My Empire

My Empire Chapter 11

2020-11-03

Chapter 11 11 Suffering

"These demons! These damn demons!" A woman holding a child, panicking In the crowded crowd, weeping helplessly. The entire eastern part of Maine was full of chaos, and wherever the chaos of Ferry City passed, there was a tragic human tragedy.

Although the number is small, the cavalry of Ferry City still has huge lethality when facing the common people.

These dozens of cavalry screeched past the edge of the crowd while riding their war horses, using their whips to greet the civilians who wanted to escape.

"please do me a favour! We have lived here for several decades! You can't force us to leave home!" An old man knelt down on the side of the road, crying and kowtowing , I hope those indifferent Ferry City soldiers can let their family go.

It's a pity that these soldiers who were eager to go back and divide the spoils did not show mercy to the old man, but just kicked him to the ground and let him roll off the roadbed unconscious.

"Over there! There's a beautiful girl over there!" At the intersection of the village, several Ferry City soldiers greeted their companions loudly as if they had discovered a new continent.

In the village, in a courtyard, a girl was desperately shoving her son under the bed: "Don't come out! Don't come out! Don't move! Don't send out Any sound!"

The child stared at his mother with wide, curious eyes, before being blocked by the lowered sheet.

A few seconds later, the loud noise of the courtyard door being kicked down came in, and then came the hysterical cry of a woman: "Don't come here! Don't come here!"

"Ah!" A soldier, who seemed to be in a hurry to commit a murder, suffered a great loss from the sneak attack, and let out a scream, followed by the sound of something shattering.

The little boy waited until there was no movement outside before he dared to pick up the sheets and climb out of the bed. Then he saw his mother lying on the ground disheveled, staring at him with a pair of eyes.

He crawled over and pushed his mother hard, but his mother was motionless. He extended the hand to fiddle with his mother's hair and sat beside his mother, letting the spreading blood dyed red his pants.

Tragedy continued to spread in all corners of eastern Maine, and countless refugees who escaped flocked to Maine Castle, only to find that the black iron flag of the Serris City Alanhill family had been hung there.

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In the battle of the eastern forest, Chris was victorious. Return to Serris. Maine's 2,000-strong army was crushed in the frontal battle, giving Chris a big bargain.

There are almost 1,200 adult males, allowing him to step up the development of his own mines and increase his steel production. Likewise, because of these captives, Serris City's forces dashed into Mayne without encountering any resistance.

That afternoon, Chris led 50 cavalry across the eastern forest and recaptured the large border area occupied by Mayne.

Three days later, a messenger returning from Maine brought Chris good news: Valgeron had taken Maine, and Chris now owns two castles.

Because of the huge disparity in strength, the battle of the Eastern Forest came and went faster. Mayne, as the first force to attack Chris, scattered ashes and dispersed smoke in a blink of an eye.

Although I don't know the attitude of the Arrant Empire, Chris has now become the master of both cities. Leading the escort all the way, Chris quickly made it to Maine, where he met Vagron who had been waiting for a long time.

"The situation is very bad! The City Lord Berman of Ferry City is profiting from somebody's misfortune, sweeping the eastern part of Maine!" As soon as they met, Vagron reported a bad news.

His soldiers were too few for him to risk abandoning Mayne Castle to stop the looting of Ferry.

Hearing this news, Chris who was walking suddenly stopped and looked towards Wagron: "What's going on?"

"Ferry City profiting from somebody's misfortune , sneak attack Mayne Castle... but I took it first, so they retreated." Vagron explained: "But they swept away the civilians in the east and took everything they could."

"They have to pay back ten times as much as they destroy!" Chris scolded angrily: "I don't want to trouble him, but he's coming! Courting death!"

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However, he quickly suppressed his anger. Even if he wanted to raise troops to attack Ferry City, he still needed to be fully prepared.

Now he has very few troops that he can mobilize. It would be too risky to attack Ferry City with two or three hundred people.

Continuing to walk, he walked to the study used by City Lord Ensel in Mayne City, and sat behind Ensel's luxurious desk before Chris spoke again and ordered, "Stabilize Mei first. Be kind to the commoners!"

After thinking for a while, he continued to order: "Split up the gold coin we brought! Let the commoners of Mayne accept the fact that they are ruled by us! Save them some extra money Taxes."

It's not easy to take a place, he has to do every detail: "Put up a sign telling everyone that we've captured more than 1,000 Mayne soldiers, They will serve a year in the mines, and then they will be released safely!"

It was only by letting the common people of Mayne accept his rule that he truly won the war: "The dead Soldiers of Mayne, compensate with the money and silk seized by the city of Mayne!"

After arranging the occupation of Mayne, he again instructed Vagron: "You send someone back to Serris, and let Deans immediately Put the facts in front of everyone, and share the victory of the war with all the forces around."

Chris stretched out his first finger and began to describe his plan in detail: "On the one hand, We will reduce tariffs immediately after the war is over, and give the benefits to the other three forces. Start selling woodworking machinery at a low price, and even give it away if the situation is urgent!"

After finishing speaking , he stretched out his second finger: "Distribute the gold coin we have been storing these days, to all civilians! Serris and Mayne should be treated equally!"

Then he stretched out a third One finger continued: "Serris will be exempted from agricultural taxes for one year, and agricultural subsidies will be issued! Stabilize the emotions of the civilians and tell everyone that the war is over!  …"

Having said that, he Thinking of another thing, looked towards Vagron and said: "Reward all the soldiers in this battle, each with a gold coin! If the money in hand is not enough, it will be distributed after Dez brings the money back!"

"As you bid!" Waggron's face was filled with the joy of victory, right hand clenched his fist on his chest nodded and said: "I'll do it now!"

In fact, follow-up There are a lot of things for Chris to deal with, such as the important issue of conscription: he now has two castles, his territory has almost doubled in size, and of course he needs more troops to garrison.

Now he is still in the passive state of being surrounded by enemies: so the required troops cannot be reduced at all: before expanding to 2000 troops was not enough, now he needs at least 3000 troops to defend all his land.

"It's really a headache." Chris sighed worriedly while looking at Encel's luxurious study.

He has now shown his trump card. If he delays for another month, the surrounding forces will almost all focus on him. At that time, it will be difficult to expand...

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So here in Ferry City, he must get it done as soon as possible! As long as he can quickly solve the ferry city, he can reduce the pressure on one side and gather more troops to deal with the threats in the other three directions.

An hour later, Chris drew up a new plan of action. He wanted to gather all the available soldiers from Serris and Mayne and immediately attack Ferry City.

"The first thing we need to do is to assemble our troops as quickly as possible, and then use the fastest speed to send the troops to Ferry City." Chris referred to the blitzkrieg tactics of the Second World War, The basic operational policy was drawn up.

Serris has 500 cavalry, these elite cavalry fighters are still very sturdy, and the speed of advancement should be sufficient.

Vagron also felt that it was a very suitable tactic to use cavalry to advance rapidly, so that they could save a lot of food, and disguisedly make the insufficient reserves of war supplies sufficient.

"There are basically no decent cavalry in Ferry City, and the scale of 100 people is not a threat to us at all." I found a detailed map of Ferry City from Mayne's castle. Begin to introduce the situation of the other party in detail.

Although there is no detailed battle plan, as the army commander of the original Serris City, Vagron dutifully understands the military deployment of the surrounding forces.

This gives Chris a more intuitive reference: Ferry City's armament is seriously partial, and the cavalry is less than that of Mayne, but they have about 1,200 infantry and 700 more. navy.

Of course, there is no need to go by sea to attack the ferry from Maine, so the 700-man navy is basically not a threat, and there are only 1,200 infantrymen left to deal with.

After hearing these introductions, Chris drew up a plan that seemed feasible. He ordered Valgeron to lead 300 cavalry to quickly gather on the border, and then sweep the border troops in the scattered Ferry City.

As long as Vagron can eliminate about 200 Ferry City infantry, or wipe out those unfortunate Ferry Cavalry, he can almost force the opponent to give up the field battle and retreat to Ferry City.

"Once the other side gives up the field!" Chris pointed to a small water glass that he placed at the back, symbolizing his own cannons: "I will personally lead the main force, carrying all 20 cannons, to reach the Near Ferry City!"

(end of this chapter)