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Old World, Empire Year 2521, October. Brittany Marshal Kalad and Rokossovsky led the Brittany army to Örengrád.
In order to ensure the strength of this army and take into consideration the environment of Kislev, Leon ordered his female courtier, the Sanctum Sorceress Theresa, one of the people in charge of MI7, to lead an entire group of Ice Witches (50 people) to assist Kalad and his army.
In Örengrád, Kalad, Rokossovsky, Teresa, and Berliat were received by Duke Vladimir Vladimirovich of Örengrád. From the Duke, they learned that Marshal Lauen of the Northern Legion had led as many troops as possible to defend Prague.
"How many troops are there in Örengrád?" Kalad frowned. He and Rokossovsky looked at each other helplessly.
"There are only 5,000 troops in Örengrád. Duke Lauen has taken away all the swords in the city." Duke Vladimir of Örengrád replied, "Currently, Growald Forest in the north is still under our control. The sentries reported that the Army of Chaos is still fighting with the Green Dwarfs in the Troll Nation."
"I see." Kalad asked, "How many enemies are there?"
Soon, Kalad learned of the size of the Army of Chaos.
The Army of Chaos that besieged Prague was made up of the following legions:
Wilic Magician's Magician legion, about 35000 soldiers.
Troll King Sauron's Troll legion, about 28000 soldiers.
Sursa Lunk's Noska legion, about 15000 soldiers.
Elfrik Ginewulf's Kurgan legion, about 14000 soldiers.
The Orc auxiliary legion, about 10000 to 20000 soldiers (no exact number).
There was also the Khorasan champion, Undefeated Abar, who had just crossed the mountain pass and led an army of about 24000 Undefeated Warriors.
Currently, the Allied Forces of Order only had this much combat power:
Field Marshal Lauren's Brittany Northern Legion had about 12000 men.
The local army of Kislef, about 15000 men.
The Brittany Continental Legion led by Kalad and Rokossovsky was about 20000 men (including a company of Kalad's Old Guard and 15 Knights of the Holy Grail that Laing had personally sent to Kalad).
The Empire's Auster and Auster's Mark had about 8,000 soldiers.
There were also about 4,000 mercenaries and self-defense forces from all over the Old World, including the Southern Kingdom, who had set off on their own and brought their own rations.
In other words, the total scale of the Chaos army was more than 120000 soldiers. Kalad had less than 60000 soldiers who could participate in this war.
Kalad also knew that besides his elite Brittany Continental Legion, some parts of the Allied Forces of Order were as reliable as the Brittany Continental Army. For example, Lauren's Northern Legion, the armies of the two northern provinces of the Empire, and the field army of Örengrád.
But the combat power of some of the armed forces was questionable. For example, the mercenaries of the Southern Kingdom and the soldiers of Kislöw's local army were either inexperienced or unprepared for the upcoming war. Some of them were unwilling to fight and only wanted to escape to the South.
What was worse was the weather.
The weather was not as snowy as Kislöw usually expected. On the contrary, it was already October, and the entire Kislöw was still at a temperature above zero and very dry. The autumn sun shrouded the land of Kislöw, and there were no signs of snow or cooling.
This allowed the Army of Chaos to advance without fear, and Kislöw had lost the protection of midwinter that she relied on the most.
After Kalad arrived with his army, he did not dare to delay. He immediately marched along the Linsk River toward Prague.
Along the way, bad news came one after another. Intelligence showed that there were constantly armies crossing the mountains and passes. At the same time, the new Eternal Chosen of Chaos, Eichahn, seemed to have gathered an army of more than 500,000 soldiers. But the strange thing was that Eichahn ordered the army to stay in the Chaos Wastelands. He only ignored the tribal chiefs or the champions of Chaos who could not bear it and went south first, while he sat firmly on the brass throne.
Unlike Motkin, Eichahn did not seem to be in a hurry at all.
However, Kalad was very anxious. This world-renowned Brittany Marshal knew that he had to race against time.
At this time, the Saint-level Warlock Teresa who followed the army played a crucial role. When Kalad and the others were anxious to solve the siege of Prague, Teresa completed several major diplomatic achievements.
The Saint-level Warlock first persuaded the Dwarves of Lone Dragon City. The Dwarf Army of Lone Dragon City, Thorgaard Crimson, sent an army of 4,000 Dwarves to Örengrád. They then advanced upstream along the Linsk River and built a logistical stronghold between Prague and Örengrád. The Dwarves of Lone Dragon City would guarantee with their lives that before Laun and Kalad successfully retreated, unless all the Dwarves died in battle, this logistical stronghold would always exist.
Then, Teresa's letter quickly reached the Empire's Hawke Territory and Nord Territory. These two Empire provinces indicated that their reinforcements would arrive soon.
Finally, and most importantly, Teresa found the Empire's Griffin Duke, Ivan Ferdinand. The Saint-level Warlock's sincere letter and message reached Ivan's desk. Laing's Godfather received the letter and personally led the Griffin Knights to set off towards Ostmark.
Even though everyone knew that Teresa was using Laing's face and borrowing Laing's prestige, this was still a great diplomatic achievement.
Finally, after two weeks of marching, the Continental Army successfully broke through the Army of Chaos outside Prague. Laun personally led the city's defenders out of the city and welcomed the Continental Army led by Kalad into the city.
At this time, 90% of Prague's residents had been relocated or retreated to places further south.
In the conference hall of Prague Castle.
"It's been a long journey." Laun sat on the main seat. After staying in the north for several years, this Duke of Connet had already gotten used to Kislöw's cold weather and special combat environment. Seeing the arrival of Kalad and the others, Laun couldn't help but grin. "His Majesty is indeed His Majesty. His reaction is really fast."
"Laun, His Majesty has always been very concerned about your Northern Army." Kalad sat below Laun. Regardless of whether it was according to the rank of marshal or the rank of nobility, Kalad was undoubtedly below Laun.
"I didn't expect His Majesty to be willing to let Madam Teresa come with the army." Laun then greeted Teresa.
"This is His Majesty's order. What I have to do is to carry it out. Besides, I'm familiar with Kislöw's environment." Teresa also squeezed out a smile and said, "My witches and I are under the command of the two marshals. Please give the order."
"Constantine, with your help this time, we will definitely be able to give the Army of Chaos a taste of some suffering." Laun then said to Rokossovsky.
"I dare not disobey." Luo Shuai also nodded.
After a few words of greeting, the marshals under Laing's command were all practical people. Without saying much, they immediately began to discuss how to fight the next battle.
In fact, in terms of the style of command, the three marshals had different styles.
Laun's command of the army was calm and prudent, but there was no lack of passion and hot-bloodedness in battle.
Kalad's command style was calm and full of aggressive spirit, like a mountain that brought great pressure to people. His championship battle and personal courage were even more outstanding in the army.
Compared to the other two, Marshal Rokossovsky's character was elegant and charming, but he was more aggressive, warlike, opportunist and meticulous military planner.
"Prague has been holding on for months." Laun pointed to the map and said, "Our army has fallen into an absolute disadvantage. The Army of Chaos is constantly appearing from the mountain passes and the north of the Mourning Mountains. At present, our only choice is to retreat."
Kalad and Rokossovsky both agreed with Laun's view, but Kalad frowned, stroked his beard and said, "Lyoncole, retreat without a fight?"
"Yes, we can't be entangled with the enemy." Laun then explained, "In fact, our opponent and the main commander of Chaos, Zech's chosen one, Wilic, the Magician, is best at fast maneuvering and circling around the back."
"Fast maneuvering and circling around the back?" Rokossovsky looked at the army layout outside the city and couldn't help but say, "I think the enemy's layout looks more like a clumsy beast."
"Because Wilic has never commanded such a large army. The number of Army of Chaos is more than five times the size of the largest Army of Chaos he has ever commanded. In addition, the major legions and troll kings don't listen to orders." Laun shook his head and said, "But this situation will change sooner or later."
"If that's the case, then we'll give up the city!" Rokossovsky was straightforward. Luo Shuai put his hand on Prague and said, "But Chaos won't get any glory or supplies from Kislöw. We will destroy everything."
"You mean, burn the city?"
"No, not burn the city, but a big fire," Luo Shuai said confidently, "A big fire that will make Wilic lose his position as the commander of the army."
"Lord Laun, Lord Kalad, and Lady Teresa, let's do it." Rokossovsky pointed his finger and drew a circle around Prague. "But this time, we'll have to take some risks."
… I'm taking some risks with the section dividing line …
Three days later, the Chosen One of Tzeentch, Vilic the Spellcaster, led his army into Prague with pride. Unexpectedly, the arrival of the Brittanian Continental Army would make this war protracted and difficult. However, it seemed that the Demon Bird God was watching over them. Not only did the defending army quickly collapse under his attack, but they also quickly decided to abandon Prague and retreat to the west.
Wilic strode into the city of Prague. He learned that the Chaos army, Barbarian army, and Orc auxiliary army were defeated in battle. He was the only one who entered Prague successfully. He was overjoyed. He sent people to the Chaos Wasteland to report the good news to Eternal Chosen God Eichahn. He also planned to sacrifice Prague to Devil Bird God Tzeentch.
However, in the next 48 hours, Prague was suddenly engulfed in flames. The Grand Duke of Prague, Fyodor Rostov Putin, chose to stay in his city. He and his cronies chose to burn down the city instead of letting it fall into the hands of the Evil Gods of Chaos.
The Army of Chaos suffered heavy losses in the city fire. Wilic ordered the fire to be extinguished while ordering the execution of all mortals in sight. This took four days. The fire destroyed two-thirds of the city and caused Wilic to lose more than 4000 men.
To make matters worse, this incident caused a conflict between the Troll King, Solone, and Wilic. The Troll King thought that Tzeentch used "underhanded" and "underhanded" means to obtain victory. Solone angrily led the Troll Army and left. He returned to the Troll Kingdom and focused on establishing his rule there.
Marshal Rokossovsky's plan worked.
However, Kalad and Lauren's situation was also very bad. The sixty thousand Human Order Allied Army left Prague in several columns. Their movements were very slow. Lauren and Kalad were very worried that if the command was not good, the entire army would collapse. Giving up Prague without fighting a single battle would be a huge blow to the morale of the human army. Wilic – The Spellcaster was closely following behind the army. The closest distance between the Spellcaster army and the Continental Army was only 500 meters away.
Kalad made up his mind. He handed over Teresa's Witch Legion to Lauren and personally led 6000 men as the rearguard to obstruct the Chaos troops.
Not long after leaving Prague, Marshal Rokossovsky, who was in charge of retreating south to Kislów Castle, sent a piece of bad news. Luo Shuai originally planned to lead 20000 men to Kislów Castle in the south. However, unexpectedly, the Undefeated Legion of the Khorasan Champion, Undefeated Abar, had already circled to their south.
This was Wilic's plan. Luo Shuai's 20000 men army fought the Undefeated Legion in Chagwei Town. The fierce battle ended with both sides losing nearly 5000 men. Although Rokossovsky tried to drive Undefeated Abar out of Chagwei, the road south to Kislów Castle was cut off. Rokossovsky was forced to lead the army back to Lauren's main force.
In the frenzied rush, the human army quickly fell into exhaustion and hunger.
Worse news was yet to come. Lauren soon received news that a Green Skin army had suddenly attacked their supply route, cutting off the army's supplies. Due to the lack of supplies, the mercenaries in the south and the local militia in Kislów began to disintegrate. Many of the wounded were ordered to be abandoned. Lauren personally executed some of the disobedient soldiers and ordered that the sick and wounded not be abandoned.
Although the virtues of the knights were outstanding, this also caused the marching speed of the army to further slow down. The exhausted human army was quickly caught up by Wilic's army. The rearguard led by Kalad himself was once surrounded. It was only when Marshal Rokossovsky personally led the First Guard Lance Cavalry Regiment that Kalad's rearguard was rescued.
As soon as Wilic's World Spellcaster army was repelled, bad news came one after another. Undefeated Abar's 20000 Undefeated Army appeared only 30 kilometers away from Kalad, and they were rushing over at top speed.
Suersa Lunk's 14000 men Noska Legion also appeared to the north of the Linsk River, preparing to cross the river and fight.
On the other side, Lauren also received news that Elvlik Ginewulf's 13000 men Kurgan Legion had defeated the Örengrád General Georgi's troops at Vitebsk, a town 40 kilometers away from the human army's planned retreat route. Georgi only had 3000 men under his command and was unable to resist the onslaught of the Kurgan Legion.
News came from the Imperium that the army of Chaos at the Brass Fortress in the Central Mountain Range had been mobilized under the leadership of the Reaper Varnier, blocking the reinforcements of the Nords Territory. Elector Theodorick Geisel was unable to defeat the Reaper, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
This series of news made Lauren almost despair. The fall of Vitebsk meant that the retreat route to Örengrád was closing.
Just like this, there was an obstruction in front and a pursuit behind.
The human army in Kislów seemed to have fallen into a desperate situation.
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