Chapter 758: Preparation for War

Although it seems that the Baltic Empire has begun to stop its progress now, who knows that this is the calm of the storm, and an even greater storm is brewing, and the war that will really determine the fate of the Northland is coming.

With this war, in a sense, the United Kingdom has been completely swept away because of the previous series of defeats, and their best outcome now is that the Baltic Empire and the Attila Empire are locked in a long and protracted war, neither can completely defeat the other, and then the United Kingdom will survive in the stalemate between the two empires.

But this possibility is still too small, the victory of the Baltic Empire needless to say, if the victory of Attila is won, then the Attila Empire, which occupies all the plains of the entire Scandinavian Empire, will be restored to its heyday, and with the character of Attila, it will definitely not allow a United Kingdom to survive in the Norwegian mountains.

The United Kingdom will return to the previous Scandinavian Empire, and the question that Siegel needs to face is whether to rely on his own strength to break out of the Norwegian mountains and win a victory with little chance, or to retreat here, take advantage of the geographical advantages here, buy time, and then rely on foreign forces to defeat the Attila Empire and create a chance for them to turn defeat into victory.

But think about the second is something that is unlikely to happen, the Baltic Empire will not give the United Kingdom a chance to continue to survive, and the Baltic Empire, which is expected to unify the entire Northland, has no reason to leave the United Kingdom, and the empire is more willing to face a scattered group of tribes and races than the United Kingdom.

The war in Scandinavia will not be deflected by Gohm's personal will, and while he is preparing for war as much as possible, he also needs to solve some pressing problems within the United Kingdom, which have reached the point where there is no way to survive if they are not solved.

For example, the problems faced between dwarves and elves and the whole country are now that the United Kingdom is composed of dwarves and elves except for the Scandinavians, and other races actually exist, but they are not on the same level at all compared to the first three.

It was true that something had not been very pleasant between them before that because of Hassan's provocation, but with the official invasion of the Baltic Empire, the conflicting parties forced the conflict to a halt.

No one is really stupid, they all know how unwise it is to face an enemy like the Baltic Empire at this time, civil strife and infighting, it is simply suicide by taking poison, which will only make things worse and make the situation more unfavorable.

Despite this, the conflict did not really disappear because of the restraint of both sides, but was temporarily suppressed, but now Gorm needs to face not the previous contradictions, but the dissatisfaction of the elves and dwarves with humans, and their most basic trust has exploded after being reduced to the lowest point.

More precisely, they could no longer believe that the Humans would fight the Baltic Empire as before, because the same language, culture, and beliefs led some of the surrendered Scandinavians to join the Baltic Empire and appear on the battlefield with weapons in their hands, becoming enemies of the United Kingdom.

In the eyes of the elves and dwarves, the Scandinavians who live around them now are the enemies who are about to appear on the battlefield with weapons, they have no way to continue living with the enemy, they can't trust those humans, they can't know if they will turn their heads and cut their weapons on their bodies in the next second, those conflicts and contradictions before, the elves and dwarves tadpoles have not forgotten, they know that if it weren't for the two foreign enemies, the Baltic Empire and the Attila Empire, they would have broken out in the last winter。

What's more, dwarves and elves don't like to live in human cities in the first place, elves like to live in forests, while dwarves are used to living in mountain caves, because this can easily obtain ores, which can be refined and crafted, and forcibly let them live in cities and live with humans, which is difficult for them to get used to.

The elves and dwarves have united and proposed to Gorm that they want them to leave the cities of the United Kingdom peacefully, although it is not a formal withdrawal from the United Kingdom, but this is not much different from the real withdrawal, as long as he leaves the city, then Gorm's control over the elves and dwarves will decline, and it will become an alliance like Ballusenger, and he has no way to continue to mobilize the elves and dwarves in a commanding situation.

It is conceivable that if there is no attack by the Baltic Empire, these dwarves and elves will really break away from the United Kingdom and stand on their own this time, and they will definitely not continue to stay and live with the people they hate.

The vast majority of the Scandinavians in the United Kingdom choose to share this view and practice, and they also dislike elves and dwarves, mainly because of the differences between cultures.

In addition, they also don't trust the elves and dwarves very much, not that they think that the elves and dwarves will join the Baltic Empire and join the Attila Empire, but they think that the elves and dwarves will only become a burden to them on the battlefield, and will not play a big role.

He didn't have a good way to solve this problem, the elves and dwarves were very stubborn races, and it was undoubtedly very difficult to get them to take back what they had decided, and he needed to appease the Scandinavians, who were the basis of his rule, even if most of the Goths didn't like Gohm, compared to Siegel, what Gom did during this time was too weak and didn't fit the mainstream of the Scandinavians.

The Baltic Empire is happy to see such a thing appear within the United Kingdom, although now the Empire needs to focus on the next war with the Attila Empire, but the United Kingdom is also an enemy that needs to be resolved, and it is indeed in the interests of the Empire to weaken the power of the United Kingdom.

No matter how much one thinks that the United Kingdom, which has been cowered in the mountains of Norway, is worth mentioning, in the era of the Scandinavian Empire, the system built by Siegel to defend against the Attila Empire is still worth paying attention to.

But fortunately, these things have not really happened, and now the United Kingdom will not be able to give much help to the next war faced by the Attila Empire in a short period of time due to various internal reasons, and in essence, the Attila Empire has not put too much hope on the United Kingdom, as if they have never been in contact with Golia in the Ural Mountains, and the so-called coalition of the latter has not been taken into account by several knights at all.

Two quarters is enough time for the Attila Empire to complete the mobilization for the war, the reason why they have not officially started the war now, they are simply waiting for an opportunity, the opportunity for the Baltic Empire to make mistakes, they have begun to feel that if the war is carried out step by step, the probability of their victory is very low.

This is the first time, they put themselves in the position of the weak, as a challenger to the Baltic Empire, for this opponent, several knights have become very cautious, it is also possible that they were in Scandinavia, defeated by the coalition formed by Gohm, so that they let go of their indifferent arrogance, began to face the enemy standing in front of them.

The rivers located in the territory of the Attila Empire have been almost cleaned up, and various measures have been taken to prevent the sea tribes from making a comeback through the mouths of the various rivers, so it can be said that there are no factors within the Attila Empire that can affect this battle at this stage.

As for the Baltic Empire's previous attempt to provoke a battle and conflict between the two countries by controlling the United Kingdom's army, it did not happen, for a very dramatic reason, even beyond Alice and Semiramis's expectations.

The United Kingdom was too vulnerable, and before Hassan began to carry out the plan he had made, the United Kingdom became vulnerable in a series of blows, and in the face of the attack of the Baltic Empire, the clan was defeated, and directly lost the richest piece of land, and now can only cower in the Norwegian mountains to survive, waiting for the victory between the two empires.

In the two cities closest to the Baltic Empire, the clouds of war had begun to gather in the skies, and the heavy atmosphere kept the nearby animals and beasts far away, stemming from the instincts of the beasts that made them make the most advantageous choices for survival.

The two cities were so close together that they were separated by a river that was not wide, and in such a summer the river was so large and so fast that ordinary soldiers could not cross the river on foot.

The Attila Empire will not try this river either, because there are a large number of sea tribes lurking in this river, and they will attack the soldiers of Attila, sink ships, and smash bridges.

The soldiers of Atila, because they live inland all the year round, do not know the water, let alone let them dive, they can't even learn the most basic swimming, and they don't need to pay attention to falling into the river, they will naturally sink to the bottom of the river.

Both sides are very tacit in their understanding not to attack each other's logistics supply lines, because they can't be sure whether the other side will set traps on the logistics supply lines, and the previous incident of the legend of the Attila Empire almost died made both sides extremely cautious.

Caution is normal, because the commanders on both sides know each other's difficulties, and they all know that at this time, the real decision is still on the frontal battlefield, and they all know that the next part of the land will be a mill of flesh, and there will be a long, long, fierce battle.

Both sides were confident that they would win such a battle, as they both believed that as long as it was a head-to-head battle on the battlefield, neither of them could find a reason to lose.

Regarding this battlefield, the war here may be even larger than when Beowulf fought against the Attila Empire, because the Attila Empire is no longer the Attila Empire of the past, and the Baltic Empire is more powerful than the Northland has never been.

Whether in terms of the number, quality, or otherwise of the combatants, the war that is about to begin will go down in history, and the victorious side will have the opportunity to dominate the entire North and have the possibility of dominating the entire Northland.

The United Kingdom, which is now cowering in the mountains of Norway, the Celtic countries that are trying to find a way to intervene with reasonable reasons, and Golia, who is constantly attacking in the Ural Mountains, are watching this battlefield.

Almost all of them were looking forward to the defeat of the Baltic Empire, and they did not want to see a unified Northland appear, and they did not want to stand in opposition to such a behemoth once again.

But what they can do is indeed very limited, even Golia, who is now trying to resist, knows that the resistance she has made is very meaningless, she has no way to take the castle that has been successfully built in the Ural Mountains, and the daily attack is more like a routine, and even the soldiers below do not have the initial momentum.

The soldiers began to cringe, unwilling to continue their assault on the hard bone, because they thought that no matter how hard they tried, they would not be able to win, and that they had basically lost hope of victory.

Gloria didn't have a good idea of what she could do about it, because she couldn't make the others understand how bad the situation was now, she felt like she was the only one awake among all those who had fallen asleep, and if she could, she would also like to be one of those who were asleep, and in her sleep she would have her death and end.

In the eyes of everyone, the war began, and the two countries that could be called empires in the Northland officially began to collide, this time without the same uncertainties as before.

This collision between the two sides is clear, and it is a collision based on the comprehensive national strength of the two sides, and the second is to look at the art of the commander, to see whether the two sides can make fewer mistakes and catch each other's mistakes more.

Speaking of which, it is still necessary to introduce the commanders of both sides

On the side of the Attila Empire, there is no doubt that the two knights of Famine and Plague are in charge

And on the side of the Baltic Empire, the candidate who was pushed out to be the commander of this important battle was a guy with little reputation.