Almost all of the ministers and generals present, as well as the Poillé, objected to the idea.
Katarina was indeed different from her father, the Red Tsar Boris -Bokhar. The Red Tsar would personally go into battle and strive to be the first in every battle. It was this Red Tsar who relied on his own strength and Essun's blessings to bring back the glory of Kislöw after the great Holy War. On the other hand, the female Tsar rarely left her palace and rarely went into battle. Most of the time, she was either appointing generals or supervising the army. This made many people have some doubts about her ability to command.
Katarin coldly announced that she had already decided that she would personally lead the expedition this time.
No matter what, the female Tsar was the ruler of Kislöw's palace. She was the descendant of Queen Miska and the holder of the Tsar's throne. After she made her decision, no one dared to object and could only agree to this battle plan.
Katarina also knew that everyone had doubts about her military ability, but this was something that couldn't be helped. The female Tsar also had her own thoughts. This was the conclusion she came to after a period of careful consideration.
That was, this barbarian invasion might be a good opportunity for her to unite the entire country, gain the trust of the Poillé nobles and the army, and unite Kislöw.
It wasn't that Katarina didn't know about the complaints of the people and the unrest among the soldiers. In fact, Cheka could always report a lot of information to her. The Tsar also knew what she had to do.
After receiving this news, Katarina carefully thought about it. In the end, she came to the conclusion that she wanted to go into battle personally.
The reason was simple. After fully studying the Knight King Laing's way of centralizing power, Katarina came to the conclusion that there were two basic reasons for Laing's ascension to the throne. The first was that he married the Duke's daughter, Suria, and became a member of the family of the first twelve Knights of the Holy Grail. The second was that through a series of wars, including the invasion of Egil's Red-eye, the battle of Blackstone Stronghold and La Mesennel Abbey, the recovery of Musillon, and the suppression of the rebellion of Matthew Bad, he united all the Brittany people through war and brought the power of all the duchies together.
Finally, the greatest achievement was the Eight Peaks Mountain Expedition. After this war, Laing's prestige and glory reached the peak, and he had basically completed a high degree of centralization of power.
Therefore, Katarina came to the conclusion that since Laing could do it, she could do it too. If Laing could do it when he was just a small knight, how could she, the female Tsar, not be able to do it when she was a Sanctuary powerhouse with tens of thousands of elite troops and the entire Ice Witch Sisterhood?
Moreover, the millennium celebration had already begun. At this time, a great victory would add new glory to Katarina's story and the glory of Kislöw.
Therefore, it was imperative that she personally go into battle. Katarina knew that she was very powerful, but she just lacked an opportunity to show her strength.
Now, the opportunity had come.
"Your Majesty, if that's the case, should we consider stopping the celebration and going into a state of war?" Kislöw's Marshal Konev suggested.
Katarina's slender black eyebrows twitched. The female Tsar said indifferently, "There's no need. When we finish off the barbarians and come back, the celebration will reach the most exciting part."
These bootlickers don't understand my considerations at all! They don't understand what I want at all! The female Tsar looked at the hesitant and resistant expressions of the crowd with displeasure. "What else do you have to say? Hurry up and say it. If anyone doesn't say it now and spouts nonsense later, don't blame me for being merciless! "
The Bear Cavalry's Marshal Rokossovsky decided to speak. He said in a relatively gentle manner, "Your Majesty, if that's the case, should we tell the Empire about your personal expedition and ask for help from the Empire?"
"The northern barbarians spent so much effort to take down Lone Dragon City. There's no need for us to ask for help from the Empire." Katarina looked at Rokossovsky with displeasure. She thought that it was a mistake to let Rokossovsky replace Marshal Voroshilov. The Bear Cavalry's Marshal was only in his thirties, and while he was talented in battle, he didn't know how to read people's faces. The female Tsar said calmly, "The Empire is having its autumn harvest right now, right? If we ask for help from the Empire at this time, I'll owe Karl-franz a big favor. There's no need for that. "
Katarina was right. The Empire's climate was different from that of Brittany. The Brittany's autumn harvest was from the end of September to the end of October, while the Empire's was from the middle of September to the middle of October. Only Kislöw's autumn harvest was basically complete.
The Bear Cavalry's Marshal could feel the female Tsar's unfriendly gaze, so he tactfully kept his mouth shut.
Just like that, the emperor's personal expedition was decided, and the entire Kislöw began to move. A large number of troops began to gather in Kislöw, preparing to set off to the north to fight against the barbarians.
On the 3rd of October, Kislöw issued an order to gather the entire country and forcefully recruited troops. Furthermore, it was increased from one soldier per five households to one soldier per three households.
On the 7th of October, the female Tsar Katarina personally led 25000 Kislöw soldiers out of Kislöw Castle, heading towards Prague in the north to deal with the threat posed by the barbarians.
On the 10th of October, the 15000 Örengrád soldiers met up with the female Tsar's army at the Linsk River.
On the 12th of October, the troops from all over Kislöw and the Poillé's army arrived one after another. The Kislöw army gradually swelled to around 63000 people.
On the 16th of October, the Ugor tribe and many other mercenaries to the north of the Linsk River also joined Katarina's army, and an army of 80000 people was finally formed.
The price for this was very high. In order to gather this army, Katarina had practically emptied her treasury and every single Dukat gold coin. Even so, it was difficult to fully equip them. Many soldiers lacked thick winter clothing and high-quality weapons, but Kislöw couldn't care less. Katarina immediately ordered for reinforcements to the north.
At this time, Prague was already surrounded by the Chaos army of Festus, the champion of Nurgle, and the residents were struggling to resist. The female Tsar personally led the army over, and the Battle of Prague began.
In this battle, Festus tried to set up an ambush on the road, besieging the reinforcements, but Katarina had learned her lesson. Kislöw's army slowly advanced, and Katarina even led the Ice Witch and her personal guards, the Ice Guards, and the Karim Guard Legion to join the battlefield. The female Tsar's strength was as strong as Kislöw's winter. The Nurgle army soon found that they had encountered a very powerful enemy. After 12 hours of battle, Festus received orders from Motekin to temporarily retreat.
Thus, the Battle of Prague ended with Kislöw's victory. The Nurgle army lost more than 3,500 people and was forced to retreat north.
However, this battle gave Kislöw and Chaos a fright.
Festus did not expect to encounter an army of 80,000 people. The Nurgle champion was not a brainless lunatic like Khorne, nor was it a drug addict who liked to fail. Festus was unwilling to fight head-on with Katarina, so he tried to repeat the same trick. After leaving behind a few hundred Chaos Eggs made of Mrs. Kiesler, the Nurgle army chose to retreat into the ice and snow north of Prague.
Katarina was also shocked by the number of the Chaos army. The female Tsar would never have thought that there were tens of thousands of people surrounding Prague! However, seeing how the Nurgle army was chased away from Prague in a single blow, Katarina immediately felt that the barbarians were all old and weak.
However, the joy that the glorious victory of the Battle of Prague brought to the female Tsar did not even last for more than 12 hours!
Emergency military intelligence! Kislöw's strategic town, Clark Fortress, which bordered Noska to the northwest, had fallen! The Noska Mountain Army led by the Noska Supreme King, Wamir Aislin, had appeared in the Troll Kingdom!
Kislöw's army immediately went west to provide support.
The female Tsar had indeed learned from the previous series of lessons. Kislöw's army was not in a hurry to advance. Instead, they adopted a strategy of advancing step by step. This allowed them to avoid the ambush of Tzeentch's army. Tzeentch's army immediately retreated and prepared for their next vicious plan.
After several days of marching, the Battle of Torso River began on the south bank of the river. Kislöw's army encountered more than a dozen Noska tribes and war gangs who believed in Khorne or Khorne gathered here to sacrifice their skulls.
Another fierce battle, the Battle of Torso River. Kislöw killed more than 3,000 people, but they also suffered significant losses. When the Noska tribes were completely defeated, Kislöw's army finally won the Battle of Torso River.
The pressure on Kislöw's north eased slightly.
However, bad news came one after another. Emergency military situation! The Khorne army led by the champion of Khorne, Prince Sigwald, had breached Oszorsk Fortress! The 3,000 soldiers in the fortress were all slaughtered and their hearts dug out! Prince Sigwald used Mrs. Kiesler's skin and hair to make 1,000 capes and 500 scarves. He even dug out more than 5,000 eyeballs from the corpses and roasted 'octopus balls' in the fortress for the Khorne believers to taste.
As Kislöw's army advanced more than 300 kilometers west from Prague, they arrived at a place 50 kilometers north of Zedevka on the north bank of Rinsk River. Katarina suddenly realized that her and her army's situation seemed to have become very bad.
The scale of the Chaos invasion this time seemed to have far exceeded everyone's expectations.
In the east, the Nurgle army led by the champion of the Nurgle God was slowly approaching with about 50000 people.
In the northwest, the Khorne army led by the champion of the Khorne God, Prince Sigwald, was about 39000 people. They had already crossed Torso River.
In the west, the Noska Mountain Army led by the Supreme King of Noska, the God Chosen of the Four Gods of Chaos, was about 43000 people.
Kislöw's army immediately fell into an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. Katarina had no choice but to order them to retreat 20 kilometers to the south and set up camp 30 kilometers north of Zedevka. She led 10,000 elites and entered the town.
What was worse was that after a series of military operations, it was already the 26th of October.
Due to Tsar's steady and vigilant way of marching, as well as cautious and cautious tactics, the Chaos's many attempts to ambush them did not work. Instead, it caused Tsar's army to suffer heavy losses.
However, as Kislöw's army set off for war, the logistical pressure increased and became more and more difficult to maintain. 80,000 people were eating and eating all day, and the consumption of rations and salaries was very shocking. From the 7th of October until the 26th of October when Katarina patrolled Zedevka, the logistical support of the army gradually became difficult to continue.
30th of October, Kislöw, north of Rinsk River, Zedevka.
It was snowing heavily, and this originally small town was filled with a large number of troops.
Tsar's golden dome tent could be seen from afar. It was located at the center of the town.
Kislöw's most elite Ice Witches, Tsar's personal Ice Guards, and the Karim Guards of the Imperial Army were all stationed here.
Now, Katarina was facing a more and more difficult situation.
The three armies of Chaos were gradually closing in, forming a semicircle around Kislöw's army and pressuring Zedevka.
Katarina had split Kislöw's army into four parts. One was the Central Legion that Katarina personally led. It was made up of the elite Ice Guards, Karim Guards, Tsar's Marksmen, more than a hundred cannons, and a team of Bear Cavalry, Winged Cavalry, the Griffin Legion, and a large number of Kesa warriors. It was made up of 10,000 people.
Kislöw's Grand Marshal Dimitri Zayev's army was in the north, facing Prince Sigwald's Perseus Legion. This 20,000-strong army was made up of a large number of Winged Cavalry, Kesa warriors, and a small number of cannons and marksmen. It was very strong.
On the west, Rokossovsky's army was facing the Noska Mountain Legion. This army had about 30,000 people, but they were not of good quality. Most of them were Ugor's army. They lacked cannons and muskets, but they had a large number of mounted archers, two teams of Winged Cavalry, and a team of Bear Cavalry.
On the east, Zaka Fedosov's army was facing the Festus Legion. Fedosov's army only had 10,000 people and was stationed in a small town called Dagnipper to the northeast of Zedevka. They relied on the city walls for defense.
Kislöw's highest commander's decision was that each legion had to do their best to hold back the enemy in front of them. Then, they would try to concentrate their forces to destroy one of the three armies of Chaos. Then, they would defeat the other two armies one by one.
Kislöw's army needed a quick and decisive victory to secure victory. This was the consensus of everyone. There was not much food left!
At this time, Dark Iron Motekin, the Eternal God of Chaos, led a small part of the main forces of Chaos and Tzeentch's army of about 80000 people. They were slowly moving south from the north of Noska's Mourning Mountains. Motekin carefully looked at the situation between the two sides and could not help but let out a terrifying sneer. "This woman has no strategic vision! She thinks she can defeat us by being cautious and cautious? "
"Pass down my order! Under no circumstances are we allowed to fight the Kislöw army personally led by Katarina! If we encounter her alone on the battlefield, we should immediately retreat, scatter, and drag her forces down. Kislöw's logistics won't be able to support such a large army for long! Drag them down repeatedly, and the opportunity is right in front of us! "
"Yes, sir!" Under the command of the Eternal God of Chaos, the three armies of Chaos obeyed his orders. Once Katarina appeared on the frontline, the Army of Chaos would immediately retreat and avoid fighting. Once Katarina left, the Army of Chaos would immediately press down on Zedevka and beat up Katarina's marshals.
In the face of Motekin's "hide-and-seek" strategy, Kislöw's army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. The frontline gradually retreated.
Tsar and her personal army were like a firefighting team, rushing everywhere to provide support. But every time she appeared, Chaos would immediately retreat once they noticed that Kislöw's army's morale had increased, the intensity of their attacks had increased, and they had received support from ice magic.
At the same time, the Army of the Noska Mountains, under the leadership of Wamir Aislin, attempted to cut off Kislöw's army's retreat. Tsar was shocked and forced her army to march more than a hundred kilometers. When they saw her, the Army of the Noska Mountains immediately retreated, leaving behind a furious Katarina.
As soon as the Army of the Noska Mountains was driven away, Katarina immediately received news that a large new army of Chaos had appeared in the north of the Mourning Mountains! They were slowly advancing towards the south.
The three armies of Chaos continued to move closer to Zedevka. The situation was getting more and more serious for Tsar. Her army was moving back and forth on the battlefield, exhausted from running for their lives. The army's supplies were getting worse and worse. Each soldier could only get 350 grams of Dalieba a day, and there was no meat supply.
The situation in Kislöw was gradually becoming unstable. Many of Tsar's opponents were becoming more and more active, and security problems kept breaking out. And after the snowstorm and food shortage, the army began to suffer non-combat casualties.
Under such a difficult situation, Kislöw's highest commander finally made the decision to take the initiative to launch an all-out attack and find an opportunity to destroy at least one army of Chaos.
The final battle was about to begin!
PS: I have sent the formation map of both sides to the group. Those who are interested can take a look.
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