Chapter 347 Personal Investigation

After the king of the Holy Cross Kingdom fled, he immediately returned to the royal fiefdom of Hansen County.

As a direct fiefdom of the royal family, the position of the Hansen family is beyond doubt.

In recent years, the royal family has been deliberately increasing industrialization construction. Hansen County is probably the only territory in the Holy Cross Kingdom that can compete with the province of the Northern Principality.

Most importantly, there is a complete set of steam industry systems here.

The royal family raised a reserve army and directly started a civil war.

King Bruno was not blinded by anger. While fighting with the church army, he kept an eye on the situation on the front line.

If the church is a hungry wolf, then the Northern Principality is a tiger.

Hungry wolves must be dealt with, but if you let the tiger into the house, it will be doomed.

Fortunately, Fernandez is indeed stable. He gave up most of the results of the battle at the fastest speed, directly contracted the defense line, and stabilized the situation.

For a week in a row, the army of the Northern Principality did not break through this defense line.

King Bruno has not even written to his brother Duke Fernandez, just for fear of affecting him.

Until this time, seeing that the situation was stable, he wrote a letter, warning Fernandez not to underestimate the enemy, and then wait for an opportunity to stab the church.

When Duke Fernandez received the king's letter, the intelligence transmitted back from the Northern Principality also arrived one after another.

As expected, the Northern Principality has begun to recruit soldiers and even formed a guard division, looking like it is taking advantage of the opportunity to pick up bargains.

Such a response is normal. If such an incident occurs in the Northern Principality, he will also suggest that the king do the same.

It is not shameful to take advantage of the fire.

At present, the situation on the front line is stable. Even if the Northern Principality moves faster, it will take at least half a year to reinforce the front line.

Mobilization, reorganization of the army, transportation and mobilization, all of these take time, and war is never just talk.

Even normally speaking, the production of weapons and equipment takes time, otherwise let the soldiers charge empty-handed?

And the conventional reserve weapons will definitely not be too much, after all, maintenance is a hassle and the cost is too high.

Fernandez calculated carefully that even if he had to squeeze a little time, he would have at least three months.

Of course, before that, he needed to go to the front line in person.

So, Duke Fernandez suddenly moved to the front line with his direct dragoon regiment.

In the town of Pok, the battle has been going on for a week.

The three regiments of the Northern Principality have been attacking continuously, and the artillery can suppress the Holy Cross Army.

The battle was difficult, and the town of Pok, which had been repeatedly attacked, had been completely destroyed.

This town on the East-West Trade Road has enjoyed the benefits brought by trade in recent years.

But everything was destroyed after the army moved in.

Destruction is always easier than construction. After a cannon bombardment, everything became ruins.

War is the best catalyst.

As the war progressed, trenches, anti-gun pits, and various tactics were discovered by everyone.

When the dragoon regiment arrived at the town of Pok, what they saw were irregular trenches and positions full of craters.

Many places on the battlefield were emitting black smoke, and soldiers from both sides lay on the ground and shot at each other.

The shells fell from time to time, adding a bit of cruelty.

Fernandez looked through the telescope, and the army of the Northern Principality was really charging.

The enemy's individual soldiers were also stronger, and as the attacking party, they did not suffer any loss.

Fortunately, the army of the Holy Cross Kingdom was also quite tough, carrying guns and cannons to hold their positions.

The Dragon Riders moved faster. They were the guards formed by Fernandez's elite cavalry and equipped with pistols.

This time, the Dragon Riders took advantage of their mobility and quickly crossed the reconnaissance line of the Northern Principality and arrived at the town of Poke.

The temporary brigade commander in charge of the attack in the Northern Principality had already started to curse.

"Where did the cavalry come from? Are the scouts of the command eat shit?"

It's no wonder that he lost control of his emotions. The fighting this week was very fierce, and the troops suffered a lot of casualties.

A cavalry regiment suddenly appeared, and it would cause a disaster if you were not careful.

Besides, no matter how good your personality is, you will become irritable and sensitive after staying on the battlefield for a few days.

Despite the scolding, he had already ordered people to blow the trumpet to retreat. It seemed that they could not fight today, so they could only protect themselves first.

Let's wait and see the response of the headquarters.

After Fernandez made a brief observation, the Dragon Riders had already launched a charge.

The outer defense line of the Northern Principality was easily torn apart by them, and the entire Dragon Riders entered the town of Poke.

The dilemma of the town of Poke was also easily solved.

"Your Excellency the Duke."

The two regiment leaders greeted Fernandez with excitement. They did not expect that the Duke would personally arrive at the front line and solve the dilemma here as soon as he arrived.

However, Fernandez's first sentence broke their fantasy: "I will leave today, take me to see the battlefield first."

Sitting in the back, what he saw was after all separated by a layer.

He was afraid of missing something.

After personally checking the battlefield, he asked the front-line officers and soldiers about the specific situation of the war.

Even the brief confrontation between the Dragon Riders and the Northern Principality Army just now was the most direct intelligence.

Facts have proved that there is no problem with the attack of the Northern Principality.

The intensity was high, the soldiers were elite, and the casualties were high.

Fernandez finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really scared of being cheated, and he was afraid of being cheated again.

This time, perhaps the Holy Cross Kingdom would not be able to recover.

After checking around, Fernandez was ready to leave while the Northern Principality hadn't reacted yet.

But before leaving, he left a reassurance for the two infantry commanders.

"Tomorrow there will be two infantry regiments to reinforce, and the town of Poker will become an important defensive fulcrum. Later, you will take turns to go to the rear for repairs."

Leaving a bunch of promises, Fernandez left directly.

These days, the church's army has been screened several times, and the soldiers have been dispersed and supplemented to various infantry regiments.

In addition, Fernandez directly recruited soldiers on the spot, mainly private soldiers of nobles, and began to expand the army to replace the front-line army.

The advantages of the royal family began to emerge. They controlled the weapons production line, and at least supply was not a problem.

The guns used to expand the army can at least guarantee one per person.

As for heavy weapons such as artillery, I can only apologize.

Time is very important to Fernandez.

That's right, he didn't plan to sit still at all.

As long as the situation on the front line can be stabilized, he can turn around and stab the church.

Once the church is taken down and the domestic resources are integrated, the Holy Cross Kingdom will be complete.

Before that, compromises are needed.

For example... the Connor family.