Proof of the Sun King

Entering the conference hall, the sand table has been placed on the conference table at this time.

The Regents of the Kingdom and the Dukes of Laun, Connet, Perhemond, Bastogne, Boderick, Dukes of Bordeaux, Adehad, Dukes of Lyonnaise, plus Laine, Dukes of Mousillon, and Dukes of Winford François, the six dukes stood together in the conference room. When they saw Ryan come in, Duke Baudric, whom he had the best relationship with, said hello to Ryan: "Have the problem been solved?"

"That's it, this is it?" Ryan looked at the sand table on the table: "Don't you introduce it? You are playing this in my conference room without my consent?"

"Hehe, someone has agreed. We all know who's words are more useful in this duke's castle." Duke Lawn had already shaken off the depression brought about by the Matthew Bard Rebellion, and became humorous again. Cheerful, he patted Ryan on the shoulder: "It's your Surya, she agreed."

"Okay, she agreed, then I have nothing to say." Ryan shrugged his shoulders immediately after listening to say that his wife was the greatest, and there was a burst of laughter in the conference room. Obviously, Ryan's intention to create a strict wife management has gradually spread. : "Okay, who will tell me what's going on with this war, why are you all paying attention to this?"

"Let me tell you." The Duke of Berhemonde began his narration of the Winter War: "The cause of everything begins with the death of the last tsar, Boris Bokaha, when he was about to be victorious in the Great Purge, and You killed Aegir-Red-Eyed."

"Hmm." The six dukes surrounded the sand table. The sand table is the northern topographic map of Kislev. Among them, the northernmost city in Kislev is also one of the only three cities in Kislev. Lager is located in the southernmost part of the topographic map. If Prager continues to the north, it is the troll country, and then further north is the Mourning Mountains. After the Mourning Mountains, it is the Norsca and Chaos Wasteland in the north.

Kislev's army is marked with red flags and red lines, and the Belpine tribe of Norsca is marked with black flags and lines.

"Boris Bokaha was killed in the troll kingdom on the north side of the Linsk River at the end of the Great Purge, which had a serious impact on Kislev's entire strategic layout and future national policy direction. Mrs. Sler had already built several fortresses and castles in the northern part of the troll country, near the Mourning Mountains. The death of the Tsar made these important strongholds have to be abandoned, and Kislev's national border once again shrank to Linsk. South of the river." Bohemond introduced: "This is a serious threat to Kislev's defenses."

"Lane, you see, there are only a few strongholds garrisoned by Boyer nobles between the Belpine Tribe and the Aislin Tribe in the north. If the barbarian army suddenly goes south, it can reach the city of Plager almost instantly. The guard army composed of a hundred or so men under the Lord cannot stop the barbarians."

"Well, indeed, there is no strategic depth to speak of." Ryan nodded in agreement.

"Therefore, Tsar Kislev has been thinking of taking back two important strongholds in the troll country since she came to the throne, namely the fortress of Odrosk in the middle of the troll country and the northern part of the troll country. , the Slughof fortress near the mountain pass." Pelhemond pointed north of the troll realm.

"If these two fortresses can be recaptured and used again, the barbarian army will not be so easy to directly attack the city of Plage, the strategic depth of Kislev will be greatly expanded, and the northern part of the Linsk River can also be changed. Everything must be safe.” Duke Bodrick replied: “More importantly, if these two fortresses can be recaptured, Kislev will be able to open up the passage to the Norsca dwarves, the jewelry and weapons of the Dulong City dwarves. , various ores will flow into Kislev and be sold to the Empire, the Kingdom of Knights and elsewhere."

"I see. The reason why Kislev failed to send troops before was because he was restrained by the Scalings in the west?" Ryan also lay before the sand table.

"That's right, so it took the Scalins five years to recover after Aegir-Red-Eye died, which gave Mrs. Keisler time to build up her strength, and in September of this year, at Tsar Kata Under Lin's order, Voroshilov, Marshal of the Bear Cavalry, led an army of more than 20,000 people, equipped with a lot of firearms and artillery. ." Bethmond went on to introduce: "Marshal Voroshilov dispatched troops from Prager in October, targeting the Belsong Forest tribe entrenched in the north of the troll country."

"Wait... The number of Kislev's army is more than 20,000, and the casualties are more than 20,000?" Ryan suddenly found something wrong.

"Don't worry, let us introduce the history of this war first." Bethmond coughed a few times, signaling Ryan to listen first.

Marshal Voroshilov only immediately began to assemble a large army in Prager after receiving the order of Tsar Katarin, and dispatched troops immediately in October, which can be said to be quite in a hurry, according to Raun and François speculated that on the one hand, Marshal Voroshilov was eager to make meritorious deeds. After all, after the Great Purge, he had no more meritorious deeds, nor did he serve the empire like the winged cavalry did. On the other hand, The shortage of supplies in Kislev was also one of the reasons for the rush to send troops.

The war is divided into the first phase and the second phase.

The first stage was from early October to mid-November. After learning that there were only 5,000 people in the Bersonglin tribe, Marshal Voroshilov took the initiative to attack with superior troops. He used Ugor cavalry archers as scouts. The bear cavalry, as the main offensive force, stormed the Ostrosk fortress located in the middle of the troll country. The war started relatively smoothly, and the forward formed by the bear cavalry quickly broke into the deep part of the troll country.

The chief chief of the Belpine Tribe, the champion of Chaos, Olaf Simasen, knew that Mrs. Keisler was coming, and he did not choose to fight against the powerful bear cavalry. It was difficult for the Slovan army to advance in order to cover the narrow mountain passes and hills and cedar forests in the troll country, and then continuously lead a small group of plunderers to harass the rear and supply lines of the Kislov army. Tired of playing, logistical intermittent.

When Kislev's army approached the Ostrosk fortress, the Belsong Forest tribe gathered more than a dozen barbarian war gangs to form three barbarian warbands, with a total of more than 3,000 people defending the fortress. Voroshilov still believed in the bear cavalry. He sent people to cut off the back road of the Belsong Forest tribe, relying on the superiority of troops to surround the fortresses, relying on the mortars and cannons imported from the empire to carry out strong attacks, but because the barbarians naturally know how to hide and do not rely on city walls for defense at all, Siege fire didn't have much effect. .

In the October season, the daytime of the troll country does not exceed five hours. Under the night, the fierce and violent barbarians immediately launched a counterattack with the blessing of the evil **** and the sinister natural environment. The ultra-low temperature, The strong wind and the snow brought severe tests. No matter how tenacious Mrs. Keisler was, she could not compare with the barbarians who had lived in the extremely cold land all their lives. The barbarians could even be led by some Chaos champions and Chaos warriors. On foot across glacial lakes and across mountain cliffs, the Kislev army, whose supply line was constantly attacked, was resisted and harassed continuously. Several Kislev armies were divided, surrounded, and supplies were interrupted. There were countless starvation deaths, and nearly 10,000 people were lost in just one month. Under the heavy casualties, they only recovered the fortress of Ostrosk, and Marshal Voroshilov was forced to turn to the local defense and ask for support.

The war began to enter its second phase.

His request for help was quickly answered by Prager, who sent 10,000 troops from the city of Prager, and he carried a large number of firearms and siege equipment.

Marshal Voroshilov, who had received 10,000 reinforcements, once again assembled his army to attack the Slugkhov fortress. The Slughof fortress gradually retreated towards the mountain pass. At this time, the Kislev army was already exhausted, exhausted and exhausted.

But Marshal Voroshilov was unwilling to give up. He once again sent a request for help to the Tsar Katarin, so the Kislev court sent another 10,000 troops from the capital Kislev to support him. The Tsar even sent a few cold The Ice Witch and the Tsar's personal guard, Kerim Guard, join the war.

Voroshilov, who had received enough reinforcements, led the bear cavalry and Ugor cavalry archers as the vanguard, and the infantry followed behind, relying on the forced march to catch up on the Korwoze glacial lake in the high mountain pass of the Mourning Mountains. Bear Pine Tribe.

The two sides launched a fierce battle on the ice lake. The tenacious Mrs. Keisler relied on the elite infantry regiment sent by the Queen Catalin and the Tsarist Guard Kerim to guard, as well as a large number of artillery and muskets, paying more than 10,000 yuan. After the casualties, Kislev fought **** battles on the ice lake for a whole day, and finally completely defeated the remaining more than 3,000 Belsongs. Except for one or two hundred barbarians who escaped, the remaining Belsongs were all killed. annihilated, and the war chief Olaf Simasen was killed by muskets.

For this victory, Mrs. Keisler paid extremely heavy losses. The more than 40,000 troops who participated in the entire war successively had less than 20,000 troops left after the battle. Marshal Voroshilov was surrendered by the enraged tsar. Served as a major general, his post as Marshal of the Bears was taken over by General Konstantin Rokossovsky.

"More than 20,000 people, I remember how Kislev was full of troops, and he had less than 80,000 troops. He just drove the barbarians back to the other side of the mountain. It was a big loss." Ryan listened to the review of the entire battle. , he can imagine the tragic extent of the war: "The elite left by the former Tsar Boris Bokaha was almost lost in this battle."

"After this fiasco, the Kingdom of Kislev sent us and the Empire a detailed war story, and admitted huge losses." Lawn looked at the war sand table: "Obviously, this female tsar is here in Showing weakness, she means..."

"She is asking for our support." François also frowned: "I really don't know how Kislev was going to defend the two newly acquired fortresses under such a heavy loss, and how did the tsarist tsarist? Would you allow this kind of military action? And in the case of unfavorable battles, you will continue to increase your troops to support, and finally win such a tragic victory?"

"We lost more than 20,000 talents and wiped out 5,000 barbarians~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This battle is really stupid!" Bethmond also said: "It's completely a hard fight, a strong fight!"

"The reason is very simple." Ryan waved his hand: "Everyone, have you all forgotten that Katarin is a witch, not a general, and war is not her specialty. You can't expect an ice witch to be like the military exploits of the empire. Nobles are as good at commanding battles as knights and nobles like us, and there are wizards who are good at combat, but that is an example, most wizards are not good at war."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Katharine didn't like to be on the front line like her father Boris-Borkaha, she didn't even leave the palace, she liked to do research behind closed doors, this war said Kislev's army The combat effectiveness is declining year by year, and there is also a lack of excellent commanders." Ryan frowned: "Kislev has suffered such a huge loss, this is bad news, as the northernmost order country in the old world, if Keslev Down, we and the Empire will face the threat of Chaos."

"So are we going to form an army of chivalry?" Hearing this, Lawn jumped a little.

"No, there is an empire before us, Karl Franz will be more in a hurry than us, and we are too far from Kislev, at least until Kislev is beaten to the capital, it is not our turn Dispatch, don't forget, this is at least a victory, what reinforcements will be sent for victory?" Ryan signaled that it was unnecessary, and he was still closely watching the sand table: "Everyone, have you noticed that during this time, the activities of the northern barbarians have more and more often."

"That's right." Adaihad, Duke of Leonasse, finally found the opportunity: "Now, the Chaos Sea and the Claw Sea are full of Norsca's longships."

"Well, something is wrong."