When the sky is clear and the weather is clear, if you stand on the flat land on the south bank of the Sanshui River and look from the north to the South Pole, what appears at the end of your field of vision will be a long and narrow land plateau running from north to south, and countless small plateaus sandwiched between the soil.
The valleys and ravines between the plateaus.
The place where these plateaus and ravines intersect is the Badao Slope.
On the contrary, if you come from south to north, you will find that as you climb all the way up, the plains you step on gradually turn into canyons, and the tops of the hills you pass become flatter and flatter, eventually turning into a valley.
The pieces of land finally merged together and became a brand new terrain.
When these plateaus are merged together, they become the Northern Plateau.
The above is the basic terrain of this uplifted northern plateau between Badaopo and Sanshui River - the north is a plain, undefeable, but commanding; the south is a mixture of plateaus and canyons, with narrow terrain and blockages.
You can't get in even if you live at the north entrance and look down.
While the Fearless Pioneer was resting, Uwall personally led the cavalry to the north entrance of Badaopo. After boarding the Dragon Bird and briefly observing the terrain, the acting commander of the Fearless Pioneer only felt that his scalp was hairy.
numb.
It is no exaggeration to say that if a pass is built at the north entrance of Badaopo, then it can be said that one man can control the pass, and no one can open it. As long as the rebels in the north block this pass, the Xiongdu Front Army can only
Under the fortified city, no one can advance even an inch.
Thank God, there is no grand pass here.
Maybe it was because the rebels in the north couldn't spare any manpower, or maybe they were preoccupied with the convenience of water transportation and ignored the significance of the passes on land. In short, the thing that Uvor was most concerned about did not happen. Although the raid to the north faced the problem of feint.
, but at least there is no need to siege the city.
Uvall also wanted to investigate the endless Northern Walker military camps, but unfortunately the Dragon Bird Knight who was escorting him raised a white flag and took him back to land quickly.
"Your Majesty General, we can't continue going north, it's too dangerous there."
Although he felt quite unhappy, Uval still nodded to express his understanding - since the end of the Flying Wing Legion, the Xiongdu Front Army has completely lost its organic air power. It has been conducting small-scale reconnaissance and passing some information to the rear.
OK, but if you want to conduct close-range reconnaissance, you may soon be surrounded and suppressed by the enemy's main air force.
However, even with just a quick glance, Uval still came to some conclusions that made people unhappy.
The Northern Walkers' camp was well laid out. They built a large number of trenches and sentry towers at the exit of Badaopo's North Plateau Canyon. These buildings were not enough to completely block the Dauntless Pioneer's raid, but they could serve as an early warning.
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Obviously, Rebels in the North has a matching defense system.
No matter what kind of defensive building, its root lies in people.
From the current point of view, these rebels in the north seem to have made up their mind to wait for work and wait for their own attack.
This is not good news.
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Urvo, who went to the front line personally, thought he had realized the difficulties he might face.
But he didn't know that this was just an insignificant part of the difficulties he was about to face.
After returning to the camp, Ulvo, as the raid commander, quickly began to rely on the authority provided by Jarvan IV to coordinate the raiding personnel.
It is true that the fearless vanguard is the main force of the assault, but in order to better tear apart the defense line, the Xiongdu Front Army should also send out feint attacks and cover troops in more directions, so as to put pressure on the rebels in the north and weaken the frontal assault.
The enemy thickness on the battlefield.
According to Ulvo's idea, the feint attack troops should be the kind of "loud thunder and light rain". We don't have to fight to the death, but we must pull out everything we can. The pending Sword of Damocles is
The most frightening thing is that armed parades of friendly forces are allowed, but the most elite ones must be allowed to take part in the parade.
However, when Ulvo officially began to coordinate, he was surprised to find that the number of combat orders of the Xiongdu Front stationed at the north entrance of Badaopo was far lower than he expected.
A considerable portion of the army - although mostly second-line corps - was found to have been transferred back to the south entrance when Ulvo tried to coordinate the assault.
The main force, such as the Garrison Corps and the Fearless Vanguard, are still on standby at the north entrance, but many second-line legions, such as the Ranger Corps, Plains Mobile Corps, Swamp Chapter and other legions, are not here.
In the past, he was only the substitute commander of the Dauntless Vanguard, so he did not know much about these situations. Now he has become the commander of the Beikou Raid. After his authority was upgraded, Ulvo realized that these second-line battle groups, like the Dauntless Vanguard, had just been taken over.
I was forced to do a round trip.
The fearless vanguard was transferred from the fortress at the south entrance to the north entrance to prepare for the main assault.
These second-line regiments were transferred from the north entrance to the south entrance to protect the grain road.
Protecting grain roads is understandable. When marching and fighting, everyone understands the importance of logistics. But what Wuervo never expected was that the Xiongdu Front Army would send so many people to protect grain roads.
——Good guy, the total number of these legions is 20,000!
You know, even if it is a second-line army, Demacia's soldiers are all regular soldiers!
Twenty thousand people accounted for one-fifth of the total strength of the Xiongdu Front Army!
On Fosbello's side, the total force currently concentrated in Risos is less than 30,000, and judging from the scale of the defense line on the frontal battlefield, most of them have already been sent out to guard the Beikou Plateau.
, Under such circumstances, why can 20,000 people, one-fifth of the force, be allocated to protect the grain roads and protect the people?
Although he is not the commander-in-chief of this battle, after hearing the news, Urvo still felt a numbness in his scalp - we have been building temporary strongholds all the way and advancing step by step, but we still have to spend one-fifth of it.
of manpower to protect the grain road?
What a mess this logistics is!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Here Ulvo misunderstood the Xiongdu Front Army.
In fact, the current logistics work efficiency of the Xiongdu Front is actually very good, and the temporary strongholds set up step by step are also very useful. These people have to be separated to protect the food road. The main reason is that Your Excellency Twilight Xingling chose the wrong strategy and completely let it go.
Caused by a lack of initiative.
In a sense, Lux's command style is very similar to Jarvan IV's. They both insist on being proactive strategically and tactically step by step. While the main force is pressing forward, the Mountain Walkers are
Always lingering behind the Xiongdu Front, relying on the mobility provided by the river fleet, it always puts pressure on the Xiongdu Front's food channels.
Although the absolute number of troops is not too sufficient, the mountain walkers that Lux can separate can only contain them, but because the Xiongdu Front Army's supply line is too long, in order to deal with this threat, the Xiongdu Front Army has to
Send five times more troops to protect the grain route - there is no other way, you can use the Grand Canal. The group of mountain walkers leading to the 102 Canal is too mobile. Even if the Twilight Stars open the entire map, they will still be led by the nose.
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If it were not for the step-by-step approach, 20,000 people would not be enough to maintain the material supplies of the Xiongdu Front Army. It is no exaggeration to say that based on the strategic requirements of the Twilight Stars, the Xiongdu Front Army can still maintain its current situation. Commanders at all levels
The performance is already very good!
In this way, after understanding the current situation of the army, Ulvo once again found Jarvan IV, hoping to "examine the strategic deployment more carefully", and then unsurprisingly got the "raid as soon as possible and tear apart the enemy army"
Front" order.
In desperation, Urvo could only do his best to coordinate with the fraternal forces, and finally came up with a very reliable plan at the military meeting.
Thankfully, Jarvan IV approved this plan and assigned a group of Moon Warriors to serve as the vanguard.
"They once fought against Northern Walkers and defeated those rebels."
After the plan was approved and with additional support, Urvo finally suppressed his worries and began to arrange the attack plan.
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In the early morning of the third day after the Dauntless Pioneer was transferred back to the North Pass, before dawn, the North Pass raid commanded by Ulvo officially kicked off.
Demacia's elite regiments, including the Dauntless Vanguard and Garrison Corps, Green Teeth Warriors, and Ranger Mountain Regiment, had an early cold meal and left the camp in small columns, along the canyon under the plateau.
Take the longitudinal road and head towards the north entrance of Badaopo in the north.
According to Ulvo's plan, the elite fearless vanguard and subsequent garrison regiments took the relatively open river bend road with eight slopes, while the other regiments divided their forces and took the exits of the other four plateaus. At dawn, using the rising sun as a signal,
Launch a surprise attack at the same time.
The march went smoothly. The leading soldier of the five-way raiding army led the way with a rope, and the others followed behind holding the rope. They advanced in the dark and soon arrived at the attack position within the predetermined time.
They were lucky. Among the five raiding armies, only the westernmost Ranger Mountain Legion was discovered by the harassed elite Mountain Walkers. After estimating the size of the enemy, this Mountain Walker team gave up the harassment and climbed over the mountain.
Let's go before the sun rises and alert the Northern Walker defenders on the nearby defense line.
However, when Lux set up the blockade, she specially reserved mobile troops and explicitly prohibited regional assistance in defense. Therefore, although the Third Mountain Walker Regiment responsible for defense on the western front was a little nervous, the westernmost passage was also the first.
The battle started and attracted the attention of other garrison regiments, but the overall defense line did not suffer fluctuations and made mistakes.
When the sun rose, all five raid teams officially entered the battle.
Among them, there is no doubt that the fourth line commanded by Ulvo personally fought the hardest - with the fearless vanguard and the Moon Warriors as the vanguard, even if they rushed out of the ravine under the plateau,
Countering the trend and feigning an attack, when the defending regiment reacted, they quickly broke through the first cordon of defense and rushed directly into the trench area.
In this direction, the first regiment of Plateau Walkers is responsible for guarding the position. The commander of the regiment is named Mi Xin, who is a rare Ionian among Northern Walkers.
Mi Xin's origin is similar to Sona's. They were both war orphans who were sent to Demacia during the Ionian War. He is thirty-five years old this year and is one of the first batch of Northern Walkers. When Lux first arrived in
When Xiongdu was recruiting troops, he took the initiative to defect to them.
At that time, he went to Lux partly for Sona's sake, and partly because he was already fourteen years old when he left Ionia and was a sensible person. He hoped to train himself in Demacia.
With his military skills, he will be able to go back and rescue his invaded motherland in the future.
The North was the most unsafe place in Demacia at the time, and Mi Xin believed that he could experience actual combat in Forsbarrow and gain more training.
Mi Xin, who was born in Baru'e, has a natural adaptability to the plateau. In addition, he has a clear goal. After joining the Northern Walker, he worked very hard in both study and training. Therefore, in the sequence of the Northern Walker
Among them, he quickly stood out and became one of the first officers.
But because he cared about his homeland, he was quite indifferent to the ideological education led by Lux himself - it was not until he squeezed into the mission to Ionia with great difficulty that his dream was completely shattered.
It is difficult to describe the complicated emotions that Mi Xin, who was already familiar with life in Forsbarrow, felt after returning to his homeland. It can no longer be described as "sorrowful for his misfortune, angry for his inability to argue".
Even though Mi Xin has always considered himself an Ionian for so many years and is completely unwilling to accept Lux's ideological education, there are many things that people cannot forget once they know them.
In Forsbarrow, Mi Xin saw the efforts to change the poverty-stricken place. The planting of fragrant red sage made the people of Forsbarrow rejoice, and Mi Xin saw a new world - in Ionia, this
It's possible, and even Ionians, who have a harmonious relationship with nature, should be able to do better!
But what about actually?
After returning to Ionia, Mi Xin discovered that the motherland she was so fond of could not even achieve political stability.
Mi Xin didn't want to speculate on the people of his homeland with ill intentions, but he had traveled a lot and seen a lot, but he still couldn't convince himself.
He could not find a reason other than maintaining tradition to maintain power. Even if Ionia was in the middle of a war, it still adhered to many traditions and customs that had long since fallen behind, and refused to develop and progress.
Ionia shouldn't be like this.
Mi Xin visited Irelia, who was commanding the Battle of Presidence, and had a conversation with her. During this period, Irelia enthusiastically invited him back, but Mi Xin could only feel the innocence in her words.
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Irelia seems to have no idea what the future of Ionia is. She has been working hard to unite Ionia, but this unity has no substantive binding force.
There is no reward for those who are united because there is nothing to reward.
There is no punishment for those who are not united, because there is no ability to punish.
Finally, Mi Xin returned to Forsbarrow. This time, he took the initiative to get close to Sona and became her direct subordinate. After the end of the Noxus Empire, another idea began to grow in his heart.
Perhaps Sona is a more suitable person to lead Ionia than Irelia!
Although Sona often told him that she wanted to do it for Fosbairo when he took the initiative to approach Sona, for Mi Xin, this battle was also a battle to earn the right to speak for Sona!
The three giants in the North have a close relationship, but unknowingly, the three of them have actually vaguely represented the three forces in the North.
However, unlike the noble council in Xiongdu, even if there are different factions in the North, everyone knows that the future of the North is still broad enough, and it is far from the time to share victory. The North must unite as one
That’s it!
In other words, the interior of the northern border and Xiongdu is just like the battlefield behavior of both sides during the battle.
On the side of Xiongdu Front Army, the five armies took five canyon passages, and the factions had their own masters and subordinates, and their divisions were clear.
On the Northern Army's side, although each has its own defense zone, the defense lines are connected as one, and each performs its own duties. In the weak spots between different factions, there is a reserve team led by Lux himself to maintain the formation.
Now, these two completely different organizations finally collided at the north entrance of Badaopo.
Facts have proved that the combination of the Fearless Vanguard and the Moon Warriors is truly astonishing in its lethality - after two charges, Mi Xin had to ask for support from the reserve team while leading the Guards into the battle.
In this way, on the main battlefield, the Plateau Walkers managed to stabilize their position by relying on the counterattack led by the leader himself and the timely support of the sixth order of the Law Controllers.