Chapter 1146, Race Against Time
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Old World, Imperial Calendar October 2521, the Britannian army led by the Bretanian Marshals Callard and Rokossovsky arrived in Orengrad.
In order to ensure the strength of this army and taking into account Kislev's environment, Ryan ordered his female courtier and one of the heads of SI:7, the sanctuary sorceress Teresa, to lead an entire group of ice witches (50 people) came to the aid of Kharad and his army.
In Ehrengrad, Karad, Rokossovsky, Teresa, Beria and others were entertained by Ehrengrad Grand Duke Vladimir Vladimirovich, and learned from the Grand Duke that , Marshal Lawn of the Northern Legion has led as many troops as possible to Prague to defend.
"How many troops are there in Erlengrad?" Callard frowned when he saw this, and he and Rokossovsky looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes.
"There are only 5,000 defenders here in Erengrad, and His Excellency the Duke of Lawn has taken almost every sword in the entire city." Grand Duke Vladimir of Erengrad replied: "Currently, Grovo in the north The De Forest is still under our control, and the sentries report that the Chaos army is still fighting the greenskins in large scale in the troll kingdom."
"Understood." Callard then asked: "How many enemies are there?"
Soon, Kharad learned the size of the Chaos army.
The Chaos army that besieged Praag consisted roughly of the following legions:
Velic-The Cursed Legion of the Cursed World, about 35,000 people.
The troll army of Solong, the king of trolls, has about 28,000 people.
The Norse Legion of Sulsa-Renk, about 15,000 people.
Erflik-Kinelow's Kurgan Army, about 14,000 people.
Beastman auxiliary army about 10000-20000 people (no exact number).
As well as the champion of Khorne who just crossed the mountain pass, the undefeated army led by the undefeated Abal is about 24,000 people.
At present, the combat effectiveness of the Allied Forces of Order is only these:
Marshal Lawn's Army of the North of Brittany, about 12,000 men.
Kislev local army, about 15,000 people.
The Britannian Continental Army led by Callard and Rokossovsky was about 20,000 people (including a company sent by Lane himself to the Old Guard of Callard and fifteen Holy Grail Knights).
The army of the Imperial Osterland and Ostermark is about 8,000 strong.
And about 4,000 mercenaries and self-defense armed forces from all over the Old World, including the Southern Kingdom, set out independently and brought their own dry food.
That is to say, the total size of the Chaos Army is more than 120,000 people, and Karard here is no matter how hard it is, less than 60,000 people can participate in this war.
At the same time, Callard also knew that apart from the elite Britannian Continental Army he led, some parts of the Coalition of Order were as reliable as the Britannian Continental Army, such as Lawn's Northern Legion, for example, the two northern provinces of the Empire. and the field army of Erengrad.
However, the combat effectiveness of some armed forces is doubtful, such as the mercenaries of the Southern Kingdom and the soldiers temporarily recruited by Kislev’s local army. These soldiers are either inexperienced, insufficiently prepared for the upcoming battle, or unwilling Fighting only wants to flee south.
Worse still, is the weather.
The weather was not as snow-covered as Kislev expected on weekdays. On the contrary, it was already October, and the entire Kislev was still in a temperature above zero and a very dry climate. The autumn sun shrouded Kislev. In the land of Slev, there is no sign of snow or cooling at all.
This allowed the Chaos army to march unscrupulously, while Kislev lost her most dependent midwinter barrier.
Callard did not dare to neglect after leading the army to arrive, and immediately marched towards Prag along the Linsk River.
Along the way, bad news came one after another. The intelligence showed that troops were constantly overpassing the mountain pass. At the same time, Archaon, the new Eternal God of Chaos, seemed to have gathered an army of more than half a million people, but it was strange. Unfortunately, Archaon ordered the army to stay in the Chaos Wastes, just ignoring some of the unbearable Horde Chieftains or Chaos Champions to go south first, while he sat firmly on the Brass Throne.
Unlike Motkin, Archaon seemed in no hurry.
But Callard was in a hurry. The world-renowned Marshal of Brittany knew he had to race against time.
At this time, Teresa, the sanctuary sorceress who accompanied the army, played a crucial role. When Calad and others were eager to untie the siege of Prager, Teresa completed several major diplomatic achievements.
The sorceress of the sanctuary first persuaded the dwarves of Dulong City, and the dwarf army of Dulong City, Tolgard-Crimson, sent a 4,000-man dwarf army to Erengrad and then moved upstream along the Linsk River. A logistics stronghold was established in the middle of Lager and Erlengrad. The Dulong City dwarves will guarantee it with their lives. This stronghold will always exist unless all the dwarves are killed in battle until Lawn and Karad successfully retreat.
Then, Teresa's letter quickly arrived in Hawkland and Nordland of the empire. These two imperial provinces successively stated that their reinforcements would arrive soon.
Finally and most importantly, Teresa found Ivan Ferdinand, the Duke of Griffin. The Eagle Knights set off for Ostermark.
Even though everyone knows that Teresa is using Ryan's face and borrowing Ryan's prestige, this is still a great diplomatic achievement.
In the end, after two weeks of marching, the Continental Army successfully defeated the Chaos army on the outskirts of Prager, and Lawn personally led the defenders out of the city to welcome the Continental Army led by Karard into the city.
By this time, 90 percent of Prager's inhabitants had been moved or retreated further south.
The meeting hall in Prager Castle.
"It's been hard work coming from a long distance." Lawn sat on the main seat. After staying in the Northland for several years, the Duke of Connet has gotten used to the cold weather and special combat environment in Kislev. When Callard and the others arrived, Lawn couldn't help grinning: "Your Majesty is indeed His Majesty, you reacted so quickly."
"Your Majesty Lauen, Your Majesty has always cared about your Northern Legion." Karard sat on the lower head of Launn, whether it was arranged in order of marshal or in order of rank, Karard was undoubtedly under Launn. .
"I didn't expect His Majesty to be willing to let Ms. Teresa come with the army." Lawn then greeted Teresa.
"This is Your Majesty's order, all I have to do is to execute it, and I am familiar with Kislev's environment." Teresa also squeezed out a smile: "My witch group and I are under the control of the two marshals, please order Bar."
"Konstantin, with your help this time, we will definitely be able to give the Chaos army some hardships." Lawn then said to Rokossovsky.
"Dare not to obey." Luo Shuai also nodded.
After a few pleasantries, these marshals under Ryan's command are all hard-working people, and without talking too much, they immediately began to discuss how to fight next.
In fact, in terms of the style of commanding operations, the three marshals have different styles.
Lawn's command of the army is more than calm, cautious and conservative, but there is no lack of passion and blood in battle.
Callard's command style is calm and full of aggressiveness, like a mountain that brings tremendous pressure, and his championship duel and personal bravery are even more outstanding in the army.
Compared with the previous two, Marshal Rokossovsky has an elegant and charming personality, but he is more aggressive, belligerent, opportunist and meticulous military planner in military affairs. .
"Pragge has been holding on for several months." Lawn pointed to the map: "Our army has fallen into an absolute disadvantage. Chaos troops continue to appear from the mountain pass and the north of the Mourning Mountains. The choice is to retreat."
Both Callard and Rokossovsky agreed with Lawn, but Callard frowned, stroked his beard and said, "Lion Cole, retreat if you don't fight a war?"
"Yes, we can't get entangled with the enemy." Lawn continued to explain: "Actually, our opponent and the main commander of Chaos, Tzeentch God Chosen Velic-The Curser is best at fast maneuvering, turning around back."
"Quickly maneuvering around the back?" Rokossovsky looked at the army layout outside the city and couldn't help but said, "I think the enemy's layout looks more like a cumbersome beast."
"Because Velic has never commanded such a large army, the number of these Chaos armies is more than five times the size of the largest Chaos army he has ever commanded, plus the major legions and troll kings don't obey orders very much. Lawn shook his head: "But this situation will change sooner or later."
"If that's the case, then we'll give up the city!" Rokossovsky said bluntly, and Luo Shuai put his hand firmly on Prager: "But Chaos can't get any glory and supplies from Kislev. , we will destroy everything."
"You mean, burn the city?"
"No, it's not burning the city, but a big fire." Luo Shuai said confidently: "A big fire that made Wilic lose his position as the commander-in-chief of the army."
"Lord Lawn, Lord Callard, and Ms. Teresa, let's do this." Rokossovsky pointed his finger and drew a circle around Prager: "Only this time, we have to take some risks." risk."
……… I am the dividing line that takes some risks………
Three days later, Tzeentch's god-chosen Velic-The Curser triumphantly led his legion into Plague. Unexpectedly, the arrival of the Britannian Continental Army was expected to turn the war into a turning point. It was protracted and difficult, but it seemed that it was the favor of the Demon Bird God. Not only did the defending army quickly collapse under his offensive, but they also quickly decided to abandon Prager and retreat westward.
Velic strode into the city of Prager. He learned that several other Chaos Legion, Barbarian Legion and Beastman Auxiliary Army were defeated in the battle, and he was the only one who entered Prager smoothly. People hurried to the Chaos Wasteland to announce the good news to the Eternal God Chosen Archaon and claim credit. On the other hand, he planned to sacrifice Prag to the demon bird god Tzeentch.
However, in the next 48 hours, a sudden fire broke out in the city of Prague. Grand Duke Feodor Rostov Putin of Prague chose to stay in his own city. He and his cronies chose to burn the city, while It is not to let it fall into the hands of the Chaos God.
The Chaos army suffered a lot from the fire in the whole city. Velich ordered to put out the fire while ordering the execution of all the mortals he saw. It took 4 days. The fire destroyed two-thirds of the city and gave Willi Odd brought a layoff of more than 4,000 people.
To make matters worse, this incident ignited the conflict between the troll king Solonge and Velic. The troll king believed that Tzeentch had chosen "improper" and "despicable means" to seize the fruits of victory. Angrily, he led the troll army to leave, returned to the troll kingdom, and concentrated on establishing his own rule there.
Marshal Rokossovsky's plan worked.
However, the situation of Karard and Raun is also very bad. The 60,000 human order coalition forces left Prag in several columns and moved slowly. Raun and Karard are very worried that if the command is not good, the entire army will be destroyed. It is showing a trend of defeat. Abandoning Prager without a fight will do great damage to the morale of the human army, and the Velic-Sorcerer bites tightly behind the army, and the army of the Sorcerer is only 500 meters away from the Continental Army. the distance.
Callard made up his mind about this. He handed Teresa's witch group to Commander Lawn, and he personally led 6,000 people as a rear guard to prevent Chaos from chasing troops.
Not long after leaving Prager, Marshal Rokossovsky, who was in charge of retreating southward to Kislev, received bad news. Luo Shuai originally planned to lead 20,000 people to retreat to Kislev in the south. However, what is unexpected is that the undefeated champion of Khorne-Abar's undefeated army has circled to their south.
This is Velic's plan. Luo Shuai's 20,000-man army fought against the Undefeated Army in the small town of Chagwe. This very tragic battle ended with the loss of nearly 5,000 people on both sides. Kissovsky tried to drive the invincible Abbar out of Chagwe, but the road to the south to retreat to Kislev was interrupted, and Rokossovsky was forced to lead his army back to the main force of Raun.
In the frantic rush, the human army soon fell into exhaustion and hunger.
Worse news is yet to come. Lawn quickly received information that a greenskin army suddenly attacked their supply route. Loew's local militia began to disintegrate, and many wounded were ordered to abandon. Lawn personally executed some rebels and ordered that the wounded and sick should not be abandoned.
The virtues of the knights were outstanding, but this also slowed down the marching speed of the army. The depleted human army was quickly overtaken by Wilic's army. The rear guard troops led by Karard himself were surrounded until the arrival Marshal Rokossovsky personally led the 1st Guards Lancers to launch a group charge to rescue Callad's rearguard.
As soon as Velic's Sorcerer Legion was repulsed, bad news came one after another. Undefeated Abar's 20,000-member Invincible Legion appeared only 30 kilometers away from Karad, and was rushing towards him at a high speed.
The Norse Legion of 14,000 people in Sulsa-Lenke also appeared north of the Linsk River, preparing to cross the river to fight.
On the other side, Lawn also received news that the Kurgan Legion of about 13,000 people from Erflik Kinewulf broke through Erengrad at the town of Vitebsk, about 40 kilometers ahead of the human army's planned retreat to the west. General Georgi's troops, only 3,000 under Georgi's command, could not withstand the onslaught of the Kurgan Army.
And news came from the empire that the Chaos Army of the Brass Fortress in the Central Mountain Range was dispatched under the leadership of Varnir the Reaper and blocked the reinforcements from the Nordland. The elector Theodoric Geisel could not defeat the Reaper The two sides reached a stalemate.
A series of news made Lawn almost desperate. The loss of Vitebsk meant that the passage to Orengrad was being closed.
In this way, there is interception in front and pursuit in the back.
The human army located in Kislev seems to have reached a desperate situation.