Chapter Seventy-One: The Whole Peninsula

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In any case, the current General Leopold has not been able to project any influence on the ruling government.

In this case, there is only one way to stop this kind of bastard from happening.

That is, before reinforcements come, all the 200,000 troops standing in his way will be annihilated.

Abominable abominable abominable abominable bastard. If you think about it, you can see how difficult it is. What a bastard, bastard. If there was any bastard thing in this world, then General Leopold must bring it up as the first bastard thing.

Although it is said that it is so, it is actually completely useless.

"In other words, it's better to attack with real knives and guns than to complain about people here, and fortunately, I'm not unprepared. ”

Thinking of this, General Leopold smiled pleasantly.

Or rather, an evil smile is not impossible.

In the course of fighting with William, against the army of the Russian Gothic Empire, General Leopold also learned a lot. For example, the use and coordination of artillery and cavalry.

Unlike the Lombardy Peninsula, where army theory, armament, tactics, etc., are still stagnant, and even some areas are still fighting in very old, Asturias-like ultra-long phalanxes.

General Leopold's troops, although they were very inferior in numbers, and even in tactical weapons, and in armament, however, they were absolutely, absolutely first-class in terms of tactics. This is something that everyone must admit.

It's like this.

Eventually, at the Battle of Rome, General Leopold took advantage of this.

He gathered all the artillery, even the guns of the ships on which his army was riding.

This rightfully provoked protests from the captains of the ships he hired and the ships from the Visigothic Republic, but he did it anyway, and as if he had a gift, he put a *** hat on the poor fellows and hacked them all to death.

This allowed him to concentrate more than 200 artillery pieces of all kinds in the shortest possible time.

Although it is said that it is almost impossible to achieve a salvo of various artillery, it is also a very difficult thing that the firing range and power cannot be unified.

It is even more difficult to adjust and arrange artillery positions.

However, General Leopold eventually did all this.

Of course, this is not so much his credit as the stupidity of the 200,000 coalition troops opposite.

Because there are so many people, because there are so many troops, they feel that they have won.

Under the influence of this pleasant mind, the Lombard coalition army did not react too quickly in the arrangement of troops.

Of course, they have too many troops, and they are a coalition of small states, which is also the reason for their slow reaction time.

All in all, if General Leopold was playing against an Imperial army, the Imperial Army would not give him any chance at all. They will finish the battle as fast as they can, and then annihilate all the enemies.

However, they were faced with a pathetic Lombard coalition army.

That's it. With more than 200 artillery pieces of various types, they launched a concentrated attack to bombard. In the shortest possible time, the enemy was taken by surprise.

Then, it's time for the cavalry to come in.

Perhaps in modern times, the Berbers are better at than cavalry, and the navy is more famous.

Or rather, pirates. But this does not say that the Berber cavalry was weak.

In fact, on the contrary, these tribal cavalry that came out of the desert of North Africa were quite good in terms of ferocity, morale, and impact. But again, their discipline and training are very problematic.

However, in this case, it may not be too much of a problem.

All in all, more than seven thousand Berber cavalry, after artillery bombardment, charged at the Lombards.

Their ferocious and brutal attacks shocked the Lombards, who were intoxicated with gentleness and very weak in combat.

The Lombards, who did not have much combat effectiveness in themselves, were beaten and collapsed under very simple artillery cavalry tactics.

- Of course, the speed at which their morale is crumbling is so overwhelming.

If these 200,000 troops were the Imperial Army, or the Visigoths, or even the Britons, it didn't matter if they were caught off guard at the beginning. They will react in the shortest possible time and then choose the one to resist.

After that, they will be able to exploit their superiority in strength and emerge victorious.

However, these Lombards are different. After the initial chaos, and the casualties, they quickly collapsed with incredible speed.

The 200,000-strong army rushed to the scene, and even the Visigothic army fighting with them was a little surprised and a little incredulous.

Although it was said to be a victory, it was a little overwhelming because such a victory came so easily that it made people feel unreal.

General Leopold is not included here, though. This general is very adequate, whether it is IQ or anything else. When the others were still in a trance, they recovered as quickly as they could, and gave orders.

Don't just watch there and attack, bastard!

That's pretty much it, in the heralds, flags, bugles and so on to convey orders, this group of soldiers woke up like a dream and launched an attack on their enemy.

So, the situation is what it is now.

"200,000 troops, just collapsed like that?"

After getting the news, despite knowing that the Lombard army was all scum and the combat effectiveness was outrageous, William still had a feeling of disbelief.

But of course, I don't say stupid things like "even 200,000 pigs".

Only a bastard who really doesn't understand war would say such a stupid thing that pigs are easier to catch than people.

Because the IQ of both sides is not the same. If it's a pig, people don't know what to do. But if it's a human being, shout at the collapsed enemy army and shoot it, obediently crouch on the ground, raise the weapon above your head, and then say that you are going to surrender.

That's pretty much it. After this battle, which seemed strange to the whole world, but seemed to be a normal battle when you think about it carefully, nothing could stop the general from sweeping across the Lombardy.

All the city-states, all the dukes, all the consuls and bishops were silent before him. Then, in the face of his growing army, he had to choose to give in.

Well, yes, growing day by day. Rightfully so, the natives of Lombardy.

Because of the chaotic political situation in the early local area, there was no unified country, so although Lombardy is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance, nationalism, nationalism, etc., these ideas are relatively weak and do not care too much.

And because of the backward military systems of these countries, they are still in the era of conscripts + mercenaries. And because the mercenaries here are very undisciplined. In addition, it doesn't matter if you can completely ignore the unspoken rules between nobles and rob desperately. Therefore, in a very short period of time, there were a large number of mercenary groups, or the routs who had joined the 200,000 army, and the captives or something that joined his army.

In a very short time, General Leopold's army grew to more than 100,000. Although it is still chaotic, the level of organization, training and tactics are all lacking. But none of this is a problem.

Because looking around, he couldn't think of anyone who could pose a threat to him for a while.

Seeing that Lombardy is in his pocket. As a general of the Visigothic Republic, his north was completely carefree. Rumba is third surrounded by the sea, and similarly, the Visigothic Republic has a pretty good navy in the western azure seas......

Although in most cases it is not used. But that was not in the minds of General Leopold.

All in all, after suffering a lot of suffering and setbacks, the general finally ushered in the first peak of his life.

That is, the conquerors of Lombardy, where tens of millions of people prostrate before him. His armies broke through city-states and plundered the coffers of the rich, mercantile republics. He ran rampant throughout the peninsula.

He is the uncrowned king of the region.

It is even said that he is already a little intoxicated and a little carried away.

Even even, he ignored the orders of his former bosses, from the Visigothic Republic. I don't care too much.

He even had the ambition to take over all of Lombardy, and then crown him king and become the ruler of this peninsula -

Until the next moment, a better opportunity presented itself to him.

In other words, the political situation in the country is still in a state of turmoil. More importantly, several consuls died in succession, and several successive consuls collapsed. The situation is out of control now, is that so?!"

After receiving the messenger, Leopold quickly spotted this excitingly unbearable opportunity and smiled irrepressibly.

It's good, really, the opportunity, yes, it's the opportunity.

"--That is, there are people in the country who support me as consul of the ruling government?!"

Thinking of this, General Leopold blushed - and after receiving an affirmative answer, he did not hesitate to make the decision - to leave Lombardy - even though here he could become the uncrowned king of Lombardy. But in comparison, there is a bigger, more powerful, more populous country waiting for him.

If he wants to become the ruler of this world, it's up to him this time!(To be continued.) )