When Loren was still trying his best to bypass the battlefield from the gem River and enter the besieged imperial capital, the "Golovin defense war" in West Saxony was in full swing.
But in fact, there is a "small misunderstanding" in the middle; That is, when did the "battle for the protection of the capital of Golovin" start? There are almost four to five answers.
The reason is that the time difference between them is different - whether it starts from Byrne''s army going north and sticking to the imperial capital; Or did the Azores break through the line of defense, land and water, and invade West sakran; Or is it the complete collapse of the eboden defense line and the breakthrough of the Grand Duke of ellemans?
During this period, it was also mixed with a variety of minority opinions, such as "Duke Byrne''s Westward Movement", "Boye''s Hussars crossing", "crown prince Brandon''s southward movement"
All kinds of statements are mixed with unclear, mixed with the interest disputes of several forces, or the purpose of some scholars to establish schools and write books and theories; So that the official history of later generations had to include almost all statements at the same time, and the starting time was roughly set within one month.
As for why this happened... Apart from the chaos of the war and the time difference in transportation and communication, a reason rarely noticed is the letter of help from the imperial capital Golovin - more accurately, the heavenly palace.
For 13 generations since the founding of the Empire, the imperial capital Golovin has never encountered any war - the reason is very simple. It is eboden in the north, saklan in the East, lottel in the West and Bain in the South... The imperial capital protected by all sides can never be threatened by war.
After 13 generations of comfortable life, the nobles in the imperial capital have long forgotten what war is; The vault of heaven is the core of the world, so the end of the world is the wall of Golovin - as for what happens outside the wall, it''s just the anecdotes and strange things of another world, just the talk at the banquet and reception.
Therefore, although the Empire entered a state of all-out war, and even the emperor personally went north to take the seat of duanjieshan fortress, the nobles in the imperial capital were still very calm, complaining about the increasingly scarce luxury goods and the recent excessive collection of Tianqiong palace.
This "calmness" lasted until the eboden line was broken for the first time, and a small group of Azores attacked a manor near the imperial capital.
The first reaction of the emperors and nobles who heard the news was not panic, but excitement.
For these sudden "long eared elves", the nobles in the imperial capital did not regard them as immortal enemies, but some "new thing" - their curiosity about different cultures and races made these nobles who had nothing to do suddenly find new fun in their boring life.
Therefore, under the "excitement" of the aristocratic Council, a "imperial capital Guard Corps" dominated by imperial patrols, mixed with fanatical Holy Cross believers and young Knights was established. It also specially submitted a declaration of war to the Azores opposite, and fought to the death in a flat grassland near the Baoshi river.
The Azores Elven warrior who received the challenge letter was very moved and specially asked the messenger to send a thank-you letter, saying that he must "abide by the noble reputation of the warrior and fight a fair war with the Imperial Knights";
Then he waited for the "imperial capital Guard Corps" that day and found himself pigeoned all day. In the evening, he found that the Elven warriors who had only completed two-thirds of the journey of the Corps launched a raid in anger and killed them all.
In order to revenge "the imperial people''s dishonesty", the Azores Elven warriors escorted all the captured prisoners alive under the imperial capital city wall and beheaded them in full view of the public.
The terrified city wall guards watched their heads cut off - including the heirs of more than a dozen rich families, radical imperial aristocrats, and more than 100 people who are related to the de saleon royal family.
These "noble blood" were beheaded like hyenas in the clear spring breeze.
The imperial nobles finally panicked - after 300 years, they once again knew the difference between street riots and war.
They found it for the first time. War can be so close to itself; It seems that the eboden defense line far away may only be a few days away for the light cavalry.
If the eboden defense line collapses, the imperial capital as the rear will be directly exposed to the front of hundreds of thousands of Azores elves.
At the suggestion of some "responsible" young nobles, the imperial parliament wrote a very severe reprimand letter to the front-line commander and Military Secretary Severin desallion, accusing him of "disadvantageous supervision of the war, victimizing the imperial capital and humiliating the royal family".
Then they received another terrible information - the thawing of the port of eboden, and the Azores reinforcements have arrived, with a force of no less than 100000.
The already shaky eboden defense line may collapse at any time.
In the sound of "excitement", metterne Leopold, the chief of the former cabinet and the seal minister, coldly refused the nobles'' request to send the Legion stationed in the sky palace outside the city to defend the imperial capital, especially the nobles'' private manor.
In order to appease the emotions of all parties, and after consulting his royal highness, the eldest princess fillonay, he agreed to let the imperial parliament send a letter of help to "all parts of the Empire".
However, on the issue of "who to ask for help", the emperors and nobles fell into great contradictions.
Because in terms of distance, there is no doubt that the nearest places must be lottel, El mans and East Saxony; However, lottel is playing an independent role in the Western battlefield and is still counting on the emperor to give them assistance; The hills of El mans are everywhere. I''m afraid it will be cold when the reinforcements arrive.
Of course, the best option is Brandon de saleon, who is fighting the rebellion in East Saxony - but the last thing the imperial nobles want to choose is Brandon de saleon!
His highness, the "disgraced Prince", has obtained the identity of Prince of East Saxony and the first successor in order in the last interest exchange. Once he has the great reputation of "saving the imperial capital", it is equivalent to making him the next generation of emperor.
For the imperial nobles, it may be really worse than letting them die.
After a brief quarrel, more accurately, after bad news came one after another from the front line, the imperial nobles had to turn their eyes to another force - Bain.
This is also an option that makes the imperial nobles very "embarrassed".
The Byrnes and the saxorians... More accurately, the imperial nobles of West Saxony have always been at odds with each other and are in a state where everyone looks down on everyone.
This state reached its peak in the "black Duke" era, and the division of Byrne''s thirteen leaders ended with the death of Roland Turin.
Now, facing the strong rise of Byrne and the "internal and external troubles" of the Empire, the reluctant imperial nobles have to ask for help from this powerful vassal who always wants to challenge the authority of the Empire.
In order to ensure that Byrne would not refuse, the imperial nobles specially described the current situation as very dangerous - the eboden defense line has collapsed, the life and death of the Archduke of El mans and the Minister of military affairs is unknown, and the imperial capital Golovin is in danger... How miserable it is.
They know that this ancient "hometown of knights" has always had some very stubborn "heroic traditions". They rarely refuse requests for honor and face, especially for actions that can win reputation.
Even if the bait is salty, they are sure to let Byrne take the bait.
On the same day that the emperor''s letter for help arrived, the letter from duanjieshan fortress also came to red blood castle; Charlotte, who hesitated, decided to rush to the imperial capital of Golovin, while she personally rushed to Brandon''s barracks to "urge" the crown prince to rescue duanjie mountain.
The elite army of Byrne, 80000 people, quickly went north and entered the western sakran territory at the marching speed of the kampiskland army; The imperial nobles'' wishful thinking finally succeeded.
But unfortunately, the world has never satisfied anyone.
Almost on the same day that the Byrne Legion entered the territory of the capital, the bad news from the eboden defense line also spread to the capital Golovin - after confirming that an army had broken through the defense line, little prince rodriya Azor finally stopped hesitating and immediately organized an army to launch an all-round attack on the eboden defense line.
In the face of almost twice as many enemies, the unexpected eboden defense line suffered heavy casualties, and many fortresses were directly flattened; Finally, the tight garrison was caught by the elf prince, who organized 30000 vanguard troops to advance land and land from the gem River, broke through the eboden defense line and pushed all the way to the capital Golovin.
Two days later, Brandon, who had just calmed the rebellion in East Saxony, finally received the news that the eboden defense line was broken, but finally decided to go north to support the fortress of duanjieshan; The Byrne legion, fully prepared to become the "liberator of the imperial capital", was a little late, and finally arrived at its destination on the second day after the Azores elves invaded the imperial capital.
In order to March quickly, both sides did not carry much baggage and equipment, so the outpost scouts on both sides directly collided with each other without warning, and a fierce conflict broke out.
After receiving the information of the outpost, the elf prince thought that it was the reinforcements of the imperial capital supporting the eboden line, which must be destroyed;
The commander of Byrne''s legion, angel, Earl of the mountain castle, judged that the Azores were fighting with him and the army that was encircling the imperial capital; If they cannot be defeated as soon as possible, their 80000 Bain legions will lose the opportunity to enter the imperial capital.
So both sides put in all their troops in such a muddle headed way, and an extremely fierce encounter broke out outside the imperial capital; The battle lasted from noon to evening. After a serious decline in morale and physical strength, both sides chose to retreat temporarily.
The defenders of the imperial capital have been watching the war on the wall from beginning to end. They have closed the gate, never supported the bain legion, let alone sent cavalry to provide any useful information.
The encounter that had no head and no tail lasted another day and night. The cautious little elf Prince chose to retreat temporarily to rectify the scattered army that almost lost its organizational system;
The Byrne Legion marched overnight during this short "empty window period" and finally entered the capital golovon before the capital was surrounded by the enemy.
At the same time, there were fierce contradictions between the two commanders of the eboden defense line - Juli weltz, Duke of ellemans, and Severin de sallion, Minister of military affairs.
The eldest princess Zhang of El mans retreated along the line, attacked the vanguard army of Azores from behind before the imperial capital was surrounded, and asked for help from all parts of the Empire at the same time;
The Minister of military affairs insisted on continuing to stick to the broken defense line, because the army breaking through the defense line is only a small part of the enemy. Giving up the defense line is tantamount to giving up a large area of territory, so that the enemy can attack in any direction without any interference.
The result of the dispute between the two sides was that Archduke ellemans led his army to the south, while the Minister of military affairs continued to organize the extremely limited troops and resources in his hands, reorganize the defense line on the border between eboden and East Saxony, and resist the constant attacks of the Azores again and again.
On the second day of his southward journey, the Archduke of El mans met the rear of the Elven Prince''s army that had retreated briefly - the Azores who had raided southward did not have any defense against the back. The attack from the back caused the Elven Prince considerable casualties and was almost broken across the line. The army was almost divided into two and fell into a situation of fighting their own.
The empty rear of the enemy let Archduke ellemans seize the opportunity; The valiant and skillful Flemish swordsmen rushed into the barracks and burned and looted wantonly; The most important thing is to burn down the elves'' fleet.
The reason why the elf prince can invade south at such a fast speed is that he relies on the elf fleet on the gem River; He threw a large number of materials and heavy equipment onto the ship, which greatly accelerated his march.
Elman''s back stab hit the elf Prince''s weakness.
But Duke Yuli weltz was not dazzled by the victory. He knew that his troops were not enough to confront the Azores, even if they were equal.
So on that night, the Armand Legion broke up into parts and dispersed to break through the siege - mixed with the continuous pursuit of angry elf princes, and the whole northern part of Western Saxony became a battlefield of blood and fire.
The Archduke of El Mans, who paid some casualties, entered the capital city wall on the third day after the bain Legion arrived in the capital.
With 30000 pioneers as the core, rodriya Azores, who spent three days reorganizing his armaments, gathered a large number of scattered troops who rushed through the defense line. Finally, he managed to gather 100000 Azores and officially went south to encircle the imperial capital.
Tens of thousands of Elven warriors rushed into the unprotected and defenseless West saklan plain, wantonly burned, killed and plundered between villages and towns, looted the manors and warehouses of the nobles, and killed all the rebels.
From beginning to end, the emperor never sent a reinforcements to protect those who were burned, killed and robbed in the countryside;
After such a crazy day lasted a whole week, the army of Azores finally completely blockaded and occupied the surrounding area of the imperial capital, and the siege tents and flags appeared outside the gate of Golovin.
The imperial offensive and defensive war officially began.