The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

Although the other three armies had gradually approached the base at the urging of the nobles of the Kingdom of Deya, they had no intention of engaging the revolutionary army head-on.

As for which of these three support forces is the most reliable and most likely to support the battle of the Kingdom of Deya, it may only be the army of the Kingdom of Norse led by Darius.

As for the other two armies, the pirate mercenaries have always been unreliable, otherwise they would not have turned against us in the Battle of Zaun. As for the Babao Navy, the fourth army of pirate mercenaries in this encirclement was formed by the Babao Navy to share the pressure.

With these two unreliable teammates, the army of the Kingdom of Deya could only pin its hopes on its old rival, and the army of the Kingdom of North initially gladly accepted the request of the nobles of the Kingdom of Deya to send troops to assist.

This expedition can be said to be a continuation of the Battle of Zaun. After all, no resources were seized in the last war, and the national strength of the Kingdom of Norse became increasingly strained.

Fortunately, the Kingdom of Deya was in trouble at this time. With the nobles of Deya bearing the military expenses and paying the remuneration, the Kingdom of North, which was close to the militarist system, quickly mobilized its army to attack the base.

However, the Norse army's joining in the encirclement was not entirely due to the request of the Deya nobles.

The previous "food robbery incident" of the revolutionary army accidentally brought the revolutionary party's power into the Kingdom of Norse, which also led to many villages and towns in the Kingdom of Norse becoming part of the base.

In this operation, the Kingdom of Norse also needs to recover its territory. You must know that the previous Knife Girl uprising, coupled with the subsequent revolutionary army, also dealt a huge blow to the troops within the Kingdom of Norse.

This resulted in the Kingdom of Norse not being able to gather enough armed tax collectors to go to the countryside, let alone send regular troops to recover the territory. Fortunately, the Kingdom of Norse was able to achieve its strategic goals by taking advantage of the favorable conditions of the nobles of the Kingdom of Deya.

However, although the strategic goals of the Norse army and the Deya army are similar, there are still some differences in the specific tactical execution of the two sides.

The nobles of the Kingdom of Deya demanded that their army must eradicate the revolutionary army and its base, even at the cost of huge casualties.

Although the front-line commander can control the specific battles, he has very little room for maneuver in terms of overall tactics.

In contrast, the grand strategy of the Kingdom of North is also to eliminate the base and the revolutionary army. However, there is still a lot of room for maneuver in terms of specific tactics.

For example, when encountering a strong enemy, Darius can let the army avoid the enemy's sharp edge and look for an opportunity to fight again. This is something that Galen cannot do. If they encounter a tough enemy, the Deya Kingdom army has no choice but to fight head-on.

This is the biggest difference between the two sides. The Kingdom of North can formulate combat plans on the premise of preserving its strength as much as possible.

This is something that the Deya Kingdom’s army cannot do. After all, it was you who convened the coalition forces for the encirclement and suppression, and the main attack can only be carried out by you alone.

It is precisely based on this point that the army of the Kingdom of Norse also eagerly wants to attack the base and make a small fortune through looting.

However, when the main force of the revolutionary army is unclear, Darius will not rashly invest military forces. After all, if the troops are lost, it will not be in line with the strategic goals of the Kingdom of North.

In this way, the four armies that were encircling and suppressing the enemy were all on the move and dared not attack. The nobles of the Kingdom of Deya, who could only command one army, could only order Galen to lead the army to attack and break the deadlock.

Seeing the order from the nobles, Garen could only smile bitterly. Ever since the vanguard troops found out that the revolutionary army was not easy to deal with, the army of the Kingdom of Deya has been building fortresses all day long. Although they are advancing, the speed is negligible.

This is not a solution. When the enemy's situation is unclear, only by building a strong camp and fighting a static battle can we avoid exposing our own flaws.

Garen's idea was similar to Darius's, waiting for his teammates to attack and test the situation before making the next step. Under normal circumstances, this stable tactic would be fine, but unfortunately, the situation was different this time.

As the leader of the encirclement and suppression, the Kingdom of Deya has no way out. Now only Garen can lead the army to test it himself.

Garen made up his mind and ordered the main force of the Deya Kingdom army to launch a full-scale attack. However, the tactics were still the same as before. The Deya Kingdom army still built a large number of camps and relied on them to advance forward.

However, although the appearance is the same, the inside is very different. The camp built at this time is completely incomparable to the previous one. It can only be said that it still has some cover function, but it cannot guarantee that it is foolproof.

However, compared with the decline in quality, the army's advance speed was greatly increased, and the Deya Kingdom army advanced to the hinterland of the base. At this time, the Deya Kingdom army also began to fight with the revolutionary army's combat units.

During the battle, the Deya Kingdom's army did not have a smooth journey. When the Deya Kingdom's army's vanguard scouts were marching forward, they were attacked by cold guns from time to time.

However, this was intelligence to scout the route for the main force, and the vanguard of the Kingdom of Deya could only fight against the guerrillas of the revolutionary army without the advantage of terrain. Both sides began to suffer losses and blood began to flow.

But this confrontation is obviously more beneficial to the base. The guerrillas can easily suppress the vanguard of the Deya Kingdom's army by taking advantage of the terrain, which also puts the Deya Kingdom's army in an unfavorable position.

Moreover, the soldiers who dared to fight against the guerrillas in the base area in the form of small teams and in unfamiliar terrain were basically elite veterans of the Deya Kingdom's troops.

In this way, the elite troops of the Deya Kingdom and the guerrillas in the base area exchanged pieces with each other, but the exchange ratio of the elite Deya Kingdom army was quite unsightly.

According to the soldiers on the front line, the enemy often attacked them from all corners without expecting them, and when they organized to launch a counterattack, the guerrillas took the initiative to withdraw. This made the soldiers on the front line very uncomfortable, and the losses increased dramatically every day.

The daily loss of elite soldiers made Garen's heart bleed. After a few days, Garen could no longer bear such high-intensity confrontation. He could only urge the nobles of the kingdom again and ask the friendly forces to launch an attack.

And just after the Deya Kingdom’s army had fought with the revolutionary army for many days, because the situation on the front line was unfavorable, the Deya Kingdom began to urge the other three armies to attack.

Under repeated urging, the Babao Navy and the pirate mercenaries began to advance slightly towards the base. Unfortunately, before they advanced far, scouts ahead brought news that the revolutionary army was gathering in large numbers ahead of the marching route.

At this point, the two armies were at odds again. Although there was a 70% chance that the enemy was bluffing, there was still a 30% chance that they didn't dare to gamble.

In fact, this was a strategy set by the base to bluff and delay the two enemy forces. The leader of these two directions was Toge Che, who was in charge of the grassroots affairs of the base. He organized a large number of people in the base and a certain number of militias to create the illusion of the existence of the main force.

Seeing that the situation was a little bit wrong, the encirclement and suppression armies in these two directions stopped attacking. After all, it seemed that the revolutionary army was not easy to deal with. The two armies stopped again and began to wait and see the outcome.

Under this circumstance, the nobles of the Kingdom of Deya could only place their hopes on the army of the Kingdom of Norse again. Fortunately, Darius was different from the commanders of the other two armies.

After learning that Galen had led his troops into battle with the elite troops in the base, Darius ordered the Norse Kingdom army to speed up their advance, in sharp contrast to the other two routes.

The base's plan to deal with the Norse Kingdom's army was also very simple and powerful, which was to build strong defenses and clear the fields, luring the enemy deep into their territory.

This is quite similar to the plan to deal with the army of the Kingdom of Deya. The only difference is that the base did not deploy the main force in the direction of the Kingdom of North.

This also led to different specific tactics in the two directions. The base in the direction of the Kingdom of Deya implemented an active offensive strategy, while the base in the direction of the Kingdom of North implemented a more defensive strategy.

Therefore, compared with the huge casualties in the fighting between the two armies in the direction of the Deya Kingdom, the advance of the Norse Kingdom army led by Darius seemed very peaceful.

At this time, in order to deal with the attack from the Kingdom of Norse, the base began to mobilize the masses and moved almost all the residents in the territory of the Kingdom of Norse to the Aya Mountains. Darius thus easily recovered the territory and achieved part of his goal.

However, this did not make Darius relax, because so far, the Norse Kingdom army had not encountered any resistance from the base.

Unable to determine the enemy's main force, Darius led his troops to stop again after recovering the original territory of the Kingdom of Norse. Facing the constant urging of the nobles of the Kingdom of Deya to attack, Darius did not obey rashly.

The situation remained at a stalemate until Garen at the front finally saw the situation clearly. The only army that could provide support was the Norse Kingdom's army.

Therefore, under Galen's strong request, the nobles of the Kingdom of Deya tilted their resources towards the army of the Kingdom of Norse. At the same time, Galen also wrote a personal letter to Darius, asking the Kingdom of Norse to launch an attack in an almost pleading tone, and attached various arguments.

In Garen's opinion, the current situation is already quite dangerous. Although the Deya Kingdom's army has not yet reached a desperate situation, Garen cannot but leave the army a certain amount of room for error.

Darius, who was on another route, soon received a handwritten letter from Galen, along with a batch of supplies that came with the letter.

The one who knows you best is often your opponent, Darius thought after reading the letter. He also had some respect for the general of the Kingdom of Deya who stopped him in the last battle.

It turned out that the Norse army had not yet launched an all-out attack because Darius was still not sure where the enemy's main force was.

All of this was made clear by Garen in the letter, and in order to dispel Darius's concerns, Garen admitted in the letter that the main force of the revolutionary army was in front of the Deya Kingdom Army.

Galen also included in the letter the casualties of the elite soldiers of the Deya Kingdom in the multi-day battle. In order to completely dispel Darius's doubts, Galen even took the initiative to order a troop to launch a rash attack on the base.

As expected, the army was almost wiped out, but this also indirectly confirmed the existence of the main force of the revolutionary army.

As long as he got accurate intelligence, Darius no longer had any doubts, and the Norse Kingdom army quickly organized itself and advanced deep into the base again.

On the other side, at the Deya Kingdom’s military base, the Deya Kingdom’s army was attacked even more fiercely, and the army suffered more and more casualties in successive days.

Garen could only sigh deeply and place his hopes of victory on Darius.

"Pass the order, the troops must hold steady. The more fierce the enemy's attack, the closer we are to victory." Galen issued encouraging orders.

In a corner unknown to anyone, Galen encouraged himself, "As long as Darius launches an attack, everything will be fine."

Outside the camp, the sound of fighting was heard. The confrontation between the two armies became increasingly fierce, and casualties were approaching a fever pitch.