Chapter 586: A Test of Sincerity
The Medusa Legion and the local coalition armies of the three major provinces of Amethyst, Tiebi, and Canglei are both local armies, and at first glance there seems to be not much difference. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, if we study it carefully, we can find that there is a huge gap between the two, which is directly reflected in the training of soldiers and military equipment.
First of all, these three provinces are geographically close to the royal capital, which is similar to the existence of a barrier and a back garden similar to the royal capital, and the military power is weak.
Although the local governors of these three provinces were also traditional nobles, they did not belong to the powerful families of the Rose and Medusa families.
In many ways, it was restrained by the royal capital, far from being comparable to the big family that was the pillar of the empire, but because of the strong support of these governors for the royal capital in the civil war, they won a lot of rights, but before they could make good use of it and digest it, a large-scale riot broke out.
Secondly, the task of the local army is to maintain local law and order, and the royal capital does not want its surrounding areas to be armed with nobles.
After all, at that time, Wang Du controlled several elite legions, and he was fully capable of suppressing emergencies from all over the world, which was more than enough to deal with.
In the end, several local legions were put together temporarily, seemingly huge, but there was no tacit understanding between them, and the local nobles were beaten to the ground, lacking sufficient financial resources to pay the salaries of these soldiers, and they were no different from mercenaries without a sense of belonging, which once again greatly reduced their combat effectiveness.
This is not the case with the Medusa Legion, whose family, as a traditional powerhouse in the north of the empire, had a huge power during the last dynasty.
More than twenty years ago, in Raymond's war against the Aries dynasty, the Medusa family stood up and gave enough support.
Although they are women in charge, they have worked hard in the northern provinces for hundreds of years, relying by no means on beauty, but on strong wrists.
Long and stable governance, coupled with its location on the border, the Medusa Legion is fully equipped and updated on time, and the arrows are engraved with the family coat of arms.
At this point, the chaotic local army is incomparable, and many soldiers even need to prepare their own weapons and equipment, and there is a lack of unified management.
And the training level of the Medusa Legion is also much stronger than the local armies in the provinces of Amethyst, Tiebi, and Canglei, although there are also a series of problems.
For example, the large-scale rebellion that broke out in the territory of the Medusa family more than a year ago led to a series of instability factors within the family, and even the army also showed signs of division, but the current head of the Medusa family, and the only female ducess of the empire, reached an agreement with Lin Ye.
The Messiah purged the army of rebels with the help of the Far Eastern Army, and the restless nobles in the realm lacked the support of the army.
In addition, the reserve duke Nion, whom they wanted to be a puppet, defected and suffered the brutal suppression of the Messiah, and the north was bloody for a while.
This method of purge caused the Medusa family to suffer certain losses for a short time, but the Far East opened up trade with the Medusa family.
Coupled with the elimination of dissidents, the benefits definitely outweigh the disadvantages in the long run, and under the management of the Messiah, the Medusa family quickly recovered.
The agreement between her and the Far East was reached in private, and the royal capital did not know about it, but when they fought two battles between them, they really hated each other, and after the Medusa Legion was recruited to go south, the only Duchess Messiah of the empire also immediately responded and personally led the elite legion south.
When the nobles stationed in the three provinces around the royal capital learned of the arrival of the Messiah himself with his army, they all went to visit him, lest they be left behind.
After all, the position of the Messiah is there, and now there are only six Dukes left in the Empire, and the Duke of the Far East and the Duke of Rose are all rebels.
In terms of power alone, the Messiah is definitely in the top ten within the empire, and she herself is young and beautiful, which naturally makes the nobles flock to her.
The idea of "if only I could be the husband of the Messianic Duke" was deeply rooted in the minds of these nobles, and they could not linger.
However, when they all arrived at the Messiah's camp with their gifts, they were told that the Messiah Duke was ill and that they had to wait for two days.
"What? Miss Messiah is sick? This is a test of my sincerity, and I must stay here and wait, and I can't let them preempt. ”
"If Miss Messiah needs anything, if she gives an order, come and fetch all the precious herbs at once. ”
"In any case, you must make a good impression on Miss Messiah, is Miss Messiah really as beautiful as she is rumored?"
The nobles were all on the young duchess, all of whom took up residence in the camp of the Medusa Legion, waiting for the Messiah to summon them.
Even if they see the army taking action, it is only a normal transfer, anyway, they don't know how to do it, and now that the victory is in hand, who cares about that?
Until a soldier came and arrested them and told them that the local coalition had been routed, they didn't believe it was true.
"How is this possible, the Far Eastern Army can have such great ability, and the Medusa Army and the Border Army will not sit idly by, right?"
"What? Both the Medusa Army and the Border Army participated in the raid on the local coalition forces? How is this possible, isn't the nobleman's joke a little too big?"
"This must be Miss Messiah testing me, I will hold on for two more days, as long as I persist, I will definitely be able to impress Miss Messiah!"
The nobles were just joking, and they were all so immersed in their own fantasies that they didn't even pay attention to the messy battlefield in the distance.
The local coalition forces, which could not even be defeated by the Medusa Army alone, faced the two-sided attack of the more elite border army and the Far Eastern Army, coupled with the sudden onslaught of the Medusa army, and collapsed in an instant, and the entire 20,000 troops were all scattered in one day.
"Gobert, that bastard, the army has been beaten like this, and he is still pursuing the duchess who participated in the rebellion at the garrison of the Medusa Army, it's really hateful, what's going on in the empire, there are only six dukes in total, and half of them are involved in the rebellion, is it really going to be over?"
Trembling at Goebel's reply, York sent someone to secretly infiltrate the Medusa camp and find Gobert to inform him that something was wrong.
Let him and the other nobles return to the army immediately, the Medusa army may attack them, and the border army is also showing signs of movement.
But Goebel wrote back that the Messianic Duke was loyal to the Empire and warned him not to spread rumors.
But it was only a long time before three elite armies launched a fierce attack at the same time, but the group of nobles led by Goebel were still immersed in wonderful fantasies, ignoring the army, which made the army lack effective command, coupled with the overall disadvantage of the soldiers, the lack of fighting spirit, and the situation was very difficult.
"It's over, it's over, it's over, let's go down and lay down our arms and surrender, this time it seems that the empire is really finished. ”
York looked at the completely collapsed defense line, and reluctantly gave an order, in the face of the powerful forces of the Far Eastern Army, the Frontier Army, the Rose Army, and the Medusa Army, the empire in the storm was only one line away from collapse.