Chapter 322 Edmund

"Good news!"

"Good news!"

"Good news!"

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The good news sent by Richard was delivered to the Nolan Court at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

After receiving this good news, King Roger opened the map, carefully studied the situation on the battlefield, and became a little happy.

With the evolution of the war situation, the East Coast United Kingdom increased its troops, and the situation in the Grant Kingdom became increasingly tense. In order to expand the territory in the south, the Grant royal family invested three legions, which can be said to be a huge investment.

Before the good news was delivered, the situation on the front line was already very serious.

Near the Duke of Hubble, the East Coast United Kingdom successively invested three legions of troops. If the retreat was cut off by these three legions, Steven's troops would be attacked from both sides.

Once the Royal Guards led by Steven had problems, it would greatly undermine the prestige of the Roger Kingdom.

Now Richard bravely took on the responsibility, annihilated the Sixth Legion of the East Coast United Kingdom, blocked the enemy of two legions in the Duke of Hubble, and maintained the stability of the front line.

If the battle line can be stabilized, the Harland family will probably be able to get a earldom when the merits are rewarded after the war.

After all, the role played by this battle is a little greater than expanding the territory.

Moreover, the battle fought by Richard and the four provinces coalition forces was the first time to annihilate the army of the East Coast United Kingdom.

After the East Coast United Kingdom joined the war, it had the upper hand in several battles with the Grant Kingdom. It not only seized the Silver Moon Island, but also occupied half of the Marcel Earldom.

The nobles of the Grant Kingdom also evaluated the East Coast United Kingdom far more than the Delong Kingdom. Annihilating a legion of the East Coast United Kingdom is equivalent to annihilating three legions of the Delong Kingdom.

The title system of the Grant Kingdom is very rigid. Only by expanding the territory, defeating the enemy, and making military achievements can one be promoted to a hereditary noble and obtain fiefdom.

Such a system is to maintain the martial spirit of the Grant Kingdom. In the form of a system, it is stipulated that if you want to achieve class transition and stand out, you must establish merits on the battlefield.

Along with the victory report, there was also a letter from Richard asking for help, and King Roger attached great importance to this letter.

King Roger was also a general who had fought on the battlefield. He did not need the guidance of his staff and could clearly grasp the key points of the battlefield. Since the East Coast United Kingdom chose to increase its troops, the Kingdom of Roger must also mobilize reinforcements for Richard. ₆₉ₛₕᵤₓ.cₒₘ

Fortunately, the commander of the intervention army, Steven, had been prepared and had communicated with King Roger, and mobilized five battalions of soldiers on the border of Illinois Province. This force came from the Duke of Duran.

The Duke of Duran had a total of two legions of soldiers, one of which had already participated in the war in advance, and the remaining half of the legion needed to stay in the rear and take on the responsibility of taxation and grain transportation. These five battalions were put into the battlefield, and the power of the Duke of Duran was about to be exhausted.

The Duke of Guise has already put two legions into battle, and only a few city defense troops are left to undertake the second-line tasks. The territory is extremely empty, and there are no elite soldiers in the several central provinces in the south of Nolan.

Now, in order to maintain the front line, other nobles in the country need to take responsibility. If the nobles are to send troops, they must be given benefits in the territory to arouse their enthusiasm for sending troops.

Now the four marquises in the east and the four earls in the south are all restrained by the East Coast United Kingdom. The Jonathan family has just swallowed the Grand Duchy of Stannic and has serious indigestion. It has made it clear that it will not participate in the southern war. In addition to the royal family, the only five dukedoms left are Loran, York, Fox, Edward, and Harland.

The Harland family has sent 6,000 people to the war, and King Roger can only focus on the other four dukes for the time being. After many letters of communication, the four dukes decided to send 5,000 soldiers each to form a legion to fight in the war.

The commander of the legion appointed the cousin of the Duke of York. This legion can only be mobilized in June and deployed to the Duke of Hubble.

The four dukes' coalition forces cannot be put into battle in a short time. The only reinforcements Richard can count on now are the five battalions of soldiers in the Duke of Duran. This army is very close to the battlefield. After receiving a clear transfer order, it entered the Duke of Hubble four days later and was organized into the front army commanded by Richard.

Including this army, Richard has commanded 40,000 soldiers. Among them, the coalition forces of the four provinces in the northern border have about 19,000 people, Harland has 5,600 soldiers, Duke of Duran has five battalions of 8,000 people, and the city defense forces of Steven Province and Illinois Province have 5,000 people. Recently, Richard has expanded about 3,000 new recruits by using the remaining weapons seized.

Among these messy troops, only the army led by Harland, the coalition forces of the four provinces in the northern border, and the soldiers of Duke of Duran are regular troops with strong combat effectiveness.

The city defense army of the southern province, the newly expanded 3,000 soldiers are slightly stronger than the conscripted serfs. As long as they go into battle, they will basically collapse at the first touch. There is no use in the frontal battlefield except to send heads.

After the reinforcements arrived, Richard stayed in the camp of Duke Duran's army with his personal soldiers. After all, he didn't know much about this army and it was difficult to set combat tasks for them.

As a general commanding a battle, it is important to know yourself and the enemy. If you don't even know the situation of your army, how can you arrange your troops on the battlefield?

As you get to know more, Richard gradually has a good idea of ​​the combat effectiveness of this army.

After all, the regular army of the Duke of Duran is not on the front line of Northern Xinjiang. Although Duke Duran will also contribute when the orcs invade, sending family members and legionnaires on a small scale to participate in the war in Northern Xinjiang. However, the combat experience and willpower of the soldiers of Duke Duran's Legion are far inferior to those of the Northern Xinjiang soldiers.

Although this army has good equipment and a large number of professional officers, its actual combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Edward, Fox and other Northern Xinjiang Dukes, nor is it as good as the Royal Guards, and it is even less likely to compete with the four main armies of Northern Xinjiang.

Generally speaking, the combat effectiveness of this army is not much different from that of the main army of the United Kingdom on the East Coast, and it can go into battle when the large army is fighting.

While Richard was busy, the United Kingdom military camp on the east coast, which was in stalemate with the Grant Kingdom army, also welcomed a distinguished guest.

This person is Edmund, the deputy speaker of the East Coast United Kingdom’s Noble Parliament.

Edmund was appointed as a special envoy with authority to investigate the reasons for the failure of the Sixth Army.

In the political system of the United Kingdom on the East Coast, all rights belong to the parliament. Even the king is elected by the parliament through voting, and he is often replaced.

The authority of Parliament is far greater than that of the Grant Kingdom.

Edmund, the deputy speaker of the Parliament of Nobles, is already a decision-making figure in the East Coast United Kingdom, and his status may be somewhat more important than Richard's in the Grant Kingdom.

"After receiving the news that the Sixth Army was completely wiped out by the enemy, the parliament entrusted me to go to the front line to investigate the details of the failure of this battle. The intelligence of this battle will affect our next decision-making. You are all front-line commanders. I hope I can see the real situation. I heard that you gathered many defeated troops of the Sixth Army, and I asked to see these people in person."

Edmund was a man who acted resolutely. Even though it was already evening when he arrived at the military camp, he did not ask for a banquet or discuss the enemy's situation with the frontline officers. Instead, he interrogated the defeated soldiers who had returned from the Sixth Army overnight.

Edmund asked very detailed questions, and even asked about some details repeatedly. Edmund quickly figured out the story of the two battles.

Edmund looked at the time and questioned the eleven fleeing officers and twenty-two soldiers overnight. It was already ten o'clock the next day.

Edmund is a very energetic person. Even if he hasn't slept all night, he still looks very energetic. He summoned the commanders of the 7th and 13th legions to the military tent. When everyone arrived, Edmund said straight to the point: "How has the situation been on the front line recently?"

Seeing Edmund ask about the situation on the front line, Simeone made a rough summary of the recent battle situation.

"Because the Sixth Army was completely wiped out, our two armies did not advance rashly after they merged. During this period, no major war broke out on the front line, and only the scouts of the two armies fought.

The enemy has magic creation reconnaissance troops and a small number of gryphon cavalry, which have the advantage of aerial reconnaissance. Our losses are heavier than the enemy's. Even though the council sent us additional magicians, the losses during this period were not light.

Six days ago, Master Saren was ambushed by the enemy and died in the battle. Enemy aerial reconnaissance losses occurred, reducing the frequency of reconnaissance. "

Master Saren is an eight-ring magician. After arriving at the front line, he attacked the Haaland airborne scouts twice. The Griffin Cavalry used its flexible flight advantage to successfully return. The magic hot air balloon was shot down by Saren. In order to seize the magic hot air balloon After the wreckage, a fierce war broke out between the magicians on both sides.

Sophia and Wendy led the Harland Mage Association to personally participate in the battle and killed Saren before reinforcements arrived.

After Saren was killed, the magicians of the United Kingdom on the East Coast did not dare to continue ambushing the aerial scouts.

In this battle, Sophia used the star bomb for the first time, killing Saren with one blow, but it also consumed all her magic power. Wendy killed a five-ring mage and was seriously injured herself.

After the war, the Harland leader reduced the frequency of aerial reconnaissance, and the fighting in the air finally stopped.

Edmund nodded and said: "We arranged military advisors in the Kingdom of Delon, and also discovered the enemy's gryphon cavalry in Steven's army. Summarizing the intelligence from all aspects, we found that the Grant royal family and the Duke of Harland were training respectively. A small number of gryphon cavalry, Duke Harland's army, and magic creation aerial reconnaissance troops were deployed. The advantage of aerial reconnaissance was also the reason why the Grant Kingdom won the battle.

Through intelligence gathered from all directions, in addition to the royal family, the Grant Kingdom already had four marquises, five earls, and three dukes participating in the war. In this war, the Grant Kingdom mobilized sixteen and a half legions, and more than 350,000 regular troops participated in the war.

Among them, there are ten and a half legions fighting with us, about two hundred thousand people. There are only six legions, about 120,000 people fighting against the Kingdom of Delong. But among these legions, the only ones who are truly elite and good at fighting are the armies of the royal family and Duke Harland. The combat effectiveness of the armies under other great nobles is not much different from our main army.

By collecting public intelligence, the Grant royal family had a total of eight main regiments, three of which were engaged in the war. The five Dukes of Jonathan, York, Edward, Fox, and Lorraine had a total of fourteen legions, but none of them appeared in the war. The Duke of Harland's army left in northern Xinjiang also numbered more than 20,000 people.

The Grant Kingdom mobilizes its entire country and can mobilize twenty main legions, more than 400,000 troops. However, their northern Xinjiang region is facing the invasion of orcs, and the most elite 300,000 troops are contained in the northern Xinjiang region. Those who can really go south are There are only 100,000 people.

We have dispatched nine main legions on the front line, and there are still 300,000 troops that can be put into battle. The Delong Kingdom is also recruiting troops on a large scale, which can expand by hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Because of the war, the country's military tradition is reviving and the army's combat effectiveness is also improving. From the perspective of reserve strength, we have an advantage.

But we should also be careful. Once we push the Grant Kingdom too hard, make the decision to abandon the northern territory, mobilize the elite of the northern territory to go south, and invade the south with an elite army of 300,000 people, it will be a very scary scene.

Our national policy is still to stabilize the Grant Kingdom in the northern border and block the orcs on our behalf. Therefore, the war between the two countries cannot expand without limit. The Noble Council has decided not to continue to increase troops. We must negotiate at the right time to restore peace conditionally. "

After listening to Edmund's long speech, the two army commanders Simeone and Larde finally let go of their worries.

Unlike the Grant Kingdom, the aristocrats of the United Kingdom on the East Coast could not withstand the intensity of the war as much as the people in the Northern Territory.

Northern Xinjiang is facing an invasion by orcs and has been fighting brutal ethnic wars for many years. The special geographical location has made the people in Northern Xinjiang fierce and warlike, with a strong ability to withstand war, and the combat effectiveness of soldiers far exceeds that in peaceful areas.

After the war between the two countries began, the pressure on the United Kingdom on the east coast was also quite heavy, especially after the Sixth Army was annihilated. Duke Younes lived in fear every day, and repeatedly advocated peace in the Parliament of Nobles.

The upper echelons of the Noble Council have noticed the amazing combat effectiveness of the elite troops of the Grant Kingdom, and are afraid that the Grant Kingdom will give up its northern territory and burn the war in the United Kingdom on the east coast.

In fact, giving up the northern territory is a particularly difficult decision. It is difficult for the Grant Kingdom to make this decision unless it is a last resort.

The two sides are actually fighting with both sides, and the upper management has the idea of ​​​​negotiating a solution.

After listening to Edmund's decision, the commander of the Seventh Army, Lald, nodded and said: "Since the noble council has made a decision, of course our frontline commanders must obey it. I will express my position here and will not intensify the conflict. But can we sign it? Does the peace contract still depend on the decision of the Delong Kingdom? I don’t think King Henry will sign the contract easily. If the Delong Kingdom is dragging him, the war between the three countries will probably last for many years.”

Simone also agreed with Laald's opinion. He continued: "The key is that we and the Grant Kingdom must have a tacit understanding and not expand the scale of the war. This requires high-level communication between the two countries. I think we should send an envoy to communicate with Duke Harland Let’s talk, redeem the prisoners, and gain mutual trust between the two parties.”