That's it, after a day of fierce fighting, the losses of Hereford's army were close to two thousand, and the Imperial army lost more than three thousand. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Although the number of troops lost is not large, because of the problem of using troops, the cavalry accounts for a large share of the losses. In particular, the Hereford family lost nearly six hundred lancers due to Freya's mistake.

As mentioned before, the Lancer is almost a non-renewable resource. Pooling the strength of the whole country of Hereford, William organized seven regiments of lancers and seven thousand cavalry. In this day and age, it is already quite a rare feat. And these 7,000 lancers are almost equivalent to hollowing out the entire Wende Kingdom and the knightly family of the Russian Kingdom.

Now, even William himself doesn't know if he can replenish the Lancer troops, let alone the rather exaggerated figure of six hundred.

There were even times when William wanted to think about whether the idyllic pleasures of feudalism could be maintained a little in certain areas. Let him recruit more lancers or something in the future......

But if you think about it, it's still over.

To enshrine a lancer, it is necessary to maintain a manor of several dozen people. A manor of several dozen people, which can provide a dozen soldiers...... These dozen soldiers went head-to-head, and of course they were no match for the lancers. In the feudal era, in the era of cold weapons, more than a dozen peasant soldiers could never resist the attack of a knight.

But now it's different, whether these dozen people are light cavalry or musketeers, they can easily defeat one lancer. Calculate it this way. Sure enough, it is better to choose to continue the reform.

As for the seven thousand lancers under his command. It's better to use a little less plug-in. Well, that's it. For example, it's like a Tiger tank, although good, will still be submerged in the T34 ocean. That's it.

That's it, although the Imperial army suffered more losses, but knocked out several companies of Hereford Lancers. In terms of the preciousness and combat power of the troops, the Imperial Army has a small advantage. The two sides were able to maintain a draw. The news was reported to Emperor Kalman IV, and the emperor himself was quite satisfied with the result. However, after summoning Franz back and explaining the situation, the emperor groaned a little......

The enemy managed to counterattack with an initial disadvantage, and inflicted heavy casualties on the Imperial army in the ensuing battle.

Thinking about this kind of thing, Kalman IV felt a headache. That sense of foreboding haunted him. It's like it's going to explode at any moment.

"Have you figured out who the enemy commander is?" the Emperor asked suddenly. And after hearing that the commander on the opposite side was Freya, who had almost no information and was unknown before, he was even more strange.

Could it be that the people of the Hereford family are really of different bloodlines? If you catch a random clansman, you can even make a draw with his henchmen. It's incredible.

Seeing Kalman IV like this, Franz was very angry for a while. He opened his mouth to say something. But in the end nothing was said. Although his current state does not match the lack of courage of the defeated army, his mentality is the same.

He didn't lose, but he didn't win either, did he? Especially when there is such a big advantage when it comes to war. It's just huh.

Basically, Kalman IV became even more regretful about continuing to fight against the Hereford family. But again, the situation has come to this point. It's no longer useful to say that. Fighting, it must be fought, it's just how to fight, to what extent to stop. This made Kalman IV hesitate.

If he could, then Kalman IV naturally wanted to wipe out the Hereford family. But now it seems that this is very difficult to happen. So he had to leave a way back for himself......

And so, after the skirmish, Emperor Kalman IV sent an envoy to meet William. When giving titles, William is also very suitable for calling William His Majesty. And declared that the two armies belonged to the same Gothic race, although now everyone is going to fight to the death, but the friendship is unchanged, and it is hoped that after this war, the two sides can change their positions, and then happily play together.

Hearing what the emperor's envoy said, William sneered in addition to a sneer. Seeing him like this, the emperor's envoy asked anxiously, what was there to dissatisfaction with. So William naturally erupted: "That bastard also begged me sometimes?!That bastard thinks well, but it's too wishful thinking, isn't it?!He now knows that he regrets it?!It's too late!Don't say anything, let's see life and death on the battlefield!"

In this way, William drove the emperor's envoy out of the barracks, and then firmly reiterated that he would not fight the emperor to the death.

And why did William do this? This is mainly because the emperor had cut his face beforehand.

After King Otto retired and William took control of the Hereford family, William still wanted to play a balance at first, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, the snipe and the clam competing for the fisherman's profit, and the praying mantis catching the cicada and the yellow finch in the back. It's just that Kalman IV did not cooperate at all. As soon as the emperor came up, an army of 100,000 marched towards the Hereford family. Later, William politely presented him with a war letter, but was rejected by Kalman IV.

The Emperor's reasoning was that he did not see William as an equal enemy. William was a traitor, a rebel of the Empire, a thief. He killed William in the name of righteousness and righteousness.

Under such an arrogant response of Kalman IV, William's self-esteem was strongly hit, and then, of course, he developed a strong hatred for Kalman IV.

I pretended to be so forced before, and now I say these things again, and I want to be a special grandma.

That's pretty much what William meant.

In this way, Kalman IV's goodwill was dismissed by William - of course, His Majesty the Emperor did not think that it was because of his strategic mistake some time ago, but only that William did not know how to raise it.

After exclamation: "Sure enough, it's a hillbilly who doesn't know how to be polite", the situation returned to square one again.

This was followed by several rounds of skirmishes in which the outcome could not be decided. Usually these battles were conducted under the command of Freya. The results weren't great, but they were acceptable. Both sides won and lost - but always the Imperial army lost more, but not much...... All in all, it's February. After William sent the hundredth letter to the Britons asking for help and still lost in the sea, the decisive battle finally began.

The Emperor could not bear it any longer. The north-central region of the empire cannot withstand the attrition of a hundred thousand troops. Of course, whether these potential northern Protestants die or not, His Majesty the Emperor does not care. He cared that there wasn't enough food in the north to feed his troops.

Therefore, he must win this war before the army can run out of food...... No matter how bad it is, it is a failure.

That's it. The 100,000-strong army under the command of the emperor approached Magdeburg on all fronts. Hereford's army, which received the news, also spread out on all fronts. Get ready to fight your enemies to the death......

Completely different from the previous arrangement. William's three-lane array this time is heavy-footed. He deployed the 3rd and 4th Army Corps, which had lost some of their strength in the previous battles, on the 1st and 2nd Fronts, and split the two Lancer regiments belonging to these two corps. Deployed on the third front.

On the third front, the two ace units of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps, the most elite of the Hereford family, and the two elite units of the 1st and 2nd Independent Cavalry Brigades, were deployed. There were also two disgruntled lancer regiments stripped from the 3rd and 4th Army Corps. Combined, the strength is close to 30,000.

William's tactics are very simple and understandable. The 3rd and 4th Army Corps were to act as a block, slow, and weaken the enemy's forces. After the enemy has broken through the two fronts, the ace troops of the third front will be dispatched to launch a counterattack, leaving the enemy in a crush.

At the same time, under William's orders, John Jr., who led the Fifth Army Corps, the Polotsk Janissaries, also cruised north of the battlefield. William's order was for him to hold back as many enemy troops as possible. And under his bluff, the emperor did send more than 20,000 troops to monitor and confront this partial division.

After removing the 20,000 troops here, and then removing the troops lost in the previous few days' battles. At present, the number of combat troops available to His Majesty the Emperor will definitely not exceed 70,000. The Hereford army it faced was close to 50,000. As a result, the gap between the two sides' forces has further declined. correct

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor would not think so. At least in

In terms of propaganda, His Majesty the Emperor would never say that. He would still say that he had an army of 100,000 under his command and only 60,000 on the other side. If there are more people and fewer people, you will have a great chance of winning...... Although, in fact, His Majesty the Emperor himself knows that these words are all out of the air.

The first array of the Imperial Army, still commanded by the emperor's confidant Franz, still had as many as 20,000 troops. At the same time, it was equipped with more than 200 artillery pieces - the emperor handed over 40 percent of the artillery strength of the imperial army to Franz, in order to make a successful start for him in the shortest possible time.

In addition to these precious artillery units, Franz had an assault force of three cavalry regiments under his command. It's just that unlike the ornate lineup of seven thousand lancers of the Hereford family, the three cavalry regiments under his command are all light cavalry, and although the combat effectiveness is equally impressive, it is not that great.

The second array, led by the Imperial Prince, Archduke Charles, the eldest son of Kalman IV. The number of troops was also 20,000. But there were not many artillery units. This is not so much an independent army as an addition to Franz's first array. It's almost as much as how many troops Franz loses, and Charlie has to replenish him. Then continue to push Franz forward.

It is conceivable that this decision made Prince Charlie feel very unhappy, but he was helpless.

Although it is said that the emperor has been positioned as the heir, the birth of a concubine makes Prince Charles's situation not good. Most of the nobles in the empire looked down on this prince whose biological mother was from a low background. Even his position is not very strong. In addition, the old emperor Kalman IV was a guy who liked to seize power. This doomed Prince Charles not to share too much power.

That's it. The third array, as if it were William's target. Kalman IV also deployed the largest number of troops and artillery in the third array, which he directly commanded. At the same time, two lancer regiments of the Reich with two cuirassiers. The largest cavalry cluster was also in his hands.

His tactic was very simple, which was to use the first two fronts to wear down the enemy as much as possible. When he is almost exhausted, he will go out and win the war in one fell swoop.