I Will Be The Crowned King

"The 101st day of the saint's calendar, March 29th, cloudy, Changhu Town, fishing port.

In order to capture the town of Long Lake before the enemy returned to defense, with the cooperation of Colonel William Cecil, Lord Anson Bach personally led the main force of the Storm Division on light cruisers and clippers. One day and one night, they successfully arrived at the port of Changhu Town.

Taking advantage of the intelligence interference released by the "Beluga Karma Daily", the Changhu garrison not only did not place a single soldier in the port, but even emptied the residents of the port. The storm division was able to successfully control the port without causing any casualties, and put it As a forward base for attacking the city.

In order to wait for the feinting force led by Lieutenant Colonel Fabien, Lord Anson Bach decided to stay in the port for one more day and turn the enemy's attention to the land direction - this is also part of the plan, and the so-called seasickness and other rumors are not. any relationship! "

"...On March 31, it was clear. After a day's rest, the storm division was officially launched and moved rapidly towards the city.

The situation was completely consistent with Lord Anson's judgment. The enemy's attention was all focused on the feinting force led by Lieutenant Colonel Fabian, and there was no obstruction during the entire march.

During the period, the vanguard troops in charge of reconnaissance met with the Changhu Township caravan several times, and successfully misled the other party into thinking that they were caravans from the northern port of the mainland. Unfortunately, the cargo ship ran aground on the coast and was in urgent need of supplies.

Under the 'donations' of these well-meaning merchants, the lightly-packed Storm Division soldiers enjoyed a sumptuous lunch of bread, beer, bacon and grilled trout - as to whether it was voluntary or passive, it was not a matter of Questions that should be explored, I guess they themselves should feel the same way.

As a humble clerk, I am not a professionally trained and experienced military expert, but the situation now also makes me feel confident; as if this is not a battle, but a group outing. "

"... March 31, 15:30, this should be the first time that I have written a diary twice on the same day.

The storm division arrived at the destination smoothly. Standing on the hillside, I could even overlook the entire city that rises by the river. I saw the towering clock tower, the eye-catching city council and the row upon row of red-roofed houses... The colony of Longhu Town with a history of nearly a hundred years, Compared with the young Beluga Harbor, it is as beautiful as a garden.

Regarding this, Lord Anson Bach also had the same emotion, but the object of emotion was not Longhu Town but Beluga Harbor.

Considering that adults have used too many rhetoric and exaggerated descriptions in their descriptions, in order to prevent others from reading my diary, and then causing some kind of misunderstanding to adults, I think it is more appropriate not to record his original words.

Well, to put it simply, if Long Lake Town is described as a garden, then Beluga Harbor is...another room in the house.

This strong contrast also greatly stimulated Lord Anson's mood; he decided not to give the enemy a chance to surrender, and started attacking directly - in the original words of the adults: 'It is not too late to accept the surrender after winning the city ! ’

At exactly sixteen o'clock, the artillery company finally established positions on the two highlands outside the city, and started shelling the city walls of Changhu Town and the landmark buildings in the city..."

"Boom-boom-boom-!!!"

With the screams that ripped through the air, the towering smoke column began to rise slowly in Longhu Town; the towering clock tower collapsed with a scream and a loud noise, and the gorgeous parliament hall was chopped off by a twelve-pound solid bullet. The roof, the remaining part was ignited, and the raging fire began to spread towards the street.

The streets and alleys in the city are crowded with terrified and disturbed figures, like a rat's nest imminent, at a loss in the screams and calls for help. Go, gradually surrounded by the spreading fire in the chaos.

Soon, the crowded streets were covered with black-gray ashes, and the intensifying fire even dyed the river water gold-red—they lived by the river, but no one in Changhu Town, where disaster was imminent, thought of fetching water to put out the fire.

Of course, considering that there is an artillery position of the Storm Division on the other side of the river, this result does not seem to be surprising.

After the shelling continued for a full quarter of an hour, the Storm Division, which had never been counterattacked, launched its troops. With the guard company and the skirmishers of each regiment as the guide, the three infantry regiments advanced from the city gate, the river bank and the lake bank to the city.

For cities like Changhu Town, which are located on the plains and beside rivers and lakes, the side close to the water is not only the natural defense line, but also the weakest part of various artificial defense facilities - after all, the water surface and the soft soil of the river bank cannot be constructed. fortress.

At the same time, both rivers and lakes are very important transportation routes for this kind of city; usually the enemy can enter the city center and main roads as long as they cross the water surface, and there is no danger to defend, and it is only a matter of time before they fall.

Therefore, the usual way for this kind of city to deal with the attack is not only to build a retaining wall by the river, but also to build a fort on the opposite bank to attract firepower, and at the same time destroy all bridges to prevent any attempt by the enemy to cross the river, and finally use the advantages of the river to deploy supplies, so that the The limited force moved quickly at various defensive points and called for help.

For Changhu Town, which has plenty of troops and a lot of munitions, as long as it can complete the most basic parts, it will not be a problem at all to last ten to twenty days in front of the storm division, which is advancing lightly and lacks logistics.

The problem is, they really can't.

First of all, because of the misleading of the "Beautiful People of Moby Dick", the militia leader in charge of the military determined that the Clovis would not invade from the coastline, so of course the fortresses on the other side could not exist.

Realizing that "things have changed," he hurriedly dragged the head of the militia back to the city, Hollande, the speaker of Changhu Town. The first news he received when he rushed back to the parliament was that nearly 5,000 soldiers were returning from the Beluga. As far as the port border is concerned, and with artillery and cavalry...

As a matter of course, the two regarded Fabian's troops as the main force of Clovis, and believed that the Korowai, who had always been proud of the army, really helped the landlubbers, and only knew how to attack from the land.

In order to "keep the enemy out of the country", or in order to last longer, Changhu Town decisively chose to go out of the city to fight.

This military camp, which was set up on the only road leading to Changhu Town, was originally a small fortress built just in case, with complete defense facilities; it used to be the most important tax card in Changhu Town, and was used by Beluga Harbor. The caravan was disgusted.

In this case, of course, they would not demolish the bridge on the river - after all, a bridge that is strong and can accommodate a large number of people and carriages is definitely expensive to build, and both demolishing and rebuilding are huge expenses.

So when the city gate collapsed under the 6-pound and 12-pound solid bullets, and the loudly shouting guard company rushed across the bridge, the fall of Changhu Town was already doomed.

"Let the vanguard maintain order on the streets first, suppress the riots as soon as possible, and don't capture the city council and warehouse first."

Holding a monocular, Anson in the position looked out at the burning Long Lake Town, with a very leisurely attitude: "If the members of the colony want to escape, let them escape without any obstruction - except for Beluga Harbor and Red Hand. Bay, they also have nowhere to go."

Although William Cecil made a little "episode", which caused the attack to be a full day late, the whole plan was successfully realized - but the Storm Division plus the Beluga Harbor militia and a fleet were mobilized. Just to conquer a small colony does not seem to be anything to be proud of.

Carl slowly turned around and threw it, staring at Anson without saying a word, with a strange look that almost wrote "What bad idea are you doing again" on his face.

"It's nothing special." Anson smiled very naturally:

"It's just that we still have to draw Longhu Town to join the camp against the empire, so we can't force them too hard-appropriate deterrence and punishment are of course necessary, but we must also retain some vitality; Lake Town suffered too much damage, and it was easy for Red Hand Bay, which had not been hit much, to have the illusion of 'I am important to Moby Dick'."

"For the sake of all of us, it's better to avoid such misunderstandings."

And if Longhu Town really declines to the extreme, so that it decides to merge into Red Hand Bay, it will make this good partner feel a certain disobedience and feel that he can be as equal as Beluga Harbor in this alliance; One more Longhu Town, which is neither strong nor weak, can keep it awake.

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Long Lake Town, City Council.

A dull roar shook the walls of the masonry structure one after another. From time to time, charred beams and masonry fell from the roof that had been smashed by shells, causing choking smoke in the hall shrouded in fire.

The gray-bearded Speaker Hollande sat calmly in his seat, as if he didn't care about the roaring fire and the sound of cannons outside, his downcast eyes fixed on a black and white document in front of him.

"Beluga Harbor-Changhu Town Equality, Friendship and Reciprocity Agreement":

[1. Return all the land, personnel and property that had been embezzled in Red Hand Bay, pay the military expenses paid during the Beluga Harbor War, disarm and hand over all arms to Beluga Harbor, and publicly apologize for the provocation. 】

[2. Open the entire territory to the Beluga Port army, hand over fortresses, strongholds, bridges, road hubs, open all tax cards and border restrictions, and allow Beluga Port personnel to do business in Changhu Town, purchase real estate and all activities. 】

[3. After handing over the keys to the colony's vault, all members of the Changhu Town Council should pay no less than 3,000 gold coins for the 'security fee' paid to Beluga Port. 】

[4. Long Lake Town publicly announced that it would resist the tyranny of the empire and join the united front composed of Red Hand Bay and Beluga Harbor to fight for the freedom and justice of the new world. 】

【5...

The entire treaty has a total of 14 articles. Except for the compensation for the war and the payment of the storm division's expenses in this battle, it is basically the same as the previous treaty with Red Hand Bay, except that there is a new item called "garrison".

In order to win Longhu Town against the Empire, Anson and the Storm Division have exercised restraint as much as possible, and have not smashed the bones of these imperial people; if the princes and nobles of Hantu see this, then think of them back then If you agree to the conditions of the storm division, you will definitely be moved to tears.

But even so, Speaker Hollande, who was staring at the agreement, desperately clenched his withered hands, which were already white, to hide his inner panic.

Of course, he knew that as a defeated man, he didn't have much room for bargaining. Although it was painful to cede land and indemnity, it was not unacceptable compared with his life, and the other party did not ask Changhu Town to cede anything. It can be said that it is a fortune in misfortune...but the price is that Changhu Town will declare war on the empire!

According to the despicable behavior of these Clovis people, if they dare to sign the agreement, they will write about it tomorrow in the "Beautiful People of Moby-Dick Port", and add fuel to it and use the fastest speed. Speed ​​spreads throughout the new world!

All the rebellious colonies and the counter-insurgent army of Sail City will know that they are Speaker Hollande, who chose to surrender to the Clovis people on behalf of Long Lake Town, and even joined the opponent's camp.

At that time, when the empire strikes back to retake Changhu Town, it is hard to say what will happen to the others, but I am absolutely doomed!

Hollande's body trembled slightly in fear, and he tried to stand up in a trance, subconsciously trying to escape from here; as long as he escaped, if he escaped...

"Speaker Hollande?"

The sudden voice made the old man raise his head sharply. A simple question sounded like the whisper of a devil in his ear.

"Ann, Commander Anson Bach... what's the matter with you?!"

"What's up?"

Anson, who was stunned for a while, shook his head: "No, it's just that you have been silent for a long time, and I want to ask if you are not satisfied with this agreement - if there is any that makes you feel too embarrassed, it's okay to bring it up. , we can discuss."

Discuss?

Speaker Hollande twitched his throat slightly as he looked at An Sen, who had a gentle face and seemed to be very talkative.

That's right, although the city has fallen, I still have a militia group of more than 2,000 people stationed outside. With them as bargaining chips, I should be able to talk to the Clovis people about a more powerful policy for Long Lake Town...

Hollande's eyes suddenly narrowed ~www.readwn.com~ In the empty hall, a little girl who appeared out of nowhere and more than 200 people behind her were fully armed. At first glance, they were definitely elite soldiers silently. Standing behind Anson Bach, holding long guns and short cannons in a semi-arc, staring at himself sullenly.

At this moment, the old man with his back soaked in cold sweat suddenly came to his senses, picked up the pen without looking at it, signed the agreement and remembered his name.

"There is nothing to discuss, Commander-in-Chief Anson Bach, our Long Lake Town surrendered."

"Really, that's really great!"

Anson was a little surprised and said, he originally thought that no matter what, the other party would definitely "struggle" with him - to accept his fate so easily?

But it's not bad to end like this, at least not to have to go to great lengths to clean up the city council; the time saved can be used to think about how to deal with the remaining Longhu Township militia - if nothing else, Fabian will lead The "fake attack army" should still be confronting them.

In the morning, there was a lot of momentum there. Not only could the sound of guns and cannons be heard, but the smoke could be clearly seen across several kilometers, but Fabien did not send a messenger to report the situation.

Are they okay?

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