"I've been thinking about how to deal with the Border Ranger Legion that Grand Duke Fisabulun has stationed in the Royal City of Windburi. If they defend the city, it's exactly what we want. At most, they'll just turn the city into ruins. No one can resist our family's offensive power, not even Grand Duke Fisabulun. We'll bury him along with the Border Ranger Legion in the Royal City of Windburi and let the city become the place where their entire army is annihilated.
Unfortunately, this was only the ideal situation that we hoped for. Duke Fisablon, who had experienced hundreds of battles, was an old fox with an extremely sharp sense of smell on the battlefield. Once something went wrong, he would flee a thousand miles away. It was difficult for us to track his whereabouts. I reckon that once Duke Fisabulon receives news of us sending troops to the Winston province, he will abandon the capital city of Windbri without hesitation. He will empty all of his belongings and rations, and retreat with the young and strong, leaving the old and weak to us. Even if we occupy the capital city of Windbri, we will still be left with a mess.
Fisabulon will continue to retreat with large strides, taking away all of the resources and personnel that he thinks are worth taking away. When we occupy the Winston province and continue to march towards the southern province, Duke Fisabulon will obtain enough battlefield space to deal with us. He will make use of the mobility of the border rangers to attack our logistical transportation and cut off the communication and support between the strategic points we occupy. He will use the siege to deplete our resources and morale, dragging this war on until we are completely exhausted and unable to endure the huge consumption and losses day after day. "
This was a very large conference room. After three consecutive days of celebrating the new year, all of the relevant personnel, high-ranking knights and commander knights of the family gathered here to listen to Laurist explain his arrangements for the upcoming invasion of the Iberian Kingdom.
Today was the third day of the first month of the 1778 Galinthea General Calendar. Laurist officially activated the Norton Family's war chariot. Target: Iberian Kingdom, main enemy, Fisabulon Family's border rangers.
"According to the summary of various intelligence reports, we estimate that Fisabulon Family's total military strength is around 240,000. Of course, it is impossible for Duke Fisablon to send all of his forces into the war against us. His Jinchuan region required troops to be stationed there. The Eastern Barren Province was his family's nest, and it was impossible for him to give it up. In addition to the troops defending the Makinohara Province, it was estimated that Grand Duke Fisablun had invested about 120,000 to 150,000 troops into the Winston Province and the Southern Province. Perhaps, he would even recruit soldiers from the Grassland Barbarian Tribe, and in the future, there would be tens of thousands of Grassland Barbarian soldiers serving the Fisablun Family …
We do not care about the strength of the enemy, but we are dealing with a different enemy from those we have met before. The most important point is that the enemy's mobility surpasses our family's armed forces. When we attack the Southern Province, as the rear of the Winston Province, we must set up defenses everywhere to protect our logistics and supplies. This is the key to whether we can successfully occupy the Southern Province and cut off the Fisablon Family's support from the four central duchies.
When a lion hunts a rabbit, it uses its full strength. In our original attack plan, we gathered the Monolith Army and Flying Tiger Army, along with the Felim Family's Pegasus Army, and used our superior military strength to push forward and expel the Fisablon Family's border rangers from Winston Province. Then, the Monolith Army and Pegasus Army would advance into the Southern Province, and the Pegasus Army would clean up the bandits and bandits in the Southern Province. The Monolith Army would choose strategic locations and transportation routes to build defensive checkpoints, dig trenches, and implement a chain cage strategy in the Southern Province. This would completely divide and compress the Fisablon Family's border rangers' space for guerrilla warfare.
On the other hand, the Flying Tiger Army's mission is to clean up the large number of rangers that are harassing the Winston Province and protect the various supplies and supplies that are being transported to the Southern Province. Furthermore, they will look for an opportunity to occupy the most important checkpoint between the Winston Province and the Makunohara Province, the fortress city, and cut off the transportation between the two provinces. As for the Hunter Corps stationed in the eastern region of the Northern Region, they are responsible for harassing the Makunohara Province. I don't expect the newly formed Hunter Corps to suppress the Fisablon Family's military forces in the Makunohara Province. However, I'm happy to see the flames of war spread to the Fisablon Family's territory, turning the Makunohara Province into a battlefield and affecting the mobilization of the enemy's military forces.
On the plus side, this attack plan is stable and stable. We have sufficient confidence in accomplishing our goal. However, the downside is also very obvious. With our superior military strength and powerful military strength, Duke Fisablon would have to be kicked in the head by a donkey to seek a field battle or a defensive battle with us. That's why it's difficult for us to annihilate the enemy or inflict heavy casualties on them. We predicted that Duke Fisablon, that old fox, would most likely give up the Winston Province and preserve his military strength, using space in exchange for the initiative on the battlefield.
After all, the more territory we occupy, the more scattered our military strength will be, and the more places we will be stationed in. The Ranger Corps' mobility is far greater than our family's military strength, which will cause us to be in a passive position of defense. On the other hand, Duke Fisablon can make use of their mobility to gather his military strength at any time and fight with numbers. At some point in time, our garrisoned troops will be at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. If Duke Fisablon breaks up his Ranger Corps and roams the Winston Province with the scale of the corps, not only will our garrisoned troops be trapped, even the transportation of logistics and supplies will be in danger. "
Loriste used a slender wooden stick to knock on the large map of the Winston Province hanging on the wall. "This was the original attack plan we came up with, and it's also the main reason why we arranged for the Flying Tiger Corps to be stationed in the Winston Province. It was to ensure the safety of the transportation route. However, due to Viscount Eddis and the others' allegiance, I saw an opportunity to annihilate the Ranger Army that Archduke Fisablen had set up in the Winston Province.
If they could annihilate the Ranger Corps at the capital of Wendeli and then take over Pidro City, then Winston would no longer have to worry about being harassed by large groups of Rangers. From the map, we can see that Winston Province, with the exception of the city of Pidelow, which is connected to the province of Makunohara, is bordered by the steep Pidelberg Mountains, which extend all the way to the southern province. As long as we can annihilate the Ranger Corps at the border, not only will we be able to cut off one of Duke Fisablun's arms, even Winston Province will become our safe rear.
According to the information provided by the spies of the Volibel Intelligence and Investigation Bureau in Windbury and the information brought to us by Viscount Eddis, we have a lot of information. We can conclude that Archduke Fisablen is also consciously making arrangements to prepare for our attack. At present, Archduke Fisablen has already purged the nobles in the capital, and then extended his hand to the traditional nobles in Winston Province. There have already been 23 nobles who have been annihilated by the Ranger Corps. "
Lollister pointed at Viscount Eddis, who was sitting at the side, and motioned for him to stand up and continue.
Viscount Eddis was a little excited. He didn't expect the four of them to be able to participate in such a confidential strategic meeting of the Norton Family. This was a great show of trust in them. At the same time, he also understood that the four major families had already turned their attention to the Iberian Kingdom. At this moment, he was secretly glad that the four of them had submitted early.
"Your Highness and Sirs, as far as I know, Archduke Fisabulon issued an order to all the traditional territorial nobles in Winston Province two months ago, requesting them to be loyal to him and to transfer all their family territories. He also reduced the titles and territories of most of the territorial nobles on the grounds that the civil war between some feudal lords had caused the Iberian Kingdom to be in flames of war and the world to be unstable. This action was met with dissatisfaction and resistance from most of the lords. But unexpectedly, Archduke Fisablen was already prepared. The Ranger Corps under his command quickly attacked and annihilated 23 nobles who rebelled against him in two months.
Nobles like us, who were unable to resist and could only endure, received the transfer order five months ago. That is, after the winter wheat harvest, we were to bring our families, no more than a thousand subjects, and the garrison to the new family territory in the southern province. Everything in the original family territory was handed over to the emissary sent by Archduke Fisablen to take over. This forced the four of us into a dead end, and the real reason we came to serve the Norton Family.
I received an emissary from Archduke Fisablen, and under my hospitality, the emissary revealed that Archduke Fisablen began to prepare to give up Winston Province after learning that the four major families of the North had destroyed the Madras Duchy. He used this place as a battlefield to contend with the four major families of the North. The ideal situation would be to block the two iron chain bridges from the north to Winston Province and Makino Province, or even destroy them. This way, they would only need to deploy troops to defend against the enemies from the Xindesen Mountain Range. In view of the Norton Family's powerful military strength, Archduke Fisablen decided to fortify the entire Winston Province and clear out the wilderness. He used the vast land and the superior mobility of his family's Ranger Corps, as well as the armed forces of the four major families of the North that would invade in the future.
The emissary also said that Archduke Fisablen was prepared to move all of the young adults in Winston Province to the Eastern Wasteland Province and Jinchuan Province to make up for the lack of manpower in the family territory. The remaining would be concentrated in the Royal City of Windbury and a few fortress towns, turning those places into logistics bases for the Ranger Corps to attack and resupply. Thus, the emissary advised me to obey the Archduke's orders and move to the southern province. After completing his arrangements in Winston Province, Archduke Fisablen will suppress the bandits in the southern province and greatly strengthen the trade with the four central duchies … "
After finishing his statement, Viscount Edis nodded to everyone before sitting down.
"Everyone heard that. Archduke Fisablen is not someone who is easy to deal with. While we are scheming against him, he is also scheming against us. Winston Province used to be the most populous province in the former Crimson Empire, with a population of more than 1.5 million. Unfortunately, there were years of civil war in the empire, as well as the second prince's excessive taxation. Of course, we also played a role in this. In the past ten years, we have absorbed about three to four hundred thousand immigrants from Winston Province … "
At this point, some of the more knowledgeable people in the room laughed. The methods that the North used to absorb refugees from Winston Province weren't very honorable.
Laurist also laughed and continued, "We estimate that Winston Province has about four hundred thousand people. Apart from the sixty to seventy thousand people in the Royal City of Windbury, the rest are the citizens of the traditional nobles. Viscount Edis, for example, has greatly developed the business and production of his family's territory. Currently, his family's territory has about thirty thousand citizens. Viscount Schindler, Baron Claus, and Baron Wade's territories have about forty thousand citizens in total. This is partly due to Viscount Edis's business development in Walker Town, and secondly, they have taken in many refugees during the chaos of war to open up wastelands for farming. There are many traditional nobles like them in Winston Province …
Grand Duke Fisabulon was now thinking about these traditional territory nobles. If they obeyed his orders and moved to the southern province, it would be beneficial for him to wipe out the bandits and mountain bandits in the southern province in the future. These new territories of the nobles could provide rest and supplies for his bandit suppression troops. When these new territories were connected, it could effectively stop the bandits from escaping. Of course, these lords will be killed by the bandits, which will reduce the Grand Duke's troubles in the future. Not many nobles who were forcibly moved from Winston Province will have a good impression of the Fisabulon family.
Grand Duke Fisabulon wants to move the youths of Winston Province to fill the manpower shortage in his territory. This cannot be allowed to succeed. Baron Bodfinger, Baron Malek … "
The two new nobles named by Laurist stood up.
"The two of you will lead the Monolith Corps to Viscount Edis's original territory, Walker Town, in three days. I will let Viscount Edis, Viscount Schindler, Baron Claus, and Baron Wade assist you. It is currently winter and the roads are blocked by snow. Grand Duke Fisabulon and his Ranger Corps stationed at the capital will never expect us to take action at this time. Your mission is to move the people of Viscount Edis's and the others' original territories to the north. Then, pretend to be their people and raise the flag of rebellion against Grand Duke Fisabulon after harvesting the winter wheat after the rainy season in March.
Viscount Edis's and the others can gather five to six thousand soldiers. Adding on the youths selected from the people, they can form a total of twenty thousand soldiers. In order to eliminate this rebel army, Grand Duke Fisabulon's Ranger Corps stationed at the capital will definitely move out in full force. As long as they leave the capital, we can surround and annihilate them at Walker Town. After that, we can easily take over the capital city of Wendeli. "
"As you wish, Your Highness." Bodfinger and Malek sat down after moving.
"The most important thing in this arrangement is to not attract the attention or suspicion of the Ranger Corps' scouts. This requires Viscount Edis's and the others' cooperation."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I guarantee that nothing will go wrong," Viscount Edis said.
Buckingham nodded, "If there wasn't a rainy season in March after winter, I would have sent troops to surround Wendeli Royal City and trap Grand Duke Fisabulon and his Ranger Corps in the city. Unfortunately, it's difficult for our family's soldiers to attack the city in this weather, and there's no way to transport the catapults over. When the rainy season comes, it'll be even more disadvantageous for us to be outside the city. It'll easily cause a large scale epidemic.
That's why I want to lure out the Ranger Corps and lure them into a field battle. Count Phelim, your Pegasus Corps and my Flying Tiger Corps will set off after the rainy season ends. We'll move stealthily to the vicinity of Walker Town and wait for the opportunity to surround them. Understood? "
Count Phelim stood up, "Don't worry, Your Highness."
"After annihilating the Ranger Corps, you and Monolith Corps will march into the southern province. Immediately, close off the main road between House Fisabulon and the four central duchies. If the four central duchies and Family Fisablen come to attack together, then Count Shahin's Family Army and Flying Tiger Army will support them one after another. We must grasp the strategic location of the Southern Province in our hands. This is the biggest key to eliminating or forcing Family Fisablen to submit to us, "Laurist said fiercely.
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