Chapter 432 On the Front Line

Since it was decided to adopt the strategy of standoff without war and wait for the civil strife in the Principality of Handla, His Royal Highness immediately summoned the nobles and legion commanders of the various territories under his command and redistributed the troops of more than 300,000 troops. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The first was that the battalion retreated fifty miles and moved to the border of the province of Westwood to re-encamp. However, the military camp Dazhai established this time needs to establish defensive positions and guard towers to prevent sneak attacks by the enemy.

In addition, Dazhai was divided into two, and the two heavily armored regiments of Duke Kenmeth and the Flying Tiger Legion of the Norton family, and the Pegasus Legion of Count Philim were arranged on the left, blocking the main road and direction of the Duchy of Handla to the Crimean Province of the Duchy of Fakr. As for the White Lions, the 3rd Frontier Ranger Regiment and Reserve Regiment led by the Grand Duke of Fisabrun were placed on the right, and behind them was the province of Pedrona in the Duchy of Forrendo. Two large villages, one on the left and one on the right, were like two sharp knives against the ribs of Westwood Province, making the Duchy of Handla, as the defender, very uncomfortable with this new situation.

If His Royal Highness does not move the large camp, then the task of the Red Army Corps of the Principality of Handla defending the Vironny Pass is to hold the defensive position of the mountain pass, and the First Garrison Corps of the Duchy of Forrendo deployed at the end of the Yunduan Mountains on the left and the Green Forest Mountain Legion of the Duchy of Fakel on the right can also take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to carry out a sneak attack on the large camp or flank the left and right, involving the attack of the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Antinac. But now that the battalion has retreated fifty miles, the defenders don't know which direction the Second Highness's next attack will be, and the places where the three legions on the first line are stationed may be attacked.

In order to find out what the purpose of the Second Highness's retreat from the camp was in, the defending Duchy of Handla sent many scouts down the mountain to reconnoitre. However, the fifty miles that His Royal Highness retreated were all plains, which was the territory of the light cavalry, and all the scouts who went down the mountain were attacked by the light cavalry, except for surrender, it was a dead end, and for a while, the scouts sent by the defenders suffered heavy casualties, and only a few lucky people could report back the reconnaissance.

Confrontation is not a resignation, but a continuous mental pressure on the defending enemy without taking the initiative to attack, and finally forcing the enemy to collapse because he cannot bear the pressure. His Royal Highness did a very good job in this, and although he retreated fifty miles, he ordered the Flying Tiger Legion of Lorist and the two legions of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun to suddenly appear in front of the enemy's three defensive positions from time to time by taking advantage of the mobility of the cavalry, and make a gesture of feint, so that the defenders did not dare to relax their carelessness.

After arranging the arrangement of the two large battalions on the front, the Second Highness handed over the affairs of the front to Lorist and Archduke Fisabrun respectively, which was nothing more than one person in charge of a large village, constantly maintaining pressure on the defenders, preventing the enemy's sneak attack like a dog jumping over the wall, etc., while he himself led the family army of Count Shaheen back to the city of Pedro. For the next two years, the summer palace of Pedro City will become the base camp of His Royal Highness, where he will handle the affairs of the eight provinces of the newly occupied three principalities and the kingdom, preside over the development and construction of the eight provinces, and provide sufficient armaments and supplies for the army at the front.

Looking at the various military flags fluttering in the distance, Duke Kenmeth, who came to see off His Royal Highness, turned his head and said to Lorlist: "Henned is so stupid, he didn't get any benefits from His Majesty this time, and he was stupidly treated as a thug by His Majesty. I bet His Majesty will return to Pedro City this time to take the nobles of the Duchy of Forrendo, and Henneid is the knife in his hand. ”

This time he agreed to cooperate with His Royal Highness to adopt a strategy of confrontation against the four archdukes in the central part of the country, and the Grand Duke of Fisabrun asked for the weapons and equipment of a legion and the quota of 50,000 immigrants after the capture of the Duchy of Handla, and the Duke of Kenmas got a two-year tax exemption promise from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce to pass through the entire kingdom. Count Philim asked for 30,000 young and strong laborers after the war to open up the Southern Province. Lorist was granted a three-year tax holiday for the family and the territory under his jurisdiction, so to speak. It's just that Count Shaheen was too straightforward, and once again asked His Royal Highness to assign him a province rich in mineral resources as a family domain after the war, without asking for any specific reward.

"Stupid is stupid. Lorist said: "Henneid's visit to His Majesty as a knife this time is actually His Majesty's compensation for him." Now that the troops of our families are all here, the logistics and baggage required need to be transported over long distances, which is indeed a great cost. Although the Duchy of Forrendo has not been damaged by the war, its accumulated grain, grass and armaments have been almost consumed, and although the harvest of winter wheat is not a small supplement to His Majesty, it cannot support the army for long.

There are still three or four months before the next grain harvest here, no matter how capable His Majesty is in such a long time, he can't conjure up grain, in addition to arranging cultivation to encourage production, relying on logistics to transport grain and grass is too expensive and expensive, so the best way is to clean up those territorial nobles in the Duchy of Forendo. It is estimated that His Majesty can easily obtain a year's salary for an army of 300,000 with this sword. And are you still worried that Hennet won't be able to drink the soup during this execution? His Majesty will turn a blind eye to any two or three hundred thousand Kingfords. ”

Count Philim snorted a little unhappily: "This guy has gone to the * luck, I hope he will not be co-opted by His Majesty." ”

"Hehe......" Duke Kenmax hurriedly played a round, after all, Count Saheen was related to him, and his cousin was now the head of the Shahin family: "Don't worry, although this guy Hennend is a little stupid, he still knows very well that our four families in the North are connected, and Your Majesty is just using him, and it is impossible to win him over." Besides, the difference between the two of you at the end of last year was that you swept away those territorial nobles of the Principality of Falkel, which made Your Majesty furious. I guess Your Majesty's idea of fighting those territorial nobles now was also inspired by the two of you......"

Count Philim was speechless, at the end of last year, the relocation of refugees by the way to sweep the territory of the Duchy of Falkel was indeed a bit inauthentic, but Lorist was uplifting: "You don't understand our predicament at that time, do you think that Your Majesty only gave us 150,000 people and fifteen days of food and grass, but wants so many refugees to move to the city of Windbrie? Moreover, we have helped His Majesty to clear the unrest of the Principality of Fakel, saving him from doing it himself and less trouble, and it is simply unreasonable for him to be angry if he does not thank us......"

Duke Kenmax and Count Philim laughed dumbly, that is, Lorlist, so that His Majesty could not do anything about him. The Second Highness is also majestic, but he always suffers when he encounters Lorist. Even the remaining three of the four alliances in the Northland took advantage of the Second Highness.

Lorist was actually unhappy, why did His Royal Highness dismiss those aristocratic coalition troops, but did not allow him to return to the Northland, and also let himself preside over the affairs of the front line, and all adopted the strategy of standoff and not attacking, what other important affairs are there on the front line? There will be no big battle in the future, and the trivial matter of maintaining the offensive pressure on the defensive position of the Duchy of Handla can be explained to Tiger Rus, why do you leave yourself here to bask in the sun......

Lorist felt like he had fallen into a hole he had dug this time, and he felt like he was worse off than dead when he wanted to stay here for two years. However, seeing that Grand Duke Fisabrun was also left on the front line by His Second Highness, he felt much more balanced psychologically. People are like this, if a person is unlucky, it is painful, and when he sees someone with him who is unlucky, it becomes happiness.

Thinking about it carefully, Lorist felt that the arrangement of the Second Highness to himself and the Grand Duke of Fisabrun was really interesting, and if the two of them were sent back to the family territory, maybe Lorist would start the idea of the Fisabrun family again. This is also no way, who called the four families in the north is such an object that can be bullied. Moreover, the Fisabrun family has been so close to His Second Highness, Lorist doesn't want such a threatening force to stay next to the family territory all the time, and he will definitely not hesitate when he can suppress it.

Although His Royal Highness is hostile to the four alliances of the Northland, he is far away, and as a king, he has to measure, and it is impossible to directly tear his face and fight with the Norton family, so Lorist has done a very clever job even if he makes His Royal Highness suffer, as long as he doesn't let His Second Highness get the handle, no one will take him, and His Second Highness must take care of the strength of the Norton family, even if he wants to turn his face, he has to think about whether he can eat or not......

Now that His Royal Highness has forcibly left Lorist and Grand Duke Fisabrun on the front line to prevent them from returning to their family territory, and has also given them the right to make a decision on the spot, isn't it clear that they should both stop and stop fighting each other as soon as they return to the family territory? Now that the kingdom is in the final battle against the four central principalities, the Second Highness does not want the Norton family and the Fisabrun family to have any more twists and turns, so as not to affect the battle situation on the front line.

If you have the strength to go to the Duchy of Handla, stay under my nose and don't make any trouble. It seems that His Royal Highness knows very well in his heart that although the Fisabrun family and the four alliances of the Northland have signed an armistice, with the submission of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun to him and the strong support of the Fisabrun family to him, Lorist has been annoyed, and no matter who is the head of the Norton family, he will not allow the Second Highness and the Fisabrun family to form a flanking attack on the Norton family from east to west. As long as there is a chance, Lorist will definitely not let go of the Fisabrun family, as for the armistice agreement, just tear it up, and if you want to go to war, you will never have to worry about finding any good excuse.

If only Lorist is left without the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, then Lorist will definitely not stay at the front with peace of mind, and maybe he will come with his family arms and say goodbye without saying goodbye. And only the Grand Duke of Fisabrun will not stay Lorist, and it will be impossible for the Grand Duke of Fisabrun to stay here in peace, and perhaps after a while, he will hear the news that the territory of the Fisabrun family has been uprooted by Lorist. Therefore, only by letting both people stay on the front line can everyone rest assured, and they can also contain each other. This should be the calculation of the Second Highness, he himself stayed in the summer palace in Pedro City, and he could also effectively control the two from major conflicts and contradictions.

After the Second Highness had gone, a few days later, the Duke of Kenmax and the Earl of Philim were about to take their farewell to Lorlist. They are good, they are very big-hearted, they directly handed over their family weapons to Lorist to command, and then traveled lightly, one is ready to deploy the business network of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce in the eight newly occupied provinces, and the other is ready to return to the southern provinces to supervise the development of the family territory, anyway, the second highness has no requirements for them to forcibly flow on the front line, and it is also very relieved to hand over their family weapons to Lorist to be responsible, and there is no need to worry about becoming cannon fodder or something. As the Earl of Kenmeth said, we are four as one, and we can only rest assured that we will be in command of you......

Well, as soon as they left, Lorist got bored, and although Count Philim said that he would be back in two months, Lorist still felt bored, and simply put his mind on tossing the three defensive positions of the Duchy of Handla. Isn't it said that their trebuchets are condescending and powerful, and they can use the principle of leverage, but the stones can be thrown far, and they are not as far as their own catapults, which is really bad. So Lorist hired a group of craftsmen to make a dozen or so huge lever-type trebuchets, placed them in front of the three defensive positions, threw stones from the bottom of the hill to the mountain, and smashed them into the defensive positions on the hillside.

Lorist's commotion was so loud that it alarmed His Highness in Pedro City, and Pegasus rushed to the front line to watch the trebuchet. Lorist didn't care, his crude giant trebuchet didn't look far away, but it was not accurate at all, and the operation was troublesome, each throw required a dozen soldiers to pull the lever hard, and also to assemble a heavy box, the frequency of stone throwing was too slow......

However, His Royal Highness and the Grand Duke of Fisabrun were already amazed by Lorlist, such a simple trebuchet was clear at a glance, a huge log shelf, a tough long log as a lever, a counterweight box was hung on the wooden shelf, a leather bag was placed on the head of the lever and a stone the size of a human head was placed, and the tether of the lever head could be used to hang down with a heavy weight box to lift the lever high, and then the stone was thrown to the defensive position on the hillside five or six hundred meters away......

This was really an unexpected surprise for His Royal Highness, and he happily asked Lorist if he could make more of these trebuchets to smash the defensive position, and then take the opportunity to capture the defensive position of the mountain pass?

Lorist shook his head and told him bluntly that this thing was useless, and that no one could control the accuracy of the stone-throwing thrown by the same trebuchet with the same weight and weight being one or two hundred meters apart. So it's okay to harass the enemy with this thing, don't think about it if you want to capture the position with it, it's good luck to be able to inflict a little casualties on the enemy.

His Royal Highness left in a huff, but when he left, he drew a pattern of this lever-type stone throwing. Lorist didn't care. Anyway, if His Royal Highness wanted to use this kind of stone-throwing to deal with the Norton family, it would be a joke. This lever trebuchet is huge and heavy, and it is extremely inconvenient to move. When his family's bronze artillery appeared on the battlefield, this trebuchet could only obediently become the target of artillery fire.

Lorist used this crude giant trebuchet as a means of harassing the defensive position, and did not care much about the effect of the stone, but the garrison corps of the three principalities on the defensive position could not stand it, because this thing had no score, and no one knew where the next stone would be dropped......

In this way, the generals of the three garrison corps discussed a solution, and then used a night attack to successfully descend the mountain to break through the alert and burn the dozen or so giant trebuchets. Lorist was furious, and began to order the craftsmen to hurry up and make these trebuchets, and paid for the reward of his own pocket, making a huge trebuchet twice as large as before, and once again harassing the defensive positions.

This time, Lorist changed his tricks, no longer throwing the stones like human heads, but shattering the stones, and a large bag of fist-sized stones was thrown as if it were raining stones, and the impact was large, although it was not fatal, it smashed the heads of the garrison soldiers in the defensive position.

Several garrison corps couldn't stay still again, and went down the mountain again to sneak attack. But this time he hit the iron plate, Lorist had already quietly transferred the chariot steel crossbow corps of the Flying Tiger Legion to ambush beside him, and a torrential rain of steel crossbow shooting caused heavy losses to the garrison corps that came down the mountain to sneak attack, and only a small part of them escaped back to the mountain.

Inspired by the oil carried by the soldiers who had come down the hill, Lorist brought a large amount of oil from the rear, threw it in clay pots, and threw the burning stones, and soon a raging fire broke out at the front of the defensive position. It can be regarded as the garrison soldiers on the defensive position who were well prepared, and quickly covered the fire oil and burning ground with sand, which did not allow Lorist to take the opportunity to sneak attack successfully.

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