rise of empire total war

Chapter 265 Richard's Personal Conquest

"The enemy retreats! The enemy retreats!"

Watching the retreating Pravia Kingdom army, the Winster soldiers on the Sukenya Silver Mine wall cheered together. They took off their helmets and threw them into the air, expressing their admiration for the victory of the first war. joy.

As the chief officer of this silver mine, Torres Leger, the commander of the Third Heavy Armored Sergeant Battalion, did not show much joy. He looked at the enemy corpses all over the ground and the wall that was almost stained red with blood, He frowned slightly, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"The enemy's offensive will be continuous, but our soldiers are fighting less and less. It is really worrying." He said to himself. At this moment, the second civilian archer who was in charge of mobilizing civilians The commander of the brigade, Vitaly Karesin, came over. He just heard his partner talking to himself, so he took over the latter's words and echoed: "That's right, if the enemy uses wheel tactics to consume our troops, then We're going to end up with a dead end."

"That's what I'm worried about too." Torres said. At the same time, he glanced at his partner who came behind him calmly. When he remembered the latter's mission just now, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he thought of a way. He said quickly : "Vitale, I want to train those civilians in the early stage of the siege and let them assist in defending the city. Wouldn't this reduce the pressure on our army?"

"Training civilians?" Vitaly's eyes lit up, thinking of those civilians who dig in the dark mines all day long. Their physiques have been strengthened by hard work, and they are a suitable source of soldiers.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "Then try it, first recruit a group of civilians, let your soldiers train, armor and weapons..."

"Use the captured enemy's weapons and equipment." Torres immediately took over the conversation, pointing to the wall and the corpses outside, and said: "The enemy's armor can be used again after being stripped off and mended, and their weapons and equipment are also So the only thing we have to worry about is food and water."

"You don't have to think about the latter two for the time being." Vitaly said, he just stopped by to find out about food reserves, "there is still enough food in the warehouse to support our autumn harvest, and I believe you know the problem of water sources. A well should suffice."

"Is it enough to last until the autumn harvest?" Torres did not express joy when he got this answer, but said with a self-deprecating smile: "With this three-to-four-meter-high wooden fence, I am afraid that we will not last until the autumn harvest."

"..."

Vitaly was speechless for a moment. He and Torres originally decided to use the extra stones from the mine to expand a stone city wall after the spring plowing, but before they could start construction, the Plavians He rashly tore up the contract and launched an attack on them.

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Richard didn't know about the war at the Sukenya Silver Mine. At this time, he was annoyed by the rash declaration of war by the Kingdom of Pravia. Apart from being annoyed, he felt more troublesome.Because in the declaration of war document submitted by the Pravia envoy, it is mentioned that the participating countries are the eleven countries of the entire alliance.

Fighting against eleven countries at the same time, Richard expressed his panic. Although he didn't know how much the enemy's total strength would be, it would definitely not be less than the strength of the two legions he currently has (however, in fact, most countries have Not at full strength, but even so, the total number of enemy forces slightly exceeds Richard's.)

After being annoyed, Richard began to dispatch troops. He first ordered the foreign minister to send envoys to contact the Kingdom of Lucino and the vassal West Connahta Principality, asking the two countries to fulfill their covenant and send troops to join the war.Even if he knew that the two countries would not give him much help—the Kingdom of Lucino had only been sold by him, and he would definitely not really help him, and he might even passively fight and stab him in the back; while the main force of the West Connahta Principality was How long has it been since the extermination in Nord City, and now there is no way to support it.

Even so, there are other benefits to pulling these two countries into the war. First, having allied troops in the war can boost the morale of the soldiers and let them know that they are not fighting alone; To attract a wave of firepower for Richard, even if he died, he would die with honor.

Kingdom of Lucino, Principality of West Connahta: We feel a lot of malice.

Then, he ordered the First Army Corps stationed in Nord City to move north and enter the Ossiig area to prepare military rations and other strategic materials. Commanding the Second Legion to deal with the attack of the Kingdom of Delj, and facing the Kingdom of Ramirez who repeatedly provoked wars, Richard finally decided to eradicate the troubles forever. He appointed Earl Maximilian of Luwen to lead Ravana In the war in the east of the kingdom, in the name of Queen Stephanie, she ordered the mobilization of the army of the Kingdom of Ravana, and placed it under the command of Maximilian.

Not only that, but he also divided the forces of the First Legion, and he personally commanded all the way, starting from the Osrige Territory along the previous offensive route, and attacked the Pintus Territory where the capital of the Kingdom of Pravia was located; The other route was handed over to Earl Charles, the military chief, who entered the Kingdom of Lusino from the territory of Leon, and attacked the territory of Lavier by way of attack, putting the Pravians in the predicament of fighting on two fronts.

Richard is full of confidence. The First Legion is full of elite soldiers. The first war was able to win the war in just a few days and force the king of Pravia to surrender, and the second war will not be too big. way out.

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However, before he set off in person, the bad news from the Abadran Territory followed the footsteps of the messenger: Abadran Lord Pabala surrendered the city, and the nobles in the collar also returned to their homeland. Formerly loyal kings offer soldiers and supplies.After that, the supplemented Ramirez army continued to march westward, invaded the territory of Luwen, and approached the city of Luwen.

In addition, the battle report of the Cunha area was also sent. Compared with the previous battle report, the latter is obviously much better. As mentioned above, the Second Army, which had prepared in advance, blocked Delj The pace of the attack and repel it, the two sides faced off at a distance.

However, Richard knew that this wave of confrontation was destined not to last for too long. Under the command of Toolagris, who advocated offensiveism, the Second Army would definitely launch an offensive to disrupt the situation of the confrontation.However, Richard had no time to care about these funeral affairs. After appointing his wife, Queen Stephanie, as the regent of the kingdom, Richard led the general guard along the wide paved road to Ossiig. There, half the legion under his command was already ready.

(End of this chapter)