Chapter 774: Slow down

The meeting between Sigourney and the war was not known to the Baltic Empire, and the Baltic Empire's intelligence services still believed that a new person had appeared in command of the army, rather than that person had completed the resurrection war.

The Baltic Empire's armies were steadily advancing towards the interior of the Attila Empire, and the further north they were, the fewer navigable rivers there were, which prevented the Baltic Empire's leapfrogging tactics from being unsuccessful, and there was no way to quickly occupy land by cutting off the connection between towns.

The scarcity of rivers had the added effect of the need to pass through more land in terms of logistics and supplies, both in terms of attrition and security, and the losses incurred by the Baltic Empire during this period were comparable to the losses of an entire country on the battlefield in two months.

By this time, the transport forces of the Baltic Empire had to face more than just enemies from the Attila Empire, and the greedy dragons and giants began to become their enemies and began to appear on various roads to attack them.

Those savage and greedy guys had no way to resist the temptation of those supplies on the carriage, and they naturally launched an attack on the transport troops of the Baltic Empire without the provocation of the Attila Empire.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, the Empire issued a special order to allow these soldiers to abandon their supplies and flee in the face of such a legendary and invincible enemy, and at the time of the time there would be no punishment.

If these soldiers can still turn defeat into victory in such a disadvantageous situation, defeat the enemy and keep the supplies on the carriage, then the empire will also not be stingy with rewards, whether it is in terms of materials or status, those soldiers can fight and take risks for it.

Of course, after a rough calculation of the difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides, it is still rare for a soldier to fight in a place familiar to the enemy with a stronger force than himself.

In addition to fighting and fleeing, the Baltic Empire sent more scouts to observe the situation ahead, ensuring the safety of these transports and ensuring that they would not be intercepted by the enemy.

Although this can indeed ensure the safety of the transport troops and allow them to encounter fewer attacks, it is inevitable that their speed will become very slow, which seriously slows down the advance speed of the forward troops, and cannot provide supplies to the front-line troops in time.

You must know that every time you fight, the consumption of materials is extremely terrible, and even from a certain point of view, the Baltic Empire can be so strong on the battlefield, the most important thing is that they can use long-range attacks and magic regardless of loss, only this unreasonable method makes the Baltic Empire can easily suppress the enemy in every battle, and can achieve the fastest victory with the minimum casualties.

The Empire knew and understood the problems encountered by the transport troops for logistical supply, but the Empire did not take any measures about it, and the slowdown in the pace of the attack was not a good thing in their eyes, and it would take time to digest the land they were occupying now.

If the Baltic Empire attacks at any cost, it is true that it has the ability and confidence to destroy the United Kingdom and the Attila Empire for a short time, but they do not need to do so, what they need is to rule the region for a long time.

Now that this slow-paced offensive has achieved tangible results for all, the population of the occupied territories is becoming less and less resistant to the Baltic Empire, and is beginning to help the rebels less.

Some of them even chose to believe in the promises of the Baltic Empire, and they joined the Baltic Empire's army to lead the way for the Baltic Empire to find traces of the rebels.

Having tasted the great difference between the Baltic Empire and the countries before them, they soon assumed themselves to be Baltic Empire natives and became more committed to serving the Baltic Empire.

It's not that they find pleasure in these jobs, or how much they like the country and are willing to give their lives for it, but that they can get tangible benefits after completing these tasks, and they can see and feel the benefits.

With the help of these people, the Baltic Empire's clean-up of these newly occupied territories could begin steadily, and with the help of dragons that could fly in the air, the small forces that had not been proud for long were forced to the point of exhaustion.

In the face of the dragon that can attack in the sky, it is difficult for these small forces to escape, in the case of not being able to escape, all they can do is to fight to the death, or choose to surrender, of course, there will be very few who choose to surrender, if they are willing to surrender, they have already chosen to surrender on the previous battlefield, and will not be broken into pieces, continue to fight against the Baltic Empire in these occupied areas, and live such a difficult life that they don't know when they will die.

The cities occupied by the Attila Empire were Balticizing at a very rapid rate, and the inhabitants of the Scandinavian culture, which had very different roots from the Scandinavian culture, were not rejected by those who put aside their prejudices.

This war was no longer just a war at the level of a war, the Baltic Empire was invading Scandinavia, both economically and politically, and more importantly, a cultural invasion after the first two were completed.

Cultural invasions had been carried out for a long time, such as the stories that Alice had fabricated, which were carried out in Scandinavia, and which played an important role in the governance and stability of the United Kingdom.

In addition, in the cooperation between the Attila Empire and the United Kingdom, this aggression may have unintended results, and it is difficult for the new generation of soldiers who are obsessed with Beowulf's story to accept their cooperation with the Attila Empire.

The Attila Empire and the United Kingdom, of course, took note of these things, and understood that if this development continued, the people would vote with their feet to abandon the Attila Empire and the United Kingdom in favor of the Baltic Empire.

Because, in any respect, there is nothing comparable between them and the Baltic Empire, especially in terms of material conditions, which are unilaterally crushed.

However, they did not have a good way to prevent such a thing from happening, and in a sense, they were the invaders who were ostracized by the indigenous people of Scandinavia compared to the Baltic Empire, which had a similar origin.

There was no solution to the problem of union with the United Kingdom, but because of Siegmund's head-to-head defeat to his son Sigrud, the United Kingdom's legitimacy had diminished, and it was not very competitive in this respect.

The communication between Sigourney and the war was very smooth, and both were intended to exist and cooperate, and they immediately began to prepare for the affairs of the Baltic Empire, not only to recover the decline on the battlefield, but also to carry out targeted counterattacks against the invasion of the Baltic Empire in other aspects.

They now know where Beowulf's story came from, and now they let it circulate among the people, and it will indeed make the people of the two countries hate each other for a short time, but when the truth of the war begins to be revealed, the object of hatred will turn to the Baltic Empire.

In addition, the Attila Empire began to purchase equipment from the United Kingdom to cope with the next battle, although in recent years, the Attila Empire has been encouraging the development of manufacturing, but the development without a foundation is still too difficult, far less than the United Kingdom with the support of the dwarves.

The fact that the Baltic Empire began to slow down and digest the gains it had already occupied was indeed not good news for the Attila Empire, but from another point of view, the slowdown of the Baltic Empire could not allow them to take a breath, mitigate the negative impact of the continuous defeat, and improve the combat effectiveness of their own army through cooperation and exchanges with the United Kingdom.

In this regard, the United Kingdom shared the same sentiment that it would take some time to recover from the trauma of Siegmund's defeat and to stabilize the negative impact of the invasion of the Baltic Empire on the population.

Victory can be overwhelming

Failure has a similar principle, if you can't contain failure in a short time, you will continue a series of failures until you are invincible and usher in the final destruction.

Under such circumstances, the war in the entire Northland has entered a medium and long period of rest, and Scandinavia, which was originally burning with war, has fallen into an eerie peace.

Of course, sporadic battles still existed, and the Baltic Empire army, which had reined in the attack, in addition to focusing on the encirclement and suppression of those scattered small groups, began to operate against those dragons and giants.

After tasting the sweetness, these dragons and giants did not have the slightest intention of restraining, but intensified their efforts, and even the dragons and giants further north rushed over to share in the feast.

The situation has developed to the point where it is impossible to deal with it, and if the Empire does not take measures to solve these troubles, then the next war will not need to be continued, and there is no way to continue the war without logistical supplies.

No, it's not just a matter of war, there may be dragons and giants attacking towns later, because they have felt the weakness of the Baltic Empire from the previous raids.

Turning around and running without even putting up resistance, abandoning important supplies, if that is not weakness, then there is nothing that can be called weakness.

They didn't know that it would not be easy to deal with them, but it was not as troublesome as they thought, and those dragons and giants did have the power to easily defeat the transports, and that was only because their opponents were transports.

However, in the face of the regular army of the Baltic Empire, equipped with legendary powerhouses, assisted by spellcasters, and well-trained, well-equipped and tacitly coordinated armies, these dragons and giants were simply defeated.

It's almost the same as fishing for law enforcement, where the army picks the roads that often loot and disguises them as transport troops, with carts equipped with bed crossbows designed to deal with heavy creatures.

Dragons and giants alike need to approach these carriages, they have tasted the riches of the Baltic Empire in their previous raids, and whenever they appear, the escort army will often leave as soon as possible, leaving the ground full of fresh and intact supplies.

Once, twice, three times, when the loot was so easily obtained, the dragons and giants began to let their guard down, not thinking at all that the Baltics would create traps for them, that these cowardly fellows would one day take up arms against them.

Now, when they rushed to the wagons, they had no resistance to weapons that had been created to be used on large creatures, and their defenses were simply not able to resist the sharp bolts.

They can't even dodge, their charging speed is too fast, they can't dodge the bed crossbow that has already been aimed, and the loaded bed crossbow, after being hit, the wounded and bleeding dragons and giants can't compete with the Baltic Empire at all, because these crossbow arrows are designed with blood grooves, and after hitting the target, it will cause the effect of bleeding non-stop, even with the vitality of the dragon and the giant, they can't last too long.

These dragons and giants were weakened by the bleeding and the disparity in strength, and they were easily captured by the Baltic Empire, not only did the loot they had previously loot return to the hands of the Baltic Empire, but they themselves became prisoners of the Baltic Empire.

It is not a good ending waiting for them, the strength of the Baltic Empire can use magic and props to make these giants and dragons unable to resist, if they don't want to suffer more terrible pain than death, obediently resigned to the task assigned by the empire is their only choice.

The empire will not give them too difficult tasks, will not give them tasks to send them to death, this will not make them too hostile to the empire, and will have too much resistance.

And the example of other dragons and giants can make them feel at ease to accept the current situation, and when they stay in the environment of the Baltic Empire for a short time, they will be like those giants and dragons before them, they will truly integrate into this country, and be willing to serve this country and give their lives for this country.

This is also an income that cannot be ignored for the Baltic Empire, and the races of dragons and giants within the empire have grown in such a bit of accumulation, and have become enough to make their own blood.