For him, there is only one key to the Fosbarrow War, which is Kalya. As long as Kalya is found and Kalya itself is solved, all the remaining problems will be non-issues.
However, at this time, Kalya disappeared - and it was the kind of "I knew you were here, but I just couldn't find you" disappearance.
Very annoying.
Through this disappearance, Kalya seems to have actively set the rules of the game. If the Twilight Stars want to find him, they can only use the identity of Jarvan IV to quell the rebellion in the north.
"Since you must play, then you must have fun." After multiple investigations to no avail, the Twilight Stars finally gave up on the idea of finding out Kalya, "I like to play strategic deduction games... When you lose completely,
Don’t feel bad!”
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Determined to focus on gathering intelligence, the Twilight Protoss regarded this war as a wrestling match before they could reunite with Kalya, and they thought they were condescending and began to collect information about the Northern Walkers.
After giving up the search for Kalya and using his unique space ability for intelligence collection, the Twilight Protoss is undoubtedly a very troublesome guy - as long as he is willing, any documents and information that falls on the paper will be
, he can investigate at will.
According to Forsbarrow's regulations, all actions, including material transportation and personnel mobilization, must be archived.
No matter what kind of archive it is, as long as it is on paper, if the Twilight Stars want it, they can always find an angle to peek at it.
Based on the knowledge of the Twilight Stars, and according to Kalya's usual style, this hidden guy will definitely organize and file all kinds of things and keep them together - this was the case in Shurima, and it will not be done in Forsbarrow.
Change!
Following this idea, the Twilight Stars began to spy on Lux again, and after Lux processed some documents, they began to follow her secretaries in sections.
The Twilight Stars, who are accustomed to spying on human activities in this way, seem to be a top director. They can always open their own lenses at angles that ordinary people cannot find, so as to determine the trajectory of their actions - opening in mid-air.
Holes are trivial. As long as the Twilight Star is willing, he can open an observation hole on the wall, under the eaves, on the steps, on the ground, anywhere he wants.
Collect the information he wants from all directions and from multiple perspectives.
During this process, there are no common magic fluctuations at all. As long as anyone does not see this hole head-on, they will not realize that they are being observed.
In this way, with Lux as the center, the Twilight Star Spirits followed the activities of the secretariat secretaries under her and quickly became familiar with the locations of the temporary offices in Rithos.
Then, the Twilight Stars took some time to confirm the rest hours of these temporary offices, and then openly peeked into various paper documents in the North when no one was on duty.
Just like a player with the full map enabled, the Twilight Protoss stands in the "true God's perspective".
However, because the Twilight Star Spirit did not understand the information itself very well, after looking at these messy documents and his head hurt, he finally decided to streamline the information and then hand it over to the commanders for processing.
The map has been opened, it must be F2A!
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Faced with the intelligence provided by Jarvan IV and the question "what to do next" raised by him, the commanders of the Xiongdu Front were somewhat uncomfortable.
Since his debut, Jarvan IV has behaved like a workaholic - he was like this when he was a prince, and he is even more energetic after becoming a climber.
In addition, he attaches great importance to military power, so although Demacia's commanders are well paid and can achieve military exploits, in terms of command and decision-making, Jarvan IV has always made the final decision, and only has executive power and grassroots command power.
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Strategic decision?
Battle command?
Jarvan IV can do it himself!
Now Jarvan IV suddenly began to give out information without directly making a decision. For a moment, the commanders even felt a little flattered.
Of course, after getting used to this situation, the commanders in Xiongdu quickly became enthusiastic.
You know, Sa Lange messed up like that before. The vanguard army was wiped out under his command. His Majesty did not criticize him harshly. Instead, he was buried like a warrior. Later, I heard that his remains would be sent to
To the Hall of Valor... Now that His Majesty is willing to delegate power, why can't we all do so?
From this point of view, the Twilight Star Spirits have really activated the morale of the Xiongdu Front Army by mistake. With the commanders actively making plans and the arrival of the Lieyang and Bright Moon Legions, they gathered in Pinara.
Not only did the morale of the city's army rebound significantly, but they also quickly came up with a battle plan that at least seemed quite solid.
The entire combat plan is roughly divided into three steps.
The first step is to cut down trees on the south bank of the 102 Canal, build a temporary camp, and prepare to cross the river.
The name 102 Canal was provided by His Majesty Jarvan IV. According to His Majesty, this is how the people of the North call this river.
Since it is a canal, this river must have been either built along the old path of a certain seasonal river, or it was cut and straightened on the basis of the original river. This was combined with the exploration results of the scouts and dragon bird knights, as well as the results of Sa Lange's last visit.
Based on the lessons learned from the failure, many commanders agreed that crossing the 102 Canal was not possible in a hurry.
On the north side of Canal 102, the vanguard army of the Northern Walkers has just received a wave of reinforcements, and the casualties in the last encounter have been filled by reserve soldiers. This information was also provided by His Majesty, but he did not give it to
The source of the information was cited, but "absolutely reliable" was emphasized.
However, privately, many commanders must have agreed that this was definitely a message delivered by a certain northern noble who was in the Cao camp and his heart was in the Han Dynasty. After all, the model noble lady was once the idol of many young nobles, and some
Many concubine nobles will choose to defect to her, and as the news of the public trial of nobles in Mithril City spreads, it is very possible that some of them will find themselves on a pirate ship.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! To save others by yourself, the commander of the Xiongdu Front Army obviously does not know that the commanders of the Northern Walkers are completely starting from scratch and being promoted bit by bit.
Even in Demacia, a country where "military merit determines everything", commanders are rarely held by civilians - civilians can produce a soldier who is powerful and skilled in bow and horse through three generations of accumulation, but this soldier still needs to be trained in the army.
It takes a while to become a commander.
Fosbairo's model of setting up an airs first and then setting up a military academy for military training was completely beyond the imagination of the Xiongdu Front.
Based on the above judgment, the commanders of the Xiongdu Front did not ask any further questions, but honestly focused on the intelligence itself.
102 The rebel soldiers on the other side of the canal were replenished, but the replenishments were reservists.
In their view, this piece of information showed that the rebel forces in the north were insufficient.
The fact that the Xiongdu Front troops stationed troops in Pinara City was a famous brand, something that both sides knew about.
Therefore, the rebel army on the other side of Canal 102, if not the main force of the rebel army, is at least the elite of the rebel army - this can also be seen from the results of their previous battle with the Xiongdu Pioneer Army.
However, when such an elite force is replenishing its troops, shouldn't it give priority to recruiting elites from other legions?
Even if you don't draw elites from elsewhere, then at the very least you have to downsize the remaining teams, and then mobilize entire teams from other legions to replenish the establishment, right?
Now that the two sides are facing each other, when you replenish your troops, do you use reserve soldiers to replenish your troops?
This is not a lack of troops, what is it?
As for why the northern rebels are short of troops...
The reason is also very simple - they are exhausted in Owendale!
Didn't Owendale just send information? There is an elite enemy force under the city of Owendale. At this time, it has completely blocked the road of the First Army in the North. According to the intelligence from Owendale, this elite army
Not long after the rebels started their uprising, they rushed towards the city. Along the way, they were invincible and unstoppable in all the cities in the north.
As a result, under the city of Owendale, this elite rebel army was finally frightened by the natural dangers and found it difficult to advance.
From this point of view, the rebellion of Forsbarrow originally wanted to conquer the northern territory first with the help of troops and speed, but unexpectedly it was blocked in Owendale. However, because of fear of the initiative of the First Army to support, they had to divide their troops in
They were holding on to the city of Owendale, which led to the lack of troops on the frontal battlefield...
Look, isn’t this a logical closed loop?
Based on the above judgment, many commanders of the Xiongdu Front Army unanimously believed that during the next process of crossing the river, our side could set up camps along the river first, and then set up more pontoons to expand the forcible crossing area. In the case of insufficient troops from the northern border,
, you will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!
Just along the 102 Canal, the woods are quite dense. Although the trees here are not towering old trees, it is no problem to cut them down and bundle them together to make pontoons for crossing the river. In this way, it is possible to cross the river.
The problem is solved.
After the first step of crossing the river is completed, the second step is to advance the front.
Considering that the enemy's naval forces are quite capable, although the river surface of Canal 102 is not wide, it is still necessary to build a temporary baggage warehouse after crossing the river.
Therefore, when the front was pressing forward, many Xiongdu commanders who were not used to water warfare showed the greatest respect for the river fleet and specially deployed a naval force to deal with the navy that might come to cause trouble.
The situation here in the north is very different from other parts of Demacia. It is a vast area with sparsely populated areas, and there are not a large number of dense cities as natural supply centers. If you want to stabilize logistics, you have to build a stronghold step by step.
Set up camp!
Considering that the altitude is getting higher and higher, the commanders believe that it is safer to set up a camp every forty miles.
Although this method of setting up camps step by step is likely to become a food delivery when facing a large-scale enemy's main force, if the enemy's troops are insufficient, these camps will become a rope around the necks of the northern rebels, completely strangulating them.
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As long as your small-scale mobile troops cannot break through the fortress, then you will have no choice but to watch the Xiongdu army safely arrive at the city gate, and then use superior force to force you to engage in a head-on battle.
This is not something that the commanders of Xiongdu take for granted, but there is a solid basis - after the Legion of the Sun and the Legion of the Moon joined the war, the elders of the Sun and Moon Sect also participated in the military meeting as "special military advisors".
At the meeting, the elders of the Lunar Sect briefly recounted the battle between them and the Plain Walkers on the flank battlefield during the Battle of Nashrame.
How to say...
It's pretty unremarkable.
The Plain Walkers stood firm in various oases to block the attack, while the Moon Army was advancing steadily bit by bit. And according to this elder, on the side battlefield, although the Moon Army was in an attacking posture, in terms of casualties, it was
There are more plainswalkers.
Even though there may be some bragging in this, seeing how the Moon Sect and the Burning Sun Sect actively participated in the battle, they were really confident.
The logic is closed again.
Then, after this step of advancing the front is completed, the next third step is to seek a decisive battle.
This step is the only point where many commanders have disputes.
According to the information given by His Majesty Jarvan IV, in the city of Lissos, the Forsbyro people have assembled a main force of more than 50,000 people - 50,000 people does not sound like an exaggeration. In the north, this should be
It has reached the point where it is one out of ten.
After all, the total registered population of the entire Fosbello area may not be half a million.
The quality of such a large-scale army is destined to vary between good and bad. Therefore, in the opinion of most Xiongdu commanders, the reason why Lax garrisoned the city of Lithos instead of taking the initiative to attack was probably because the team was poorly trained and had enough strength to defend but not enough to attack.
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From this point of view, their judgment is that Fosbairo hopes to win through defensive warfare, and conducts continuous harassment and interception on the way to the north to counter the rebellion, so that they can reach the city of Lissos.
The Xiongdu front army was exhausted, and then defended the city, forcing the counter-rebellion army to retreat, resulting in the de facto independence of the northern border.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This idea is completely in line with Demacia’s long-standing thinking on defensive warfare. After all, before the collapse of the Noxus Empire, Demacia’s wars have always been defensive warfare.
, everyone is very familiar with holding on to a stronghold, forcing the enemy to withdraw, and then taking a bite when the enemy withdraws.
It makes sense for the rebels to adopt this strategy.
Of course, there are also people who have different opinions on this. According to these people, the reason why the rebels in the north are still unwilling to leave the city is because the internal situation in the north is unstable.
Even if Laxana performed well in the past and hypocritically upheld the honor of the nobility, now that she is openly committing crimes and judging the nobility, the political situation under her rule will never be stable.
They even speculated that it was because the nobles of Mithril City did not cooperate that forced Laxana to become angry and initiate a trial.
Therefore, according to their speculation, the rebels are stationed in Lissos City, not because they are not trained enough or because they want to defend the city and seek separatist rule, but because they dare not push the front forward for fear of a fire in the backyard!
How could she hope to achieve separatism by clinging to the throne if she could do such a crazy thing as putting the nobles on trial?
Based on the above two speculations, the commanders proposed two combat deployments.
One is to, after arriving at the city of Lissos, bypass the city of Lissos, continue to set up the camp firmly, and go straight to the depths of the north, forcing the poorly trained rebels in the city of Lissos to go out to fight in the field; the other is to
It is to completely surround the city of Lithos, isolate the inside and outside, and send a small number of elite troops deep into the north to unite the northern nobles and ignite the fire in the rebels' backyard.
The two sides were at loggerheads on this point, and in the end they could not reach a unified opinion, so they had no choice but to look at Jarvan IV, expecting His Majesty's decision.
Facing the expectant looks of many commanders, Jarvan IV showed a satisfied smile on his face.
"There are still many people who are interested in the capital, and there is still a lot of information about the northern border." His Majesty's tone was relaxed, as if he already had a plan in mind, "Since we all believe that it takes three steps, we must first start from the first step.