Warhammer Throne

Entering the conference hall, the sand table has been placed on the conference table at this time.

Regent of the Kingdom and Duke of Connet Lauen, Duke of Bastogne, Bohmond, Duke of Poldero, Bodric, Duke of Lyonace, Adehad, Duke of Mousillon and Duke of Winford François, the six dukes stood together in the conference room, saw Ryan come in, and the Duke Boderek, who had the best relationship with him, said hello to Ryan: "Is the problem solved?"

"Right, this is?" Ryan looked at the sand table on the table: "Don't tell me? You guys are playing this in my meeting room without my consent?"

"Ha ha ha, someone has agreed, and we all know who is more effective in this ducal castle." Duke Raun has already waved away the depression brought about by the Marshbad chaos, and has become humorous and humorous again. Cheerful, he patted Ryan on the shoulder: "It's your Sulia, she agreed."

"Well, she agreed, then I have nothing to say." Ryan immediately shrugged his shoulders and said that his wife was the biggest. There was a burst of laughter in the conference hall. Obviously, Ryan's intention to create a strict wife management and personal settings has gradually spread. : "Well, who will tell me what is going on in this war, why are you all paying attention to this?"

"Let me do it." Duke Berhemond began his description of the Winter War: "The cause of everything is from the death of the last Tsar Boris Bokaha when he was about to win the battle of the Great Purge, and You killed Egil-Redeye talk about it."

"Huh huh." The six dukes surrounded the sand table. The sand table is a topographic map of Kislov's northern part. Rag is located at the far south of the topographic map. Prag continues to the north, which is the kingdom of trolls, and then further north is the Mourning Mountains. After the Mourning Mountains, it is the North of Norsca and the Chaos Wasteland.

Kislov’s army was marked with red flags and red lines, and the Bersonglin tribe of Norsca was 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 has a serious impact on Kislov’s entire strategic layout and future state policy. 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 czar forced these important strongholds to be abandoned, and the border of Kislov shrank to Linsk again. Henan." Bohemond introduced: "This is a serious threat to Kislov's line of defense."

"Lane, you see, Prager is only a few strongholds stationed by the Boyer nobles between the Belsonglin tribe and the Islin tribe in the north. If the barbarian army suddenly descends south, it can reach the city of Prager almost instantly. Yeah and their guarding army of hundreds of people can't stop the barbarians."

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

"Therefore, since the Queen of Kiesloff came to the throne, she has always had the idea to take back the two important strongholds in the Troll Nation, namely the Ostrosk Fortress in the middle of the Troll Nation and the northern part of the Troll Nation. , Slughof Fortress near the high mountain pass." Bohemond's finger pointed to the north of the troll kingdom.

"If these two fortresses can be recovered and reused, the barbarian army will not be so easy to directly approach Prag. Kislov's strategic depth will be greatly expanded, and the northern part of the Linsk River can also be changed. Everything is safe." Duke Bodrick said: "More importantly, if these two fortresses can be recovered, Kislov can open up the passage with the Norsca dwarves, the jewels and weapons of the dwarves of Dulong City. , All kinds of ores will continue to enter Kislov, and then be sold to the Empire, the Kingdom of Knights and other places."

"I see. Kislov didn't send troops before because he was restrained by the Scarlins in the west?" Ryan also lay before the sand table.

"Yes, so after the death of Egil Redeye, it took five years for the Scarlins to relax. This gave Mrs. Keisler time to accumulate strength. Under Lin’s order, the Kieslov Bear Cavalry Marshal Voroshilov led a tens of thousands of troops equipped with a lot of firearms and artillery, and planned to recover the fortress of Ostró Moment and the fortress of Slughof. "Behimonde went on to introduce: "Marshal Voroshilov sent troops from Prager in October and pointed directly to the Belsirwood tribe entrenched in the north of the troll kingdom."

"Wait... Kislov has more than 20,000 troops and more than 20,000 casualties?" Ryan suddenly found something wrong.

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

Marshal Voroshilov received the order of the female czar Katalyn and only immediately began to assemble a large army in Prag, and dispatched troops immediately in October, which can be said to be quite in a hurry, according to Raun and François’s speculation, on the one hand, was due to Marshal Voroshilov’s eagerness to do meritorious service. After all, he had no merits after the Great Purge, nor did he serve the Empire like the Wing Cavalry. On the other hand, The shortage of Kieslov's supplies was also one of the reasons for the eagerness to dispatch troops.

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

The first stage was from early October to mid-November. Marshal Voroshilov took the initiative to attack with superior forces after learning that there were only more than 5,000 people in the Belsonglin tribe. He used the Urgoll archers as scouts. As the main offensive force, the bear cavalry attacked the fortress of 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 part of the troll kingdom.

The warchief of the Bell Pinewood tribe, chaos champion Olaf Simathon, knew that Mrs. Keisler was coming. He did not choose to fight against the powerful bear cavalry. They first used the cold environment of the troll kingdom to make Ji The Slov army was difficult to advance. It used the cover force to guard the narrow mountain passes, hills and cedar forests in the troll kingdom, and then led a small group of predators to attack the rear and supply lines of Kislov’s army, and drove Kislov’s army. The game was exhausted and the logistics was intermittent.

When Kislov’s army approached the Ostrosk Fortress, the Bersundin tribe gathered a dozen barbarian war gangs and formed three barbarian war groups. A total of more than three thousand people defended the fortress. Voroshilov still believed in the bear cavalry. He sent people to cut off the back path of the Belsonglin tribe, relying on the superiority of his forces to encircle the fortress regiment, relying on the mortar and cannon imported from the empire to attack, but because the barbarians naturally knew how to hide and did not rely on the defense of the city wall, The siege fire has not achieved much effect. .

In the October season, the daytime of the troll kingdom does not exceed five hours. Under the night, the fierce and violent barbarians immediately launched a counterattack with the blessing of the evil **** and the sinister natural environment. The ultra-low temperature, High winds and snow brought severe tests. No matter how tenacious Mrs. Keesler, she could not be compared with the barbarians who had lived in extremely cold lands all her life. The barbarians could even be led by some chaotic champions and chaotic warriors. Walking across icy lakes and cliffs on foot, the Kislov army, which was constantly attacked on the supply line, was constantly resisted and disturbed. Several Kislov regiments were divided, surrounded, and their supplies were interrupted. They were short of food and clothing, and frozen to death. There were countless starvation deaths, and nearly 10,000 people were lost in just one month. After paying huge casualties, only the Ostrosk Fortress was recovered, and Marshal Voroshilov was forced to turn to defense on the spot and request support.

The war began to enter the second phase.

His request for help quickly received Prager's response, and Kislov added 10,000 troops from the city of Prager, and he carried a large number of firearms and siege equipment.

Marshal Voroshilov, who received 10,000 reinforcements, once again assembled his army and went northward to attack Slughof Fortress. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, the barbarians fought a lot under the absolute disadvantage of numbers and were forced to give up. Slughof Fortress, gradually retreating towards the high mountain pass, at this time the Kislov army was tired, exhausted, and exhausted logistics.

But Marshal Voroshilov was unwilling to give up. He once again sent a request for help to the female czar Katalyn, so the Kislov court added another 10,000 troops from the capital Kislov, and the female czar even sent a few cold soldiers. The ice witch and the Tsar’s guard Krim guard joined the war.

With enough reinforcements, Voroshilov led the Ursula and Ugol Archers as the vanguard. The infantry followed behind, relying on the forcible march to catch up on the glacial lake of Korvoze at the high mountain pass of the Mourning Mountains. Belson Forest Tribe.

The two sides launched a fierce battle on the ice lake. The tenacious Mrs. Kiesler relied on the elite infantry regiment sent by the Czar Katarin and the Krim guard of the Tsarist Guard, as well as a large number of artillery and muskets, and paid more than 10,000. After the casualties, Kislov spent a whole day of **** battle on the ice lake, and finally completely defeated the remaining more than 3,000 Belsonians. Except for one or two hundred barbarians who fled, all the remaining Belsonians were counted. Annihilated, War Chief Olaf Simathon was killed by muskets.

For this victory, Mrs. Kiesler paid extremely heavy losses. The more than 40,000 troops who participated in the whole war had less than 20,000 people left after the end of the battle. Marshal Voroshilov was surrendered by the enraged female czar. He was a major general, and his position as Marshal of the Ursus was taken over by General Konstantin Rokosowski.

"More than 20,000 people, I remember how Kislov's army was full of less than 80,000. He just drove the barbarians back to the side of the mountain. It was really a shame." Ryan listened to the replay of the entire battle. , He can imagine the tragic extent of the war: "The elite left by the former Tsar Boris Bokaha was almost lost in this battle."

"After this fiasco, the Kingdom of Kislov sent us and the Empire a detailed description of the war, and admitted the huge losses." Lawn looked at the war sand table: "Obviously, this female czar was here. To show weakness, she meant..."

"She is seeking our support." François also frowned: "I really don't know how Kislev would defend the two Shinto fortresses under such a heavy loss. Will this kind of military action be allowed? And even if the fighting is unfavorable, it will increase its troops to support it, and finally it will be such a tragic victory?"

"It lost more than 20,000 talents and wiped out 5,000 barbarians. This battle was really stupid!" Berhemond also said: "It's just a hard fight, a strong fight!"

"The reason is very simple." Ryan waved his hand: "Everyone, have you forgotten that Katalyn is a witch, not a general, and war is not what she is good at. You can't expect an ice witch to be like an empire. Nobles are just as good at commanding battles as knights and nobles like us. Among the wizards there will be those who are good at fighting, but that's an example. Most wizards are not good at war."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Katalyn does not like to command battles on the front line like her father Boris Bokaha. She seldom even leaves the palace and likes to close the door to do research. This war shows that Kislov's army The combat effectiveness is declining year by year, and there is a lack of good command.” Ryan frowned: “Kislov has suffered such a huge loss. This is bad news. As the northernmost order country in the old world, if Kieslov When we fall, we and the empire will face the threat of chaos."

"So are we going to form a knightly army?" Hearing this, Raun leaped 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 until Kislov is beaten to the capital, it is not our turn. Get out, don’t forget, this is at least a victory. What reinforcements have been sent?” Ryan indicated that there is no need. He is still paying close attention to the sand table: “Everyone, have you discovered the activities of the northern barbarians during this period of time. It's getting more and more frequent."

"That's right." Adehard, Duke of Lyonace, finally found his chance: "Now, the Chaos Sea and the Talon Sea are full of Norsca's long ships."

"Situation, something is wrong."