This was the second time that Sodrance had led his army in the Valania Delta, a triangle formed by the confluence of the two rivers Sorena and Retil. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAnd in this small land, there is an important fortress - Eva. During the First Battle of Valania, Iva was captured by the Phalensi army, and has now been expanded into a large fortress with a capacity of 30,000 men at a time.

160,000 men of the Marstar army, consisting of the Third Legion of Baron Ferran Damoah Duville; the Fourth Regiment of the Comte de Count Luentu Hubière; Baron Fazzaro's Seventh Legion; and Princess Sigrani's Tenth Legion. All of the above have participated in the last battle, and the first two are even more famous for their joint efforts to encircle and annihilate the Third Legion of Falunci in the last battle. The coach, Count of Reims, Soder, also entered the battle as a legion commander five years ago, with a small victory.

Although the casualties in the last battle between the two sides were half a pound to eight taels, the loss of Iva had created a disadvantage on the northern border of Mastar for five years. Due to the protrusion of Valania to the south, the Pharansis had an excellent supply base. From Iva to the east and south was the territory of Mastar, so much so that Mastar deployed four legions in the north to prevent harassment by the Phalensian army. And the garrison of the 10th Army Corps of the Central Army was basically in the north. Therefore, the capture of Iva would allow Mastar to reduce his forces to the north, freeing up his hands to fight Pamis in the northwest. Similarly, since there were no decent forts north of Iva in Farensi, if Iva were to be lost, there would be no danger to defend the periphery of Parello.

The Second Battle of Valania was later considered a model of frontal offensive and defensive warfare, i.e., battles in which "life was lost in boredom". On the afternoon of March 2, scouts from both sides made contact for the first time, and no one was killed. Shapoel described it as "a good start". On 3 March, the 4th and 7th Massal Corps laid siege to Iva. At this time, the Fifth Regiment defending Eva and the original garrison of the fortress totaled 35,000 men, and the commander was Douglas Gran.

On the morning of 4 March, the 3rd and 10th Mastar Corps arrived; At noon, the Commander-in-Chief of France, Marshal Becky, arrived with the 1st, 6th, and 8th Army Corps. At this time, the strength of both sides was the Mastar Army: 163,000 men; Falencian Army: 128,000 men.

In the afternoon, the defenders of Eva launched a counteroffensive with reinforcements. Oyifi's 1st Army cut through the junction of the opposing 4th and 7th Army camps, dividing the two armies in a very short time. Vivlitz commanded the 6th and 8th Corps to encircle Bierre's corps, while Admiral Gran led the 5th Corps to assault Fizzaro's 7th Corps.

Just a short time before the Mastar army was about to break up, Sigrani brought his regiment into the position of the Fourth Legion and saved the tide of battle. Thorde commanded the Third Legion to cooperate with Fizaro and nearly encircled the First Legion of Falensi. After a short battle, both sides withdrew their forces, and the Fallensi army occupied a position about half a mile wide.

On 5 March, the two sides were at peace, except that the soldiers were at best abusing each other in their own language across the fence.

March 6 will be remembered by future French soldiers. The Mastar army launched a general attack on the Farensi army, with Hubière on the left flank and Fizzaro on the right, Sod commanding the Third Army as the center, and Sigrani in the rearguard position as a reserve. The Fallensi Army had the Eighth Army on the right, the Sixth Army on the left, the Fifth Army on the right in the center, and the First Army on its left. The commander-in-chief is directly under the cavalry and the Iva garrison is in reserve.

The Mastar army first suppressed the opponent with bows and arrows, and the infantry, guided by the phalanx, attacked the opponent. Soon the formations of the two sides were mixed up. The shouting consisted of two different languages, mingled with the sound of the weapon crashing. Blood began to spill from the pile, and the Mastar spears stabbed many enemies, but the Pharians' battle axes also caused many headless corpses. The formations of the two sides are staggered like dogs' teeth, and they are inseparable.

Sodrance commented in his Memoirs: "This is the worst battle I have ever fought in my life. ”

But in the end, the Mastar people were unable to achieve a "Pyrrhian victory". The tide of the battle changed as a result of the movement of the Legion of Chaple Lanfonte. The 23rd Division, the rearguard of the Eighth Army of Falunsi, left its original position and went around to outflank Biel. Although Hubiel was aware of it, he had no choice but to entangle the enemy too tightly. If the Mastars fail to remedy this, the battle will be a different story. However, Sigrani acted decisively to frustrate the Falencian attempt, and Hayes led two wings to meet the opposing 23rd Division head-on, while Leon bypassed and outflanked the Eighth Army.

The general of the 23rd Division was Frank Shaw, with soft maroon curly hair and ordinary blue eyes. In the same class as Sogrande, at the age of 25, he was the first among the non-commissioned officers who graduated that year. Shaw still has a set of troops in terms of using troops, so neither Hayes nor Leon has taken any advantage, but it is only temporary. If Sharpell's rescue had been delayed, the 23rd Division would have been reorganized again.

The entire Eighth Army line retreated, as forces had to be drawn to stop the enemy forces on the flanks. So a small gap was opened with the 13th Division of the Fifth Army Corps. Naturally, Hubiel discovered this gap, and the opportunity to shatter the undefeated myth of Chaple Lanfonte was in front of him, and the Mastarns certainly had no reason to let it go. The 4th Army of Mastar launched a surprise attack, and this "wound of the Fallensi army was getting deeper and deeper, but not widening." The connection between Ranfonte's father and daughter seems to have been severed.

"Hubiel's formation is too narrow," Sood muttered, "what the hell does Lambonte want to do?" ”

He has played against Shapoel many times, and each time he has not taken advantage of it. Last time in Valania, the victory over the Eighth Legion was ruined by a team of hussars. If the Tsing Knight had been under Lanfonte last time, I'd probably lose this fight, Thord thought.

At this moment, the Hubiel striker completely broke through the opposition's connecting defence. But just as Mastar thought he had won, the second line of the Fallensi army pounced. It turned out to be the cavalry of Marshal Vivlitz Bech. The advance of the Mastars came to an abrupt halt, and the Eighth Army and the 13th Division began to clamp down on the prominent Fourth Army, and the formation of the Jurgio Biel was squeezed and began to disorganize and trample on each other, and the number of casualties skyrocketed.

The advance guard of the 10th Army of Marstar was flanked by the French 8th Army and the Iva garrison, and the situation of Sigrani and Leon was not very promising. But a short time before being surrounded, Hayes's 20,000 men arrived, which brought the 10th Army, which had been the rearguard, completely to the right of the opposing side. Hayes's movement saved Sigrani, but it left Frankshaw's eyes open, and the back of the Mastar Army was completely exposed.

Soder had no choice but to let the Chinese army have no extra troops, so he had to ask Fizarro to draw a wing to supplement the defense. For this reason, the confrontation between Fizarro and the Sixth Army of the Farensi Army had to be turned from offensive to defensive. Tepandos, the commander of the Sixth Legion, who had worked hard for a while, was relieved.

Although Shaw did not complete the outflanking, he at least completed the siege of Biel. The left flank of the Mastars began to crumble, and people constantly fell with blood splattered. The advance of the Fourth Army had been routed, and Hubiel's home was in jeopardy. Seeing this, Higra ordered his troops to concentrate on attacking the junction of the Eighth Army Corps and the 23rd Division. For a time, the arrows were like locusts, and the Mastar lancers went on a rampage. Shapur was so oppressed that he had to put more pressure on Übiel, and Sigrani's actions indirectly inflicted heavy losses on the allies. Hubiel resisted desperately, and even his own side was already in battle.

Suddenly, a gap broke between the main formation of the Eighth Army and the 23rd Division, and the half-surrounded Mastars gushed out like water from a broken fire hydrant. In this way, Sigrani's formation was suddenly disrupted by her own people. Shapur ordered a surprise attack on the 10th Legion, and the chaos of this small meeting caused heavy losses to the Mastars.

A few minutes later, Sood received a report: "Count Hubiel is dead!" The staff of this formation shuddered almost at the same time.

Sod pondered for a moment, and then said to the herald, "Order the troops to retreat one after another, and establish a defensive line after ten plus roads (20 kilometers). "The so-called sequential retreat refers to the retreat of the first formation, from the top of the second formation to the defense line of the first formation. Then the second formation retreats again, and the first formation goes up again. And so on, gradually withdrawing from the battlefield.

On the other hand, the confusion of the Mastar Army also affected the home of the Eighth Army of Falunsi. Shapoel could almost make out the material of Mastar's cavalry cloak.

"It seems that the army of the Mastar is much better than ours, and I will get one of these cloaks at any time." Unbeknownst to the staff, these were the last two jokes of the famous general.

Around the time when the first Mastar group began to retreat, Hapoel Lanfonte was pierced through the left lobe by a stray arrow. Originally, although this kind of injury was very serious, it was possible to save his life in time. Sigrani's 10th Legion, in order to cover the retreat of the main force, was attacking the 8th Legion with all its might. The staff were in a panic, and Shapur could barely hold back the pain of suffocation and command the battle with a calm attitude, and the battle situation was quickly relieved.

Sigrani was originally just to cover the main force, attacking and collecting the remnants of the Fourth Legion. When the main force retreated to a safe distance, and the 23rd and 13th Divisions turned back to help, Sigrani also began to lead his troops out of the battlefield. The withdrawal was successful thanks to the efforts of the Marquis of Fielders and Hayes.

The main battle of the Second Battle of Valania was largely over.

Chenna Ranfonte is cleaning up the battlefield and cleaning up the aftermath. At this moment, a herald of the Eighth Legion galloped in, "Miss Lanfonte, the Legion Master has been seriously wounded, go and take a look." ”

"What?" China didn't even hand over the command, leaving her army behind and heading straight for the Eighth Army.

"Father! Father! Cena dismounted and shouted as she cut through the crowd to find her father. Soon, with the help of the soldiers, the daughter came to Shapelle's side. His armor had been removed, and most of his clothes had been stained red with blood.

China grabbed her father's hand, and tears began to pour out unconsciously, "Dad, how can this be? Don't move, don't make a sound, the medic will be here soon. She turned to the person next to her and asked, "What about the military doctor?" ”

"Lord Xiao has already gone to call."

"Silly girl," Shapoel gasped, "my fate is decided by the gods of heaven...... Mortals can't interfere. It's you, find a mother-in-law...... Sog ...... of the 3rd Legion Rand is your father...... The only one I liked. Golden opportunity...... Don't let it go. Then he smiled, "It's not a bad thing to be a grandfather before the age of fifty. He smiled again, gasping harder.

"Please, stop talking, stop making noise, please." China asked eagerly. Shapoel nodded in agreement.

At this time, Douglas Gran and Marshal Becky, under the guidance of Shaw, also came.

"The medic is here, and so are the generals and marshals." Shaw whispered to Chinna.

"Miss, please let me check on Lord Lanfangte." The medic said.

Douglas pulled Chinna to his side, and he made eye contact with Sharpel for a moment. This is a unique form of information exchange formed by years of tacit understanding. After a while, the wounded man turned his head away in satisfaction.

The military doctor was busy for a short while, and announced heavily: "I have tried my best, but the injury has dragged on for too long and there is too much bleeding. "It's a tactful death sentence.

Cenna covered her mouth and threw herself on her father's body and cried bitterly. Someone besieged the military doctor: "What are you doing, you quack!" Some people blamed themselves: "It's all because we are too useless." Both Douglas and Viflitz chuckled in their hearts, but they had to set an example to calm the soldiers' emotions.

Shappel's mouth was full of blood and he wanted to say a few more words, but he couldn't make a sound anyway. The only thing he could do was return his trademark smile to his daughter's teary eyes. After one last glance at his comrades, he closed his tired eyes.

"Daddy!!" On the afternoon of March 6, 344 in the continental calendar, one of the famous generals of the third generation of "Blade of Falency", Shapur Lanfonte, passed away at the age of forty.

Douglas separated Ginna from the dead, and China fell into his arms, releasing her scarce tears. "Cry, child, cry as much as you want. I also can't accept this fact. But you're the daughter of Sharpell Lanfonte, and you're going to stand up when you're done crying. ”

After a moment of silence, Field Marshal Viflizberg made a new temporary appointment on the spot: Frankshaw was temporarily appointed temporary commander of the Eighth Army, the 13th Division was under the direct command of Admiral Gran, and Chena temporarily suspended the exercise of command. It should be said that it is timely and appropriate.

Besides, the Mastar army retreated 10 ways and stopped to rest, and after Thord examined the body of Jubiel, he ushered in Drama Grani. The princess brought him the news of Shaple Lanfonte's death. A wave of depression welled up in Thorde's heart, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The famous generals Lanfonte will die from a stray arrow, and the fate of people is really only known to the gods." ”

"Your Excellency, I think out of respect for the enemy generals, our army should withdraw to the country. After all, there is no point in continuing this battle. ”

"What Her Royal Highness the Princess said is extremely true, our army has also suffered heavy losses. The whole army retreated back to the country. Sood accepted the offer and ordered the withdrawal of the troops.

At the end of the Second Battle of Valania, 128,000 Falcis were killed and 13,000 were killed; The Mastar army fought 164,000 men and lost 21,000 killed. A regimental commander on each side was killed, and the overall result was a winless battle.

At about the same time, the Third Battle of Orly ended on 6 March, and the Phalensi army was ambushed by the Navi and suffered heavy losses. Of the 20,000 soldiers, only 5,000 survived. The Janissaries commanders, Generals Shurat, Babbel, and Vargas, were killed, and seventeen colonels, including four garrison chiefs, were killed.

The Fourth and Seventh Legions were met with only the wounded General Ernest Sauer and 5,000 hussars who had lost their homes. Mussal and Byrd pursued the enemy, but could not find any trace of the enemy until they had crossed 10 fari (12.5 km) of the northern alert county.

On 14 March, the Phalenci legions everywhere received an order from the king: except for the 2nd and 8th legions remaining at their current station, the 1st legion was stationed in the royal capital, and the rest of the legions were disbanded and rested on the spot. On 1 July, the legions regrouped at the royal capital. This is undoubtedly good news for the soldiers, who are back just in time for the busiest time of spring and a good harvest this year.

March of the year 344 in the Gregorian calendar was a disaster for the generals of Farency. Two generals and two generals were killed, and 30,000 people were bloodied on the battlefield. Although the 3rd Army again inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in the east, it achieved a brilliant victory. But Saugland could not let go of the news of Chaple Lanfonte's death for a long time, and he went to the tavern twice as often as usual.

To this joking boss, no, a former boss, Thorgrande had a kind of reverence and gratitude for his father and mentor. In that year's graduation draft, after Shapoel selected Frankshaw, he unexpectedly skipped eighteen people and directly picked Saulgredelius, who ranked 20th. Earn the rank of Colonel and eventually become the Commander of the Legion.

Saulgrant goes to the tavern, and the Laco Show always follows him. Although Huo Lin and Sk Saha also accompanied him at times, only Rakoxiu insisted on silently watching him drink a whole bottle of liquor.

Most of the officers of the Third Regiment have returned to their hometowns because their own regiments have been enlarged. Hannibal was particularly moved by the fact that Sogrend and Tess, who was in charge of logistics, had given a complete account of the military property inside and outside the Gresden fortress before leaving, and later mentioned it in a letter to Marshal Becky.

Sogrand began to pack up and prepare to return to his hometown of Roskado after a five-year absence. At this moment, Lacoxiu knocked on the door and entered. "What's the matter?"

"I want to ...... Well, if you don't mind. I would like to visit the mountains and forests of Roskado, could you please guide me? ”

"If Ling Zun doesn't object," Thorgrande was still packing up his few clothes, "my parents are very hospitable, and they are welcome to stay in the humble house for a few days." ”

"So...... I'll pack up and I'll leave with you later. After speaking, Rakoxiu hurriedly ran away.

Thorgrande packed his backpack, pocketed a few silver coins, and left his quarters.

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