Richard adjusted his front in the north and drew borders, and the Grant Kingdom's legions in the south were bogged down in fierce battles.

With the southward transfer of the two armies of the Northern Territory and Feiyan, the troops that the Grant royal family has hoarded in the three southern provinces already have six main legions.

Although the three southern provinces are rich regions, with a combined population of more than 1.4 million. However, such a huge supply was still unaffordable, and after the outbreak of war, it was all dependent on the direct territory of the royal family to provide resources.

The 150,000-strong army of six legions was divided into two fronts, east and west.

The Eastern Front was dominated by three Royal Guard Legions, with Galen Grant, an eighth-order Golden Knight, as the commander.

Galen Grant is a rising star of the royal family, only in his forties, not far from Roger's kingdom, his grandfather and King Roger's grandfather, the Duke of Breener, are both brothers.

Despite being a close branch of the royal family, Galen was not yet a hereditary baron.

This person also has a comrade-in-arms relationship with Richard, when Richard served in the Sixth Brigade of the Wild Lion Legion, Galen served as the deputy captain of the Fourth Brigade, and at that time Galen had just been promoted to the fourth rank and sent to the northern Xinjiang for training.

Officers with royal blood often served in the Guards at the beginning, and when they reached a certain level, they would be trained in the north to let them withstand the test of war. After withstanding the test of war, he will gradually rise up to command the Royal Guard.

In fact, a large part of the officers of the Guards Regiment were also selected from the officers and soldiers of Northern Xinjiang.

For example, when Galen was transferred to the Guards, he had served in the Lion Legion for fifteen years, serving as deputy captain for three years, captain for eight years, and deputy commander for four years. After he was transferred to the commander of the Guards Corps, he naturally had to transfer a number of old units into the Guards system to facilitate his own command of operations.

Although Galen and Richard know each other, their relationship is very ordinary, after all, Richard has served in the Lion Legion for a relatively short time, but he is the same as Richard's third uncle Bernie, who is a real comrade-in-arms and colleague.

Galen and Bernie have been captains of the Lion Legion for more than a decade, and now they still correspond occasionally, and their friendship can stand the test of time.

Of the three Guards Corps commanders on the Eastern Front, Galen had relatively little seniority. However, in order to cultivate new blood, the Roger Kingdom appointed him as the commander of the Eastern Front against public opinion.

In fact, Galen was not the best candidate, and the most suitable person was Earl Steven. Steven fought in the South for many years, commanding three Southern Guards Corps for more than nine years and was familiar with the human geography of the region. There were also many old divisions in the Guards, which were very easy to command.

It's just that because Steven has a lot of influence in the South, Roger won't let him be the commander.

As a king, Roger is clearly more shrewd and capable than Charlie, and he carefully maneuvers the situation to prevent someone from becoming a threat to the royal family. In particular, the commander of the Guards cannot let people serve for a long time and establish prestige.

In the Southern Army commanded by Steven, the Guards Corps had to rotate frequently. After Steven made a great achievement, he was crowned hereditary earl and took back the military power by the way.

The Eastern Front is dominated by the Royal Guard, and the main force on the Western Front is the Iron Lion, Grizzly Bear, and Northern Territory three legions, although the Iron Lion Legion has been established for a relatively short time and has poor weapons and equipment, King Roger still appointed Zakary as the commander.

Zachary is a veteran of the Grant Kingdom, not only strategic, but also very brave and good at fighting. William and Rabe were his old subordinates, and they had no complaints under his command.

The main opponent on the Eastern Front was the five and a half corps of the United Kingdom on the east coast, and the enemy on the Western Front was more numerous, fifteen corps of the Kingdom of Delon, with a total strength of 300,000.

Although the army of the Delong Kingdom is less combative, the ants bite the elephant to death, and the difference in the number of troops is too great, which makes Zachary have a feeling that he can't speak.

At sunset, a troop of cavalry stopped at the border of the province of Ferdinand.

After conquering the three southern provinces last year, Roger's kingdom named the new provinces after its queen Helen and eldest son Ferdinand. The last province is located in the core of the Duchy of Saxony and is directly named the province of Saxony.

Some of the nobles of the court suggested that the province be named after Roger, but the king did not agree.

In the face of a large number of enemies, the Kingdom of Grant carried out the strategy of clearing the wilderness, and the entire border area was almost uninhabited.

Because of the tension of the situation, this cavalry had a sense of slaughter. They walked slowly into a border town, which was deserted, the streets were closed, and only the wind whipped up the leaves on both sides of the street, bringing a hint of coolness.

William took a sip of the burning knife in the northern frontier, the hot feeling fell from his throat, and the liquor finally entered his throat a little easier.

In recent times, William has been commanding cavalry to fight in the rear of the enemy.

Fighting behind enemy lines is not only difficult to supply, but also very dangerous.

At the most urgent time, William's department was on the verge of running out of food. In order to keep the troops alive, William ordered that the grain be left for the war horses, and the soldiers hunted and killed the people of the Delong Kingdom, relying on the food to hold on.

After this incident, the cavalry commanded by William already had a crazy temperament, and he himself suffered from a serious headache.

As a human being with normal three views, after eating people, not only will there be physical problems, but also psychologically it will be difficult to pass this hurdle.

Every time he had a headache, only drinking the spirits could make William feel more relaxed.

William turned his head to the adjutant beside him and asked, "How far away is the enemy from us?" ”

"According to the reconnaissance of the lion cavalry, the enemy cavalry is less than thirty kilometers away from us, and we have only left the enemy for half a day."

"Did the main army enter the ambush site?"

"Our main force is still more than ten kilometers away from the ambush site, they are infantry, the speed is slower, and it is estimated that it will take half a day."

Because of the relationship between Haaland, the royal family also cultivated the Lion Cavalry, which was sent to fight in the three southern provinces despite its small number.

The United Kingdom of the East Coast and the Kingdom of Delong, two southern countries, do not have flying Warcraft troops, and lack the importance of aerial reconnaissance forces, and their whereabouts can always be discovered in advance by the Kingdom of Grant.

Hearing the information summarized by the adjutant, William quickly made a decision: "Since the ambush position is not ready, we will first entangle with the enemy for half a day." Ordered the troops to rest in this town for a while, get a good afternoon sleep, and recuperate until the evening to lead the enemy into the ambush site. ”

After William passed the military order, the soldiers immediately simply packed up their equipment, and except for a few sentries, the sergeants of the brigade quickly slept in the border town.

This period of continuous fighting made William's soldiers very tired. But being able to sleep before the war in a tense atmosphere, the morale and experience of this army are extraordinary.

Soon the evening came, and the soldiers silently packed their bags, lined up in a complete formation, and were soon discovered by the pursuers after leaving the town.

Pursuing William was the elite Warcraft cavalry of the Delong Kingdom, with a total of three thousand, in addition to 20,000 mounted infantry to fight with the Warcraft cavalry. Under William's command, there were only more than 900 Warcraft cavalry and 3,000 reconnaissance cavalry.

Seeing thousands of cavalry infantry chasing after him, they slowly dismounted and lined up to fight. Five or six hundred demonic beast cavalry followed behind the mounted infantry, protecting the mounted infantry line.

Seeing this scene, William immediately frowned, and a look of disgust appeared on his face.

"These mounted infantry are really annoying."

The first principle of cavalry warfare is that the formation does not fight, and it is easy not to impact the line of elite infantry.

First of all, the infantry bow is much more powerful than the cavalry bow, and the infantry is far more accurate than the cavalry when shooting arrows.

Secondly, the armor worn by the infantry is heavier than that of the cavalry, and the infantry armor is basically dominated by iron armor, and the cavalry is very rare. An armored heavy cavalry often requires three or four light cavalry, six or seven horses, to leave and occupy a point to fight in a slightly farther area.

The Scout cavalry under William's command were not armoured, they had to be mobile, half chain mail and half leather armor.

Third, human beings step more steadily on the ground with both hands, and it is more convenient to manipulate weapons with both hands, even if it is hand-to-hand combat, once the cavalry loses its impact ability, its tactical ability is far inferior to that of the infantry, and it is easy to be defeated by the infantry phalanx.

Fourthly, horses are difficult to train, and when faced with swords, guns, swords, and halberds, the horses will retreat backwards on their own, and when they are in front of the two armies, it is difficult for the horses to remain calm, especially in the face of the bleeding and neighing of their companions, and it is very difficult for the horses to stabilize their formation.

Because of various shortcomings, the first principle of cavalry tactics is to line up without fighting.

William had the Warcraft cavalry under his command, and he was actually not afraid of the infantry phalanx. No matter how well the infantry phalanx is placed, thousands of magic missiles will come over, and at least half of them will collapse.

Moreover, the Warcraft War Horse is tall and has amazing endurance, and it is a real super-strong version of the armored horse, which ordinary elite infantry cannot stop at all.

However, the enemy is in a mixed formation, and the cavalry infantry has a Warcraft cavalry behind the formation, and it is especially difficult to defeat such an enemy.

It is precisely because of the tacit cooperation of these three or four enemy troops that the scope of activities of the Ministry of William has gradually been compressed, so that their results in battle are becoming less and less, and the situation is becoming more and more dangerous.

During this period, under the combined attack of the enemy's troops, William had gradually retreated from behind enemy lines to the border.

Seeing the enemy infantry slowly rushing over, William held his spear tightly, pointed to the phalanx of the mounted infantry, and shouted: "Warcraft cavalry, follow me to charge and crush the enemy's infantry phalanx." The Scout cavalry protects our flanks, don't save ammo in this battle, and use up all the alchemy bombs and exploding arrows. ”

William gave an order, and rushed to the front violently, the two legions of demonic beast cavalry under his command were extremely crazy and brave, and after the iron wildebeest fired a round of magic missiles, William's troops braved the dense arrows and fiercely rushed into the infantry array.

The Demon Beast cavalry slammed into the infantry formation, unusually cruel and bloody, countless fragments of soldiers' shields, large mouthfuls of blood spurted out of the broken chest, and the fallen soldiers were trampled by the huge iron cans and reduced to flesh.

Not elite soldiers, such casualties simply cannot be afforded.

After last year's war, the Delong Kingdom has restored some of the traditions of the classical militarism, and the combat effectiveness of the army has increased somewhat. But those who can withstand such casualties are still very rare.

The 20,000 cavalry infantry that pursued William was carefully selected by the Delong Kingdom in the whole army.

Many of these people are landless nobles, whose land, homes, wives and daughters were taken away by the Grant Kingdom, and they have an inextricable grudge with the Grant Kingdom. The gap between their hearts is very large, and many of them decide to wash away the humiliation with their deaths, drive the Grants away, and regain everything they have lost.

Many of these people have family breathing methods, the foundation is very good, and after a year of reorganization in the East Coast United Kingdom, the morale problem has been solved, and the combat effectiveness is close to that of the Grant Kingdom Guards Corps.

Despite the heavy casualties and the bleeding every minute, the infantry phalanx was still struggling.

The cavalry under William's command was also very difficult to stop the Warcraft cavalry of the Delong Kingdom, although the enemy's Warcraft cavalry was only five hundred, and the strength of his own side was three thousand. However, the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not equal at all, if it were not for the bursting arrows and alchemy bombs, I am afraid that with a single charge, the reconnaissance cavalry will be scattered by the enemy.

The two sides fought back and forth, and in the end, the border army of the Grant Kingdom was more powerful, and the Warcraft cavalry commanded by William took the lead in breaking through the enemy's cavalry infantry line.

After defeating the enemy army, William did not have time to pursue and kill, and after briefly cleaning the battlefield, he led another group of mounted infantry into the ambush site.

In charge of the ambush was the Northern Legion, which easily annihilated the second mixed formation under the command of Commander Rabe.

In this battle, although William and the Northern Legion annihilated not many enemies, they were all elite troops of the Delong Kingdom. The cavalry infantry lost 8,000, and the Warcraft cavalry fought two battles before and after, losing 650 people, and it was not easy to replenish this elite army, without this backbone, with the reinforcement of the Northern Legion, Zachary successfully stabilized the battle line.

Due to the lack of decisive strength, although the Delong Kingdom has a large number of troops, it is unable to annihilate the living forces of the Grant Kingdom.

Although the army of the Kingdom of Grant was elite, it was small in number and did not dare to stretch the battle line easily, and after entering the second half of May, the two sides confronted each other on the border, and gradually there was no big war.

King Roger was going to continue to send reinforcements from the north, but seeing that the battle line had stabilized and there was not much money left in his treasury, he also gave up this plan.

In June, the three southern provinces of the Grant Kingdom ended the war, and production began to resume in the north.

In particular, the county of Martins has delayed spring planting this year, and can only replant a little potatoes and beans in May, and can harvest a little.

The more than 200,000 people rescued from the northern steppes have basically settled in this area, and they can only rely on relief food to survive the most difficult period this year.

Thankfully, there were 90,000 tonnes of surplus food in the territory, enough to support Martins County for a year.

In the northern region of the Eagle Mountains, relying on the orc grain station as the core, a complete line of defense has also been formed. The witchers of Haaland's territory, the prospecting team, also went deep south of this defense line to explore the resources of this area.

(End of chapter)