I Will Be The Crowned King

With the help of the messenger, he used the remaining half bottle of rum to sterilize the poison and bandaged the wound with sheets and clothes. Bernard, full of confidence, immediately dispatched the only remaining cavalry to blow the army. No., assemble the army to face the coalition of Clovis and the colonial traitors.

That's right, Bernard has been waiting for this moment for a long time-everything is in his prediction.

The reason for resolutely abandoning Grey Pigeon Fort is to restrain the marching speed of the Clovis people, so that they can besiege Yangfan City without any scruples; Keep attacking.

The two goals that seem to be contradictory are actually serving one goal; that is to let the enemy appear at the time you want them to appear according to the steps you have designed!

First delay the enemy's possible attack speed, and then tempt the opponent to leave the safe fortress, enter the battlefield that he has scheduled to fight with himself while waiting for work, and fight a war of annihilation through the total number of troops and home advantage - this is Bernard's plan!

It's just that the speed of the opponent's action is still slightly beyond his expectations. Originally, Bernard hoped that the battle of Sail City would be a foregone conclusion. They negotiated for time and turned to fight.

In that case, the battle will be much more secure; but it doesn't really matter if it is earlier. Instead, you can take the opportunity of annihilating the colonial traitors to cut off Yangfan City's expectation of reinforcements and take it down in one go!

As for the grasp of head-to-head confrontation, Bernard has absolute confidence.

As the Minister of Colonial Affairs, he knew exactly how many New World Empire colonies belonged to; except for Grey Pigeon Castle, the remaining colonies could concentrate no more than 8,000 troops for long-distance battles; including the cold along the way, Diseases, malnutrition and lack of arms were neutralized, and the 7,000 people were basically online.

And the Clovis garrison? Combining information from all parties—mainly from various newspapers, such as the "Beautiful People of Beluga Port"—the strength of the troops is about 5,000; the total number is almost 10,000 to 13,000, which is almost different from himself.

The number of people is the same, and it is the actual water content of the troops on both sides that determines the combat effectiveness. Although the imperial army has experienced various accidents, it can still gather 8,000 core elites, and includes a still considerable number of cavalry and sufficient artillery. , enough to completely suppress an equivalent number of Clovis troops.

This is why he has the confidence to say that "in one day, more than half of the enemy will be wiped out".

But compared to the smooth sailing that can be seen, the new world is actually full of unexpected "surprises"; especially for an army that has just lost its base camp and is in chaos, all kinds of supernatural emergencies appear. The situation is more normal than imagined.

So Bernard soon discovered that although he could assemble a division of 8,000 elites, he could only support two or three battles if the remaining weapons and ammunition were evenly distributed without the necessary baggage for the siege troops.

And the equipment that evaporated from the world was actually sold by the soldiers to the rebel settlements and natives of the Grey Pigeon Castle Colony? !

"...In the past, I thought it was corrupt and incompetent and depraved enough to be in a relationship with bandits and robbers like the southern army, and it was enough to defraud the air. Now, it seems that the army of the New World is still a demon, and it is completely asking for money or not. life!"

Resisting the strong dizziness after drinking, Bernard, who was stunned for a long time, couldn't help but hysterically said: "Don't they understand, whether life is more important or money is more important?!"

"Of course they understand." The officer in charge of logistics looked calm and explained to Bernard seriously:

"In fact, they do it because they love life."

"What's the meaning?"

"Simply put, because the retreat was too hasty, the materials we scavenged from Grey Pigeon Castle were not enough to support the army's consumption for more than two months; plus we had to provide the minimum supplies for the cannon fodder recruits, we could only Cut from other soldiers." The logistics officer said:

"Those soldiers are also very clear, so when they retreated, they looted the surrounding countryside and small settlements, and by the way, they exchanged weapons for the food of those people."

"Change? Why not grab it?!" Bernard couldn't understand:

"Don't they have guns in their hands?!"

"Of course not! Although we have 8,000 people, we are scattered throughout the colony, large and small, and each area has a maximum of two or three soldiers - we are going to retreat, not specifically to loot." Logistics The officer sighed:

"Those settlements have already been robbed. If you attack the other side, you will definitely have to work hard. In the end, if there are casualties, the food requisition team will definitely suffer. The soldiers don't have much cash on them, and they don't want the other side. Recognized hard currency is a weapon!"

Bernard's face was stiff, he wanted to complain but didn't know where to start.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter... Anyway, this battle won't last too long. After the big deal, just find a way to capture it."

After an embarrassing silence, the minister in charge said comfortingly, not knowing whether he was comforting others or himself: "How is the arrangement of logistics materials, can you ensure that everything is safe?"

"Absolutely no problem, we divided the supplies into two parts exactly according to your previous arrangement, two-thirds are placed in the barracks warehouse, and one-third is placed in the rear, a small colony settlement along the way called Weed Grass Forest, and set up outposts ."

In order to avoid the poisonous hands of some corrupt elements, Bernard, who learned the lessons of the siege of Black Reef Harbor, replaced the logistics department, and managed the materials separately, in order to prevent the accident of logistics interruption after half the battle.

But the grass forest, is it a little close to Grey Pigeon Castle... Bernard suddenly noticed something, and subconsciously asked: "By the way, the enemy's scout cavalry was captured there?"

"Weeds forest, we have several outposts there." The logistics officer said subconsciously:

"Didn't I tell you just now?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have discovered something, and there was some kind of bad premonition on his face.

The two who looked at each other turned their heads and looked into the distance at the same time, and couldn't help but take a breath.

Half an hour later, the messenger sent the information again panting. On June 10, the Clovis army suddenly appeared in the grassy forest around 7:30 in the morning. The defenders stationed inside launched an attack.

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Sail the northern suburbs of the city, wild grass forest.

"Run, wow, Clovis is coming in——!!!"

The shrill screams echoed over the messy trenches for a long time. Hundreds of imperial soldiers dropped their weapons and dragged their flags. Amidst the screams of mountains and tsunamis, they walked along the road and went to the forests on both sides. flee.

Behind them, the three hussar companies in the vanguard had torn through the hastily organized perimeter and began to descend the road straight south, trying to outflank the settlement from the flanks and rear, while using misguided carbines and revolvers Fire at the settlement defenders.

In the case of Imperial cavalry, cavalry shooting alone can destroy the enemy's scattered defenses; in Clovis... fire suppression is a more euphemism.

But it didn't matter, because the main force of the Storm Division behind them had already been fully overwhelmed, and they were advancing rapidly in a column formation; the bayonet in pieces was in the forest, and the center of the road and the center of the river showed a chilling light.

The attack had just begun, and the defenders on the empire's side had already collapsed; the vanguard troops in charge of raiding and attacking the fortress had not been effectively blocked except for the harassment they encountered at the beginning.

When the forcibly swimming troops first rushed into the fortress, they were surprised to find that apart from the golden iris flags on their heads and the rabble who were obviously militia-level, there were no garrison troops in the fortress.

Even those extremely limited resistance forces were all troops withdrawn from the previous outpost, and the stronghold itself had very little defensive force, and it was all over in the first round of offensive.

"How is this going?"

Looking at the deserters scattered in the distance, Carl put down his binoculars and frowned in confusion: "Could it be that the prisoner caught earlier lied, and the grass forest is not Bernard's base camp at all?"

"No, he shouldn't lie." Fabian next to him shook his head and shook the document he had just obtained to the chief of staff: "This is the accounting booklet of the Imperial Army, which records in detail that this stronghold stores the Imperial Army's nearly One-third of the logistics."

"Secretary Alan Dawn and Lieutenant Colonel Norton Crosell have gone to the warehouse and cellar to count them - the exact number will have to wait, but judging from the size of the storage, there should be no false problems."

"This is not necessarily, but unless the warehouse is opened, it is difficult to say how many things are in it."

Carl snorted softly. He knew all too well that the logistics department would play tricks on him, a veteran who had been blamed for many years; a bag of wheat that was in the warehouse on the account was likely to belong to the dining table of a certain nobleman.

"And even if the stronghold is real, the supplies are also real, why did Bernard set it up in a stronghold close to the road?" The chief of staff looked puzzled:

"Even if we don't get the information, if we kill all the way down the road, we will still hit the stronghold of the grass forest. Who gave him the courage to do this?"

"No one gave him the courage, he had to do it!"

Anson Bach's voice came towards the two step by step: "Because Bernard's army, like us, must march along the road and maintain logistics, otherwise it will not be able to support the battle for more than three days!"

"So as long as you follow the road south, you will definitely hit Bernard's supply line, but this time he has set up his base camp too close to Grey Dove Castle."

"As for why, it is probably planned to use this place to enter the base in the future, so as to facilitate the reverse push of Grey Pigeon Castle?" An Sen can only guess:

"It's just that we're moving too fast and faster than the enemy expected, so we can go so well - this proves that my plan is correct again!"

"Yeah, your plan has always been perfect." Carl sighed tiredly:

"Then what's next - the original plan was to knock down the enemy's base camp first, and take the opportunity to continuously assemble follow-up troops to attract the enemy to take the initiative to come to the decisive battle; now the troops have just assembled half, and more than 5,000 Confederate troops are still on the way. , do you want to wait for them?"

The reason why this tactic was formulated is also because the terrain around Yangfan City is mostly open, but it is divided by several hilly areas that are connected or interrupted with each other. With the addition of large forests and slopes, the battlefield that can really accommodate tens of thousands of people is facing each other. not much.

On the other hand, if either side is defeated, the retreating side will have no chance of defending, and can only retreat along the center of the **** and be annihilated. It is difficult to quickly build a new line of defense to fight back.

However, Clovis and the Confederate Legion are slightly inferior to the Empire, and the average level of individual soldiers is not small. Therefore, we must find a way to make the enemy take the initiative to leave the entrenched position, accept the provocation and enter a field that just spreads out, but can limit the frontal width of the enemy. battlefield.

But now that the enemy has fallen, Bernard will definitely go north immediately. There are still more than half of his troops on the way. It is difficult to say whether they can complete the convergence before the war; .

Speaking of this, it's really hard to say... Although the expectations for these "freedom fighters" have been lowered to the maximum extent, their performance still gave Anson a big surprise: the 6,000-strong army dawdled for three days. The journey was not as long as the storm division's day.

It's not that they are really slow to be comparable to some dark green, semi-aquatic, semi-terrestrial reptile species. What really kills is cooperation... The first troops have arrived at their destination, but the follow-up has not yet set off or simply lost their way. Repeatedly over the past few days.

If it weren't for this, Anson wouldn't simply march quickly and attack the base camp of the imperial army; otherwise, at the speed of this group of people's marching, he would probably only be able to collect the body for Louis.

"No, there's no time to wait for them."

After hesitating for a minute, Anson rejected the original plan: "Since the war situation has changed, the tactics must also be adjusted accordingly - whether we wait or not, there is no way for us to prepare our troops to be ready for a head-to-head battle with the enemy. Degree."

"Leave an infantry regiment and artillery on standby, build fortifications, and assemble the troops that arrive later to prepare for Bernard's counterattack; the enemy must be heading north along the road, then we will defend along the road and fight them in positional warfare!"

"Only one group left?"

Fabian looked stunned: "What are the remaining troops going to do, move on?"

"Go on!" An Sen nodded heavily:

"Avoid the frontal road and move quickly in the direction of Yangfan City. We will raid the empire's siege position and help Yangfan City!"

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