Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
The Fall Of Savoy's
The scent of rebellion had been smelled by the emperor's nose. Actually, he had a dilemma. In early spring, the empire would invade the Heinz kingdom with full force. Previously, he had attempted to weaken Heinz's power with his puppets Baldwin and Garlin.
The emperor failed. Not only that, the flames of rebellion began to flare in his colony. Although he had reduced the potential for rebellion, they had suddenly appeared and messed up his plan.
He would deploy 300,000 imperial soldiers to invade Heinz's kingdom. Coupled with the private army of the nobles, the number could reach 450,000.
However, winter comes faster and ends more slowly. Moskov experienced his worst crop failure during the reign of Romanov III. In addition, due to the sabotage carried out by the kingdom, the production of weapons became hampered and disrupted the process of mobilization of his troops.
In the end, the emperor decided to turn his attention to the North assuming that Heinz's kingdom was also in the same condition.
Well, somehow the assumption missed. Due to the lack of information and inherent arrogance in the emperor and his retainer, they underestimated the enemy too much.
In fact, Heinz's kingdom was well prepared for war. Ever since they took over the entire territory of the Garlin kingdom, they had secured the metal ore reserves and had the advantage of making more weapons.
Also, thanks to a better and cleaner taxation system, the kingdom gets a lot of surplus food in the form of wheat, potatoes, barley, and others that they can use at times like these.
They had war horses of good quality, well-trained soldiers, painstaking support, and plenty of money to fight. The Moskov Empire overvalued themselves without seeing the real power of Heinz.
As a result, the imperial palace of Moskov was in an uproar upon hearing that one of their strategic regions, Savoy, had fallen into the hands of the Heinz kingdom.
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After sufficient rest, the royal army resumed their convoy. So far everything has gone well. They were hit several times. Fortunately, there were not many casualties in the attack.
"We've reached Savoy! Troops, immediately set up tents and rest yourself! Tomorrow morning, we'll attack Savoy!"
Some soldiers set up tents. There are tents for soldiers, field kitchens, medicals, and more. Those in charge of logistic transport directly piled up supplies not far from the command tent and in some other places.
The wall that protected Savoy was already visible in plain sight. Tomorrow morning, they would directly attack this wall if they did not get a response from those in charge of the defense of the Savoy territory.
The next morning, an attack was launched. There is no specific strategy they use. Based on the information they got, there would be no reinforcements Savoy received.
Assuming that, they would not have to worry about the additional troops and could fight according to the Plan they had laid out.
To be honest, the resistance they had gained was more fierce than they had thought. Bravely, the knights defended the center of the Savoy territory.
That was why, they had a bit of trouble breaking through the walls. There are no cannons. The royal army used a ladder placed on a wheel.
Thankfully, no matter how much resistance they put out, there is a limit. The arrows possessed by the archers that protected the walls and which the witches possessed were limited.
In the end, three days after the siege, Gram, in charge of the defense of Savoy territory, decided to surrender for the good of his knights and subjects.