Chapter 459: The Legend of the Knight King (32) Flying to Dested
Arthur was sitting in his chair reading the battle report, which he noticed that Laventica's army had recently exhibited a series of unusual army movements, which caught Arthur's attention.
First, Laventica's offensive against Moncado slowed down, and second, Laventica began to intensify the defense of Melochiu.
After some thought, Arthur made his own judgment, and summoned his generals and messengers to tell them his reasoning: "Laventica is ready to put the main force on me to annihilate me." ”
"So they're going to send reinforcements to the city of Dested, opposite?" asked one of the generals who had come to the meeting.
However, Arthur shook his head and vetoed: "No, they will abandon Desdes, set the battlefield in Sindado, and try to find a battlefield here to annihilate our army," Seeing that his generals were puzzled, Arthur replied with a smile, "This is my instinct as a general, and this is also the best choice for Laventica." ”
After making this military judgment, Arthur used this military judgment as the basis for issuing his own military advice to Du Yuxiu I:
"By the blessing of the god of the sky, the great and pious King Du Yuxiu I, your loyal courtier Arthur greets you...... As a result of the foregoing, I suggest that you should let me bypass the preconceived battlefield of Sindor and lead my army north to join you in retaking Merochu and lifting the siege of Laventika against us. ”
Putting down this letter from Arthur, Du Yuxiu I asked his courtiers: "What do you think of the proposal of Arthur I, the Grand Duke of Merochow?"
The ministers looked at each other for a while, and after a while, an old minister stood up and admonished: "Your Excellency, with all due respect, if this military strategy is really passed, then after the capture of Merochow, the credit will be on the head of Archduke Arthur." As the biggest nobleman in Gosamodo, I wonder what His Majesty will do to reward Archduke Arthur?"
Du Yuxiu I's face became ugly, but he still said strongly: "I know my sister-in-law's temperament, and I can trust him." ”
"Then can Your Majesty trust the Duchy of Merochu?" the courtier's words sank Du Yuxiu I with one blow. Is it trustworthy? How can it be trusted? The reason why the Principality of Merochur is not betraying now is because Arthur is unwilling to betray, and if the Principality of Merochur turns against it one day, the whole of Gosamodor will be turned upside down.
As a king, the safety of the country is not pinned on himself, but on the body of a great nobleman, and the direction of the whole country is determined by a big nobleman.
"However, it's not time yet, it's not time yet," Du Yuxiu I sighed, when the Duchy of Merochu joined the Kingdom of Gosamodore, it was originally a group to keep warm, and now in the face of Hongda's third East Coast War, the two sides can't help but tear their faces.
"But now that Arthur is on the throne, I have to make some preparations, some more preparations for the future generations of the kingdom of Gosamodo, there can be no second Arthur I in this world. ”
Sure enough, the military situation after that was as Arthur had predicted, and Laventica's offensive against Moncado slowed down, and then even took the initiative to withdraw his troops. Moncardo's offensive slowed down, as did Dested's resistance, so at the end of 1683, Arthur captured Dested, and Sharo's first defense of Moncado ended in victory.
Since the military situation is now going according to Arthur's speculation, is it necessary to conduct military operations according to Arthur's plan after that?
A few days later, Gosamodo's military order reached Ddes, and Du Yuxiu I claimed that the attack on the city of Merokhoo could be completed by the combined efforts of the Principality of Satsuma and Sharo, so Du Yuxiu I ordered Arthur I to attack Sindaudi to attract Laventica's forces for the army of Gosamodo and Sharo's alliance.
When the generals under him learned of Du Yuxiu I's military order, almost everyone was furious, and even the knight of the round table violated the angry commandment: "Knight King, you clearly said that Laventica will be waiting for you in Sindas Duo, and Du Yuxiu I still wants you to attack there, which is obviously for you to die!"
"However, this is not a violation of the knight's code, since it has not violated the knight's code, I should obey my lord's order, not to mention, this is not a mortal order, why should we resist?"
So Arthur once again suppressed the dissatisfaction of his generals, and began to raise the materials needed for the attack on Sindada to prepare for the invasion of Sindado. After the autumn harvest of 1684, Arthur's attack on Sindodda was ready, and he officially launched an attack on Sinda.
Angwu VI had already laid a trap in Sindodda and waited for Arthur to come to the door, and when Arthur led his army into Sindodda, several major battles broke out here in succession.
Although each major battle in Sinda's battle ended with Arthur's victory, which can be described as going from one victory to another, the more victories there were, the fewer Arthur's army became, and the harder it was to win the next war.
"It must be retreated before the autumn harvest, before a new batch of reinforcements arrives in Laventica, although I don't want to say so, but with the strength of our Duchy of Merochu, it is simply not enough to defeat the defenders of Sindaudi," Arthur could only make this judgment when the time advanced to 1685, despite his unwillingness, in the face of a terrible war situation.
After Arthur gave the order to withdraw the army, the generals breathed a sigh of relief, they were all generals of the Principality of Merochou, and they had long endured enough of this desperate behavior of taking the heritage of the Principality of Merlocho and Laventica.
But at this moment, Arthur received a military order from Du Yuxiu I: "Your Excellency Grand Duke Arthur, although you know that your army is in a state of extreme danger, please show your knightly spirit and continue to persevere." Our siege of Myrochoo is in the final stages, and once it is captured, we can come to your aid and capture Sindaudi. ”
After receiving the letter, Arthur decided to persevere: "We are knights, we must cooperate with the strategic decisions of the lord, and there will always be sacrifices. ”
In the face of the stubborn Arthur, what could the generals present do? The battle situation was like this, and they were no longer allowed to retreat from the large army, otherwise they might be wiped out by the Laventica army at any time because of their isolation. So even if they don't want to, they can only go all the way with Arthur to the dark.
In the autumn, the offensive of Laventica's army intensified considerably, and in the winter war, the situation was so critical that Arthur had to use the sword of the oath of victory a second time to keep his army afloat. But even Arthur could see that if Du Yuxiu I didn't make a breakthrough, His Majesty's army would really collapse.
In the spring of 1686, the combined forces of Du Yuxiu I and Sharo finally regained Sindada, which reassured Arthur's army. However, Arthur's army was once again outraged by his actions: he rejected Arthur's suggestion to send the coalition forces south to attack Sindaudia from the north, and instead chose to support Arthur by the route of Desto.
"Sindodda is an important fulcrum for Laventica, and they can't afford to lose Sindaudi, so if Your Majesty the King leads the coalition army to threaten Sindaudia from the north, you can immediately relieve our pressure and force Laventica to divide his troops," this was Arthur's suggestion to Du Yuxiu I, which was also accepted by his generals.
However, Du Yuxiu I did not heed this advice, and he had to make a detour from Melochu to Dested, and then from Desde to Sindaudi. Not to mention the question of the long distance, let's just say that after Du Yuxiu I entered the Dested, who was under the jurisdiction of the Principality of Merochuo? or the lord of the Principality of Merochu?
After Gosamodo was involved in the war on the East Coast, Kai, who was originally in charge of Sunifo's reconstruction, was transferred to the battlefield to help Arthur maintain discipline.
Over the past few years, Arthur has been unable to monitor the old nobles and trust the old nobles, so he has to bring in knights to have reliable helpers to stop his soldiers from doing "vulgar things without honor" (Arthur).
Kai admired and respected Arthur very much, believing that Arthur's behavior in the war could be said to be consistent with his words and deeds, and even to the point of making himself indignant. On the contrary, the behavior of the lord to whom Arthur was allegiated, Du Yuxiu I, was, in the words of the divine realm, "not like a human king", and was harsh on Arthur to the point of dissatisfaction with Kai.
Great King Arthur, your deeds have been worthy of the reputation of a knight, but is the lord to whom you are loyal really worthy of your allegiance?
Dominated by this emotion, the conflict takes place.
After the capture of Meloqiu, Du Yuxiu I did not immediately go all out to rescue Arthur on the grounds that he wanted to repair, but only sent the vanguard to support Arthur first.
As soon as the vanguard had advanced to Dested, it stopped and demanded to enter and take over Dested, leaving no mention of when it would come to Arthur's aid.
Kai, who was already deeply dissatisfied with Du Yuxiu I, was finally consumed by rage at this moment, and he broke out and ordered the army defending the city to launch an attack on Du Yuxiu I's army, and as a result, the two armies that were theoretically friendly forces fought on the spot.
The two armies fought in Deste for 2 days, and they were not victorious, so they could only temporarily cease fighting, and when the two armies were armistice, an unexpected army suddenly appeared under the city of Deste, the Laventica army!
Seeing that the enemy army was coming, Kai could only let go of his hatred for Du Yuxiu I's army and let them enter the city to defend together. After all, the city of Desde is very dilapidated, not to mention that after many years of war, you must know that Laventica took the initiative to retreat, so he wreaked havoc on the walls of Desde when retreating.
After the Duchy of Melochur occupied Desdes, due to the extremely tense front of Sindado, the Duchy of Melochur did not have much money to invest in the rebuilding of Desde, and in the past few days, Kai was fighting with the reinforcements sent by Du Yuxiu I, and the defense of Desde City can be said to be worse, which is why Kai pinched his nose and put "reinforcements" into the city.
However, the reinforcements sent by Du Yuxiu I were really unclear, and after they entered the city, they actually ignored the current situation of the great enemy, and grabbed control of Deesd with Kai. Kai was out of luck, and could only fight with the "reinforcements" entering the city while resisting the attack of Laventica's army.
As a result, for this reason, the majestic city of Desdes, the place where the Hammador people originated, did not last an afternoon before the Laventica army broke into the city, and it was only by this time that the "reinforcements" woke up from a dream and stopped fighting with Kai.
But by the next morning Desde had fallen, and the majestic city had fallen in less than two days by the vanguard of Laventica.
After the defeat of the "reinforcements", the main general surrendered without hesitation: "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I am a nobleman! I can exchange a lot of ransom!" and then shifted the responsibility to Kai, "I can fight! If it weren't for that damn Kai, who didn't let me into the city, I wouldn't have been caught by you." ”
At this moment, Kai's heart was already like ashes, he was trapped in the city lord's mansion, and he made the last fight of the trapped beast: "A knight can't make the same mistake twice, I have once again failed Lord Arthur's expectations of me, and I have no words to see Lord Arthur, I can only atone for my sins with death and keep my last dignity as a knight." ”
"Can you capture Desde in two days, or use the army to configure an incomplete vanguard, and the siege is well dispatched, it can be seen that you are also an excellent general, can you tell me your name before I die in battle?"
The generals surrounding the City Lord's Mansion smiled bitterly: "What kind of general am I a southern Yankee?, but I think you are a respectable nobleman, so I will tell you, I am Gahoris of the Laibibao family, and you will die at my hands." ”
"The Philip family, the one who met Lul Schats and brought Laventica into contact with the Bourbon Sea, is also Le Bilbourg, who are you?"
"He is my father, and I am the son of Finsu, Gahoris. ”
"Sure enough, it's a tiger father without a dog," after saying the last sentence of his life's dialogue, Kai let out a roar and launched the last charge of his life with the last soldier.
A few days later, a shocking news came that Laventica quickly captured Deste in 2 days, and Kai, the Knight of the Round Table stationed in Deste, was killed on the spot. And with the fall of Desdes, Arthur's army at Sindodda became a lone army that could be completely annihilated at any time.