Lord of War

  In a room with huge six-meter-high floor-to-ceiling windows, four people in luxurious costumes sit on each side of a long table.

  There are young people, middle-aged people and old people. Among the eight people, three are even women. Two are relatively young, about twenty-four or five years old, and only one middle-aged woman who is about fifty years old; the other five are all men. A young man who is also about twenty-five years old, three middle-aged men about the same age as the middle-aged woman, and an elderly person who is about 60 years old and up.

  In this room similar to a conference room, there are many elegant decorations, and even the decoration is mainly based on classical beauty and elegant beauty, revealing a restrained luxurious temperament everywhere. And not only this conference room, but the entire castle can see this elegant and noble atmosphere full of restrained luxury, and even the servants who serve in the castle reveal an essence that is hard to see by ordinary noble families. Angry.

  Whether it is from the decoration, furnishings, the spirit of the servants, or the clothes of these obviously extraordinary nobles, they all reveal the brilliance of this family.

  In fact, this family does have a prominent surname.

Simon.

  The Simon family is an ancient family with the same long history as Dabian. The origin of this family started with a prominent military exploit. After two generations of expansion, when it was passed on to the fourth generation of Patriarch, the family motto changed from pioneering to defensive, and it began to develop in business. After several generations of hard work, the Simon family became an extremely prominent ancient family in the Kingdom of Darbion at that time, and their family style gradually got rid of the nouveau riche atmosphere and later generations that started the family. The businessman's aura began to become introverted, but the edge of this prominent family did not disappear because of this, but gradually grew stronger.

  Even later, the Simon family finally succeeded in standing among the top nobles in the Kingdom of Darbion.

  Climbed from ordinary nobles to powerful nobles. When it comes to the prefix of strength, no one in the match family knows the hardships.

  Although in the ranking of the many powerful marquis of Darbion at that time, the Simon family's ranking has not been very high, but their family background even the seven dukes of Darbion at the time will not be underestimated. In particular, the family head of the Simon family at that time had always adhered to the principle of neutrality, which made the Darby expensive clan circle where various interests competed extremely fiercely at that time. The Simon family became a sweet pastry. Many dukes wanted to win this family into their own faction.

  It's a pity that the war between Ryan and Darbion broke out. Because of the geographical position, the Simon family was divided into the Northwest Theater.

  After that, Dabion became history, and the Simon family fell into the embrace of the new kingdom, the Kingdom of Lane. And because in the war in the Northwest Theater at that time, the strength of the Simon family was relatively intact, and the speed of turning the rudder was fast enough. So when the war is over. The Simon family not only retained the title of nobility, but even the territory and title were not weakened, and it was still a powerful family of marquis.

  It’s just that after switching to the Kingdom of Lane, the Simon family appeared to be much more low-key.

  It’s just that this low-key day only lasted for more than two years, and the Simon family once again entered the vision of the entire aristocratic circle. But this time, it was not the noble circle of the Darbion Kingdom, but the sight of the two major factions of the entire Kingdom of Lane, Senne and Beyond, as well as many other nobles who had not yet obtained the fief.

  Because the Simon family is now the owner of the Marquis de Rohan.

  Best. Simon. The current Patriarch of the Simon family is now the Marquis de Rohan.

  The hour is noon. The bright sunshine was shining in through the huge French windows. However, in the meeting rooms that should have felt warm because of this, there was a lingering coldness, even if even the fireplace had been activated. The large amount of wood allowed the flames in the fireplace to burn extremely vigorously. People still only felt a chill.

  At this time, all the large and small nobles who knew the situation in the entire Lane noble circle also felt a cold like a cold winter.

  Since the Void Duchy sent troops in April 1878, it took nearly three months. The Void Duchy’s army has traversed six territories, including three earls, two viscount collars and one baronial collar. And in the five territories that traversed, the lord of the Earl of Daressa, Count Joseph Talmen, tried to intercept the Thunder Lion with his own military exploits. As a result, he was rooted in the military for two to three hundred years. Nobles, the Tapmen family was completely erased by the Thunder Lion, as if the waves washed up on the beach and then slowly ebbed, the entire Tapmen family disappeared in history.

  A total of hundreds of people in the Tamen family, regardless of men, women, young or old, all died under the butcher knife of the Thunder Lion.

  Dalaisha led the famous defensive fortress, almost stained red with blood, and the tower gate family flag that had been flying for hundreds of years on the middle floor of the fortress was also replaced by the flag of the Void Principality. It’s just different from the black background of the previous void flags. The background color of the void flag inserted in the Tower Gate family is bright red. Even the wings that represent the attack and protection of the Connery family are painted. It is dyed red slightly lighter than the base color.

  This means that the Tamen family died under the blood banner of revenge.

If the demise of the Tamen family only allowed the nobles of the Kingdom of Lane to see Shaun’s determination, then the next Viscount Ryder and the Earl of Maidan made the entire Lane’s aristocracy a clear view of the Void Duchy. Crazy and bloody.

Viscount Ryder, whether it is strength or family heritage, it is naturally impossible to compare to the Tapmen family. But Viscount Ryder also has a huge advantage, that is, there is a mountain city built on the hillside in the territory. This city is built in a mountain range that spans the entire Ryder Territory. If the Thunder Lion wants to cross the Ryder collar, it must pass through this mountain city, otherwise it must bypass the mountains and lead it from Ryder. The territory next to it passed by.

  In the face of the fierce Thunder Lion, Viscount Ryder simply closed the gates of the entire mountain city and declared that it had entered a wartime state.

  Under Alfred's military right of way, the viscount directly refused, and shot a wave of arrows as a counterattack and warning.

  Then, the result was not as Viscount Ryder had imagined, and the Lion of Thunder made a detour. They simply set up camp in this mountain city, and began to cut trees up the mountain to make siege equipment. Seeing this scene, Viscount Ryder only felt dizzy, so he had to rush around for help. And the closest to the Viscount Ryder is the Earl of Maidan—in fact. The Earl of Maidan is also the territory that received the request from the Void Duchy to open the military right of passage this time.

  So with the help of Viscount Ryder, Earl Maidan immediately led the reinforcements to this mountain city, ready to resist the attack of the Thunder Lion.

After confirming the arrival of Earl Maydan’s reinforcements, the Lion of Thunder did not blindly launch an attack on the city. After all, the enemy forces in the city at this time have almost reached 20,000. If you count the forced residents in the city, it is almost OK Cobbled together a force of about 50,000 people. With the Lion of Thunder, there are now only more than nine thousand troops left. Naturally it is impossible to take this city. So Alfred ordered to wait for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements, and at the same time stepped up the production of siege equipment.

Viscount Ryder and Earl Maydan naturally couldn’t allow Alfred to make siege equipment here. Therefore, the two sides also broke out several wars. The Lion of Thunder has successively killed more than 3,000 people, while Ledermay The coalition forces of Dan's two nobles even left more than 10,000 people. It's just that the scale of this mountain city is quite large, with a resident population of almost 100,000 or more. Counting the mercenaries and floating population stationed in the city, it has almost reached a scale of 150,000. Even if only young and middle-aged people are left out of women, children and the elderly, there are almost 100,000 viable powers.

  And after losing a series of battles. Viscount Ryder began to force the mercenaries and the young and middle-aged people in the city on the battlefield. In this way, the Thunder Lion was completely suppressed by the cannon fodder tactics of Viscount Ryder and Earl Maidan, and the casualties of the Thunder Lion surged to 7,000, almost not far away from the retreat. However, the coalition forces of Viscount Ryder and Earl Maidan are obviously not doing well. The 120,000 troops including the regular army and cannon fodder was actually consumed as much as 40,000, even though there are almost 35,000 people inside. It was cannon fodder, but it was still an extremely tragic loss.

However, before their coalition completely wiped out the Lion of Thunder, William led the steel wings, jet black wings, and the First Cavalry Regiment to the battlefield, and then directly began to establish the defensive front line, and directly called the Scarlet Knights and Convict Wings as reserve forces. And the Second Infantry Regiment. In the face of three new legions, Earl Maidan and Viscount Ryder can only retreat to the mountain city to stand firm, and at the same time ask for help from their allies.

  The commanding William, with the full cooperation of the Void Realm, he certainly wouldn't know what Earl Maidan and Viscount Ryder were doing. But he didn't mean to stop it at all, but let them ask for help. This is not because William is too conceited, but he wants to know who is involved in this conspiracy against the Void Duchy. In the absence of sufficient evidence, naturally he can only use this method of casting a net. .

  Even if the nobles who received the letter of help did not lead their troops, it is enough to know which nobles received the letter of help. Next, just let the Void Realm investigate these nobles who received the letter of help. William does not believe that these nobles will leave no clues, and as long as there are clues, even if it is a clue, William can extract all these guys. .

  So outside the mountain city, William waited for a full month, until the Scarlet Knights, the Wings of Conviction, and the Second Infantry Regiment all arrived, and the nobles who received the letter from Earl Maidan for help still did not send troops.

  So, William decided not to wait any longer, but to start a siege.

  On May 22, 1878, the siege war surrounding the city in the mountains led by Viscount Ryder officially began.

  Siege warfare is no better than field warfare.

On the field battlefield, relying on tactics to implement various encirclement, formation cutting, occupying high ground, etc., and even when to invest in reserve forces, when to launch the general offensive, and how to control the battlefield area, etc., they can achieve many wins with less Many classic battles.

However, in a siege battle, the only thing the offensive can do is to accurately grasp the timing, gain an advantage by hitting and crushing the enemy’s morale, creating a situation where more and less are played, and turning the advantage into victory. Potential. Compared with the offensive side, the defensive side has too many advantages in a siege, because they basically control the two advantages of geographical advantage and people. Most of the time, the siege is required. Win through a huge military advantage.

  City in the mountains, even after a few tough battles with the Lion of Thunder. Almost 80,000 troops are still preserved.

  Under normal circumstances, the size of the force must be at least 150,000 or more, before it is possible to force such a city to be gnawed down.

  William’s actual strength was only 46,000, of which 5,000 were cavalry and 1,000 knights. In the siege. The knight can naturally play a role. It's just that under normal circumstances, no commander would let a knight group participate in a siege. Because it is well known that in the early stage of a siege war, when fighting for control of the city wall, the casualties were the greatest. Basically, in this case, a large amount of cannon fodder was sent to fill the death hole with some real soldiers.

  For those famous siege battles on the Marvel Continent, the battle for the city wall is based on the unit of “segment”.

  When I saw the comparison of the forces of the Void Principality and the Mountain City, even if I knew that the so-called military power of the Mountain City was just forced civilians. There is a lot of moisture. But still no one is optimistic about the Void Principality. The entire Kingdom of Lane believes that the Void Duchy will definitely come home here in the Mountain City. After all, the Mountain City is the most important city of the Ryder Nation, and it is also the political center of the Ryder Nation. The city’s defense facilities will not be weak. Where to go.

  If the Void Principality had to eat this city, it would not be impossible, but it would definitely suffer heavy losses.

  After all, the gap in military strength lies there.

   But in fact, the army of the Void Principality only took two days. It completely took down the city wall of the mountain city, forcing the defenders of the mountain city to enter the street fighting.

  Almost all Lane nobles learned of this information. Their faces all looked strange, but when they knew what method William was using, they were no longer strange, but shocked. Because there was only one sentence in the intelligence, Rena, Xuefanio, and the Scarlet Knights participated in the first wave of siege.

  Two sanctuary powerhouses, and a knight group, are all invested in the first round, which is also the fiercest battle for the wall?

  Everyone thought William was crazy.

  In this kind of fierce battle, even if the cannon fodder could not threaten the lives of the sanctuary powerhouses at all, it would still be a threat to the Knights. What's more, with so many people, even the strong in the sanctuary may not be able to kill them all. Once the strong in the sanctuary becomes exhausted, the golden strong or a sufficient number of regular troops can also threaten the strong in the sanctuary. s life.

  But is William really crazy?

   Judging from the results, it is obvious that there is no. Instead, it is better to say that the strong appearance of the Sanctuary powerhouse and the investment of the entire knights are the real reason why the army of the Void Principality can take down the city wall in the mountain within two days. This move not only greatly reduced the morale of the defenders in the mountain city, but also greatly protected the loss of the army of the Void Principality.

After   , street fighting can't stop the attack of steel wings and jet black wings.

  This siege battle lasted less than five days, and ended in the annihilation of all the defenders of the city in the mountains.

The Earl of Maidan, the Viscount Ryder, and the entire family of the Viscount Ryder, as well as his private army, all the residents of the entire mountain city, were all slaughtered by the Void Duchy-not only the young men and the mercenaries in the city , But also includes the old and the weak, women and children, not leaving one. The wailing of the entire mountain city resounded for four full days before it stopped, and blood stained almost every corner of the city.

  This is the real massacre!

  When William led the Void Army to leave the Mountain City, the entire mountain city was dead as silent as a ghost territory except for the Void Blood Flag that was hung in the highest part of the city and fluttered in the wind. The carrion-eating black crow is said to have landed in this city from the sky like a dark cloud covering the sky.

  The Void Principality really uses actions to tell everyone a truth: under the blood flag, there is no end to death.

  Any enemy who dared to stop the advance of the Void Principality army, the only end is to be bloodbathed. The noble family that stands in the way is that the entire clan will be annihilated; and if you think that relying on the defense of the city can block the Void Duchy, then the end of the mountain city led by Viscount Ryder is the best example.

  And when the army of the Void Duchy passed through Viscount Ryder and entered the Earl of Maidan, the family of Maidan no longer dared to stop it. But even so, they were all hanged by William's order, on the grounds that Earl Maidan assisted Viscount Sod to resist the advance of the Void Duchy army and wasted the Void Duchy's precious time.

   It’s just that this time there was no move to slaughter the city.

  Of course, there was a small episode in this incident, that is, Earl Maidan’s family tried to keep the last fire and smuggled several people away secretly. As a result, these fires had not left the Count of Maidan, they were all intercepted and killed by the Void Dark Blade led by Ruby, and became the first people to be hanged in front of the family of the Count of Maidan.

  Blood, cruel, and cruel, these are the impressions of all the nobles in the Kingdom of the Void of the Void Duchy.

   However, this deterrent effect is indeed very good.

  Because of the next two territories passed by the Void Principality army, its lords did not dare to make any resistance. Of course, it’s not that there are no lords who want to try to defend against the city, but because of the lessons learned from the mountain city, the lord has just ordered to resist, the whole city riots, and then the hapless lord is turned to William’s. In front of it, its fate is naturally conceivable.

  In just three months, four noble families have been completely annihilated by the army of the Void Principality.

After   , the army of the Void Principality was unimpeded all the way.

  On August 22, 1878, the army of the Void Duchy officially entered the Marquis of Drohan, and its army's supply line spanned a full eight territories. Such a long supply line is naturally extremely unfavorable for a large army, because they have been completely isolated and helpless deep behind enemy lines. But in fact, no nobleman dared to attack this supply line of the Void Principality Army.

  The reason is very simple. The power and dominance that the Void Principality has shown in the past four months has deeply shocked these people.

  The one who really wants to be isolated and helpless should be the current Simon family.

  At this moment, the entire Simon family is in panic. And at the moment when the army of the Void Duchy entered the Marquis of Drohan, more than a dozen people from the Simon family absconded, but these people have now all become dead-half of them are now owned by the Simon family. The Patriarch discovered that the death was directly ordered; the other half was intercepted and killed by Ruby in the Void Realm, and the corpse was directly thrown at the gate of the Simon family's castle.

  So at this meeting, the atmosphere in the conference room was so dull that the eight seniors in the conference room, who can be said to control everything in the entire Simon family, felt the chill of death. It was not without reason. (To be continued~^~)