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Chapter 35: The Battle of Frachaburg

"Tsk, it seems that these Magyars are not as simple as they imagined!"

After receiving the news from the front line, Justinian couldn't help but spread his hands and said helplessly, but despite this, the young man's face still had a relaxed expression. But at this moment, Saleus, Arslan, and Alexander Orchid, who were under his command in front of him, were in a very heavy mood.

They thought they could rely on burning grasslands to delay the enemy's march and rely on slowing troops to fight for more favorable fighter opportunities. But they did not expect that they would be seen through by the other party at once and found a clean and neat way to solve their problem of doubting the situation.

"According to the current situation, the enemy would probably be able to arrive at us within two days if it was the fastest. The mobilization of the entire Fracha Fort should be barely completed... But whether it can resist them lies in the Vadarita." said the worried Alexander Orki. With the more than 300 Turkic warriors brought by Justinian and the soldiers in the city of Fracha, their total strength was no more than 1,500 people, far from being the opponent of this southward Magyar army. Time passed by minute by minute, and the key to the victory or defeat of this upcoming war lies in the fact that the army that has not appeared for a long time - the Vadarita.

This made Alexander very uneasy. After all, he had seen the grudge between Bulgaria and them for the past two years. Even though Justinian was full of confidence, he had no hope for the Vadarita to send troops to help.

But Justinian didn't seem to care too much about Alexander's concerns at this moment, but instead put his eyes back on the sand table in front of him, looking at the position where Magyar's army was at this moment.

"Starting fires on the face... These Magyars actually used quite decisive countermeasures. I think their commander should not be an unknown person!"

Justinian murmured to himself, a warning light lit in his blue eyes. When facing forest fires in the future, if he encounters rapid fire-spraying or wide-range fires that cannot achieve the effect of fire suppression, he will often choose to do this. However, this countermeasure was that a group of nomadic troops who were chasing water and rushing to the edge of the knife was really surprised.

If the fire is not strictly controlled and controlled, then this approach itself will not only not play the role of a fire belt, but may backfire. As long as one wrong step is taken, the fire may be even more exaggerated. It is logical that it is difficult for ordinary people to think of it without sufficient experience but control it perfectly... In this way, the commander of the enemy should be by no means an ordinary person.

Suddenly he turned his head and looked at Alexander Orki beside him. Justinian asked, "You have said before that it has been common for the Magyars to go south to harass him in previous years. So do you know who the commander of this army is?"

"Commander..." Unexpectedly, Justinian would suddenly ask himself this question, Alexander was stunned, and then he reacted and replied: "Oh...you say this... This time the commander of the Magyars is Jonnosh, and he is a very cunning robber leader. We have suffered a lot in his hands. In fact, in the past, we have invited the Kingdom of Hungary and we to join forces to sweep the Transylvanian thieves' nest, but the guy escaped."

"So that's it, then it seems that Jonosh should have colluded with the Sermium nobles a long time ago. This time our opponent is obviously not so easy to deal with! I have to admit that the speed of making decisions is really very fast. It is less than two days after the other party arrived, but I really didn't expect them to find a specific strategy immediately. I really don't want to encounter such an enemy at the end!" Justinian couldn't help but hold his forehead and complained. However, in the eyes of others, the situation had obviously deteriorated, and the young adult in front of him was still calm.

Arslan and Saleus had already become familiar with Justinian's command style, but it was nothing. The situation now fell in Alexander's own eyes, but the man's scalp was numb.

Although Justinian's tricks were terrifying when dealing with the original garrison leader Ivanko, he really didn't have confidence in how amazing military talent a young man in his early twenties would have.

Since they are completely at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, everything should be as stable as possible - as long as they ensure that Fort Vlacha will not fall, it is enough. More than a thousand people will definitely seek death when they attack, but it is still more than enough to defend the Infant City.

But Alexander Orky didn't know that he was thinking too simply.

Just as he was about to propose to Justinian that all manpower and material resources were mobilized to strengthen the defense of the entire Frachaburg to resist the invasion of Magyar that could come at any time, Justinian suddenly stood up from his position, pulled out the long sword from his waist, pointed it at the map in front of his desk and said:

"In two days, we ordered the entire Frachaburg to mobilize in a general manner. Two days later, we took the initiative to leave the city and met the arrival of the Magyars here and gave them a big 'surprise'!"

After this order was delivered, Alexander almost thought that something was wrong with his ears. He did not expect such a thing to happen. With the army's strength at an absolute disadvantage, Justinian, as the commander, couldn't help but choose the most secure way to stick to it, but instead took his army to voluntarily give up the barriers to the city. This was not crazy but stupid.

But it was too late for him to object. The other two Arslan and Saleus calmly accepted the order, which made Alexander understand that it could not be understood.

Finally, the Bulgarian man who could not accept Justinian's order could not help but object, "Mr. Justinian, it is too dangerous to do this! The enemy's army is at least four times that of us, and the battlefield you have chosen is a plain suitable for cavalry combat. This is obviously beneficial to the enemy rather than ours. Please allow me to refuse your orders."

"So what do you think, Lord Alexander?" Justinian was prepared for such an objection and asked back.

Looking at those deep eyes, the Bulgar man was also a little nervous for a moment, but he still expressed his thoughts and said:

"Since this is the only way behind both Sophia and Grand Duke Borier, we only need to stick here. Although there are many enemies, they are mainly cavalry and will inevitably be difficult to conquer. Even if they choose to siege, this will be enough to delay them to win the battle of His Highness Borier's victory in the Eastern Front. Isn't this safer?"

As a person who has been in charge of defense for so many years, Alexander is much more capable than his previous boss Ivanko.

But it was precisely because he developed the habit of caution over the years that he ignored the key point, which was precisely why Justinian insisted on attacking.

"You are right. Avoid taking the initiative and waiting for the enemy to be held back with ease is indeed the safest way. In this way, even if you are in danger, you can wait for the arrival of reinforcements on the Eastern Front. But this countermeasure is that the enemy will be really held by us-"

"Take the nose?"
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