Rise of the Empire Total War

For these survivors who voluntarily surrendered, Richard Bono and the second brigade commander Gilad Pulis took a tolerant attitude. They generously pardoned all the crimes except the congressmen and promised to Able to assist them in rebuilding the ruined city of De Nova.

However, the promises of the two lieutenant generals failed to appease the fearful hearts of the survivors. They still harbored fear and slight hostility towards the soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire. His whole body was trembling, his legs were weak, and it was obvious that he had left a psychological shadow on the hot weapon.

Richard and Girard were indifferent to this, because they got the confidence that the Ansmara people dared to declare war from the mouths of several surrendered congressmen. Hope, so they persisted, but the imaginary reinforcements did not arrive, and they immediately realized that they were being played by others. So after they surrendered, they told everything, including the Burgundian cavalry posing as the Republican Army to launch a surprise attack.

Hearing such a shocking secret, Richard and Girard couldn't sit still. The two of them had a discussion and decided to write a letter to report the matter here to their immediate boss Matthias Horn and His Majesty the Emperor himself. . At the same time, Girard continued to advance westward after a brief repair, while sending envoys to persuade the remaining three cities to surrender, while preparing for a strong attack, while Richard Bono led the third brigade northward, in Hebo Stationed at the border of the Kingdom of Gendia to prepare for war.

The actions of the Holy Roman Empire troops quickly attracted the attention of the Kingdom of Burgundia. While they sent envoys to negotiate with Richard Bono and asked about their purpose, they mobilized the army and asked for help from their allies, the Holy Kuyavian Empire. .

The envoys of all parties rushed to the whip and handed over the information they carried to the coordinator. Almost at the same time, the queen of the Holy Kuyawi Empire and the commander of the second army Matthias Horn learned of the matter. Her Majesty the Queen was extremely dissatisfied with the ally's arbitrariness. She first reprimanded the Burgundian envoy, and then urgently called a meeting of cabinet ministers to discuss how to deal with it.

And Matthias was also taken aback when he learned of this. Although he knew that there must be mysterious forces behind the Republic of Ansmara, he was thought to be exposed so quickly. He wrote a letter immediately Reported this incident to Richard, and said his next plan, and then ordered the whole army to prepare for war, marched north, and stationed in the Kingdom of Kong, a member of the alliance that borders the Holy Kuyavi Empire in the north. King Kong was very astonished by the arrival of the Holy Roman Empire's army. After learning of his purpose, the king's face became very ugly. If the Holy Kuyawi Empire chooses to help its allies, then his country will become two The battlefield of a great empire.

But he is also powerless to change what happened, so he can only go to the temple in the city every day, kneel in front of the statue and pray to the gods.

As King Kong became more and more worried, the Holy Kuyawi Empire finally made a choice. Her Majesty the Queen ordered most of the troops to be transferred to the south except for the legions that were still fighting the barbarians. The Kingdom of Burgundia also urgent dispatch of troops,

With the annexation of the border, the smoke of war became more and more intense, and rumors about the start of the war quickly spread throughout the entire Vardasia peninsula.

At the same time, after receiving the ultimatum to surrender, the remaining three cities of the Ansmara Republic changed their flags and surrendered. Richard Bono also changed his marching route and went directly north to join the friendly forces of the Second Brigade. Face off against the army of the Kingdom of Burgundy.

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Vienna, the capital of the Holy Roman Empire.

Richard, who received an urgent report from the front line, summoned Charles, the military chief who happened to be staying in the capital, and the two immediately had a heated discussion. Both were hardline fighters, so they quickly unified their opinions. Richard will personally command the replenished First Army to go north, and together with the Second Army to deal with the upcoming war, while Charles will stay in Vienna to command and mobilize the Third Army as a reserve force, waiting for an opportunity to join the battlefield after the war breaks out.

After the mobilization order was issued, military warehouses across the country were opened, and a large number of transport teams transported supplies to the front line. The First Army also began to go north after the Vienna oath. With the rapid marching ability of the Holy Roman Empire army, it took them just over a week to enter the Kingdom of Kong.

The armies of both sides were assembled within two months. The Holy Kuyawi Empire mobilized a total of 60,000 professional soldiers from three legions and tens of thousands of noble troops from all over the country. More than 30,000 soldiers faced each other at the border with more than 16,000 soldiers from the two brigades of the Second Army. Although they were facing an enemy army that was half the number of their own, they did not dare to slack off at all. ——The fighting power of the Holy Roman Empire army was not blown out, but it was born out of force in the war of more than ten years!

In the Kingdom of Kong, more than 40,000 soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire built a long line of defense behind the border. They resolutely used the infantry manual during training, dug trenches several kilometers deep, and deployed a large number of soldiers in the trenches. Within a few days, the Kuyawi soldiers who confronted them were surprised to find that the enemy had hid in the trench, and only the part above the chest and the long-barreled weapons they equipped emerged. After special analysis, they had no choice but to Knowing that one's own crossbows seem to be unable to effectively kill the enemy soldiers hiding in the trenches.

For the next month, both sides maintained an eerie peace. Since war had not been formally declared, neither side took the initiative to provoke a war. Under such circumstances, the queen of the Holy Kuyawi Empire sent an envoy to negotiate with Richard, who was personally conquered, hoping to stop this fearless confrontation-the troops deployed on the border consume a lot of food and grass every day. The cost is enough to make the empire feel pain when it is still at war with the northern barbarians.

In addition, with the arrival of autumn, the offensive of the barbarians in the north became more and more intense. They wanted to go deep into the hinterland of the empire to grab food for the winter before the arrival of winter. Compared with the rich empire, the barbarian gathering places in the north can be said to be It was so barren that even if the most industrious farmers planted it there for a year, they would get very little.

Regarding the mission sent by the Kuyavians, Richard was very indifferent. He put forward some requirements straight to the point: 1. Ask the Kingdom of Burgundia to hand over the murderers who attacked the border of the empire, and to treat the plundered civilians Compensation; 2. Compensation for the soldiers who died in the war with the Republic of Ansmara, and at the same time compensation for the empire's high military expenses totaling 100,000 silver marks; 3...

Regarding Richard's rude request, the accompanying envoy of the Kingdom of Burgundy immediately refused, and claimed that he was only willing to compensate the looted civilians, and ignored the rest.

Negotiations broke down.