I Will Be The Crowned King Chapter 175

"At least we're here, aren't we?"

In the face of Anson's "cynicism", Archduke Aiden, who did not change his face, seemed very indifferent, even a little calm.

"That's right." Anson said with a smile: "And it's not too soon or too late, just right - if you come an hour later, the Storm Division and the coalition forces will have to retreat and hand over their positions to the Imperial Expeditionary Force."

Anson, who speaks the truth, strives to express unparalleled sincerity from facial expressions to eyes, without losing his demeanor.

"Really? That's really lucky... It seems that the order I gave for the rapid march is correct." Archduke Aiden nodded slightly, indicating that I believe you.

...that's weird.

The two who pretended to be snakes looked at each other and tacitly confirmed each other's sincerity.

"Although I have already stood here, in fact, there are only a few hundred guards who have arrived besides me. The real frontier army is still on the way, and it will take at least an hour before two-thirds of the army arrives. battlefield."

He walked to Ansen's side with his hands behind his back, and looked at Archduke Aiden in the center of the battlefield and said solemnly, "Is it really okay to launch a general attack now?"

"Of course no problem!" Anson seemed quite confident:

"The Imperial Expeditionary Army, which has been besieging the Barren Stone Castle for more than ten days, has been at the end of the fight from the very beginning, and it is a miracle that it can persist until now; such an army does not rely on discipline and training at all, but purely on blood and courage and the commander's own will. Forced into battle."

"Without supply lines, stable forward bases and stable rear support, as long as the attack is frustrated, the seemingly high morale can easily collapse; no matter how well trained and disciplined, the soldiers are still human beings, running out of ammunition. There is a limit to the courage that can be shown in a desperate situation.”

"At this time, as long as you give them another psychological blow, there is no need for substantial damage at all, and the fear accumulated from the previous heavy casualties will explode in a concentrated manner, causing them to collapse without a fight!"

"That's why you said that the Aiden Legion appeared neither too soon nor too late, it was perfect...is that right?" There was a little more smile in the eyes of Archduke Aiden.

"exactly."

Anson narrowed his eyes and looked at the golden iris flag across the battlefield.

Of course, even after this step, the Imperial Expeditionary Force is still not completely over... They still have a chance to come back.

After all, no matter how high or low morale is, the actual combat effectiveness of both sides is here; once the expeditionary army intends to focus on the frontal breakthrough, with the strength of the Hantu army, it is impossible to stop the expeditionary army from breaking through.

As for the storm division... from top to bottom, including his deputy commander, there is no noble idea of ​​"sacrifice the small self and achieve the big self" for the Hantu people.

Victory is good, but it's really not worth the loss if the price is a lose-lose.

But this time, his luck seems to be really good.

As the offensive of the Imperial Expeditionary Force was forced to stop due to the collapse of morale, the coalition forces, which had been retreating steadily before, finally began to gain a firm foothold and began to push back along the previous path of "passive defense turned forward".

Although the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Expeditionary Force is still strong, on the one hand, its troops are divided by the ravines and horizontal positions. On the other hand, their physical strength also declines rapidly during the battle, and the ammunition they carry with them is basically exhausted in the previous onslaught. Facing the coalition forces The counter-offensive began to have a serious shortage of firepower.

Most importantly, the imperial artillery position that had never stopped before finally went out after nearly a day of artillery bombardment!

Although this will not cause any weakening to the Imperial line infantry, it can greatly encourage the confidence of the soldiers to take the initiative to attack - especially when their own artillery has not stopped firing.

Without the cover of artillery fire, the morale of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, which was scattered and dispersed, no longer had any means to curb the counter-offensive of the coalition forces, and had to face the artillery fire of the coalition forces.

They finally broke down.

Victory after victory cannot cover up the exhaustion brought about by continuous high-intensity operations. No amount of brilliance and glory can compare to the corpses scattered all over the place. Explosion on a par.

With the banner of the Frontier Corps appearing on the central positions of the Allied forces, the entire Imperial Expeditionary Force began to disintegrate, rout, and shatter at an alarming rate.

"...The Left Legion still has no information, and has not sent any heralds in charge of liaison; Sir Leed Wharton is still missing, and it is very likely that he was involved in the explosion just now!"

"...The right-wing regiment is still maintaining a fierce attack on the enemy's left-wing positions, but the enemy's firepower is very fierce. The two rounds of charges were countered by the cannonballs of the enemy's artillery, causing heavy casualties. The fourth grenadier regiment lost two-thirds!"

"...The 2nd Cuirassier Regiment suffered heavy casualties, and the regiment commander sent a messenger to report that he would fight with the last twenty-five knights until the last moment! But the Central Corps has already begun to disperse, please order the artillery as soon as possible. Bombardment, cover the evacuation of troops!"

"…the artillery commander stated that all the guns were no longer able to fire - all ammunition was depleted, except for the risk of blowing out, and only a small amount of shot was left; unless we could fit bayonets to the guns, there would be no point in continuing to fire. …”

One after another, bad news was sent to Caspar Herrid one after another; the entire command was in a panic, unprecedented panic, sweeping everyone's faces.

But in this chaos, Kaspar Hered, who should have been furious and shouted the most, was the calmest one among the crowd.

It is an indisputable fact that the Imperial Expeditionary Force is about to end.

He tried his best not to catch the main force of Hantu, nor to conquer the most critical deserted stone fortress, but he bet everything but fell in front of an "explosion" that looked like a joke... At this level, "lose" It is no longer an option, but a prerequisite.

In this case, the key to the next step is "how to lose".

Continuing the attack was impossible, and retreating was purely courting death—the Imperial Expeditionary Force had reached the point of exhaustion, and even if it turned around and went back to attack the Barren Stone Fort, there would be no second result except for the whole army to mutiny.

No matter which one, in the end, the expedition force will definitely be wiped out, or at least forced to surrender all the armed forces and withdraw from the vast land as the end... Not to mention the emperor himself, Casper himself cannot accept such a result!

Even if it is doomed to fail, at least bring the enemy to bury; even if it cannot be done, he must pay a painful enough price.

Since you have to give it a go and die with the enemy, the best way is of course...

"Absolutely can't break out from the front!"

Just when Casper decided to order, a sonorous voice interrupted his thinking.

The irritable old man turned his head sharply, and saw that his footsteps were vain, and Louis Bernard, who looked apathetic, caught his bloodshot eyes. Come over:

"Absolutely not... break through from the front!"

"why?"

Raising his hand to stop the guard behind him, Casper stared straight at him.

"Because this is the Clovis... To be more precise, it should be what Anson Bach wants!" Louis, who was highly exhausted, shouted with all his strength, holding on to his painful temples and drowsy eyelids. road:

"He just wants you to break through the front with a small group of elites, so that the expedition force that loses command will completely collapse and become the prey that he can cut again!"

"From the very beginning, what he wanted was not to rout, but to wipe out the entire expedition - just as you did with Claude Francois!"

The extremely weak roar sounded almost like a whisper on the battlefield where the guns were roaring.

Kasper Herrid's eyes widened sharply.

The tired Louis looked nervously at the shocked Casper, and the palm of his hand clutching the saber kept breaking out in cold sweat.

"How did you know?"

The always irritable old man's calmness was terrifying, which relieved Louis, who was prepared to be shot at his head, but was then stopped by the other party's question.

Yeah, how did you know that?

this……

"I-I don't know either." Louis' expression suddenly became a little more embarrassing, but soon, the blinking eyes became firm again:

"But I just know."

Kasper Herrid looked at him coldly, nodded after a moment of silence, and turned to ask another question: "Then what's your suggestion?"

"My suggestion is... break through." Louis Bernard said nervously, his eyes became firm again:

"But not west, but east!"

"east?!"

Casper was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, take the expedition to the east!" Louis said loudly:

"Now the top tower has fallen into the control of Clovis and Hantu, which means that our connection with the mainland is completely cut off, unless we can quickly attack the fortress after breaking through, or win troops from the mainland. No less than the support of the expeditionary army, otherwise even if we break through the heavy siege of the Clovis people, we will not be able to reverse the current situation!"

"But you and I know very well that neither quick attack nor reinforcements is possible... If that's the case, why continue to step into the encirclement of the Hantu and the Clovis, instead of turning around and heading east?"

"At present, because of the expeditionary force, almost all the Hantu army is concentrated in the Aiden generation; it can be said that four-fifths of the Hantu are actually in a relative 'combat power vacuum' state, except for a small number of fortresses, there is no Block the power of the expedition."

Louis, who was trying his best to endure the headache and exhaustion, explained extremely nervously: "With the enemy's organization, under the same circumstances, their marching speed will definitely not keep up with the footsteps of the expeditionary army!"

"So your suggestion is to push into the enemy's hinterland and jump out of the barren Edinland?" Casper immediately understood Louis's thoughts:

"Then where is our goal? Iron Bell Fort, Port Carindia, or Golden Rock City?"

"Neither!" Louis shook his head and used all his strength to announce the answer:

"It's Eagle Point City!"

"Eagle Horn City?!"

Kasper's expression was extremely surprised: "Isn't that the eastern gate of Hantu?"

"That's right, but she is now the southern gate of the Clovis Kingdom and borders the Elven Kingdom of Iser." There was a strange brilliance in Louis's eyes:

"But she should be quite empty at the moment, and there won't be too many troops stationed there; if we can use the sweeping of the vast soil as a cover, and take the fortress with a quick attack, we can cut off the contact between the vast soil and Clovis, and support Iraq at the same time. The Elf Kingdom of Searle!"

"More importantly, this fortress is not only the lifeline of the vast land, but also the face of the Clovis Kingdom; such an important fortress is lost again, in order to regain her, the Clovis people will definitely be willing to pay any price."

"If they are willing to make a deal, then this war can end smoothly; if they plan to grab it, we can attract a large number of troops to the Western Front. The expeditionary force...will become the eve of victory, a fireworks that bloom in the heart of the enemy!"

"No matter what the outcome is, it can make the Clovis pay a heavy enough price."

Louis' expression was earnest and firm enough.

He probably guessed Anson Bach's wishful thinking. This is a guy who always leaves behind his back. It is very difficult to force him not to leave behind and take the initiative to initiate a head-to-head battle.

But...if he realizes that the target of the expedition force is his rear Eagle Horn City~www.mtlnovel.com~, it should be enough for him to rush up regardless of his life and risk the risk of annihilation and confront him head-on, right?

This is the only little bit of selfishness in Louis' entire plan-in any case, even if it is a little bit despicable and vicious, he wants to have a real duel with this guy Anson Bach.

Then beat him upright!

"Very good plan. It doesn't sound like a guy who just woke up and is talking about some nonsense."

After a moment of shock, Casper, who calmly thought about it for a moment, nodded slightly, even slightly admiring it.

The core of the whole plan is actually the same as Louis's proposal when he climbed the tower before - not to limit the battlefield to Aiden or the western part of the land, but to make full use of the mobility of the expeditionary force to expand the "battlefield" as much as possible. Scope.

Claude Francois, or all the lords of the Far Lands, why were they so obsessed with fighting a decisive battle? The core reason is that the Hantu army's combat effectiveness is too poor, and their organization is too low, and it is impossible to maintain a considerable degree of combat effectiveness on the premise of ensuring rapid progress.

But this is precisely the advantage of the expeditionary force.

"If we can successfully reach the Iron Bell Fort Generation, plus the advance army of Carindia Port will be divided into cover from the southern front, this sounds a bit absurd, and even a crazy plan... Maybe it will really succeed!"

Louis looked happy.

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"But..." The old man suddenly changed the conversation:

"I will not carry out this plan, I will take the expeditionary force and continue to break through to the west!"

Chapter end