Chapter 294: Flat Push
"I think there is a certain amount of feasibility. ”
"On the contrary, I think it's too risky, and once we get into it, we won't even have a chance to retreat to the Danube. ”
"If we don't want to take any risks, we can only sit back and wait. ”
Once again, the Council of Elders is in a stalemate, with almost half of the voices for and against.
"At times like these, no matter how bad a decision is, it's better than dwelling on it here and not making a decision. In the end, it was Nitya, who had the highest reputation among the crocodile people, who came forward and said, "Our Council of Great Elders supports Archelder Webb's decision. ”
Nitya is of crocodile and Andys blood, and is happy to see the Eternal Night Warlord merge with the crocodile.
However, the concept she adheres to has not changed from beginning to end, even if she is called out by Ms. Elena, the personal relationship between the two parties is closer, that is, let it be.
If the Eternal Night Army has the ability to swallow up the crocodiles, she will never object to it, and if it is convenient, she will not mind pushing it.
If the Eternal Night Army Leader were to invade the Crocodiles by force, she would definitely be on the Crocodile's side.
There is no doubt about this, even if it is a relative, there is a difference between distance and proximity.
There is no doubt that in her heart, the crocodile people are more important.
Even when he was close to the Eternal Night Commander, he was trying his best to fight for the interests of the crocodile.
In order to win her over as much as possible, most of the Eternal Night Leaders will give more concessions.
Many people in the Council of Elders don't know the reason, and they still think that Nitya has some special relationship with the Eternal Night Commander, and her reputation has become higher than before, and the status of the Council of the Four Great Elders has also risen with the tide and become more influential.
When four people support a decision at the same time, it's a certainty.
Crocodile soldiers are gathering.
The new army of the crocodile people, although it has been trained in a variety of ways because of the participation of those elders, is still more than one grade stronger than the last confrontation.
At least the order establishment between different tribes and ethnic groups has been unified a lot, and when they gather together and carry out mixed formation, at least there will no longer be an embarrassing scene where soldiers cannot find generals and soldiers cannot be found.
It's just that the command is too complicated, and it is difficult for them to complete the difficult task of running thousands of miles, and by the time they pass away, the strategic purpose has already been exposed.
What was originally a strategic raid to burn warships turned into an out-and-out semi-decisive battle.
Akmer didn't taste the taste of fishing with those warships, and although the Kingsley family was ready for a water fight, it didn't mean that Akmerser was willing to fight with the crocodiles on the water.
After all, that's an area they are not good at, many soldiers are out-and-out landlubbers, and they don't have the time and opportunity to practice water warfare at all.
It would be great if you could lure the crocodile people out en masse and fight land to lock in the victory.
"Kill...... Kill...... Kill ......"
Suddenly, over the swamp of despair, the shouts of killing shook the sky.
There are crocodile soldiers who roar hoarsely in order to defend their homeland.
There are also the roars of the Kingsley family soldiers who are tempted by Jin Cancan to kill the enemy bravely.
The sound of sharp arrows and blades into the bones...... interwoven into the most bloody and cruel picture.
"This Eternal Night Commander is really a big problem. Akmaiser said with a gloomy expression.
It didn't take long for the battle to take place, and it was clear to Akmaiser that this time the crocodiles were different from the last.
The biggest change, without a doubt, is that the weaponry, especially the long-range weapon, is no longer the last spear throwing and blowing spear, but the same Andes longbow.
This penetrating longbow, when gathered in a flock and covered in a rain of arrows, was a great threat even to hoplites.
No matter how rich the Kingsley family is, it has not reached the point where every soldier wears plate armor.
What's more, not all soldiers can afford the weight of plate armor, and more of them are relatively light armor and scale armor.
Against normal bows and arrows, their defensive effect is okay, but when it comes to Andes Longbow, it is a bit insufficient.
The most terrible thing is that these bows and arrows have obviously been added by the crocodile.
Many soldiers who obviously did not hit the vital point soon appeared in various negative states, ranging from headaches and nausea to foaming at the mouth and falling to the ground.
It was a habit for crocodile soldiers to quench poison their weapons, and the lethality of their weapons was insufficient, and they themselves knew that this shortcoming must be compensated for in this way.
It's just that because their equipment was too bad last time, they didn't break the defense most of the time, and the effect was not as obvious as it is now.
With such a large number of Andes longbows, it is naturally impossible to appear out of thin air, but the handiwork of the Eternal Night Army leader lurking in the mountains.
"This is their usual trick, through material supplies, borrowing knives to kill people, making the situation even more chaotic. Sir Kleist looked unfazed.
Since winning the trust of Grand Duke Buck through the news of the Eternal Night Army, Sir Kleist has risen to prominence, not only regaining the title of Lord as he wished, but also being the least popular, which is a good start.
Ser Kleist was then transferred to Acmersion's account, as the information he brought was most useful to Acmeser.
Soon Sir Kleist used his own means to win some of Axmer's trust, and now although he has no real power or real name, he can freely enter and exit Akmer's tent and give advice to him.
Sir Kleist is able to find a home to sell himself every time in a chaotic situation, and he definitely has the ability, but every time he is not lucky.
Ever since he faced the Eternal Night Lord, his luck has been in a negative state.
Now it's also because of the Eternal Night Commander, time is running.
Sir Kleist has always believed in one thing – opportunities are for those who are prepared.
"Then break off the sword they borrowed, and see that they can't get out." Akmaiser snorted, "Let the second echelon be on top, I don't believe that they can be reborn because of a little equipment." ”
With the wave of the Akmesser flag, the Kingsley family's formation slowly changed, the front of the pocket became thicker and thicker, and the pocket array was slowly closing, turning into a big fist that could not be denied, ready to smash the crocodile clan with a punch.
Just as he did against the remnants of Dicklon's slave rebels, Axmer was confident in his Kingsleys' ability to fight head-on.
He is not afraid of hard-fought positional battles, he is afraid that he wants to fight, but he cannot find the enemy.
It's just that this time the crocodiles have no reason to fight to the death, and obviously have no intention of fighting to the death with the Kingsley family.
As their pocket formation began to close, the pace of the crocodile's attack slowed down and began to retreat staggeredly.
Strategy and tactics are never static.
When you know it's a pit, you don't know how to jump inside, that's what a fool does.
Although the Council of Elders of the Crocodile Clan did not have a clever commander, it was able to assess the situation.
Finding that the road of burning the warships was not going to work, he retreated to the next best thing, and cut down all the trees on the west bank of the desperate swamp that were suitable for shipbuilding, or burned them on the spot, and if it was too late, they sank directly into the mud swamp.
They are maneuvering as best they can to slow Akmaiser's progress.
Akmesser is not arrogant or impatient, and he is steady.
Just one word - stability.
Using his own soldiers and horses, he pushed all the way through, preparing to push until the crocodile people had no way to retreat and had to fight them head-on.
It took nearly two months for most of the west bank of the Swamp of Despair to fall into the hands of the Kingsleys, and the Crocodile army was forced back into the water.
This time the swamp of despair that fell into the hands of the Kingsley family was different from the last time.
Last time, although the Kingsley family came fiercely and advanced at a very terrifying speed, in just half a month, they took down the west bank of the Desperate Swamp.
But they were not ready for a full-scale occupation at that time, and even if they were defeated, they had to give up in the end and retreat to the front line of the border city, and after a long time, the west bank of the Swamp of Despair returned to the crocodile tribe one after another.
This time, although their advance was slow, they were building roads and bridges, and establishing sentry camps.
This is to gnaw it off the crocodile people's body strongly.
The goal of Akmerse's march was clear, and he made his way all the way to the Fog Hidden Lake.
Wuyin Lake was originally connected with the Danube River, and the rivers and lakes were not separated.
With the significant drop in water on both sides, the lake was separated, and only a narrow section of water connected to the Danube River.
The unique topography of the area was taken by Akmaiser and he wanted to launch the Kingsley family's fleet here.
The ship does not mean that the army is proficient in water warfare, and if you rush into the water, you are afraid that you will be directly dumped by others.
Akmaiser was thoughtful, and certainly would not make such a low-level mistake.
He wanted to use this place to simply reorganize his army and train in water warfare, and then use this place as a rocker, and then start a battle to cross the river and drive the crocodiles into the sea in one fell swoop.
"The Carthusian Warlords have launched an all-out assault on the Swamp of Despair, and you can still sit here?" the Princess Regent glanced at Sean, who had officially become the Baron of the Eternal Night.
The battle report of the Swamp of Despair was sent like snowflakes, and although thousands of miles away, Sean still knew the situation in the Swamp of Despair.
The re-awarding of the baron had been completed a week earlier.
Those academicians of the Heraldic Academy, although they tried their best to be harsh, but they couldn't stand the Eternal Night Army Leader to prepare more comprehensively, except for the Andes background, there was no way to change this.
Whether it is clothing or etiquette, the whole process is more Byron than the Byronic people, because the Eternal Night Army is here, looking for the roots, looking for the classics, looking for the oldest customs of the Byron Alliance.
The members of the heraldic academy who think they are guarding the traditions of the Byron alliance are dumbfounded, because many of these old customs they have only heard of and dare not bite hard.
I don't dare to say that Sean did something wrong, because to do so is to deny his ancestors, deny everything he adheres to, and raise his hand naked and slap himself in the face.
In desperation, I could only stop at halftime, hurriedly go back to find the roots, supplement and improve, and then continue.
From beginning to end, Sean did not make things difficult, but his innocent face made the long-trained princess Regent almost laugh.
Because she knew that it was definitely Sean's intention.
Before this, she had already sent Amelia to teach Sean everything that should be taught, but there was no part of it that belonged to Gu Li, and many of it was not even clear to her, and it was obvious that Sean himself added it.
However, this open slap in the face made the princess regent feel a little dark.
She has long been dissatisfied with these old guys who exude a rotten atmosphere, but limited by her identity, every time she meets, she has to treat each other well.
Sean did what she always wanted to do, but didn't do.
In the end, the situation was completely reversed.
It's not that those academicians in the heraldic academy block and make things difficult everywhere, but Sean always uses an innocent appearance to compare the current method with the ancient rites recorded in the classics, and uses other means to pick the thorns of those academicians, and makes them unable to say anything.
In the end, those members of the heraldic academy couldn't wait for the ceremony to end immediately, and send Sean, a difficult guy who didn't play cards according to common sense, as soon as possible.
After the ceremony, Sean had no intention of leaving Valesta immediately and returning to the Eternal Night.
On the contrary, in Valesta, he bought a lot of industries, showing the face of the nouveau riche to the fullest, and built shops on a large scale.
Whether it is a tavern, a restaurant, a clothing or a diet, he is not ready to let go of the industry that he can meddle in.
The shops they open usually don't buy or sell badly.
Not only because they have unique products in their hands, but also because their management methods are very advanced, and they have done quite well for market evaluation and risk assessment.
Don't look at Sean's opening of the shop, a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, it seems that it has nothing to do with it, and they are all throwing money at will.
But when his shop opened, it felt a little different.
That is definitely full consideration of the customer's spending power and customer source issues.
The opening of a luxury store in the slums and a cheap clothing store in the aristocratic circle will definitely not happen to Sean.
The identity of the Andes may have made the store unpopular with most Byronic people at first.
But it will attract quite a few people with Andes blood.
As has already been said, the Andes, who live in the Byronic Union as free men, say no more, no less.
Because their identities are easy to be excluded, they are more united, and they are more hard-working, most of them are at the bottom, but some of them are not particularly bad.
Of course, like Sean, who broke into the enemy and mixed into a serious nobleman, that was the only first case, and it was already the limit to be able to mix with an honorary knight before, and most of them were bought with money.
These people naturally have a good impression of Sean, who was born in the Andes Mountains, and naturally they have to take care of the shop opened by their relatives in their hometown, and become the first customers and employees of the store of the Eternal Night Army.
Recently, a circle of Andes descendants of Valesta has sent someone to convey to Sean the opportunity to meet.
In fact, shortly after Shaun arrived in Valesta, they had been haunting him frequently, expressing similar intentions, but Shaun politely refused.
It's not that Sean doesn't look down on them, but he feels that the time is not ripe.
When the identity of the Baron of the Eternal Night is finalized, it is not too late to meet again, and then he will be an out-and-out dual identity, and he will speak more powerfully.
Facts have proved that Sean's decision is correct, and this time the other party can be more prepared and more formal than the first visit.
These descendants of the Andes have lived in the Byron League for too long, although they yearn for the Andes Mountains and have a natural sense of closeness, but they have been assimilated by the Byron League in their bones, and they recognize the popular set of the Byron League.
For them, the identity of the ruler of Sean Andes Mountain is not as good as the identity of this just-released Baron of Eternal Night.
Of course, the best thing to use is the identity of the celebrity in front of the princess regent.
Princess Regent's intimacy with Sean is by no means what a baron should have.
Barons who can frequently enter and leave the palace, several times the Byron Alliance, there are really few, even if there are, nine out of nine are also palace guards, the lord of the gate.