I Will Be The Crowned King

When the order to retreat was given, Bernard Morwes knew very well that he was finished.

Completely finished.

For an army that is fighting the enemy, how to retreat is a very complicated and precise work. It requires the close cooperation of various combat units and even the courage of a strong man to break his wrist to ensure that the whole process is carried out in an orderly manner, so that the main force is in the opponent's aggressive. Preserved intact before attack.

The reason why cases are rare is because the army that can complete such high-level operations generally does not encounter this kind of thing; soldiers with collapsed morale, zero organization, chaotic command system, and poor communication , the repeated harassment of the enemy...

All the signs that would cause an army to spiral out of control and go from retreating to rout, Bernard and his four infantry regiments were basically hit.

Under the bright sunshine, the continuous howls and the screams of the charging even overshadowed the roar of the guns. The spirited Fifth Infantry Regiment replaced the grenadier regiment that had already paid a lot of casualties, and cooperated with the right flank. Aleksei, who had stopped the enemy, launched a counterattack across the board, while the hollow phalanx on the left continued to keep firing in an orderly manner, driving the enemy in the direction of retreat.

This is also the most difficult part of the whole battle... As long as you plan well and don't make mistakes, defeating the enemy is difficult, the hard part is how to annihilate its living forces as much as possible.

Whether it is Clovis or the Free Confederation, there is a chance to completely eliminate the Empire's influence in the New World, and this is the only one; Even a hundred times the price.

After all, neither the Confederacy nor Clovis is too weak in the face of the huge size of the empire; the empire can make mistakes but not on its own, and every opportunity and every advantage must be firmly grasped before it can be reversed.

At the same time that the main force of the Storm Division began to strangle the central line of the Empire, the battle on the eastern front gradually became a winner. The Line Corps launched a surprise attack and successfully hit the "Eastern Front Reinforcement", which had high hopes, and was caught off guard.

The surprise attack combined with the absolute superiority of the force made the rabble Confederate army "excellent" in Joseph's hands: hundreds of Winter Torch City skirmishers brandished machetes and home-made muskets and rushed to the unexpected enemy. The flank slaughter and special kill, in conjunction with the column offensive of the Long Lake Town Infantry Regiment, successfully completed the double-teaming of Sir Reye.

When Sir Reye, who was shocked and angry, called the Hussar Company to cover the breakout, the Long Lake Town Infantry Regiment immediately spread out into two hollow phalanxes that cooperated with each other. Fire intermittently.

After paying the price of more than 200 people, the two Confederate infantry regiments finally completed the encirclement of the enemy; Sir Reye, who had no retreat, was forced to surrender, and gloriously became the first colony since the New World War. Imperial knights surrendered by rebels.

And he wasn't even the most unlucky... Ser Emar, who was sent by Bernard to capture the hills and highlands, finally waited for the fog to clear, and saw the entire central front collapsed, and the situation was over.

Then he discovered a very serious problem - what should he do with the thousand people behind him?

First of all, the defense is definitely impossible to defend. All the artillery pieces have become scrap iron, the warehouses have been evacuated, and the positions have been destroyed; but if the attack covers the central retreat of the main force... Now the following are all the main forces of the Clovis people, and they will take the initiative to go down the mountain. It's self-inflicted.

Neither advancing nor defending, Ser Amar was thus trapped on the high ground that the enemy voluntarily gave him, and could only watch the four imperial infantry regiments be surrounded, routed, and finally annihilated.

He felt the same way as the main force on the western front of the empire—holding this elite division with three infantry regiments, cavalry artillery and nearly one regiment of cavalry, Bernard also placed high hopes on it, a loyal messenger. .

The initial task of this troop was to guard against the raid on Sail City, so when Bernard's request for help came, with two contradictory orders, the messenger, who was in a dilemma, had to order the troop to slowly move closer to the middle.

Until the sun came up, before he made up his mind to relieve the siege, he was bombarded by the siege position—the artillery company and the few remaining artillery pieces that had been hidden on the western front of the position since the beginning of the battle finally got the order to fire on the enemy. .

One after another, the whistling parabola cut through the sky, blasting the sky-high flames on the only way for the main force of the Western Front Empire; although it also lacked the accuracy of the head, whether it was a field gun or a large-caliber artillery siege, it was powerful enough to only be able to defeat the empire. Several cavalry guns formed an absolute fire crush.

In the choking smoke of gunpowder, the roar of tearing everything built a "curtain" composed of firelight and gravel and gravel, which abruptly interrupted the support momentum of the empire's western front, forcing it to be unable to expand its line of troops; The two regiment-level hollow phalanxes between them and the central imperial line also dispelled the courage of the cavalry to make roundabout raids.

The entire line of the Central Empire, which had collapsed and could not be supported, was completely submerged by the storm division infantry like a tidal wave under the screams of the sky.

"ended."

Watching this decisive battle that seemed to come to an end in the blink of an eye, Sir Sardo let out a long breath and let go of the monocular in his hand with a complicated expression.

Although it is not unexpected that the Clovis people can turn the tide against the wind and even defeat Lord Bernard Morwes, who has no chips, but when it really happened, it was still…

It's not just him, everyone at the top of the tower is silent, so quiet that you can't even hear whether anyone is breathing.

Of course, with a Clovis army of 4,000 or 5,000 people, it is impossible to kill the 8,000-strong imperial army in just half a day, and it is impossible to double it; even now, the four imperial troops on the center line The corps is still doing the last stubborn resistance, the elites on the western front also retain considerable fighting power, and the thousand imperial soldiers occupying the hills and highlands are even more intact...

But even the most common cuirassiers would not think that these people have any possibility of turning over; waiting for their fate, the high probability is that after the four infantry regiments in the middle are eaten, they will be eliminated one by one in batches.

As for the final fate of Sail City... Sado silently raised his head and looked at the young knight's back.

Louis, who pursed his lips tightly, looked at the battlefield not far away and remained silent.

"Sir Sadow."

After a long time, the battalion commander of the cuirass cavalry in trance was pulled back to reality by the voice of the other party. When he woke up, he raised his chest subconsciously and bowed to the other party: "Lord Governor?"

"Let the troops on standby gather and prepare to attack." Louis looked back at him, his calm expression very serious:

"I'll give you a quarter of an hour... Fifteen minutes later, the whole army will march west, cooperate with the Clovis and the rebel colony army, and defeat the remnants of Bernard's army!"

west? !

Sado, who frowned, raised his head sharply and looked at the young knight in shock.

To be honest, there is nothing wrong in Louis's order - since the enemy occupying the high ground is not to be concerned, and the central part has been completely contained by the main force of the Storm Division, naturally only the elites of the western front are left, and they are worthy of the "off-site reinforcements" of Sailing City. Take action and cooperate with the friendly forces to completely defeat this last remaining enemy.

But that was before!

Even half an hour ago, as long as Yangfan City sent troops, it was still in the category of "reinforcements", but now... Sado even doubts that even if they defeated the western front of the empire, the Clovis people would still be willing to send them as "friends".

Based on what he knew about Louis, he didn't think that this seemingly young but experienced young man would make such a low-level mistake.

Then if it's not for the status of "friend", it can only be for something else... and refer to the words he just said: the remnants of Bernard's army, the Clovis people, the rebel colonies - not at all like treating allies 's tone.

But if it were the Governor of Sail City... the real Governor of Sail City, it would be very appropriate.

Louis Bernard...he...couldn't he be...? !

In the brief silence, the young knight looked at Sadow quietly with his azure blue eyes, without saying a word.

Feeling the invisible pressure in his eyes, Sado, who had planned to refute, finally did not speak, but nodded respectfully:

"As ordered!"

The voice fell, the leader of the cuirassiers turned and left, and the top of the tower fell silent again.

Looking at Sir Sadow's back, the young knight's eyes showed a bit of apology, but he regained his composure.

The elf **** the side walked silently to his side, and while holding Louis' right hand, she carefully looked at his cheek: "Are you sure?"

"To be honest, no." Louis smiled bitterly: "The key to everything is not me, but Anson Bach's choice."

"Whether it is to eradicate the existence of the empire in the new world, at any cost; or to choose a compromise in order to avoid greater contradictions and unnecessary sacrifices."

"I don't know if it can be successful, but for the sake of Yangfan City and those imperial soldiers who have no meaning to continue fighting, they should give it a try."

"If I fail, I'll probably be the same as Brother Kroger... the same betrayal, not to mention the army of the Empire, probably the people of Yangfan City won't want to stand on my side as a loser." He exhaled and looked at Louis said slowly to the elf girl:

"At that time, I can only aggrieved you to protect me."

Freya was stunned at first, and then smiled.

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"The army in Yangfan City has begun to move, and it seems to be attacking the western front." Looking at the smoke and dust rolling up in the direction of Yangfan City, Karl hesitantly turned his head to Anson and said, "Would you like to send someone to intercept it?"

"Intercept, why intercept?"

Anson shrugged indifferently: "Someone help to clean up this biggest trouble, so that we can concentrate on killing Bernard and his main force... Isn't it good?"

Okay?

Carl's eyes widened, and he looked at the commander-in-chief in front of him in a slightly stunned manner—as if he was completely different from the guy who said "we must wipe out the imperial army" a few minutes ago.

Feeling the incomprehensible gaze beside him, An Sen, who sighed, had to announce the answer:

"Do you think that we have even wiped out four regiments... oh, plus the fact that one regiment on the east front and the unlucky guy on the hills and highlands are struggling, do you still have time to pay attention to those 'elites on the west front'?"

Carl suddenly realized.

"If you are sure, who doesn't want to solve all the problems in one go, the key is not enough strength." An Sen's expression was quite helpless:

"In the final analysis, this is all because someone returned in the weeds and forests, which led to the collapse of the Confederate army; there are no more than 6,000 *** troops! What do you want me to do to stop the army of Yangfan City, ah, what to do while encircling and suppressing it A full four line regiments, while killing the enemy's elite, are you dead?"

"How can you blame me?!"

Carl's face was innocent: "It was you who told yourself that you left me and Alexei, and you had to clear the siege of Sail City first. As a result, we were tied by Bernard in one round, and we almost didn't escape alive— I still don't blame you!"

"I don't mean to blame you, I'm just talking about the matter - and let's be honest, whether you didn't keep the grass forest was the decisive factor..."

"If you didn't take away all the main force, I can't keep the grass forest?!"

"You have to keep the grass forest, can I stop Yangfan City now?!"

"Then who has to be so eager to save Yangfan City?!"

"Nonsense, are you watching Bernard recovering Sail City?!"

"You took all the main force away in order to understand the siege, and you still blame me for not being able to keep the grass forest?!"

"Isn't it because you didn't guard the grass forest that I can't stop Yangfan City now?!"

The two people who were arguing endlessly quarreled for ten minutes under the watchful eyes of the people around them; it was not until the lieutenant of the cavalry rushed back out of breath that this endless cycle of reincarnation was interrupted:

"My lord, the cavalry company reports - the target has been captured alive!"

Um? !

Anson turned his head sharply, holding the cigarette **** he was trying to stab while pulling on Carl's neckline: "Where?"

"Near the position, we are temporarily surrounded by a few imperial knights!" The cavalry lieutenant looked quite excited:

"Lieutenant Colonel Fabien and the Grenadier Regiment have taken over and are preparing to **** them back directly after disarming!"

"Very good! Tell Fabian, UU reading www.uukanshu.com let him as soon as possible... eh?"

An Sen, who was suddenly stunned, stopped abruptly, and found that his surroundings were suddenly empty, as if a large group of people were missing.

"What about the company of guards?"

"Let's go a long time ago." Carl slumped aside, loosened his collar, and panted.

"gone?!"

Anson frowned nervously: "When?!"

"A few minutes ago, it was almost the time when you had to quarrel with me; Liza seemed to suddenly remember something, and she took the guards to kill the hills and highlands with a look of fear... Oh, is this the end of the battle? "

As Carl recalled, he straightened the hilly road behind him.

At the top of the artillery position, a King Clovis flag was rising.

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