Chapter 469: Feeding
The route chosen by Attila this time was still to go to Scandinavia through the sharp corner of the Finnish region, on the one hand, because they had already been to the same place twice, and they were also familiar with the geographical location, and they would not be like when they first arrived in an unfamiliar place, and they had to be careful that the enemy would appear from an unnoticed place and attack.
On the other hand, the strait of this place is the narrowest point, and rapid passage can effectively reduce the probability of being attacked by the enemy, especially those logistics troops who do not have much combat effectiveness, and they are even more afraid of being attacked by the enemy.
After leaving Karelia, they also officially entered the Finnish region, which was affected by Beowulf, Centaur guerrillas, and other wars, but on the whole it was much better than Karelia, because the intensity of the war here was very different from that of Karelia...... You must know that when the Frost Giants and Centaurs rebelled, they took advantage of Atira's absence to sweep up the whole of Karelia, as long as it was a race that could speak, it was either eaten or killed, and the rest were captured and used as disposable slaves.
When Attila's army came to Finland, about 3,000 more troops joined Attila's army, and these 3,000 people could be called qualified warriors in all respects except for organization and discipline, and these warriors also brought some food and water, which also eased the logistics of the army to a certain extent, so that the army on a long journey got a little respite.
Such a large army appeared in Finland, which is only separated by a shallow strait from Scandinavia, Siegel received the news early, and the retreat plan he formulated was also halfway through, and all the Goths in the empire began to prepare, they did not dare to disobey Siegel's orders, nor did they dare to open their mouths to discuss, even if they were dissatisfied, they could only suppress their hearts and silently prepare for the retreat.
But at the current rate, it is definitely impossible to retreat all the people to the Norwegian mountains, among them the elderly, women and children, children, etc., their walking speed and other aspects will slow down the overall retreat speed, but Atila's army has already arrived in Finland, and the Baltic Empire still has no response, leaving Siegel really not too much time.
Therefore, the territories that were originally the traditional areas of the Yeats, including those who lived on them, were left over from the last war and joined the empire, and became the outcasts of Siegel.
Originally, these Yeats did not obey Siegel's orders very much, and they also had an unresolved hatred with the Goths, and when they were brought to the Norwegian mountains, there might be some moths, and betrayal or fan the betrayal of others was also very likely to happen, and when they arrived in the Norwegian mountains, Siegel's main energy would definitely be on fighting against Attila, but he didn't have the time and effort to pay attention to those guys.
Simply Siegel didn't inform them of the retreat, and let them continue to stay here, as a barrier to delay Atila's advance, so that Siegel had more time to complete his plan, which can be regarded as a kind of waste utilization in disguise.
Anyway, Siegel didn't need to worry that those Yaats would choose to surrender to Atila and become a member of the Belt and Road Party, because with their character, with Beowulf's exploits in repelling Atila twice, they would rather die in battle than succumb to Atila, who had failed twice, not only to betray their faith, but also to turn their back on their souls.
As for what the Yaats will be like in the end, who don't even have an organization
's fate is not something that Siegel needs to care about.
Unfortunately, Siegel made a big mistake in this matter, he thought that his plan was very perfect, and the secrecy measures were very proper, and he would not be known by the Baltic Empire, nor by Attila's army, but he just didn't expect that Alice would appear in his Gothic royal city at this inopportune time.
She doesn't even need to use magic, just walk out on the street and ask casually, and Alice gets the details of Siegel's plan, using strategic depth to fight a protracted war against Attila's army, and using the situation to force the Baltic Empire from a supporting role to a protagonist.
How could Alice's plan be known to Siegel for his success.
Without adding a little spice to Siegel's plan, how could Alice be worthy of the title "The Girl Who Brought Disaster" that others gave her.
She sent the news directly to Semiramis with a summons, causing her to change the plan she had made and was ready to start acting on to harass the logistics of the Atila army, and told the centaur troops who had already arrived in Finland, Karelia, and the Rus steppe not to act rashly for the time being.
In addition, she also ordered Bambi on the island of Rice to send the few remaining Yaats to Uppland and other areas, and organize the remaining Yeats there to flee Scandinavia and live on Zealand.
Those Yaats have great prestige among the Yeats, and even if they had not chosen to leave before, but stayed in Upland to carry out the underground resistance, it would have been a long time before Siegel could truly recover the territory of the Yaats.
Robbing with fire, these four words don't seem to be too much of a problem to describe Alice's behavior, and under the noses of Attila and Siegel, it is also not impossible to play such a trick, or to describe it as a chestnut in the fire.
Anyway, Attila had just entered the Finnish peninsula, and at the speed at which they were traveling, it would take more than half a month to cross the strait and reach Upland, and half a month would be enough for those Yayat people to abandon everything and come to Zealand.
After the previous trade with the Rus' steppes, there was a lot of food and other necessities on the island, and the houses of the Sealand people were also ready-made, enough for the Yayat people to live.
The surface of the Baltic Sea has begun to freeze, although the thickness of the ice is not enough to support the free movement of giant beasts like Mammoth and Beamon, but it is not a big problem if it is just the weight of a human being, as long as no one can practice spells such as [Earthquake] on the ice, it is indeed not too much of a problem.
Now in Scandinavia, both the nobles and the slums below are busy, everything bulky and unimportant things are ordered to be abandoned, and most of the people just take warm clothes and quilts, and bring as much food and weapons as possible, and set out on the road to the Norwegian mountains.
It's not that they don't want to bring more things, but Siegel's order is there, and they don't have much time to grind, there is not much time in the first place, and if they waste a little more, Siegel will really wield a butcher's knife and kill people.
"It's a shame......"
Alice couldn't wait to see how wonderful Siegel had been when she knew that all the Yaats had fled, without causing any trouble to Artela, without slowing her down.
At that time, the empire without any defense was like a fish caught on a cutting board, and it was up to Attila to decide how she wanted, grilling, steaming, boiling, braising and frying.
According to a rough estimate, without the drag of the Yaats, Attila would have been able to solve at least half of the Scandinavians who had not packed their belongings, while the other half fled in a hurry to the mountains of Norway, where there was a big question mark over how many would survive in the forests full of wild beasts.
Alice's reformed Siegel plan, although it can also make Attila fall into the quagmire of a long battle, can use the power in his hands, take advantage of the terrain of the Norwegian mountains and the cold weather, and constantly wear down Attila's power.
However, it is only to this extent, and the possibility of further eliminating Attila's army, and then launching an attack in the spring of the following year, when the ice and snow have dissipated, completely repelled Attila's army and recaptured the territory of the empire has become very low.
On the other hand, in the face of the Scandinavian Empire, which was originally weak and further weakened by wrong plans, Attila would never give up the opportunity to pursue the victory, and would definitely invest a lot of materials in the conquest of the Norwegian mountains.
And in the cold winter, with poor transportation conditions, about a tenth of a kilogram of air-dried meat transported from the Rus' steppe to the front-line soldiers by land may have been left, of which the transporters ate some of it, and some of it was attrition due to various accidents, such as the transport troops being attacked by wild beasts, or being attacked by the troops of the Baltic Empire.
Don't be surprised that the beasts will attack the people of the Attila Empire, in the cold winter, driven by hunger, those beasts that are difficult to find prey will challenge all the enemies they can find, not to mention that most of the troops on the transport mission are not actually strong, in the eyes of the beasts they are fresh food that can move.
The huge pressure of logistics is like a severed blood vessel, constantly bleeding blood, and Attila's own hematopoietic function, due to various reasons and its backwardness, has no way to replenish the flowing blood.
Therefore, when the blood flow and inflow in the body cannot be equal, no matter how strong the human body is, it will fall into a state of weakness, and in the long run, organ failure, muscle soreness, etc. will also appear, and finally there is no need for external force, and the whole body will naturally collapse.
No matter how strong Attila and her followers were, they couldn't cut off the rotting flesh before it had grown, and they knew that they would not be able to survive if they continued, so they could only struggle by taking a day to live a day.
This so-called struggle is to devote more strength and energy to deal with the power of the Scandinavian Empire hiding in the mountains of Norway, and this will also fall into a vicious circle, which will further expand the bleeding wounds.
"However, the fisherman is not so easy to do. ”
Looking at the endless flow of people, carrying large bags and small bags, Alice fell into deep thought.
She once heard a story about a bird called a sandpiper and a mussel fighting each other, only to be caught by a passing fisherman when they were exhausted, and made a sumptuous dinner.
The situation in the vicinity of the Baltic Sea is the same now, the two empires fighting each other are like the sandpiper who will not give up first and neither of them will give up first, while the Baltic Empire is waiting for a good time to be the fisherman who has won all the victories.
In theory, this seems to be not a very difficult thing, and the script that Alice created for Atila and Siegel is also perfect, but in essence, with the wisdom of Siegel and Atila's knights, it is still a matter of uncertainty whether this script can be performed smoothly.
What Alice needs now is to minimize these uncertainties, so that Siegel and Attila know that it is a bottomless abyss to continue, and they are still helpless to continue to move on.
Siegmund was no longer by Alice's side, and under the premise of Attila's expedition to the west, he decided to temporarily put aside his hatred for Siegel and use his own way to cause trouble for Atila's army.
And Alice, a guy who has a completely different position from the empire and has a common enemy, Siegmund doesn't know what kind of attitude to treat him, plus he is afraid to continue to stay with Alice, and he doesn't know when he will be persuaded by the other party, and he will be used by the other party unconsciously to do something bad for Scandinavia and Sigoaney.
His fear is not unreasonable, because when he was young, when he was in Barusenge, he would always be easily used by Sigourny, and often a few words of effort would be fooled and could not find North, and would always give up his principles to help Sigomery do something that was not allowed and would be punished, of course, in the end, it would only be Sigmund who would be punished, and Sigourney had nothing to do with it.
"It's a shame, Sigoaney, we won't see each other this time, but I'm sure we'll meet someday, and when that happens, let me confirm with those eyes. ”
"The princess of Barusenga. ”
"Empress of the Scandinavian Empire"
"We'll see you next time. ”