The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

Birds were startled from the forest, and other animals in the woods also fled out of the forest. Accompanied by the dull sound of footsteps, a huge army was passing through this primitive forest.

This was the Deya Kingdom army led by Galen on the march, and he was in the center of the army marching with the troops, more specifically in the artillery camp. For this operation, the Deya Kingdom army brought a total of fifty cannons.

During the march, Galen stayed in the carriage of the artillery camp and was thinking about the battle plan. In fact, this march was the battle plan Galen had formulated from the beginning.

According to Galen's idea, the entire army that was encircled and suppressed last time was actually completely robbed. Not a single person in the army of several thousand people escaped, which was very telling. The intelligence of our army might have been leaked.

Therefore, Galen thought that he must not take the usual route. If he did the same thing as last time, it would definitely lead to the leakage of military intelligence.

After careful consideration, Galen decided on the marching route, and in order to keep the intelligence confidential, Galen did not tell anyone about the battle plan except some trusted officers in the army.

Even when the nobles came to ask, Garen simply used the usual marching route to evade them.

For the new marching route, Galen decided to give up attacking from the densely populated roads and instead choose a less traveled path. It's not even the right path, because this route is usually unused, and only some hunters pass through this wilderness for hunting.

In order to ensure the surprise of the attack, Galen insisted on taking this road even though it was a rugged and difficult path. However, this exhausted the artillery battalion and delayed the army's attack.

However, in Galen's view, these are all bearable, all of which are for the purpose of establishing his own intelligence advantage.

After all, in Garen's opinion, the main reason for the last failure was intelligence suppression, so in this battle Garen must do his best to eliminate the enemy's advantage.

Garen in the carriage considered it for a while, and feeling that there was no flaw in his battle plan, he decided to let the troops stop and rest first. After all, it was indeed difficult to march on a small road.

Moreover, the vanguard battalion led by Zhao Xin, who was sent out to conduct reconnaissance, had not returned yet, so Garen decided to wait for a while.

Because the route was somewhat remote, and even the entire Deya Kingdom had no records of the situation deeper inside, for safety reasons, Galen sent out a vanguard battalion to march ahead, gather information, and indicate the route for the troops in the rear.

After resting for a while, Garen began to have some doubts in his mind again. Why hasn't Zhao Xin sent anyone back yet to inform the large army about the exploration situation ahead?

He repeatedly told Zhao Xin that the vanguard team must explore quickly and accurately. Quick means the speed must be fast to explore the situation; accurate means the accuracy must be high, and it is best to find a local resident who is familiar with the situation to lead the way.

As mentioned before, although this land is somewhat empty, it is still inhabited. Otherwise, why is this route recorded? In addition to hunters, there are also some woodcutters living in this land.

Of course, in addition to the above people, the majority of people are still some "savages". Savages are basically some bankrupt farmers and escaped serfs.

In order to avoid being hunted down by the nobles, many people fled to this land where the government had weak control. And unlike other people with special skills, they basically did not communicate with the outside world because they were afraid of being hunted down by the nobles.

Because of this, the death rate of savages is also quite high, because they have to rely on themselves for survival, and more or less accidents are inevitable.

However, what they didn't know was that the nobles of the Kingdom of Deya had already known about them, but they were too lazy to care because their income and output were completely disproportionate.

Instead of spending so much effort to capture serfs in such a remote place, it would be simpler to oppress a group of people and make them serfs in the country.

Therefore, according to Garen's thinking, although there are few people living in this place, it is definitely not uninhabited. However, since Zhao Xin has not returned yet, Garen decided to stay there and wait for a while for the sake of caution.

After the camp was set up, Zhao Xin finally led his men back just before dark, and Garen immediately ordered Zhao Xin to go to the camp to discuss matters.

"What's the situation ahead now? Why did it take so long to return?" Galen asked.

At this moment, Garen himself did not realize that he was already feeling anxious.

Zhao Xin did not delay and began to report the intelligence he had gathered. "After I led the vanguard troops to explore the way with light equipment, I resolutely followed the orders of the main camp and wanted to find the local residents quickly without alerting the enemy.

Unfortunately, we did not meet any local residents on the road, not to mention hunters and woodcutters, not even a single wild man.

There was no other way. In order to complete the mission, I could only lead the troops to go deeper. It was not until I realized that if the troops went deeper, they would be too far away from the main force. Then I ordered the vanguard to stop.

At this time, I also realized that it was too abnormal. In order to obtain more intelligence, I could only order the troops to split into small teams to expand the search in all directions. "

Zhao Xin paused for a moment. He continued at Garen's urging. "After I dispersed the troops, I calculated the time for their return and called back all the teams.

Disappointingly, we still didn't encounter a single living person. However, we found some clues and a team found an abandoned settlement.

It is said that the place has been completely deserted. The team did not find any daily necessities in the settlement, and only some traces of life remained there.

Because we didn't get much intelligence, my vanguard delayed our return. The only information we have now is that settlement, and the team has marked it along the way. We can only go investigate tomorrow."

After Zhao Xin finished speaking, Garen fell into deeper doubts and contemplation. After a long while, facing Zhao Xin's inquiring gaze, he slowly spoke.

"I have a terrible guess. I can only be completely sure after visiting the settlement tomorrow, but now I feel that my guess is basically right." Galen sighed.

As a seasoned officer, Zhao Xin had a vague idea of ​​what was going on. But it was too unbelievable, so he came to Garen's tent to verify it.

Seeing Zhao Xin's unpleasant expression, Garen knew that his old friend had already guessed it, so he directly changed the subject. The current situation could no longer allow his beloved general to be confused.

"The revolutionaries implemented the tactic of clearing the countryside. However, what we didn't expect was that they were too fast," Galen said loudly.

"That's right, it's too fast." Zhao Xin murmured back. This was also the reason why Zhao Xin couldn't believe it and had to go to Garen in person to confirm it.

Galen continued in a heavy tone, "This time our army has kept a very strict secret before the action, and the march has not been delayed. This is already the fastest I can do to march along this route.

There are two possibilities now. One is that the intelligence was leaked before our military's combat plan began, which means there is a traitor in our military's top brass. However, this is not the most terrible possibility.

Another possibility is that the enemy has already gained incredible control and organization over the occupied area. Their control is so strong that our troops will be discovered as soon as they enter their occupied area.

Their organization is so strong that after learning our army's marching route, they were able to relocate the people along the route in a short period of time and clear the land. What's more terrifying is that their migration speed is even faster than our marching speed."

Zhao Xin didn't reply. If it was the first case, he could just clean up the inside and catch the traitor.

If it was the second case, Zhao Xin had already prepared himself mentally in the short period of time just now, ready for a tough and life-and-death battle.

By the next day, even though Galen and his men had almost thought that there was no hope of winning the war, they still led their troops to check the marked settlements.

After arriving at the location, they finally put an end to Garen and Zhao Xin's last glimmer of hope. At the same time, the search troops also discovered several other abandoned settlements.

Since they had been exposed, Galen changed his army's battle plan. The Deya Kingdom's army, which had been marching fast before, slowed down again, and Galen waited for the various military supplies to be delivered to the front line.

Since the surprise attack is no longer feasible, we should accumulate more strength and then use the advantage of military resources to fight back step by step.

At this time, not far from the pillar army of the Deya Kingdom, they were being monitored by the militia of the base. These people were composed of local residents. Relying on their advantage of being familiar with the terrain, any action of the Deya Kingdom Army could not be hidden from their reconnaissance.

After spying on the enemy's actions, they would then report the intelligence to the main force of the revolutionary army. All actions of the Deya Kingdom's army could not escape the sight of the Red Flag Army.

"What a pity." Little Gus waved his fist and said, "If the Deya Kingdom army continues to march towards the base at such a fast speed, we can completely cut off their rear and then attack them in a closed-door manner."

Ma En shook his head and said, "This kind of situation is very unlikely to happen, and there was a lot of luck involved in the last battle.

Moreover, according to Li, the commander of the Deya Kingdom army this time is also a very capable person. This time, we can't take it lightly. We should follow the guerrilla warfare strategy. The final victory will definitely belong to the people of the base area. "

After realizing that the revolutionary army in the base was not easy to deal with, Galen also began to attack with another tactic.

It can be said that the tactics of the Deya Kingdom's army are similar to those of the Battle of Zaun. The Deya Kingdom's army gathered a large amount of supplies and a considerable number of civilians, and set up solid camps step by step to attack deep into the base.

However, at this time, Garen no longer expected to achieve any success along the way.

At Galen's request, the nobles of the Kingdom of Deya went to other fronts to urge them on. The other three armies also advanced slowly under the urging. The four armies were finally entering the base.