I'm sorry, but there were a few high school reunions yesterday, and everyone didn't mix very well, and they ended up drinking too much to drown their sorrows. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info was scolded by my wife this morning, saying that I don't want to die, and I still drink like this when I am three high, I am simply looking for death......

Chapter 430: Three Strategies (1)

Are you kidding me? Second Highness was stunned for a moment, and then became furious. So many battle-hardened people on our side commanded the kingdom's armed attack on the Weiloni Pass for more than a month, and all the troops were lost, and the generals failed, and as soon as you came over, you wandered around like this for a few days, saying that you have three ways to overcome the enemy's defensive positions, does this mean that we are all wine bags and rice bags, incompetent? The nobles and veterans of the battlefield who are full of big tents are not as good as you, are they?

However, His Royal Highness still held back his anger and was ready to listen to Lorist explain his three methods, as the king of the Kingdom of Antinac, he still has this measure, maybe Lorist really found some weakness in the defensive position that he ignored. Stopping the commotion in the big tent, the Second Highness reluctantly smiled and said to Lorist: "Yes, then let's listen to the three offensive strategies of the Grand Duke of the Northland......

Lorist was not polite, pulled over the shelf with the front-line battlefield situation map, and pointed and said: "At present, we are all blocked by the defensive position of this Veronny Pass, and from the point of view of the layout, this defensive position is actually similar to the defensive position of the Duchy of Volundo, which is mainly based on trenches and earthen walls. The difference is in the topography, the defensive positions are located on the Veronny Pass, that is, on the slopes of the hills, so high that we can no longer use water attacks to flood these trenches to drive away the enemy.

If it were just the trench walls, it wouldn't be a problem for us, after all, we had accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with these trenches and earthen walls when conquering the defensive positions of the Duchy of Volendo, and even if the Duchy of Handra added a lot of arrow towers to the Wilonny Pass, it would not be able to stop our attack. The only threat to us was the nearly 100 trebuchets placed on the slopes of the pass, which, because of the high terrain, neutralized the superiority of our catapults and chariot crossbows in long-range attacks, and united the entire defensive position, thus causing our attacks to fail repeatedly.

Of course, if we don't care about casualties, we can still conquer this Veronny Pass. For example, if we can dig trenches upwards and connect them with defensive positions, and use our forces to deplete the enemy's garrison through a continuous stream of attacks, then no matter how powerful the enemy's stone throws and arrow towers are, the threat to the soldiers in the trench is still greatly reduced, and the only thing to worry about is how much casualties we will have to pay to capture this Veronny Pass. ”

Yes, why didn't I think that I could use the method of digging trenches to avoid the threat of trebuchets on the slopes of the attack to the attacking soldiers? The current trebuchets are not very accurate, and it is good to be able to throw stones, digging a trench on the hillside to launch an attack, and ten out of a hundred slings can be smashed into the trench, and the soldiers in the trench will naturally not see the bloody appearance of those comrades who have been hit by the stones, and the morale will not drop too quickly, so the attack will not be abandoned halfway.

Wait, Lorist just seemed to be saying that this offensive plan is using troops to consume the enemy's garrison, and the cost of casualties is too great and undesirable, and it should not be included in the three methods he said. Although His Royal Highness does not care about consuming the lives of soldiers to achieve his own goals, in his heart, it is glorious for these soldiers to sacrifice for the unification of the empire, but after all, the White Lion Legion is the regular legion of the kingdom, and it has lost more than 10,000 people so far, so it is always good to reduce the casualties.

"Well, Locke, can you think of three ways without damaging our troops?" asked His Royal Highness with a smile on his face.

"Uh......" Lorist was stunned when asked: "Well, it's not that it doesn't deplete our troops, but it can reduce our casualties." The first option is riskier......"

"Risk? His Royal Highness smiled and looked at the humanity in the big tent: "War is inherently dangerous, and I believe that everyone will not be afraid of any danger......

"Well, my first solution is to strike at the Surprise Soldiers. Lorist pointed with his finger to the location of the Vironny Pass trebuchet marked on the battlefield situation map: "Since the biggest threat to our attack now are these trebuchets lined up on the slopes of the pass, then we will destroy them first." ”

"Oh, to put it simply, we didn't think about destroying these trebuchets first, the question is how do we get in front of them? We can't attack these trebuchets without capturing those defensive positions on the hillside. "The one who said this was the old subordinate of the Second Highness, Lorist who had met the Golden Knight Riprider in the Egret Lake Swamp when he was trying to rescue Reddy, and he was now the captain of the White Lion Legion.

"I don't mean to command the soldiers to attack. Lorist smiled and said, "Organize a small team of lean. For example, Your Majesty, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, and the Great Swordsman of Munster, plus me, Reddy, are the five Great Swordsmen. Then find ten golden knights to carry fire oil, a group of fifteen people is enough. I've seen the enemy's defenses at the end of the Yunduan Mountains, and they are all aimed at large forces, and they are not strictly guarded against the infiltration of small teams of about ten people.

As long as we sneak around their defenses, we can reach the dirt slope where the trebuchet is. I believe that it is impossible for the enemy to stop the surprise attack of five great swordsmen and ten golden knights. And the trebuchet on the slope of the mountain pass is on fire, which is the signal of the attack, and you will wave your troops and attack fiercely, and under the attack from both sides, you will definitely be able to break the red dragon army of the Duchy of Handla and capture the Veronny Pass......"

"I'm against it!" The great swordsman of Munster, who was the personal guard of His Royal Highness, stood up for the first time and spoke: "Your Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Norton, if you want to go on an adventure, I have no objection, but Your Majesty can't go, Your Majesty is responsible for the safety of the kingdom and the heavy responsibility of unifying the empire, he must not go behind enemy lines to attack any trebuchet so easily." In case there is a good one, you are the biggest sinner in the kingdom, and the soldiers are in danger, Your Majesty cannot take this risk!"

Lorist shrugged: "Then when I didn't say it." ”

Isn't it my business!Second Highness won't go to the Grand Guild of Fisabrune?Will you, His Majesty's personal bodyguard, the Great Swordsman, go? Let me and Reddy go that is enough to eat, don't you care that I'm so active? There are nearly a hundred trebuchets on it, and the place is so big, and there are not five great swordsmen to be busy? Lorist thought so.

However, His Royal Highness was a little moved, and the method of this surprise soldier raiding trebuchet from Lorist was very to his taste, but there were some problems with the selection of this strange soldier. Even though he has become a great sword master, His Royal Highness is not willing to take the risk himself. Although he was known for his raid tactics and was known as a new generation of military masters, those raids were more confident, rather than risking his life at the forefront of the raid as Lorist proposed.

The ideal way would be for Lorlist, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, who volunteered to take on this important task, while he sat in the camp and commanded the army on both sides. However, after thinking about it carefully, His Royal Highness understood why Lorist proposed to let him go in person, as the king of the Kingdom of Antinac, if he did not take the lead, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun and Lorist would not be willing to carry out this task at all, these two Grand Dukes are not obedient people, and in their hearts, their status as a king is not much more noble than theirs......

"That Locke, let go of this attack strategy first, and then talk about the other two methods. The Second Highness thought about it again and again, and decided to listen to the other two methods first, and then discuss them slowly.

"Okay, Your Majesty, my second option is to divide my troops and make a detour. Lorist took a pen and drew an arc on the Nibaraku River.

The Second Highness was disappointed: "Locke, we have already tried this detour, and Grand Duke Fisabrun has lost a lot of troops because of this. The four central principalities are very vigilant about this river, and we cannot use this strategy to break through the enemy's defensive positions. ”

Lorist shook his head: "Your Majesty, the purpose of my division of troops is different from the one you prepared to go down the river to the back of the defensive position, and to disrupt the enemy's camp to break through the Veronny Pass, my division of troops is to reach the Delamarc Province of the Duchy of Handla, not to echo the Red Dragon Legion guarding the defensive position of the Vironny Pass, but to stir up the entire Delamarck Province, where the capital of the Duchy of Handla is located, Hans City, so that the enemy will not be able to continue and no longer have the strength to resist our attack." ”

"This, is there any difference between this and the proposal of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun?"

"Of course, there is a difference," said Lorlist, pointing to the map of the battlefield, "and you had arranged it in the hope that the reserve corps of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun would go down the river to the junction of the provinces of Delamarc and Westwood, where he would gather his forces to counterattack from behind, so that the enemy would be taken by surprise by being caught off guard by our attacking forces breaking through their defensive positions and occupying the Wirons Pass. But you have forgotten that since you can come up with this idea, the four Grand Dukes of the Central Four Duchy are all veterans of the battlefield and have a lot of experience in battle, how can they leave such a big gap for us to break through from the Nibalaku River? It is inevitable to be prepared. ”

"But isn't what you're talking about now about the same detour from here?" This unconvinced tone is the commander of the reserve legion under the command of Grand Duke Fisabrun, and also the Golden Knight, what is the name of Hausen, and he is a rough man.

Lorist replied with a smile: "The purpose of the detour I said is different, I am not to let the roundabout way counterattack Westwood Province, but to continue to move forward, make a big fuss in Delamarc Province, destroy the enemy's fertile fields, attack the villages and towns there, burn their granaries and weapons processing workshops, and turn the entire Delamarc Province into a scorched earth." And in this way, the Duchy of Handra will no longer have much to defend itself against our attack. As for these garrison regiments arranged on the front line, they will definitely be panicked when they hear the news from the rear, and once the soldiers are dropped, they will no longer be able to stand in our way. ”

"But how are you going to break through the enemy's defenses on the Nebalaku River? They have set up three barrage chains at the bend of the river, and there is also a corps stationed there, and trebuchets and city guards are lined up along the river, how do you want to break through this blockade?" asked the Second Highness.

"Quite simply, I'm not going to go straight down the Nibalaku River, but I'm going to follow it east after crossing it. Although the other side of the Nebaraku River is a vast expanse of primeval forest, swamps and barren hills, you will never lose your way along the river. As soon as we get past the enemy's defensive blockade at the bend of the river, the entire hinterland of the province of Delamarc will be under our attack, and there will be nothing left to resist our attack......," said Lorlister.

The Second Highness was dumbfounded: "But, won't our roundabout strategy of dividing our troops be discovered by the enemy?"

"What about discovering? You see, the Nebaraku River is the border of the province of Delamak, and even if the enemy discovers this force that we have divided into a circuitous force, what can he do with us? We could march on the other side with great swagger, and if the enemy wanted to defend us, we would have to place garrisons along the river. The Nebaraku River valley is so long, and the enemy does not know how many corps to deploy if he wants to defend against it, which is simply impossible. Our troops, on the other hand, can cross the river at any time and attack......"

Lorist said proudly: "No matter how the enemy responds, as long as our roundabout troops cross the river and go east, the enemy will be in a hurry. Even if we cross the river, the enemy will have to be drawn by us, and send two or three legions to follow us across the river to prevent us from crossing the river. Even if we only use a cavalry corps, we can keep the enemy running endlessly, and let's not forget that the Central Four Duchy don't have any decent cavalry troops, they can't catch up with us. ”

Only then did the people in the big tent understand that the strategy of dividing the troops that Lorist was talking about was not to surprise the enemy, but to deliberately let the enemy discover his whereabouts to mobilize and involve the enemy's garrison. As soon as the enemy discovers that there is one of our legions on the other side of the river, they will not be willing to let us cross the river easily to attack their empty hinterland, then the greatest possibility is to follow us along the river, as Lorist said, and they will go wherever we go. Lorist was right, we were cavalry, and we moved quickly, but the enemy was an infantry corps, and even if we walked back and forth along the river twice, the enemy would have to be dragged down by us, and then we could easily cross the river and harvest the heads.

His Royal Highness was greatly moved, and asked, "Locke, then we can use a light cavalry regiment to carry out this roundabout strategy of dividing the troops?"

Lorist thought for a moment and replied, "Your Majesty, it's best for us to carry out this plan together with the Flying Tigers of the Norton family and the Pegasus Legion of Philimber. ”

"Ah...... Why?"

"Because a single hussar legion crossing the river does not pose much of a threat to the province of Delamarc, the enemy can make the hussar legion useless by simply defending the town with strong walls. And our Flying Tiger Legion is much more threatening than the Light Cavalry Legion, whether it is in the field or conquering those towns, and may be able to cooperate with each other to find opportunities to annihilate several enemy legions in the field. ”

The Second Highness nodded, Lorist said very reasonably, but just as he was about to agree, he felt a sigh in his heart, remembering the report he received from the three provinces of the Principality of Falkel at the beginning of this year, remembering that he was furious at that time, knowing that he had fallen for Lorlist, and finally suppressed his anger.

The report is very simple, that is, it reports on what Lorist did at the end of last year to relocate refugees in the three provinces, although it is not clear how many people they have relocated in total, but at least they have moved more than twice as many refugees, and then found that many noble territories have been swept away, and a rough estimate shows that the population of the three provinces of the Principality of Falkel has decreased by about half.

The Second Highness remembered that he was furious when he saw the report, but he had to swallow this bitter fruit, no matter how late he said, it was already too late, if the person had been moved, don't want Lorist to return it, and he still saved face for himself, he didn't touch those lords on the household register of the Grand Duke of Faker, and the people who swept and moved were the lords in the noble territories below, and those were not in the hands of the Second Highness, even if he was blamed Lorist, he could be pushed cleanly.

So what is the idea of Lorist now that he is so self-volunteering? Do you still want to do this again in the province of Delamarc? The second highness is purely afraid of losses, and the more he thinks about it, the more suspicious he feels, you must know that the spoils of war obtained by the lords under his command during the war are all owned by themselves, and the second highness is afraid that when the time comes, the Duchy of Handla will be destroyed, but he will get an empty land, and Lorist can completely capture the inhabitants of Delamarc Province and claim it as his spoils......

No, the Flying Tigers must not be allowed to pass. Even if they are the best candidates to carry out this roundabout. The Second Highness thought so, but his face was noncommittal: "Locke, don't you have three ways? What is the last one?"

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