Infrastructure Throne

The fuse of the war was ignited by a civilian ship, which suddenly caught fire when it passed the checkpoint in the middle of the Beiyuan Grand Canal.

The ships that were queuing up, seeing the sudden fire burning towards them along the wind direction, panicked in fright, and rushed to the port if they pushed each other.

The guards of the Beiyuan garrison fired warning shots, but on the dense fleet, there were screams of guards wanting to kill people and rob goods.

In the chaos, under the instigation of caring people, more and more ships are desperate to hit the checkpoint.

With a loud noise, the civilian ship that was on fire suddenly exploded!The whole ship was blown to pieces and turned into pieces of charred planks floating on the water.

All the ships were in a state of panic, someone called out, and Beiyuan fired!

Cursing, screaming and conspiracy theories uncontrollably swept through all the nearby fleets. Finally, Beiyuan garrison dispatched to salvage the exploded ships and sent people to explain the situation one by one. travelers.

As for those with ulterior motives hiding in the crowd, they were as quiet as a quail when facing the garrison guards with live ammunition.

Although it was later proved that several barrels of heavy gunpowder were loaded on the exploding ship, the rumors that were unfavorable to Beiyuan spread widely along with the endlessly flowing canal.

Subsequently, the Alliance of Northern Cities issued a stern announcement, accusing the Beiyuan Kingdom of privately setting up checkpoints on territories that did not belong to it, and also tried to use force to coerce the ships to hand over huge bribes, otherwise they would even bring people and ships together. The bombing and sinking caused the entire people of the Northland to live a hot life under the high-pressure terror of the tyrant!

The righteous Zhucheng Alliance will accept the canonization of the Mansi Allies and the Great Xia Kingdom, and use geography as the dividing line to become a subsidiary territory of the two empires, the East and the West. It will borrow [-] troops from the great Suzerain to fight against the tyrant who disturbed the peace and order of the Northland. Shen Qingze!

The armies of the two empires have already gathered at the edge of the border. They only need to draw a legion of 5 people from the border guards to go deep into the north from the east and west sides. worry.

These two legions of 5 people are the elite of the two empires, from weapons to armor, almost armed to the teeth.

The two legions each have their own commanders. The leader of the Mansi allies is the eldest son of Grand Duke Lei De, who is favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and the Great Xia Kingdom is Gu Ban, the youngest son of the famous general Gu Lun. Gilded in a war without suspense.

Both sides are sons of the rich and powerful. Although they have a common enemy, they each go their own way, and no one looks down on the other. Rather than saying that the Zhucheng Alliance borrowed troops to besiege Beiyuan, it is better to say that it is two local wars.

Beiyuan Country's geographic location is closer to the Mansi Allies.In this era of extremely backward communication, it is almost impossible for two legions not under the command of each other to reach their destination at the same time from two roads.

Noria, the eldest son of Grand Duke Red, was the first to lead an army to reach the border of Beiyuan. If he can capture Yuanliu City, the capital, in this battle, he will surely become famous, at least stabilizing one head after General Daxia. .

Noria's goal is very clear. He wants to bypass Pearl City, which is the most powerful city in the Northland, and go straight to Yuanliu City. Lafayette City, the last supply city of the Zhucheng Alliance, is five days away from Yuanliu City.

According to Noria's plan, let his legion rest in Lafayette City for one day, bring dry food for ten days, and come and go quickly. It only takes one day to defeat Yuanliu City and force Beiyuan King to surrender. There is plenty of time.

On the contrary, Lafayette City was originally a small-scale small city in the Northland, and the government's food inventory was scarce. In order to feed, drink and enjoy the [-] troops, they almost emptied their homes. needed.

Noria is a standard imperial meritorious service, and has never been on the battlefield in person, but she has been familiar with it since she was a child, and she still has some basic military literacy.

Although he was in his own camp, he did not take his guard lightly at night. On the first day he entered Lafayette City, he took over the defense of the city as a matter of course, and drove away the group of Lafayette soldiers who couldn't even make up a few complete armors. Send your own people to patrol the city wall day and night.

Unexpectedly, this move that even Noria himself thought was too cautious, turned out to be a talisman that saved his life that night!

The sound of artillery fire suddenly sounded in the early morning when people were most asleep.

The deafening bombardment woke up the whole city from their sleep. Every inch of land, every house, and even every brick was shaking. The continuous bombardment was deafening, as if it was going to overturn the whole city and blast it into the sky. !

The city wall that was attacked from the front is particularly pitiful. The city wall is not high at all. The wall is the usual clay masonry style in the Northland. After several shots in a row, the dust and silt rolled down, and gaps appeared one after another on the top of the city. everywhere.

When Noria was woken up from the warm bed by her subordinates, she was still in a daze.

If it weren't for the fact that he was killed, he wouldn't have believed it. Beiyuan, which the whole world had judged to be defeated in advance, would dare to attack the enemy's city overnight instead of hiding in its own walls and defending it? !

With a gloomy face, Noria forcefully climbed up to the top of the city where the fire line was stretched out under the dissuasion of the guards. The soldiers were nervously fighting the fire, and the smoke was so thick that people could not open their eyes.

On the other side, there was a dark night, no fire, no sound, only the shadows of trees swaying in the autumn wind, as if the momentum of the bombardment of the city wall just now was his fantasy.

Noria was furious: "Where are the scouts! Find the way for me! They have been touched to the bottom of the city, you bastards!"

The news that Beiyuan's vanguard sneaked into the vicinity of Rafael City and attacked the city at night caused panic in the whole city.

What puzzled Noria the most was that the soldiers patrolling the city wall emphasized that no one heard the sound of horses' hoofs. Even if the horses' hooves were wrapped in soft cloth, when many horses ran, the ground would still vibrate obviously.

But nothing, nothing, the vanguard of Beiyuan appeared like a gust of wind that came and went freely, suddenly appeared and fired a few shots, and when Noria was furious and ready to send people to pursue him, he ran away without a trace in an instant.

The moonlight in the sky was covered by dark clouds, and the light was dim.

The scout sent by Noria found nothing when they returned. Except for some rutted and narrow ruts illuminated by the torches, they didn't even smell the stench of horse dung.

"Could it be that Beiyuan's forwards are all pawns? But the pawns can't run fast, how could they disappear so quickly!"

Noria let go of his doubts for the time being. Since the cowards in Beiyuan ran away after the sneak attack, they obviously didn't have the strength to contend with him head-on. He ordered the soldiers patrolling the city to rotate alternately. After raising their vigilance, he went back to the house to rest.

The chaos finally subsided, and the nobles and Mansi Legion in the city fell asleep again with a trace of anxiety. They never expected that at the darkest hour before dawn, the damned shelling sound came again!

Throughout the night, Noria was forced to wake up from sleep several times. The shelling sounded intermittently, coming every two hours. The defenders on the city wall were exhausted to fight the fire, and the exhausted Mansi Army almost stayed up all night. .

In a fit of rage, Noria wished he could order troops out of the city to pursue him, but the harsh night vision environment and the enemy's secretive methods barely brought him back to his sanity.

Even if they sent a small group of cavalry out of the city to search, they found nothing. Beiyuan soldiers ran faster than rabbits.

Beiyuan's forwards only bombarded and did not enter the city, and the offensive and defensive momentum was suddenly reversed. The majestic expedition of the Mansi Legion suddenly turned into being passively beaten in the city wall. Suppressing anger.

After finally staying up until early morning, when the eastern sky was getting bright, Noria, who had not slept all night, with two red eyes, ordered the whole army to pursue at the top of his voice.

The [-] legion who had been attacked all night barely cheered up. Their armor was clean and their military appearance was strict. When they set off, the earth trembled like thunder.

With the light of the morning sun, the detectives found a large number of narrow and narrow ruts, although they were messy, most of them followed the direction of the northeast.

The Mansi Legion quickly launched a pursuit along these weird ruts. The horses of the knights were fed fat and strong, and they ran like horseshoes. After half a day, the vanguard found the traces of camping.

Before Noria gave an order, what greeted Mansi's army was a burst of gunfire!

Gunshots came from all directions, as if they surrounded them, and the bullets poured out like money, and the knights lined up in the column became the most dense targets, and they were shot to the ground!

Immediately afterwards, the nightmarish roar of the artillery resounded across the field again, with almost no need to aim, a shell easily knocked over a group of people.

Under the protection of his own soldiers, Noria barely escaped the deadly strafing and shelling, but in just a few minutes of surprise attack, there were nearly a hundred casualties in the dense formation of the legion!

And what about the enemy on the opposite side?Didn't even see a shadow!

Noria almost fainted from anger, and he ordered the cavalry to disperse immediately, looking for the source of the gunshots and chasing down the enemy.

"Push up our cannon carriage!" Noria's face was as deep as water, and he managed to maintain his composure.

As one of the three major empires on the mainland, the enthusiasm and sensitivity of the upper echelon of the empire to weapons is by no means inferior to anyone else. Since some of the guns and artillery eliminated by Abyss City came out, the three major empires have been secretly stepping up their research on gunpowder and firearms.

Black powder is not difficult to try out, but how to maximize the lethality, how to drill a strong and durable barrel, how to ensure the safety of the gun carriage, and how not to explode the barrel are difficult to solve one by one.

Countless experienced craftsmen from the three empires studied with the old-fashioned tiger squatting cannons in Yuanliu City, and they did not have high-precision boring machines.Without advanced smelting technology, it is still impossible to imitate a cannon with the same power.

Even if occasionally a few high-quality cannons are imitated, the time and energy of the craftsmen spent are far inferior to the assembly line production of Beiyuan Country.

Noria raised her binoculars and looked around, and saw a mysterious calm in the wilderness, with seemingly uninhabited shacks, jagged stones, secluded woods, and weeds swaying in the wind.

The enemy seemed to be unable to see ghosts, and could be hiding anywhere. No matter where Noria fired, he always found nothing except the ignited flames and flying weeds and gravel.

As the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Mansi, Noria is a noble lord. He has been familiar with the war history of the Mansi allies and various military books since he was a child, but he has never seen such a weird battle in any book!

The statements reported by the various scouts are roughly the same. No matter how you look at it, the number of the enemy will not exceed a thousand, and it may even be only a few hundred, while your own army has tens of thousands of troops.

So far, they haven't wiped out even an enemy trace of more than ten people, which is a great shame!

When the enemy is reduced to zero, your own huge army becomes a drag and a target. When your side gathers, Beiyuan forwards use artillery to bombard them from a distance. Put cold guns in imperceptible bunkers!

Where is this dignified crusade war?The Beiyuan army is a complete hooligan at all!bandit!

After hearing that another [-]-man chasing team lost its audio, and that one of his cannons exploded due to overheating, Noria turned red with anger, rolled his eyes, and passed out directly!

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At that time, in the temporary underground fortress headquarters dozens of kilometers away from the wilderness battlefield.

Yan Zui was reading the latest battle report under the oil lamp. On his right hand was a book of yellowed notes, which was Shen Qingze's half-spoken philosophy on military affairs.

It looks a bit outdated due to frequent reading, and the side pages of each page are densely recorded with Yan Zui's notes and thoughts after reading.

Outside the headquarters, the messenger who passed the checkpoint drove an iron black bicycle and hurriedly stopped at the door.

"Master Marshal!" The messenger pushed the door open with excitement on his face. "The latest battle loss ratio on the Western Front has been calculated. The Mansi Legion lost no less than a thousand people, and our side only suffered dozens of damage!"

Yan Zui nodded calmly, and waved his hand to signal the other party to go down.

Standing beside him, Xiao Meng's voice could not help but be a little shocked: "Master Marshal, with such a disparity between us and the enemy, can we really achieve such a great result? Could it be that the front line deliberately exaggerated?"

Yan Zui smiled lowly: "Whether the result of the battle is true or not, you can tell by the reaction of the other party. Some people will soon wake up in the cruel reality. In this war of attrition, who is more experienced?" I can't afford it."