Chapter 933 (1/2)
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?”