Vol 6 Chapter 248: Shadow of war

While Loren was still trying his best to bypass the battlefield from the Jewel River and enter the imperial capital under siege, the "Golovin Defence" in West Sakland was already in full swing.
But in fact, there is a "little misunderstanding" between them; that is, the day when the "War of the Defense of the Emperor of Goloven" began in the perception of all parties. There are almost four to five answers.
The reason is that the time difference between them is different-whether it started from the Baine legion north and adhered to the emperor capital; or did the Azores break through the defense line, and land and land invaded West Saklan; or Ebden The line of defense completely collapsed, and the Grand Duke Elmand led the breakout?
During the period, there were also various kinds of niche sayings, roughly "Duke Byrne said to go west", "Boy Hu said to cross", "Crown Prince Brandon went south" ...
All kinds of claims are mixed, and they are mixed with the interests of several parties, or some scholars open the school and write the purpose of the book; so that the future history has to include almost all the statements at the same time, The start time was roughly set within one month before and after.
As for why this happened ... In addition to the chaos in the fighting, the time difference in transportation and communication, a reason that was rarely noticed is from the capital of Golovin-more accurately, it is a request for help from the Sky Dome. .
Since the founding of the empire for thirteen generations, the imperial capital of Golovin has never encountered any war-the reason is very simple, the north is Ebden, the east is Sarkland, the west is Lotel, the south is under the jurisdiction of Bayern ... The imperial capital, which is protected on all sides, is unlikely to encounter the threat of war.
Throughout the thirteen generations of easy life, the nobles of the imperial capital have long forgotten what is war; the sky dome is the core of the world, then the end of the world is the city wall of Golovin-as for what happens outside the city wall, it is all Anecdotes in another world, nothing more than talk at the banquet.
Therefore, although the empire entered a state of total war, even the emperor personally went north to sit on the fortress of the Boundary Mountain, the nobles of the imperial capital were still very calm, complaining about the increasingly scarce luxury goods and the recent conquest of the Sky Dome.
This calmness continued until the first time the Eboden line was breached, and a small group of Azores attacked a manor near the imperial capital.
The first reaction of the royal capital nobles who heard the news was not panic, but excitement.
For the "long-eared elves" that suddenly appeared, the royal capital nobles did not regard them as endless enemies, but some kind of "fresh gadgets"-curiosity about different cultures and different races, let this group The nobles who ate enough and did nothing had found Xinlezi in a boring life.
Therefore, under the "spiritual passion" of the noble council, a "Royal Guardian Corps" mainly composed of imperial patrols, mixed with fanatical holy cross believers and young knights, was formed, and it was specially directed to the opposite Azores. The elf submitted a declaration of war and decided to fight on a flat meadow near the Jewel River.
After receiving the challenge letter, the Azore Elf warrior was very moved, and also specially sent the messenger to send a thank-you letter, saying that he must "observe the noble reputation of the warrior and fight fair with the imperial knights";
Then on the day of waiting for the "Emperor Guards Corps" for a whole day, he found that he had been released with pigeons. In the evening, the elf warriors who found that this legion actually walked two-thirds of the way, angrily launched a raid to kill this group of people. The killed piece armor does not stay.
In retaliation for "the imperial people did not keep their promises", the Azore elf warriors escorted all the captured prisoners under the walls of the imperial capital, and beheaded in the spot under the eyes of everyone.
The frightened wall guards watched as these people were cut off their heads-including the heirs of more than a dozen wealthy men, radical imperial nobility parliamentarians, and more than a hundred people who had a blood relationship with the royal family of Desalion.
These "noble bloodlines" were cut off like hyenas in the clear spring breeze.
The imperial nobles finally panicked-after three hundred years, they once again knew the difference between street riots and war.
They discovered for the first time. The war can also be so close to itself; the Ebden line, which seems to be far away from the horizon, may be only a few days away for the light cavalry.
If the Ebden line breaks down, then the emperors as the large rear will be directly exposed to the troops of hundreds of thousands of Azores.
Under the suggestion of some "noble" young nobles, the Imperial Parliament commanded the front line, and the Minister of the Army, Servilin De Salion, wrote a very harsh rebuke letter accusing him of "supervising the war and even the emperor's victimization. shame".
Then they received another very terrible information-the port of Eboden was thawed, the Azores elder reinforcements had arrived, and there were probably no fewer than 100,000 troops.
The Ebden line, which was already crumbling, could collapse at any time.
In the voice of "excited passion", Metner Leopold, the chief of the Yuqian cabinet, and the minister of the seal of the seal, "indifferently" rejected the nobles to send the corps stationed in the sky dome to the outside of the city. Manor's request.
In order to appease the emotions of all parties, and after consulting Her Royal Highness Princess Fiteronet, he agreed to let the Imperial Parliament send a letter of assistance to "all parts of the empire".
But on the question of "who to ask for help", the imperial nobles were caught in great contradiction.
Because there is no doubt about the distance, the nearest must be the three places of Lotel, Ellerman and East Sacran; but Lother is in the western battlefield alone, and he still counts on the emperor to give them assistance; Ellerman is full of hills , I am afraid that it will be cold already when the reinforcements arrive.
The best option is, of course, Brandon de Salion, who is betraying the East Sackland-but the last thing the nobles of the imperial capital want to choose is Brandon de Salion!
This "faceless prince" has already acquired the identity of the Prince of East Sakland and the first heir in the last exchange of interests. Once he has the great reputation of "saving the imperial capital", it is equivalent to making him The next generation of emperors.
For the imperial nobles, this may really be worse than letting them die.
After a short quarrel, to be more precise, after the bad news came one after another from the front line, the imperial nobles had to turn their attention to another force-Byrne.
This is also an option that makes the emperor nobles very "difficult".
The Bayerns and the Sacran ... more precisely, the imperial nobles of Western Sakran have always been at odds, and are in a state where everyone looks down on whom.
This state reached its peak in the "Black Duke" era, and ended with the death of Roland Turin, the declaration of the division of the 13-leader of Byrne.
Now, in the face of the strong rise of Byrne and the "internal and external troubles" of the empire, the reluctant imperial aristocrats have to once again seek help from this powerful vassal who always thinks of challenging the authority of the empire.
In order to ensure that Bain will not refuse, the imperial nobles have described the current situation very dangerously-the Ebogen line has collapsed, the life and death of the Grand Duke Elman and the Secretary of the Army are unknown, and the imperial capital Goloven is in jeopardy ... .
They know that this ancient "town of knights" has always had some very stubborn "heroic traditions", and rarely refused requests for honor and face, especially for the behavior that can win prestige.
Even if the hook is straight, they are sure to let Byrne hook.
On the same day as the imperial capital's request for assistance arrived, the letter of aid from the Fortress of the Boundary Mountain also came to the Red Blood Castle; the indecisive Charlotte decided to give aid to the imperial capital of Golovin, and himself rushed to the military camp of Brandon, Urge "the Crown Prince to rescue the Boundary Hill.
Eighty thousand Bain elite legions quickly went north and entered the Western Sacran collar at the speed of the Kanbishaklan legion; the wishful abacus of the imperial nobles finally succeeded.
But unfortunately, this world has never made anyone happy.
Almost on the same day that the Byern legion entered the Imperial capital, the bad news from the Ebden line also reached the capital of Golovin-after confirming that an army broke through the line, the little prince Rodria Azore finally no longer hesitated , Immediately organized an army to launch a full-scale attack on the Ebden line.
Faced with almost twice as many enemies, the unexpected Eberden line suffered heavy casualties, and many fortresses were directly leveled; in the end, the stretched defender was caught by the elf little prince and organized a 30,000 vanguard from the gem river Lu went forward, broke through the Ebden line, and pushed all the way to the capital of Golovin.
Two days later, Brandon, who had just settled the rebellion in East Sakland, finally received the news that the Ebden line was broken, but he finally decided to go north to support the Fortress of the Boundary Mountain; It was a few steps later, and finally arrived at the destination the next day after the Azores army entered the imperial capital.
The two sides did not carry much equipment for rapid march, so the outpost scouts on both sides collided directly with each other without warning, and a fierce conflict broke out.
After receiving outpost intelligence, the little elven prince thought it was a reinforcement that hit the Imperial capital to support the Eboden line and must be eliminated;
And the commander of the Byern Legion, Count Angut of Shanyanbao, judged that he was fighting with the Azores and the army that was encircling the imperial capital; if he could not be defeated as soon as possible, his 80,000 Byrne Legion would lose his presence. Opportunities in the imperial capital.
So the two sides invested all their troops in such a confused way, and an extremely fierce encounter broke out outside the Imperial City; the battle continued from noon to early evening. After the morale and physical strength of both sides fell seriously, they chose to temporarily withdraw.
The defenders of the imperial capital have been watching the battle from the beginning to the end of the city wall. The closed gates have not supported the Baine Legion, nor have they sent any cavalry to provide any useful information.
This headless and doomed encounter continued for a whole day and night, and the cautious elven little prince chose to retreat temporarily, rectifying the chaos to the point where the organization was almost lost;
The Byrne Army took advantage of this short "window period" to march overnight, and finally entered the capital of Golovin before the capital was surrounded by the enemy.
At the same time, the two commanders of the Ebden line-Julie Wiltz, Duke of Elmans, and the Minister of the Army, Servilin de Salion, were breached against the line, and there was a fierce conflict.
The elder princess Zhang Quan retreated and attacked the vanguard of the Azores from the back before the imperial capital was encircled, and at the same time asked for help from all parts of the empire;
The Minister of Military Affairs insisted on continuing to stick to the already broken defense line, because the army that broke through the defense line was only a small part of the enemy. Abandoning the defense line was equivalent to giving up a large territory, so that the enemy could attack in any direction without any interference. .
The result of the dispute between the two sides was that the Grand Duke Elmand led the army south, and the Secretary of the Army continued to organize extremely limited strength and resources in his hands to reorganize the defense line on the border between Ebden and East Sakland and resist the Azores once. Again, an uninterrupted attack.
On the second day south, Grand Duke Elmans met with the army of the elven little prince who retreated shortly. The Azores who attacked south did not have any defense against the back. The attack from behind caused the little prince to suffer a lot. The casualties were almost broken through across the board, and the army was almost divided into two, falling into separate battles.
The empty rear of the enemy allowed Grand Duke Elmans to seize the opportunity; the brave and combative Elmans two-handed swordsmen rushed into the barracks and looted; the most important thing was to burn down the fleet of elves.
The reason why the elf little prince can attack south at such a fast speed is to rely on the elven fleet on the Jewel River. Throwing a large number of supplies and heavy equipment on the ship has greatly accelerated his march.
Ellerman's backstab hit the elder prince's weakness.
But Duke Yuli Wiltz was not overwhelmed by victory. He knew that his strength was not enough to confront the Azores, even under the premise of equal strength.
So on the night of that day, the Alleman Legion turned into zero ~ EbookFREE.me ~ scattered breakouts-during which the prince little prince mixed with anger and anger continued to hunt down, and the entire northern region of West Sakland was reduced to blood Battlefield with fire.
Duke Elmand, who had paid a certain amount of casualties, entered the Imperial City Wall on the third day of the arrival of the Baiern Army in the Imperial Capital.
After spending three days reorganizing its armaments, Rodria Azore, with 30,000 pioneers as its core, assembled a large number of troops scattered across the line of defense, and finally reluctantly brought together hundreds of thousands of Azores, Formally went south to fully surround the imperial capital.
Tens of thousands of elf warriors rushed into the unprepared and unresisted plains of West Sacran, looting and looting between villages and towns, robbing the nobles' manor and warehouse, and robbing all the rebels Killed and killed.
From beginning to end, the emperor never sent a reinforcement to protect those who were burned and robbed in the countryside;
After such a crazy day lasting a whole week, the army of the Azores finally blocked and occupied the surroundings of the imperial capital, and the siege camps and flags appeared outside the gate of Golovin.
The imperial capital offensive and defensive war officially began.