History of Bourbon's Naval Wars, Chapter 9, The Two-Front Plan at the Beginning of the War

[After the autumn harvest of 2057 in the Great Calendar, Boris strengthened the power of the "Dumo Liao Fleet" to ensure the "two-front plan" to land on the western territory of Poly. The "Dumo Liao Fleet" met at Dumo Liao, and then began to go north, and through continuous high-intensity sorties, it ensured Boris's sea supremacy over the Elm Sea. 】

[In the spring of 2058 in the Great Calendar, Boris began to destroy the sea bases (i.e., equipment to prevent sea ships from landing on the coast) on the coastline of the Elm Sea, and through half a year of cleanup, most of Battis's sea bases were destroyed. However, Boris's behavior also made Polly see through Boris's intentions, so he began to increase Battis's troops from the road. 】

[Bartis is the closest and coastal city to Boris among the many cities in Polis, so it was chosen by Boris as a target for landing. After the autumn harvest, Boris began to officially land in Battis. 】

[After a month of fighting, Boris managed to occupy a landing base in the waters of Bartis, and was named Fort Lour after Lur, the son of the commander Fermar family. Boris repelled Poli's attack at Lourburg, held Lourburg, and then used this Luhrburg as a basis to continuously transport the native army to Loulburg. 】

[By the spring of 2059, the Fort of Lour had been built like an impregnable wall, so Luhr commanded his army to leave the Fort of Lull and plunder the township of Battis and disrupt the local spring farming activities. In order to ensure the safety of Lourburg, Boris ordered Pokon to launch a major military operation in the east, so that Polly could not draw too many troops to capture Loulburg. 】

[When the autumn harvest was over, the army of Lourburg was dispatched to surround Bartis from both the sea and the road, in coordination with the navy. 】

[Bartis is not a very strong city, so under the siege of Tuantuan, it took Lull 2 years to capture Bartis, that is, in the spring of 2061, some of the starving Bartis defenders surrendered, and then it took another 3 days to completely capture the city, which marked that Boris had a stable foothold on the Polis mainland. 】

[Battis's official road leads to two main cities, one is Kerna in the north and Elm on the coast in the northwest, and it didn't take long for the Palace of Cardoch to make a decision, and the next target to capture was Elm. 】

[In the summer of this year, a large battle broke out between Boris and Polly on the border of Elm, which ended in Boris's victory, and Polly was unable to stop Boris from continuing to raid Elm. After the autumn harvest, Boris officially sent his troops, defeated Polly's field resistance, and then surrounded Elm. 】

[In the spring of 2062, Polly sent an army from Kerna to surround Bhatis, but Boris abandoned the defense of the surrounding towns and retreated to the city of Bhatis. 】

[Polly's defense of Elm was even inferior to that of Batis, so after encircling Elm on all sides (including by sea), Elm was defeated in the following spring, and Polly's defenders retreated to Ogras or Benitus in an orderly manner. 】

[Benitus is inland, like Gerna, and Boris will not attack Poli's inland. The trouble with Ogras is that the east side of Ogras is an undulating mountain that cannot be used, which makes Boris can only besiege Ogras from the south and the sea, which is much more difficult. 】

[Polly also knows this, so from the beginning of Boris's invasion of Bartis, Polly has been fortifying Ogras, preparing for a real defensive battle with Boris in Ogras.] 】

[After the capture of Elm, General Lull proposed the second phase of the plan, and he believed that the strategy of Boris should be to capture Ogras first, and then capture Uttana in the rear of Ogras and Benitus in the northeast of Elm, and encircle Lorne, the capital of Poli, from the west and south. 】

[The Palace of Cardoch agreed to Luhl's strategy, and Lull began to implement it. By autumn, Boris's army left Elm and reached Ogras without any field battles and surrounded it. When the front line had already reached Ogras, there was an argument in the Bartis in the rear. 】

[Earlier this year, Kernah's army invaded Bartis south and plundered the surrounding townships, and some of the towns sent representatives of citizens to Bhatis, asking for some assistance from Bhatis's Boris defenders to restore their ruined homeland, and Boris gave them some tools and seeds. 】

[Then when the autumn harvest came, the nobles of Bartis sent another representative to ask Boris to slow down this year's taxes, which made the Boris garrison in Bartis, the son of Hades of the Merschroede family, very unhappy, and he replied like this:]

"It is a natural and justified reason for the towns to pay taxes to the main city, and since we occupy the main city and can rule over the land, they should give us taxes, and there is no room for argument. What's more, we have given you a lot of tools and seeds this year, and you still want to shirk taxes, won't your conscience hurt?"

[The representative of the nobles of Batis replied: "O recent general Felison, since you have conquered us, you ought to provide us with protection, so we will provide you with taxes to finance your military campaigns.] However, when the Kerna army invaded, you retreated to the city of Bhatis without any resistance, and let us be plundered by the Kerna army in vain, which is your fault!"

[Felison retorted: "Listen, listen, what a ridiculous reason! We are the conquerors, you are the ruled, your brethren are the army of the Kerna, and since your brethren have plundered you, what right do you have to ask for the conquistador's accommodation? ”】

[So the two sides parted happily, and Felison expelled the nobles from the city of Battis. When the autumn harvest came, some of the nobles really refused to pay the taxes, so Felison sent mercenaries to punish the nobles, killing 5 nobles and many commoners, and destroying 3 estates before quelling the rebellion. 】

[By the time winter came (still 2262), the battle between Boris and Portlou had made good progress.] During the first six years of the war, Boris's strategy for Portlou was to harass the coast to exhaust the enemy, and both sides were careful not to break out into a large-scale naval battle, and in order to better carry out the enemy's account, new proposals were proposed. 】

[The one who made the suggestion was Beans, the son of Lores of the House of Tyre, who at this time was a councillor of Boris, and in 2261 he suggested that Boris should capture the island of Lur.] 】

[Beans believes that although Lure Island is small, it is the largest island in North Myramie Bay, and it is very close to Amada, and using Lull Island as a base can reduce the attrition of Boris's navy to North Myramie Bay, and get a closer chance to harass the coast of Portloo.] 】

[So after 1 year of preparation, Boris's army captured the island of Lur in the winter of 2262.] Lure Island is an island located south of Armada, with an area of only about 1,000 square kilometers, the island is all hilly, not suitable for farming, and in the past there were only 3 villages on the island with about 800 people. 】

[After Boris conquered the island of Lur, he began to build a large number of buildings on the island of Lur, bringing a large amount of materials from the mainland to build permanent fortresses, ports and other buildings - there is a natural haven on the island of Lur, but the scale is not large, but Boris still began to build here, and used magic to change the local topography. 】

[Potloo was very frightened of the occupation and fortification of the island of Lur, so in the autumn of 2263, he organized a large fleet and set out from Armada to attack the island of Lur, but Boris's fleet resolutely refused to back down, so the "Battle of Lure Island" broke out with Boris. 】

[Portlou's fleet consisted of 10 main battleships, 40 dogfighting ships, 22 frigates, and 20 transports for loading the army, a total of 82 ships, led by Mies, the son of the Koutumat of the Lego family. Portlou's fleet consisted of 36 main ships, 18 dogfights, 5 frigates, and 5 frigates, for a total of 64 ships, led by Temos, the son of Rolles of the Tyre family, in addition to 10 transports that did not come out to fight in the harbor. 】

[At the beginning of the "Battle of Lur", the two sides were still evenly matched, and the first day could not decide the winner. It wasn't until the next day, when Armada came a new fleet, with a total of 6 main ships, 10 dogfights, and 10 harbor ships, that Portloo suppressed Boris and began to throw the army into the island of Lur. 】

When the army landed on the island of Lur, Boris's general was terrified and hurriedly sent the soldiers on the island into the fort that had already been repaired, because they did not have much hope of defeating Portolu in a land battle. 】

However, when Portloo began to land on the island of Lure with transports, Meate's poor command (perhaps he was unfamiliar with landing warfare) caused confusion in Portlou's fleet, and Boris's fleet seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Portlou, and a main battleship broke through Potloo's defenses and slaughtered the transports. 】

[Immediately all of Potlou's fleet was in disarray, and he was defeated one after another, and it was not until the evening that Meese gathered his troops. However, due to the calm reaction of Meese after the defeat, the number of fleets already owned by Meese was larger than that of Boris, and the defeat did not cause too many ships to sink. 】

[But Potlou's fleet can retreat, but the troops that have landed on the island can't retreat, and those troops supported the island for more than a year before being wiped out.] 】

[The victory in the "Battle of Lur" marked that Boris took control of the island of Lur and gained an offensive base closer to Portolu]

[Just when Boris's various fronts were steadily advancing, Boris's western front suddenly went wrong, which led to the crisis of bankruptcy of the "two-front plan". 】