Sacrifice, sacrifice, and sacrifice as a matter of course - generally speaking, any army can be proud of its ability to obtain a six-to-one battle loss ratio when attacking an enemy's prepared position...... However, Freya felt that it was not enough. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Those are rubbish, garbage, garbage, and garbage levies, and they can be elite standing cavalry legions, and they are six to one in number. But when it comes to military strength and the cost of building an army, it is definitely the empire that suffers!

As soon as she thought of this, Freya felt like a knife in her heart.

What a bastard, what the hell is this. The Russian Gothic Empire was such a great empire, such a powerful army, and under the command of such a powerful commander as Wilhelm von Hereford, the imperial army was simply incomparable, no matter what kind of battlefield, no matter what kind of enemy it faced, it could do it with ease.

And yet—and yet the Imperial Army, the same Imperial Army, which could be victorious in William's hands even against a more formidable opponent, was not so easy to use in her hands, as if something was missing.

Worse is the record. Compared to William's record of almost 100 wins, Freya is much worse. It's like this battle now......

But, of course, in fact, Freya may be the only one who thinks so, and thinks that the cavalry legions of the Imperial army and the Visigoths of seven or eight legions of Visigoths are at a loss, and they have suffered a loss by playing a one-to-six exchange ratio.

In fact, almost everyone doesn't think the same way she does.

Seeing that the army of the Russian Gothic Empire was surrounded and defended by several times the strength of its own side, it was still able to desperately assault as if it had entered a no-man's land, and the speed of the breakthrough had hardly slowed down, and the Visigoths on the opposite side said that it was a little exaggerated, but they were absolutely afraid to death. At the same time, seeing that the friendly forces were so strong, and the morale of the Bliton defenders was also greatly boosted, the battle to capture the central fortress became more brutal and the outcome became more simple and ambiguous.

Even the vast majority of the Russian Gothic Empire's own army, soldiers and officers felt that the war would end in victory for their own side - they did see the death of their allies around them, but they saw more of the collapse of the enemy, and the mass death of the enemy -

More importantly, they are the elite of the Russian Gothic Empire, and they are the pride of the empire. They rightfully have the strongest morale and training in the world.

It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was fought to the last soldier, but an army of 20,000 people lost about 3,000 casualties, although this can be regarded as a serious loss, but it definitely did not reduce the morale of the cavalry corps, on the contrary, it made the ferocity and killing intent of these strong soldiers of the Russian Gothic Empire more stimulated.

That's it, that's it, for a while, this army created by condensing the essence of the empire was unstoppable!

"Damn, damn it, throw in more troops, and destroy all of these enemies no matter what!"

"Do you really want to do this?"

"We have lost too many troops, and I feel that we need to adjust our strategy and tactics against the enemy!"

"Yes, I think we should retreat and wait for the enemy to show their flaws!"

"Your statement is irresponsible and a betrayal of the revolution! You must be the *** elements lurking in the ranks of the revolution!"

"You're *** molecule! Your whole family is *** molecule!!"

Almost like this, after the cavalry corps of the Russian Gothic Empire inflicted a major blow on them, the Visigothic generals were also desperately thinking and arguing whether to continue fighting, or to retreat for the time being, to avoid the edge.

These two arguments were deadlocked among the generals - but in the end, more revolutionary ideas and tactics prevailed -

Although it will cause more terrible casualties, it doesn't matter, they all died for the great Visigothic revolution, and their sacrifice is worthwhile. Stand to reason!

In reality, however, the troops at the front did not think so - especially after Freya stabilized the army and concentrated their artillery again -

After being pressured by too many enemy troops, the mounted infantry units began to retreat backwards, entering the second line of defense, shrinking the line and turning the originally zigzag line into an N-shaped line.

Now Freya has adjusted her policy.

Either the enemy will be completely crushed, or at least they will be forced back, or else they will be defeated and retreat.

The originally planned tactic of giving the enemy enough casualties and then returning the same way had already been declared bankrupt - after this news was sent back to the eastern defense line of Rotterdam by the heralds who had fought desperately to get out of the siege, the standing army corps, which had already switched guards with the levy corps and was still carrying the front line, began to retreat slowly, retreating behind the defensive line built by the Imperial army in one go.

Because "repelled the enemy's attack." So the Visigothic army, which was in charge of the battle on the Eastern Front, cheered excitedly for a while.

Of course, all this was ultimately proven to be futile and meaningless.

While they were crushing the Imperial army and cheering, on the other side, the Imperial cavalry was almost on the verge of achieving their tactical goal.

Crash, crash, crash, and beyond that, it's still a crash. Even when guarded, it still collapsed, and after the cavalry of the Russian Gothic Empire broke the position of the fourth legion, it was only natural that the Visigoths began to collapse slightly.

The first collapse was only a few *** elements lurking in the great army who did not have a firm stance and low combat effectiveness.

Soon, though, these guys caused a chain reaction. More, larger-scale collapses appeared. In such a collapse, the Imperial cavalry was able to sweep the battlefield with ease.

In the end, even the most stubborn Visigoths had to admit that the Imperial army was too strong. Even if the other party is just a legion, it is not an existence that they can compete with and defeat.

Of course, it is also impossible for the Imperial cavalry to continue to pursue while they are victorious, or even to defeat all opponents.

Despite the defeat and the beginning of the retreat, the Visigothic army still maintained its formation, formation, and morale.

If you want to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the results of the war, it is not impossible, but the number of troops killed in this cause will definitely be more.

As I said before, if you fight for your own country, you can forget it, but if you are for these Bretons, then you really can't do it.

That's it, the battle is over, at least temporarily.

After being repulsed once by the Imperial cavalry, although the enemy still had an overwhelming superiority in strength, this superiority was accompanied by a large number of casualties, a large number of wounded soldiers, and a large loss of weapons and equipment.

This great attrition was accompanied by a great fear of the Russian Gothic Empire's army, as well as a decrease in morale due to defeat and defeat.

The large attrition of troops affected the military structure of the Visigoths......

All in all, in a short period of time, these Visigoths needed more time to prepare their armies, deliver supplies, and boost their morale. At least for a short time, there was no way for them to attack the city of Rotterdam again.

In this way, the city is, at least temporarily, defended. The Empire's armies are so brave that they strike fear into the hearts of their allies alike and their enemies. But in addition, it also made those guys who originally wanted to get closer to the empire - that is, those nobles even more tempted.

As Freya said, only such a great empire could be able to protect their possessions, although it was essential to give them sufficient benefits before they could do so. And as latecomers, those who have vested interests in the face of the empire have to keep their voices down. It would take at least two generations, if not more, to integrate into the upper class of the empire.

But even if it is, it doesn't matter. As long as there is hope. It's a better situation than the world is about to be taken over by evil revolutionaries, and they poor fellows are going to be guillotined or something, isn't it?

And so it happened, in the first half of the year, the chain of battles around Frisia came to an end for the time being.

Although the Visigoths had occupied most of Frisia, they were helpless in the face of a heavily defended Rotterdam.

At the same time, however, the Visigoths were doing well in the south, with their vanguard repeatedly crossing the Alps and entering the warm Lombardy Peninsula in the south.

Although these forces were only a few, the vanguard, they still terrified the Lombards.

At the same time, with the stabilization of the regions of Lotyrnia and Bern, the Visigothic army was ready to further encroach on more territories that had previously belonged to the Ostrogothic Empire.

Among their targets, it now seems that most of them are the most powerful kingdoms in the empire, the Kingdom of Austria, and the Kingdom of Bohemia are their targets and opponents.

Of course, this is only the first step. For revolutionaries who are ambitious enough to drag the world into a new era, this is only the first step in changing the world.

......

That's it, at least for the next ten years, the Visigothic Republic, which has become a mad beast, will be one of the most powerful forces in the world. (To be continued.) )