Twilight of Empires (2)

"Your Majesty!

Varisian pushed open the door of the fat man's study, the figure of the dusty man appeared at the door, the raindrops outside the window hit the glass, making a salsa sound, the light in the room was a little dark, this is a building with a history of at least 50 years, most of the architectural styles of the Gauls are made of solid stone, so it is durable, even if it is a thousand years, it will not feel like a dangerous house, the last repair of this town hall was fifty years ago,

In the extraordinary silence, the air was average and warm, the fire on the walls was slowly fluttering red, the walls were white marble veneer, printed with some silver patterns, two rows of strict bookshelves, on which were very beautiful rows of books shining with many golden words, above the bookshelf was a pot of heavenly pot grass, the blades of grass were more than three feet long, hanging down like incense vines, a marble inkwell, and a small delicate month card indicated that the owner of this room must have been a very stylish and knowledgeable nobleman

In the position of the combination of light and shadow, as if dominating a qiē, the Falcon Majesty was looking down at a piece of Wen Jiàn in his hand, very focused, the expression on his face looked a little unhappy, no, very unhappy, Varisian hurriedly withdrew his peeping gaze, he saw the Falcon Majesty who was staring at Wen Jiàn The eyebrows on the right side rose slightly, according to His Majesty's character, this represents a burning anger "It seems to be related to the "guest" just now!" Varisian guessed inwardly

At the staircase just now, he also saw two people who left His Majesty's room angrily, the two of them were talking in an incomprehensible language as they walked, with arrogant expressions, as if there was no one around, this was definitely a dazzle in the Imperial Army Headquarters, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was a guest, an officer would have rushed up and taught him a hard lesson, I heard that the two people were from Gaul. Varisian's eyes flickered, connecting the news he had gotten and vaguely perceiving something

"Varisian, how long have you been in Obarro?" Just as he was thinking, the fat man first broke the silence and raised his gaze from a piece of paper on the table, sharp as a sword, falling on the former general of the empire who had been dead for a year

"Embarked on the ship on the 11th of February, and landed northwest of Obaro after 14 days at sea, a total of thirty-nine days!" replied Varisien in a clear voice. The body was tense and straight, and a black Imperial Army uniform was worn on this fierce general's body, revealing a fierce aura like a sharp sword and snow cold, "Do you know why you watched the war in Obaro for a month, but didn't let the Special Operations Flag Regiment go into battle?"

"The subordinates don't know! And they don't think about it, and the subordinates don't dare to speculate about His Majesty's arrangement. The subordinates only know that as an imperial soldier, obeying His Majesty's orders is something that cannot be dissipated in the blood!

Varisian took a deep breath and said solemnly, holding his head high

And the subordinates think. When I first arrived in the land of Obaro, my understanding of the situation and shape of all parties was not something that could be resolved in a short period of time, war. What is the fight is to understand each other, and the meaning of His Majesty is profound, how can it be that a martial artist like me can understand it all!"

"Huh. I know that you Varisian is a slippery head, and you won't think about what you say, but I'm afraid that you've been complaining in your heart for a long time, it seems that you haven't been on the battlefield for a year, and your kung fu is good at slapping sycophants, but you haven't fallen at all!"

The new world, new opportunities, and a more vast continent with dazzling wealth are displayed in front of the Ikadihuas, among the imperial generals, the Northwest Army's Krolysat style is fierce and good at assault, and the Southern Army's Stoutenko is just like the name of its legion, stationed in the prosperous land of the south for a long time, and the style inevitably seems a little soft, the Caesar Solon of the Northern Army has a strong personality, and the combat is naturally good at aristocratic frontal crushing, and the Central Army Hukochili is both civil and military, and has the ability to lead an army alone, but he is born in the style of a small nobleman, and he does not disdain to take too despicable means in battle, and the one-eyed Ssalon who was born as a mercenary, but learned fifty or sixty percent of the shameless skills of fat people, but most of them are opportunistic

If you talk about luck, the current Varisian is undoubtedly number one,

Luck is such a thing, unfathomable, and can't be captured, it's as difficult as winning the five million jackpot, but on the battlefield, no king and commander can ignore the component of luck, pre-war strategy only accounts for 30 percent, various changes in the battle, geographical factors, the ability to capture the fighter, and the morale of the soldiers, accounting for 30 percent, and the remaining 30 percent is luck

And the luck of Varisian is undoubtedly the first anti-heaven existence of the fat man,

If you look at its past records, you will know how terrible this guy's luck is, except for the Dorok Mountains that chose to surrender and Salander in the south, Varisian did not participate for various reasons, the battle of the northern steppe, the invincible King Kugit Khan fell in his pursuit, and the fat man became the king of the steppe Khan, the battle of Ved, the self-confident King of Bad, Yagroerg, hundreds of thousands of main forces, after encountering the stubborn resistance of the Varisian army, he was disheartened and chose to die for the country, and the German army was leaderless, and finally forced the whole country to surrender

The Battle of Staros, which reversed the situation on the mainland and turned the Falcon Dynasty from defense to taking the initiative to unify the continent, was also the Staros defense line that Varisian insisted on, which shook the 200,000 troops of Ruierdian and killed the last bit of national fortune of Ruierdian!

In the eyes of the fat man, Varisian is simply a "national destruction artifact" given by God, how can he give it up!

The fat man smiled at the corner of his mouth and picked up the text that was closed in his hand, "Look at this, the cooperation treaty sent by the Slavs of northern Gaul"

"Slavs?"

Varisien's face was stunned for a moment, he had just arrived in the region of Obaro, but he had heard about the battle of the Long Wall a year ago, the Slavs, weren't they the same people who drove His Majesty to the north of Gaul?

The fat man's face was a little pale, and he looked at the confused Varisian. The corners of his mouth snorted disdainfully, and he explained, "In addition to avoiding fighting to the death with the Slavs and letting people take advantage of the idea of bringing this disaster east into the heart of Gaul and plunging the northern region of Gaul into chaos, the millions of Slavs were blocked outside the northern wall."

The fat man's voice stopped, he got up from his seat, stretched his limbs, walked to the wine cabinet not far away, took out a bottle of red wine and said, "But there is no denying it." The rise of the Slavs was inevitable, and strategically we avoided the bloody battle with millions of Slavs, preserved our strength, and then swept across the northwest and southwest of the Gauls, while also cultivating a new opponent. However, it is precisely because of the strong pressure from the three directions of the Gallic Empire, the Falcon Empire, the Central Bia Empire and the Slavs that the Gallic Empire, which was once strong for hundreds of years, has been forced to fight from a prosperous era to a "declining world" in just two years. In fact, they asked us to use Rusty as a line and give them all the area north of Rusty!"

The fat man pulls the elm cork from the wine with his hand, the bottle tilts, and the red wine is poured into the glass below. The disdain in his tone was palpable

"Give it all to them? What a joke, it's us who have dragged down the Gallic army and fought in just one year, how can they make such excessive demands!"

Varisian said with an angry expression. He now knows why Falcon is so angry, these Slavic idiots are really idiots enough, they don't know that Falcon Brazil is famous in the Icadivar continent, the claws of the Vecchia Falcon never fail, as long as it is something that His Majesty has taken a fancy to, there has never been a time when he has not missed!

"One year is enough time to restore the vitality of a race, and even have more ambitions that should not be had!" the fat man picked up the wine glass, drank it violently, and then pressed the wine glass heavily on the table, looked at Varisian next to him, and said. In the battle of Rasti, our army has won the victory on the eastern and central fronts, only the western front that guards the passage is still in the hands of the Gauls, and the Gauls have gathered more than 200,000 troops on the western front and built incalculable fortresses, which seems to have the intention of consuming us, which is why the Slavs are optimistic that our army will not be able to break through Rasti!" The Slavs will soon preempt us and launch a fierce assault on the weakly defended Gallic hinterland, and if we continue to wear it down in the Rusti region, it will be equivalent to the result of the countless Imperial warriors in front of us!"I won't say more nonsense, I need a group of infantry of sufficient weight to break through the weak points of the Gauls, cut off the connection between the Rusti region and the hinterland of Gaul, and open the door to Rusti for the Empire!

The fat man's eyes full of confidence were full of heat, for the Gauls' key defense on the Rastisi Line, layer by layer, he reminded him of the famous French Macedon Line during World War II, he walked a few steps forward to the wall where the map was hung, stretched out his hand to draw a horizontal line on the map, and said in a condensed voice, "Although the Gauls are very stable on the Western Front, they cannot restrain the influence of the natural terrain on the deployment, and the huge Andesk Mountains across the Gallic Basin form a narrow angle at the edge of the Rastisi Line,

"It is a narrow mountain area, from this narrow road through the Grotian Pass of 15,000 defenders, you can go directly to the most important connecting city between the Rusti region and the heart of Gaul, Berlin del, your task is to open this narrow road and occupy Berlin del in three days!" "Before that, I will order all my troops to press the line of the Gauls, so that they can attract the attention of the Gauls, but in the same way, once the Gauls find their way of retreat, Berlin del is occupied, they will inevitably fight back with all their might,

And the troops that are suppressed head-on, because it is a complex terrain in the mountains, and the roads are mostly tortuous and narrow mountain roads, so it is difficult to form reinforcements in a short time, the time is about 10 hours, and the opponent is a Gallic army of more than 200,000, I will increase your strength to 50,000. It is impossible to have too many troops, too many concentrated forces will attract the attention of the Gauls, do you have such confidence?" "With 50,000 troops, you will break through the narrow road, and you will have to hold out in front of 200,000 enemies for 10 hours!" Varisien's face turned a little pale when he heard this, the total strength of his special operations flag regiment was only 25,000 people, and he had also served as the commander of the Staros battle to lure the enemy head-on, and he knew very well that the pressure of facing an enemy army of 200,000 crazy pressure was simply beyond any manpower range, just like the Battle of Starros. Although all kinds of preparations have been made, in the face of the absolute disparity in strength, the enemy's forces can be unscrupulous, not afraid of losses, and will be pressed like locusts in an endless stream, while his own troops will be constantly consumed in the impact

War is not only fought with courage and morale, but also with physical strength. In real combat, it is very rare for an army to be able to fight for three hours in a row, and people's physical strength is limited after all, even if they are brave and good soldiers. will also be overwhelmed by an endless stream of enemies because of the lack of physical support, 50,000 against 200,000, this matter is a big gamble!" If His Majesty agrees to give me all the Thor on the battleships in the middle tier city area in addition to increasing the number of troops. I can give it a try!" Varisian hesitated, straightened his legs together, and said decisively, "And I need more transport horses." I need at least 20,000 horses, and I need all the fuel bombs in my Majesty's hands at the moment, heavy ballistas, heavy arrow carts, and a weapon that can inflict intensive damage on the enemy, please allocate them to me!" "Your appetite is really big, you can agree to your request!" The fat man nodded unequivocally, and in the face of this bait that was about to be thrown to the 200,000 Gallic army, he generously picked up another document on the table, handed it to Varisian, and said" This qiē, I have already prepared it for you, the Thor on the middle line battleship is the old-fashioned Thor replaced by the Admiralty, a total of 121 doors, heavy in size, limited ammunition, don't rely too much, otherwise you will definitely regret it,

There are about 150 heavy ballistae and arrow carts each, as for the catapults, if you want, I can order the logistics department to provide 100 planes, the number of fuel bombs is not easy to say, although the empire has manufacturing in the northwest region, but because of the inconvenience of technology and transportation, the number of manufacturing has been difficult to increase, and the war with Gangfei, the stock in front was all emptied, although it was in full swing, but in just one month, there were less than 1,500 barrels,

And it's dangerous to transport that kind of thing on bumpy mountain roads, so don't carry more than 500 of them! You must use a stable carriage pulled by four horses, otherwise, I'm afraid you'll be blown up into the sky before you reach Berlindel!

The situation is very serious, you can not accept this combat mission, but when the next mission will be, I can't say!"

The fat man coaxed and scared this henchman, if he wanted to break through Rasti's last defense in a short time and open the door to the hinterland of the Gallic Empire, which he had been looking forward to day and night, he had to gamble on the risk, to say that among the imperial generals, the only person who had both the experience of this kind of super resistance war and the extraordinary luck was Varisian in front of him,

The fat man was also exclaiming in his heart, "Your Majesty, you can't do this, 500 fuel bombs, being able to carry them for 2 hours is already the limit!" Varisien's expression was bitter when he heard this, his face looked very ugly, and he immediately said, "Your Majesty, my subordinates are working hard with my subordinates this time, can you give some other things extraordinarily!" "What else do you mean?" The fat man gave him a strange look, obviously not knowing what was going on in this guy's head. "Although the soldiers of the empire are all warriors, but in the face of more than four times as many fierce enemies, it is not enough to be afraid of warriors, I hope that Your Majesty will be able to allocate 2 million gold coins in advance!"

"This is okay, I will not let the soldiers die in vain, give you 2 million gold coins, as long as you can hold Berlindel, 1 million as a settlement fee in advance, and 1 million as a post-war bounty, but if you can't hold Berlindel, I will seize all your assets in Varisian!"

The fat man tapped his fingers on the table with a stern face, and snorted, "Don't think I don't know about the relationship between you and Tarmezi, his son Tarrantik, who first proposed the grenadier study, is now your adjutant, and his daughter...... That Raldian is the best pharmacist...... It doesn't have a shallow relationship with you...... It is said that Talmezi offered to ask you for 2 million gold coins in the marriage fee, and your assets are said to be basically this amount, 2 trading houses, six shops, and three merchant ships, I didn't expect your family background to be quite good, if you really fail, you can't use it anyway, just collect it all to the treasury!"

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, you can't do this! That's all the subordinates who exchanged their lives for it!"

Varisian looked anxiously in pain, and quickly explained that the grenadier regiment was originally an improved version of Tarmezi's Fifth Corps, and as the commander of the Fifth Legion, which is known as the first defender of the city on the mainland, he has undoubtedly accumulated considerable experience in the research and use of grenadiers.

"But the subordinates are really innocent of Talmezi's daughter!" said Varissian with an oath

"Innocent, so innocent that Talmezi sent me all the papers! He said that someone climbed his daughter's window in the middle of the night and was chased away by him like a monkey, and he said that the person's back is very similar to you!" The fat man grinned slightly, and looked at the imperial general with a smile, "That's definitely Talmezi's mistake, it's definitely a misunderstanding!" Even with Varisian's cheeky skin, he was slightly reddened

"Don't be aggrieved, I'll tell you the truth, this time as the commander of the Central Army to reinforce you, it is Tarmezi, he is also an expert in defending the city, and the preparation time for the war is still half a month, this is an opportunity for you to create a zào to please the old man, you can take advantage of it yourself!" The fat man waved his hand at him, signaling that he could leave (to be continued......