rise of empire total war

Chapter 492 Winter
"It's really rude and unreasonable!"

Richard's rude request was quickly brought by the mission to the courts of the Holy Kuyawi Empire and the Burgundian Kingdom. After hearing what happened, the Burgundian King was furious and sent all Everything that could be thrown fell heavily on the ground. Everyone in the palace was shocked by the king's anger and fell silent. Get into trouble.

Not only King Glass Moses was furious, but even the Queen of the Kuyavian Empire was also furious. She thought that the national strength of the Holy Kuyawi Empire was one of the best on the mainland, and the emerging Holy Roman Empire should respect her a little bit, but Richard actually ignored her intervention and put forward very harsh conditions.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

She cursed angrily, the servants and nobles in the court hadn't seen the Queen lose her composure for a long time, it seemed that the last time she was so angry was before the war with the Kingdom of Burgundia nine years ago, some of them suddenly had a premonition in their hearts, There is a good chance that this war will break out.Her Majesty has been in a high position for a long time and cannot tolerate the slightest violation of her by others, and the rude conditions of the Holy Roman Empire are the greatest provocation to her.

However, the imagined war did not come. Her Majesty the Queen personally ordered the front-line troops not to launch an offensive without authorization and provoke the Three Kingdoms War. The Kingdom of Burgundia also received a stern warning from the court of Kuyawi. Although King Glass Feeling angry, but he still suppressed the anger in his heart and kept the army restrained.

The two sides maintained a strange peace like this, and they faced each other for several months. Under such circumstances, the two sides entered the cold winter at the same time. The earth is covered with a new layer of white clothes. After staying in the snow for a long time, the eyes will feel hot and painful, and the tears will not stop falling.

The white snow is full of malice to the eyes of the soldiers on both sides. In order to avoid unnecessary non-combat casualties, the commanders of both sides reduced the length of sentry guards and adopted more frequent rotations to allow soldiers to have more time to rest. .Most military operations were also halted, with soldiers gathered in a tent or around a fire to warm themselves, cursing the cold.

In the camp of the Holy Roman Empire army, in Richard's tent, a furnace with a strong internal flame continuously sends out the warmth of roasting people. Richard is only wearing an ordinary robe, sitting on his main seat, in front of him. There are several rolls of military maps on the desktop, on which the barracks of the two armies and the range of the defense line are clearly marked.

Although the war has not started yet, the scouts from both sides have not stopped taking action. They are active in the confrontation area between the two armies and try their best to obtain intelligence from the other side. According to unofficial statistics after the war, among the scouts before the war, During the battles during the war, hundreds of scouts died on this land. Their bodies were covered by the heavy snow falling from the sky. They were not discovered until spring came and the snow melted.

Looking at the key garrisons of the Kuyawi army circled in red ink on the map, Richard couldn't help pinching his temples with his hands, hoping to relieve the fatigue of his brain. He pointed at the map circle He circled for several hours, trying to find a breakthrough, but found helplessly that no matter where he was, the Kuyawi people had deployed heavy troops, and the surrounding troops could quickly reinforce them in a short period of time. Realize outflanking.

The northern border of the Kingdom of Kong is all bordered by the Holy Kuyawi Empire, and all the bordering areas are flat terrain, with at most some forests that are rarely deforested, leaving the Kingdom of Kong and entering Lashi in the east After the Long Kingdom, the terrain changed extremely suddenly. Between Lashiron and the Holy Kuyavi Empire, there was a long and towering mountain range, which prevented the northern empire from going south, and this mountain range continued eastward. Far and suddenly to the north, blocking the barbarian-occupied areas and the homeland of the Kuyavi people.

Some people say that it was a gift from the Creator to the people of the Kuyawi Empire. Because of this mountain range, the eastern part of the empire was basically not harassed by barbarians.

Richard's eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the mountain range called Esden. The average altitude of the Esden Mountains is about 3000 meters. In memory, it seems to be similar to the Alps in the northern part of the Apennine Peninsula. It is strange to say, When Richard looked at the Valdasia Peninsula, he always felt that it was the Apennine Peninsula that was a few laps thicker. Although there is no natural and dangerous Alps in the north, there is also a short section of the Esden Mountains.

When he thought of the Alps, an idea flashed through Richard's mind. Although the average altitude of the Esden Mountains is more than 3000 meters, there are many areas that people can climb. If he could imitate the famous Carthage general Hannibal, , Come to cross the Esden Mountains and directly attack the hinterland of the undefended Kuyawi Empire, then he will have a great chance of winning this war.

However...Richard looked through the gap in the curtain at the entrance of the camp and looked at the soldiers surrounding the fire to keep warm outside. This idea was immediately rejected by him. Although the quality of the soldiers is one of the best in this world , but it is really not a wise move to let them climb over the towering mountains and penetrate deep into the enemy territory in this cold weather.

What's more, the flintlock guns used by the soldiers are still unusable in rainy and snowy weather. Even if they can challenge the limit and climb over, they will still have the only outcome of failure if they are unable to fire projectiles when encountering the enemy.

Richard squeezed the position of his temple again, and then stood up. The guards on the side hurried forward, wanting to put the animal fur coat in his hand on Richard's body. He didn't refuse, and put on the coat naturally. , then strode out of the tent, and the soldiers standing outside the door hurriedly lifted the curtain so that Richard could go out smoothly.

Walking outside, a gust of cold wind hit Richard's face, dissipating all the warmth from his body. Richard couldn't help shivering, and subconsciously wrapped himself in the animal fur coat. As soon as the soldiers saw Richard coming out, they didn't care about continuing to keep warm, and they all got up and saluted him.Richard nodded to them in return. He looked around and saw that the soldiers in the camp were wrapped in several layers of clothes. From a distance, they looked like a big round lump.

Such a soldier cannot go into battle. He sighed in his heart. If there are too many restraints on his body, he will not be able to use it. It will be difficult to even raise the gun, let alone load it.

(End of this chapter)