Lord Harland.

Chapter 261 Formation of the Intervention Army

King Roger received news of the civil strife in the Grand Duke of Stanik, only a little later than Duke Jonathan.

Before Duke Jonathan sent people to the capital, the court of Grant Kingdom had many discussions about whether to interfere in the civil war of the Grand Duchy of Stanik?
There are three continents in the Dawn Plane.

The Eastern Continent is still a dense jungle, occupied by elves and lizardmen, has not been effectively developed, and is rarely inhabited.

A large part of the Western Continent is polluted by the spirit of the undead, and the dwarves live in the high mountains near the coast.

Only the Central Continent has the largest area and the best climatic conditions, which is the focus of competition among the various races on the Dawn Plane.

Humans occupy the most fertile land in the Central Continent, and suppress the orcs in the cold and desolate northern plateau. In terms of strength, humans are already the overlords of the Dawn Plane.If the Holy Glory Empire is united with several magic kingdoms, it will be stronger than the orcs, dwarves, elves, and lizardmen combined.

It's a pity that there are many internal conflicts in the human countries, especially the magic kingdoms on the west coast of the mainland. In order to contain the Holy Glory Empire, they even collude with the orcs to jointly contain the power of the Holy Glory Empire, resulting in the current situation.

The Kingdom of Grant is located in the northeast region of the Central Continent, and there are four human countries bordering on the Orc Empire.

The relationship between these countries is more complicated.

There is a side of mutual cooperation and common resistance against the orcs, and there is also a side of conflicts and annexation of territories.

Among the five countries, the strength of the three grand duchies is weaker, while the strength of Grant Kingdom and Ryan Kingdom is stronger.

If the Kingdom of Grant intervenes in the civil war of the Grand Duke of Stanik, King Lane will definitely not sit back and watch the Kingdom of Grant control the Grand Duchy of Stanik, or a full-scale war may break out.

In terms of its national strength, the Kingdom of Ryan is stronger than the Kingdom of Grant.But once the army is trapped in the Grand Duchy of Stanik for a long time, it is possible that the Kingdom of Grant will fall into a turning point from prosperity to decline.

Despite the high stakes of interfering with the Grand Duchy of Stanik, King Roger still wants to send troops to fight.

Now the strength of the Jonathan family is already very strong, and its development has also fallen into a bottleneck, which puts a lot of pressure on the Grant family.

If the Jonathan family is supported to become the Grand Duke of Stanik, the strength of the Jonathan family will inevitably be dispersed and the energy will be concentrated on the Grand Duchy of Stanik.Through negotiations with the Jonathan family, the Grant royal family can also take back part of the developed territory of the Jonathan dukedom, which will be used to award military meritorious nobles, making the internal structure of the kingdom safer.

The Jonathan family can also get a bigger stage and usher in better development.

In this way, the two most powerful families in the Grant Kingdom will usher in healthy development, and internal friction will become smaller.

King Roger originally planned to intervene, but he was thinking about how to persuade Duke Jonathan. Unexpectedly, Duke Jonathan came to the door, and the two hit it off immediately, and jointly created issues in the noble council.The boss joined forces with the second child, and the third child did not object. The issue of sending troops became very hot, and it was quickly voted through.

After the noble council voted to send troops, the Kingdom of Grant began to mobilize.

The first is the army of the Duke of Jonathan, dispatching two-thirds of the force, a total of two legions.

In order to express his support for the Jonathan family, King Roger also dispatched a second-tier central army. This army is exactly the Iron Lions of the Zachary Division, which is neither loved by mother nor father.

Nolan also issued an order, requiring the nobles of the three northern provinces closest to the Duke of Jonathan to jointly send troops and reorganize them into a legion. In addition, the five dukes of Edward, Fox, York, Lorraine, and Duran sent four thousand troops each to form a similar formation. for a legion.

All in all, the Intervention Army has a total of five legions, of which the Jonathan family sent the largest number of troops, almost called the best of the best, with a total strength of [-].The Iron Lion Legion has been reorganized, but it is not full, with a total strength of [-].

The five dukes bordering the Grand Duchy of Stanik each sent 2 troops to form a large army of [-] people.

The three northern provinces required [-] troops, including [-] troops from Lah Province, [-] troops from Gerda Province, [-] troops from Gascoigne Province, and [-] troops from Harland Territory. Combined Legion.

The five legions add up to 9 regular troops.The serf army transporting grain and grass along the way added up to more than 20.

The 20 serf soldiers were mainly drawn from other provinces. Although the four southern earls and four marquises did not need to mobilize the main force to participate in the battle, they needed to allocate food, gold coins, and supplies. Together with the Grant royal family and the Jonathan family, they paid for the intervention army.

When forming the Intervention Army, the royal family also specially issued an edict, requiring the nobles in all provinces to recruit elites and not to use serf soldiers to make up the numbers. The royal family and the Jonathan family will strictly inspect them.If the transferred soldiers are not qualified, they will face high fines.

When the order came down, it was almost February.

Today, there are about 1000 soldiers in the territory of Harland, of which [-] are recruits.Although the recruits have been trained for about half a year, they seem to be well equipped and lined up neatly, no different from the elite.

But Li Cha knew in his heart that these recruits were just appearances and could only fight a dozen battles to defend the city.

Really encountered a tough bloody battle, the recruits have not seen blood a few times, the psychological endurance is not enough, it is easy to collapse.

Originally, the recruit training period in the Harland Territory was one year. After completing the one-year recruit training, they were scattered among the veterans and accompanied by the veterans to ensure that the recruits would not panic on the battlefield.

Now that the recruit training is not over yet, and the call-up order is coming, Li Cha can only end the recruit training ahead of schedule.

After receiving the order to recruit [-] soldiers, Li Cha thought for a moment, and decided to call in the elite to join the battle.After a meeting with the officers below, he decided to lead the Scouting Cavalry Brigade, Hot Air Balloon Squadron, Territorial Mages, the Third Squadron of the Beast Cavalry, the Second Brigade of the Infantry, and the Sixth Brigade of the Infantry, with a total strength of about [-].

Now a brigade in the Harland Territory has organized a total of eight squadrons. Counting some personnel at the headquarters, the strength is about 300.Compared with when the brigade was just established, the number of people has doubled.

Because a lot of recruits have been recruited this year, the real combat effectiveness of the infantry brigade may be a little weaker than it appears on paper.

After drawing up the troops, Richard led the soldiers from Harland's territory to Fort Wright to assemble.

Hearing that Li Cha had brought four thousand elite soldiers into the battle, Duke Jonathan rushed to Fort Wright from his busy schedule, talked with Li Cha in person, and appointed him as the commander of the United Army of the Three Northern Provinces.

Today, in the northern region, there are five nobles, three dukes and two earls. Duke Jonathan is the commander-in-chief of the intervention army. The three nobles, Edward, Fox, and Martins, will not join the intervention army. The troops will be sent by branch members.As a matter of course, it was Li Cha's turn to be the commander.

The aristocratic coalition forces in Gerda province must gather in Wrightburg. The province recruited four thousand noble coalition troops, Brenner County one thousand, Roman County one thousand, Wright County six hundred, Canyon County six hundred, and Heihe County also mobilized eight hundred troops. Hundreds of soldiers joined the battle.

Li Cha carefully inspected these soldiers and found that the quality of the soldiers was not bad, the number of professionals was small, and the number of experienced veterans was quite large.

Li Cha could even see some soldiers in their 40s and [-]s. Through questioning, he found that although these soldiers had not practiced breathing techniques, they had a lot of war experience and participated in many battles of orc invasions. Experience is richer.

The equipment on the aristocratic allied forces looked rather ordinary, with not many iron armors.The officers who lead the troops are seldom the direct line of the nobles, most of them are the branches of the nobles, and even the second sons of the nobles are rare.

Li Cha thought to himself: "It seems that most of the nobles in Gerda Province have no plans to join the war. An army has a small number of professionals. Even if they have war experience, it is difficult to fight against the enemy's elite. But defending the city At that time, relying on war experience and fortifications, ordinary people have the opportunity to kill professionals, so it may not be able to play a role?"

Richard waited seven or eight days in Fort Wright, and the [-] troops from Lahe Province also rushed over to assemble.

Lah province is bordered by the Duke of Jonathan. The Jonathan family has a lot of influence on the nobles in this province, and the soldiers they have drawn are also a little more elite than those in Gedda province.

After merging the troops of the province of Lahe, Li Cha led the noble allied forces through the ship, entered the Heihe River along the Starks River, and entered the Castle of Saint Fes in the Province of Gascoigne upstream. The [-] soldiers from the Skoine Province have been waiting at Saint Fes Castle for three or four days.

After passing the Saint Fes Castle and walking more than 100 kilometers, the current of the Heihe River became turbulent, making it difficult to sail safely. Richard and the nobles from the three provinces disembarked near Palani Castle.

The Duke of Edward has already stockpiled a batch of grain and fodder in Palany Castle in advance, enough for the coalition forces of the nobles of the three provinces to feed for 20 days.

The next stop is to pick up food and grass at Partin Castle in the Duke of Fox, and this batch of food and grass is only enough for one month.

Nearly [-] intervening troops, people eating horses and chewing food consume nearly [-] tons of food in a month. Such a huge transportation demand cannot be solved by relying on the Grant Kingdom.

If Harland hadn't invented new alloys, manufactured rolling bearings, used a large number of four-wheeled carriages, and improved the transportation capacity, half of the military rations would not be able to be solved.

Relying on the current transportation force, only [-] tons of grain can be transported to the Grand Duchy of Stanik every month.After entering the Grand Duchy of Stanik, the food problem will require the intervention army to find a way to solve the remaining half.

In fact, the intervention army had only one way to collect food on the spot.

The serfs on the Chenxi plane didn't have much food at all, and it was very difficult to feed themselves. If they wanted to requisition food, they could only snatch it from the nobles, and the resistance would be fierce at that time.

Li Cha led the coalition of nobles from the three provinces to walk for fourteen days, and arrived at Patin Castle, which is only a few tens of kilometers away from the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and is already close to the front line.

In order to prepare for the war, a batch of luggage was hoarded in Patin Castle in advance, and more than 300 craftsmen fought with the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces.

The grain hoarded in Patin City is only fifteen days old. Counting the ten days of military grain saved by Li Cha and carried with the army, the military grain of the coalition army of nobles from the three provinces is less than one month.

The next batch of military rations will be delivered to Patin Castle after 20 days, and the quantity is only [-] tons. [-] tons of food seems to be a lot, and [-] soldiers can last for ten days if they eat horse chews.

Restricted by food roads, the intervening army could only fight separately.

Duke Jonathan led a total of 6000 troops from the Iron Lions as the northern line, Richard led the 2-man coalition of the three provinces as the central line, and Sonny Fox, the third son of the Duke of Fox, led the [-]-strong coalition of the five dukes as the southern line.

The army on the northern front was personally commanded by Duke Jonathan, and he shouldered the heaviest responsibility. He was responsible for defeating the main force of the Grand Duchy of Stanik and attacking Kleiners Castle.

The main task of the central line troops led by Richard is to attract the attention of the noble defenders in the central area and cooperate with Duke Jonathan in the battle.

The task of the troops on the southern front is the lightest, and they are responsible for containing the other nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stanik. The opponents also hide the dark lines of the Jonathan family, so there is almost no danger.Relatively speaking, the food road is the shortest, and there is no shortage of supplies.

As soon as a ray of morning glow appeared in the sky, Li Cha led the soldiers to have breakfast and left the border.

The scouting cavalry entered the territory of the Grand Duchy of Starik yesterday, and fought with some private troops of the border nobles.

The reconnaissance force under Li Cha's command is very strong, including the magic hot air balloon squadron, the lion knight squad, and the monster reconnaissance cavalry.

The Grand Duchy of Stanik does not have a lion knight, and there is no way to resist the aerial reconnaissance force of Harland's territory.

Carrying binoculars, the Magic Hot Air Balloon Squadron traveled all over the nearby castles and several castles more than 100 kilometers away, and has already figured out the reality of the enemy.

The reconnaissance cavalry brigade is centered on monster cavalry, and with experienced scouts, its strength is far superior to that of ordinary frontier barons. Yesterday, it turned upside down the surrounding hundred and ten kilometers, and caught a lot of tongues.

By interrogating the captives and combining the information held by the Duke of Fox and the information held by the Magic Balloon Squadron, Richard also had a general understanding of the enemy's situation.

The aristocratic situation of the Grand Duchy of Stanik is different from that of the Kingdom of Grant. The territories of the four dukes in the country are all in the safe south.The area of ​​the territory is also relatively small, about [-] to [-] square kilometers, slightly larger than the Earl of Harland, and not as large as the Earl of Martins.

The strength is not as good as the duke family of the Grant Kingdom. They only formed a legion, which is equivalent to the four marquises in the east of the Grant Kingdom.

Because of the heavy pressure on the northern defense line, the four Dukes of Stanik mobilized troops and jointly formed a legion stationed in the north to cooperate with the Stanik border guards.Including the coalition forces of the local nobles, the Grand Duchy of Stanik's defense force against the orcs exceeded 12, which was exactly half of the total force.

Under normal circumstances, the Linus family has a strong control force. Relying on the Grant Kingdom's intervention army of less than [-], it is almost impossible to defeat the main force of the Grand Duchy of Stanik and overthrow the rule of the Linus family.

But when the Intervention Army was formed, the Grand Duchy of Stanik was already in chaos.

Solaman's rule didn't last long at all. In February, he was overthrown by Baldwin and Haldane.

The fake peace between Baldwin and Haldane didn't last long either, as the two quickly erupted into a more brutal battle for the throne.

It was early April when Richard brought the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces into the Grand Duchy of Stanik.The civil war between Baldwin and Haldane not only did not end, but intensified.

In less than four months since the death of the old king, there have been two political purges and five large-scale battles in the Grand Duchy of Stanik, consuming more than [-] troops.

These [-] troops are controlled by the Linus family. Now the Linus family has about [-] troops left, and it is difficult to control the situation in the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

After Duke Jonathan led his troops into the Grand Duchy of Stanik, the coalition forces of the nobles on the northern border had chosen to stand by and watch.

Even if Baldwin and Haldane shake hands and make peace, compared with the main force on the northern front led by Duke Jonathan, they have no advantage at all.

(End of this chapter)