novellk Chapter 1013. The silent battle line and the appearance of the evil god’s army!
Chapter 1013. The silent battle line and the appearance of the evil god’s army!
King's capital.
The war mobilization began, and all the nobles in the capital were in a state of tension.
And when the news of the victory in the first battle on the Hastings border came.
The whole kingdom was in a frenzy.
Even the king ordered a banquet.
However, Fang Yuan was not as optimistic as the natives.
The group they defeated in the first battle was just a group of Hastings' guards.
And that’s not all.
Although he killed a legendary commander of the Royal Guards.
But this is not the case for the five-nation coalition on land.
This loss is not worth mentioning at all to the evil god.
When the royal capital was in a frenzy.
Fang Yuan was checking the battle report in his hand while planning logistical supplies.
No matter what era the war is.
The battle is always about logistics.
Soldiers killed in battle are replaced quickly, and the families of those killed in battle can receive compensation as quickly as possible.
Damaged equipment should be replaced in time.
All of this determines the outcome of a war.
Especially now that the Alpha Kingdom is fighting against the five-nation coalition of the evil god.
In terms of strength, they are basically evenly matched.
Only when both sides have almost exhausted each other's strength will the opportunity for victory appear.
And this process of consumption is the key to victory.
Although currently in terms of military strength and logistics, the evil god's side surpasses the Alpha Kingdom controlled by Fang Yuan.
But in fact, the difference in strength between the two sides is not that big.
It’s mainly about control over the country.
Fang Yuan has the puppet potion, and the sixth prince of the royal capital has the legal right to ascend the throne.
In addition, during the Battle of the Royal Capital, the rebellion was quickly put down.
Using iron and blood, he completely controlled the Alpha Kingdom.
It took another three months to complete control of the nobles.
The Alpha Kingdom is now united.
All the strength was used in foreign wars.
There is no internal division or rebellion.
The coalition forces of the five countries seem powerful.
But the contradiction between royal power and divine power has always existed.
Moreover, Heidi was transferred for three months to plant spies.
Successfully separated the resistance forces.
Previously, the evil god gathered superior forces and wiped out Hastings's rebels at lightning speed.
It originally had a great impact on the resistance forces in other countries.
The rebels in other countries were desperate and ready to surrender.
but now!
The first battle on the Hastings Frontier battlefield was a failure.
Let them see hope again.
Intelligence sent back from various places shows.
Negotiations between the rebels and the royal family have come to a standstill.
The intervention of the Alpha Kingdom created a rival enemy for the once powerful coalition of five nations.
Moreover, this enemy is the mortal enemy of the gods.
There is no possibility of compromise with the gods.
Then the coalition forces of the five countries will definitely concentrate their forces to deal with the Alpha Kingdom.
The rebels are safe for now.
It also gives them the opportunity to sit on the fence.
Otherwise, if you surrender now, you will be dragged to the battlefield and become cannon fodder.
The nobles in the resistance are not stupid either.
They all consider their own interests.
Such a comparison.
The conflict between theocracy and monarchy still exists within the five countries.
The resistance is still there.
The Alpha Kingdom is united.
Even though the Five-Nation Coalition had more troops and stronger logistics.
But Fang Yuan was still confident that the strength of both sides was actually similar.
He never fights an unprepared battle.
Since the entire Alpha Kingdom has been mobilized.
Fang Yuan has considered every aspect very clearly.
"Your Excellency Lord."
"This is the latest intelligence sent back from the front line."
"After we won our first battle."
"Rebel forces from various countries have sent messengers to contact us."
"Express your willingness to cooperate with us in the battle on our homeland."
"But they asked us to promise that after we drive out the evil spirit, we will still support the original royal family."
Fang Yuan was not surprised by the rebels' demands.
And he gladly agreed.
As for what happens after the war.
Ha ha!
The knife is in the hands of the nobles of the Alpha Kingdom, and he can't do anything about it.
Speaking of which, the evil gods should also know the impact of losing the first battle.
At this time, they should start actively formulating a counterattack plan.
But they did not launch a deterrent attack on the rebels.
Let these nobles who try to sit on the fence realize who is controlling them.
Not only is that not happening now.
He also asked these rebel nobles to contact his side actively.
The evil gods are very cautious and dare not act rashly.
Or are you planning other things?
Fang Yuan was also guessing the purpose of the evil gods.
At this time, Christian came over.
"Your Excellency Lord."
"This is the information about the movement of the evil god army in the direction of Hastings."
"After the first battle failed."
"Hasting's border corps is frequently mobilized."
"It is estimated that there are 150,000 elite troops, and they have already assembled."
"A new commander of the Royal Guards has been dispatched to the capital of Hastings, bringing 60,000 Royal Guards to support the border."
"These 21 troops are basically all Hastings' standing army."
"As for the troop movements of the evil god, we have not received any news yet."
"There is a piece of intelligence that says the main cavalry of the other four countries have left Hastings."
“Returned to my own country.”
"This information seems a bit strange to me."
"At this time, they shouldn't gather their superior forces to break through in the direction of Hastings."
"Why did you suddenly disperse your forces?"
"You don't think that Hastings' 21 troops alone can stop our army."
Christian was also confused.
It seemed that the war at this time had turned into a simple border conflict.
It does not involve the participation of the main forces of the Five-Nation Coalition and the evil god.
This is also where Fang Yuan's doubts lie.
Now both our side and the evil god should be guessing each other's intentions.
On our side, we have only opened up two battlefields at the moment.
Hastings border and sea.
Perhaps the evil gods could not guess from which direction their real main force would launch the attack.
after all!
Heavy troops have been assembled on the borders of the five countries!
And at this time.
If you want to break the impasse, you have to fight a war of annihilation.
Destroy the enemy's mobile forces.
When the enemy is outnumbered.
The main force of the evil god had to move.
By then, their purpose will be exposed.
same!
The same is true for evil gods.
They fight a war of annihilation against each other, and the side that destroys more mobile forces will win.
The possibility of either party being exposed is lower.
"Christian."
"The current war is still a test between the two sides."
“The main force will not invest.”
"We should still focus on using the indigenous troops to consume each other."
"for the rest of the time."
"It all depends on who can't hold on first and uses the main force they brought with them."
Fang Yuan hesitated for a moment.
The enemy's army currently assembled at the Hastings border is only 21 strong.
Also lost the first battle.
It was a good opportunity to wipe out Hastings's native army in one fell swoop.
Forcing the evil god to expose his main force.
Think of this.
Fang Yuan spoke immediately.
"Pass the order."
"Let Guderian lead the corps and look for an opportunity to annihilate the Hastings Mobile Force."
"Invade the Kingdom of Hastings."
"Force the evil god's army to show up."
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
After giving the order, Fang Yuan looked outside the castle.
The royal capital was full of lights and feasting.
The nobles were immersed in the joy of victory.
Fang Yuan's gaze seemed to penetrate the space as he looked into the distance.
Falling on the border.
He murmured softly.
"I played my cards."
"Now it depends on whether you can catch it!!!"
On the border.
After Guderian received Fang Yuan's order, he immediately dispatched troops.
With accurate intelligence in hand, they reaped rich rewards.
A few days ago.
Heidi sent a piece of intelligence.
Five hundred nobles from the capital of Hastings went to the front line to inspect.
Prepare to formulate further combat plans.
After getting the information.
Guderian personally led 800 knights to bypass the enemy's defense zone.
They penetrated more than 300 miles into the Hastings border and stopped the 500 nobles.
Just one hour.
Five hundred nobles and three thousand elite guards were completely wiped out.
With their alchemical crossbows, they only needed to stand and fire in unison.
All exposed targets.
No one can stop it.
Among the nobles killed this time, there was unexpectedly a big fish.
He is the newly appointed commander of the Royal Guards of the capital.
Originally, he wanted to use his identity to lurk among the nobles.
So as to avoid being found by Alpha's spies.
But what was unexpected was that the border knights were just trying to catch rabbits while raking grass.
Catch this big fish together.
Without the commander of the Guards, Hastings' front line fell into chaos.
Guderian received the news.
Ordered a storming of Hastings castle defences.
It only took two days.
The border line was pushed forward by three hundred miles.
More than thirty city-states were captured.
This forced the Hastings royal family to urgently appoint a duke to lead the entire army.
Only then did they resist the attack of the Alpha army.
But because of this, an entire line of defense that was built with great effort was lost.
All those castles were taken over by Guderian and became the territory of the Alpha Kingdom.
This was the first big gain from Heidi's accurate intelligence.
Three days ago.
Heidi got another piece of new information.
Hastings to retake the line.
Two hundred alchemists were dispatched, carrying tens of thousands of alchemical puppets to support the front line.
In order to knock them out in advance.
Guderian organized the largest mobilization to date.
A full 20,000 border knights participated in the operation.
Both sides suffered heavy losses in this battle, but the results were extremely brilliant.
After this battle.
Hastings gave up the attack completely.
Switch to full defense.
Because Guderian had no help from the alchemist.
The alchemists were cautious, with less than ten people, and all the alchemical puppets were destroyed.
The 30,000 elite Hastings infantrymen who were escorting them were completely wiped out.
Guderian personally led the border knights and broke through the infantry defense line that Hastings was proud of from the front.
The border knights suffered heavy casualties caused by the alchemical puppets.
At a distance of one hundred meters, almost all the alchemists were shot to death with dense alchemical crossbows.
This battle completely established the reputation of Guderian and the Border Knights.
Let the nobles of Hastings know it for the first time.
A general star has risen in the Alpha Kingdom.
The credit for this is certainly due to Guderian's superb military command ability.
But Heidi's intelligence also provided great help.
The reason why we were able to obtain intelligence on the enemy was the result of victory in the first battle.
When Fermi was annihilated, Hastings's rebels were rescued at the same time.
These rebels are all nobles of Hastings.
Although their territory was lost and their family members died.
But as a family that has been operating in Hastings for hundreds of years.
Their network of relationships has already spread across the entire kingdom.
Just like capillaries, it cannot be cleared at all.
All it takes is for the noble to be alive to find relatives within Hastings.
Nobles often pay great attention to bloodline.
Moreover, there are many nobles within Hastings who are dissatisfied with theocracy.
After seeing Alpha intervene and win the first battle.
I started to have other thoughts.
After the nobles' guarantee.
These nobles easily became spies lurking within Hastings.
Use them!
Heidi began to rebuild her intelligence network.
At the same time, some people who originally belonged to the resistance army of the three princes of Hastings did not all die. Most of them were absorbed by Heidi and became his spies.
In just a few days.
Heidi went deep into Hastings' defenses.
Weaving a huge intelligence network.
This time, Heidi not only used puppet potion.
He also inserted the Demon's Eye into the Hastings Legion's front-line command post.
Almost all the actions of Hastings army were under Heidi's control.
This is a one-way transparent war.
The accurate intelligence immediately brought Guderian huge benefits.
However, the war did not reach a major turning point because of the two victories.
The nobles of Hastings were no fools.
After giving up the attack, they began to rebuild a new line of defense.
A large number of castles stand along the border.
When Hastings' cavalry no longer appeared on the front battlefield.
At this time, the war becomes a simple tower-pushing game.
To win, you must destroy the opponent's stone castles.
These castles usually house about a hundred people, but they store enough supplies to last them for ten years.
Want to break into such a castle.
Mobilize a large army to surround and attack fiercely, and even if the loss is three times the number of people, the city can be captured in three days.
But on the defensive line, Hastings built hundreds of these castles.
And the number is still increasing.
The war between the two sides began to turn into a fierce war.
Guderian realized that if he continued to lose like this, his advantage would turn into a disadvantage.
The attack was soon stopped.
At the same time, a letter for help was sent to the royal capital, requesting the dispatch of alchemists for support.
To deal with this stupid tactic.
It can be easily blown up with just some alchemical puppets.
But currently, most alchemists are doing research with Lilith.
So Fang Yuan did not send them to the front line.
However, we are always available to support you whenever you need us.
Before the alchemist arrived.
The border was supposed to be the site of a major battle.
Soon it became silent.
While Guderian was waiting for the alchemist's reinforcements.
The commander of the Hastings Kingdom is also waiting for their reinforcements!!!
El Fortress.
The command center of the Hastings Kingdom front line.
It also became a line of defense to block the invasion of the Alpha Kingdom.
It was already late at night.
But the fortress was under martial law.
All those on duty are the most loyal knights of the royal capital.
They drew their swords and strung their bows.
He stared outside the fortress with a solemn face.
The previous series of defeats had caused these elite troops to lose their fighting spirit.
I originally thought that this war would end with their arrival, just like the previous ones.
The two sides entered the negotiation phase.
But the plans couldn't keep up with the changes.
I didn't expect the Alpha Kingdom's border troops to be so powerful.
Twice in a row.
Killed the Knight Commander of the Hastings Guards.
Then they pushed down the defense line and defeated them badly.
Don't wait for them to react.
The troops were already heading straight for the fortress.
It’s okay that the castle was lost before.
It’s not like I haven’t lost it before anyway.
It’s not like the Kingdom of Hastings has been lost before.
At worst, I can find a chance to fight back later.
But El Fortress is different.
Once it is captured, the losses will be huge.
Because behind the fortress is Hastings's richest province.
Once conquered by the Alpha Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Hastings will lose its source of men, finances and territory.
At the same time, this is a large plain, and we can attack along the plain.
You can reach Hastings' capital very smoothly.
Forced.
The newly appointed Duke could only use the stupidest strategies to hold the line.
A large number of castles were built to stop the enemy.
But this method can only stop it temporarily.
Once the Alpha Kingdom sent an alchemist.
These small castles can be easily dealt with by just a few alchemical puppets.
Now it's just a time difference.
The legion that really wants to stop Alpha.
We still need reinforcements.
Real elite reinforcements!
"Where are the reinforcements from the envoy of God?"
In the castle, the newly appointed commander, Duke Dalton, had his white hair flying in the night wind.
Looking out into the darkness outside the city.
At the same time, he asked the servants around him.
"Sir, it's almost there."
The voice just fell.
in the dark.
A legion of soldiers covered in black robes quietly entered the fortress under the cover of night. (End of this chapter)