461.Chapter 461: Break

Victory, victory, victory, victory, victory. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info Finally, the victory.

The Hereford army, in the vicinity of Magdeburg, defeated the Swabian army on the east bank of the Elbe - they are no longer called the Imperial Army because the vast majority of the population felt that after this great defeat, the Swabians were no longer qualified to represent the Reich.

At the same time that William's main forces easily disintegrated the main forces of the Swabian family with artillery, cavalry tactics. On the flank battlefield, John Jr.'s forces had also defeated the Empire's partial divisions. The victories in the two battles, as well as a series of battles in the early stages, constituted the Battle of Magdeburg, which lasted nearly a month.

The results of the battle were surprising.

The Swabian army, which had a large advantage and had an army of 100,000 men, was defeated. Losses of almost a thousand cavalry at the initial stage. Nearly 20,000 troops were lost in the previous battle. In the final battle, the Swabian army lost more than 20,000 soldiers, and the number of troops who fled and were captured was 20,000. At the same time, the losses on the flank battlefield exceeded ten thousand.

In the whole battle, the Swabian army lost more than 60,000 troops. Most of the remaining soldiers were also beaten to pieces, with incomplete formations and low morale. There is almost no combat capability left.

In contrast, the losses of the Hereford Family Army were rather minor - frontal and flank-flanked, plus early cavalry battles and skirmishes. The losses of the Hereford Family Army will be in the early 10,000s. Many of them are steppe cavalry who don't need to be looked at. And compared to the Swabian army as a whole corps, the loss of the entire regiment. Not a single regimental unit of the Hereford Family Army was completely annihilated. The 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Janissary Regiment of Russia, which suffered the most serious losses, was only half annihilated and lost its combat capability.

In this case, even for the Swabian family, Kalman IV was somewhat ashamed to declare that the war between himself and the Hereford family was "unwon". But any guy with a brain can tell from these two numbers who exactly won these two armies.

Wilhelm von Hereford fights to fame!

Compared to the previous "insignificant" or deliberately obliterated defenses, support, battles in the colonies, and a series of battles to suppress riots, attack weak chickens, and insufficient Slavites, etc. This war with the Emperor has much more gold. If this war is real money, then the previous war is not even brass, at most it can only be regarded as a little copper element, unrefined copper ore.

That's the Emperor!

Again, that's the Emperor!

Wilhelm von Hereford, with an army almost half the size of his opponent, defeated the 100,000-strong army led by the Emperor himself!

In this case, even the most jealous, unhappy, and critical person will never be able to say a word "no" to William again.

What is a world-class general? This is called a world-class general--if before that, William's father, King Otto, and Kalman IV, were the top commanders recognized as commanders in the human world. Then William, who defeated the emperor and stepped on the throne of Kalman IV, is naturally the top celebrity.

Even if it weren't for William's young age, then the vast majority of people would even accept that the heir of the Hereford family, the Russian prince, the king of Polotsk, is the number one general in the human world.

It's as if William had thought before, honor, prestige, praise, jealousy, and attention. After he defeated Emperor Kalman IV, everything he wanted came into being. Countless honors poured at him like madness. At the same time, he has completely gained the prestige of the Hereford family, the most powerful country in the world. No one dares to underestimate him anymore because of his age. On the contrary, his youth has made everyone more jealous.

So far, William has truly become a powerful man among the countries of the human world, who has enough weight and can sit on an equal footing with the monarchs of all powerful countries.

And then......

And then there was no then.

In other words, what happened next is very "incomprehensible".

After defeating the Swabian army, William did not let people take advantage of the victory. Even he treated the captives well. They were not forced to pay ransoms, or even to swear that they could no longer be hired by Kalman IV, the Swabians and their allies during this war. And just let them out.

He did not pursue again, did not attack the camp of the emperor again. He watched as Kalman IV and the tens of thousands of remnants of his army retreated.

He did not even disclose to the public that Kallman IV had ordered General Franz to assassinate him. The Hereford family officials are also trying to downplay the impact of this incident.

Externally, William openly declared that as a member of the empire, as a vassal of the empire, it was quite undesirable for him to rise up against his monarch. If you take advantage of the victory to pursue, then it will be even more undesirable. Morally, morally, morally, in chivalry. He should abide by his duty as a vassal. That's the way it should be.

William's statement won praise from many people. Especially those guys who are inseparable from the relationship with the Emperor and now it is too late to dive......

Of course, everyone has their own guesses about what William actually thinks...... In particular, Emperor Kalman IV responded immediately after the proclamation of William. Praise William's magnanimity and chivalry. And vaguely declared that there was a "misunderstanding" about the military operation of the Hereford family. Many people can see it more clearly.

After this battle, the Reasonable Support Family and the Swabian Family not only did not deepen the conflict and became mortal enemies, but reached a certain degree of tacit understanding!

This surprised many people and found it difficult to understand. But as long as you have some brains, as long as you have some understanding of current affairs, then you should know the reason why Wilhelm and Kallman IV quickly reached a tacit understanding by shouting at each other in the air.

And just recall the performance of the Britons as allies of the Hereford family in the decisive battle between the Swabian family and the Hereford family before this. After the defeat of the Emperor, Britton's 100,000-strong army swarmed out of Frisia almost the next day, desperately advancing towards the Lotternia region. Another layer of conclusions can be immediately drawn, that is, to whom the tacit agreement between the two sides is aimed at, or rather, what is it aimed at.

The battle between the Swabian family and the Hereford family changed the balance of power in the entire human world. Since then, the Hereford family has been able to truly stand out from the crowd and claim to be the most powerful nation in the East of the human world.

Although William knew, there would still be countless people who couldn't eat grapes and said that grapes were sour, claiming behind their backs that the Hereford family was an upstart with no dignity and no taste.

But it doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter, because to William's point, he doesn't care about those things anymore. Actually, how it is is how it is. Those who gossip behind people's backs may think they are powerful. But in reality, what they did didn't hurt a single hair of the Hereford family.

Under these circumstances, it is only natural that the Hereford family should re-examine their relationship with the nations of the human world.

Should the alliance with the Britons be maintained, and should the hostility with the Swabians be maintained? All this is what the Hereford family should be thinking about.

And according to the current situation of the Hereford family, let the Swabians go and let them continue to fight against the Britons. Forcibly changing the next world situation from a possible two-power hegemony to a three-legged stand, is the choice made by William.

ā€œ...... What a bastard. ā€

Naturally, when the news reached Frisia, the Britsons cheered and celebrated, and then complained loudly in frustration. The content of the complaint is nothing more than the disobedience and ignorance of the Hereford family. And among them, the most unhappy is of course Victoria.

It's like being bitten by your own pet dog. Although the relationship between her and William is not actually like this, she still feels something like this. This is the reason why she has been wearing arrogance and colored glasses for a long time when facing William. She always felt like she was in a higher position, and her cooperation with the Hereford family was closer to the gift.

Because of this, the "betrayal" of the Hereford family also made her feel particularly unhappy.

It's just that after you are unhappy, you have to deal with it positively.

Victoria tore up the letter she had written to William in a state of anger and questioning. Rewrote a mild, well-worded, but implicitly threatening letter.

First, she congratulated William on his victory, and then she congratulated William on his great achievements. William was well touted. Then the conversation changed and began to ask why William did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and whether there were any difficulties. and claimed that if there was a problem, the Kingdom of Briton could help.

"It's like the friendly relationship between you and me before this. Briton was as willing as ever to help his loyal allies. ā€

At the end of the epistle, Victoria writes in a seemingly gentle but implicitly threatening way.

After that, the letter was sent out as quickly as possible...... Only, at the same time, the other Queen of Britton, His Majesty, was not sure how William would react when he received her letter.

It's like I said it before. After this war, the relationship between the two sides completely changed. Maybe before that, Victoria didn't have to worry, but now, she also had to really examine her relationship with the Hereford family.