The King Chapter 242

  Chapter 242 Commander of the Allied Forces

  Terence City, under the attack of the orc army regardless of cost, finally reached the brink of collapse.

  The outer city has long been lost, and the inner city has also collapsed in many places. Apart from greeting the bureaucrats who built the city wall, Marshal Hodge can do nothing now.

  After some hard work, I finally got in touch with the outside world. The situation in the principality improved slightly, but reinforcements still couldn't come.

  Although there are many troops gathered near Dapace, most of them are recruits recruited temporarily. It is obviously a bit embarrassing to fight head-on with the orc army in the wild.

  The absolute strength gap cannot be made up by hard work alone. The Principality of Moxi cannot afford the consequences of military adventures now, and the bureaucrats in the capital will not agree.

  The reinforcements couldn't come, so the bureaucrats in the capital still did a personnel matter, allowing them to break through after the city was broken.

  The main reason is that there are children of the major nobles in the capital city. If it is determined that they cannot keep it, there is no need for the "own family" to stay and be buried with the city.

  But when this order came, it didn't have much substantive meaning. Breaking through is simple to say, but it is not feasible to implement it.

  Stick to the city, the defenders can still fight the orcs. If it leaves the protection of the city wall, it will be another picture.

   A person with two legs can't run on four legs, so if he breaks out now, he is giving the enemy a head.

   Some of the reinforcements sent by the orcs went south to the Warhammer Kingdom, and some were on their way back.

  Even if they can escape from the orc encirclement, there is a high probability that they will run into these people on the way.

   Mass evacuations do not exist. The only way is to break through separately and gamble on luck, which is doomed to sacrifice most of the people.

   "Marshal, let's leave together! The chaotic situation in the country cannot be separated from you now!"

   Harley tried to persuade.

   It's all true, he really hopes that Marshal Hodge can break through. The situation in the Principality of Moxi seems to have improved, but with the fall of the Terence line of defense, it will soon take a sharp turn for the worse.

   It seems that the king has gathered a lot of troops and is ready to fight the orcs, but the principality still lacks a commander with high prestige and rich experience in war.

  As the only remaining Marshal in the Moxi Army, if Marshal Hodge can break out of the siege, he may indeed become the commander-in-chief of the army.

   "Harley, go by yourself! The Terrance defense line has fallen, and someone has to stay and be buried.

  I stay and die with the city, not only to give an explanation to the people of the country, but also to the countless dead defenders.

  According to news from the country, reinforcements will arrive in another month and a half. Given the current situation in the principality, as long as you don't mess around, it's not difficult to delay for such a little time.

   As for the commander-in-chief, isn't the Earl of Hudson, who has never been defeated since his debut, a ready-made candidate?

   Strong ability, great military exploits, and reputation have been blown up by them. They will leave after the war, and will not crowd out everyone's core interests. They are much more popular than a bad old man like me! "

   Marshal Hodge laughed and cursed.

  Choose to live and die with the city, in addition to these obvious reasons, there is also his body, which has reached the verge of collapse.

  The long-term high-pressure environment has brought him too much burden. The body is honest, when you are tired and tired, you need to rest.

   Marshal Hodge, who was physically and mentally exhausted, really didn't want to continue this high-pressure life. Death has become a kind of relief for him now.

   "Boom, boom..."

  After a loud noise, the overwhelmed city wall finally collapsed. Numerous orc armies swarmed in from the gap.

Seeing this scene, the officers rushed forward with the defenders, trying to close the gap again, but unfortunately the gap was too big this time, and despite the defenders' best efforts, they still couldn't block the orc soldiers. front.

  The city is broken!

  The aristocratic officers guarding the city are still fighting hard with the defenders. Every building in the city is their position. This is the last stubbornness of the guards.

   "Damn orc bastards!"

   "Moxie son of a bitch, I remember you!"

  Ever since receiving the news that the orc army was going south and was about to arrive in the Kingdom of Warhammer, Joseph II's scolding has never stopped.

   It's really deceitful. The last time Dapac was besieged, the orc army used a detour to intersperse, and they couldn't stop it, so it made sense.

  But this time the situation is obviously different. The siege of Dapes has been lifted, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered together, and the orc cavalry slipped past under their noses.

  The traces of water release are too obvious.

  Even if you can't stop the orc cavalry, you still have to fight a battle to prove that you did your best.

  Unfortunately, the Mosi people seemed to be procrastinating. When they received the news that the orc army was passing by, they did not immediately send cavalry to intercept them, but gathered the army to act together.

  The result of being cautious: when the army slowly arrived on the battlefield, the orc cavalry had already entered the Principality of Orton.

   Life was hard at first, but now there are tens of thousands more orc cavalry, making the situation in Warhammer Kingdom even worse.

  What kind of cause, what kind of fruit.

  The previous Warhammer Kingdom promised to send troops to support, but it was only for show, and now it is time to pay back.

   "Your Majesty, the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, and our attempts to encircle and annihilate this remaining orc army may be difficult to achieve.

   Otherwise, we will shrink the front line and retreat to the west of the kingdom for the time being. We will wait for the alliance reinforcements to arrive before launching a counterattack. "

   Minister of Military Affairs Thiago spoke persuasively.

  The real situation of Warhammer Kingdom is more serious than what he said.

  In order to prevent the orcs from taking advantage, they chose to encircle and wipe out the orc infantry in the encirclement first, and then went to find the enemy's cavalry for a decisive battle.

  The decision must be correct. Even if you want to go to the enemy's cavalry, the infantry can't catch up with them.

  The cavalry has hope to catch up with the enemy, but the problem is that they can't beat the enemy!

  The standing army is all dragged on the front line. The three and a half cavalry regiments + five knight regiments cobbled together from all over the country, how can they have the confidence to find more orc cavalry for a decisive battle?

  Things that are destined to be impossible, naturally have to be put back. Even if they knew that the actions of the orc cavalry were destroying the foundation of the Warhammer Kingdom, they could do nothing.

  Sacrifice cannot be wasted, and if the enemy cannot stop the destruction, then destroy the orc infantry in front of you first.

  The plan was very full, and it was only after fighting that I realized the skinny feeling of reality. The camp chosen by the orc infantry is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain limits the troops involved in the attack.

  Sitting on an army of 700,000, it is difficult to take advantage of the large number of troops. Has been tossing until now, but still failed to take down the enemy.

  The remnants of the orcs in Tiago's mouth, in fact, there are more than 20,000 people. Compared with the original strength, it is only a loss of 6,000 to 7,000 people.

  In contrast, Warhammer Kingdom suffered tens of thousands of casualties, making it a big loser.

   If he hadn't seen the hope of victory, Thiago would not have suggested retreating to the west of the kingdom.

  Of course, the most important thing is everyone's foundation, which has been almost destroyed by the orcs, and the rest can't be kept. Substantial damage has been done, and it's time to accept reality.

"Humph!"

   After a cold drink, Joseph II said indifferently: "If you want to leave at this time, can the orc agree?

   I don't know when the alliance's reinforcements will arrive, but the orc reinforcements have already arrived anyway. We withdraw now, and the kingdom's army at the front is finished! "

   It's not that he doesn't cry when he sees the coffin, it's really the current situation, even if the army wants to make a strategic move, it is difficult.

  Hundreds of thousands of troops have been transferred, and the length of the marching team is self-evident. The one-word long dragon formation was exposed to the enemy's soldiers, and it was scary to think about it.

  If you want to successfully complete the strategic transfer, you will definitely lose a lot of troops. Even if the loss is more than half, it is not impossible.

   What's worse is that the main force of the kingdom who is firmly on the front line will also become a lone army, facing the enemy's front and back attacks.

   If you're lucky, you can hold out until the Human Race Alliance reinforcements arrive, then that's all. But if the battle is defeated in advance, the loss of the Warhammer Kingdom will be really huge.

  At that point, maybe they can challenge the title of the weakest kingdom on the mainland. Duchies with a little strength are stronger than them.

  The lowered international status is barely tolerable. The domestic political balance will also be broken, and the eastern aristocrats will decline collectively. The western aristocrats who were originally at a disadvantage will inevitably come out to fight for dominance.

  Strength determines the right to speak. With the loss of the foundation of the royal family, Joseph II's control over the kingdom will inevitably decline.

  The solution is not without, but the consequences are very serious. For example: let the western nobles in the army come to the rear to block the enemy's pursuit.

   It can be used to kill people with a knife, and the nobles in the western mountainous area are afraid that they will be even more alienated from the kingdom. Even if the strategic transfer is completed, it is difficult to obtain the full support of the local nobles.

   Maybe those guys might just abandon him as the king, go straight for independence after the war, and form a new country.

  Similar things have happened many times in history. The current northern clans and nations were independent from the Guangming Empire.

  With so many ready-made learning templates, Joseph II didn't think that the western nobles couldn't follow suit.

  Anyway, the strength of the Warhammer Kingdom was greatly damaged after the war, and the entire Warhammer Plain was reduced to ruins. The problem of post-war reconstruction was difficult to solve, and it was simply impossible to send troops to suppress the rebellion.

   "Your Majesty, the current situation can no longer be taken care of so much. The army's logistics has been interrupted by the enemy, and the food and grass carried with the army is very limited, which cannot support long-term operations.

  The enemy's reinforcements have already arrived. If the delay continues, it will become more difficult for the army to move. "

   Prime Minister Guy said bitterly.

   Stop loss in time, this is the necessary survival ability of every excellent nobleman. Before that, everyone wanted to organize a decisive battle between the army and the orcs. The family foundation was still there, and we had to work hard to protect it.

   Now they are all empty, and there is no point in continuing to hold on. Naturally, we must consider the aftermath.

  The interests of the kingdom are put aside first, and it is better to preserve its strength as much as possible at the moment, so as to avoid being eliminated in the future political turmoil.

  Dapest Palace, Hudson was invited to discuss matters early in the morning.

  The news of the fall of Terence City has spread, and now there is only one Flying Bear Castle remaining on the entire Terence defense line.

   Judging from the information received, it seems that the situation in Flying Bear Castle is also very bad. The outer city and its affiliated fortresses have all fallen, and only the inner city is still in the hands of the defenders.

  How long it can last, no one can tell. Maybe it's fallen now, but the news hasn't been delivered yet.

  Frankly speaking, it is a miracle that Terence City can survive until now. According to Hudson's judgment, Terrance City should have been lost half a month ago.

  The reason is very simple. In order to understand the siege of Dapes, the Mosi people mobilized troops from the front line, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of defenders.

  Secondly, there are small defects in many places in the city defense fortifications, and the quality of the project can only be said to be barely passable.

  With multiple unfavorable factors superimposed, Hudson is naturally not optimistic. Being able to persist until yesterday, the performance of the defenders is definitely considered excellent.

   It can be seen from the faces of everyone that everyone is not in a good mood. Many people's eyes are slightly red and swollen, obviously crying a lot.

   It is estimated that there are juniors on the front line, and now the defense line has completely collapsed, and the human tragedy of a white-haired man giving a blond-haired man has been staged.

   There is no way to do it. When the country is in trouble, these "major shareholders" must also fulfill their obligations.

  As the last to enter the venue, Hudson didn't panic at all. He got up as soon as he was notified, and he didn't mean to be late.

   Bathed in the desolate atmosphere of the room, Hudson's mood also fell. Under the guidance of the attendant, he sat in his seat without saying a word, and was sad with everyone.

  After being silent for a while, Prime Minister Herceg suppressed his grief and said: "Everyone is here, so let's start the meeting!

  The Terence line of defense has collapsed. Given the current situation in the principality, it is already difficult to build a new line of defense to stop the invasion of the orc army.

   If nothing unexpected happens, the orc army has already begun to move south. It won't be long before there will be a second Dapez defense battle.

  The reinforcements of the Terran Alliance are still on the way. Even if we let them speed up now, we have to hold out for at least 40 days.

  Defense plan, how to make it, let's talk about it! "

   Being able to recover so quickly, Hudson's evaluation of Prime Minister Herceg was instantly higher.

  The eldest son died on the battlefield, and the second son was trapped in the Flying Bear's Fort, and his life and death are unknown. There are not many people who can keep calm.

   You must know that Prime Minister Herceg has only two sons, at least on the surface. If they all died on the battlefield, the results of his hard work would have to be handed over to others.

  When most people encounter this situation, there is a high probability that they will directly turn on the bad mode. This is a model aristocrat who can come to preside over the meeting.

  "Before the defense plan is formulated, we have to elect a commander to command the entire army. Otherwise, every military transfer will be decided by our group, and there will be a big mess.

  I propose that the Earl of Hudson be the commander-in-chief of this war and be responsible for commanding the armies of the two countries. "

  Earl Martins' words surprised Hudson.

   It is true that there is a lack of prestigious commanders in the Moxi Army, but it does not mean that they have no candidates. As the Minister of Military Affairs, Earl Martins himself is the best choice.

  He was in charge of the previous defense of Dapez. The military quality shown is quite outstanding among the senior officials of the Principality of Moxi.

   Now coming out to recommend Hudson not only means that Earl Martins himself gave up, but more importantly, the transfer of command of the army.

   Fighting at home and handing over the command of one's own army to outsiders is not only courageous, but courageous beyond imagination.

  As soon as the voice fell to the ground, everyone began to discuss in low voices. Hudson estimated that if he hadn't been there, someone might have jumped out and scolded.

   Did not come out to object immediately. Apart from having a high enough emotional intelligence, the more important thing is that now Earl Martins has expressed his position. He is not interested in the position of commander.

  If Hudson is also rejected, they have to find a new coach.

  This is an embarrassing topic. There are many generals in the army of the Principality of Moxi, but there are very few famous generals.

  Originally, Earl Fidelis had some prestige in the army, but it is a pity that he had previously led the troops of the southern provinces, and was ravaged by the Beamon Army halfway.

  Although they did not suffer a major defeat, hundreds of thousands of troops were overwhelmed by the enemy's army. Such a record is obviously not convincing.

  My own family can't even recognize it, let alone the expeditionary force. If the expeditionary force doesn't buy it, there will definitely be problems with the cooperation of the two armies.

  Different from Hudson, who can move in strategically if he can't win, the senior leaders of the Principality of Moxi don't have the courage to abandon Dapes and embark on the road of exile.

  Earl Martins pushed Hudson to the top position, obviously fully considering this point, and didn't want to make trouble in the subsequent cooperation.

  Even if the command of the army is temporarily relinquished, the army is still the army of the Principality of Moxi. It's nothing more than losing face, and the actual interests will not be damaged.

   "I support the proposal of the Minister of Military Affairs. The Earl of Hudson has made great achievements in military affairs. He has experienced hundreds of battles since the beginning of the army and has never been defeated. He is the best candidate for the commander!"

  Foreign Minister Renato's words were like pouring a basin of water into boiling oil, and the room became lively in an instant.

   What's interesting is that everyone's discussion is discussion, but they only express their opinions in private, and no one publicly stands up to express their opposition.

   Others do not object, but Hudson wants to object. Although the position of the commander of the coalition forces is good, the responsibility is also very heavy. In case of defeat, there is no chance to shirk responsibility.

  The most important thing is that there is only responsibility, but no substantial benefits can be seen. It is right to win, but you have to lose the popularity you have worked so hard to accumulate if you lose.

  Hudson was about to speak up to object, but Prime Minister Herceg took the lead and said: "Since everyone does not object, the commander-in-chief of the army will be Earl Hudson.

  Your Excellency Earl, for the safety of the human race, please accept this important task! "

  The righteousness of the human race came out, and the people who were still talking about it suddenly became quiet and looked at Hudson quietly.

  Suddenly they realized that it seemed that discussing this topic was still their own wishful thinking, and they had not yet obtained the consent of the person concerned.

   In case of being rejected, what should I do next?

  The change in mentality directly affected everyone's attitude. One by one is not thinking about how to oppose Hudson's rise, but how to push him up.

  (end of this chapter)

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