Chapter 425: Rescue

In August 1781, the four alliances of the Northland of the Kingdom of Antinac and the forces of the Fisabrun family of the three provinces of the northeastern steppe raided the Duchy of Sabaji, which opened the prelude to the war of the Andinac Kingdom against the four central principalities. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On 17 August, Grand Duke Sabaji abandoned the castle of Meishan and fled to the Duchy of Fakel. The cavalry of the four Northland alliances and the Fisabulun family reached the capital of the Duchy of Forendo, the city of Pedro, and the provinces of Samora, the Duchy of Fakr, and the province of Forward, the Duchy of Forendo, were attacked and plundered by cavalry.

On 7 September, the White Lion Legion led by King Ogseiro of the Kingdom of Antinac arrived in the province of Zixes, where he joined up with the four Northland alliances and the Fisabrun family, with a force of 300,000.

The Grand Duke of Volundo recruited the people of the whole country and spent more than two months digging 431 trenches and building more than 1,000 earthen walls from the province of Forward to the capital city of Pedro, which was 83 miles long, and used them as defensive positions to resist the advance of the Andinac army.

On the night of November 3, after more than a month-long confrontation, the army of the Kingdom of Antinac diverted water from the Nebaraku River to flood the trench, and the 2nd Garrison Regiment of the Duchy of Volendo was caught off guard, nearly half of the damage was damaged, and the survivors were captured.

Despite the constant diversion of water from the Andinac army to flood the trenches, the garrison of the Duchy of Forrendo refused to give up resistance, relying on low earthen walls to resist the enemy's advance, and finally failed due to heavy casualties.

On 24 November, the Archduke of Forrendo announced the abandonment of the city of Pedro, and left the province of Perolena with the 1st and 3rd garrisons of the Duchy for the Duchy of Handla, where he prepared to continue his resistance. However, the mountain legions of the Duchy of Volendor remained in the hills and mountains of Pedrona to conduct guerrilla warfare at the insistence of the commander of the Golden Knight, Noori.

Before leaving the capital city of Pedro, the Grand Duke of Forrendo did not burn the grain and grass stored in the city's warehouses for many years, but left it for the invading Andinac army. King Augercello was impressed. Because of the benevolence of the Grand Duke of Fortoro, the army of the kingdom that invaded the city of Pedro maintained good military discipline and did not offend the inhabitants of the city.

As the trench defenses of the Duchy of Forrendo were breached, and the neighboring Duchy of Fakel lost its flank barriers, its empty rear was easily outflanked by the cavalry units of the Kingdom of Antinac. The Grand Duke of Fakr had no choice but to abandon his duchy and lead four principality legions to the Duchy of Handla.

Before leaving, the Grand Duke of Fakr, in order to show his determination to fight the Kingdom of Antinac to the end, vowed not to let the enemy set foot in his city and family castle, drove the inhabitants out of their homes at the onset of winter, and then burned his family castle and the capital of the duchy, Falemehi, to the ground. As a result, nearly 100,000 residents of the city of Falaimohi were left homeless and homeless.

The unwise tyranny of the Grand Duke of Falkel led to the alienation of the entire Duchy from the Falkels. The first to turn his back on the Grand Duke of Falkel were the soldiers of the four legions he had prepared to take to the Duchy of Handla to continue the fight against the Andinac army. Along the way, there were many large-scale escapes of soldiers, so much so that the Grand Duke of Farkel had to treat the soldiers of the Legion as prisoners, and after strict supervision, he finally stopped the frequent occurrence of escapes.

It was only after arriving in the Duchy of Handla that the Grand Duke of Falkel found that almost half of the original four legionnaires had run away, and there were many knights and low-ranking officials loyal to the Fakr family who did not say goodbye, and the remaining soldiers could not even make up the full strength of the two legions. It was only then that Archduke Falkel regretted his decision......

――――Excerpt from the book "The Rising Angry Bear Dynasty". Professor Gashausen, Dean of the School of Literature and History of Dawn College, a famous military scholar, an expert in the study of war history, and Professor of Imperial Sir Geshausen, wrote in October 2317 of the universal calendar of the Gelinthia continent.

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On November 27, 1781 in the universal calendar of the continent of Guelintea, the army of the Kingdom of Andinac entered the ungarrisoned capital of the Duchy of Forundo, the city of Pedro.

"This is the summer palace that ranks fifth among the top ten palaces of the famous empire?" asked Lorist curiously, looking at the beautifully decorated palace building decoration with a sense of historical vicissitudes.

"Yes. The Second Highness standing beside him was also very emotional: "When I was five and seven years old, my father once took me here to escape the heat, and the scenery in summer is completely different from the winter now, it is like a paradise on earth, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, the trees are shady, and all kinds of green grass constitute various patterns, different shades, and a great sense of layering." For me at that time, it was like a paradise of my dreams...... We rolled and frolicked in the grass, free, catching lambs and ponies, and no one disturbed us. Rather than having attendants at the palace at all times to remind you of etiquette, and not to let the reputation of the Chrisson royal family be damaged......"

Lorist scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that his casual question would make His Second Highness fall into memories of his childhood, and the crowd walking towards the palace stopped and couldn't continue to walk. And the Second Highness's eyes were confused, and the expression on his face showed that he was reminiscing about his lost childhood.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness woke up quickly, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I'm sorry I saw things just now, but the impression left by the summer vacation here when I was a child is really deep." ”

Archduke Fisabrun, who was following behind Lorlist, smiled understandingly: "It's okay, just so we can also take a closer look at this famous summer palace." To be honest, this is my first time here, and I really feel a little dizzying, and the beauty and luxury of the summer palace are indeed worthy of the name. ”

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On November 33rd, news from the Principality of Fakr reached the eyes of His Highness II, who was furious and vowed not to forgive the Grand Duke of Fakel and his family, who had burned down the city of Fakel and burned the grain and grass that could not be taken away from the towns of the Duchy of Fakr.

His Royal Highness immediately summoned Lorlist, Archduke Fisabrun, Count Philim and Count Shaheen to discuss how to deal with the tense situation in the Duchy of Fakel. In the heart of the Second Highness, it was originally for the 300,000 troops to stay in Wodong, the province of Perorina, and wait until next year to continue the attack on the Duchy of Handla. Now the four archdukes of the four central principalities are gathered in the Duchy of Handla, as long as the coalition forces of the four central principalities gathered in the Duchy of Handra are defeated, then the strategy of destroying the four central principalities will be completely achieved, and he will be able to incorporate eleven provinces into the territory of the kingdom.

Privately, His Royal Highness didn't want Lorist and them to get involved in the Duchy of Fakr, and before he led the White Lion Legion to arrive, the four alliance forces of the Northlands and the two legions of the Fisabrun family, as well as those noble coalition forces, were in front of him, and he was shocked to see what the occupied Duchy of Sabaji had done.

Therefore, as soon as the army met and the two highnesses began to rectify military discipline, it was strictly forbidden to privately plunder and relocate the population, and even captured two disobedient orders and secretly sent troops to rob the noble manor of the Duchy of Volendo, and the nobles came to make an example of them, not only depriving them of their territorial titles, but also hanging them and nearly a hundred armed attendants who went to rob together outside the gate of the barracks, giving all the nobles a good lesson.

When His Royal Highness heard a few days ago that Grand Duke Falkel also ran to the Duchy of Handla with his four legions, he didn't care, and he was glad that these four Grand Dukes got together just because they didn't need to divide their troops to attack them, and when they were defeated next year, the four principalities in the middle of the country would be decided, which would be much easier. Even if the Duchy of Handla and the legions brought by the three Grand Dukes add up to more than 300,000 troops, can it withstand the invincible soldiers on their side?

At that time, His Royal Highness thought that the Grand Duke of Falkel had sealed the warehouse and led the troops away like the Grand Duke of Frankel, and he thought that if the White Lion Legion sent a legion, he could slowly occupy the various towns and fortresses and castles of the Principality of Falkel along the way. He never thought that the Grand Guild of Farkel would make such a drastic and vicious move, and directly turn the entire three provinces of Farkel into a mess for him to clean up.

His Royal Highness gritted his teeth with hatred for Grand Duke Falkel at this moment, no matter how he said that he was also the king of the Kingdom of Antinac, he couldn't watch the hundreds of thousands of refugees die of starvation, but it was really difficult to send troops to support. This is not only a matter of hundreds of thousands of mouths, but also a large number of materials that are enough for the hundreds of thousands of refugees to survive the winter.

The grain and grass materials left by the Grand Duke of Forendo in Pedro City, plus the logistical baggage transported from the rear, are enough for the current 300,000 troops to spend this winter comfortably, but now there are more than 100,000 refugees in the Principality of Fakel, even if the material consumption of the army is reduced to support these refugees, it is not enough for them to survive this long winter.

But if you don't save yourself when you die, it's not a matter of forbearance, but it will affect your reputation too much. After all, it was the Second Highness who led the army to attack the Four Central Duchyes, and now that the Grand Duke of Farkel has fled, the Second Highness has become the victor, and the territory has become the Second Highness. Later generations will not accuse Grand Duke Farkel of causing all these disasters, but will accuse His Royal Highness of not saving him when he sees death, and the words recorded in the history books will be described as cruel and unkind, which is not a good reputation.

His Royal Highness already had a reputation for brutality when he purged the nobles of the entire kingdom in the imperial capital, but those nobles were rebellious after all, and it was understandable for His Royal Highness to treat them like that, as long as he had the last laugh, he would be described as a wise act. But if these hundreds of thousands of refugees die unexpectedly, then the hats of the Second Highness will not be able to be put on and taken off.

So His Royal Highness is really in a dilemma at this moment, he has the heart to help but can't do anything, and he doesn't have a good reputation if he doesn't help, even if he will unify the territory of the former Krisson Empire in the future and become the emperor of Zhongxing, but this flying disaster will still leave a stigma in his legendary career.

"Your Majesty, let me go. The Flying Tiger Legion is a cavalry, fast and can rush to the rescue. Lorist stood up and volunteered.

"What are you going to do?" asked His Highness.

"Refugees are migrated. Lorist replied without hesitation: "The winter and the rainy season are too long, if we let these hundreds of thousands of refugees stay in the wild for the winter, not to mention that they can't survive it, we can't do anything just to ensure the food and cold and warm materials for these hundreds of thousands of refugees." Not to mention the difficulties of long-distance transportation, as soon as the grain and grass materials are interrupted in winter, the consequences will be unimaginable. When these refugees are hungry, the three provinces of the Principality of Falkel will be finished.

Besides, these refugees are not farmers, most of them are townspeople, and they have ended up in this fate after that bastard of Falkel burned their homes and stored grain and grass. Even if there are no cities next spring, they will still be refugees. And we can't change the city, and we can't afford to spend money to rebuild a city for them at this time, so I think the best solution is to help them move to another city. “

"Then where are you going to move them to?" asked the Second Highness.

"King Windbury. Lorist replied, "Everyone knows that the royal city of Windbrie was once the largest livestock trade in the former empire, and the largest city in the Northeast. However, since the outbreak of the Empire's civil war, the population has been greatly lost, and the city that can accommodate 300,000 inhabitants now has only 50,000 or 60,000 permanent residents. Most of the buildings are empty.

The most important point is that most of these hundreds of thousands of refugees are artisans living in towns, there is no land to cultivate, and they rely on their crafts to earn money to support themselves and their families, so it will be very comfortable to use them to fill the vacancies in the city of Windbri, let them move to the city to continue the life of the townspeople, and then fund them to open workshops and shops, and the city will prosper again. “

The Second Highness was a little unwilling, he knew that what Lorist said was right, but the problem was that the city of King Windbrie was under the jurisdiction of the Norton family, and Lorist was still the governor of the city, so he blamed the damn oath!

The Second Highness touched his forehead with his left hand, and he had a little headache, but he couldn't help but promise Lorist: "What do you need?"

"Let Count Philim's Pegasus Legion go with me to the rescue of the Duchy of Fakel, they are light cavalry that is faster and can arrive earlier to maintain order, now the sooner the better. Lorist said: "In addition, we only need to prepare half a month's worth of food and grass for 200,000 people." ”

It was really unexpected that His Royal Highness needed such little food and grass, but he was still unwilling to do what Lorist said: "I can give you food and grass, but why should the Pegasus Legion help?

"This ......," said Lorlist, before he could speak, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun had already stood up.

"Your Majesty, no, you know that the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment was once a prisoner of the Norton family's forces, so they have a grudge against the Norton family's forces, and if they let them pass, it will be easy to clash and affect the rescue. Moreover, without the presence of the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment, the reserve regiment of all brutal cavalry will be difficult to control, and it will be easy to go out and cause trouble if you do not obey orders and disobey military orders. For the sake of military discipline and safety, let Count Philim's Pegasus Army go. “

Well, how could the old fox speak for me?

At this time, His Royal Highness had already made a decision: "Okay, let the Flying Tiger Legion and the Pegasus Legion go to the three provinces of the Principality of Falkel to rescue the hundreds of thousands of refugees." Locke, Count Philim, you two must complete this mission and not cause major deaths in the process of relocation and rescue. ”

Lorist and Count Philim straightened up: "Yes, Your Majesty. ”

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