On the morning of June 5th,

The 20,000 combined forces of the Baya and Tara tribes of the Southern Expeditionary Army of the Balu Kingdom followed the assembly order of Prince Nulif.

At 8 o'clock, the chief of the Baya tribe, Nairu, was appointed by Prince Nulif as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces under the jealous eyes of Hemai, and the troops were drawn half an hour later.

Target, the newly built walled city of the Imperial Army outside the Canya Pass.

An hour later, Prince Nulifu led 10,000 elites to follow and suppress him.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the offensive and defensive battle officially began.

The Nairu patriarch divided his troops into three routes, with 12,000 main forces in the middle to storm the fortified stronghold where Peidi was located from three sides, and the other two, divided into two routes by 8,000 soldiers, to arrange the two flanks of the siege troops to prevent the large battalions of the imperial army from attacking from both sides.

This is a regular style of play, with neither bright spots nor significant drawbacks.

The battle lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon,

For a full five hours, the soldiers on both sides barely rested, and under such a high-intensity battle, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, especially the soldiers of the Balu Kingdom, after all, fighting in such a narrow area, the attacking side was always more difficult than the defending side.

The soldiers of the kingdom of Balu are very hard and heroic,

Commander Naru also worked very hard, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to use two totemic warriors of the hundred men and a large number of heavy crossbows, but the Imperial army, with the cooperation of its squadron of magicians, made the city impregnable.

This offensive and defensive battle was Peidi's first real battle as the supreme governor of the Koren fortress area, and he was moved by the tenacity and courage of the barbarian soldiers, but the tactical coordination was so ridiculous.

So, in the middle of the battle, he said to his staff committee like this: "It seems that the army on the opposite side lacks a qualified commander and tactical instructor!"

Peidi is not wrong, the command of the Balu Kingdom is really a mess,

Their front-line commanders would only go on a rampage with their men, and they didn't even know how far apart the front and rear teams should be, and for this reason, the barbarian troops often gathered under the walls, only to lose their lives to the mage's simplest fire magic.

...

In the distance, the Patriarch of Nairu and the Patriarch Hemai watched their troops being beaten back again and again, and they longed to put on their armor and go into battle themselves, but fortunately, the two of them were not yet idiots to that point.

Moreover, Prince Nulif's emissaries came every hour, either to inquire about the results of the battle or to hold them accountable.

This made the two patriarchs very irritated.

No, the magic clock had just reached three o'clock, and Prince Nulif's messenger came again.

"Two patriarchs, Your Highness orders the withdrawal of troops and the battle again tomorrow!"

This time, the prince's envoy did not pretend to inquire about the war, but directly announced the order.

When Naru heard this, a tense nerve suddenly loosened, and a dense layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

It was a pleasant sense of relief, and this feeling spread throughout Nairu's body after the messenger announced the order, but soon, Nairu reacted, he was glad that he had received the order to withdraw,

Shamed that he felt this way, Naru glanced at the Patriarch of Hemai beside him, and then shouted to convey Prince Nulif's order to hide his shame.

...

The army came quickly, and it retreated 'quickly'.

Andy, who had been fighting on the front line, saw that the barbarians were retreating, so he took his entourage to find Pedi and shouted in front of the officers of the staff group: "We should pursue!"

"Do you want to use our thousands of troops to charge face-to-face with the tens of thousands of barbarian troops in the wide snow?" Peddy rejected his cousin's request without thinking, and sent only one squadron of soldiers around the city to pick up arrows and weapons that could still be used.

An hour later, the adjutant knight Alfred handed the casualty figures to Pedi,

Four hundred and twenty-three people were killed!

"So many people died?" Andy couldn't help but be startled, he was not frightened by the numbers, but by the mountains of corpses, more than four hundred corpses piled up together, that scene, not a simple number can be summed up.

"The barbarians are dying more!" the knight of Alfred pointed to the corpses piled higher outside the walled city.

"Immediately incinerated after identity verification. Pei Di subconsciously avoided looking at the mountains of corpses, because many corpses had their eyes open, and when they swept away, it was as if thousands of eyes were looking at you at the same time in an instant, and that feeling made people's hearts tingle.

"I'll go look elsewhere first!" Andy looked at the corpses, and suddenly lost interest in the camp that continued to follow his cousin to inspect.

"Let's go to the barracks first and see those recruits, they are doing badly today, you go to see them on my behalf, they need encouragement, tomorrow, maybe more brutal than today's battle!" Pedi assigned the task.

"I represent myself!" Andy waved his hand without looking back.

...

Early in the morning of June 6th,

The southern expeditionary forces of the Balu Kingdom have never made a comeback.

This time, Prince Nulifu personally led 30,000 main forces, and the troops were also divided into three routes.

But this time, the priorities of the offense were different.

For Pedi's main army, Prince Nulifu only sent 5,000 troops to feint and pinch, and the other 3,000 troops were stationed on a high ground ten miles west of the Kanya Pass, so as to prevent the 2,000 garrisons of the Roput Mountain battalion from attacking from the left flank.

The remaining 20,000 or so main forces, led by Prince Nuliv himself, went straight to the 2,000 Imperial troops stationed in the camp of the Great Forest of Britt!

His Royal Highness wanted to defeat the Imperial garrison outside the Great Forest of Britt in a very short time with an absolute superiority of forces, and then concentrate his forces against the Peidi Division.

I have to say, this is indeed the way of smart people.

At least than yesterday there are ideas.

But

When His Royal Highness the Prince's 20,000 main troops arrived outside the Imperial Garrison Camp in the Great Forest of Britt, the 2,000 garrisons there had long since disappeared, leaving only an empty camp!

Half an hour later,

When Prince Nuliv sent all his scouts to require, the five thousand troops who remained at the Cannia Pass came with the news,

They were counterattacked by the Imperial army stationed in the Walled City of Kanya Pass!

And

Because of the surprise attack of the Imperial army, in less than an hour, the 5,000 soldiers who remained at the Cannia Pass showed signs of total annihilation!

Prince Nulif, who received the battle report, broke out in a cold sweat.

After all, what was left behind outside the Cannia Pass was not the right way for him to retreat.

The prince was naturally well aware of the weakness of his plan, and he thought of the Imperial army to take action against the troops he left behind, so he informed the patriarch of Pelov, who was staying at the camp at Lake Hamik, that if there was any change in the Kanya Pass, he must be the first to support.

But the military report sent back by the scouts did not mention a word of reinforcements!

Prince Nuliv knew that something must be wrong, and all kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and then he secretly smiled bitterly, and then he ordered to the left and right: "Gather the troops, and let the headquarters of the Nairu Patriarch, who is ten miles away, quickly reinforce the Kanya Pass." ”

Choose wisely!

This was the assessment that Sir Ike made when he heard the scout's report while hiding in the Britt Forest.

It was indeed a wise choice, and it was almost that his troops were in danger.

For, by the time Prince Nulif's reinforcements arrived at the Kanya Pass, the battle was nearing its final stage, and the Imperial army was only a little short of able to encircle the remaining barbarian forces.

When Pedi saw the flag of Prince Nuliv on the lookout, he said to the officers beside him: "It is a pity that if they come twenty minutes late, we can successfully cut off their retreat, and in these twenty minutes, the battle in the area of the fortress of Koren will be over." ”

"I can't help it for a minute, that's how the battlefield is!" said Aemond, the former captain of the Fifth Brigade of the Cologne Fortress Garrison, who was now a member of the Pedi Staff Corps.

"If you had stormed at the beginning, you would have been able to settle the battle half an hour ago!" another staff officer had a different opinion.

Aemond immediately said: "We have a limited number of troops, and a strong attack will only cost us a lot. ”

"As long as the back road of the main force of the barbarians is cut off, it doesn't matter how heavy the losses are, because, as long as you can win, even if there is only one soldier left on the battlefield, it will be worth it. The staff officer retorted.

"Assault will only hasten our defeat!" said Aemond coldly back.

"The troops should be allowed to return now, or there will be danger. In addition, there are staff officers who put forward more practical opinions.

From the conversations of several staff officers, it can be seen that the situation on Pedi's side is diametrically opposed to that of Nulif, he is much better than Prince Nulif, and his subordinates are able to provide him with a steady stream of advice for him to refer to or adopt.

Of course, this is thanks to the establishment of the army staff committee by the first prime minister of the empire, Archduke Patved, and under his suggestion and promotion, almost all the imperial army has a staff committee above the corps level.

"Let Sir Andy lead a squadron of soldiers to break off, and the others retreat into the walled city one after another. Pei Di said as he looked at his cousin below, who was wrapped in holy power and was fighting happily.

When the herald next to him heard this, he immediately left with the command flag.

However, Andy's broken team did not work, because the barbarian soldiers did not even think about continuing the fight, and they also retreated after the Pedi troops retreated to the walled city.

Prince Nulif looked at the walled city where the imperial army was stationed in the distance, and said to a general beside him: "Today, the imperial army seems to have known our attack plan for a long time, do you think they got the information in advance?"

"How is this possible, the Baru people will not betray their own people. Without waiting for the general to answer, the Hemai patriarch spoke first.

"The Southerner?"

"Kebot?" someone reacted.

"He's in our barracks?"

"Of course, as an emissary of His Majesty the King!"

"Then what are you waiting for, grab him and chop him into mashed meat. ”

"He's in the army right now, do you want to ask him? Naruta approached and whispered in Prince Nulif's ear, "After all, he is a member of His Majesty's staff, and this time it is he and Prince Meru who represent His Majesty." ”

Prince Nuliv nodded when he heard this, and deliberately commanded loudly to the left and right: "Bring Kebot to me, as a member of His Majesty's staff, I will give him a chance to explain." ”

When the generals of the various tribes heard this, they immediately closed their mouths.

Half an hour later,

Kebot, who was taking a nap in a pile of leather on the flank of the troops, was found by Prince Nulif's herald, and ten minutes later he was brought before Prince Nulif.

"I'd like to hear some of your thoughts on today's battle. Prince Nulif was sitting on his horse and looking at Kebot condescendingly, and at the same time, pointing at him with the whip in his hand, as if if he would immediately pull it off if he said it was not right.

"A nice note, but the details need to be reconsidered. Kebot had already guessed the intentions of Prince Nuliv and his men, but he was not nervous.

"Oh?" the prince couldn't help but slowly put down the whip in his hand when he heard this, "those details?"

"Everything... First of all, today's battle plan does not carefully examine the arrangement of the three large battalions of the Imperial army," Kebot deliberately lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, "with the location of the camp of Mount Roput and the camp of the forest of Brett, it is impossible for us to surprise one of them, because, as soon as our army passes through the Kanya Pass, within an hour, these two large camps will get concrete information,

I don't know how many outposts they've planted in this area, but I think we're under the watchful eye of the Imperial Army right now, and even the commander of the Imperial Army is clear where you are!"

"I think you leaked it. Hemai did not like the southerner very much, he looked at Prince Nuliv and said, "I see, just drag him down and feed him to the wolves, there is a need to talk nonsense with him." ”

"Are you trying to give orders on my behalf?" said Prince Nulif, glaring at Hemai as a warning.

"Somebody has to listen to me!" Hermehaha laughed and didn't care.

"Smack!" the whip in the Prince's hand suddenly slapped into Hemai's face, "I'm not kidding!" This time, his voice was even colder.

"I'm very sorry, Your Highness!" Hemai instantly jumped off his mount and half-knelt on the ground, the burning pain on his face he didn't dare to pay attention to, and let the blood from the wound drip down on the snow on the ground.

Prince Nulif ignored Hemai's apology, and he looked at Kebot: "You go on. ”

Kebot did not go to Hemai either, and the obvious means of provocation by Prince Nulifu were of no importance to him, for he knew very well that from the very beginning of his choice, he and these people were life and death.

Besides, in Kebot's plan, these people, including Prince Nulif, would all die!

Kebot smiled humbly, and in the face of Prince Nulif's inquiry, he gestured and thought for a few seconds before he said slowly: "Just now we talked about the location of the three large battalions of the Imperial Army... Well, take the example of the big camp outside the Britt Forest,

I think you all know that behind this camp is a vast primeval forest, and this forest is the best natural barrier for the two thousand garrisons of the Empire, and it is a place where they can retreat at any time, but for our tens of thousands of troops, this forest will only be our place of death, and the same is true for the camp outside the Roput Mountain!

So, although it seems foolish for the Imperial army to divide the limited forces in their hands, in fact, the distance and location between them are simply perfect, and we, if we want to completely destroy this Imperial army, must first take the opposite walled city. ”

"Yes!" Prince Nuliv nodded involuntarily.

"There's a little bit of truth to that!" Patriarch Naru said suddenly, "Then how do we break through the walled city on the other side? Those guys in the empire who should be cursed by the demon god are despicable, but they have good brains, and the place they chose to build the walled city is a good place, narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our superiority in strength cannot be brought into full play." ”