Warhammer Throne

Entering the conference hall, the sand table is already set on the conference table.

Kingdom Regency and Duke Raun of Connett, Birchmond Duke of Bastogne, Bo Derek Duke of Bordeaux, Adehad Duke of Leonsay, plus Duke Ron of Musselon and Duke Winford Francois, the six Duke stood in the meeting room together, saw Ryan come in, and Duke Bodrick, who had the best relationship with him, greeted Ryan: "Solved the problem?"

"That's right, is this?" Ryan looked at the sand table on the table: "Don't introduce it? You played this in my conference room without my consent?"

"Hehehe, some people have agreed, and we all know that in the castle of the Duke, whose words are more useful." Duke Lawn has now swept away the depression brought about by the rebellion of Mathewbad, and has become humorous again. Cheerful, he patted Ryan on the shoulder: "Your Suria, she agreed."

"Okay, she agreed. I have nothing to say." Ryan shrugged and said that his wife was the biggest. After listening, there was a burst of laughter in the meeting room. Apparently, the wife's wife and strict personage that Ryan intended to shape has gradually spread. : "Well, who will tell me what happened to this war, why are you all paying attention to this?"

"Let me say it." The Duke of Birchmond began the story of the Winter War: "The cause of everything is to be killed when the last Tsar Boris Bocaha is about to win a full victory in the Great Purge, and You killed Egir-red eyes."

"Hmm." The six dukes surrounded the sand table. The sand table is the topographic map of the north of Kislov. Among them, the northernmost city in Kislov is also one of the only cities in Kislov. Lager is located in the southernmost part of the topographic map. Prager continues to the north, which is the kingdom of trolls, and then to the north is the Mountain of Ai, after which the mountain of Nostra and the chaotic wasteland in the north.

Kislov's army is marked with red flags and red lines, and the Belsonglin tribe in Noska is marked with black flags and black lines.

"Boris-Bokaha was killed in the troll kingdom north of the Linsk River at the end of the Great Purge, which had a serious impact on the entire strategic layout of Kislov and the future direction of the national policy. Mrs. Sler had already built several fortresses and castles in the northern part of the troll kingdom near the mountain of mourning. The death of the tsar had forced these important strongholds to be abandoned, and Kislov’s borders once again shrank to Linsk. "Henan Department." Birchmond introduced: "This is a serious threat to Kislov's line of defense."

"Lean, you see, Prager is only a few strongholds between the Belson and Eslin tribes in the north, stationed by the Boye nobility. If the barbarian army suddenly goes south, you can almost instantly reach the city of Prager. Ye and their guards of over 100 people cannot stop the barbarians."

"Well, indeed, there is no strategic depth." Ryan nodded in agreement.

"Therefore, since the ascension of the Emperor Keslov, she has always had the idea to take back two important strongholds in the troll kingdom, namely the Ostrosk fortress in the middle of the troll kingdom and the northern part of the troll kingdom. , The Slughof fortress close to the mountain pass." Birchmond's finger point was north of the troll kingdom.

"If these two strongholds can be recovered and reused, the barbarian army will not be so easy to directly approach the city of Prager, the strategic depth of Kislov will be greatly expanded, and the northern part of the Linsk River can also be changed. It’s safe to do everything,” Duke Boderick said: “More importantly, if these two strongholds can be recovered, Kislov can open up the passage to the Noske dwarf, the jewels and weapons of the Dwarf Dwarf. , Various ores will enter Kislov incessantly, and then be sold to the empire, the kingdom of knights and other places."

"I see. Before Kislov failed to send troops because he was pinned by the Scarlins in the west?" Ryan also lay in front of the sand table.

"That's right, so after the death of Egil Red Eyes, it took the Scalins people five years to relax, which gave Mrs. Kessler time to accumulate strength. Under the command of Lynn, the commander-in-chief of Vladimir Krishlov, cavalry leader, led more than 20,000 troops equipped with a lot of firearms and artillery, planning to withdraw the Ostro fortress and Slughof fortress "Birchmond went on to introduce: "Marshal Voroshilov sent troops from Prager in October, pointing directly to the Belsonglin tribe entrenched in the north of the troll kingdom."

"Wait... More than 20,000 Kislev troops, more than 20,000 casualties?" Ryan suddenly discovered something was wrong.

"Don't worry, let us introduce the course of this war first." Birchmond coughed a few times, beckoning Ryan to listen first.

When Marshal Voroshilov received the order of Tsar Katalin, she immediately began to gather a large army in Prager, and immediately dispatched troops in October, which can be said to be quite in a hurry. According to Lawn and Francois speculated that on the one hand, Marshal Voroshilov was anxious to make merits. After all, after the battle of cleansing, he had no merits, nor did he serve the empire like a wing cavalry. On the other hand, The shortage of supplies in Kislov is also one of the reasons for the rush to send troops.

The war is divided into the first stage and the second stage.

The first stage was from early October to mid-November. After learning that the Berzon Forest tribe had only more than 5,000 people, Marshal Voroshilov took the initiative to attack by virtue of his superior strength. As the main offensive force, the bear cavalry attacked the fortress Ostrosk in the middle of the troll kingdom. The war started relatively smoothly, and the forward formed by the bear cavalry quickly penetrated into the deep place of the troll kingdom.

The chieftain of the Belson Forest tribe, chaos champion Olaf-Simasen knew that Mrs. Kessler was coming, he did not choose to fight against the powerful bear cavalry. They first used the cold environment of the troll kingdom to freeze. The Slovak army was difficult to march, to cover the narrow mountain passes and hills and cedar forests in the troll kingdom, and then continuously led a small group of marauders to harass the rear and supply lines of the Kislov army. Playing exhausted, the logistics are intermittent.

When the Kislov army was close to the Ostrosk fortress, the Belsonglin tribe gathered a dozen barbarian war gangs to form three barbarian warfare groups, and a total of more than 3,000 people defended the fortress. Voroshilov still firmly believed that the bear cavalry Power, he sent someone to cut off the back road of the Belson Forest tribe, relying on the strength of the army to surround the fortress, relying on the mortar and cannon imported from the empire to carry out the strong attack, but because the barbarians naturally know how to hide and do not rely on the city wall to defend, Siege firepower did not achieve much. .

In the October season, the troll kingdom does not exceed five hours a day, and under the darkness, the ferocious and violent barbarians immediately launched a counterattack with the blessing of the evil **** and the sinister natural environment. The strong winds and snow have brought severe tests. No matter how tenacious Mrs. Keesler is, she can't compare with the barbarians who have lived in the extremely cold land for a lifetime. The barbarians can even be led by some chaotic champions and chaotic warriors On foot across the icy lake and through the cliffs, the Keslov army whose supply line was continuously attacked was constantly resisted and continuously disturbed. Several Keslov legions were divided, surrounded, and supplies were interrupted. Starving to death was countless. In just one month, nearly 10,000 people were lost. With huge casualties, only the Ostrosk fortress was recovered. Marshal Voroshilov was forced to turn into local defense and ask for support.

The war began to enter the second phase.

His request for help was quickly answered by Prager. Kislov added 10,000 troops from the city of Prager and carried a large number of firearms and siege equipment.

Marshal Voroshilov, who received 10,000 reinforcements, once again assembled the army bravely and headed north to attack the Slughof fortress. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, the barbarians struggled hard under the absolute disadvantage of the number and were forced to give up The Slughof fortress gradually retreated towards the mountain pass. At this time, the Kislov army was tired and exhausted, and the logistics were exhausted.

But Marshal Voroshilov was reluctant to give up. He once again sent a request for help to the female tsar Kataline, so the Kislov court sent another 10,000 troops from the capital Kislov, and the female tsar even sent a few colds. The ice witch and the czar guard Krim guard joined the war.

Voroshilov, who had received sufficient reinforcements, led the Bear Cavalry and Ugol Bow Cavalry as the vanguard. The infantry followed behind, relying on a forced march to catch up on the Korwoze ice lake in the high mountain pass of the Ail Mountains Belson Tribe.

The two sides launched a fierce battle above the ice lake. The tenacious Mrs. Keesler relied on the elite infantry regiment sent by the tsar Catherine and the Tsar Krem guard, as well as a large number of artillery and muskets, paying more than 10,000 After the human casualties, Kislov fought all day on the ice lake, and finally completely defeated the remaining more than 3,000 Bersonglins. Except for the escape of one or two hundred barbarians, the remaining Belsonglins were all The annihilation, the chieftain Olaf-Simasen was shot and killed by muskets.

For this victory, Mrs. Kessler paid a heavy loss. More than 40,000 troops who participated in the entire war successively left less than 20,000 after the battle. Marshal Voroshilov was dropped by the angry tsar. As a major general, his post of Marshal Bear Cavalry was taken over by General Konstantin-Rokosovsky.

"More than 20,000 people, I remember how Kislov was full and less than 80,000 troops, just drove the barbarians back to the side of the mountains. It was really a loss." After listening to the resumption of the entire battle He can imagine the severity of this war: "The elite left by the former Tsar Boris Bocaha almost lost all in this battle."

"After this disastrous defeat, the Kingdom of Keslov sent us a detailed war history to us and to the empire, and admitted a huge loss." Lawn looked at the war sandbox: "Obviously, this female tsar is in Showing weakness, she means..."

"She is asking for our support." François also frowned: "I really don't know how Kislov, under such a heavy loss, how to hold the two newly acquired fortresses, and how the Tsar Will this kind of military action be allowed? And in the case of unfavorable fighting, additional military support will be added, and this kind of victory is eventually achieved?"

"More than 20,000 talents have been lost and 5,000 barbarians have been eliminated. This battle is really stupid!" Perchmond also said: "It's just a hard fight, a strong fight!"

"The reason is simple." Ryan waved his hand. "Don't you all forget that Catalina is a witch, not a general, and war is not what she is good at, you can't count on an ice witch like the military power of an empire The nobles are as good at commanding wars as the knights and nobles like us, and some of the wizards are good at fighting, but that is an example. Most wizards are not good at war."

As soon as this remark came out~www.ltnovel.com~ everyone nodded in agreement.

"Katarin did not like commanding battles on the front line like her father Boris Bocaha. She rarely even left the palace and like to close her door and do research. This war illustrates the army of Kislov. Fighting power is declining year by year, and there is also a lack of excellent command." Ryan frowned. "Kislov suffered such a huge loss. This is bad news. As the northernmost state of order in the old world, if Kislov Falling down, we and the empire will face the threat of chaos."

"So are we going to form a knightly army?" Hearing here, Ron jumped a little.

"No, there is an empire before us, Karl Franz will be more anxious than us, and we are too far away from Kislov, at least before Kislov was hit to the capital, it was not our turn. Don’t forget to dispatch, this is at least a victory, what kind of reinforcements did you send?" Ryan signaled that it was not necessary, he was still closely watching the sand table: "You, have you found that during this time, the activities of the northern barbarians More and more frequently."

"Yes." Dade Leonard, Duke of Leonards, finally found the opportunity: "Now, the Chaos Sea and the Claw Sea are full of Nosca's long ships."

"Moreover, something is wrong."