chapter eight(1/2)
Wells Empire, Two Rivers Plain, Wells Elite Legion Camp.
Bugles were ringing, flags were fluttering, the troops in the garrison base camp had been called up early, the soldiers were having breakfast, the avant-garde cavalry troops with reconnaissance missions were arranging their weapons and equipment in front of the camp, and the engineering troops were preparing to dismantle the camps. In the big tent, just now
Lieutenant General Glens, who got up, was holding the battle report in one hand while devouring his own breakfast, which was exactly the same as the breakfast of the soldiers. Since returning from the capital of the Bruck Empire, Lieutenant General Glens has changed a lot. Not only
He is becoming more and more silent about ordinary things, more and more decisive about military affairs, and his whole temperament has become much calmer.
In the eyes of those who are familiar with the lieutenant general, Lieutenant General Glens already looks a lot like his father, Major General Longria, who died in the Tucheng War. Although the change of lieutenant general seems a bit abrupt, it is a good sign.
, only Brigadier General Shaya in the entire army understood that the reason why Lieutenant General Glenns changed was because he was stimulated at Foxborough, a great stimulus.
This is the seventh time that Lieutenant General Glens has led the army to regain the Mesopotamia Plain. Although Sibia's army still has some small units lingering on the front line, they are only rearguard units. The war is generally over. As long as the front few are recovered,
Pass, this battle was a complete victory. Of course, the victory was only for this army, and the one who was harmed was always the invaded Welsh Empire.
The sentry's announcement came from the door, and then the familiar footsteps sounded. Without raising his head, Lieutenant General Glens knew that Brigadier General Shaya was coming, but when he looked up, he was surprised to find that Brigadier General Shaya was wearing a general's uniform.
A serious expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" Lieutenant General Glenns put down the battle report in his hand, "When we are marching and fighting, what are you doing in your uniform?"
"Of course it is necessary." Brigadier General Shaya sat down, grabbed the water glass on the table and drank a lot, before answering Lieutenant General Glens, "Last night, the garrison captured more than 30 assassins.
Two spies were discovered, and the Guards also arrested an internal agent. Because he is very different from other assassins, I personally went to interrogate him and the interrogation has just been completed."
"Is this what caused the commotion all night last night?" Lieutenant General Glens smiled, "With such a huge momentum, I thought they were arresting three hundred assassins."
"If you knew everything, you probably wouldn't be able to laugh anymore." Brigadier General Shaya handed the assassin's confession to the Lieutenant General, "Although the assassin committed nineteen suicides, we still got these. I think you should be interested in meeting
The assassin leader is a person we are all familiar with, and we lost a lot of soldiers in order to catch him alive."
"What a gorgeous lineup." Lieutenant General Glens looked at the confession roughly, "Bring the assassin leader in! We can chat for a few words."
The order came out, and two guards dragged a rope net into the camp. The assassin leader in the rope net had his hands and feet tied up. His body was covered with injuries, but his face was smooth and white. Lieutenant General Glenns walked over and took a closer look.
Looking at this man, his face suddenly turned gloomy - this young assassin leader is the youngest son of Prince Opie, but shouldn't he be imprisoned in the capital prison now?
As a lieutenant general, Glens certainly understood the stakes. He first took out his dagger and cut a hole in the rope net, then removed the rag from the little prince's mouth and said, "Good morning, little prince. It's an honor to see you again."
Come to you. In view of your identity, I will give you a chance to explain. Did you get lost because of hunting last night? Did you come here specifically to assassinate me? "
"Bah! I'll hunt your mother." When catching assassins, in order to prevent them from committing suicide, the soldiers would knock out every tooth in the assassin's mouth. Of course, the little prince was no exception. This made
He was a little leaky when he spoke, but his mouth was full of leaks but it did not prevent him from swearing, "You bastard, I came here to kill you, who knew I would fall short."
"Since you admitted that you came to assassinate me, you should know what the consequences will be." Lieutenant General Glens looked at the little prince calmly, "You are a prince. Although you are in prison, you have not been deprived of your identity.
, I will send you back to the country and face trial."
"Stop talking nonsense, a bitch like you will send me back to the capital? To tell you the truth, no matter what you do, you are damn dead!" The little prince understood the situation at hand clearly, "However,
If you know better and let me go immediately, and if you are in a good mood, I will also give you some advice on how to escape..."
"Your Highness, the little prince." Brigadier General Sha Ya came over, "You are now facing the commander-in-chief of the theater. It is best to use honorifics when speaking."
At this time, the little prince was not afraid of anyone, but he was deeply afraid of the brigadier general who had interrogated him for half the night. After hearing these words, he shrank back and stopped swearing.
After looking at Brigadier General Shaya, Lieutenant General Glenns asked: "What do you think is the cause of this incident?"
"His Royal Highness the little prince was originally in prison in the capital. Of course he did not escape by climbing the wall of the royal prison. There are probably only two people who can release the little prince." Brigadier General Sha Ya looked back at the lieutenant general and analyzed calmly.
, "This shows that Lieutenant General, your current situation is very problematic, and the current situation of our army is also very problematic... Little Prince, am I right?"
Of course, Lieutenant General Glens knew that the assassination of the little prince was not without background. The main messenger behind him should be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or His Majesty the Emperor. If it succeeded, of course there would be no problem. If not, because the little prince's family already had a relationship with him.
They could also evade the case completely. In fact, the lieutenant general had no intention of sending this little fool back to the capital, because if he did, the royal family would have to hear the case, and the outcome would be a huge embarrassment to the royal family.
"Yeah! When the prince was giving orders, he fucking lied to me and said that the matter was just and that no one was a good person... In fact, I don't really care about this at all. Just let me out and kill you.
"The little prince also looked away at this time. Anyway, it is a dead pig that is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. It will not end well anyway. It is better to give it a try. "Glens, I have three brothers. I am out, and they have no time.
Well, if you kill me, they will do something to avenge me..."
Lieutenant General Glens, whose face was ashen, kicked out, making the little prince swallow the following words in his stomach, and then turned to look at Brigadier General Shaya, "You saw this, so you changed into a uniform?"
"I'll just take my personal guards with me. I should be able to go back day and night in time." Brigadier General Sha Ya nodded, "Don't worry, I've already prepared for this kind of thing. I've already arranged hundreds of people near the capital. If the other party doesn't make such a big splash,
They can completely protect the safety of your family in an emergency. In this situation, it is impossible for the other party to take action without getting exact information about you."
"It's certainly good to have such preparations." Lieutenant General Glenns thought for a moment, "But on the battlefield..."
"There shouldn't be any big ups and downs in the war. Even if there are, the 70,000 elites won't easily have any big problems. But Lieutenant General, you should think about the future. After all, you have suspicions." Brigadier General Sha Ya was silent for a moment.
"I'm leaving, take care."
Standing outside the tent, watching Brigadier General Shaya leave with his guards, Lieutenant General Glens's frown relaxed a little. He turned his head and hoped to order his men to dislocate the assassin's jaw, and then proceed to the camp.
He was beheaded on the charge of impersonating a noble to commit an assassination. Because the assassin was caught last night, it would inevitably make people suspicious if he didn't deal with it in the morning. Someone might recognize the little prince's face, so he had to be detained secretly.
As for what to do in the future, it is hard for the Lieutenant General to make a decision at the moment. It is definitely impossible to return to the capital now. If he has great achievements and shakes the emperor, not only will he die sooner or later, but he will also implicate his family. Going back to seize the empire? Such a treasonous thing.
Without prior planning, the Demon Palace will never let it go, and it will also lead to death. So... after fighting this battle, they will leave the army and go to the Demon Palace to redress their grievances? Between a general and an empire, who will the priests choose?
In a power struggle, it is difficult for a general without an army to see the golden-robed priest. If he goes with his army, he may be completely destroyed before he reaches the Demon Temple.
But in any case, these are matters after the war. The most important thing to him is to finish this battle. Lieutenant General Glens called several generals to give instructions, and the base camp was set up and moved forward.
At the same time, two troops in the Wells Theater of the Spea Empire were also moving. One army was led by Lieutenant General Helter and sneaked to the departure area on the edge of the Two Rivers Plain; the other army was led by Cohen and came from the front.
Slowly approaching the Two Rivers Plain, several small groups of troops were luring Lieutenant General Glenns towards the direction of Cohen.
Although Sibia's army retreated along this route every time, Lieutenant General Glens went against the norm this time and ordered all troops not to advance rashly. The 70,000-strong army was divided into three armies: left, center and right, maintaining a good fight.
Positions, covering each other, moving forward step by step. The reconnaissance force was doubled, not only closely monitoring the front, but also the rear was the focus of surveillance.
If Lieutenant General Glens was cautious, His Majesty Cohen was extremely hardworking. He had to step up training of reserve soldiers during the march. These soldiers were scolded by the officers after they were disbanded because of their wrong answers on the first day.
, at this time, no matter how hard and weird the training was, they all gritted their teeth and persisted. The so-called weird training method refers to arranging into a tight defensive formation and then retreating in unison, with normal retreat, left retreat, and right retreat.
; The formations are dispersed and then combined, combined and then dispersed, there are front and rear scattering, midfield scattering, diagonal scattering, complete dispersion, complete dispersion plus loss of helmets and armor, etc... In order to facilitate the formation, everyone's armor is marked.
Mark your position in the queue conspicuously to facilitate identification by your comrades.
A complete formation is the basic element of frontal combat. If it is a traditional general, he will never let the troops retreat and disperse on the front. But Cohen's officers did not care about this. They were eating and drinking in the queue, looking extremely excited.
The rookie soldiers who had just entered the battlefield had no concept of formations. They would do whatever their superiors said. As long as the flag representing His Majesty the Emperor was still flying behind them, they were full of energy... This made them full of energy.
The nearly 10,000 Guardsmen accompanying them were a little confused, but since it was a training order from the emperor, it must be useful.
Among the entire marching team, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to be the most relaxed one. He held a wine glass in one hand and pointed out the problems in the queue. At the end, he even asked all the infantry to march backwards in a tight front line, walking backwards.
Until no one was tripped by their companions anymore. All the infantrymen were panting from exhaustion. Finally, they invented unique trumpets and flags. When the trumpets sounded, the flags waved, and the entire army advanced and retreated at the same pace. In addition, they became familiar with some special
After reversing the pattern, His Majesty Cohen nodded in agreement.
When all the bizarre training was almost completed, the unit finally arrived at the ambush area. His Majesty Cohen inspected the unit that he had hastily trained. He was very pleased and ordered the Logistics Department to equip all soldiers with dual weapons and spearmen.
With sabers strapped to their backs, the archers were equipped with long guns. Fortunately, the Sbia infantry was trained in field and street fighting. As long as you are a soldier, you must be familiar with the use of long and short weapons, and long guns and swords are among the weapons.
The two most basic ones, there will be no situation where the guy holding them in his hand cannot use them. This is Cohen's creed - a soldier, whether he is a logistics soldier or an archer, he should first be a soldier.
"Well done, you have completed the training and you have done better than I expected!" Under the starry sky, thirty infantry phalanxes and ten cavalry phalanxes were arranged neatly, and their armor reflected the starlight.
, Cohen stood in front of the queue and concluded the training of the troops, "We are about to go to war, and we will face the most elite army of the Wells Empire! They have more people than us, how about it? Does anyone want to leave now?
"
"No!" The answer of the 40,000 soldiers was neat, short and firm!
"The honor and prestige of an empire are not established by one person, but by the bloody battles of thousands of soldiers!" Cohen paused, "For a long time, the Sibia Empire has crossed the dividing line between gods and demons.
Fighting seems boring to us, and some people say that we are lunatics and mad dogs! Then you, soldiers of us, you know why we have to fight across the dividing line!"
"For the empire!" Without hesitation, 40,000 people gave a neat, short, and firm answer.
"As the commander who is training you, Lian said these words today, but when the two armies are facing each other, Lian will not say a word! You must keep these words in your heart, and you must understand that the success or failure of the entire campaign depends on you.
Hands, you are standing at the turning point of history. You will become famous in one battle and become an iron army! You will make all empires, whether divine or demonic, shudder at you!"
"Fight bloody for the empire!" Countless weapons were held high, and the oaths surged under the night sky.
The next day, several of Sibia's decoy troops merged and continued to retreat. A Welsh force that was chasing them kept a safe distance and monitored them. At the same time, Lieutenant General Glens spread out his troops.
The reconnaissance network was also closely monitoring the movements of the entire Mesopotamia plain. During breakfast, Lieutenant General Glens had received intelligence that a large Sbia army had bypassed him and headed towards the city of Ope.
If it were the former Lieutenant General Glens, he would have probably issued an order for the entire army to rush to Ope City, but this time Lieutenant General Glens has obviously matured a lot. The moment he received the information, he felt like
It was full of questions, but these questions were only based on considerations of the war situation, and had no impact at all due to the assassination.
Under the gaze of a group of senior officers, the lieutenant general moved his fingers on the map, and finally clicked on the location of Ope City. He asked the officers softly, "The enemy should know that Ope City cannot be captured in a day or two. The blood is boiling."
The pass is even more difficult to conquer. Under such a current situation, all 70,000 of our elite troops have returned to the rescue. Under the attack from both front and rear, can they still have a chance of winning?"
"Of course they have no chance of winning. There is a plain between Feixue Pass and Ope City. There is no danger to defend at all. How could they escape?" The officers expressed their opinions one after another. "Maybe they want to escape at Feixue Pass."
Come and fight us decisively."
"Our 70,000 elites are always a thorn in Sibia's side. They will not turn a blind eye." Lieutenant General Glens shook his head, "Besides, in previous battles, they have retreated cautiously. How could they do this?
Is it easy to show the back to us? If we just want a decisive battle, we can completely avoid the battle and just cut off their logistics. What will they do then?"
"But it is a fact that the enemy is attacking Opei City directly. Twelve sentry posts have reported it, and the initial estimate is that the number is one hundred thousand." A mature and steady general analyzed: "If the analysis of the Lieutenant General is correct, there must be a large number of them.
Troops protect logistics.”
To be continued...