Chapter 913, Royal Conquest
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As soon as the imperial conquest came out, almost all the ministers and generals present, as well as most of the Boyers, subconsciously opposed it.
Katalin is indeed different from her father, the Red Tsar Boris-Bokha. The Red Tsar must fight in person, and the battle must be the first. Reappeared a glimmer of the afterglow of Kislev's glorious era, and the female czar rarely left her court, and seldom went out to fight. Most of the time she appointed generals or supervised the army and fought, which made many people hate her. There are some doubts about the command ability of the military.
Katarin coldly announced that she had made up her mind, and this time she must go to the imperial conquest.
No matter what the female tsarina said, she was the ruler of the Kislev court, the bloodline of Queen Miska and the owner of the tsar's throne. After she made a decision, everyone dared not object and could only agree to this battle plan.
Katarin also knew that everyone had doubts about her military ability, but there was nothing she could do about it. The empress also had her own ideas, which was the conclusion she had reached after careful consideration for a period of time.
That is, this barbarian invasion may indeed be a good opportunity for her to unite the entire country, gain the trust of the Boyer nobles and the army, and unite Kislev.
It was not that Katalin was ignorant of the complaints from the people and the wages of the soldiers. In fact, the Cheka could always report a lot of news to her, and the female tsarina knew what she had to do.
After getting the news, Katarin thought carefully, and finally concluded that she wanted to conquer by herself.
The reason is simple. After fully studying Knight King Ryan's centralization method, Katarin concluded that there are two basic points for Ryan to ascend to the throne. The first is that he married the Duke's daughter Suria for Wife, obtained the identity of the first twelve members of the Holy Grail Knight family, the second is that he passed a series of wars, including the red-eye invasion of Egil, including the Blackstone stronghold and the battle of La-Messonnell Abbey, including the recovery of Moussilon And the suppression of the Matthew Bard Rebellion allowed him to unite all the Bretons through war and knead the power of all the principalities together.
In the end, the pinnacle was the Great Expedition of Eight Peaks. After this war, Ryan's prestige and honor reached their peak, and since then, a high degree of centralization has basically been completed.
Therefore, Katarin's conclusion is that since Ryan can do it, so can she. Ryan was a little knight who could do it with only a few catties. How could an entire Sorority of Ice Witches not be able to do it?
Furthermore, the millennium celebration has already begun. At this time, a big victory will add new luster to her story of Katalin and the glory of Kislev.
Therefore, it is imperative for the royal conquest to be carried out. Katarin knows that she is very powerful, and her strength is just a lack of a chance to show it.
Now, the opportunity has come.
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, should we consider stopping the celebration and turning to a state of war first?" Marshal Kislev Konev suggested.
Katarin raised her black and slender eyebrows, and the female tsarina said lightly: "No need, when we return from dealing with the barbarians, the celebration will arrive at its most exciting time."
These sycophants don't understand my thinking at all! They don't understand what I want at all! The female tsar looked displeased at the expressions of hesitation or resistance on the part of the crowd: "Anything else? Come up with it quickly. Don't blame me for being ruthless if you don't say it in person now and talk nonsense afterwards!"
Rokossovsky, the bear cavalryman, decided to speak. He said relatively calmly: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, do we want to tell the empire about your personal conquest and seek support from the empire?"
"The northern barbarians have spent so much energy in fighting Dulong City, there is no need for us to ask for the support of the empire." Katarin gave Rokosovsky a displeased look, and she thought that maybe Rokosovsky It was really a mistake for Ki to replace Marshal Voroshilov. This Marshal of the Bear Cavalry, who is only in his thirties this year, may have good fighting skills, but he really has no wink and lack of self-consciousness. The female czar said calmly: "The whole empire is now Harvesting one after another, right? At this time, it is called Imperial Aid, and I owe Karl Franz a lot of favor, there is no need for this."
Katharine is right. The climate of the empire is different from that of Brittania. Britannia's autumn harvest time is from the end of September to the end of October, while the empire's autumn harvest time is from mid-September to mid-October. Only Keith Loew's autumn harvest is almost complete.
The Marshal of the Bear Cavalry could feel the unfriendly gaze of the female tsarina, and he finally closed his mouth tactfully.
In this way, the Royal Conquest was settled, and immediately, the entire Kislev began to operate, and a large number of troops began to gather in Kislev, ready to go to the north to fight against the barbarians.
On October 3, Kislev issued a national assembly order to forcibly recruit the army, and the conscription was raised from one soldier per five households to one soldier per three households.
On October 7, Empress Katalin personally led 25,000 Kislev soldiers to set off from Kislev City and head towards the northern location of Prag, preparing to deal with the threat posed by the barbarians.
On October 10, 15,000 soldiers from the Ohrengrad side joined the Tsarist army on the banks of the Linsk River.
On October 12, troops from various places in Kislev and troops led by Boyer arrived one after another, and the number of Kislev's army gradually expanded to about 63,000.
On October 16, the Ugor tribe north of the Linsk River and many mercenaries also joined Katalin's team, and an army of 80,000 people was finally completely formed.
The price involved is very high. In order to assemble this army, Katarin almost emptied every ducat gold coin in her treasury and inner treasury. Even so, it is difficult to fully equip the equipment. Many soldiers lack enough thick winter clothes and The weapons were of sufficient quality, but Kislev couldn't take care of that much anymore, and Katarin immediately signaled to go north for support.
At this time, Prager has been surrounded by the chaotic army of Festus, the champion of Nurgle's God's Choice. The residents are struggling to resist. The empress personally leads the army and the battle of Prager begins.
In this battle, Festus tried to set up an ambush on the road and surround the points for reinforcements, but Katalin learned the previous lesson. Kislev's army advanced slowly and steadily, and Katalin even led the Ice Witch and Her personal guards, the Ice Guard and the Krim Guard Legion, joined the battlefield. The Queen's power was as strong as Kislev's Winter. The Nurgle Legion soon found that they had encountered a very powerful enemy. After 12 hours of fighting , Festus got Motkin's order to let him avoid the edge temporarily.
As a result, the Battle of Prager ended with Kislev's victory, and the Nurgle Legion lost more than 3,500 people and was forced to retreat northward.
But the war surprised both Kislev and Chaos.
Festus didn't expect it to encounter an army of 80,000 people. The champion of Nurgle's God's Chosen is not the brainless lunatics of Khorne, nor the addicts who like to try and fail in the Slaanesh Legion. Tus was unwilling to fight against Katarin. It tried to repeat the same trick, leaving behind hundreds of chaotic eggs made of Mrs. Keesler. Afterwards, the Nurgle Legion chose to retreat into the ice and snow north of Praga.
And Katarin was also shocked by the number of Chaos army, the female tsarina could not have imagined that there were tens of thousands of people surrounding Prager! But seeing that the Nurgle Legion was driven away from Praga so vulnerable, Katarin immediately felt that the barbarians were all old, weak, sick and disabled.
However, the joy that the brilliant victory at the Battle of Prager brought to the Czarina did not last even more than 12 hours!
Emergency military situation! Fort Clark, an important town on the border with Norsca in the northwest of Kislev, has fallen! The Norscan Mountain Legion, led by the Norscan High King Varmir-Aislin, has appeared in the Troll Kingdom!
Kislev's army immediately marched west to support.
The female tsarist did fully learn the previous series of lessons. The Kislev army did not rush to march, but adopted a gradual strategy of advancing steadily, which allowed them to avoid the ambush of the Tzeentch army, and the Tzeentch army immediately retreated. Prepare yourself for your next nefarious plan.
After several days of marching, the Battle of Torsor River started on the south bank of the river. Kislev's army encountered more than a dozen Norse tribes and warbands who believed in Khorne or Slaanesh who gathered here for skull sacrifice. .
Another fierce battle, the Battle of the Torso River, Kislev beheaded more than 3,000 people but he also lost a lot, until the group of Norsca tribes were completely defeated, Kislev's army finally won Torso River's victory.
The pressure north of Kislev was a little easier.
However, bad news came one after another, urgent military situation! The Slaanesh Legion led by Prince Sigvald, the champion of Slaanesh, has broken through the fortress of Ostrosk! The 3,000 defenders in the fortress were all slaughtered and their hearts were gouged out! Prince Sigwald made 1,000 cloaks and 500 scarves out of Mrs. Kisler's skin and hair, and even dug out more than 5,000 eyeballs from the corpse to bake "octopus balls" on the spot in the fortress. "For the followers of Slaanesh to taste.
As Kislev's army advanced more than 300 kilometers westward from Prag, and when they arrived at a place 50 kilometers north of a town called Zedevka on the north bank of the Linsk River, Katalin suddenly discovered , things seemed to be going very badly for her and her army.
The scale of the Chaos invasion this time seems to have far exceeded everyone's expectations.
To the east, the Nurgle Legion led by the Nurgle God's Chosen Champion is slowly approaching, with about 50,000 people.
To the northwest, the Slaanesh Legion led by Prince Siegwald, the champion of Slaanesh, has about 39,000 people and has crossed the Torsol River.
To the west is the Norsca Mountain Legion led by the Supreme King of Chaos, Vamir Aislin, with about 43,000 people.
Kislev's army suddenly fell into an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. Katalin had to order to retreat 20 kilometers south and set up camp 30 kilometers north of Zedevka. She herself led the Ten thousand elites settled in this small town.
To make matters worse, after a series of military operations at this time, the time has come to October 26.
Due to the female tsarina's steady and vigilant marching method, cautious and strict tactics, Chaos tried to ambush many times but failed, and instead caused heavy losses to Tzeentch's army.
However, with the passage of time for Kislev's army to go out, the logistical pressure is increasing and it is becoming more and more difficult to maintain. Eighty thousand people eat horse chews all day long. The army started to set off on the 7th until Katalin patrolled Zedevka on October 26th. The logistics of this army gradually became unsustainable.
October 30, Kislev, north of the Linsk River, Zedevka.
It was snowing heavily in the sky, and this originally small town had been filled by a large number of troops.
The Tsar's golden domed tent can be seen standing in the center of the town from a distance.
Kislev's most elite ice witches, the Queen's personal guards, the Ice Guards, and the Imperial Guards, the Kerim Guards, are all stationed here.
Today Katharin faces an increasingly difficult situation.
The three chaotic armies are gradually encircling Kislev's army in a semicircle, pressing towards Zedevka.
Katarin divided Kislev's army into four parts, namely the Central Army led by Katarin herself, consisting of elite ice and snow guards, Kerim guards, Tsarist Shooting Army, more than a hundred artillery pieces, and a It is composed of bear cavalry, wing cavalry griffin legion, and a large number of Keza fighters, with a number of 10,000.
Generalissimo Kislev Dimitri Zayev's Army is located in the north facing the Slaanesh Army of Prince Sigwald the Beauty. This army of 20,000 has a large number of hussars, Keza warriors and a small amount of artillery , The shooting army is composed of strong strength.
To the west is the Rokossovsky Army facing the Norsca Mountain Army. This army has about 30,000 people, but the quality is not good. Very large cavalry archers and two teams of hussars, a team of bear cavalry.
In the east, Zhaka-Fedosov's army faced the plague doctor Festus's army. The Fedosov army had only 10,000 people and was stationed in a small town called Dagniper on the northeast side of Zedevka. In the middle, rely on the city wall for defense.
The resolution of the top commanders of Kislev was that each legion must try to entangle the enemy in front of it as much as possible, and then concentrate its forces as much as possible to defeat one of the three Chaos armies, and then defeat the other two Chaos legions in separate ways.
Kislev's army needs a quick and decisive victory to establish the victory. This is the consensus of everyone, and there is not much food left!
At this moment, Chaos Eternal God Chosen Black Iron Motkin led a small part of the main Chaos army and the Tzeentch Legion about 80,000 people were slowly heading south from the northern part of the Mourning Mountains in Norsca. Motkin took a closer look In the confrontation between the two sides, they couldn't help but let out a terrible laugh: "This woman really has no strategic vision! Do you think that being cautious and predicting the enemy can defeat us?"
"Give me an order! In any case, it is forbidden to fight the Kislev army led by Katarin himself! If you encounter her alone on the battlefield, you should immediately retreat, disperse, and pull the opponent's force. Such a huge force The army, Kislev's logistics can't last long! Repeatedly pulling, the fighter is in sight!"
"Yes!" Under the command of Eternal God's Chosen, the three-way Chaos Army obeyed his order. Once Katarin appeared on the front line, the Chaos Army immediately retreated, avoiding and not fighting, making it impossible to take advantage of, and Once Katarin left, the Chaos army immediately pressed towards Zedevka and beat Katarin's marshals hard.
Faced with the "hide-and-seek" style of play commanded by Motkin himself, Kislev's army was helpless under the absolute disadvantage of numbers, and the battle line gradually retreated.
The female czar and her pro-army became a fire brigade, running around to support, but every time she appeared, once Chaos found that the morale of Kislev's army had improved, the intensity of the attack had increased, and after receiving the support of ice magic , retreat immediately.
At the same time, the Norsca Mountain Army under the leadership of Vamir Essling tried to intercept the retreat of Kislev's army. The female tsar was shocked and led the army to march for more than 100 kilometers. When she saw her appear , The Norsca Mountains immediately retreated, leaving Katarin furious.
As soon as the Norsca Mountains Legion was driven away, Katarin immediately got the news that a large group of new Chaos troops appeared north of the Mourning Mountains in the north! It is slowly advancing southward.
The chaos three-way army continued to move closer to Zedevka, and the situation became more and more severe for the female tsar. Her army moved back and forth on the battlefield, exhausted, and the supplies of the troops were getting worse and worse. Each soldier could only get 350 grams of Daliba, no meat supply.
The situation in Kislev was gradually unstable. Many opponents of the tsar became more and more frequent, and public security problems continued to erupt. After the snowstorm and food shortage, the army also began to experience non-combat attrition. .
Under this difficult situation, the Supreme Commander Kislev finally made a decision to launch a full-scale attack on his own initiative, looking for an opportunity to wipe out at least one Chaos Legion.
The final battle is coming!