Chapter 255: A Farce in the History of War

In January 1773 of the Galinthia Common Calendar, the war between the Fort Merchant Alliance and the Kingdom of Trimber over the recipe and production process of glass caused a headache for military scholars who wrote the history of the war on the continent of Gelintia, and they were unable to write, and even quarreled over whether the war, which was named the Battle of Glass, should be recorded.

An expert on the history of war denounced that the peace of only twenty or thirty years had made the Fort Business Alliance forget how to fight, and as for the performance of the army of the Kingdom of Trimber, it was a joke, in this eight-month-long glass war, the two behaved like a village battle, and there was no formal offensive and defensive battle, field battle and general battle. The entire war was filled with betrayal, surrender, robbery, trading and intrigues.

Finally, the history of the battle of Gallint is described as a glass war that affected the entire continent and forced the Fort Business Alliance to rise strongly, although it lasted for eight months, resulting in the destruction of the Kingdom of Trimber and the disappearance of seven neighboring countries, in fact, this war was just an unorganized, undisciplined, strategic, and purposeless chaotic party, which should be a feast of conspiracy and a carnival of partition.

Looking back at some of the details of the war from the beginning, it really makes people laugh off their teeth.

For example, Lord Edmund, the commander of the 50,000-strong army of the Kingdom of Trimbert, who received an order from Trimber VII to march to the city of Moriente, ordered his troops to assemble and march in formal gear to the city of Bruvick on the plains of Fallihills, which was controlled by the Merchant Alliance, and also ordered the military band to play along the way.

If this is a surprise plan to confuse the enemy, it is acceptable, but the problem is that in the mind of Lord Edmund, the march should be like this. As a result, this line of troops confused the city defense patrol team of the Commercial Alliance, and wondered if the upper echelons of the Commercial Alliance had reached some agreement with the Royal Family of Trimber?

The patrolling city defense squads, who did not regard these Trimber Kingdom troops as enemies, began to stand on the side of the road or follow the march to watch the military band perform, and even notified the captain of the city defense team in Bruvick to go out of the city to greet them. The captain of the city defense army was also confused, and said in his heart that I didn't receive any orders and notices?

So he ran to the city to confirm that the army of the Trimber Kingdom was in a parallel army, and he didn't even send scouts, it was completely a parade in the home of his allies, and the captain of the city defense army had to curse the messenger who delivered the message in which corner he must have been drunk to keep himself from receiving the news, while packing up and going outside the city to greet him, and wanted to ask the other party's commander what was going on?

The first city of the Business Alliance was lost so inexplicably. Lord Edmund ordered his troops to proceed to the next city, Lyte, and captured the city as they did. If Count Edmund understood at this time that it was his army's marching column that confused the enemy and allowed him to quickly occupy the two cities, then if the enemy continued to march and connected a few more cities before the enemy could react, then Count Edmund would definitely be among the famous generals of the mainland.

Unfortunately, Count Edmund did not realize that even the two commanders of the city defense who had gone out to meet them had surrendered to him as fearful of his military situation. So he didn't see these two commanders, the names were civilians as soon as they heard it, and if there was anything to see, let the soldiers detain them first.

Lord Edmund's attention now is that tea time has come, and he is already satisfied with two cities in a day, and it seems that he can hold a grand dinner party in the evening to treat himself, especially since there are several noble widows and ladies in Lite City, and the Lord Earl thinks that if they get to know him as a famous general, there may be a pleasant encounter waiting for him.

With an order, the army of the Kingdom of Trimber took over the city defense and strictly prohibited entry and exit, and here prepared a sumptuous dinner for the Earl, and the soldiers of the Kingdom of Trimber, who had herded sheep, began to harass the common people of Lyte City in groups of three or five on the street. Only then did the patrol teams of the City Defense Army of the Business Alliance outside the city react, Damn, they are the enemy, and they are here to attack us......

You can't blame the carelessness of the City Defense Army of the Business Alliance, mainly because they have been brainwashed and overwashed, and they have always believed that the Kingdom of Trimber is the most staunch comrade-in-arms of the Business Alliance, even after the attack of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce, most of the people in the City Defense Army still insist that this is just a business conflict, and the upper echelons will soon succeed in mediation.

Another reason is that it is winter now, although the Falcan Hill Plain is much warmer than the northern land, but there is no habit of fighting in winter, and most of the members of the city defense army go home on vacation to accompany their wives and children. When the army of the Kingdom of Trimber marched into the army, it confused the squads of the city defense army that carried out patrol tasks, who heard of attacking with the marching army of the parade?

In the evening, the news that the Kingdom of Trimber launched a war and took the initiative to attack the business alliance and connected the two cities reached the city of Morente, compared to the battle shouted by the people of the whole city, the fierce slogans of the counterattack, the seven giants of the Supreme Commercial Council looked solemn. When did the army of the Trimber Kingdom have such a strong combat effectiveness that it actually took two cities in one day.

You must know that the city defense force of the Commercial Alliance is a very effective defense force that has gone through countless brutal offensive and defensive battles, and it can connect two cities under their defense, no wonder that Trimber VII, who has a tendon in his head, dares to issue a war threat to the Commercial Alliance, and it seems that it relies on the strong combat effectiveness of this army.

However, since he was knocked on the door, he couldn't be a turtle with a shrunken head, and soon the business alliance made a decision to declare war overnight. Considering the cruelty and protracted nature of the war, the Big Seven decided to launch a national war of resistance to resolutely drive out the invading army of the Trimber Kingdom, and promised that when the lord system began to be implemented this year, the meritorious personnel of this self-defense counterattack war would be taken into account, and they would be awarded corresponding titles and fiefs according to their merits.

William Cumberlet, the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, took over the responsibility of the president and commander-in-chief of this self-defense counterattack very seriously. In view of the strong combat effectiveness of the Trimber Kingdom army, he carefully made a countermeasure, preparing to arrive at Cledor City with the army of the Merchant Alliance's temporary organization in three days, which was the third city faced by the Trimber Kingdom army, and it was also their next target.

President Cumberlet has sent a message to the city defense army of Credo City overnight, strictly forbidden to fight, no matter how the enemy chooses and outnumbered, the first priority is to defend the city of Credo, as long as the city of Credo is defended, the army of the commercial alliance will use this as a barrier, a deep ditch barrier, just like the invading army of the former Cresson Empire a few decades ago, and they will fight and delay until the enemy is dragged down, so that this self-defense counterattack can be victorious.

To be honest, the Forde Business Alliance doesn't pay much attention to military strength, and even though they have been fighting with the former Krisson Empire for more than a hundred years, their standing military strength has never been much, not even comparable to a small principality. Sitting on the rich Plains of Falis Hill and the Cristo Hills, and a blessed bay, there are only three regular troops of the Commercial Alliance, the City Defense Army, the Patrol Brigade and the Invincible Armada.

In addition to the city of Morente, there are seven cities in the Plains of Mana, but each city is only equipped with a city defense brigade of 2,000 people to defend it. The city of Morent was a little better, and two city defense brigades of more than 4,000 people were arranged. The Cristo Hills are about the same size as the Plains of Falcan Hill, but there is only one brigade of light cavalry patrols, and one patrol per month is all that is done.

The richest is the Invincible Armada, which is mainly responsible for defending against the looting and invasion of Morent City by pirates, so the appropriation is quite refreshing, after all, it is related to the life of his own family. However, some members of the Alliance Parliament proposed that it would be better to hand over the Invincible Armada to the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, anyway, they are the overlord of the sea, and they will be responsible for the security of the sea in the future, so that the commercial alliance can save a lot of military expenditure.

However, this proposal was rejected by the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, and their fleet was fighting for supremacy at sea because they wanted to do business to monopolize the trade routes on the sea, not to raise a fleet and look good in the Golden Bay......

The most bitter thing is the city defense army, a city with a brigade of more than 2,000 people, and those councilors still refuse to let them go, thinking that the former Krisson Empire is gone, the threat from the north is gone, and it is a good kingdom and principality all over the world, so it is useless to raise this city defense army. It is better to disband and let each city organize its own garrison to defend the city, so as to reduce the expenditure on military spending......

The fault of the merchants' power is that they abhor all expenditures that do not bring them profits, and there are always countless quarrels in the annual meetings to discuss the administrative and military expenditures of the business alliances, which is both the short-sightedness of the merchants and the sorrow of the soldiers of the alliance. However, the Seven of the Supreme Chamber of Commerce are still in their heads, and for five years in a row they have rejected the resolution of the Sub-Alliance Council, which called for the disbandment of the city defense forces and the reduction of the size of the Invincible Armada.

Just look at what kind of alliance self-defense counterattack force organized by the president of the Cumberlet of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce is, a city defense brigade drawn from Morent City and the light cavalry patrol brigade of the Cristo Hills are the absolute main force. The rest are the seven armed brigades formed by the seven major chambers of commerce, which are also relatively elite, and then there are the squadron militias provided by the second- and third-rate chambers of commerce, as well as those mercenary groups, and the residents of Moriente City, who volunteered to fight the enemy on the front line, in three days, there were 50,000 more troops under the command of President Comberlet, but these 50,000 troops were a rabble.

President Cumberlet didn't care if these 50,000 horses were a rabble, the Business Alliance was used to fighting defensive wars of attrition, and for a hundred years, it was these rabble that blocked the advance of the powerful Krisson Empire. With such confidence, it should be easy to resist the powerful army of the Trimber Kingdom.

What gives President Cumberlet the most confidence is that these subordinates are all messy and have not undergone formal military training, but the high-end force is extremely powerful, the leaders of the mercenary group are basically gold-level mercenaries and swordsmen, and the members of the seven armed brigades organized by the seven major chambers of commerce have awakened their fighting spirit, and each has a great sword master.

Together, teams like this are terrible, but once they are stationed separately, they form strategic points that can be difficult for the enemy to overcome. If you want to conquer such a stronghold, it is almost impossible to conquer without paying the price of several times the elite losses or using the same high-end force, which is the defensive experience and key points of the business alliance in resisting the invasion of the former Krisson Empire for more than a hundred years.

However, the change in the situation on the battlefield was unpredictable, as those experts commented after the war, the army of the Fort Business Alliance was a rabble, and the army of the Kingdom of Trimber was a big joke.

When President Cumberlet led more than 50,000 Alliance self-defense counterattack troops to approach the city of Credo, preparing to set up a tough defensive front for the Trimber's army to meet and break the blood, a news from the city of Rieter made everyone stunned, and they almost heard the legend of the novel......

The Earl of Edmund had been in the city of Rieter for three days, mainly because he had met two beautiful and extraordinary courtesans here, and the three of them were sleeping in the same bed and were so hot that they did not want to be separated so quickly, so the Earl reported to his king that it was a cold winter, and the wind and snow were mixed with snow, and it was not easy to trek on the road, so he had to stay in the city of Rieter for a while and wait for the snow to melt before marching......

Trimbert VII thought that what Lord Edmund said was very reasonable, and easily believed what this famous general who had two cities in one day, and stayed in the royal capital with peace of mind and waited for the news of the victory of the business alliance admitting defeat from the front. He didn't want to think about how the Messenger could run back and forth a day, as Lord Edmund had said!

The night before President Cumberlet's army arrived in the city of Credo, the deputy captain of the city defense army of the former city of Rieth, the golden swordsman Jasbon gathered and went home for the winter, and went out on patrol, because the city was occupied by the 1,148 soldiers of the city defense army, more than 400 of the 2,000 city defense brigade of the city of Riet were captured and imprisoned by the army of the kingdom of Tripber, and more than 300 were killed or wounded because of resistance, and most of the rest were here.

"Brothers, our city defense army has always been not loved by my grandmother and uncle, and those councillors of the Chamber of Commerce have always been eager to disband us so that we can save military expenses, but they have forgotten how much our ancestors sacrificed and contributed to the freedom and independence of the alliance in the resistance to the Crisson Empire.

The City Defense Force is a force with a glorious history and honor, but we have left him with a disgraceful historical record, losing the city of Riet at our hands. I will not be willing to let the shame of having people alive and losing their defensive positions in our hands, so I will attack the enemies who occupy our cities at night, and will anyone come with me to die in battle on their own positions?"

More than 1,100 soldiers of the city defense army were enthusiastic and said that they would die on the battlefield, so they secretly entered the city through secret passages under the leadership of Jieshibang and launched a suicide attack on the city guard.

In the more than 100-year-long defensive war with the Krisson Empire, the city defense army of the commercial alliance has summed up a lot of experience, such as each city has three or four dark passages leading to the outside of the city, which is both an escape road and a counterattack road, as long as there is a secret passage, even if the enemy takes the city wall, it cannot become a barrier for the enemy to rely on, and the city defense army that appears in the city from the dark passage can always attack from behind the enemy's surprise, so as to recapture the city and destroy the enemy.

This time was no exception, the attack launched by the city defense army of more than 1,000 people to the city guard mansion was a big surprise to the army of the Trimber Kingdom, and the Earl of Edmund, who was in the inner courtyard of the city guard mansion and had an in-depth conversation with two pink confidants at night, heard the shouting of killing getting closer and closer, and jumped up from the bed naked, stretched out his hand, but did not catch the clothes, only a ribbon worn diagonally outside the dress.

A good Earl Edmund, without changing his face, took Xun to hang naked, the man had already rushed out of the house, turned to the stable in the backyard, took out a horse and jumped on the horse without stepping on a stool or anything, saying that it was too late, that was fast, the soldiers of the city defense army had just rushed into the bedroom of the Count of Edmund, and looked at the two bare* * beauties on the bed in a daze, and forgot to ask where the enemy chief was......

Hearing the sound of fighting and shouting from the city guard, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Trimber, who were about to go to the rescue with their whole team, saw a strange scene, and the naked Earl of Edmund came running naked on horseback with a ribbon on his horseback, and he came to the city gate and shouted: "I am the Earl of Edmund, open the door and let me out......"

As soon as the door opened, Count Edmund forced it out, and the sound of horses' hooves went all the way away......

The coach has run away, who is still joking with his own life, everyone run......

Thus, one of the most bizarre and incredible results in the history of the Gelinthia War was born. More than 1,100 city defenders of the Commercial Alliance suicidally attacked the city of Leyt, which was guarded by the 45,000 troops of the Kingdom of Trimber, as a result, the commander of the Kingdom of Trimber, Count Edmund, fled naked on horseback, and the 45,000 men and horses of the Kingdom of Trimber collapsed on the spot, and more than 10,000 fled, and the remaining 27,000 people laid down their arms and surrendered......

The deputy captain of the city defense army, who became famous in the First World War, cried, how could he have food to feed the 27,000 prisoners! Therefore, President Cumberlet received an urgent letter asking him to rush to the city of Riete and receive the prisoners......

The Earl of Edmund lost two cities in one day, and two in one night. He ran out of the city of Riet and shouted at the door under the city of Bruvick, where there were still five thousand soldiers of the Kingdom of Trimber. When he was waiting for the city gate to open, the smoke and dust were billowing in the distance, and it was the soldiers of the Trimber Kingdom who had fled with him, but the Earl of Edmund had already become a frightened bird, so how could he have time to distinguish it, and he fled to the Trimber Kingdom with a turn of his horse's head, and the soldiers who fled behind him also ran towards the kingdom......

When the soldiers of the kingdom of Trimbert at the head of the city of Bruvick saw it, they said that the 45,000 men had fled back to their homeland, and why should we stay here, and they also ran away. The city of Bruvick was inexplicably lost and inexplicably regained.

After two days, President Cumberlet took 50,000 alliance self-defense counterattack troops to the border between the two countries, and there is no need to talk about that entanglement, the self-defense counterattack collapsed without fighting the enemy in the first battle, what should I do now, go to the Trimber Kingdom to defend and counterattack?

The Seven Giants were there to discuss how to end up next, but the armed forces, mercenary groups, and volunteer militiamen of the second- and third-rate chamber of commerce under their command were not happy, and everyone came for military merit, lords, and fiefdoms, so who would like to go to the border to walk around? So they spontaneously went deep into the territory of the Trimber Kingdom.

The Seven hesitated on the border for two days, and the news came from the front that they had captured two counties of the Tribe Kingdom. What should I do now? Collect the troops and go back, and the people below should mutiny. The president of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce gritted his teeth and said, simply destroy the Trimber Kingdom, first, the alliance needs to be canonized to implement the lord system, and second, there is a king with a brain by the side of the business alliance, which makes us more worry-free in the future, and third, we already have the formula and production process of glass, so the Quartz Mountain that makes the Trimber Kingdom the largest raw material for glass is also occupied, which just saves the cost of glass production......

Since the Trimber Kingdom is such a dish, the delicious food that is delivered to the mouth cannot be eaten, and it is dry! President Cumberlet gritted his teeth, and the self-defense counterattack force of the Commercial Alliance turned into the invading army of the Commercial Alliance, and marched towards the Trimber Kingdom in great strides

(To be continued.) )