I will be crowned king

Chapter 251 Their goal is...

Outside Eagle Point City, the Guards Corps headquarters.

When the southern offensive collapsed completely and the right-wing fort once again raised the King of Clovis' flag, the entire command fell into an eerie silence.

All the officers had pale faces. They looked at each other in despair, hoping for a little difference, but all they saw was themselves with another face.

Louis Bernard stood motionless while holding his saber, not even aware of when Freya's petite body held his shoulders.

If you lose, you lose.

The five thousand defenders along the road were wiped out by Thun's cavalry and skirmishers. The eight thousand troops who attacked the southern city wall were besieged from the front and rear. The Chinese army was fully covered by the artillery of Eagle Point City, and the command system completely collapsed... If there were no reinforcements, the distance would be It was only a matter of time before they were annihilated.

So can you send reinforcements?

The Eastern Front Army has been tightly entangled by the Southern Army, and can only manage to mobilize less than 2,000 reserve troops. It also has to be harassed by Thun cavalry and skirmishers; even if they can be driven away, they must be captured before rescue. The right-wing fort recaptured by the Thuns...or die.

And it is absolutely impossible for two thousand soldiers to recapture the fort in a short time.

The remaining troops are only the 5,000 reserve troops who were sent to garrison the eastern front positions, and the 2,000 reserve troops responsible for the security of the headquarters - or 1,500, because too many messengers were sent, and the additional In his risky attempt to recapture the fort, he lost another part when he was harassed by Thun cavalry.

Even if he sends messengers now to let the Yser Elf Army on the southern front break through forcefully, they will not be able to accurately receive his orders after being taken away from their headquarters.

The so-called "breakout" will almost certainly turn into a complete rout.

He watched helplessly as his carefully trained army was completely defeated under a single charge by the Thun cavalry; he watched them being outflanked and interspersed by the Thun and the Clovis people, and one company after another was annihilated, in pieces. Falling down like ears of rice run over by wheels...

Louis was in a trance, breathing rapidly, as if he was unaware of everything around him.

The current situation couldn't be more obvious...the eight thousand Iser elves on the southern front, and the five thousand soldiers encircling them, are destined to be annihilated.

Once the position is completely occupied, the 18,000 Thun soldiers will turn their spearhead and defeat the 12,000 Ithel elves who are fighting the Clovis on the eastern front.

At the same time, their vanguard, skirmishers and cavalry will cooperate with the artillery of Eagle Point City to launch an attack on the Guards Corps positions stationed in the east.

Either completely block the retreat, or force the Guards to flee eastward.

No matter which way it is, the Guards Corps that was still besieging Eagle Point City a few hours ago has now become the target of siege...and this time, there will no longer be another "Guards Corps" to save them. .

He was defeated in this battle at Eagle Point City, and it was a complete defeat.

Where did you lose?

Are you too confident in capturing Eagle Point City, or are you too trusting that the Principality of Thun will not betray the Ysel elves? Is it because these noble elven nobles are unwilling to obey their orders completely, or is it because I have made it too difficult for them from the beginning?

Maybe...it's because from the very beginning, I didn't have the abilities of my brother, nor the charm enough to conquer everyone, right?

Louis Bernard let out a long sigh.

"Instruct the troops fighting on the eastern front to stop attacking immediately and prepare to withdraw." Louis said calmly: "Let the artillery position fire another round in ten minutes to cover the frontline retreat; then order the five thousand reserve troops stationed in the position to prepare for the response Prepare to stop the pursuit of Thun and the Clovis people."

"Sir, charge again!" An officer dressed as an imperial knight shouted anxiously, his eyes full of unwillingness:

"We still have five thousand reserves and artillery shells! I am willing to lead the army to retake the artillery fort on the right wing and open the passage for the southern front troops. Let us try to charge again!"

"It's useless. The shelling of Eagle Point City has not stopped yet, which proves that their shells and artillery reserves are extremely abundant - those five thousand soldiers are the last reserves. I can't let them fill cannon fodder, let alone let them Become a living target.”

Louis shook his head and rejected the officer's suggestion: "And once the Clovis seize the opportunity and send an infantry regiment to seize the position and block our retreat, the Guards... will be completely surrounded here. ”

"Then you can't give up so easily!"

The Imperial Knight still disagreed, and had good reasons: "With the current situation of the Guards, the Clovis will definitely bite their tail and pursue them all the way to the plains of Iser - that is not a loss. Eagle Point City is so simple, but a large area needs to fall!"

"Because of this, we must reorganize the Guards as soon as possible, stop losses as soon as possible and retain more troops before the casualties increase further." Louis looked at the Imperial Knights who were gritting their teeth, and his calm eyes seemed to penetrate people's hearts:

"To be honest, my desire to stay and fight the Clovis people to the death is no less than yours, or should be more than yours; but a defeat is a defeat, and there is no point in denying the facts."

"We don't have much time left! If we don't gather all the remaining troops as soon as possible and withdraw from the battle as soon as possible, it will be meaningless except that more soldiers will pay their lives. In addition..."

Louis Bernard paused, then took a deep breath: "When this battle is over, I will resign from the position of commander of the Guards Corps to Your Majesty."

"But until then, I am still your commander-in-chief, so Knight... carry out the orders given to you by your commander-in-chief!"

The Imperial Knight looked stunned, and Freya beside him looked even pale and covered her cheeks.

Louis said no more.

The dense sound of gunfire continued to sound over the battlefield. After repeated tug-of-war, the Southern Army, which immediately realized that the Guards Corps had stopped attacking, immediately launched a counterattack, but was soon defeated by the Ysel elves who stood firm. Went back.

But this small victory could not turn the tide of the war... As the Clovis people transported the twelve-pound cannon to the right-wing fort, the Thun army began to move to the east line, and the Yser elves who were still in the position would end up at any time. The fate was exactly the same as that of his companions on the southern front.

at this time……

"grown ups!"

The Imperial Knight suddenly spoke, pointing to the southern battlefield with a panicked expression: "There is a small group of Clovis troops trying to break through the battlefield and penetrate towards the eastern front!"

Sure enough... Louis exhaled and said slowly: "Let the five thousand defenders of the artillery position be ready - that is our only retreat, we must defend it no matter what!"

"No, they are indeed crossing eastward, but...not in the direction of our artillery position!"

"Um?!"

………………

Guards Regiment, Eastern Front Battlefield.

On the smoke-filled battlefield, the bloody unicorn flag wrapped in billowing smoke and dust passed through the fighting Eastern Front positions without any warning, turned a ninety-degree arc from south to east, and suddenly entered the forbidden area. Inside the Guards Corps.

The commander of the eastern front of the Yisel Elf Army, who was in a cold sweat, did not wait for Louis Bernard's order. He immediately mobilized the reserve troops and some of the frontline troops that had not yet engaged in the battle, and opened the defense line behind the position to block this force that appeared out of nowhere. The enemy is coming.

"The entire army is in position - spread out in three horizontal lines to block the enemy!"

The elf knight raised his saber and shouted loudly behind him:

"Proud Yser elves who are protected by the Ring of Order, risk your lives and honor for the Guards, and never let the enemy pass through our defense lines!"

“For the glory of Iser—!!!!”

Accompanied by neat slogans, nearly a thousand elven line infantry quickly formed a formation. They stared at the Clovis who were rushing toward them with almost fanatical eyes, and began to load ammunition skillfully.

Because they were on the back line of the battlefield, that is, on the flat ground in the center of the two armies' positions facing the high ground, the first thing they saw was the Clovis flag fluttering in the wind.

"The whole army is in position, ready--shoot in formation!"

"boom--!!!!"

White smoke exploded up and down the hillside almost simultaneously, and the figures in the front rows on both sides fell to the ground amid the gunfire.

But the neat volleys failed to stop the enemy's charge... The Clovis people who climbed over the hillside rushed down the hillside with rifles in hand. The neat but loose formation was astonishingly powerful.

It was clearly an impact column, but the front was almost as wide as the three rows of the Ysel elves!

The Elf Knight held his breath while the line of infantry behind him continued to fire. Row after row of neat firepower was projected uninterruptedly, hoping to use this method to suppress the offensive momentum of the Clovis people on the opposite side.

In his understanding, when faced with a line of volleys blocking fire, an army has only two ways to deal with it: either rush forward desperately despite the rapidly increasing number of casualties; Slow down the pace of advancement.

This group of Clovis people are eager to cross the battlefield and attack the flank of the Eastern Front Army; so they will most likely choose the first option, head-on with their bayonets red, and break through their own defenses, right?

Then he realized he was wrong.

"Bang—! Bang! Bang!"

Sparse gunshots rang out among the Clovis ranks, and deadly lead bullets rushed out of the gun barrels along with the puffs of gunpowder smoke, screaming into the line array of the Ysel elves.

Almost at the same time, screams rang out one after another; although it did not immediately affect the morale of the troops, it obviously caused some confusion in the originally neat firepower.

It wasn't until the messenger behind him fell that the elf knight noticed the sudden figures in the loose formation - while the front row still maintained the charging momentum, these Clovis people would often squat down suddenly in the gap between their own volleys, Then he shot without warning.

And almost as soon as the gun was fired, a certain soldier was destined to scream and fall down. Under the harassment of these soldiers, the charging Clovis army clearly had less firepower than itself, but it actually suffered more casualties on its side!

Before he could figure out what was going on, the Clovis soldiers holding high the unicorn flag had already collided head-on. They picked up their rifles with bayonets and roared and pulled the triggers.

"boom--!!!!"

The moment the gun flames spurted out, the roaring Clovis and elves stepped on the screaming and fallen robes, crashing into each other like waves hitting the rocks.

The two sides started fighting on the open plains. The Clovis, who had always maintained a column offensive, frantically attacked the thin lines of the Ysel elves, pushing them out of the position at their feet bit by bit; the tsunami-like offensive once overwhelmed them. The elves, who were desperately trying to maintain their front, mistakenly thought that what they were facing was actually a group of cavalry.

"Hold your position and don't retreat!"

Accompanied by the shouts and screams of soldiers on both sides, the elf knight tried his best to block the saber piercing his throat, kicked over the Clovis man who was rushing towards him, and raised his hand to shoot him between the eyebrows:

"We are the Guards, the pride of King Yser, we...will never retreat!"

“Never back down——!!!”

Then the shouts to boost the morale of the soldiers rang out, and the proud elf knight snorted disdainfully and raised his revolver at the charging enemy.

"boom!"

Screams and gunshots rang out at the same time, but it was not the Clovis who fell, but the proud Ethel elf.

The frightened Elf Knight suddenly turned his head and looked to the right, his pupils suddenly shrinking.

The Clovis soldiers who had fired cold shots at him on the hillside had unknowingly moved to the right side of his defense line, either squatting or lying on the ground and firing continuously at the flanks of the line.

With the support of Borni and Leopold rifles, the Clovis skirmishers not only did not need to get up to reload, but also fired at an astonishingly fast rate. The casualties of the Ysel elves in the battle increased rapidly, and in the blink of an eye there were five on the flanks. Sixty soldiers were killed or wounded.

But that's not even the most critical thing... Almost at the same time as the skirmishers on the right opened fire, the Elf Knight had already heard the exclamation from the left, followed by a neat volley.

Another Clovis force had also moved to his left.

They are surrounded!

The hot-blooded elf knight instantly calmed down - there was flat ground under their feet, but there were undulating slopes around them; once surrounded, he and his troops would not be able to escape, let alone block the enemy!

Elf Knight: "...retreat!"

Without a trace of hesitation, the Yser elves decisively chose to retreat before the left wing was completely surrounded. Some companies even changed from retreat to rout, running towards the eastern battlefield in panic.

But to the elf knight's expectation, these Clovis people did not pursue them. They just fired a few shots at them in a deterrent manner, reorganized their team, and continued their rapid march eastward.

But if it wasn't to attack the Eastern Front troops, what on earth did these Clovis people plan to do?

Artillery position?

The elf knight looked at the rapidly advancing Clovis flag with a confused look on his face.

No, wait.

He, could they be...

"Stop, stop going!"

The elf knight suddenly understood and shouted nervously:

"The whole army turned back to catch up with the Clovis army. We must stop them! They..."

"Their target is Her Royal Highness the Princess!!!"