The Lion King of Middenland, Warhammer

() "According to the information notified by riding southward on the front line this morning, Marshal Yang commanded four royal legions, three elector legions, and more than 2 Kislev troops to forcibly cross the Tenez River and capture the distance from Kislev. Slivograd's nearest enemy stronghold, Starlund Castle. It defeated [-] Chaos troops in the First World War, and successfully joined forces with the [-] Duke Kislev Allied Forces from the Eastern Front. It's less than a hundred leagues away. The decisive battle is imminent. I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also lead the First Legion—the famous Royal Guards Army and the Imperial Marines came along the Talas River from the west to join forces. Slivograd has been besieged for half a year, and the success or failure of the siege depends on it."

During the rest time, Old Loren drew a simple map on the sand with his scabbard while explaining the current situation to Hyde.This white-haired old man was quite familiar with Kislev's geography. In fact, it wasn't just Kislev.

"Grandpa Loren, our current marching speed is 25 leagues a day, which seems a bit slow to me. I remember that Stalllund Castle is still one hundred and twenty leagues away from us. In other words, we It will take about five days to reach the army, why don't our army speed up a little? We won't miss the decisive battle?"

After taking two sips of ale to moisten his throat, Hyde asked old Loren his question.Hyde, who is used to the fast march of cavalry, is a little impatient with the slow and steady way of advancing these days.It was time for a break, and there were only a few familiar people around Fleur Marshall, so he resumed the intimate respect for old Loren, instead of calling Loren Your Excellency like he did in front of everyone.

"Marshal Yang pays attention to the concentration of troops, so the decisive battle will not happen until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince leads the First Army to arrive. However, it is impossible for the First Army to arrive at Stahllund Castle within five days, so we Don't worry. Kislev's light cavalry can gallop a hundred leagues in a day, but our empire's heavy armored knights are much slower, not to mention infantry and artillery vehicles. The army must be kept as a whole Moving forward at an appropriate speed, it is impossible for each to do its own thing.”

Old Loren also picked up the kettle, took a few sips of light ale, and then continued to patiently explain the tricks of the march to Hyde.

"Your Highness, you have received the favor of the Valkyrie. Your physical strength and endurance are much stronger than ordinary people. Since the march, you have been riding a horse, and you have a secondary horse to carry your luggage, so you don't pay much attention to fatigue. But ordinary infantry does not have these conditions. Yes, they wear heavy armor, weapons, ammunition, and luggage are carried on their backs. Although each squadron’s baggage wagon can carry some things, the wagons are filled with spare dry food, beans, gunpowder, and tents It is fully loaded; secondly, under such preparation conditions, no one dares to let the armor and weapons leave the body for a moment; so everything depends on their own two legs. Since you have led the soldiers, your highness, you must know the sufferings of the soldiers of."

"Grandpa Loren, you are right, I am a little ashamed of this."

Hyde's face turned red, and he felt that he was a little self-righteous just now.Indeed, Hyde, as a knight and as a commander, has never carried his own luggage since he set off from the military depot, and all of them were carried on the spare side horse.And it was Fleur who did the packing almost every time, not to mention the long walks by herself.Old Loren's words were to the point, comparing people's hearts to their own, the young God-Fated One felt that he was indeed a little far away from the soldiers.

"And, Your Highness, you must also understand that soldiers rely on physical strength to fight, especially infantry. If you usually march too fast, your physical strength will be exhausted, and you will suddenly encounter an enemy. How can this battle be won if you can’t pull the crossbow tight! On this thousand-mile grassland, the enemy’s cavalry come and go like the wind, they will leave with a single blow, and they will launch a surprise attack at any time. We must leave enough physical strength for the troops to form a fierce battle at any time. Only then can the army march in the field against the enemy, not seeking speed, but seeking stability, these are summed up from the blood lessons of countless troops over the past thousand years, and there is no sloppy!"

Old Loren waved his hand vigorously, expressing the meaning of emphasis.There are acquaintances on both sides, and he has nothing to stick to Hyde, who is like his grandson. The experience of war is precious, and he needs to let Hyde understand this.

"Well, in the past few days, Your Excellency the General has never paid attention to the harassing cavalry of the enemy. It is strictly forbidden for the infantry to stop and fight back, and only a small number of cavalry are used to expel them. This is also for this reason. It is necessary to maintain the strength and formation of the army, yes."

Hyde scratched his head and responded to old Loren's words.In the past few days, the chaotic Kugan rangers with as few as ten people and as many as 200 people often harassed this northbound convoy, almost day and night.Taking advantage of their unarmored maneuverability, they often use their strange-screaming blares to launch long-distance shots at a distance of more than [-] paces to the troop formations, often killing and wounding lightly or unarmored infantry or cavalry, which is very annoying. .However, the captain of the regiment issued a death order, and any infantry must keep marching, and they are not allowed to stop to fight back against these harassments, and the main cavalry is not allowed to move, and only a small number of selected light cavalry covered by the two wings are used to drive them away.

In fact, Hyde began to resist this order, eager to fight Chaos.A few times, he almost rode his horse and chased him out.But under the persuasion of Old Loren, Marshall and Fleur, he still restrained himself.After all, I am no longer an ordinary knight, but a temporary captain who commands thousands of subordinates. If he takes the lead in violating military orders, it is not acceptable.

"Yes, the Kugan Rangers did this to anger our army, destroy our army's formation, and lure our army to pursue or form a combat readiness. If our army loses ground because of such a small provocation, chasing or chasing indiscriminately If we stop to set up the formation, our army's physical strength and horsepower will soon be exhausted by these chaotic bait, and the large army of chaos will attack our army without losing the opportunity, and we will probably suffer a big loss. But as long as we Hold your ground and ignore them, the enemy has no chance."

Old Loren stroked his beard and answered Hyde in a gentle voice.In fact, without the cooperation of war elephants, behemoths, and great wizards, the lightly armed Kugan barbarian cavalry charged head-on at the well-armored, fiercely artillery-fired imperial army, which was not at all good.However, if the heavily equipped imperial army is exhausted or confused through maneuvering and harassment, it is easy to take advantage of the Kugan nomads' cavalry and defeat the imperial army in one fell swoop.There are so many examples of such wars in history that it is difficult to enumerate them one by one.

"Well, Grandpa Loren is right. When I fought with Lord Edman three years ago in the imperial court's army, I saw such positive examples and negative examples. Shall I talk about it? My Lord Hyde ?”

Fleur, tossing her black ponytail, chimed in unexpectedly, which surprised Hyde.However, he immediately remembered that Fleur was actually a soldier with many years of military service, and was also a "veteran" in the main force of the imperial court, and he immediately felt relieved.

"Of course I would like to hear the story of my dear Fleur. Please tell everyone that you have been in the most elite imperial army in the empire for many years."

Hyde smiled and patted Fleur on the shoulder. Although he and this beautiful black-haired girl had been in a relationship for a month, Fleur didn't talk much about her fighting with Lord Edman when she was with him. The reason why he was overly saddened by Edman's death and didn't want to think about it.To be honest, Fleur is actually a bit of an introverted girl, and it was surprising to show her love to Hyde back then.

"This happened in July three years ago. At that time, we were chasing a Chaos Kugan army that had infiltrated the border of the Empire in the Highland Principality. The Chaos army was not too strong, about 3000 people, all of them were light cavalry. There are no giant beasts, and of course, the Kislev Kingdom was still very prosperous at that time, and it was impossible for the army of Chaos to infiltrate our territory."

Fleur naturally told Hyde about the war that year, with a smile on her cheek.In fact, since Catherine came to her, the dark-haired girl seemed to be a lot more cheerful, which satisfied Hyde.Because he was afraid that the unruly Catherine would bully Fleur.

"Although there are not many enemy troops, the regular regiment of the empire we are in still adopts a steady and steady tactic. Marching and camping are orderly, because there is no army in the empire that abides by the holy army code more than the Reiklands. And the newly mobilized A local army kept a distance from our army because of its excessive pride, pursued the enemy and neglected its defenses, and laughed at our army for being slow as a tortoise, but what happened? A few days later, the exhausted army was beaten by the Kugans He returned his carbine, killed dozens of nobles and more than 3000 soldiers, and almost wiped out the entire army."

When Fleur mentioned "total annihilation", she deliberately lowered her voice, sighed, and then continued to explain the story of three years ago in her slender and gentle voice.

"On the other hand, our army seized the favorable terrain in time, set up suspicious formations, and lured the Kugan people who are proud of their victory to take the initiative to attack. They adopted the strategy of using static braking and showing weakness to lure the enemy. When the frontal infantry front attracted the main force of the enemy, the two armies fought in melee. After the intense time, the commander of our army concentrated the cavalry to launch a decisive roundabout on the two wings, and defeated all the enemies at once. The leader of the Chaos Kugan was also killed on the spot by our army's guns. Four hours of fighting , A total of nearly 2000 enemies were killed, and our army was killed or injured less than 500. By the way, the strength of our army participating in this battle is a regiment with [-] troops, which is similar to our current army. "

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