Chapter 1020

March southward from the fortress of duanjieshan - is this the long ears of Azores finally crazy, or their own auditory hallucination?

This was the first thought of the Earls of Byrne's thirteenth leader when they heard the official announcement of Loren Turin at the round table Parliament.

The stunned atmosphere made the round table hall as silent as an ice cave for a time.

"Cough, cough, cough... Dear sir... And ladies, no doubt, you heard right." with two coughs, Loren took the lead in breaking the silence: "the enemy has landed in gray water bay, with a total force of no less than 40000, and is definitely the best of the best."

"Because their leader is the eagle king of the Azores."

The voice fell, and dignified emotions immediately appeared on the faces of different colors around the round table.

Almost all of them had learned something about the battle of eboden from Eckert, Earl of fury castle; These proud Byrne Knights have felt a trace of fear because of the strength of the Azores Elven warriors.

If you don't compare riding combat and array confrontation, you can win one-to-one or even ten to ten... Is a difficult word to say.

How many troops does such an army need to defeat?

"The battle of eboden has proved that only with a sufficient number of cavalry can we have the absolute initiative in front of the Elven warriors." the black haired wizard continued:

"For this reason, his majesty Connor I hopes that Byrne and Boye can send troops this time; salika Jonah... The female Archduke of Boye has promised to send 10000 troops, so the question now is how much Byrne should send troops?"

"Why can't the whole army attack?"

Almost at the same time when Loren finished, bosiwar, the count of qiaowang peak, who was only five years old, immediately got up and asked directly, "the enemy is only 40000, and the red blood castle is now 100000 troops - as long as our whole army attacks, won't we win?"

This

The people in front of the round table looked at each other and hesitated.

"What's the matter?" the young "little count bosival" was a little unhappy. "What's wrong with me? Who can tell me?"

"No, you are absolutely right, your excellency bosivar."

Glenwell, the smiling Earl of stormcastle, got up quickly and explained after looking at the dark haired Wizard:

"But the problem is that we can't let 100000 troops go to duanjieshan fortress."

"Why?"

"The reasons are very complicated. There are many reasons - for example, it is difficult to provide supplies for such a large army in East Saxony right now, and logistics will seriously drag down the strength of the army; for example, duanjieshan fortress is not large, and it is impossible to accommodate 100000 troops;"

"More importantly, the commander of this war is emperor Conrad." count Glenville said patiently: "if Byrne sends 100000 troops, it is tantamount to opposing the guest and competing for the commander-in-chief power of the war with his majesty."

Little bosival still didn't understand, and frowned slightly: "well... We just have to resolutely obey the orders of the emperor's majesty, don't we?"

"Of course, but what if your majesty wants the Duke to stick to a fortress that must fall, and then take Byrne's army to another battlefield?" the count of Glenville asked, "do we, who stick to the oath of loyalty to the Duke, want to watch the Duke die?"

"If not, doesn't it mean that the Duke's command is higher than the emperor?"

There was a contradictory look on the face of the little count bosival, and this degree of problem was beyond the scope of a five-year-old's thinking.

Lauren's face remained unchanged, but her heartbeat was not as calm as it was.

His words seemed to explain to little bosival, but they were actually for himself - the Byrne knight who kept his oath would not watch the Duke die; On the contrary, they all default that loyalty to themselves is higher than loyalty to the emperor.

This guy is "showing loyalty" to himself in this way.

Aware of the dark haired wizard's eyes, Glenville, count of storm castle, turned his head and nodded and smiled at Loren.

The rest of the Earls were uneasy one by one - although they were not as straightforward as little bosival, their ideas were similar to him.

The whole army went north, let Byrne's flag fly over the fortress of duanjieshan, and proved their glory and Byrne's rise with a victory led by themselves.

But obviously, the Empire knew this, and would never give them such a chance; Because the rise of Byrne is due to the decline of East Saxony.

"But count bosiwar is right - at least send a sufficient number of troops, and we can't be underestimated by the Empire!"

Guy angert, the Earl of the mountain rock castle, knocked the table with the hilt of his sword: "even the wounded Boye sent 10000 Hussars. That Bain can only be more, not less!"

"The war is a strategic deployment and intention, not a simple comparison of figures." Ike, Earl of anger castle, scoffed at this attitude and calmly looked at the black haired Wizard:

"Duke, we must first find out what his majesty connord's goal is - to just hold the fortress of duanjie mountain, or to fight with the eagle king of Azores in the glacial wasteland?"

"If it is the former, I think after having 10000 hussars, Byrne only needs to mobilize about 2000 elite knights as in the last eboden war; no more is meaningless;"

"But if it is the latter, if the emperor intends to use this war to cheer up the hearts of the troops of the Empire..." count Ike paused slightly and said in a firm voice:

"I think we might as well mobilize as many troops as we can within the tolerable range - since we want to completely annihilate, we can't leave any backhand; we should strive to wipe out the enemy completely outside the glacier wasteland and the gate of the fortress!"

"50000 elite... I think it will be a more reasonable force."

The voice fell, and the atmosphere around the round table was obviously boosted!

The Earl of fury castle, who has always been calm, also supported the dispatch of troops, especially excited those young earls who are eager to establish meritorious deeds; The last time Byrne mobilized the elite to go to war was the Centaur war three years ago, which has won them a lot of glory and praise.

And if compared with this "Azores elf war", the Centaur in the remote wilderness is hardly worthy of carrying shoes!

"If the war is dominated by Byrne, I am also in favor of organizing a battle to gain overall advantage over the enemy; but..."

With a helpless smile, Loren shook his head: "emperor Conrad doesn't think so - the goal of this battle is to block the enemy's attack as much as possible in the fortress of duanjieshan; it's best to destroy the enemy, of course, not... We can only expect them to be destroyed by glacial wasteland."

The words fell, and the young earls immediately showed a look of disappointment.

Compared with a war of "garbage time" consumption in a similar game, which is doomed to be nothing to see, it is indeed a vigorous decisive battle, which is more in line with their appetite.

But this time connord's decision was almost the same as Loren's guess.

In fact, it's no big deal - the enemy came from the sea. Except for eboden, the remaining grey water bay and wuyueting, a barren land and a remote forest, are very difficult to supply.

The longer the delay, the more obvious the logistical disadvantage of the Azores; At the same time, because of their excessive strength, this disadvantage will only be exposed faster.

In several battlefields of the Empire, the fortress of duanjieshan is backed by East Saxony, the eboden blockade line is supported by the river channel of the gem River and the imperial capital materials, and even Shenlin fort has mobilized the manpower and material resources of the whole lottel.

Under such circumstances, it is the Azores who are most eager to make a quick decision and decide the outcome with a big decisive battle; As a qualified commander in chief, Conrad certainly won't satisfy the enemy.

On a battlefield that does not meet the enemy's expected combat time and is not suitable for the enemy to play, we launch an attack that fully meets our own expectations on the occasion that is most suitable for our own advantages - the so-called "you hit you, I hit me", which is probably the reason.

Drag them down, drag them down, until they have to attack madly and their morale collapses, and then concentrate their superior forces to annihilate them one by one.

This is probably the most idealized result of Connaught's strategic deployment.

However, there has never been any "ideal" result in the world, and the war situation will also be affected by the internal contradictions of all parties; At this time, it depends on who can't sit still first, violates his own predetermined plan and makes frequent mistakes.

Moreover, connord must also think from the perspective of the heavenly palace: Brandon gained people's hearts in the battle of eboden, and Loren gained reputation. As the emperor of the Empire, he must win a big victory as soon as possible, at least by fighting head-on with the enemy to win back his reputation, so as to stabilize the trust of the Empire.

But if we want to fight outside the duanjieshan fortress, the only battlefield that can provide tens of thousands of troops for a decisive battle is the blood skeleton valley; This means that he should mobilize massive resources, prepare for huge casualties and fight a long-awaited decisive battle in the ice and snow.

Victory, of course, is good; But if it fails, it means that the fortress of duanjieshan has no more troops to stick to, and the enemies of the north will be able to drive straight into the hinterland of the Empire.

If at the same time, there are any changes in the battlefield between eboden and shenlinbao; The Empire will not be able to provide more military support, and may even be surrounded by the enemy's three-way army and waterway!

So Loren can understand how difficult connord is now.

"In that case, I think a force of about 5000 to 10000 would be a more reasonable number."

After hearing the black haired wizard's reply, the Earl of the fort of wrath, Eckert, said in a deep voice: "in order to avoid the same accident as the war of eboden, I think we should also be prepared to gather enough troops at the border between Bain and East Saxony as reinforcements when necessary."

"Of course." Lorraine nodded slightly and agreed with count Eckert's proposal - he might not have been able to hold on for a month without the reinforcements promised by the later Dukes (except Arles):

"The main infantry regiment is waiting for orders in red blood castle, and cavalry and light infantry gather at the border - qiaowang peak sends a thousand elite Hussars as messengers to be responsible for the communication between duanjie mountain and Bain."

"Yes!"

The young voice of little bosival echoed in the round table hall.

"Then we'll arrange the strategic deployment." the black haired wizard sighed with relief and looked around in front of the round table: "this battle is very critical, so please be prepared. If necessary, Byrne may have to go all out, so..."

Just then, an inexplicable vibration suddenly came; Almost all the Earls around the round table raised their heads at the same time.

"Is this... An earthquake?"

Little bosiwar looked around inexplicably, with a bit of child panic in his clear eyes: "I met once when looking up at the peak. It is said that the strongest earthquake even the castle..."

"There has never been an earthquake in the history of red blood castle, which should not be."

Alert Charlotte immediately got up to stabilize the mood of the people, but she couldn't help but subconsciously looked at the dark haired wizard, but found that there was not any tension on the other party's face, even the opposite;

Is he... Still laughing?

The corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously, and Loren's eyes lit up - yes, this degree of emptiness is the same as he felt last time. It must be him

"Boom --!!"

A loud noise shook the whole round table hall, and dust fell from the dome.

Thick smoke almost sealed the front door of the round table hall

Almost at the same time, the countesses changed their faces.

"It's the direction of the Duke's bedroom, guard --!" the count of fury castle, who was facing great enemies, first reacted and shouted at the door:

"Blockade the red blood Castle palace. You can't let anyone go..."

"Eckert!"

Loren, who got up slowly, stopped the count of fury castle and shook his head: "there's no need to do this."

"You said 'that man'... He has come."

The vibration stopped and everyone around the round table looked out of the door.

A thin figure with messy hair was coming out of the smoke while coughing, muttering endlessly.

In my arms, I still hold something like a long gun.

"Cough, cough, cough... Sorry... Cough, cough... I... cough, I didn't expect... I didn't expect this thing to be so useless. I thought it was..."

As soon as he looked up, he was stunned and looked at a group of people who were also looking at themselves:

"I'm sorry, i... am I late? Is there any punishment for those who are late? I prefer the latter one to tell a joke. Recently, I have learned a lot to coax Lina to be happy; for example, when two friends met a bear in the forest, the first began to pray, the second began to tie his shoelaces, so the first asked the second..."

"No, you came just in time." looking at the inexplicable Isaac on his face, the black haired wizard raised his mouth: "we are ready to start."

"Go? Where?"

Isaac's eyes lit up immediately, and the question just now was immediately thrown behind his mind.

"Go to a place you are particularly familiar with." Lauren's face also showed a nostalgic smile:

"Duanjie mountain."