I Will Be The Crowned King

East of the Dawn Mountains, Eagle Point Pass, temporary camp of the Storm Division.

After a long day of marching on the mountain road, Leon François, who was full of wind and dust, and was not sore and swollen, was finally allowed to rest; he found a flat piece of land to make his bed and light a bonfire , lie on it to relax your already stiff and numb calves and soles.

But the heir of the Grand Duchy of Thun did not have any complaints, because every soldier and officer around was just as unkempt, with the same eyes, and the same exhaustion. He was so exhausted that he immediately grabbed a gun after eating his share of food. Huhu sleep.

After a week, this army has always maintained such a state, like a crazy machine; either in battle or on the way to battle; the rest period is always short and uncertain, and the battle will start at any time.

In order to avoid exposing the trail, Anson has given up tents and a bunch of camping tools; everyone in the army can only carry a roll of blankets and the simplest daily necessities, and travel lightly to the greatest extent possible - although not really How much "easy" to let soldiers.

Extreme exhaustion emptied everyone's minds, making marching, shooting and executing orders become the only three things they knew; more than 2,000 people at the time of departure, and nearly 2,000 people now, holding guns anytime, anywhere. Doing anything with bayonets has become instinctive by this army of homeless and bankrupt tenant farmers.

But even so, the entire Storm Division still maintained a high morale: because no matter how hard and frequent the battles, they could still get sufficient and continuous logistical supplies, and at the same time, they kept going from one victory to another.

Sitting on his bed, Leon François, who resisted drowsiness, took out his diary and started a day's routine recording against the bonfire:

"On April 30, the 100th year of the saint's calendar, after a week of continuous raids, exhaustion and the smell of gunpowder smoke have become a habit and a norm.

But our hard work has paid off—the supply lines to Eagle Point have been completely cut off, and the fortress, which is under siege and losing its outer defensive positions, is now an isolated city.

Through generosity and kindness to the captured soldiers and nobles, we obtained information on all the reinforcements, and mastered the position and combat power configuration of each Isel elf army, so that each of our strikes became precise and sharp.

Now, the reinforcements hurriedly organized by the Iser elves have been completely driven out of the pass, and all the outposts were either routed or annihilated. The supplies that should have been sent to Eagle Point City turned into Anson for a lot of money. · Bach's booty.

To be more precise, it is the spoils of war for all soldiers.

I befriended a commoner today, Hank, a taciturn skirmisher platoon leader; he told me that this short week of fighting had helped him save up enough money to buy a shop or a small estate.

I wanted to tell Hank that he got more honor than money, they nearly defeated an enemy four or five times their size, almost blocked half of Eagle Point Pass with just 2,000 men...but I didn't say that , but wished him to go back alive and to enjoy the wealth that he had earned through his own hard work.

For these ordinary soldiers, real money and silver are far more attractive than honor; Anson Bach... He knew this very well, and he created such an elite division by distributing the spoils fairly.

But I firmly believe that honor must trump wealth for this glorious Bach bloodline.

As the scattered reinforcements and outposts were defeated one by one, the real threat was slowly approaching - more and more information and intelligence proved that the main force of the Guards of the Iser Elves were constantly gathering their forces and marching towards the Eagle Horn Pass. come.

The total strength is at least 20,000.

A huge problem is in front of Anson Bach: is it to temporarily evade the edge and withdraw to the outpost for repair, so that this terrifying elf army can successfully reach Eaglehorn City? Or do everything in their power to stop them, or even repel them?

If he chooses to retreat, no one can blame him for his actions: the Storm Division has been fighting for a whole week, indeed very tired, and with two thousand men against twenty thousand, ten times the strength is enough to wipe out everything.

But that's a choice made by normal people, a weak and incompetent officer; not Ansen Bach - the commander-in-chief who took the initiative to climb over the Dawn Bingfeng in order to reverse the tide of the battle!

For the true warrior, the man who values ​​honor, Anson Bach, he has only one choice..."

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"I think we can almost withdraw." Anson said to Carl Bain solemnly.

Carl, who was lying on the blanket, opened his eyes half asleep, turned his head to look at Anson:

"A letter from the archbishop's own son again?"

Based on his understanding of An Sen, this is probably the reason why the Deputy Commander can run away so decisively.

"This is only a small part of the reason." Anson shook his head and gestured towards Carl with the gap between his index finger and thumb, which was really only "a very small part":

"More importantly, don't you think our plan has been basically achieved?"

"our plan?"

Carl showed an exaggerated expression and deliberately emphasized the word "we".

"Yes, it belongs to our plan." Anson nodded with a smile, expressing his great willingness to share the credit:

"So far, we are almost on the verge of convincing the Iser elves that there is a Clovis Legion in the east of Eagle Point Pass, ready to fight to the death with the main force of their reinforcements."

"If that's the case, then it doesn't make much sense for us to stay here; we've already seen the enemy's next move, so why not do something more meaningful before they react?"

something more meaningful?

Carl Bain thought for a second, then suddenly opened his eyes:

"Aren't you going to attack Eaglehorn City?!"

Anson nodded as a matter of course: "Why not?"

This suddenly stopped Carl Bain.

Yeah, why not?

Isn't this obvious? !

Are Ysir's armies unbeatable? That's right; is Eagle Point's defenses now mostly concentrated on the northern front? That's right.

But this does not mean that they have the capital to attack Eagle Horn City!

But Anson didn't think so at all: "Now the fortress outside Eagle Point City has been almost wiped out by Ludwig, and the entire fortress is an isolated city; the reinforcements of the Iser elves are probably still desperately gathering their troops, thinking about how to get in the pass. The East and the 'Southern Legion' are fighting to the death."

"In other words, the current Eagle Horn City seems to be tightly defended, but in fact it is in a stage of tension but relaxation; reinforcements from the rear are delayed, and the front line of defense is about to be broken; in this state, They don't have time to focus on the back."

"This is our perfect opportunity to take Eagle Point."

All the foreshadowing so far is for this moment.

Draw Jinshicheng as a backup, cut off the supply line of Eagle Point City, and finally let the defeated soldiers flee to Eagle Point City... Including desperately encircling and suppressing the reinforcements of Iser, buying time for Ludwig's frontal attack, all for the sake of winning this opportunity.

Of course, it was just an opportunity; in case of failure, Anson could retreat to the outpost without hesitation, pull the main force of Golden Rock City and the Southern Legion, and fight the Iser Guard Legion outside Eagle Point.

Since the Archduke Thune planned to board the Clovis boat, he even expressed his sincerity by taking his only son as a hostage; then Anson could also use him without guilt to force the Francois family to make a positive statement and send troops. corner city.

"Can I ask why this is?"

Carl Bain is very incomprehensible - if it comes to the Alliance Golden Rock City, he can probably keep up with Anson's thinking circuit in the step of cutting off the reinforcements of Eagle Point City, then he can't keep up with the step of attacking Eagle Point City. .

In his opinion, at this point, he and Anson have done a good enough job—cutting off the reinforcements of Eagle Point City, and letting the Clovis people lay a nail in the Seven Cities Alliance, It would be an understatement to say that it was overdone.

Anson Bach... what the **** was he thinking?

"Simply put, I figured it out."

Anson calmly looked at the stunned Carl:

"Because of some... annoying guy who helped me figure something out."

"What's up?"

"That's how people are different."

"What?"

"Simply put, for Ludwig, capturing Eaglehorn and defeating the Iser elf, defeating the Seven Cities, and moving him and the army of Clovis from one victory to another...that's his goal. "Anson said softly:

"For this goal, he doesn't care at all how many lives, even his own, are sacrificed; not to mention the cost and the waste of resources."

"Didn't we discuss this a long time ago?" Carl interrupted:

"Did you meet him for the first time?"

Anson Bach: "...Can you hear me finish?"

"Okay, you... go on, go on."

Carl rolled his eyes, "Pfft!" and lay down on the blanket.

"But we are different." Anson sighed:

"For us, the first thing is to keep ourselves alive as much as possible, then to complete the campaign objectives, and then, to be able to earn a little bit from this..."

"Really? Why do I think the last one is the most important... Ah! I'm sorry, you continue, I promise not to interrupt, promise!"

"Therefore!" Anson twitched the corners of his mouth:

"In the past, my method was to try to give him a better choice so that he didn't have to do such extreme things."

"But I've figured it out now. Instead of trying to cooperate with others, it's better to grab the initiative to solve things and let others do things according to my wishes and ideas."

"I... Anson Bach, to be the leader of this Clovis-Isel battle."

"The first step is that I want to capture Eagle Horn City with my own hands."

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Just when Anson figured it out completely, standing in front of the Eagle Point Pass, Sir Louis Bernard in the Iser Guards camp was in great confusion.

This inexplicable war has been filled with all kinds of brain-shattering information from the very beginning - first, the Elf King Yisel defied all opinions and forcibly made himself the commander of the Guard Corps; then Crow Wei appeared at the Eagle Point Pass at an astonishing speed and besieged Eagle Point City; now it is said that the main force of the Clovis army suddenly bypassed Eagle Point City and wanted to fight to the death...

At this moment, all kinds of battle reports about Eagle Point City in the recent past are piled up on his desk like a hill, each of which is shocking, and each one is more exaggerated than the other.

Open one casually, and the words on it are "Eagle Horn has fallen, and the Clovis army is attacking like an overwhelming force." What "The Seven Cities Alliance has betrayed Isel, and the army of 20,000 Thun has become the servant army of Clovis".

If all this information is true, then the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard Corps should immediately stop reinforcing Eagle Point City, stand on standby, and prepare to face the Clovis Legion.

However, the nobles of the Iser elves were convinced of the outrageous information on the front line, and at the same time they desperately urged themselves to advance, and fought to the death with the Clovis army in Eagle Point City... This completely contradictory approach has made Louis Bernard didn't know what to say.

Of course, it is not that there is no completely useless information in this information. At least two points can be proved: that is, Eagle Point City will not fall for the time being, and there is indeed a Clovis army that appeared in the fortress. In the rear, intercept reinforcements and supply lines.

Probably because all the baggage was robbed, the reinforcements were annihilated one by one, and the elven knights who escaped by chance kept emphasizing "Eagle Horn City has fallen" in order to cover up the outdated?

And then...the commander-in-chief of this Clovis Corps.

Anson Bach.

Looking at the clear and unmistakable name on the report~www.readwn.com~, Louis Bernard's expression gradually became indifferent, but there seemed to be a flame burning in his pupils.

Only this... can't be fake.

Louis Bernard had a little understanding of Clovis's military system. It is impossible for an officer of the rank of lieutenant colonel to become the commander of a regiment - at least a brigadier general; but whether it is true or not, this proves that Anson It is indeed on the battlefield of Eagle Horn City, and there is a very elite army in hand.

This is really nice.

On the day he came to the Elven Kingdom of Iser after accepting the post of military attache in the chapel on the frontier, Louis Bernard once thought that he would say goodbye to the battlefield forever, and that he would never have the chance to make up for the regret of the Thunder Castle. .

Who would have thought that in just a few months, the opportunity would appear in front of him, and in such a perfect way, he could end it all in the fairest way on the frontal battlefield.

"Wait for me, Anson Bach."

The expressionless Louis Bernard whispered softly:

"I'm here to find you."