I Will Be The Crowned King

Slave Port, early morning.

The rumbling sound of artillery fire interrupted the dead silence before dawn, and a long string of golden-red fireworks bloomed on the ground, and the ground began to vibrate slightly.

Under the light of the explosion, the main force of the Levant of the Borei Legion was assembled again, and stepped on the bombing point of the covered artillery to launch an assault on the position of Chanugang; the shadowy figure sounded the sound of thousands of military boots hitting the ground. , like the omen before the flash of thunder.

Their raid in the daytime fell short because of the misjudgment of the shooting army. Not only did Pavel not blame it, but he was very generous and expressed his own responsibility, and hoped that they could make persistent efforts to take advantage of the early hours of the morning when the enemy was the weakest and most vulnerable. Launch a raid at a time of no combat to "open the game" for the Legion.

The early morning is indeed a good time for a sneak attack. At this time, most people are still resting. Even if they wake up immediately and rush to fight, they are tired and weak due to lack of food. The combat effectiveness will also be greatly reduced, and the willpower will be far inferior.

But the problem is that the enemy is in this situation, and the Bolei Legion itself is the same... And because of the lack of supplies and logistics, they can't get a good rest, and they are still camping in the open air without food and drink. It must be more painful than the opposite.

If you replace it with the usual "big cleverness", you will definitely be ruthlessly rejected by officers and soldiers; but you have just experienced a fiasco, and it is urgent to break through and capture the slave port as soon as possible. Even if you are not prepared, you still grit your teeth. agreed.

More than 2,000 private soldiers of the Levent family set off in fear and entered the position of the defenders of Slave Harbor. They thought that they would definitely encounter fierce resistance from the enemy, or at least a few rounds of platoons of guns, but they found only a small area. One or two hundred defenders, and completely defenseless!

After an easy charge to defeat, or to expel the opposing defenders, the army commander who saw that he had occupied a large position did not immediately order the pursuit, but reported the battle situation to the rear very cautiously, saying that it might be the enemy. the trap.

Such a cowardly idea was immediately severely criticized by Pavel, but at the same time, he greatly praised the bravery of Levant's private soldiers, and said that he immediately ordered reinforcements to launch a full-scale offensive against the pagan defenders.

With the guarantee of their superiors, no matter how much they suspected that there was a problem, the Levant knights did not dare to neglect and continued to command the army to attack; the opponents who were once extremely difficult to deal with during the day seemed to have turned into paper at this moment, and every front was smashed. It's a crush, rifles, military flags, hats and shoes... all kinds of baggage and equipment are thrown everywhere, completely literally throwing away armor and armor.

In less than fifteen minutes, the second line of defense, which had not been taken down after a whole day of fighting, was broken through, and the third line of defense was only one step away, and behind it was the headquarters of the defenders and the army. In the cargo camp, the defenders who had penetrated all the defense lines either disbanded, or they could only retreat to the safe slave port.

Once this is the case, it means that the port of slavery has become the possession of the Bolei Legion.

Don't tell anyone else, even the Levante knights themselves feel that they have hit the big luck, and Pavel has indeed begun to mobilize the whole army... If the military exploits that have already been achieved are taken away by the non-Lewente faction army , that's great? !

So the private soldiers of Lewente, who were still procrastinating, immediately stepped up their offensive, and even began to divide their troops into multiple lanes. On the premise of not completely occupying the second line of defense, they simultaneously launched an attack on the third line of defense from four directions.

For a while, the roar of guns and the sound of soldiers' rushing and killing echoed repeatedly on the pitch-dark position; although the "unprepared" defenders of Chanugang resisted desperately, they could not hide the fact that the line of defense was already crumbling; With more force, you can tear through the entire position.

"...Two traffic trenches on the right wing were attacked. The enemy's strength was about a thousand people, and a fortress on the outside has been captured!"

"...The central position has just defeated the enemy's round of raids. The opposite side seems to be preparing to sneak across the trenches, but when they passed the fence, they were discovered by our scattered soldiers. The two sides are fighting fiercely, and the situation is slightly unfavorable for us!"

"...The enemy's artillery hit a trench shelter on our side, and no casualties were caused. However, the trench passage was blocked by earth and rocks and could not pass normally. We need to organize and clean it up as soon as possible!"

"...The 2nd Infantry Battalion has already defeated the enemy's assault. Captain Marcus requested to issue a counter-offensive order to retake part of the occupied second line of defense and create a salient to prevent the enemy from quickly completing the counter-attack. Please approve it as soon as possible!"

"...The camp of the Militiamen in Naugang Port was attacked by the enemy. One company has been completely defeated and suffered heavy losses. The congressman sent someone to inquire about the situation. Whether the position is about to fall, should we retreat to the town as soon as possible?"

...In the chaotic shouting, one piece of information was accurately conveyed to Alexei Dukasky's ears. In the past, he was the most enthusiastic about going into battle in person, but now he is sitting firmly in the rear, the corners of his mouth unconscious. rose slightly.

Judging from the information obtained, the main force of the opposing attack is the private soldiers of the Levant family, which shows that at least so far, the commander of the second and fifth army of the Borre Legion is still fulfilling his promise; even if he regrets it later, he There are also ways to surround, route or even annihilate the enemy.

And without the Levant private soldiers who are the main force, the combat effectiveness of the Borei Legion will also be greatly reduced, and even become a mess... If the previous information of Commander-in-Chief Anson Bach is correct, the core of the Borre Legion is the Lewent family. , the rest of the army that has been cobbled together has no cohesion at all.

This is also a common problem of most imperial armies... Except for the army ordered by Emperor Herid himself, the armies that the giants of all parties have assembled themselves are often based on a certain family, supplemented by a few vassals, and the "friendship sponsorship" of the alliance is small. Units, and then hire a group of technical arms - such as artillery - can almost be sent to the battlefield to die, or to fight for honor for the knights.

Although their troops are strong in combat, they are poorly disciplined and reluctant to fight across borders. They can only hold on for two or three months at most before clamoring to withdraw their troops.

This is why the Clovis army's combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the Empire, and its troops are also smaller. Often just after capturing a small territory, the Empire will be attacked head-on, but as long as it withdraws within the border, it will no longer be surrounded by the Empire's superior forces, or even Can occasionally gather troops to fight back offense or something.

As for the shortcomings of the imperial army, especially the private soldiers of the nobles, Alexei can't be more clear... Carin Jacques is right, there is no need to kill 20,000 people, as long as the part directly under the Levant family is annihilated, the entire The Legion was dead in name only.

But it is precisely because the priest who behaved strangely knew this clearly that Alexei felt that he had to be more careful... The specific method was to let the other side show more sincerity, such as watching his own people die in vain. some type of…

"Marcos received information, and found that a group of enemies did not pass through the trenches on the left side of the position. They crossed the line of defense and quickly approached their position!"

Out of breath, the chief purser rushed into the headquarters, lying on the table and staring at Alexei, who was still smiling: "It's about a company in size, and the equipment should not be the elite of the Levant family."

"Then don't be polite, let them organize an ambush on the spot, and use the position to wipe out the infantry company without leaving any alive!"

"Move fast, and don't give the main force of Lewent any chance to take advantage of it!"

"clear!"

The chief purser nodded and said yes, but did not leave immediately, but looked at the leisurely leader suspiciously: "Have you been stimulated recently?"

"Well, why do you ask that?"

"It's nothing, it just feels like you're a little... different from usual." The chief bursar shook his head:

"It's not like your style to be so calm and steady."

"How is that possible? It's probably your illusion, right?" Alexei exhaled a deep breath of smoke and said with a flat expression:

"Calm and composed, well-thought-out, and always make everything within my own expectations... I always take our Commander-in-Chief Anson Bach as a learning object, and try to imitate it."

"What you see... is probably my recent learning results."

At this moment, facing his subordinates, Alexei stood up slowly, as if he could see his stalwart back and countless adoring eyes looking at him.

But at the critical moment when the defenders of Chanugang on the frontal battlefield were losing ground and the Crusaders were about to win, the Bolei Legion, which was in great shape, fell into endless chaos.

Hesitating that the entire raid plan was a temporary initiative of Pavel Dukasky, and the legion was not prepared at all; the most elite Levant private soldiers could maintain discipline and assemble as soon as possible, and the rest of the big leaders also wanted to do it. It will be difficult.

Even if there are few supplies left, the Levant private soldiers can still enjoy most of them by virtue of their status, and the rest can only sleep in the wilderness, and a few people share one and a half of the oats, potatoes, boiled It becomes a goo without salt, or it can only be eaten dry without even fuel.

The soldiers who were hungry to the point of two-eyed Venus were forcibly kicked out of their beds by the officers and they were urgently assembled. They wanted to maintain discipline and mastery of the Arabian Nights. This is indeed the case... After half an hour after the order was given, there were only less than half an hour. A thousand people completed the assembly, and they were all loose and loose. Either they lost their boots, or they forgot to bring their guns. They couldn't even hold a pair of trousers. They were basically different from the refugees begging along the road.

Even this kind of army, which is incompetent even if it is a fox and a tiger, is even the only "elite" left in the entire army... After being silent for half a minute, Pavel still ordered them to set off. Special privates provide a little reinforcement.

But after that, he never sent a single soldier, even if the soldiers of the legion were still procrastinating and completely disobeying the military order, he had no intention of urging them.

"Sir, please quickly order reinforcements!"

Adjutant Levant, who was on the side, couldn't stand it any longer, and couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "If the enemy has reacted, he will easily be divided by the enemy with a larger number of superior forces once the enemy has reacted. Surrounded, even if you can win, you are likely to suffer heavy casualties!"

"Of course I know this kind of thing, but you have already seen the situation." Pavel sighed helplessly: "There are few supplies left, we can only ensure the supply of the main force first... The soldiers are already fighting hungry. For two days, even if you can go into battle when you are not physically strong, how big of a role can it play?"

"By the way, how is the situation of the 1,000 reinforcements sent earlier? Is there any news to report? It's too dark, I really can't see clearly here."

"Uh, this, this..."

Adjutant Levent stammered, avoiding Pavel's gaze; he had just received information that the thousand people seemed to have been wiped out, of course he couldn't say it at this time, otherwise how could he let the rest of the unfortunate replace it? The Levent family died?

"Ah... In fact, even if you don't say it, I probably already have a hunch; I prepared so hastily without giving any plan, and deploying them on the battlefield directly, apart from being easily annihilated by the enemy, is there a second possibility?"

Pavel sighed: "Even if the remaining thousands of soldiers are immediately put into battle, I am afraid that the number of people killed by their own injuries will greatly exceed the list of dead by the enemy."

"Yes, but..."

"Of course, I can also understand your difficulties... Without the main force, the combat effectiveness of the Bolei Legion cannot be guaranteed at all."

Raising his hand to interrupt Adjutant Levent, Pavel slightly increased his tone: "Now the legion has the last base of artillery shells left, I have ordered the artillerymen to target the artillery in ten minutes. The enemy's third line of defense is firing at full force."

"On the one hand, we can buy some time, and on the other hand, if we can disrupt the enemy's position, maybe we can win the opportunity for the main force to break through, and win the slave port in one breath!"

"I see…"

Adjutant Levant suddenly realized that he stopped too much entanglement, looked back at the battlefield and waited for the upcoming cover artillery bombardment.

To be honest, if he doesn't have to share the exploits of recapturing Slave Harbor with those scumbags, he would naturally be happy as a member of the Levent family; after all, it is well known that the core of this legion is the Levent family, and the rest It's nothing but a foil, why share the honor that one's blood and sweat won?

Thinking of this, a contemptuous sneer appeared in his eyes, and a faint dark red overflowed from the corners of his raised mouth.

"Uh…?!"

As if he had noticed something incredible, the adjutant lowered his gaze and stared at the sharp blade protruding from his chest. The mirror-like blade even reflected his shocking face.

He shivered slightly, and wanted to turn his head to look at the face of the man behind him, but he arrived at a cold iron block that had held up the back of his head, and there was a crisp sound from the amplifier.

More precisely, it was the sound of the hammer being broken apart.

"boom-!"

A shot blasted the back of the adjutant's neck, and Pavel, who was sprayed with a face full of brains, looked back at the artillery commander who had always been standing beside him, and said expressionlessly:

"Five minutes later, fire a salvo of Levant's private soldiers on the second line of defense until all the shells are exhausted."