Rise of the Empire Total War

Puchi——

The boots lifted from the bloody water, and there was a slight sound. Derek didn't pay attention to the sound under his feet. He looked at the battlefield full of corpses, and the soldiers who were bending over the corpses to find valuables. A successful ambush - would be even more perfect if the enemy leader was not let go.

"Derek, look who we killed." At this moment, a mature voice came from behind him. Derek turned his head when he heard the words, and it turned out that it was the commander of the chain cavalry brigade who had just taken off his helmet. Officer Gleb, this mature nobleman was walking towards him followed by two cavalrymen, and he said as he walked, "I just got a message from a prisoner that their deputy commander, Parhati, is already in the cavalry. and died under the charge."

"Dead in battle? Is there a corpse?" Derek asked rhetorically. Before he saw the corpse with his own eyes, he would not believe it easily.

"My people are taking that prisoner to identify the corpse." Gleb said, walking to his side, looking at the corpses all over the ground, there were enemies and friendly soldiers, but it was obvious that the corpses of the enemy occupied the place. most. "We won a great victory this time," he added.

"Yeah, I believe our title will be further promoted when we report it to His Majesty Caesar." Derek said proudly, and then added: "Although the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces ran away."

"It's okay. Although the commander-in-chief and other high-level officials were let go, we killed more than 2,000 enemies, captured nearly 1,000 people, and more than 2,000 people were trapped in Pintus. On the road leading to Sukenya Territory, the two thousand enemy troops will be wiped out sooner or later."

Derek nodded, deeply agreeing with Gleb's words, but he had his own thoughts, he said: "I think we should take advantage of the victory and pursue the pursuit. After the battlefield is cleared, we should continue to pursue along the enemy's retreat route, and advance the More than two thousand enemies were wiped out."

Then, he talked about his reasons: "The enemy has just abandoned his friendly army and fled not long ago. His morale must be low and he has no intention of fighting again. If we take advantage of this time to pursue and engage the enemy, they will soon be defeated."

"I understand what you mean, Derek." Gleb said, he shrugged helplessly, and said: "But our soldiers have just experienced bloody battles and are already very tired. It will backfire."

Hearing Gleb's reminder, Derek remembered the state of the soldiers. He glanced at the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield. Although the faces of the soldiers were excited about victory, the tiredness could not be concealed, so He could only sigh, and said, "Okay, Gleb, you reminded me, it seems that we can only let the soldiers rest first."

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I will immediately send someone to the city of Tus to report the battle situation here to Lord Earl and His Majesty Caesar, and suggest that they send troops to pursue it. ' continued Derek.

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On the other side, the army led by Earl Charles finally joined Richard, and after Magnus arranged for the reinforcements to be stationed, Richard took Charles into the city of Tus. During the siege, except for the heavily armed soldiers, there were no civilians in the streets and alleys of Tus City. Walking on the street and talking to Charles, Richard could still feel the noise coming from the houses on both sides. There is a sense of voyeurism-that is because the civilians are looking out through the windows and door cracks.

"Your Majesty Caesar, after this war is over, we will start conscription." Charles said, because the language they used to talk was German, so they could talk about military affairs on the street without fear of being overheard by others. Anyway, these natives also Can't understand.

"Yes." Richard nodded and agreed with Charles' words. He said, "Although the First Army has a large number of troops, the number of troops that can be mobilized during the war is not as abundant as it appears on the surface. After the war is over , the military management of the First Legion should be put on the agenda as soon as possible, Charles, as the military chief of the kingdom, you will be in charge of this matter."

"As you wish, Your Majesty Caesar." Charles nodded in agreement.

It's no wonder that Richard said this, because the First Legion has an army of 20,000 on the surface, but in fact, except for the four spear sergeant brigades and one mail cavalry brigade assigned to the Cunha area As well as the independent Teutonic Knights, there are only about 17,000 soldiers left. Among the 17,000 soldiers, more than 1,500 people will be removed from the Sukenya Silver Mine and the Arester Silver Mine. Among the remaining more than 16,000 soldiers, there are more than 6,000 soldiers who are equipped with crossbows and firearms and are not good at melee combat—although this sounds scary, after all, long-range troops can only play a supporting role. Once the infantry fighting the front line is defeated, they can only face the enemy's ruthless butcher's knife.

Therefore, it is necessary to redefine the First Army. The five brigades stationed in the Cunha area must go out independently, and they can be incorporated into the Cunha garrison army. The commander of the army is tentatively designated as the Danish general Toolagris. The vacancy left after independence has to be filled. Considering the problem of soldiers, Richard decided to recruit soldiers on Cuban Island, those Germanic people of the same origin as him (although in fact the race of this body is not Germanic) It is the most reliable and most suitable. In addition, he also decided to move some of the residents of Nuremberg, which is somewhat overpopulated, to live on the mainland.

Of course, these are all things for later, but considering the time issue, Richard still sent people to Cuban Island to issue a conscription order first. If the war does not end prematurely, the recruited company can also join the war and accumulate combat experience.

Talking along the way, the two soon came to the palace. They went straight into the study and sat down together. Then, Richard spoke first and said: "This time you and I are meeting, and we will not divide the troops for the time being. Will be reconciled, they will flee to Sukenya Territory for repairs, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. We can't wait for the enemy to attack, this is not our style."

"Your Majesty, the coalition forces probably won't have a chance to withdraw into Sukenya Territory for repairs. Even if they can, there are only a few remnants."

"What do you mean?" Richard asked puzzled.

Charles smiled and explained: "Before I arrived, I ordered my lieutenant general Derek to lead part of the army to set up an ambush on the only way the enemy retreated. I believe that we will get the good news from Derek soon."

"Good job, Charles." Richard clapped his hands, looked at him approvingly, and said, "If the coalition forces are ambushed and suffer heavy losses, then the next battle will become very simple. March to Sukenya, I will make the Pravians who violated the contract pay a heavy price!"