Chapter 933

Yes, in Loren's plan, the fall of eboden is simply a matter of time.

Or it should be explained in reverse that this important port city could not be maintained from the beginning.

Because her "wall" - the ocean fleet that the Empire spent a lot of money to build and maintain - has long ceased to exist.

As a city, eboden is close to the sea on both sides; It means that the enemy's fleet can attack both walls at the same time without even landing; On land, the walls of eboden are thin and low; Even if it has been transformed and maintained as much as possible in the last three years, it will not help.

But her position is so important - as long as eboden is still under the control of the Empire, Azores' troops cannot really invade and land on a large scale, because there are not enough ports for them to berth; At the same time, there is no stable foothold that can connect with the rear, and completely block the coastline of the Empire.

For the Empire, as long as eboden is still there, the rear line can continuously transport materials from the imperial capital to the front line through the gem river. At the same time, the battlefield is controlled in eboden, which greatly reduces the loss and damage caused by the war.

For the Azores, attacking eboden is something they must do and must get; They will do their best to attack. Even if they turn the city into scorched earth, it is worth it for them.

The weak defense force and geographical location are so important to both sides - which means that eboden will become an extremely terrible abyss, devouring the flesh and blood of both sides until one side drains the blood.

It's terrible, tragic, cruel and real... It's fair. The narrow battlefield and monotonous offensive and defensive war, neither side has too many tricks or any space to show.

But the problem is that the current empire... Can't immediately put all its capital into this gambling table and float with the opposite side.

She has hundreds of thousands of troops, abundant logistical supplies and mountains of wealth - but it takes time to "cash them all in".

After the Centaur war, Loren also had a certain understanding of the war mobilization of the Empire - the imperial Legion must be assembled first. It takes at least a month from the issuance of the order to the successful arrival of the specified target.

This is not over, because the assembled army will not carry too much logistics. After deducting the month of assembly, all kinds of materials (especially food) can only support the consumption of 12 days to one month at most.

Therefore, the next step is to establish a stable supply line according to the material supply location and battlefield, so that the army can move forward without concern and maintain 100% combat effectiveness.

At this time, the armies of the principalities also began to assemble and set out. The supplies of these armies depended partly on their own logistics and partly on the towns and villages along the way;

Because the supplies that each region can provide are limited, in order not to grab supplies from the imperial legion, they often divide the lines first and go separately.

Finally, it will take at least three months for the army to reach its destination and assemble successfully. This is an ideal state. According to all existing historical records in the history of the Empire, it can be called "amazing speed" to complete the assembly in four to five months.

So before she successfully realized her capital, eboden was sure, and 100% had fallen.

Obviously, the Dukes present thought of this.

So another question arises, that is, who will lead the army?

This is obviously easy to see - in addition to a sufficiently elite army, eboden, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, needs at least another commander with enough experience and reputation to ensure that the city can persist until the imperial army is assembled and goes to the battlefield.

There is not enough prestige to arouse the morale of the soldiers who fight to the death;

Without rich experience, it is not enough to face such a strong enemy comparable to the Empire.

It's better to respect the status, because it can also arouse the morale of the Empire and let all forces put aside their prejudices and join the war - otherwise everyone will die together.

He has distinguished reputation, respected status and rich experience. He is also a famous commander

The Dukes with different looks subconsciously turned their eyes to the same direction... They were very tacit and stared at connord carefully.

The silence suddenly became very subtle.

In the eyes of all the dukes, Emperor connord looked at the black haired wizard calmly: "so... I think there should be no objection to who the position of 'commander eboden' should belong?"

"On the contrary, in fact, I believe that everyone in this room - except master corona, no offense - is qualified to lead." Loren sighed and shook his head slowly:

"But it must not be you, your majesty!"

Huh?!

Ruwen and Sarika turned their heads in amazement, and a look of disbelief flashed in Yuli vilz's eyes.

"Duke Loren Turin, what does that mean?"

Nolan ERD, with an expression of "are you stupid", asked with a smile: "in your eyes, our emperor is not qualified to... Command this battle and defend his empire?"

"On the contrary, it is because your majesty is too suitable to go." Loren glared at him and said coldly: "choosing a commander should not only consider a battle, but also consider the overall strategy."

Sure enough... The Duke of Arles was the first to win. He had only cooperated with connord before; Otherwise, if he is really "loyal", he should agree with his statement.

There are many reasons why Conrad can't go, and the most important one is that this war will evolve into a "meat grinder war" in advance. The Empire must do its best to invest more power at the fastest speed to keep Conrad alive.

Under such a situation, the Byrne legion, which is ready to be mobilized at any time, is definitely the first to be filled in!

unwilling? Isn't the Duke of Byrne and his knights determined to fight for the emperor, and isn't the Turin family a vassal of the Empire?

As for the rest of the principality... Except for Rudin and his lottel who are basically ready and have no crooked thoughts, the rest, whether true or false, can't support themselves for a while. Throwing in is to die.

On the one hand, it will let Conrad command himself; On the other hand, because they want to protect him, Byrne's Legion can only be trapped and can't give full play to the advantages of heavy Knights... Neither Lorenzo wants to.

But to convince them, we need to put it another way.

"For the Azores, we know that they must have fought hard to capture eboden; for the Empire, we need to control the battlefield within the border... At least, to ensure the safety of the imperial capital Golovin." Loren paused and looked around for a week:

"But do the Azores opposite know the same thing as us?"

The Duke's expression was subtle, and no one spoke during the short pause.

"You mean... Don't let them feel that eboden is also important to us?" Yuli vilz frowned and looked serious: "Your Majesty's existence will make them more desperate to take eboden?"

"No, if I were the commander of the Azores and knew that the emperor of the saxophone empire was in this city, I probably wouldn't want to seize this city." Loren shook his head again and raised two fingers: "I will prepare with both hands."

"First of all, as before, I will send the most elite elf warriors to sneak into the city and try my best to catch the emperor alive; second, even if I fail, it will at least cause chaos;"

"I will take advantage of this chaos and turn eboden into ruins by all means I can think of while the garrison is still in a state of unconsciousness!"

"Compared with an imperial orthodox emperor, a city is nothing - besides, what they need is not a city, but a port for berthing warships."

All the people present moved their expressions.

Yes... For the Empire, eboden is a rich city, a good front battlefield, and a densely populated place with tens of thousands of people.

But for the Azores, all they need is a port... As for cities, people and wealth, they are only additional "gifts". It's very cost-effective to change an Imperial Emperor.

"I believe that if your majesty sits down on eboden in person, he will be able to boost the morale of the Empire and unite as one, but on the contrary..."

"It will also let the Azores do their best to strangle his Majesty in the city even if they destroy the city!" before the black haired wizard finished, Yuli vilz, who frowned, took over the words with a creepy expression:

"We can hold eboden - but all we can hold is her ashes and bones!"

Looking at the remaining Dukes who still looked stunned, Loren leaned back in his chair and said no more.

He doesn't have to explain anything.

"No one spoke, that is to say... Everyone agreed with Duke Byrne and did not agree that I should hold eboden?"

Emperor Connor raised his head and swept his sharp eyes at the people in front of the round table: "then tell me, in your opinion... Who should bear the burden?"

Almost without waiting for anyone else to react, Yuli vilz stood up again.

"Your Majesty, I think Duke Byrne's proposal should be more than that." under his dark blue hair, his only silver pupil exudes the same brilliance as connord:

"I'm afraid he... Has another reason not to speak frankly!"

Hey?!

Everyone's expression was surprised and looked back at the black haired wizard at the same time.

Loren, whose heart strings trembled fiercely, remained calm and forced himself not to look at Yuli's expression.

Even for Lucian's sake, you shouldn't dismantle my platform

"That is... We can't limit the battlefield to eboden; at least, we can't have this idea from the beginning!"

Yuli vilz said solemnly.

In an instant, the eyes around him turned from sharp to soft and confused.

Lauren, still silent, held down his trembling hand and nodded.

Hoo, it's so close

"Think not only about a battle, but also about the overall strategy - this reminds me." Yuli veltz took a serious look at Loren, and then turned his eyes to Conrad seriously:

"If we really want to hold eboden, we can't just hold the city; we should expand the battlefield and give full play to the advantages of local operations!"

"But from the beginning, we should use this city as bait to attract the enemy's attention." Nolan ERD opened with a smile and a rough and hoarse voice: "Duke of ellemans, your proposal is putting the cart before the horse."

"No, I think this may be the most appropriate way, Duke of Arles." Yuli weiltz glared at him: "Byrne's Knight * * * * Iraq's Hussars... If you just defend the isolated city, you can't give full play to the real strength of these excellent soldiers, and you will be tied up!"

"Only by expanding the battlefield, curbing the enemy's attack route, and using the city to contain the enemy's attention and most of its troops, can we block the attack pace of the Azores as much as possible on the premise of using a small number of existing troops."

"Multi faceted mobility, central flowering - is the best summary of this tactic."

The people around the round table thought and immediately understood the key.

Yes, this is actually the replica of duanjieshan fortress for the werewolf community in the ice field every year. It takes the stronghold of heavy troops as the core and assists the rapid mobile elite troops to harass constantly, so as to achieve the purpose of guarding the city.

The only difference is that the firm fortress has been replaced by "not so strong" eboden from the solid boundary mountain, and the enemy is no longer the brainless ice werewolf, but the Azores who are equal to the Empire.

The advantage of this tactic is that it does not require as many troops as it seems.

Yes, Garrisoning the city requires a large number of troops, and fast-moving containment forces also need a lot of people - but thousands of people are scattered to each principality.

Mobilize tens of thousands of troops in months; However, if it is only the elite of thousands of people, the assembly speed will be very fast - the nearest West Saxony and lottel only take half a month, and the farthest Boyi and Arle are more than a month.

The atmosphere in the hall eased a little, and the Dukes' expressions relaxed a lot. Finally, they came out of the embarrassment of Brandon's rushing out of the door.

So at first, the problem came back:

Who should be the commander of eboden's urban defense?

"It's the duty and duty of the eboden people to guard eboden." master corona slowly said, "if your majesty doesn't give up, I'm willing to lead all eboden businessmen and wizards, nobles and civilians to stick to eboden until..."

"If your majesty doesn't give up, I'd like to introduce myself!" suddenly, Loren interrupted. His dark pupils stared at Connor's dull face as if waiting for his opening:

"Since this is my plan, I will carry it out..."

"Isn't it reasonable?"