Chapter 366: Defeat after defeat
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The morning light that heralded the arrival of a new day was sprinkled on the land of the Duchy of Mageni, and perhaps it was a bit inappropriate to call it the territory of the Duchy of Mageni, because the people who now stood on this land were already the people of the Eastern Oguna Empire, the empire that had always admired force and military development. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
For Fidel, what happened last night made him extremely disappointed, only about 10,000 regular troops of the Duchy of Mageni returned to the barracks of the mercenary Patriotic Regiment alive, which also shows that the Duchy of Mageni lost nearly 40,000 regular troops overnight, including the stubborn but loyal old count.
Two devastating defeats in quick succession left all the mercenaries in despair, with the Southern Army having their heads hollowed out for falling into the trap of the Empire, and the regular army of the Duchy being attacked for being traitors. If anyone can still hope for a country that is not very powerful, he will surely be ridiculed as a fool.
What can be confirmed is that Vittorio, who immediately put together the regular army that escaped from the barracks, still has such hopes.
"Commander, the circumstances of the death of Count Camhen and the defeat of the 50,000-strong army have been written, and they can be teleported to all parts of the Dulumber City and the Duchy of Magini at any time," Vittorio had not slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot, but he could still report the current situation to Fidel in a flat tone, "Most of those regular armies are still capable of fighting, and they have all been incorporated into the Mercenary Guardian Regiment, nominally under the command of those two nobles, but now they are under the jurisdiction of you, the commander." ”
Fide looked at the letter, written by Vittorio himself, "This is a letter that makes the Duchy of Mageni feel hopeless. ”
"Actually, even if we don't send them a letter, they will know about the defeat we are facing," Vittorio did not look at Fidel, and he also avoided the gaze of the other captains who had woken up, "I would rather tell the people of the other lands as a native of the Duchy of Magini, that the news of defeat should not come from the mouth of the enemy." ”
After a moment of silence, Selena asked, "Actually, the Earl of Kanheng and those principality nobles can choose to break through from one direction when the enemy is surrounded..."
"But the pride and pride of the Count of Camhen did not allow him to do so," Vittorio said, "and the two nobles have already confessed, and the Count of Camhen knows the risks of attacking the enemy, but he is no longer willing to give up an inch of land." That's why he had a dispute with other nobles, which led to the final tragedy. ”
"That Viscount Robin must also be ready to mutiny, even if the Earl of Camhen manages to escape from the barracks, Robin will stab Camhen in the back. Robin, who had already sent important information and barracks defense materials to the Empire, and Ben didn't expect to run into Field, so when he failed to plot Field, he was exposed that he had not made a move to Camhen, and Fielder also knew why the other party had to kill him.
"But—" Luca, who had suffered a minor injury to his lower back, suddenly thought of a question, "But why did Sir Robin rebel against the Duchy of Magini?"
There was nothing to discuss about this question, but the individual captains suddenly thought of another question because of Luca's question - even the nobles who originally belonged to this country have rebelled, and those nobles with prestige have also died, so what should the potato mercenary group do?
Because of the desperate resistance of the regular army and the timely support of the mercenary Patriotic Regiment, the Imperial Army of East Oguna also suffered heavy losses. According to Selena's later reconnaissance cavalry, countless corpses appeared in the barracks built on high terrain, including many imperial cavalry horses. One can imagine how much resistance those Imperial Iron Horsemen encountered after storming the barracks. After rough statistics, the Eastern Oguna Imperial Army, which lost two small cities and the rear military camp, lost at least 15,000 people, and the three mercenary groups of the Mercenary Guild also suffered casualties of varying degrees, among which the main force of the American Young Mercenary Group was almost completely destroyed, and countless handsome faces turned into carrion.
If the Mercenary Guardian Regiment was not in the same camp as the 50,000-strong army commanded by Count Camphen, then the mercenaries led by Fide should be the biggest winner of this battle. The end result was that the East Oguna Empire and the Mercenary Guild won a crushing victory at the cost of losing nearly 30,000 troops, while the Mageni Principality lost more than 40,000 men, most of whom were regular troops.
These numbers were written by Vittorio in the letter that was going to be copied to all parts of the principality, Vittorio didn't want to hide anything, after all, this was the truth, Fide and the victory he wanted turned into defeat in the end, but hiding the truth would only make the defeat stinking bad.
The news of the defeat of the Count of Camhen spread throughout the Duchy of Mageni in just two days, and the Count of Camhen, who was regarded as the last pillar by the people of the Duchy, died in front of his barracks.
The citizens of the Duchy who walked the streets of Dumule felt a nameless anger that the Earl of Campham thought too highly of himself, and that an old man over eighty years old could still control an army of 50,000 and eventually bury all of them. They believe that the Duchy of Mageni needs a hero who can really stand together and stand in front of the country against foreign enemies. Count Endrida, who had been recuperating in the Dujee City, had already built an army of tens of thousands of men, and with some of the smaller cities around the Duchy, the vicinity of the new capital of the Duchy of Magini was already capable of making a comeback. Count Endrida also took the initiative to stand up after the death of Count Canchen, saying that he would definitely protect the people of the Duchy of Magini and stand up for Duke Yannis and for this land.
Although Endrida was not small, and he did take the opportunity to become the only nobleman that Yannis could rely on, those nobles in the west of the duchy obviously did not have much affection for Endrida. After the death of Camham and the other nobles, more and more cities had long wanted to join the Duchy of Nou, and they also extinguished the last bit of hope and discussed the matter of being included in the territory of the Duchy of Noo.
Ludwig, who had already formed an alliance with the Duchy of Magini, also encountered great resistance, and the Imperial Army of East Oguna put most of the main forces in front of the Winter Country, even Ludwig, who was good at mobilizing troops, was difficult to gain an advantage for a while, and the Imperial General named Godara was obviously not a vegetarian.
The only thing that comforted Fright was Mave's lobbying. Although the news of the defeat of the Earl of Campham and his 50,000 regular army also reached the southern region, Maev's non-stop running and personal visits to the lords in various places still achieved some results. The cities were hesitating between the Papal Union's alliance of independence and the Duchy of Magini, and after meeting with Maev, they all said that they would not abandon the Duchy Magini, but at the same time they must see the Duchy of Magini victorious as soon as possible.
Later, Feder learned that Maeve kept mentioning herself in the process of lobbying, and when she met with each nobleman, she would claim that Fed, the head of the Mercenary Guard, was a baron personally canonized by Duke Yannis, the hope of the duchy, and her fiancé.
Feder could understand the "marriage contract" that Mave had not negotiated with him, and he knew that it was just a means of negotiation for Maev, after all, for many sensible nobles, the death of the Count of Canchen represented the basic disappearance of the old power of the Duchy of Magini, and the country needed to be re-energized and must be injected with fresh blood. Moreover, the defeat a few days ago was not without gains, and the Empire also paid the price.
"If Miss Maevie can succeed, maybe a certain number of troops will be able to rush to the front line..."Patrick looked at the map, the military camp of the mercenary defense regiment had retreated again and again, and the surrounding cities were also fleeing, "Count Endrida also claimed that he would send troops to support us in the short term, so that we must hold this place first, and not let the Imperial army of East Oguna take another half step." ”
Winoti, who was in a bad mood, replied loudly: "But the Imperial Army of East Oguna has not advanced at all! We have just been defeated again and again, from the Southern Army to the regular army of the principality... Now we're just hired mercenaries..."
Fidel asked Vittorio, "Are those mercenary groups stable?"
"They're still okay with what they're doing and we're giving them more incentives to keep them emotional. Squadron Leader Jasmine also sent several mercenaries from Black Swamp City to join the Mercenary Guardian Regiment, nearly 4,000 people. ”
Fett, who crossed his hands and held his chin behind his hands, closed his eyes. He knew that there would not be someone like Robin around him, but no one could guarantee that those mercenary groups would not choose to disperse in a hurry. With the stalemate between the two countries, the Imperial Army of East Oguna increasingly took the initiative, and the other side knew that the long-lasting attrition would definitely be the loss of the weaker Mageni Principality. When the nobles to the west were determined to separate, the Duchy of Mageni would become a principality in name only, and its very responsible mercenary task would come to an end.
Vittorio said suddenly: "According to the fact that when I later returned to the burned barracks, I found some traces of the rebels there. Now that they have achieved this goal, perhaps they will continue to 'fight' for the destruction of the Duchy of Magini, and we need to be vigilant, and the safety of Chief Fid has become a matter of paramount importance now. Vittorio, who had been silent for the past few days, threw out such a dangerous signal as soon as he opened his voice, and the captains felt a sense of crisis.
Most of the captains, including Patrick, began to consider whether to persuade Fide not to continue to serve Duke Yannis and the Duchy of Magini, after all, the Potato Mercenary Regiment was a mercenary group after all. I thought that they left the Papal States and wanted to take root in the Duchy of Magini, but they didn't expect that this country has been suffering bad luck, and the successive defeats have made the country hopeless, and what Fielder wanted to obtain no longer exists.
While everyone was pondering, Vega walked in with a man of medium stature.
"Hello everyone, I am Li Wei, the leader of the civilian mercenary group, and I want to take my subordinates to join the mercenary defense group. ”