Chapter 1100, Tzeentch's 10-Sided Ambush
The latest website: June of 2520 in the Imperial Calendar is destined to be another month of great changes. When Ryan's expedition to Obien was vigorously carried out, a huge change also began on the Empire's side.
With the power of the third epic victory in the Black Fire Pass, Kaiser Karl Franz announced a number of drastic changes to the Empire's existing military structure.
The existing military power of the empire can be summarized into three parts, namely the professional standing army, the semi-professional provincial army and the local militia organization. Of course, this is the part controlled by the emperor. Some independent military organizations such as secular knights The regiment is loyal to the emperor but is not within the military system of the empire. There are also religious knights or local church troops, which are loyal to the emperor through another way, that is, the noble consultative conference chaired by the emperor.
It can be said that the entire military structure left to the empire by the savior Ludwig is still very scientific.
However, no matter how good the policy and structure are, problems will arise over time. As Karl Franz, who has served in the military, he is very clear about the problems within the Imperial Army.
Regardless of the problems of logistical supply corruption and the decline in the combat effectiveness of the army, the imperial army itself has a tendency to "age". With the best luck, you must be 31 years old before you can retire.
But in fact, the emperor’s investigation in the army found that, let alone 31 years old, in the imperial standing army and provincial army, there are many veterans in their forties and fifties. The average age of company commanders and imperial captains is 45 years old , and excluding all legends and legends and above, the average age of the imperial generals is as high as 50-55 years old!
It is true that the rich experience of veterans is a very valuable asset on the battlefield, but in fact, serving too long can easily lead to poor discipline, low morale, alcoholism, and cynicism. If veterans have served for seven, eight or even ten years Unable to get promoted, they can easily gradually become a strange creature - they will not volunteer for suicide missions, nor will they take unnecessary risks, usually goof around, drink like hell, get paid in a few days They spend nothing, don't work hard when fighting, and only when they are trapped or facing desperation, the veterans will suddenly burst into powerful fighting power, just to survive.
Even so, a large number of rehired veterans still occupy a lot of places. It is true that many of them can't do other things except serve as soldiers, but more of them are the emerging citizen class and many self-cultivating farmers who don't like to serve. If you spend a sum of money to hire someone to serve on your behalf, the veterans will receive a commission to re-employ, and the middle class will be exempted from military service. Everyone is happy.
But the result of this is that the army lacks recruits and lacks vitality, while the reserve militia lacks training and decent equipment, making it embarrassing to use at critical moments.
So Emperor Karl-Franz decided to continue crossing the river by touching Lane,
He studied in detail Ryan's 6-8 year military service system, the mandatory retirement age requirement, the buyout of military age, and the arrangements for veterans to go to local provinces or village militias to serve as instructors or captains. The emperor thought it was wonderful. , Wonderful!
That's it!
Of course, to be fair, the emperor didn't think of these things before, but he had no conditions. One is that the prestige is not enough, and the electors and nobles will naturally resist. The second is that there is not enough money, and it is impossible to clear a large number of veterans , that would provoke a mutiny.
These two problems have now been resolved. The first is that the third victory at the Black Fire Pass brought the emperor's personal prestige and honor to its peak. Many people even said that at that moment he was possessed by the Emperor, and the emperor in the south of the empire The electors are now afraid to face the emperor's sharpness, and even Countess Emilia, who has just returned to Nur, expressed support for the emperor.
The second problem is that a large sum of money is needed. For this problem, Karl Franz received the full help of the Dwarf Supreme King Thorgreen.
The situation of the dwarves is very good now. With the recovery of the Eight Peaks Mountain, it took a few years for Belega to restore the grand tunnel hub. The dwarves' mountain kingdom has been unimpeded since then, and both business travelers and troops can travel freely in the mountains and tunnels. , which allowed the major dwarven kingdoms to resume the tradition of a large amount of trade and mutual assistance.
At the same time, the dwarf exploration team that conquered Mount Gambard established an azure stone mine, from which Thorgreen and his Eternal Peak can reap unimaginable and terrifying wealth every year, and the treasure house of the High King gradually became richer. Thanks to the emperor for his outstanding performance in the third battle of Blackfire Pass, the dwarf patriarchal meeting passed the war loan proposal to the empire, and the new war loan will be sent to the treasury of Emperor Karl Franz soon.
With prestige and money, the emperor can finally carry out comprehensive military reforms in the southern part of the empire as he wished. As for the northern part of the empire, the war is still going on, and the second is beyond reach. The emperor decided to go south first and then north.
At the same time that Brunswick was carrying out military reforms, Nuer's military reforms were also carried out immediately. With the assistance of Gelt, Frederick began to reform the Nuer military, and took the opportunity to cleanse and retire some veterans. It was replaced by young generals who were loyal to him, especially those young aristocratic talents who studied and grew up with him in the Gunnery Academy, Engineering Academy, and Nuer University.
Ryan's eldest son has already planned, and when the time is almost there, he can launch a palace coup, pack his mother, tie a ribbon, put it in a gift box, and send it to his father to continue to be her little maid, and it will be Nuer's turn I call the shots!
Hehehe, just kidding, my mother said that my father arranged to be thirty years old.
Then I will launch a coup until then.
……… I am the dividing line of a filial son………
At the same time as the empire's fiery military reforms, Ryan's strategy of O'Brien continued.
After the Battle of Hastings came to an end, the knightly army did not actually cause a devastating blow to the barbarians of Obion. Almost 20,000 people in the barbarian army still fled to Konquata. Time did not have any more disputes, but chose to unite temporarily and work together to fight against powerful enemies.
In fact, Ryan's army of knights encountered many difficulties on the way of marching. The heavy rain in Obien was endless, and the attacks of the local large group of swamp monsters and human skin wolf gangs made the logistics of the army of knights exhausted. Troubled, the compass and the method of identifying the direction are difficult to work in the wind of chaos and dense fog. The army of chivalry once lost its way and went in the wrong direction. Finally, relying on Ryan to use his own spiritual power, he opened the emperor's Tarot and forcibly found it. up to the direction.
Then, on the way to Konkuta, Ryan got a very troublesome news.
The Norscans, the champion of Khorne, Hargroth the bloody, led 12,000 men to land on the north bank of Albion, preparing to come to support Harold and Zanek.
Ryan immediately asked Callard to lead 18,000 people north to meet the enemy, while he led about 15,000 people to wait for Newland's reinforcements to arrive.
This was originally a god-sent opportunity for Harold and Zayk. At this time, Konquata had concentrated all the barbarian tribes on Obion, with a total of about 22,000 barbarian soldiers and more than 32,000 barbarian militiamen, and they also With the cover of swamps, heavy rain, and fog, whether it is to immediately go north to pinch the Karade army or quickly surround the Ryan army, it is possible to achieve certain results.
However, Harold, who was defeated in the Battle of Hastings and lost his thigh pendant, could not even find two eggs (probably fell in the swamp), had lost the courage to fight Ryan. Repeatedly refusing Zan Aike's order to attack immediately, he made up his mind to stick to Konkuta.
Just a few days after Harold decided to stick to it, Karard successfully defeated the army of Khorne Champion Bloody Hargroth at the eastern foot of the Beast Mountains. Tactics in action, splitting the army into three, simultaneously attacking from three fronts and supporting each other, easily repelled Hargroth and his Norsca army, still on the chest of the mighty champion of Khorne A wound several centimeters deep was left.
But when Karad was about to pursue and wipe out the barbarian reinforcements, a terrible news came from the scouts. number seven
A Chaos army of more than 20,000 people is slowly landing on the north bank of Albion, and its commander seems to be the legendary original demon prince, Bilak.
Callard knew that something was wrong, so he quickly led the army to retreat, trying to join Ryan.
At this time, Ryan's army of chivalry had already arrived at the city of Konkuta.
On the afternoon of late June, Ryan and the others inspected Konkuta, while the Karad army was still on its way back to join forces with the Ryan army.
"What a big fortress." Francois looked at the large fortress located in the middle of the southern part of the Beast Mountain Range, built on a mountainside highland, backed by a mountain peak, and was a little dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, your brother didn't tell us that we are going to capture this Such a huge fortress."
"The barbarians don't know how to build a city. It's all written by the Old Sages. After the Worders withdrew from Albien one after another, Konkuta became the territory of these chaotic barbarian tribes." Veronica was still in a rage. Wearing a red leather coat, the female speaker frowned. She slightly estimated the height and width of the fortress, and said with a bitter face: "This fortress is located on a mountainside 400 meters away. Complex trenches and fortresses are all available, and there is even a river passing through the mountain, and it is the wet season, my dear, how do we capture such a strong fortress?"
"The man who speaks the truth is an enemy!" Francois was also very upset. The father-in-law walked across the dirt road, took out his binoculars in the rain, and looked at the solid city wall of Konkuta and the dense barbarian guards on it from a distance. He put down his binoculars: "Your Majesty, there are more barbarians than us. Even if most of them are militiamen, they can still play a big role in defending the city." .”
"Your Majesty, let's do this. I will take people up to try it out tomorrow and see how the defense is strong." Marshal Davout said, "Let my Musilon army try first."
"No, Mr. Dawu, you don't need to go." Ryan also frowned, he felt that he was cheated by Fulgen.
Fulgan didn't say that Konkuta is such a strong, large fortress that is located on the mountainside and has a huge stone structure! Ryan thought Konkuta was just a typical large Norse settlement.
However, as one of the most famous military strategists in the world, Ryan did not complain, because of the particularity of Obien Island, the information he could get was too little. The understanding is also limited to "it used to be the fortress of the Truthsayer, and it was later occupied by Bilak".
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Bertrand looked at such a strong fortress, but he couldn't do anything about it. The sixth marshal held the bow of Tal behind his back, and the holy emblem of Tal on his forehead was shining brightly: "I saw it. There are barbarians on every corner of the country, and they are only a lot more numerous than we are."
"Your Majesty, can we consider a long siege?" Francois thought of an idea: "The barbarians still need to eat, right?"
Ryan lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally nodded slowly.
Eating is pointless for a Chaos Warrior or above, and the same is true for a Barbarian Champion or Barbarian God's Blessed Warrior.
However, the barbarian civilians, including ordinary barbarian soldiers, still need to eat. Over the long years, the northern barbarians have developed a special skill. They only need one-half to two-thirds of normal human Food can survive, but even so, they still have to eat after all.
"Currently, a strong attack is not realistic, maybe we need to think of a way." Ryan thought for a few seconds: "Let the army set up camp first, and wait for Callard and the others to come back and Newland's artillery and supplies will be transported. "
"yes!"
The good news is that although Konkuta is a fortified city, it does not occupy a large area, and the city is crowded with people. Ryan made a little calculation and decided to encircle the whole Konkuta first before making plans.
The knightly army began to camp under Lane's orders, and using the relatively abundant trees of Obien began to make a wall to enclose Konquata.
The defenders in the city tried to rush out of the city to destroy the walls and camps of the Bretons. However, the barbarian cavalry suffered heavy losses due to the salvo of the musketeers and the outflanking of the knights. About 1,000 cavalry fell in Kongkua At the gate of the tower, he kept urinating blood, and Harold, who was in great pain, made up his mind to give up going out of the city.
It seemed that the barbarians of Obien were going to sit and wait to die. Just when Ryan ordered to enclose the city through the wall, Karard who rushed over brought Ryan a very bad news.
The bloody Hagros reinforcements have been repulsed, but the scouts reported that the 20,000 Chaos army and demon army of the original demon prince Belak had landed on the north bank of Albion! Including the rout of Hagros, there were 31,000 people on this journey!
Before Ryan could digest the content, he received an emergency military situation from Admiral Bo Derick.
The Worldwalker Legion is approaching the east coast of Albion! Ulfric the Wanderer's 25,000 reinforcements are approaching with a fleet of thousands of Norse dragon ships!
When the Poseidon fleet was about to stop Ulfric's longship fleet, another extremely bad news came.
Count Noctilus of the Undead Ocean Empire suddenly led his undead navy to appear on the side of the Poseidon fleet. The undead and Chaos formed an alliance. The sea route to O'Brien was completely blocked, and the Poseidon fleet led by Bo Derick suffered a lot of losses and was forced to retreat in the direction of Korona.
Later, the scouts from the west reported that Earl Noctilas's 28,000 vampire pirate army had landed on the west bank of Obien, preparing to join the siege of the knight army.
This was carefully designed by Tzeentch, an ambush from all sides.
"Konkuta is destined to be the place where the Sun King will fall!"
There is not much time left for Ryan. Ryan made a decisive decision and ordered to build an 18-kilometer-long outer wall on the outer circle of the siege camp for defense. All the people, artillery and supplies were all speeded up and transported to the city of Konkuta.
The extremely determined Sun King Ryan plans to fight the enemies inside and outside the city at the same time as the city of Konkuta.