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Campbell II was on the verge of collapse, and if it weren't for the tenacity he had cultivated over time, he would have gone mad. www.biquge.info The western front army of the Augsburg Empire has been deeply inserted into the southern part of the Duchy of Cologne, the important town of Mainz in the south of Cologne, where the southern coalition army of the Alliance and the Augsburg Imperial Army conducted the first official battle since the Austro-Han War, the disparity in strength made the coalition forces of several countries in the south of the alliance unable to resist the offensive of the Augsburg Empire, which lasted only one day, Mainz fell, more than 10,000 allied soldiers became prisoners, and more than 16,000 soldiers were killed in this battle.

The entire Duchy of Cologne also has only 35,000 regular troops and 20,000 reservists, and even if they are all mobilized, they do not exceed 50,000 troops, plus the surrounding Duchy of Dresden with 20,000 troops and 15,000 troops and armies from the Duchy of Kassel, a total of only 110,000 troops, of which 70,000 are formed into the southern corps of the League's standing army.

Under the impact of the mighty Augsburg army, although the coalition forces also carried out resolute resistance, they were outnumbered, and Campbell II's determination was not proportional to the command art of Lüders, the commander of the southern corps of the standing army, and the commander of the Augsburg Western Front army was the famous fierce general of the Augsburg Empire, Ronstein, who used 30,000 ironclad cavalry to forcibly break through the infantry defense line of the Duchy of Cologne and the Duchy of Kassel from the standing army corps, which led to the collapse of the entire front, and the coalition army had to retreat to Bamberg, an important town in central Cologne, where it was ready to resist more stubbornly。

Campbell hoped that the coalition forces would help him hold Bamberg here, and waited until reinforcements from the central and northern coalition standing armies and other member states, without which Campbell would not dare to argue with the Augsburg Empire, even if he was arrogant. But the Augsburgers did not seem to want to let Campbell easy for long, less than two days after the capture of Mainz, the Augsburg Eastern Front army along the western shore of the Baltic Sea broke into the territory of the Duchy of Dresden, and captured the Aikelan Pass in one fell swoop, which is the commanding height of the southern region of Dresden, and the capture of this is equivalent to controlling the southern part of the Duchy of Dresden, from here to the north, the southern plain of Dresden is presented in front of you, and the city of Dresden, located in the middle of the Dresden plain, has become the capital of the principality.

The Dresdians gave up the second wave of 25,000 reinforcements they had already sent after learning of the loss of the Aiklan Pass, they needed to defend their capital, the Dresden Plain was flat, there was no danger to defend, the Augsburgers could easily cross the Great Plain to the foot of Dresden, if the Augsburgers captured Dresden, then they would die without a place to bury.

The only remaining allies were Kassel and Ulm, both small states with less than 30,000 troops and no extra troops to support Cologne, who also had to guard against the danger they might face if the Augsburgs captured Dresden. Now the only hope is the army of the Duchy of Salzburg. Salzburg is the most powerful country in the south of the League, with a standing army of up to 140,000 people, one of which is the League Standing Army has been stationed in the north, and now it seems to be stationed in the West Indo-German region.

The envoys to Salzburg were already in the third wave, but the army of the Duchy of Salzburg still did not appear in the eyes of the eager Cologne, Campbell was a little desperate, if the Salzburgers were also afraid of the Augsburg army, then the Duchy of Cologne was really hopeless.

On June 9, the first batch of 30,000 hoplites from the Duchy of Salzburg finally arrived at the city of Cologne, and at the same time, the three legions of the Allied Standing Army also galloped south from the border of the Famini Empire and the northern region in the starry night.

On June 8, the army of the eastern front of the Augsburg Empire captured Bamberg, and the Cologneites lost the courage to continue to resist before the arrival of reinforcements, and had to evacuate their central town of Bamberg, and the Augsburg army also took the opportunity to occupy the key pass of the Duchy of Cologne and the central plain of the Duchy of Dresden - the Weilam Pass, which is an important passage from the middle of Cologne to Dresden.

On June 9, the army of the Western Front of Augsburg defeated the heroic resistance of the Knights of the Duchy of Dresden in the middle of the Dresden Plain, and the disparity in strength made the resistance of the Knights of the Duchy of Dresden seem meaningless.

On June 10, the Augsburg Empire's Western Front army captured Kemunitz located in the middle reaches of the Dresden River, realizing the strategy of the Augsburg Empire setting up two fronts at the same time, controlling the Wielam Pass, the eastern and western armies can be easily connected, Cologne and Dresden, the two important barriers in the south of the Alliance, have almost lost most of them, and Augsburg has won the first phase of the war, but at the same time, the Alliance's more than 200,000 standing troops have also been reinforced in place, and the Augsburg Empire also realized that it is not so easy to defeat the Alliance as easily as the first stage, and it is particularly important to stabilize the current position.

Cui Wenxiu quietly arrived at Blue Castle City at night, the Imperial Army stationed here has only one division, and the same Hansen Alliance only has 20,000 White Stork Corps of De Fenn stationed in Blue Castle City, and the Imperial Army is still secretly moving, but this may not be hidden for long, after learning that the Augsburg Army has successfully captured Bamberg and the Weilam Pass in central Cologne, Cui Wenxiu knew that the time was ripe, as long as the Augsburg Imperial Army controlled these two places, the battle between the Allied Army and the Augsburg Empire would not end in a day or two, not to mention that even the southern part of Dresden fell into the hands of the Augsburgers, this occupation will put the Hansen League in a quagmire from which they cannot extricate themselves.

"Are you ready to stop?" Cui Wenxiu blew the tea leaves floating on the water, and asked with a smile, the governor of West India County in front of him is the leading young governor of the entire empire, and he was appointed as the governor of West India at the age of thirty-one, which also caused an uproar in the imperial political arena at that time, but Cui Wenxiu believed that His Majesty the Emperor's vision could put this Mr. Link here, and His Majesty must have his own intentions.

"General Wenxiu rest assured, everything has been prepared, tomorrow the chambers of commerce of several other provinces will jointly write a letter asking the Hansen Alliance to withdraw from the Blue Castle and hand over the province of Mana to the single management of the empire, and at the same time, the Chamber of Commerce of the province of Mana and the local nobles will also march on the streets to demonstrate, showing the will of the people, and the joint management of the two parties has made the people of Mana deeply inconvenient, not to mention that the empire is now like the middle of the sky, and fools also know who to follow to have a future. Link smiled and sat back in his chair, "I don't know if the general's side is ready?"

"Link, are you questioning my Cui Wenxiu's ability?" Cui Wenxiu asked half-jokingly, "The Hansen Alliance must leave, not only the provinces of Manna, but also the two provinces of Dexin and Destain, they are not qualified to dictate to this land, they will soon realize this, if they don't, they may lose more." ”

As far as I know, most of the local people in Dest have converted to the Holy Spirit Sect, and less than thirty percent of the people who really believe in Nia and Rohmanism are much more likely to identify with the Duchy of Hanover and the Hansen League. Link was not overwhelmed by Choi's momentum, and he needed to remind the other party that although he knew that the other party should be more thoughtful than himself, he had to do his part.

"Well, this is actually the biggest problem and obstacle to our military operation, now the Hansen League is stationed in the entire West Indo-German land with only one White Stork Corps of 70,000 people, and now the Hansen League is in a fierce battle with the Augsburgs, and it is unlikely that the surplus troops will be drawn to support West Indo-Dean, whether it is from the possible surname or the time, at best, the Duchy of Hanover may send their Wehrmacht outside the Standing Army of the League to reinforce it, but that little force is not much of a threat to our superiority, but as you said, the people of the province of D'Estain may unite with the Hanoverians to prevent us from enteringThis place is too close to Hanover itself, and secondly, there is public support, we don't have the right people and people, and it is much more difficult, and if we really want to fight, there may be a possibility that d'Estaing will be completely abandoned, so I have been a little hesitant. ”

Cui Wenxiu licked her lips, and her face showed a hint of hideousness, "But since I have come to this point, I don't plan to give up Destain, if those foolish people really want to link their beliefs with the rule of the state power, I will not be stingy with the blade in my hand, blood and skulls may make many people sober up, faith cannot replace everything, people have to understand more truths to survive." ”

(To be continued)