Chapter 1007, I'm Afraid the Tsar Has No Ability to Force Anything

Chapter 1006, I'm afraid the Tsar has no ability to force anything

On April 30, 2515 in the imperial calendar, in the urban area of ​​Ohrengrad.

Special Envoy of Emperor Karl Franz, Count Clemens von Metternich, Imperial Diplomatic Ambassador to Britannia, and Chief Observer of Northern War Affairs temporarily appointed by Emperor Karl Franz, he was in Under the leadership of the Old Guard Musketeers and Dragoons, they rode into the city on horseback.

The square in Ehrengrad is filled with the Breton army. The knights are divided into several square formations on both sides. The two battalions of the Old Guards and the Holy Grail Knights are located in the center, followed by a dozen serf steps. Corps phalanx.

Nicholas Davout, deputy commander of the Old Guard, shone with the spiritual light from the fairy of the lake, and his eyes were as bright as lightning.

"All! Get ready~"

"salute!"

The Old Guards and infantry regiments saluted together, followed by the cavalry brigade led by the Knight of the Holy Grail.

Metternich was very well dressed. Judging from the shoulder width and waist width of the frock coat, it was known that his silk dress was tailor-made, and his thick and naturally curly short hair was neatly groomed. Under the leadership, he quietly observed the Britannian army who came to welcome him.

The more you observe, the uglier Metternich's expression becomes.

All bearded, all veterans! Well-equipped and full of murderous aura! And the morale is extremely high!

Taking a closer look, the imperial ambassador found that most of the soldiers were in their mid-twenties, which is the golden age for serving! And these soldiers are only a small part of the knight king's army. As we all know, Ryan's enlistment of the army this time is only at the level of 50 households and one person, and this has almost no feeling for Brittania.

Damned Breton! They will become a huge threat to the empire in the future!

Metternich has always been a big imperialist in his heart. To put it simply, he wished that all the countries in the old world except the empire would perish. Now he has to admit in his heart that Knight King Ryan and his army It will become the biggest obstacle for the empire to become the overlord of the old world.

At the same time, many citizens of Erlengrad came out to watch. The city was in ruins, but people's faces were full of hope.

"It can be said that the citizens of Ehrengrad are more and more fond of their new Duma and the new Grand Duke Vladimir.

"Nicolas Davout thought about it and smiled at Count Metternich: "This is really a good thing for re-establishing order in Kislev. "

"A good thing?" Metternich said coldly: "Grand Duke? Who granted it, did he seal it himself, or His Majesty the Knight King Ryan? Has it been approved by His Majesty Katharine? Can this kind of knighthood be counted?" ?”

"This is the choice of the people of Erengrad." Davout was choked by this sentence, he is a soldier after all, after thinking for a while, he could only choke out a sentence like this: "We can only respect. "

"Can the referendum represent public opinion?" Metternich sneered a few times: "I am very suspicious now, how much of your so-called chivalry in Britannia is left?"

Davout's face was very ugly. As an Old Guard of the Holy Grail and the deputy commander of the Old Guard, he felt that he had been insulted and questioned, so he did not intend to speak properly: "Your Excellency Metternich, I miss you Must not know?"

"Know what?" Metternich had a vague premonition in his heart.

"Her Majesty the Tsar was defeated, just upstream of Fortanhav, the 50,000 White Guards suffered more than 33,000 casualties." Davout also sneered: "Now, we can say that there is not an inch of Kislev's land. It is under her actual control, Metternich, the people need heroes, what do you think?"

"I won't tell you, I want to see His Majesty Ryan!" Sure enough, the imperial envoy's face changed drastically, and he wanted to rush directly to where the Knight King's tent was.

The two old guards standing guard immediately put down their halberds and crossed their arms: "Your Majesty and Your Excellencies are in a meeting!"

"Please wait outside, Your Excellency Metternich." Davout's attitude also became tough: "Wait a moment, His Majesty will receive you as soon as the meeting is over."

"...Okay." The imperial ambassador could only agree, and Davout quickly gave the old guard at the door a wink, and the guard immediately understood: "Your Majesty is in a meeting, so you can't go in! Please wait a moment, Your Excellency."

"Who is so noisy outside?" A graceful and luxurious voice full of elegance and Nuer accent came from the side: "Oh, it's Metternich? Karl is willing to send you to such a bitter cold place?"

"I have seen you, Your Excellency the Countess!" Metternich dared to put on airs in front of Davout, and dared to say that it was because his status as the ambassador of the empire determined that he must not show any weakness or flattery, but in the face of Emmanuel Countess, this guy can only kneel down and salute at the scene: "I have brought blessings and greetings from Emperor Karl Franz. May I ask your Excellency how is everything?"

"Okay, I feel good." Speaking of Ryan, the little maid couldn't help showing a smile: "Come in and talk."

"Yes!" Davout couldn't help laughing at Metternich's condescending appearance. After thinking about it, he decided to go to the big tent himself.

In the big tent, Knight King Ryan, Lake God Witch Morgiana, Duke Bohemond, Duke François, Duke Lawn, and Old Guard Commander Bertrand were sitting together for a meeting. Talleyrand stood and listened behind Ryan, Duke Hagen was injured and absent, and Gerald stood in front of the map and explained everything.

"Just as your Majesty, Your Excellency Bohemond and cousin (Francois) expected." Gerald said holding the battle report: "The Queen and her White Guards were destroyed in the upper reaches of Fortandorf Sexual failure."

"On the evening of April 20, her army built a pontoon bridge on the opposite bank of the Upper Talabek River, Lachhof, and was preparing to cross the river. I have to say that it took us a whole hour to repair the pontoon bridge. In the evening, after repairing it, it took more than half a day for the 20,000 White Guards to cross the river, and the vanguard troops had already exchanged fire with the Chaos army."

"The war started very smoothly at the beginning. After all, the main force of Chaos has been wiped out in Ohlengrad, Bekafen and Wolfenburg successively. The rest are some miscellaneous soldiers. Under Talin's personal command, magic help, and uh... led by the Old Guard, the enemy army headed by Zanek was still driven out of the ruins of Rakhov, and the victory was once very close to Katarin. "

"Old Guards?!" Bohemond looked strange, and the old Duke waved his hand: "I remember the Old Guards standing guard outside the door, Gerald?"

The old duke didn't say anything, but he was very envious of Ryan's ability to have such a super powerful army that looked down on the world. His Red Dragon Guard is not hot enough yet.

"Uh, I mean, Her Majesty Katarin also formed an old guard army to replace her already lost Kerim guards. Soldiers were selected from the White Guards, and the requirements were tall and handsome. The equipment is the standard equipment obtained from Nur." Gerald said with some helplessness in his tone, "Okay, let's change the name, Romanov Guards."

"Continue, Gerald, continue." Francois reached out his hand to signal Gerald to continue. Duke Winford glanced at his son-in-law and saw Ryan frowning and thinking about something while looking at the map, and Moggie beside him Anna simply had a look of wandering, so she had no choice but to speak by herself: "Speak."

"The White Guards who had already crossed the river should have taken advantage of the victory to pursue the remnants of Zayk. However, this army with insufficient training and corrupt military discipline disbanded on its own. The loot and supplies, the White Army soldiers quickly lost their formation and vigilance, and began to loot wantonly."

"At this moment, several barges loaded with heavy objects and barrels of explosives suddenly flowed downstream from the upstream, completely cutting off and destroying the fragile pontoon bridge of the White Guards in an instant! At this time, the White Guards were completely out of touch."

"The White Guards didn't notice this at first, until a brand new Kurgan cavalry appeared from the forest and charged towards them. The moment the soldiers met, the White Guards almost collapsed, while the army on the other side of the river Attempts were still being made to repair the pontoon bridge, but they soon saw the 20,000 troops who had crossed the river thrown into chaos and completely overwhelmed by the Kurgan cavalry. The White Guards on the north bank were fighting hard, while the White Guards on the south bank were demoralized and in chaos."

"At this time, General Baghramyan, who was in the rear, managed to stabilize the situation and ordered the soldiers to hurry up to repair the pontoon bridge. Hundreds of White Guards were forced into the water to complete the pontoon bridge. Most of them froze to death. At the same time, Romano Semyonov, the coach of the Russian Guards, personally led the last Guards cavalry to launch a counter-charge towards the Kurgan cavalry. He himself was killed in the battle, and almost all the Guards cavalry were also killed."

"But this bought time for the redeployment of the White Guards on the opposite bank. At this time, the Romanov Guards showed amazing bravery and determination to block the charge of the Kurgan cavalry, even though they also lost more than half of them."

Ryan nodded again and again after listening, the King of Knights thought for a while, and said: "It seems that our Majesty the Queen has learned something from me."

"However, that's the end of everything." Gerald continued: "Just when the battle situation was at a stalemate, more than 300 Kurgan cavalry suddenly appeared on the south bank of the river. Leading them across the Upper Talabek River on a raft, they appeared behind the White Guards on the south bank!"

"When the White Guards on the south bank saw Kurgan cavalry appearing from behind, they mistakenly thought that a large group of Kurgan cavalry had successfully smuggled and wanted to attack from both sides. Crashed, and worst of all, the Tsarina escaped first, protected by the Ice Guards, and once again her magic created an ice bridge across the river, abandoning her people."

"On the north bank, tens of thousands of soldiers flocked to the only pontoon bridge to try to retreat. Hundreds of people were trampled to death, and more soldiers jumped into the water trying to wade across the river. However, there was a large amount of floating ice. In the chaos, the White Guards forgot to destroy the pontoon bridge that had just been repaired, which directly caused the Kurgan cavalry and Zan'ek's chaotic army to cross the river and pursue them directly."

"The brutal massacre lasted for a day and a night. After the Kurgan cavalry and Zanek's army plundered the White Guard camp on the south bank, they pursued the White Guards for more than ten kilometers until they approached Fortanhav, and the imperial defenders came out to meet them Only then did they stop pursuing and retreat. After the war, the number of people was counted. The White Guards had more than 33,000 casualties, and only 16,000 remained. , there are only 60 people left in the third regiment, the corpses of Mrs. Kisler are all on the road more than ten kilometers away, the Chaos army lost more than 3,000 people, and the Kurgan cavalry is said to have only killed more than 100 people. Now the Chaos army has all withdrawn."

"It's over." Gerald finished his long speech, couldn't help taking a breath, and picked up the glass to drink water.

Everyone in the big tent looked at me and I looked at you, and they all sighed helplessly. Everyone looked at Ryan, waiting for the King of Knights to speak.

"Actually, there were not many problems in this battle." Ryan thought for a while, and the King of Knights clenched his fists on the table and sighed: "The real reason for failure is the absolute low quality of her army. In fact, if In my place, this battle should not be fought at all, and when there is a huge gap in quality, we should try our best to avoid contact with the enemy."

"Then what should we do now? The White Guards have basically been wiped out. After such a defeat, this army is no longer useful." Bohemond still considered the problem from a military perspective as always: "An army can fail, but It cannot be such a devastating failure when it is first formed."

Francois considered the issue from the perspective of internal affairs: "Your Majesty, do you still plan to continue helping Kislev regain his homeland? I think the current situation is enough. The army is already exhausted, and many people are eager to return to their hometown. "

The regent of the Kingdom, Raun, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, what should Marshal Rokossovsky do? Do you want to give money?"

Ryan pondered over the question, and the King of Knights shook his head first: "Kislev's homeland cannot be regained for the time being, and our existing troops are insufficient, but I plan to restore the northern border of Erlengrad. At least, we must open up trade with Dulong City !"

"Dragon City!" The people in the big tent didn't like to fight anymore, but when they heard the words "Dragon City" and "trade", everyone, even Bohemond, couldn't help but feel moved, Dragon City's trade profits are simply too lucrative.

"So, are we going to let the empire participate? That little maid of yours?" Francois couldn't help but speak. The father-in-law is most sensitive to interests: "This is a big piece of cake!"

"Can we Britannia eat it by ourselves?" Ryan knew that the father-in-law meant to eat it all by himself as soon as he heard Francois's words. Without Nur, we can't digest so much share, we still have to let the empire join in."

Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads. Indeed, there are 100,000 dwarves in Dulong City. Such a large share of trade is indeed difficult to bear. Then the most ideal partner for cooperation with the empire is Emilia. The arms products produced by Nuer have always been cloth Litania's favorite, although the price is a little expensive, but the quality is really top-notch, Emilia ordered every craftsman to engrave his name on the weapons produced, and whoever has any problems will be responsible.

Who is it not to earn? It's better to earn it for Nuer.

"So, what about Rokossovsky?" Lawn continued to ask, "Are we really going to spend 2,000 gold crowns to buy his status as a death row prisoner as the empress said?"

"2000?" Ryan sneered a few times, and he stretched out his hand to compare a number: "500, no more, and told her, if you want money, first issue a statement to release Constantine's nationality, we are good Get him Britannian citizenship."

"This condition is a bit harsh..." Gerald couldn't help but said.

"It's a bit harsh." There was a terrible chill on Ryan's face, and the King of Knights stood up: "But I think, I'm afraid the Tsar has no ability to force anything, incompetent, we clearly gave her She did not cherish the opportunity to continue to be the tsar, and now Ehrengrad no longer needs a puppet."

Everyone in the big tent couldn't help laughing, yes, after Katarin killed her last bit of capital, she was already a little girl who could be dressed up by others.

"Alright, let's stop here for today's meeting."

"Let me see the special envoy of Emperor Karl Franz and see what he intends to talk to me about."

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