Plane Merchant Fancy Death

Chapter 78 Going deep into the hinterland
It was already noon the next day when the head of the First Legion of the Masodra Empire, Ji Te, arrived at the battlefield. Fortunately, the First Legion had assembled its troops when the opponent started to retreat, and was ready to deal with it at any time. Changes, so it saves a lot of time for assembly, so we can arrive at this time.

The first and fourth armies of the Masodra Empire converged, and 10,000+ troops appeared in front of the Serrad Fortress. Although the number of troops was several times that of the troops of the St. Veland Empire in the city, they faced They still don't have much confidence in taking down this strong city.

In the temporary camp, the head of the First Army, Git, and the head of the Fourth Army, Mites, are discussing tactics. The current situation is really serious, because it is not just as simple as losing a fortress, the main problem is that , the location of the Serrad Fortress.

Serrad Fortress is in a very important position like Nasinde Fortress in St. Welland Empire. If it is not a military point, there is no need to build a fortress here, isn't it?The biggest problem now is the loss of the Serrad Fortress, and the door to their empire was opened. Kit and Mites thought of each other's tactics almost at the same time, which was to divide their troops to attack their land.

"From the current point of view, there should indeed be a small number of soldiers in the city, and that part of the soldiers may have entered our territory." Mites had been investigating for a while before Kit's troops arrived. Judging from the number of troops deployed for city defense on the city wall, the second army on the opposite side should be divided.

"Absolutely don't let the opponent's soldiers enter our territory." Kit said a little anxiously.The problem now is very serious. You must know that the southern border of the Masodra Empire is guarded by the strength of their two legions. The other legions are in other places, so once the opponent's troops cut into their territory Internally, no troops can stop them, which means that the road is smooth, and the opponent can go straight to the core of the empire.

The other party's burning, killing and looting in their own territory is second to none. What they are most worried about is that if the other party's troops march directly towards their capital, the nobles on the capital side may choose to make peace with the other party when they see this situation. Those nobles are definitely greedy. They are afraid of death, if the flames of war burn in front of them, they will definitely choose to consider this aspect.

The people of the Second Legion obviously had the same calculation. Once the peace talks in the capital were successful, they would not have to fight here, and the war would be over.They can even imagine the situation of the peace talks. At that time, the Ted Mara area, which they have desperately defended for more than a month, is estimated to be directly ceded to the other party by the nobles, so that the other party will retreat. No matter what, those sacrificed soldiers are nothing. Neither of them can accept such a result, so they must find a way.

"Although our current troops are superior, it is still very difficult to attack Fort Serrad." Of course, Mites here knows how strong the fortress he is running is. With an army of 4 to 5, with such a defensive scale, even if you attack the city day and night, it will not be possible to defeat it in a short time. However, he proposed a new idea, "Maybe we can try to attack Fortress Resistance."

Mits's idea is quite good. The Naishinde Fortress in the south is also the gateway to the St. Willan Empire, so they only need to capture that side and then enter the hinterland of the St. Willan Empire. The two sides are equivalent to changing homes. This way As soon as they arrived, their nobles were anxious, and so were the other party's nobles. This could be regarded as reversing the current situation.And although they were all attacking fortresses, compared to the fortress in front of them, they had burnt the Nexind Fortress themselves, so it was probably a little easier to fight than this fortress.

"No." Kit thought about it for a while, but still shook his head, "Hejiaer's people have already gone to the defense of Nasind, and we are already a step behind. Let's hurry up, if you choose to attack the other party's territory at this time, the nobles in the capital will not agree."

This is a matter of time difference. Although it is said that the two sides can switch houses, if one side switches quickly, of course it will win.As far as the current situation is concerned, they are stuck by the two fortresses and cannot move for a short period of time, and the opponent's troops are already attacking their territory, so the time difference cannot catch up.

"We have no choice but to attack Serrad Fortress." Kit said, "I know this is the enemy's plan, but it's a conspiracy. Even if we understand it, we still have to follow the other party's arrangement."

"Damn it!" Mitters also knew that Gitt was right. The only way for them now was to capture the Serrad Fortress as soon as possible. They had no other choice. Otherwise, the nobles in the capital would be in a hurry. Those who surrendered, they would never react until the enemy actually attacked the capital.If you know that your frontline troops don't even intend to return, if you just turn around and change homes with the other party, they will probably have peace talks with the other party immediately. If they attack the Serrad Fortress by themselves, they might wait to see what happens. The result of a tough battle.In other words, the siege this time is not mainly for strategic purposes, but to give confidence to the nobles in the capital.

"Sorry, I underestimated the enemy..." Mites couldn't help but said.

"I didn't expect that the head of the mage could have such a strategy." Ji Te also said that he also had to pay a little responsibility for this matter.When the opponent's first army retreated, he didn't choose to go up and pursue it immediately. After all, they were the one being attacked. They repelled the enemy's attack and kept the territory. Of course, they won.Git was a little timid at the time, and he gave up the potentially dangerous option of chasing after he felt that he had won, which led to the safe withdrawal of the First Army. It turned out that it was the opponent's calculation.

"No matter what, we are very passive at the moment, and the only way is to capture the stronghold as soon as possible." Kit continued, "Pass my order and start attacking immediately, fighting day and night, we must capture here in the shortest possible time. "

"Report." Just as he was talking, a soldier from outside rushed in and shouted to the two of them: "Legion Commander, something bad is going on. There is black smoke rising from the rear of Serad Fortress, which is in the direction of Shread. "

After hearing this, the two people immediately walked out of the door of the camp and looked forward. Sure enough, they saw black smoke rising to the north of Serad Fortress. Seeing this, they certainly knew what had happened.To the north of Serad Fortress is the territory of their Massodra Empire. The closest to the fortress is Shularad City. Now this city has been captured by the other party. It is obvious that the other party has what they thought and has begun to move towards They went to the hinterland.

"Start the siege immediately." Kit also ordered immediately.

With the sound of several attack horns, the offensive and defensive battle of Serrad Fortress officially began.The troops from the Masodra Empire attacked very fiercely because they were anxious, but the Water God who was defending in the fortress had already made preparations and commanded the defensive battle in an orderly manner.It has to be said that the supplies in the fortress are still very abundant, and the soldiers' morale is very good because they have just left the city. On the contrary, the soldiers of the Massodra Empire on the opposite side probably knew it when they saw the black smoke coming from their country. What's going on, it's starting to get a little edgy.The troops on both sides quickly reached the same level, and there are no advantages or disadvantages yet.

At this time, on the north side of the battlefield, near the city of Shurarad, part of the Second Army Corps was cleaning the battlefield.The battle here has just ended, and it didn't take much time.Although Shularad City was defended by a small number of soldiers, facing an army of 3 people, it was impossible for them to put up any decent resistance, and they did not expect that the enemy would come to kill them.

Although this side is not far from the front line, the two legions of the empire are in front of them. Who would have thought that such a large army could come from the front. What is the situation? Their legion was defeated?Front line crumbled?Otherwise, how did the opponent's troops get around?

Due to the small number of people and the constant suspicion of whether the front line was defeated, the defending troops had no fighting spirit at all, and without much effort, the troops of the Second Army occupied the city of Shularad.After entering the city, they were not polite, and directly started burning, killing and looting according to the previous order.

Ye Junwen is currently in this army, of course he is not the leader.The nominal leader of this army is Beverly, but the water god also said that although Beverly is the leader, she is also asked to follow Ye Junwen's command.The water god also considered it. There are many other generals, but he was afraid that they would not listen to Ye Junwen. Before that, Beverly was the first to support Ye Junwen. There should be nothing wrong. That's why Beverly was sent. lead the team.

"It's almost there. When are we going to leave?" Beverly asked Ye Junwen, who was next to him, at the City Lord's Mansion in Shularad City.She didn't really like this kind of burning, killing, and looting, but she also knew that it was a tactical arrangement, and the purpose of notifying the front line had been achieved. In her opinion, she should set off as soon as possible.

"I'm not in a hurry for now, I want to talk to you about something personal." Ye Junwen looked at the current situation, and happened to have no outsiders, so he took this opportunity to talk to Beverly about their marriage.

"Now?" Beverly was taken aback for a moment, and she probably guessed what kind of private matter Ye Junwen wanted to talk about, but this is the time of war.

(End of this chapter)