Chapter 999, Staking
Chapter 998, staking
When Francois's army entered Erengrad, Ryan and Emilia's central army also arrived at the south bank of the Linsk River, in the ruins of Zorn City, which had been fiercely fought before.
The long cloak of the King of Knights swept across the snow, and the whole land left people with an extremely disturbing scene. There were corpses everywhere on the snowfield. François' army had no time to bury the corpses and cremate them. This was the end. The 10,000-man guards did most of the work during the Northern Expedition, including burying and cremating various corpses, and Morgiana leading the lake god and witches to pray to drive away the corruption.
"Come! Come! Hurry up! Move quickly!" The old guard commander Bertrand ordered the two old guard swordsmen to move faster. The carriage of the Imperial Lady broke down in the muddy swamp. One was lost, and now the four Blackstone guards were carrying Emilia's luxurious carriage together, and the Old Guards were putting the wheels back on in the rotten ground.
"Francois has already entered Erengrad?" Emilia was wearing a Nurgoth crimson silk suspender dress today, with a thick white fox fur trench coat for winter, and besides the trench coat, Wearing a black and gold fleece cloak, the heraldic pattern of the golden crown and scales on a black background is shining.
Emilia's height is not as tall as Suria's, but her proportions are also very well-proportioned. Since returning to Nuer, she has spent a lot of effort in shaping her shape. Her slender, white and tender calves under the long skirt are wrapped in black thick velvet Inside the pantyhose, stepping on the black suede short boots, the slightly raised arches and the slender ankles of stockings formed a graceful arc, and the sexy and small white toes were close together, looking smart and dignified.
"Well, yes." Ryan handed the battle report to Emilia, which contained Francois' report on the progress of these wars.
Emilia took a few glances. The Duchess of the Empire is actually not very high in military affairs, but she must not show weakness in front of Ryan: "Fighting well, now the border of Kislev, at least the upper reaches of Erlengrad The armies of Chaos have been purged."
Ryan just smiled when he heard the words. The King of Knights is familiar with Emilia. He watched the two old guards try their best to install the wheels of the carriage, and motioned for Emilia to continue.
"It's just a little conservative. Francois had two chances to completely wipe out Hal-Eye of Eternity's army." Sure enough, Emilia had something to say, and the Duchess of the Empire took the battle report: "The first time When he was chasing in the forest, facing the appearance of the demon army, he retreated. The second time was the battle of Linsk River, facing the Tzeentch army with less than 1,000 people left to cross the river with 6,000 people. Francois could have personally led the knights in pursuit, but he gave up again, being too conservative."
Ryan was still smiling.
Emilia suddenly had a feeling that her IQ was being despised, the Duchess of the Empire stomped her feet,
A large snowflake splashed, and she said softly: "This style of play is too conservative, always leaving a little tail at the end, he is saving his strength!"
"A good fighter has no great achievements." After Ryan looked at Emilia for a minute, the King of Knights said: "Believe it or not, if I replace François with Commander Berhemond, the Red Dragon The Duke must be able to wipe out the remnants of the Eye of Eternity, and personally kill Treacherous God Chosen?"
"Then why don't you..." Emilia asked incomprehensibly.
"But if you do this, you will lose more than 2,000 people!" Ryan took the military report and tapped Emilia's head lightly, and the King of Knights shook his head: "This is what I agree with Francois suddenly The reason before, I understand him, he fought well and evenly, although he fought badly, but he was able to win, although he allowed the enemy to escape a little, but his own casualties were few, we were fighting thousands of miles away from the border, and the main force of chaos had already We have been wiped out, are we fighting an army? We are fighting logistics and backup!"
Emilia fell silent for a moment.
"The vast snowfield, the rotten land, and the cold winter. In this environment, as long as it is not handled well, the loss of non-combat attrition is much greater than that of combat attrition." Ryan continued, the knight king with his hands behind his back, his dark blue Looking at the white snow field, he sighed: "Otherwise, how can the Chaos army be so difficult to deal with? If I really intend to solve the battle quickly, then the guards formed by us should be the vanguard, and I will go out and destroy them myself." The remnants of Chaos are."
"But if this is the case, how much will we lose the guards we have cultivated so hard? These soldiers are all trained and selected one by one!"
After Ryan finished speaking, everyone nearby nodded in conviction.
"Anyway, I'm the commander-in-chief by name, and the command is with you. You can command as you like, and I've never hindered you." Emilia was still merciless, but the Duchess of the Empire obviously accepted Ryan's statement , the eyes of the former little maid were full of little stars. Even though she is already a mother of two children, she still worships Ryan like the little maid at the time: "What next? We enter Erengrad like this? Announce that we Will rebuild the city?"
"It is definitely necessary to enter the city." Ryan thought for a while, and then said: "It's almost the same. The army under Rokossovsky and Beria's Ugor army are almost arriving in Norden."
"As for how to arrange the matter of Erengrad, let's talk about it after we enter the city." Ryan glanced at the endless snow field again, and sighed in his heart.
Ryan's original plan was to clean up the surrounding areas after occupying Erengrad, but now it seems almost impossible to do so.
He knew that he must not repeat the mistakes of Napoleon's attack on Russia. In his previous life, the First French Empire, which was at its peak, prepared a total of 620,000 people to conquer Russia.
In the end, when he withdrew more than 20,000 remnants from the ice and snow, he lost a total of nearly 500,000 troops, 250,000 horses and 1,000 cannons. Thousands of people.
Nahuang won every battle in the process of entering the country and retreating, but he still ended up like this, Ryan deeply learned his lesson.
The problem facing Ryan now is much simpler than the problem facing Nahuang.
Mrs. Kesler felt that the Kingdom of Knights was here to help them recover their homeland. Ryan received the support and love of a large number of Mrs. Kesler. As long as Ryan himself did not tear up his character design, Mrs. Kesler would worship him and support him .
But Kislev's winter was dreadful, and word was coming from everywhere that he and his army were exhausted.
Logistical problems are also getting more and more serious. The empire is no longer able to provide Ryan with military supplies to continue fighting, and the supply line is getting longer and longer and passes through the occupied areas.
Solve the problem as soon as possible!
Four days later, Ryan personally led the Guards into the ruins of Erengrad.
Seeing that the original huge bronze city gate has collapsed, all the streets, temples, residential areas, factories and port terminals have all been turned into ruins. Erengrad, which has been glorious for thousands of years, has not escaped bad luck. Looted and destroyed everything of value.
However, at this time, tens of thousands of Mrs. Kesler had gathered in the city. They were hiding everywhere. Mrs. Kesler, who was hiding in the Groward forest and mountains, rushed back after receiving news from François. Within the city, they lined up to pay Ryan the highest respect!
"Chivalrous King of Knights, you and your army have restored our homeland!" An old man from Kislev came up, and he offered fresh Leba and salt to Ryan: "Please use it."
"Thank you." Ryan reached out to take it, and enjoyed a little himself, then he raised his hand, and the whole city resounded with thunderous cheers, and people shouted the unparalleled and prestigious name of the Knight King.
That night, the Frost House Hotel, the former headquarters of Erlengrad Silavik.
The skeleton of the burnt Frost and Cold House was still there, and Francois repaired it a little so that there would be no air leakage.
Everyone in the room sat down and celebrated another victory. Francois held up Snow Goose Vodka and said to Ryan, "Your Majesty, what are we going to do next? Are we going to clean up all the chaotic remnants around Erengrad?" ?”
"If possible, I really want to do it." Ryan said helplessly: "But the situation doesn't allow it."
The King of Knights took out another letter from Emperor Karl Franz.
The empire’s logistics could hardly hold up anymore. In his letter, the Emperor Kaka expressed apologetically that Ryan’s decision to march on Kislev was an unplanned event. The supply of supplies for the Northern Expedition, at most one month, the logistics supply will be completely interrupted, and if Ryan intends to fight in Kislev, he must try to raise food by himself.
After everyone heard this, their faces were very ugly. Although Erengrad was recovered, there were chaos remnants and barbarian looters everywhere. If they wanted to wipe them out, it would take several months or even two or three years. The long and frequent security battles.
"So we have to evacuate?" Francois was very upset, and the father-in-law spread his hands directly: "Very well, you have also seen the situation in Erengrad now, it is in ruins, if we evacuate, here is equal to Undefended, Ryan, do you really think that Mrs. Keesler can hold this place by herself?"
"Two things." Ryan said calmly: "The first thing is that in a few days, Rokossovsky's Kislev Army, including Beria's Ugor Army, will arrive here. We will discuss with them about the garrison at that time."
"The second thing is to try to gather the nearby Kislev refugees. Within two weeks, start the referendum process immediately, establish the Grand Duchy of Erengrad, and rebuild the Duma."
"So, who will be the Grand Duke?" Francois then asked: "First of all, it must not be us Brittany, no Mrs. Keisler will accept it, no matter how we help them, for them It is said that we are all outsiders, but if we let a Kislev native do it, what should we do if we are out of control?"
"We didn't intend to control the city politically." Ryan shook his head: "We just provide military protection and obtain enough economic benefits. No matter how you say it, Ohrengrad is the land of Kislev, Kaka Tallinn has legal principles. Any attempt to accept the Grand Duchy of Erengrad as a vassal state or even merge it into Britannia will definitely be strongly opposed by Mrs. Kesler and even the imperial people. This will break the balance. move."
Francois nodded slightly when he heard the words, and the old man thought that Ryan no longer needed to remind himself.
"So, to put it simply, we need such a person." Ryan continued: "He must have the determination to revive Kislev, he must have sufficient commanding and internal affairs capabilities, and he must be willing to reach an agreement with us. In the transaction, we provide him with a part of the army to assist in defending the city and not interfering in his administration, and he must ensure that our economic interests will not be lost and can withstand the pressure of the female czar. Within a week, he must find such a partner , and then we help him publicize, so that he can successfully become the Grand Duke in the referendum."
Cooperative partner? Francois's eyes lit up, and he suddenly heard the Ursun priest Vladimir, tough, strong in command, outstanding in personal bravery, extremely disappointed in the female czar, and very personal prestige.
He still remembered those famous words of Priest Ursun.
"Forgiving the barbarians is what God does, the only thing we have to do is send them to meet their own evil god!"
"I'm not going to forgive the damn Yankee under any circumstances, and drown him in the cesspit if you meet him in the latrine!"
"What about Rokossovsky's Kislev army?" Emilia asked. The Imperial Duchess was not good at military affairs, but she immediately realized that this was a huge hidden danger in administration: "It's not easy for you It took so much energy to rescue them, and you let it go like this?"
"That's definitely impossible." Ryan smiled: "I will restructure this army."
"Restructuring?" Morgiana became interested.
"They will have a new name, the Erengrad Guard!" Ryan smiled: "As for my guard, there will also be a new organization, the Britannia Royal First Guard Gun Cavalry regiments! I will give them a new standard with red and white stripes."
"You mean to draw out the elite from this army and absorb them into our army to establish a new organization?" Francois understood: "Very good!"
"Restructuring and reorganization can ensure that we will not lose control of this army." Ryan nodded, and the King of Knights finally said a little tiredly after saying this: "The problem now is, how can we slow down after our main force leaves? Slowly drive those barbarian tribes and barbarians in the snowfields, wilderness, and forests out of the land near Erengrad? If we rely on us to support everything from the mainland, even the kingdom's finances will be dragged down."
Everyone was silent, this is indeed a very troublesome question.
After a small meeting, Emilia told Ryan that she was going to have a small meeting with Nuer's generals, and that Morgiana was going to perform a prayer ceremony to expel corruption, and Ryan was alone in Frost House Take an after-dinner walk outside the hotel.
He is still thinking about how to use all his strength to the greatest extent to ensure that after he leaves, this land can gradually escape the influence of chaos and barbarians. The north of the old world needs a barrier and a buffer zone.
After walking a few steps, a familiar footstep sounded from the side accompanied by the sound of crutches, and the high-spirited cripple approached limping on crutches: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you in trouble and need my help? "
"Talleyrand, is there anything you can do to help me?" Ryan looked at the cripple and couldn't help smiling: "I heard that military strategy is not your specialty."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have never been good at military affairs. To be honest, the wind and snow here make me very uncomfortable." Talleyrand also squeezed out a smile. He was so cold that he shivered in the snowy night: " But if you can trust me, I think I can still give you some advice, I guess, you must be worried that if you stay, the long law and order war will wear down your army and your finances, if you leave , then it may be difficult for Mrs. Keesler to expel the remnants of chaos entrenched nearby by her own strength?"
"Yes, Talleyrand, do you have any good suggestions?" Ryan nodded.
"I have an immature suggestion, Your Majesty." Talleyrand shook his head: "Have you ever heard of... staking land?"
"Staking the land?"
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