through Ragnar and his troops on the Jerberg Pass before they could see what Fort Riblet looked like, and they were driven back to the other side of the pass by Ser Harauth. The troops led by Rudayar were also held back by Greinward's cavalry forces out of the plain.
In the autumn of the same year, when the kingdom of Svadia was having a headache for the Nord barbarians in the north, the king of the eastern steppe, Gerak Khan, with his two sons Saiga and Dastam The major tribes of the steppe set out from Tulga and began to march out of the steppe into the depths of the kingdom. The kingdom of Svadia was in a situation where it was under attack.
In this case, the king thought that the leader of the Snowland people Vikia sent a secret letter. The content of the secret letter was that the Wikibians would stab Nord in the back, and on the condition that the kingdom give the prosperous city of Zhivadine to Wikia, promising to officially recognize the Wikibians' ownership of the Kurau region. The leader of Vekia, who had always lived in the bitter cold, naturally agreed to the tempting conditions. The Wikibians quickly assembled a large army, and the native Wikibians who received the news continued to cross the northern mountains to come to their aid.
On October 2, 1232, Vicchia gathered an army of 150,000 men and began to march on the Nord logistics base of Wocheze, and the war of Vieno officially began. Although the cavalry of the Vecchians was far less effective than the knights of the Swadian Kingdom, they still caused a lot of trouble for the Nord army. The Nord army on the Zhivading front lost its solid rear and began to return to the defense. The loss of Wocheze meant that the Nords would lose the entire northern coast in order to consolidate their support Gangding. Harry Blakes began to draw troops from the front line to support the Nest Rule.
Soldiers of Vekia before the start of the war
October 9, 1232, Okadín. A total of 60,000 reinforcements led by Harry Brecs rushed to the Heylemann Forest outside the city of Wocetche before the Wikians. The Heilmann Forest is a highland area where tall and dense woods grow and there are few shrubs, and people can walk through the forest without hindrance. Once in the Heilmann Forest, the road becomes narrower and more muddy. The ranks of the Vekia army are getting longer and longer. Just as the army was exhausted, with a majestic trumpet, the Nord attack began. Countless bows and arrows and javelins were fired from the woods on both sides of the road, and the unsuspecting Wikibian soldiers fell. The Wiki soldiers who were suddenly attacked did not panic, they quickly raised their shields and shrunk their formation, but the Nords came and went quickly, and by the time the Wikiians wanted to fight well, they had long since lost their sights. King Vicchia then ordered to move on. This time the Nords did not attack them again. The army of Vecchia staggered to a canyon. Gangding. Harry Brex had dozens of trees cut down beforehand, blocking the way of the Wikirians. The Vecchian soldiers were busy for a long time, barely clearing a trail that could be passed by the soldiers, but the wagons had to be abandoned. After receiving the order to discard the wagon, the Vekia soldiers immediately left their queue and scrambled to climb onto the wagon to get their valuables, completely ignoring the commander's reprimand, and in a moment the Vekia army was in chaos. Gangding. Seeing that the time had come, Harry Brecs ordered a general attack. With a thunderous shout, the Nords rushed out of the forest like a flash flood. Harry Blakes led a group of Nord royal guards to the front, brandishing battle axes. The Vekian soldiers, bent over by the fine pressure of gold and silver, were cut down one by one.
The king of Vekia saw that things were not good, and ordered a retreat, but it was easy to come and difficult to go, the Vikia army was divided into several parts at this time, and the impact of the Nords was wave after wave, and it was impossible to tell how many people there were, and gradually more and more Vekia soldiers fell into the mud, and the formation of the Vekia army became more and more loose. The lone Vycians were no match for the Nords at all, almost all of them were slaughtered, and they did not even have a chance to surrender. The panicked old king fought his way out of the siege under the protection of the noble knights of Vecchia, and the proud marksmen of the Vicchian tried to form a formation to continue the resistance, but the archers could not remember much in the confusion. By evening, the battle was largely over. Of the more than 150,000 Wikibian soldiers, less than 50,000 escaped the forest.
More than 20,000 heads were hung from the treetops on both sides of the Heilman Forest Boulevard, and their stripped bodies could be found 10 kilometers from the battlefield. King Vicchia retreated with the remnants of his army to Živachōze, while Gondin. Harui Brecs led the continuously assembled Nord army to begin a three-year offensive and defensive battle against the Japanese Wache.