Rise of the Empire Total War

"This is a shameful betrayal!"

"The nobles of Slade... betrayed their king and instead supported a prince who should have no inheritance rights... We can't allow this to happen!"

"Look at our good friend, Prince James from the Kingdom of Swacchi, and see how unfair his fate is! He was sent to Nord City as a proton since he was a child, and he has forged a profound relationship with us ever since. Friendship, he also fell in love with a local aristocratic girl. This was supposed to be the beginning of a happy life, but his brother-the usurper Karl! He despicably united with the rebellious aristocracy to launch a coup and usurped the surplus by illegal means. The throne of Prince James."

"We can't just sit and watch the usurper Carl control the entire Swaczyk kingdom!" In the court, Richard's voice echoed in every corner, sonorous and penetrating. "We must maintain the Swaczyk kingdom. Orthodoxy! Restore the throne of King Titos!"

"Agree!"

"Agree."

"..."

"I declare." Richard stood up from his extravagant throne and looked at the nobles in the court and the silent Prince James of Swaczy. Although Prince James could return five years ago At home, he had participated in the study at Nord College, so he stayed until now. He thought he could return to the country and prepare to inherit the throne after he finished his studies. He didn't expect this to happen.

"I declare that I will officially declare war on the usurpers of the kingdom of Swacchi!" Richard said loudly, his eyes burning with a majestic flame called ambition, the silent four-year-old Winster army, Now I want to declare his cruelty to the world again!

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The order to declare war soon followed the steps of the envoys to the Second Army stationed in the eastern region. Then, the entire corps was quickly activated like an oiled war machine. A large number of soldiers were assembled, and grain, grass and ammunition were transported. The supply carriage, as the army marched to the east, in response to the war of the overlord, each of the vassal states such as the Kingdom of Dela also actively provided a varying number of servants. The entire army of the Eastern Expedition exceeded 35,000 at a time. Several times that of the kingdom of Swaczy.

After the news reached Slade, Carl, who had just taken the throne shortly afterwards, was shocked. He hurriedly assembled his nobles and asked about the strategy of defending the enemy. Only after he ascended to the throne did he truly understand the weakness of the kingdom-the royal family was scarce, and the military everywhere. It was also weak and weak because there was no war for many years. Even if it was assembled in a short time, it would not be able to beat the victorious Winster army. Not only that, but there is one more important point. He has just been crowned and failed to control the prestige of the kingdom's nobles. The nobles either obeyed his orders or simply ignored them. If he called on the kingdom's aristocracy to fight against the enemy, I am afraid that there will only be very few responders.

After all, the banner of the Winsters is to expel the usurper and restore the orthodoxy of King Titos.

There is no good way to struggle with the nobles of Carl’s faction for a long time. The only way they can think of is to ask for help from the member states in the encirclement. In the past few years, the countries in the siege have retreated, or were directly annexed by other countries, but the remaining member states will definitely choose to join the war because of the agreement.

In desperation, Carl had no choice but to order the gathering of troops in the kingdom to defend against the incoming enemy, while sending a large number of envoys to ask the various member states for help. But on the third day after the messenger was sent out, a large number of Winster troops had already crossed the border and captured a city in the western part of the kingdom. Surrendered, claiming that he was forced by the usurper to respect him as king, the commander of the Second Army Matthias Horn (except for the commander of the First Army has not yet been appointed, the rest of the army commanders are from the original Commander of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Corps) although he dismissed this, he still pretended to appease them, saying that they would not be held accountable.

Because the Second Army was attacking Slade under the banner of restoring orthodoxy, most of the Swacci people did not show hostility to them. On the contrary, in some areas deeply influenced by Winster (referring to the Catholic missionaries The place where they had been preached), civilians even took the initiative to welcome the army of fellow Christians with food. Under such circumstances, the morale of the soldiers of the Second Army was so high that they wished to invade Slade immediately and liberate these lovely brothers of the same clan.

On April 30, 1125 in the continental calendar, on the fourth day after the official declaration of war, the forward cavalry of the Second Army had already hit the outskirts of Slade. They did not encounter any resistance along the way. They seemed to be afraid of what they did. The two-headed eagle held aloft the banner.

On the city wall of Slade, the army of Kings, who was urgently called up, looked at the looming flag and the army, all with fear. Years of peace had wiped out their fighting spirit, plus the strength of Winster's army. The rumors were so deeply rooted that they were psychologically overwhelmed before contact.

Carl didn’t know all of this. In his opinion, Slade’s walls were tall and strong. As long as he could hold on until the encircling coalition came, he would be able to defeat the Winster army in the future, but he didn’t know the encirclement. The countries in the network are no longer what they were five years ago~www.readwn.com~ After so many years of peace (of course, some countries have also been at war in the past few years), they are unwilling to provoke the Kingdom of Winster, so Facing the envoys of the Swaczyk Kingdom for help, most countries chose to find excuses to refuse.

Looking ahead, in addition to some countries that relied on their strength to compete with the Kingdom of Winster, they chose to participate in the war. Most of them abandoned the Kingdom of Swacici and chose the so-called appeasement policy. Now that the Kingdom of Winster has resumed The banner of King Titos’ rule is not for aggression and expansion. It has nothing to do with them. There is no need to give up the immediate peace and interests for the dispensable Swaczi people (same as Winster Merchant’s Trade exchanges allow all countries to make a lot of money).

The next day, in May of this year, the Second Army and its servants came to Slade and surrounded the large city with a population of 30,000. Matthias did not plan to besiege for a long time. The three brigades in the army were arranged outside the three gates of Slade City. Each brigade has four artillery battalions, which are strong enough to knock down the walls of Slade and defeat the defenders. determination.

Looking at this magnificent city, Matthias Horn, still in the old-style general armor, slowly drew his sword, pointed it at the flag waving in the wind on the wall, and shouted: "Start the attack!"

"The general has an order, start the offensive!"