Ten days later, the center of Wales's rule, the Valley Wood Castle.
· Under the wartime system, the Province of Wales was a little more chilling than in the past. The usually bustling wooden castle in the valley was now silent in a tense atmosphere. Shops, warehouses, taverns, and stalls are still operating as usual, but most of the pedestrians are in a hurry. Sheriffs from the security team under the garrison, wearing short robes and mail armor, patrolling back and forth around the streets and wooden castles with spears and swords.
In the core of the wooden castle, in the lord's mansion next to the government office, seven or eight fast horses are still breathing heavily. They have just returned from galloping across the province of Wales.
The meeting hall on the second floor of the mansion gathered the core of the high-level military and political circles in Wales.
At the end of the long wooden table, the quill pen in the hand of Baron Bob, the secretary of the regiment who temporarily acted as the baggage minister of the Welsh regiment, kept recording. The Welsh paper-bound volume in front of him was already filled with characters.
Opposite Bob is Barol, the dean of the Government College of the Provincial Government of Wales and the private secretary of the Earl of Wales. Sitting on the left and right in front are the senior officials of the military and government governments -
The Military Government includes Dennis, the chief inspector (ideological officer), Kazak and Bass, the sub-regiment commander-level officers, and Angus and Odo, the deputy commanders of the corps.
The Government Administration ranged from Medical Officer Thomas to the newly reinstated Commerce Minister Salter, the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Scott, the Minister of Construction Lawrence who returned to his duties, to the Governor of Government Cooper. Senior religious clergymen Robert and Bishop Hamish were also invited to attend and sat beside Cooper.
"...Sir, everyone, the situation in the southern battle is roughly like this. Before I was ordered to return to the wooden castle, I had ordered the defenders of the South Pass and the reserve regiment to organize the people of the Lake Territory to step up repairs of the wall that was destroyed by the Lombards. I also stepped up the security outside the South Pass." Odo raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and couldn't help but pick up the conical barrel cup in front of him and take a big sip of Welsh beer.
Odo has just given a brief report on the war situation with the Lombards in southern Wales.
Three days ago, the Lombard "Northern Expeditionary Army", which had been unable to attack the Nanguan Pass six times, retreated. A redundant offensive Lombard threw hundreds of corpses under the Nanguan Army Fort. Although the Nanguan Army Fort was riddled with holes, the Nanguan Gate remained motionless.
The Lombard army came with great momentum. However, they suffered repeated defeats at the South Pass, and their morale was renewed. In particular, the hundred-man elite team that Waldbury claimed to be the master of heaven also returned without success, and the Lombards were even more relieved.
To make matters worse, there is no food supplies in the mountainous area south of Nanguan to supply the Northern Expedition army, and the food supplies brought from outside the mountains have been exhausted. Subsequent supplies transported from outside the mountains are not only unable to supply the army's consumption, but are also constantly harassed by several Burgundian armies lurking in the mountains. It is difficult for only five out of ten carts of food supplies to be delivered to the Northern Expedition army camp outside Nanguan Pass, and half of the supplies will be harassed and destroyed.
Wardbury had to order a suspension of the attack, leaving a small number of troops to continue to put pressure on Nanguan, and then led the army to withdraw to the stronghold outside the mountain.
Yate also just returned the afternoon of the day before yesterday. During the fierce fighting in the south for more than a month, he was running around almost every day.
From the court of Provence to the court of Besancon, from the plains of Burgundy to the mountain confederacy, he led his entourage and guards throughout several important nearby states.
Just after returning to Beiguan, Art learned about the war in the south. He immediately ordered the core leaders of the military and political governments to rush back to the valley to hold an emergency meeting.
At the head of the meeting hall, Art's face was calm, showing no signs of anger or anger. "Tell me more about the battle in the mining field. The military report didn't go into detail~"
Odo quickly put down the wine glass in his hand, a thin layer of sweat dripping from his forehead. Everyone in the meeting hall, especially the people in the Military Affairs Office, couldn't sit still.
Odo stood up suddenly, beat his hands down, and lowered his head, "Sir, I am responsible for the tragic battle in the mining site."
“Report first.” Art raised his hand and motioned for Odo to sit down.
"Sir, ladies and gentlemen, the tragic battle at the mining site was caused by my poor military deployment..." Otto reported the whole story of the battle at the mining site in detail to everyone in the council chamber.
In the mining field, Spencer led more than thirty miners and guards to resist four attacks by one hundred and twenty elite Lombard infantry.
Of course, the price paid by the "provisional army" was extremely heavy. Thirty-six people and twenty-five were killed on the spot. Eight seriously injured soldiers were given "mercy" by the Lombards when they cleared the battlefield.
Among the remaining three people, two miners were knocked unconscious during the battle and were made prisoners after the war.
The temporary army commander Spencer was wearing five wounds and fought to the end. When he was about to raise his sword to surrender, his calf was smashed by an enemy soldier who could not understand the Burgundian language. He fainted and was captured on the spot.
The Lombard army was originally about a hundred of the most elite infantrymen selected by Wadbury. Their mission was to attack the southern hinterland of Wales through a long route, in an attempt to open up the strong defense line of Wales from the inside.
The temporary army in the mining site was lucky. The enemy army they faced had just circled the mountains for half a month, and its combat strength was greatly damaged. In addition, they underestimated the enemy when they went out to fight, so the thirty or so men in the mining site were able to withstand three offensives.
The battle at the mining site disrupted the Lombards' offensive plan. They had to repair in the mining site for half a day to regain their strength and continue to dispatch.
As early as half a day ago, the remaining miners in the mining field set up a "wall" at a pass leading to the lake.
However, this "Guan Wall" did not work in the end. Just when the Lombard army finished repairing and marching from the mining field, Odo personally led eighty elite infantry to the "Guan Wall" at the pass.
After the miners who built the "Guan Wall" learned that the entire army at the mining site was annihilated, most of the miners retreated, but two officials and about twenty miners chose to stay. They had to hold on until the end, waiting for reinforcements to arrive or to completely seal the pass before the enemy attacked.
Hence, Odo's eighty elite soldiers gathered together with more than twenty brave men and went to kill the Lombards.
Even these elites are not good at mountain warfare in the plains of Lombardy. The most important thing is that the Lombards have just experienced battles and are exhausted.
So Odo relied on the more than a hundred soldiers in his hands to kill the Lombards with one blow, and chased them for half a day, until he killed the Lombards back to the mountainous area where they came from.
…We kept chasing until the sky turned dark, and all the Lombards retreated into the mountains and forests. That army was very powerful. We chased them all the way and killed more than twenty people in formation, but the enemy troops still fought and retreated, panicking but not disorderly. "
"On the second day, the Lake Land once again sent an additional hundred farmers and soldiers to support. I ordered the emergency construction of the mining fence, established a temporary military camp, collected the brothers who died in the battle, cleared the battlefield, and captured a dozen enemy soldiers, including a knight."
"On the morning of the third day, I prepared to organize an army to go into the mountains to clear out the enemy, but the Lombard army in the mountains sent people out to negotiate. They brought news that Spencer and the two miners were still alive, and asked to exchange the captured knight with the Lombard soldiers." Odo sighed softly, "The brutal battle in the mining field was unnecessary. Spencer could have led the miners back to the lake area immediately. We deployed enough troops in the lake area to guard against the Lombard raid."
From a war perspective, the tragic battle at the mining site was completely unnecessary. It was just an absolutely hot-headed decision made by a demoted officer who was greedy for merit.
But from another perspective, it was officially because of the brutal battle at the mining site that an elite enemy army was prevented from raiding the southern hinterland of Wales. They exchanged their lives for the record of "the enemy army was defeated before they could even advance an inch of ground."
"What happened to Spencer and the two surviving miners?" Art didn't speak loudly, but the meeting hall immediately fell silent.
Thomas, the government medical officer and chief medical officer of the Welsh Army who was sitting on the side of the government officer, stood up and said, "Back to your lord, Sir Spencer and the two miners are recuperating in the lake area. The two miners are fine. However, Spencer's leg bone was smashed and is not suitable for transportation back to the valley for treatment. I sent Doctor Farnaz to bring the medicine to the lake area to treat them in person. They should be fine."
Odo nodded, "When I left, Spencer was already able to eat clear soup and wheat paste, but he could not die."
"Sir, what should we do with Spencer?" Odo asked in a low voice.
Matt thought for a moment, "The miners who died in the battle at the mining site were all treated as soldiers of the Welsh Legion. After recovering from their injuries, the two surviving miners were transferred to the reserve regiment and directly promoted to squadron leader."
"Spencer was transferred back to the Welsh Army after recovering from his injury, and was reinstated as baggage minister."
"Everyone in the mining field battle is a hero!" Art defined the mining field battle.
"Dennis." Art said to Dennis, the Inspector-General of the Welsh Legion sitting behind the long table: "I've given you a task."
"From today on, give me all your strength to promote the heroes of the mining field. Their glorious deeds set off a storm in Wales and even the entire southern continent, letting everyone know that one of our political officers led thirty-five miners to resist the surprise attack of hundreds of Lombard elite soldiers, and protected the Holy Lord's paradise and his people under the blessing of the Holy Lord. "
Matt did not wait for everyone in the meeting hall to recover, and continued: "Today we are convening everyone for discussion, there is a more important matter."
Matt paused, "We should go south..."
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Three days later, Stanley, the commander of the direct task force of the Wales Army, and Oliver, the deputy captain, successively led their respective task forces back to Beiguan Army Fort in Wales Province.
A week later, a group of thirty task force soldiers and fifty carefully selected legionnaires, in light armor, rode dozens of carriages and drove towards the south of Wales. Accompanying this group southward were several special advisors led by Jack, the deputy manager of the Wells Weapons Research Laboratory. Several heavy iron-lined wooden boxes were always accompanied by these special advisors...