The Sun King's Evidence

Entering the conference hall, a sand table has been placed on the conference table.

Regent of the Kingdom and Duke Lawn of Connet, Duke Bohemond of Bastogne, Duke Boderick of Bordeaux, Duke Adehad of Lyonnais, plus Duke Lane of Mousilon and Duke of Winford Francois and the six Dukes stood in the conference room together. When they saw Ryan coming in, Duke Bodrick, who had the best relationship with him, said hello to Ryan: "Is the problem solved?"

"Really? This is it?" Ryan looked at the sandbox on the table: "Don't you introduce me? You are playing this in my conference room without my consent?"

"Hahaha, someone has already agreed. We all know who's words are more effective in this Duke's castle." At this time, Duke Lawn had shaken off the gloom caused by the Massoubard Rebellion and became humorous and kind again. Cheerfully, he patted Ryan on the shoulder: "It's your Lidya Su, she agreed."

"Okay, she agreed, so I have nothing to say." After hearing this, Ryan immediately shrugged and said that the wife is the biggest. There was a burst of laughter in the conference hall. Apparently, the strict character of the wife that Ryan deliberately created has gradually spread. : "Okay, can someone tell me what this war is about? Why are you all paying attention to this?"

"Let me tell you." Duke Berhemond began to tell the story of the Winter War: "The cause of everything is from the death of the last Tsar Boris Bocaha when the Great Purge was about to be completely victorious, and You killed Egil-Red Eyes."

"Uh-huh." The six dukes gathered around the sand table. The sand table is a topographic map of the northern part of Kislev. Among them, the northernmost city in Kislev is also one of the only three cities in Kislev - —Pluag is located in the southernmost part of the terrain map. To the north of Plagg is the Troll Kingdom, and then to the north is the Mourn Mountains. After the Mourn Mountains, there is Norsca and the Chaos Wasteland in the north.

Kislev's army was marked with red flags and red lines, and Norsca's Belpine Forest tribes were marked with black flags and black lines.

"Boris Bokaha died in the Troll Kingdom north of the Linsk River at the end of the Great Purge. This had a serious impact on Kislev's entire strategic layout and future national policy. The base at that time Mrs. Sler had already established several fortresses and castles in the northern part of the Troll Kingdom, near the Mourning Mountains. The death of the Tsar forced these important strongholds to be abandoned, and Kislev's national border once again shrunk to Linsk. South of the river." Bochmond introduced: "This is a serious threat to Kislev's defense line."

"Ryan, you see, there are only a few strongholds garrisoned by the Boye nobles between Prague and the Belson Forest tribe and the Aislin tribe in the north. If the barbarian army suddenly goes south, they can reach the city of Prague almost instantly. Ye and their guard army of hundreds of men cannot stop the army of Chaos."

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

“Therefore, since Queen Kislev came to the throne, she has always had the idea to take back two important strongholds in the Troll Kingdom, namely the Osdrask Fortress in the middle of the Troll Kingdom and the northern part of the Troll Kingdom. , near the Slughof Fortress at the mountain pass." Bohemond pointed his finger to the north of the Troll Kingdom.

"If these two fortresses can be recaptured and reused, it will be less easy for the barbarian army to directly attack Prague. Kislev's strategic depth will be greatly expanded, and the northern part of the Linsk River can also be transformed. It has to be safer." Duke Bodrick said: "More importantly, if these two fortresses can be recaptured, Kislev can open up the channel with the Norscan dwarves, and the jewelry and weapons of the dwarves in Dulong City can be obtained. , various ores will continuously enter Kislev, and then be sold to the empire, the Knight Kingdom and other places."

"I understand. Was Kislev unable to send troops before because he was restrained by the Skarins in the west?" Ryan also lay down in front of the sand table.

"That's right, so after the death of Egil-Red Eyes, it took the Scarins five years to recover. This gave Mrs. Keesler time to accumulate strength. In September this year, at the Tsarina Kata Under Lin's order, Kislev Bear Cavalry Marshal Voroshilov led more than 20,000 troops equipped with many firearms and artillery, and planned to take back the Ostro Moment Fortress and Slughof Fortress. ." Bohemond went on to introduce: "Marshal Voroshilov sent troops from Prague in October, aiming directly at the Belson Forest tribe entrenched in the north of the troll country."

"Wait... Kislev's army numbered more than 20,000, with more than 20,000 casualties?" Ryan suddenly discovered something was wrong.

"Don't worry, let us introduce the story of this war first." Bohemond coughed a few times and motioned for Ryan to listen first.

After receiving the order from Tsarina Katalin, Marshal Voroshilov immediately began to assemble a large army in Prague, and sent troops immediately in October. It can be said that he was in a hurry. According to Lawn and Francois speculated that on the one hand, the reason was that Marshal Voroshilov was eager to perform meritorious service. After all, he had no meritorious service after the Great Purge, and he did not serve the empire like the Hussars. On the other hand, The shortage of supplies in Kislev was also one of the reasons for the rush to send troops.

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

The first stage was from early October to mid-November. After learning that the Belson Forest tribe only had more than 5,000 people, Marshal Voroshilov took the initiative to attack with superior force. He used Ugor horse archers as scouts. As the main offensive force, the Bear Cavalry stormed the Ostrosk Fortress in the middle of the Troll Kingdom. The war started relatively smoothly, and the forward composed of the Bear Cavalry quickly penetrated deep into the Troll Kingdom.

The great chief of the Belson Forest Tribe and Chaos Champion Olaf Simassen knew that Mrs. Keesler was coming, so he did not choose to fight the powerful bear cavalry. They first took advantage of the freezing environment of the troll country to let the base down. Slev's army had difficulty advancing, so it used its covering forces to defend the narrow mountain passes, hills, and cedar forests in the Troll Kingdom. Then it continuously led small groups of marauders to harass the rear and supply lines of Kislev's army, and pushed Kislev's army to the ground. The fight was exhausting and the logistics were intermittent.

When Kislev's army approached the Osdrask Fortress, the Belson Forest tribe gathered more than a dozen barbarian war gangs to form three barbarian war groups, with a total of more than 3,000 people defending the fortress. Voroshilov still believed in the Bear Cavalry. With the power of the tribe, he sent people to cut off the retreat of the Belson Forest tribe, relied on the superiority of troops to surround the fortress, and relied on the mortars and cannons imported from the empire to carry out the attack. However, because the barbarians naturally knew how to hide and did not rely on city walls for defense, The siege fire did not have much effect. .

During the October season in the Troll Kingdom, the daylight hours do not exceed five hours a day. Under the cover of night, the ferocious and violent barbarians immediately launched a counterattack with the help of the blessing of the evil gods and the dangerous natural environment. Ultra-low temperatures, Strong winds and snow have brought severe tests. No matter how tenacious Mrs. Kesler is, she cannot compare with the barbarians who have lived in the extremely cold land all their lives. The barbarians can even be led by some Chaos Champions and Chaos Warriors. After hiking across glacial lakes and through mountain cliffs, Kislev's army, whose supply lines were constantly attacked, encountered constant resistance and constant harassment. Several Kislev armies were divided, surrounded, and supplies were cut off. They lacked food and clothing, and froze to death. Countless people died of starvation, and nearly 10,000 people were lost in just one month. At the cost of huge casualties, only the Osdrask Fortress was recovered. Marshal Voroshilov was forced to switch to on-site defense and request support.

The war began to enter its second phase.

His request for help quickly received a response from Prager. Kislev sent 10,000 additional troops from the city of Prager to support him, and he also brought a large number of firearms and siege equipment.

Marshal Voroshilov, who had received 10,000 reinforcements, once again gathered his troops and headed north to storm the Slughov Fortress. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, the barbarians fought hard for many days under the absolute disadvantage of numbers and were forced to Abandoning Slaghof Fortress and gradually retreating towards the mountain pass, Kislev's army was already depleted, exhausted and exhausted in terms of logistics.

But Marshal Voroshilov was unwilling to give up. He once again appealed to Tsarina Katalin for help, so the Kislev Palace added another 10,000 troops from the capital Kislev to support. The tsarina even sent a few cold soldiers. Ice witches and the Czar's personal guards Krim join the war.

Voroshilov, who had received sufficient reinforcements, led the Bear Cavalry and Ugor Cavalry as the vanguard, followed by the infantry, and relied on forced march to catch up on the Korvoze Ice Lake in the high pass of the Mourn Mountains. Bell Pines Tribe.

The two sides launched a fierce battle on the ice lake. The tenacious Mrs. Keesler relied on the elite infantry regiment sent by the Queen Catherine and the Krim Guards of the Tsarist Guards, as well as a large number of artillery and muskets, and spent more than 10,000 After suffering casualties, they fought bloody battles on the ice lake for a whole day, and finally completely defeated the remaining 3,000 Bell Pine Foresters. Except for one or two hundred barbarians who escaped, the remaining Bell Pine Foresters were all annihilated. The Great Chief Olaf Simassen was killed by a volley of musketry.

For this victory, Mrs. Keesler paid extremely heavy losses. Of the more than 40,000 troops who participated in the entire war, less than 20,000 were left after the battle. Marshal Voroshilov was surrendered by the furious Tsarina. With the rank of Major General, his post as Marshal of the Bear Cavalry was succeeded by General Konstantin Rokossovsky.

"There were more than 20,000 people. I remember how Kislev's army was less than 80,000 even though it was full. He just drove the barbarians back to the other side of the mountain. It was such a loss." After listening to the review of the entire battle, Ryan , he could imagine the brutality of this war: "The elite left by the former Tsar Boris Bokaha were almost completely lost in this battle."

"After this disastrous defeat, the Kingdom of Kislev sent us and the empire a detailed account of the war, and admitted the huge losses." Raun looked at the war sand table: "Obviously, this female tsar is doing this. To show weakness, she means..."

"She is seeking our support." Francois also frowned: "I really don't know how Kislev can defend the two newly acquired fortresses with such heavy losses. How can the female tsar? Will you allow this kind of military action? And when the battle is unfavorable, you will repeatedly increase troops to support it, and finally achieve such a tragic victory?"

"It took more than 20,000 losses to wipe out 5,000 barbarians. This battle was really stupid!" Bohemond also said: "It was just a hard fight, a hard fight!"

"The reason is very simple." Ryan waved his hand: "Everyone, have you forgotten that Katalin is a witch, not a general. War is not what she is good at. You can't expect an ice witch to have the military merits of the empire. Nobles are just as good at commanding battles as knight nobles like us, and there are some wizards who are good at fighting, but that is an exception, most wizards are not good at war."

As soon as this was said, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Katalin did not like to command operations on the front line like her father Boris Bokaha. She rarely even left the palace and liked to do research behind closed doors. This war illustrates Kislev's army. The combat effectiveness is declining year by year, and there is a lack of excellent command." Ryan frowned: "Kislev has suffered such a huge loss. This is bad news. As the northernmost order country in the old world, if Kislev Fall, and we and the Empire will face the threat of Chaos."

"So we want to form a chivalry army?" Hearing this, Lawn was eager to give it a try.

"No, there was an empire before us. Karl Franz would be more urgent than us, and we are too far away from Kislev. At least it won't be our turn until Kislev is beaten to the capital. Send out, don't forget, this is at least a victory. What kind of reinforcements will be sent after victory?" Ryan said it was not necessary. He was still paying close attention to the sand table: "Everyone, have you noticed that during this period, the activities of the northern barbarians It’s becoming more frequent.”

"That's right." Adehad, Duke of Leonese, finally found an opportunity: "Now, the Sea of ​​Chaos and the Sea of ​​Claws are full of Norscan longships."

"There's something wrong with the situation."

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