I Will Be The Crowned King Chapter 404

Genius to remember the address of this site in one second: [New] https://The fastest update! No ads!

For Hantu, a southern kingdom, the benefits that jihad itself can bring are basically negative. Even if you can get any benefits compared to the price you have to pay, the price/performance ratio can be said to be pitifully low, and if you waste your money again , that really has no place to cry.

However, it is precisely because all parties are well aware of this that Hantu, which is actively sending troops, has become very hot; especially when Clovis is only willing to send one legion, the scale of Hantu's troops is actually second only to that of Hantu. The empire - including quality - made this "Seven Cities Alliance", originally unknown and scattered sand, an important weight that can control the strength and discourse power of the jihadist army.

Of course, no one will take Han soil seriously, but for the south, it can unite a group of small forces that have not completely surrendered to the empire and Clovis; for Clovis, it can become an important fulcrum to break the imperial encirclement; , it is the key channel to bypass Clovis to contact the East; for the church, the land that has once again risen in the form of a kingdom is similar to Clovis, who was just born. It is a hot investment target, the sooner you invest more cost-effective.

At the moment, there are three letters on Claude Francois's table, one from the imperial family, one from the Hantuo Cathedral, and the other is a handwritten letter from King Clovis, Carlos II.

The three letters have different tone and completely different content, but the purpose is the same - to win over or threaten to beat Han Tu, and join their side.

Looking at these old world "guardians of order" who could only look up to the Francois family just a few short years ago, but the other party couldn't even look at them, now they are willing to condescend and take the initiative to contact themselves; Even if he knew that it was to use the vast soil, Claude's face still showed a somewhat smug look.

"It seems that our initial judgment is completely correct. The church, the emperor and Clovis have not been able to really reach a consensus from the beginning; the seemingly united jihadist army is just a group of different ideas, and the ambition of the same bed and different dreams. Family!"

The sneering Claude picked up the letterhead sent by Carlos II, and threw it on the table with a disdainful face: "Of course, the same is true for our land, only fools are willing to shed blood for the interests of the church and the empire. What about Khan; they got a colony in the New World, and they won't give me an extra piece of territory for it!"

Even if he gave it, Claude couldn't want it; what use would he, a southern country, take the enclave of the new world; even the three kingdoms of the North Sea could not keep his colony so close, and the land could be separated by most of the old continent, sooner or later Will it be annexed by other people's forces?

"That means..." Archduke Aiden, who was sitting opposite, raised his eyes and picked up Carlos II's letterhead:

"Are you going to join Clovis?" Remember the URL m.xbeqge. com

"We were originally allies, and it seems reasonable to advance and retreat with them, but..." Claude, who frowned slightly, shook his head:

"Since the Clovis people are all secretive and dare not express their opposition to jihad, the weak Hantu can't be too active, otherwise it will easily be targeted by the empire and the church."

"If the church asks Hantu to increase its troops again, I'm going to use the excuse that the Francois family has not fully recovered from the civil war and the domestic situation is unstable. It just so happens that several heirs of the Grand Duchy of Mist have started to make trouble again. You can use mediation as an excuse to temporarily pretend not to be in Jinshicheng."

"Clowe won't say anything like this, but the Empire and the Church won't easily agree." Archduke Aiden reminded: "We still have to give them an explanation... Otherwise they might not threaten Clovis. , but it will definitely hit us."

"Yes, I have already considered this."

Looking at the worried Archduke Aiden, Claude raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "I heard recently that because of the civil strife in Mist, the empire seems to be contacting various nobles of the vast land again, in an attempt to incite a rebellion; If I'm not mistaken, they should have written to you too, right?"

"It's the same as what you thought." Grand Duke Aiden nodded slightly and admitted it generously: "They promised that as long as the Duchy of Aiden sent 10,000 people to fight, they would support me in capturing the territory of the Grand Duchy of Mist."

Let Archduke Aiden inherit the territory of Mist? Even I, the descendant of the ancient royal family of Hantu, dare not easily attack Mist's idea. The emperor of the empire doesn't know Hantu at all... Holding back the smile in his heart, Claude still kept it. Serious look:

"That's right, you should continue to keep in touch with them privately while I'm not in Golden Stone City, and spread some dissatisfaction with the Grand Duchy of Aiden, the decision of the royal family of Hantu, 100,000 soldiers of Aiden, Carindia and Mist. Fight bravely, but the news of being suppressed by the royal family goes out."

"In this way, it is also convenient for us to prepare with both hands... If Clovis's plan is successful, rumors will naturally be rumors; but if the Carlos II can't stand the pressure, he can only follow the rumors and dispatch more troops to the north. The church has shown the piety of Hantu!"

Claude, who suddenly stopped smiling, couldn't help but sighed: "You must look at other people's faces anytime, anywhere, and survive between powers. This is a sin of weakness!"

"So Hantu must be strong... Only by breaking the old and broken old order can we rise and have a truly bright future." Archduke Aiden, who took a deep breath, said indifferently:

"How about that person's proposal?"

The moment the voice fell, Claude Francois, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly shrank his pupils, and his tangled expression seemed to have countless hands, constantly pulling and struggling in his chest.

As time passed quickly, more and more information about the jihadist Legion and all kinds of munitions that had been re-sold were passed to the colony along with smugglers; together with Ludwig and William Cecil, who were stationed in Sail City, privately As for the part leaked by the people sent by Li, the New World Corps has basically achieved unilateral transparency of the intelligence of the Mujahideen.

At the same time, not to mention the main force of the Mujahideen that has not yet arrived in the New World, even Ludwig, a "hidden friend", knows very little about the true strength of the Free Confederacy. I probably guessed that the Confederate population should be around 100 to 3 million people, and the army that can be mobilized will not exceed 100,000, of which the real combat effectiveness will not exceed 50,000... The rest really know nothing.

It can be guessed that this level is also due to the existence of Roman. Although this core member of the Truth Society cannot move freely in Beluga Harbor, the newspaper and the information provided by the Truth Society alone can roughly calculate the mobilization limit of the Free Confederation.

This number shocked Ludwig, especially when Roman personally told him that the so-called "Freedom Confederation" was a fig leaf at all. Except for Sail City, almost all of the New World had been conquered by Ansen Bach by various means, in essence becoming a territory he controls.

And just over a year ago, he was just an ordinary upper-middle-level officer with four or five thousand levies and was "exiled" by Clovis... In just a few months, the territory, population and The army has grown more than tenfold!

What's more important is that this time, like the previous time in Hantu, he has united the weak allies around him; if the jihadist army cannot defeat him in one go, it is likely that his tragedy in Iser will be repeated. It was gradually overwhelmed by a much weaker enemy, and eventually collapsed without a fight.

This holy war...maybe really lost.

However, just as Ludwig began to shake the victory and defeat, more and more information about the Mujahideen Army was about to scare the liberals of the Free Confederacy into a fool. The refugees in the city had not yet been settled, and they hurriedly urged Marshal Louis Bernard, who had just taken office, to prepare for the war.

Louis and Anson also just left the Supreme Council, which was still arguing, and let them quickly pass the decision on the transfer of personnel and materials. While sending the army to Black Reef Harbor, they rushed back to Beluga Harbor with most of the officers.

"...All in all, according to the information we have obtained so far, the main force of the Jihad Legion formed by the Empire can be roughly divided into four parts according to the Legion."

In the back of the hand army headquarters in Beluga Harbor, Anson Bach, who was the governor of the Ice Dragon Fjord as the commander-in-chief of the New World Corps, talked eloquently in the face of the newly formed staff:

"First of all, it is headed by Arthur Hereid, with some vassals of Xiaolong Duchy, some of the empire's giants, especially the Holy War army composed of vassals and troops of the Grand Duchy of Adland, with a total of fifty warships and 24,000 infantry. , 4,000 cavalry, about 80 light and heavy artillery... It can basically be regarded as an enhanced version of the previous Bernard Morwes army."

"Then the heir to the southern Levent family, Boley Levent convened a legion formed by nobles in the southern part of the empire, with a total of 29 battleships, the equipment status is unknown, and the strength is about 20,000."

"Don't underestimate this army because of its small number." An Sen suddenly increased his tone: "According to the information we have, the proportion of talents in the Bolei Legion is likely to be the highest in the entire Crusade Army. A large number of wind knights responded to the call of the Levant family, although most of them are wandering knights with humble identities, they still cannot be underestimated."

In the face of Ansen's warning, the officers present nodded in response, but they were quite disapproving - they knew a lot about their position, and the commander-in-chief really thought too much.

"The third is the imperial branch of the empire. Fernando Herrede is also an army formed by knights of the Principality of Dragons and vassals directly affiliated to the royal family, with forty warships, 25,000 infantry, and 2,000 soldiers. Cavalry, fifty light and heavy artillery pieces."

"It can be judged from the position of commander-in-chief that this army should be formed by the emperor himself. Fernando Herrede is not a gifted person, but he has quite a lot of experience in leading troops. He has appeared on the western front battle against Clovis before. Therefore, The legions under his command are also very likely to be veterans drawn from the front lines of the battlefield."

"The fourth legion is a legion made up of the followers of the Ring of Order in the Empire, plus Iser, Clovis, and other places in the vast land. The size is about 30,000, and it also has 50 ships. The leader is a There is no other information about the young knight named Phileus."

Speaking of which, Anson frowned slightly. The information about this jihadist legion, which looks like an army of mad believers, is pitiful; not to mention the type of troops, even the organization of the legion is ignorant... At first glance, it is simply a standard armed thug.

But can a group of armed thugs really form a massive army, assembled in an orderly manner and across rough seas?

An Sen, who was quite skeptical about this, vaguely smelled the smell of some kind of conspiracy, and remembered that he had only one infantry regiment at the time, but he claimed to have two or three infantry divisions to the Hantu people.

But doubts are only doubts after a while, Anson continued after a moment's pause: "What is more beneficial to us at present is that all four legions have encountered a storm, it is impossible to reach the new world on time, and there are varying degrees of losses and casualties. ."

"But it's also bad news—except for the Fernando Corps and the Phileas Corps, there is no news about the fleet that encountered the storm. The Arthur Corps, because of the earliest preparations for departure, actually arrived in the waters of the New World ahead of schedule, a short distance from Sail City. Only a few days left!"

"And the Borei Legion seems to have adopted a strategy of dividing forces in order to avoid the storm. It is difficult to determine the exact location of its flagship and main force, and it is likely to attack multiple coastal colonies at the same time."

These two pieces of information were sent by Ludwig through the newspaper office and the Knights of Untrustworthiness lurking in Sail City, under the **** of William Cecil's fleet; The colonel, after secretly "enlightening" by Ludwig, finally understood why he could be the commander-in-chief of the fleet again with the rank of colonel.

"In addition to these four legions, and the Ludwig Legion in Sail City, there is also the Leon Legion sent by Hantu in the North Port of Clovis, with a force of nearly 40,000. As for the combat power... everyone here is more or less. , they should all know.”

Having said this, Anson glanced at Louis Bernard, who was sitting at the head of the long table. The young knight who understood it slowly got up and looked around at the officers around him.

Among them were Anson's officer corps, the imperial knights who once rebelled and then turned to him, the leaders of militia groups from all over the New World, the leaders of mercenaries, and the leaders of militia and fanatics formed spontaneously.

Good or bad, strong or weak, united or divided... They and the army behind them, the whole new world, can muster all the forces that can be used against the old world.

The deeply moved Louis pursed the corners of his mouth and met everyone's gaze with a cold face: "The above...is about the Ring of Order Crusaders...the current information about our enemies, is there any objection?"

There was a dead silence in the conference room.

"Very good." Louis nodded slightly:

"Since there is no objection, then it is up to me to issue a battle plan to you!"

Chapter end