Chapter 548: Military Council

Presiding over this military meeting was Baron Malek, the executive deputy chief in charge of affairs of the Norton family's armed forces, and during the two years that Lorist took the family armed forces to Morente City and the commercial alliance armed forces in the plains of Falli, Malek lived up to Lorist's expectations, put the newly established armed forces in order, and rectified and reorganized the garrison corps of the various provinces of the family domain, and established the prestige of the armed forces in the supreme command power of the local garrison troops, which made Lorist very satisfied. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This time, Lorist is ready to use war to break up and suppress the business alliance again, in order to completely defeat this opponent who has survived to the end, so that it no longer poses a threat to the free alliance. Specially recruited Malek from the Northland to make him the head of this military operation and have full command of this offensive campaign, which is also what Lorist wants Malek to establish his commanding prestige in the main field regiment of the family armed forces, remove that sub-word, and truly become the responsible chief of the family armed department.

Lorist and Ledos, as well as Garry Lando, were the last three people to arrive, and the large conference room was already full, the family knights from the Flying Tiger Legion, the Chaser Legion and the Guards Legion battalion commander, several high-ranking officers of the Armed Legion of the Free Alliance, as well as the captain of the White Lion Legion from the Kingdom of Antinac, the Golden Knight Seberg and other five or six royal knights had already sat in their seats waiting for the start of this military meeting.

Malek walked to the wall with a small slender wooden stick hanging the map of the business alliance, and tapped the table in front of him a few times with the stick: "Silence, the meeting has begun, please don't make any more noises, if you have any questions, you can ask them after I have introduced this military operation, and I will answer them for you one by one." ”

The expressionless Marek waited for the voice in the conference room to calm down before speaking again: "The purpose of the military action we are going to take this time is to completely destroy the business alliance, so that it can no longer pose a threat to the Kingdom of Andinac and the Free Alliance. At the same time, it is also an offensive campaign to dismantle the behemoth of the business alliance. The main targets of this expedition are the four provinces of Cassiloda, Tenarigue, Feltumba and Serunica.

Please take a look at the map of the business alliance hanging on the wall, have you noticed that the territory of the business alliance is not very much like a very bloated T-word horizontally, of course, after removing the Mana Hill Plain, the current map of the business alliance is like a lying L-word. And the location of the four provinces I just reported is at this L-shaped right angle, that is, by capturing these four provinces, we will divide the business alliance into two halves.

This horizontal line is the territory annexed by the Commercial Alliance from the south-central countries of the continent a few years ago, and this erected part is the territory of four countries including the Kingdom of Trimber, which was annexed by the Commercial Alliance in the Glass War, but this part of a total of seven provinces has been operated by the Business Alliance for many years, and is now the territory of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and several second- and third-rate chambers of commerce.

If you subtract the five provinces that have become blank regions around the Mana Hill Plain, plus subtract the southernmost part of the territory of the Commercial Alliance, which has belonged to the Storm Sword Saint, the Grand Duchy of Magroot and the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, there are still twenty-three provinces actually controlled by the Commercial Alliance. The purpose of our dispatch of troops this time is to divide the commercial alliance into two, separating the seven northern provinces from the twelve provinces in the south, so that the commercial alliance can no longer be replenished with troops, food, grass and materials from the southern provinces.

It should be noted here that the province of Feltonba, which we are going to attack this time, is the territory of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce, and the province of Serunica was originally the territory of the Grand Duchy of Ziktor, which has always been known for its fine gold and silver utensils, with two gold mines and five silver mines in the territory, and is known for its wealth. After being annexed by the Business Alliance, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce gave up the glass formula it had obtained to the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and exchanged its own Chamber of Commerce territory here.

Although in the decisive battle of the city of Bluvia in the Plains of Falli, the armed legions of the Mayflower Chamber were also lost. However, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce was wealthy, and soon re-established a new Chamber of Commerce legion in its territory, and recruited a new heavy armor corps to become the main force among the ten garrison corps formed by the Business Alliance. There is definite information that the top brass of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce has been accusing the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, Archduke Comberlet, of being in poor command of the battle, and seems to be eager to replace him.

Although several large chambers of commerce of the business alliance have had great conflicts due to the defeat in the war, as far as we are concerned, as long as we do not want to negotiate a peace truce, we are our enemies. From the analysis of the information we have obtained, the Visia Chamber of Commerce, the Fude Chamber of Commerce, the Liward Chamber of Commerce and the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce that have lost the territory of the Chamber of Commerce in the business alliance are the most diehard main battle factions, and the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce and more than a dozen second- and third-rate chambers of commerce are also in the main battle, but the purpose is to replace the leader of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce is the grass on the wall, and the Chikde Chamber of Commerce is a betrayer, but the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce is far away in the south of the continent, and the business alliance is not able to clean it up for the time being.

The choice of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce this time is to completely let those chambers of commerce that have been shaken and do not want to continue the war understand that the end of being our enemy is to perish, and only by holding peace talks with us and stopping this war is the only way out for those chambers of commerce. After we conquer these four provinces, the Chiked Chamber of Commerce will declare its independence from the business alliance and become the Chikd Kingdom, and I believe this news will bring a fatal blow to the business alliance. ”

Malek picked up a pen and drew a red line on the map of the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce and the five provinces around it, and then pointed to the map with a thin wooden stick and said: "The Chikde Chamber of Commerce forces will declare independence after occupying these five provinces around the world, so that there will only be seven of the twelve provinces of the business alliance in the south, but I believe that those countries in the central and southern part of the continent will not let go of this God-given opportunity, and soon the remaining seven provinces will disappear from the map of the business alliance."

This is the main purpose of our expedition, to deal a heavy blow to the forces of the Business Alliance, to divide the territory of the Business Alliance, to make it lose all the provinces in the south-central part of the continent, and to weaken its war strength. At the same time, it also opened the land trade routes to various countries in the central and southern parts of the Freedom Alliance, and reached an alliance with those kingdoms to jointly block the land trade routes of the commercial alliance, forcing the business alliance to change course and bow its head and submit ......to defeat."

The Legion Leader of the White Lion Legion, Seberg, stood up: "Lord Malek, I have a question, why don't we continue to attack the Commercial Alliance and completely destroy it, but instead use the method of siege? As you just said, the Commercial Alliance that has lost the southern provinces is only seven provinces left, and we can unite and continue the attack until it is destroyed." ”

Malek said with a blank face, "Please sit down first, Commander Seberg." Your question is actually very simple, it's not that we haven't thought about completely destroying the Commercial Alliance, it's just that we don't want to pay heavy casualties, unless you want to have another three-year bloody battle like the Mana Hill Plain. ”

Tapping the seven northern provinces on the map of the Business Alliance with a thin wooden stick, Malek explained: "These seven provinces have been run by the Business Alliance as their most solid territory, according to intelligence, these seven provinces have a population of nearly four million, the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce and the Petersen Chamber of Commerce have invested almost all their financial and material resources here, and they have invested all the income of Morent City into their Chamber of Commerce territory. During the three-year bloody battle in the Mana Hill Plain, the Two-Headed Dragon and other chambers of commerce would rather forcibly recruit soldiers and levy grain and grass supplies from the southern provinces of the distant continent than the idea of fighting these seven provinces and the territory of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce.

This is the basic plate of business alliances, and it is also where their confidence lies. Since the decisive battle of Bruvia, the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, Archduke Cumberlet, has returned from his injuries and has been building castle fortresses in dangerous places in these seven provinces, ready to resist our attack. According to the information we have obtained, we expect to suffer about 300,000 or 400,000 casualties in order to attack or occupy these seven provinces, so we gave up the attack and besieged to force the business alliance to bow down and admit defeat. ”

"How is this possible?" Captain Seberg retorted unconvinced: "Aren't your Norton family armed with artillery as a weapon to attack fortifications, and what kind of castle fortress can withstand the bombardment of artillery? As long as you bombard all the way with artillery, the enemy will not be able to resist our attack at all, where will you lose three or four hundred thousand troops?"

Lorist stood up: "Commander Seberg, artillery is not omnipotent, don't put all your hopes on artillery. In fact, artillery without gunpowder is useless, and this time, in order to attack those four provinces, our family has raised as much gunpowder as possible to get it, and even most of the gunpowder reserves of the family fleet have been obtained by us. Once we've captured those four provinces, I expect we'll consume all the gunpowder, and without the help of artillery, we'll have to rely on the flesh and blood of our warriors to attack the remaining seven provinces of the Business Alliance. So we don't expect three or four hundred thousand casualties to be taken seriously. ”

Commander Seberg immediately bowed his head and apologized: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I just don't know about this situation, and I don't have the intention to question it, please forgive me for being presumptuous." ”

"It's fine. Lorist said: "You are also in a hurry to completely eliminate the commercial alliance, if the commercial alliance refuses to bow its head and accept defeat this time, then we will trap it for another two years, and when our family gathers a batch of gunpowder, we can launch a new attack, capture one or two provinces in a year, and only four or five years can destroy the commercial alliance." Sit down, and we'll hear Baron Malek's arrangement. ”

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness. ”

Captain Seberg sat down, but Ledos stood up: "Lord Marek, I have a question. That is the four provinces that we are going to conquer this time, and they will not become blank areas again like the five provinces that are surrounded by the Mana Hill Plain, right?"

No wonder Ledos asks such a question, the last time the Norton family armed swept through the five provinces around the Manahill plain, they were like locusts, looting everything of value and taking all the inhabitants captive, artificially creating nearly 700,000 refugees. This is also due to the fact that these five provinces are not valued by the commercial alliance, and the Falcan Hill Plain was devastated during the three years of bloody war, and most of the inhabitants of the original five provinces were lost and fled. But the remaining 700,000 refugees also made the newly formed Freedom Alliance bitter, if it weren't for Lorliste who relocated nearly 400,000 refugees to Yungeshandra Province, the Freedom Alliance would probably have collapsed by these 700,000 refugees, after all, they are not as experienced as the Norton family forces.

"Don't worry, Lord Ledos. Malek nodded at Ledos: "Lord Tagar of our family went to those countries in the central and southern parts of the continent on the orders of His Highness, and found His Royal Highness the little prince of the former Grand Duchy of Ziktor, as well as several other successors of the kingdoms annexed by the commercial alliance, and had a friendly consultation with the sixteen kingdoms in the central and southern regions, and obtained the unanimous approval of those sixteen countries. After conquering these four provinces, we will re-establish three Grand Duchy and one kingdom in five provinces around the Falcan Plain, and conclude an alliance with the Sixteen Powers of the Central and Southern Regions to jointly besiege and blockade the commercial alliance. ”

Ledos let out a long breath, and finally let go of his heart. Seeing that no one had any more problems, Malek tapped the map on the wall with a thin wooden stick: "Let's arrange the task." This time we will attack from the province of Gidelink. The Merchant Alliance has deployed ten newly formed garrisons across the borders of these five empty provinces around the Falcan Hill Plain, forming a defensive front, and no matter which province we attack from, we must guard against the Merchant Alliance's forces outflanking us through the other four provinces. Therefore, the task of the Chasseur is to contain and launch a feint attack in the remaining four provinces, so that the garrison deployed there by the Commercial Alliance has no time to take care of it. If possible, you can guerrilla your way to the enemy's rear provinces, but be careful not to take over enemy castles, forts, towns and villages with heavy casualties. ”

"Yes, resolutely complete the task. The commander of the Huntschassers, Farea, stood up and replied.

"The province of Gidlink was handed over to the Flying Tigers to sweep again to ensure the safety of the main attacking force. Malek said. The main force of the attack from Gidelinck was the Norton Guard's Legion and the Armed Legion of the Free Alliance, and the provinces of Feltemba and Tenarigue, which were close to Gidelink, were mostly hilly, where the Merchant Alliance built a number of castle fortresses and defensive positions, and deployed four corps. So this time, the Norton family sent two artillery battalions to deal with these defenses, and only after capturing these two provinces can the Flying Tiger Legion come into use, and the remaining provinces of Casilloda and Seruniga are plains, which are suitable for cavalry to gallop across the country.

Captain Seberg of the White Lion Legion was dissatisfied, as the White Lion Legion was assigned the task of securing the logistics channel. Last time, they made a lot of money by cooperating with the Norton family's armed sweep of the Mana Hill Plain and traveling around the five provinces, but this time they were very high-spirited, and they also wanted to make a windfall to go back. In the end, Lorist made a decision, and after the Guards and the Free Alliance Legion captured Tenarig and Feltemba, the White Lion Legion and the Flying Tiger Legion could each attack a province, which made the Captain of the Seberg Legion turn his anger into joy and thanked him repeatedly.

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