After careful consideration, Yun Xiaohan decided to give up going further north and inland, and instead turned south, returned to the coastal area, and continued to move southwest to capture coastal cities.
The advantage of this is the convenience of transportation. It does not require too much of Yun Xiaohan's troops to escort prisoners and supplies. There is also a very important advantage, that is, it can reduce the operating pressure of Cassis City.
After this period of transportation, Cassis City has accumulated a large amount of supplies at this time. However, the supplies from the three earliest villages and a trading station that were previously captured have already been moved, and the supplies in Cassis City have not yet been moved.
Know when to move.
Although these materials have been transported to the city of Cassis, as long as they are not transported to the city of Cagliari, they cannot be considered to have truly become the gains of this battle. As long as the enemy recaptures the city of Cassis, these materials can be recaptured.
Materials.
Of course, Yun Xiaohan can also choose to burn or destroy these supplies, but that would be too wasteful for the economically disadvantaged Duke of Sardinia. And as long as the supplies are still in Cassis City, Nelson's Thunderstorm Legion and the main fleet
He had to stay in Cassis City and was unable to attack flexibly, which undoubtedly restricted Nelson's performance.
The most important thing is that although the location of Cassis City is not close to the front line, it is not particularly far either. The enemy is likely to rush back after receiving the news, and Cassis City will be the first to bear the brunt, so the sooner
After moving the supplies from Cassis City, you will be less vulnerable to enemy threats.
However, Yun Xiaohan did not regret transporting all the supplies to Cassis City before, because those villages were even less able to resist the enemy's attack. Moreover, at this time, many civilians in the villages were attracted by the material rewards and ran to Cassis City to help.
We went to transport supplies. Although the additional civilians increased the transportation capacity, the requirements for the docks also increased. There were too few ships that could dock at the small dock in the village at the same time, and the large number of people was not useful, so the supplies were transferred to Cassi
Sicheng is the inevitable choice.
Now that there is no shortage of manpower for transportation, Yun Xiaohan cannot significantly speed up the transportation efficiency of Cassis City. What he can do is not to increase the transshipment pressure on Cassis City, and quickly capture another coastal city to open up
Second sea transshipment point.
Yun Xiaohan's troops marched towards the third coastal village they had captured, but when they were about a minute and a half away from the village, a series of signals sent by signal spells suddenly appeared in the sky in the direction of Cassis City.
.Although Yun Xiaohan couldn't understand these signals, didn't he have two military mages sent by Nelson beside him? They knew the signal spell, so they could naturally understand the meaning of the signal.
The two mages who accompanied the army told Yun Xiaohan that there were two types of signals sent out. One was a warning signal, indicating that a large number of enemies were approaching, and the other was a distress signal, hoping that nearby friendly forces would come to support them. Now that they are deep into the enemy's hinterland, they can
The only people supporting Cassis City were Yun Xiaohan and his troops. Needless to say, this distress signal must have been sent to Yun Xiaohan.
After just a slight hesitation, Yun Xiaohan decided to save Cassis City. Although he said he would not save Cassis City, with Nelson's ability, the Thunderstorm Legion and some of the troops sent by Yun Xiaohan to escort them would definitely be able to withdraw before the encirclement.
Even if there is some damage on the ship, the loss will not be too great. It can be said that it can be saved or not.
However, Cassis City still has a lot of supplies that have not been transported away, and the enemy will not stop there after taking Cassis City. They will definitely continue to track Yun Xiaohan's troops. Maybe they don't have much movement speed.
Advantage, but attacking towns and transferring supplies takes time. Unless Yun Xiaohan gives up subsequent looting operations, there will be a battle sooner or later.
In this case, it is better to attack late than to attack early. There are many Yun Xiaohan's troops in Cassis City, as well as Nelson's troops to assist in the battle, and they may even receive support from naval guns, which is more beneficial to Yun Xiaohan's side.
The most important thing is that it is only 20:51 now, and the third act of the battle has officially started less than an hour ago. Even if the marching distance in the battle is greatly shortened, the 150,000 merchant alliance troops on the front line will not be able to come back so quickly.
, so the enemy Yun Xiaohan faced was probably a joint force composed of the remaining troops, most likely led by Masset City, plus troops from several towns on the east and north sides of Masset.
Facing such a miscellaneous army, even if it had more troops than his own, Yun Xiaohan was still confident of fighting with it, so he immediately asked the accompanying mage to send a signal and tell Nelson that they would go to support, and then Yun Xiaohan
Let the troops turn around and march towards the city of Cassis, and let Garibaldi take back most of the red shirt scouts to prepare for the next battle.
Yun Xiaohan's current location is not too far from Cassis City, otherwise he would not be able to see the spell signal, but even if it is not far, it will take 2 to 3 minutes to get back. Logically speaking, with Nelson's ability and his hand
With his strength and city defense advantages, it was impossible for the enemy to invade the city in such a short time. However, because he did not know the specific situation in Cassis City, Yun Xiaohan was somewhat anxious, so he moved faster with his
The Guards Cavalry and the Red Shirt Army took the lead to rush back. The Red Shirt Army Yun Xiaohan could not command, so Garibaldi had to accompany them, while Morris led the main force behind.
It took more than a minute for Yun Xiaohan and the vanguard to arrive not far outside Cassis City. The actual situation was better than Yun Xiaohan imagined. When they arrived, the Merchant Alliance troops had not yet started fighting.
The east and south sides of Cassis City face the sea, so there are only two city gates, the west gate and the north gate. Yun Xiaohan came from the west, naturally at the west gate, while the merchant alliance troops came from the north.
, but at this time most of them gathered at Ximen.
But this is not surprising. The previous signal spell was so conspicuous, and the NPCs of the Merchant Alliance were not fools. When they saw the two signal spells one after the other, they knew that there might be imperial troops on the west side, even if it was because of various factors.
The secret codes represented by the troops' spell signals are different. They don't know the specific meaning of the spell signals, but it's okay to take precautions in advance. It doesn't take much time for the troops to move from the north gate to the west gate.
At this time, the merchant alliance troops outside the west gate are estimated to be at least 10,000 people, but Yun Xiaohan only has less than 8,000 troops, and the vanguard troops who arrived first have less than 2,000 troops. Moreover, it is impossible for the merchant alliance to send all the troops
Put them all on the west gate. Just in case, at least 2,000-3,000 people should be put on the north gate. In other words, the enemy's strength is probably between 13,000 or 14,000.