Chapter 537: Battle

The year 1780 was destined to be a turbulent year for the continent of Gelintya, and on April 3, the Norton family's lightning fleet was escorting 100 large ocean-going merchant ships from the Kingdom of Chigda to the north, when they were attacked by a night attack by a combined pirate warship led by the armed fleet of the Chikd Chamber of Commerce. The attackers www.biquge.info taking advantage of the cover of night, drove small fast warships into the fleet to board and set fires, killing people and the Norton family's lightning fleet began to fight back.

After a fierce battle all night, only more than 40 of the Norton family's 100 large ocean-going merchant ships were left intact, and more than 50 transport merchant ships were either burned or seriously damaged and could not continue to operate, and the personnel on board suffered heavy casualties. In addition to sending lightning strike warships to hunt down the escaped pirate small warships and send them into the sea one by one, he also led the fleet to the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce to shell and burn all its docks and harbors, and issued a kill order that the Chikde Chamber of Commerce territory could not sail into the sea, as long as it was a ship in the Chikde Chamber of Commerce territory, whether it was a fishing boat or a merchant ship, it would be destroyed.

On 8 April, while the guns were roaring in the southern seas, the Autonomous Council in charge of the city of Morente held a grand ceremony, and to the cheers of more than 100,000 well-fed and idle city residents, solemnly announced the establishment of the Freedom Alliance, which would split from the commercial alliance and establish an independent state. This was followed by a military parade and a parade of floats, and April 8 was declared the founding day of the Freedom Alliance every year, with a three-day holiday to celebrate.

The newly formed Freedom Alliance declared the Plains of Falis Hill and the Cristo Hills to be its territory, and externally, the Freedom Alliance will pursue a policy of peaceful independence and friendly relations with all countries, and welcome all countries to come for commercial exchanges and trade activities. Internally, the Liberal Alliance will hold general elections every five years, with all the people of the Liberal Alliance voting for the members of the Senate, who in turn will vote for the Governor of the Governing Council.

The current first president of the Liberal Alliance, Ledos, announced in public at the ceremony that he had reached an agreement of peace and friendship with the Kingdom of Antinac, that the merchants of the city of Morente could freely travel to the Kingdom of Antinac, and that the Kingdom of Andinac promised to protect the lives and property of the merchants of the Liberty Alliance. As long as the laws and regulations of the kingdom are observed, the merchants of the Free Alliance can be welcomed and received by the lords of various places.

This is good news for the newly formed chambers of commerce of the Liberal Alliance, who can travel to the Kingdom of Andinac to expand their trade routes in the north, although everyone knows that the years of war have caused the people of the Kingdom of Andinac to wither, and even the nobles of the territory cannot afford to buy large quantities of goods, but as a place to purchase abundant raw materials, it is still full of attraction for many merchants. What's more, the Kingdom of Andinac has promised to protect the merchants of the Free Alliance, and without the monopoly of the trade routes of the great chambers of commerce of the Business Alliance, the Kingdom of Andinac in the north is now shining with golden light in the eyes of those merchants who are full of adventurous spirit......

The news of the establishment of the Freedom Alliance soon spread to the business alliance, and the angry Twin Heads Chamber of Commerce President Archduke Cumberlet made a righteous indignant declaration on behalf of the business alliance, in which he declared that the freedom alliance was a rebellion, they forgot the hatred and glory of the ancestors of the business alliance and the enemies of the north for a hundred years, and forgot that countless ancestors used blood to win the freedom and independence of the business alliance, and now this so-called free alliance is making peace with the enemies of the north, and the business alliance will never let go of these traitors who betrayed the country and defected to the enemy.

In addition to declaring to the countries in the south-central part of the continent that the Business Alliance would never recognize the Freedom Alliance formed by these betrayers, the Business Alliance also announced the bounty for all members of the Senate and the ruling committee of the Freedom Alliance, with 248 people on the list, of which Ledos had the highest bounty, reaching 100,000 gold fords, and Lorist had to send Reddy over to protect Ledos.

The first edition of the Liberty newspaper entitled "What is Liberty and What is Commerce"? This is an eloquent article that refutes the fallacy of the Archduke Cumberlet, and what the forefathers of the commercial alliance have won with their own blood is not a distribution system that relies on ration sheets and a business alliance that is monopolized by various chambers of commerce, but a business alliance in which their descendants can develop freely in all aspects.

The article reviews the history of the development of the commercial alliance in the past hundred years and the twenty years known as the golden age of the city of Moldonte, and points out that the main culprit of the decline of the city of Morent is the lordship system implemented by the commercial alliance, which has allowed the business alliance to embark on the road of expansion, allowing the innocent people of the business alliance to sacrifice their lives and blood for the interests of various chambers of commerce......

In addition to this rebuttal, the first page of the Free Press also carried a small statement by Lorlist, in which he listed the top twenty presidents of the Chamber of Commerce in the Business League, and then lightly assured that if any of the Senators of the Liberty League were assassinated, Lorist would not mind personally sending the family of one of the presidents on the list to the funeral, regardless of whether the president's family was innocent or not.

This was the first time that Lorlist, the new Juggernaut, had publicly declared himself as a platform for the Freedom Alliance, and as soon as the newspapers appeared, it caused a sensation in various countries in the central and southern parts of the continent. The Archduke Cumberlet of the Business Alliance once again made a solemn statement, declaring that the Business League would never resort to despicable assassination methods as Trimber VII did, and explaining that the bounty offered to those betrayers of the Free Alliance was not a bounty for assassination, but a bounty for the hunting down of these betrayers after the victory of the Business League over the Free Alliance, and it was important to live and die with nothing. The Business Alliance needs to escort these betrayers to the judgment seat for public trial and disposal......

At the same time, Archduke Cumberlet tactfully accused Lorlist, as a sword saint and noble archduke, in a statement that he should not threaten his opponent with assassination. You must know that the Business Alliance also has a Storm Sword Master, but the Business Alliance has never used the Storm Sword Master to threaten the enemy......

After Lorlist's statement, regardless of the war between the Freedom Alliance and the Business Alliance, in mid-June he sent Princess Celevia and her two concubines away, and the three women finally got their bellies, and considering the upcoming war, Lorist persuaded Princess Celevia and them to return to the family domain.

According to the information sent by Tagger, the Storm Sword Saint of the Business Alliance has returned from injury, but I don't know if it was because he did not negotiate the terms with the Business Alliance or for some other reason, the Storm Sword Master has not agreed to the Business Alliance's request to let him deal with Lorist. According to the secret report of the spies, it seems that the Storm Sword Saint made something that made the business alliance feel very embarrassed, so that the chamber of commerce giants of the business alliance held several meetings, but they could not make a decision.

Time passed in anxious waiting, until July 28, Lorist finally received a challenge from the business alliance Storm Sword Master, but the duel was more than two months later, October 10. Lorist was a little puzzled and couldn't understand why the Tempest Juggernaut had delayed the date of the duel for so long.

Shi Fatzi thought that the biggest possibility was that the Storm Sword Saint had returned from injury, and he was not sure that he would deal with Lorist, so he deliberately delayed the date of the duel to strengthen the swordsmanship training against Lorist. Lorist disagreed, the last time the two fought had already shown that the old man of the Storm Sword Saint had the upper hand in terms of domain cultivation, his Storm Blade Domain range was nearly twenty meters away, while Lorist's Blood Killing Domain range was only ten meters, from this point of view, if the Storm Sword Saint wanted to get back face from Lorlist's hands, it should be a quick battle. Because Lorist is still very young, there is a lot of potential for improvement and progress.

However, in the second half of August, the movement of the armed army of the commercial alliance made Lorist and others immediately understand, and the eight fully organized chamber of commerce legions of more than 300,000 troops marched from Maweifulin Province to the Falliqiu Plain, and the troops approached the city of Bruvia in two directions......

As Lorist had predicted, the Merchant Alliance was preparing for a decisive battle, not only to defeat the Norton forces, but also to destroy the nascent Liberty Alliance and recover the Plains of Mana Hill and the city of Moriente. In terms of troops, the commercial alliance forces have an absolute advantage, with more than 300,000 elite soldiers against more than 130,000 troops of the three armies of the Norton family, plus more than 60,000 troops of the seven free corps of the Freedom Alliance.

"Your Highness, the eight legions of the Commercial Alliance are all 48,000 full legions, and from the confessions of the captives, we know that the seven giants of the Commercial Alliance have each dispatched an elite Chamber of Commerce legion, among which the re-established Vicia Chamber of Commerce has also sent their only newly formed Chamber of Commerce legion, and there is also a legion of revenge formed by those who have been conscripted from the members of the unleashed Armada and the ransomed residents of the inner city of the former city of Morente, who have vowed to regain their lost dignity and wealth extorted from our family forces......”

Yuri, the deputy commander of the Chasseur Legion, reported the information detected by the scout light cavalry at the military meeting: "This time, the armed troops of the commercial alliance are divided into two routes, and the distance between them is only ten miles, and the defense on the way is extremely tight, and it is difficult for the scout light cavalry to get close to reconnoitre. At the same time, they are very familiar with our family's light cavalry tactics, and often lay ambushes at junctions and in the woods, so that our scout light cavalry has to avoid these woods and junction intersections, so that the reconnaissance effect is not satisfactory.

The armed forces of the Commercial Alliance divided into two routes and did not rush forward, but adopted a step-by-step strategy, and did not seem to be in a hurry to reach the front line and capture the city of Bluvia. We also found that the Merchant Alliance forces also seemed to be carrying a large number of siege equipment, some of which resembled boom trebuchets, very similar to the lever-type long-arm trebuchets that our family was equipped with before, except that the enemy was heavily guarded, and we could not get close to observe ......"

"Your Highness, since our family forces do not have an advantage in terms of strength, it is better for us to take advantage of the slow march of the commercial alliance forces to immediately rely on the well-arranged defensive positions of Bruvia City to resist the enemy's attack. "Tiger Ross stood up and pointed to the map and said, we can use the seven city defense corps of the Freedom Alliance to consume the sharp strength of the commercial alliance's armed attack, while our Flying Tiger Legion and the Chaser Legion are ambushed on both sides, once the commercial alliance forces show their flaws, then we will break into the enemy camp from both sides and disrupt their large formation, and the Guards Legion will be able to win a big victory if they make a frontal assault. ”

Tiger Rus's claim is very reliable, and although it is uncertain whether it will win the entire war, it is unmistakable to win one or two offensive and defensive battles. However, Lorist still shook his head, what he wanted to win was a decisive battle, and a single blow would break the backbone of the commercial alliance, so that he could no longer gather a large army to attack the Plains of Mana Hill.

"I've made up my mind. "In this war, we will fight a field battle with the commercial alliances, not a long-term offensive and defensive war," Lorist said. As long as we defeat the Business Alliance forces this time, we can go back to the family territory to rest, and the future will naturally be left to the Free Alliance to deal with. ”

"But Your Highness, our family forces and the Free Alliance forces really don't have an advantage in terms of strength, and the business alliance forces surpass our family by a lot in terms of high-end combat power, and it is difficult for us to resist the enemy's surprise attacks and attacks without a perfect defensive position......," Shi Fatzi hurriedly stood up and persuaded.

'We don't need to defend, all we have to do is attack. "In a few days," said Lorlist, "the Knights of the Furious Bear will land in the bay of Tibetan gold, and this time they will escort 500 bronze artillery pieces of the land type, as well as all the gunpowder produced in the family domain last year, which will be enough for us to fight this war." This time, we will use artillery and chariot steel crossbows to give the enemy a baptism of long-range attack, so that the enemy's large array will collapse in the artillery fire, and all we have to do is to pursue and annihilate the enemy's living force!"

It turned out that Lorist had this idea, and the high-ranking knights of the family present showed happy smiles on their faces.

"Farea, Joske, Yuri, Vasima, the four of you continue to lead the Cavalry Huntsman to guerrilla and harass the march of the merchant alliance forces, blocking their scout scouts, but you don't need to go head-to-head with the enemy, take advantage of it, and run away if you don't, understand?"

"Yes, Your Highness, we understand. The four Golden Knights of the Huntsman Legion stood up.

"El, Ovikis, you will set out tomorrow for the city of Bruvick with the Legion of the Guards. Baron Schrader, go and negotiate with Ledos that the Freedom Alliance will send four city defense regiments to the city of Bluvia, and transfer the light cavalry regiment from the Cristo Hills to the front. They don't need to be the main force in this big war, but they also have to go to the front line to experience it, and it will be up to them to defend themselves against the invasion of the business alliance in the future. ”

At the end of last year, Lorist asked Shi Fatzi to reject Ledos's proposal to form four more city defense regiments, and only re-formed a city defense corps and a light cavalry regiment for the Freedom Alliance, and now the Freedom Alliance has seven small city defense regiments of 8,000 men and a light cavalry regiment of 5,000 men equipped with Northland war horses.

"Yes, Your Highness. Shi Fatzi responded.

"As for the Flying Tigers, stay here with me for a few more days, and then go to the front together when the Knights of the Furious Bear arrive. I'm going to be in the city of Bluvia myself. Lorist said.

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