I Will Be The Crowned King Chapter 381

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In front of the wrecked Aydland port dock, the fiery Arthur Hereid was like a wrecked chicken, dissatisfied with the expressionless Archduke Aydland.

The time is already at the end of April, and Port Edland, which has just experienced the storms and floods at the beginning of the year, has once again ushered in a thriving scene; the warm and humid sea breeze is intoxicating, and the clear sky seems to have infinite magic, which can make the mood low. The warbler also flew with the grass and came to life again.

But for Arthur Hereid, who was excited to be the commander-in-chief not long ago, it was the exact opposite.

In order to start the expedition to the new world as soon as possible, he first assembled half of the army at the fastest speed, and arrived at Port Adelland without carrying too many supplies, and then collided with the local "routine" every year. The floods caused by the torrential rain and high tide turned most of the region and the city into a swamp country.

Immediately after that, fake news from nowhere, proclaiming that the people of the New World are not heretics at all, just a group of ecumenical believers, and the church will strangle them as they did during the war of secession, triggering large riots in the entire Edland region.

As a result, Arthur Herrid, who only had more than 10,000 lightly armed soldiers under his command, had to collect supplies while suppressing the rebellion. As a result, the riot cut off the road of the entire Grand Duchy, and the supplies could not be sent to Port Ardland at all; the troops who could not eat also began to On strike, even Arthur himself was nearly captured by striking soldiers and rioting workers.

After finally waiting for the riot to subside, the supplies were basically in place, the remaining troops came up one after another, and the large fleet responsible for transporting the soldiers also completed the assembly. When everything seemed to be about to come naturally, the start time was forcibly postponed for another month—— And the departure sequence is not someone else, but behind the Clovis people.

This is so annoying!

Arthur Herreid, who was still able to remain calm, split in place. He really couldn't understand how the empire negotiated with the church to allow the Clovis people to take such a big advantage - this is not bullying person? !

But in the eyes of Archduke Edland, things were not like this at all, or even the opposite.

First of all, the title of commander-in-chief, Arthur Herrid, was picked up by his royal status. There are so many prominent nobles in the empire, and there are not many generals who can fight well. As a result, because of the queen's pillow wind plus The absurd reason of "promoting the younger generation of the royal family" made a young man with almost no war experience become the commander-in-chief.

Not only that, such a person can still be at the forefront of the expedition sequence, serving as the main army of the entire crusade rather than a follow-up reinforcement; in normal times, Archduke Edland must think that there is something wrong with the emperor's sanity.

Of course, His Majesty, the healthy Emperor, is very sober. He knows that there is no suspense in this battle at all, except that the first battle may be a little frustrated due to unacceptable conditions, geographical advantages and logistics. The New World colony that emerges is impossible for the second ending other than looking down at the wind.

Although Arthur Hereid has a good relationship with Louis, and is indeed the best among the younger generation of the royal family, but at this moment, in the eyes of Archduke Edland, he is a cheap guy who doesn't know what to do.

"The order of the expedition was formulated by the Holy See and all parties in coordination, not the words of His Majesty the Emperor - it's not just you, the commanders of each legion must obey the command and must not act without authorization." After listening to the other party's complaints quietly, Ed Grand Duke Lan said with an expressionless face:

"I understand your thoughts, but orders are orders, and there is no room for negotiation."

"Of course I understand that!"

Arthur Hereid gritted his teeth, he actually didn't want to speak so loudly - not only did he disrespect the important minister of the kingdom in front of him, but he was also a close friend's father, and he was not very good at his voice, but he couldn't swallow it if he didn't say it. Tone:

"It doesn't matter if you give the vanguard to the Clovis people, after all, the main army will be composed of us and the Han soil army, and like a way to kick the gang of southern country bumpkins to the secondary battlefield, all composed of imperial soldiers The legion will indeed be safer."

"But ah, isn't it too much to let the Clovis take Sail City - don't I remember what was promised to them at the beginning of Moby Dick?"

Before he finished speaking, Archduke Edland, who was still full of annoyance just now, was suddenly startled and looked at those puzzled eyes in surprise.

But the surprise didn't last long, and the grand duke's expression returned to calm: "It's very simple, this is an exchange of interests between the emperor and Carlos II."

"exchange?"

I don't know that Arthur, who was appreciated by the other party because of his remarks just now, scratched his head and asked tentatively: "You mean that the emperor and Carlos II made a deal to exchange the decision-making power of not intervening in the holy war with Yangfan City?"

"This is just the top layer." Archduke Adelland straightened his collar and looked into Arthur's eyes:

"The most critical part is to avoid Clovis' intervention, or the so-called Free Confederation and Ice Dragon Fjord, so that the Empire and the Holy See can defeat the enemies they want to defeat without any worries."

"A war, especially an expedition, is never one that sends an army to a land outside the territory, and planting the flag of one's own side can declare victory or end; such a victorious army will not be satisfied, and the local people will not surrender. , the local nobles and people will not be proud of it.”

"No, they want war, or victory, they want to see soldiers sacrificed, enemies slaughtered, farmlands and cities set on fire, groaning from the rubble, blood-stained bayonets and guns gushing with gunpowder!"

"Because the generals and knights need promotion in the military, the soldiers want to make a fortune by looting, the rich and the poor in the local area want to get those unowned real estate, and the local people only after the hard bones die, the rest will be Willingly, unburdened to bow down to surrender."

"...It sounds a little evil." Arthur frowned slightly, and said a little uncertainly:

"Are you sure you are describing a jihadist army fighting for faith, not a devil enslaved by evil gods?"

"I want to be sure." Archduke Edland twitched the corners of his mouth:

"In the whole new world, there are only two colonies, Beluga Harbor and Yangfan City, which have the ability to organize. The latter has suffered heavy losses due to the previous rebellion; therefore, only Beluga Harbor is qualified to be an 'enemy'."

"And don't forget that the base camp of the Rune family wanted by the Holy See is also there in the New World; so take the lead in capturing the city of sailing, which will hardly make any substantial resistance, or let the Clovis suffer first and recover the lost all the way. colony, and finally a vigorous decisive battle at Beluga Harbor is more in line with the interests of the entire jihadist army!"

Of course, there is a more important reason, and that is to take the opportunity to completely slaughter the Clovis immigrants in the New World.

Yes, this is a once-in-lifetime opportunity to destroy the Clovis roots and colonization of the New World—literally.

But what Archduke Adland never expected was that Clovis agreed to this request.

Perhaps it was shortsighted, or perhaps aware of the general trend, they finally chose to give up their colonies in exchange for local advantages, and returned the snow-covered new world to the empire.

No need to close your eyes, Archduke Adland can already imagine how tragic the battle of Beluga Harbor will be; Anson Bach, the Storm Legion, the Rune family... all of them will fight with an army of 100,000 people. Under the siege of the Knights of Judgment, they were wiped out.

They will all die, like crushed cockroaches.

After returning to his senses, he found that the young commander-in-chief in front of him was frowning, as if he was worried and worried.

"……you do not believe?"

"Ah... no, I have no doubts about everything you just said. After all, you are Louis' father, and I believe you will not lie to me; but..."

After a pause, Arthur pursed his lips and frowned even more than before: "But you think such a cruel approach, Louis Bernard, who is currently serving as the governor of Sail City, is really willing to cooperate with the Empire and the The church's plan?"

"Of course I believe that Louis is still loyal to the empire, but he has always been relatively simple, and often does something... sigh, my lord, Lord Bernard... Lord Bernard?!"

Looking at Archduke Adran who suddenly widened his eyes and seemed to be petrified, Arthur, who was startled, shouted desperately, shaking his hands constantly in front of the other party's eyes, but it was still to no avail.

The stunned Archduke Edland was completely plunged into extreme panic in his heart.

I seem to have forgotten the most important thing...

Beluga Harbor, Stormtrooper headquarters.

On the wasteland outside the fortress, a dusty, almost full road was filled with people flowing slowly; soldiers, trucks, livestock... lined up in a formation that had absolutely nothing to do with "tidy". Assemble at the base of the headquarters and stand by.

Since Anson and Louis Bernard passed the "emergency mobilization" order at the Supreme Council, calling on each colony to assemble soldiers and formally establish the Confederate Legion, troops have begun to enter the Ice Dragon Fjord from the port or land, and accept the unified exchange. uniforms and military adaptations.

In fact, Anson did the same thing once during the founding of the Confederacy and the War of Independence; but at that time, the time was pressing, and only the reorganization of the troops sent by the colonies was carried out, and the equipment, military system and even tactics were still the same. Each party decides according to their own situation - similar to the bandits who have just been recruited.

This is definitely not to degrade the combat effectiveness of the colonial militia, because they absolutely cannot reach the level of the local bandits: long-distance marching, sleeping in the countryside, sneaking night raids... Each of these basic operations of these bandits can make the colonial militia die violently on the spot, Don't fight yourself.

Therefore, even if he knew deep down that he was doing useless work, Ansen Bach decided that these armies had to be assembled and trained and commanded together; Let the enemy really believe that this is an army, not some refugee or indigenous tribe.

The colonies were also very clear that they had no say in the military, and they resolutely agreed to the proposals of the two governors, and even expressed their willingness to bear part of the cost; they were even willing to set up a Confederate staff as soon as possible, and democratically elected the commander-in-chief of the Confederate legion.

This act of integrating the army will obviously greatly harm the autonomy of each colony. It is not difficult for a fool to guess that once the General Staff is established, the degree of centralization will inevitably be even greater than that of the Supreme Council; once any request is not accepted, defend the free Confederation. The soldiers are about to kick the door with their guns and destroy the traitors of freedom!

But again, when it comes to self-awareness, the colonies are very self-aware.

Don't say that Anson and Louis found a reason that sounds reasonable to "beware of the Empire's counterattack", even if they say "beware of the Old Gods", "beware of the Church Crusaders", "beware of the aliens"... Military power still has to be handed over, otherwise? Or do you want to be a traitor to freedom?

Anson Bach and Louis Bernard, Sail City and Ice Dragon Fjord, when the two bipolars of the Thirteen Colonies agreed, the rest of the people, in addition to agreeing, only had more positive and strong agreement.

But some things, even if you can force others to agree, may not necessarily mean you will get the desired results.

"One thousand people in Changhu Town, eight hundred in Red Hand Bay, one thousand in Black Reef Harbor, four hundred in Winter Torch City, and five hundred in Slave Harbor..."

On a swelled breakthrough outside the fortress, Carl Bain looked at the numbers just collected by the staff, his face was extremely ugly: "In the entire thirteen colonies, except for Sail City and Ice Dragon Fjord, the assembled army company If ten thousand people don't come, what do they want to do?!”

"In my opinion, I don't think about anything, it's just a fluke." Fabian said coldly:

"In the eyes of these colonies, defending the Confederacy and fighting the Empire is the mission of Beluga Harbor and Sail City; since we can defeat the Empire once, we can defeat the second time; in their eyes, they gained independence in only half a year. , freedom . . . is probably something that is easy to get."

"But this time, it's not just the Empire~www.mtlnovel.com~, but a coalition of at least 100,000 people from the entire Old Continent!"

Carl couldn't help shouting in a low voice, but then he couldn't help laughing: "Of course, they probably won't understand the difference - whether it's 10,000, 50,000, 100,000 or even 1 million, yes There is no difference between these people."

Hearing the words, Fabian nodded slightly and agreed with the chief of staff's statement.

"But realistically speaking, the scarcity of troops is also a good thing in a sense." Fabian changed his words: "In this way, we can also reduce the manpower used to train them and focus on training the last five thousand shooting corps. ."

"There are still sixty or seventy days before the arrival of the jihadist army. If you hurry up, maybe it will be too late!"

"Yes."

The worried two looked at each other, thinking that it would take two months for the enemy to arrive, and their nervousness relaxed a lot.

What they didn't know was that the new world had run out of two months.

Chapter end