Chapter 177: Tiannan Great Change (4) Decisive Battle Meteorite
In the depths of winter, in the cold wind, in the royal palace of Saiha City, Ian knelt at Eliza's feet and seriously gave Eliza a pedicure and nails.
Eliza was grabbed by Ian's little foot and laughed coquettishly from time to time, but Ian seemed to be more serious, carefully fiddling with Eliza's toes.
"Ian, how did you take down the two cities of the Colossus with only tens of thousands of people this time, tell me how you did it?"
"Your Majesty, it's a coincidence that I'm not always relying on Her Majesty's support in the rear... ”
"Ian, I can't give you an official this time, after all, your government affairs have not been dealt with. ”
"Your Majesty, it's all up to you!"
"Ian, do you think the Fortress of Boya will continue to send troops to attack our Meteorite City, and if the Giant Elephant Kingdom sends a heavy army next year, how will we deal with it?"
"Your Majesty, please don't worry, since the ancient soldiers are coming, as long as the Giant Elephant Kingdom sends troops, I will immediately rush to Falling Star City to help you resist the army of the Giant Elephant Country!"
"Oh, Ian, your loyalty is commendable! However, this time I am going to personally lead the troops into the battle, and I haven't led the troops for a long time, so I'm a little itchy!"
"Your Majesty, if you are happy, then I will run the rear with Lord Jia Lisi and wait for your return!"
Eliza hooked Ian's neck with one leg and smiled, "Ian, why are you so well-behaved?
In the blink of an eye, it was spring again, Eliza after a few months of preparation, gathered an army of 80,000, and headed towards Meteor City, this is a battle that he has long wanted to fight, but Ian always said that he would capture Longqing first, but he didn't think it was a good way, the White Lion Kingdom must defeat the enemy from the front, yes, it is to be tough! Although Ian's method is good, it is different from his own thinking, and now he personally leads the army, and will fight a decisive battle with the army entrenched around the fortress of Panya.
Panya Fortress, Niertai got the news, the White Lion Queen personally led the army, has arrived at the Falling Star City, looking at the posture is to start a decisive battle with herself, this is interesting, before the White Lion Kingdom was not aiming to capture the land south of Longqing City? Why did you suddenly make a 180-degree turn and want to fight a decisive battle with yourself? But this is also good, if you can defeat the main force of the White Lion Kingdom in one fell swoop, then it is very likely to take the Falling Star City and Qingya City, and then your own power will spread all the land in the west of the Giant Elephant Kingdom.
Nirtai dispatched all the troops at his disposal, and dispatched an army of 120,000 to prepare to take out the main army of the White Lion Kingdom.
George is ready to take advantage of this opportunity to vigorously train officials at all levels, greatly fill the shortage of officials caused by the previous population expansion, and begin to hoard a large number of food and materials to prepare for the future war.
Under the impetus of some of George's columns, the national strength of the Crescent Kingdom skyrocketed, slowly leaving behind a large part of other countries, especially the reserve of grain, which could supply an army of 200,000 to continue fighting for 2 years.
George also took advantage of the great turmoil in the south to greatly appease a large number of fugitives from the Elephant Country, and the vast gale plains were gradually enriched by the crowd of fugitives, and if properly managed, it would surpass Amesvalon as a new food production area.
In her heart, Pan Luoni actually very much hopes to take the opportunity to recapture Meteorite City, after all, Meteorite City is an iron ore source, and with Meteorite City, it is equivalent to having a stable source of weapons.
"George, I suggest raiding Meteor City after the Great War between the White Lion Kingdom and the Giant Elephant Kingdom, this is a very good opportunity!"
"Pan Luoni, of course I know that this is a good time, but we need to make great strides now, and it is not the best choice for us to get caught up in the strife of the southern kingdom at this time!"
"George, you can't be fascinated by Eliza's woman, are you! ”
George laughed, obviously there was a special relationship between the people, but he couldn't tell Pan Luoni, after all, it was a very long-term plan, and he couldn't let everyone know about it for the time being!
"Alright, Penroni, your assumption is a bit excessive, you know, I'm too busy with you, so why should I worry about other women?
"Hmph, George, I don't believe it, but I will strictly implement your decision, since we want to develop, I will arrange all levels of government and military affairs, hey, sometimes I find that you are so lazy, so many things, you should be the king to do, but you are good, you have to overwhelm me with these things, and I have so many government affairs to deal with, I am the queen, not the king!"
"Pan Luoni, don't complain, after Ankesi became the dean of the Crescent Academy, didn't there be a large number of officials taking office?
"George, don't fool me, in a few years we will take down a large part of the southern land, and then there will be more headaches, and the southern side is not as easy to handle as here in Amesvalon!"
"We'll talk about it later, let's do the things at hand first, by the way, you said last time that there are a few good young men in your family? Don't worry about other people's nonsense, it doesn't matter if the people in the queen's family are in power, even if they are called to serve, as long as the ability is okay, they will arrange things to do, I can rest assured of you, I believe you will not be ruined for personal reasons!"
The two chatted for a while and began to be busy with their own government affairs.
Northland, Frost City, Terina, looking at the military newspaper in her hand, very strange George's behavior, such a good time, actually put the fat in front of him and didn't eat it, what the hell is George doing? Since the main forces of the White Lion Kingdom have been put into the battlefield, can he take advantage of this opportunity to raid Buvelon? As long as he takes Buvilon, then the Xisa Plain will be at his fingertips, and he must take advantage of this opportunity to bleed the White Lion Kingdom!
"Come on, go and give Mukharev an order, lead the troops to attack the fortress of Buweilon, if you can fight back and forth, if you can't fight, you will retreat in time, don't take it too seriously, the most important thing is to preserve your strength and not lose your troops!"
A gray falcon crosses a mountain river and flies south.
Mukharev received orders from Terina, led an army of 50,000 men, and prepared to attack Buvelon.
In Saiha City, after receiving the news, Jareth quickly reported the news to Eliza, and Eliza's reply was to defend Buvelon and wait for the victory of the main army and the Giant Elephant Kingdom before returning to help.
Jia Lisi was shocked, Her Majesty's move was too risky! In the meantime, if Buvelon was captured, it would be equivalent to giving up the Xisa Plain, and the losses were too huge, and she wanted to advise the queen, but could the queen listen to her own advice?
At the critical moment, Ian stepped forward and led 10,000 light crossbow cavalry to Buvelon to take advantage of the enemy.
In fact, this situation can be ignored by Cilian, but Celian has been instructed by George, and Eliza cannot be defeated for the time being.
Eliza's current role is to continue to bloodied the South, and at the same time to hold off the North, and Sirian only took the initiative to lead his army to resist the attack of the North after receiving clear instructions from George.
Muhataf's troops were mostly cavalry, although they were numerically superior, but Ian's light crossbow cavalry must not have an advantage to a certain extent, and after many temptations, Muhataf led his army to retreat, and Ian temporarily held Buvelon, waiting for news from Eliza.
The weather in May was exceptionally refreshing, and the armies of the White Lion Kingdom and the Giant Elephant Kingdom faced off against each other, preparing for a decisive battle.
Eliza took the lead in sending 3,000 light crossbow cavalry to test, and the crossbow arrows of the light crossbowmen could not penetrate the shields of the Giant Elephant soldiers, and the longbowmen in the rear returned fire, killing many knights who came to test them.
Seeing that the other side did not have a force that could restrain the longbowmen for the time being, Nirthai asked the infantry to protect the longbowmen troops to advance, and Eliza continued to send light crossbow cavalry to constantly harass, and this harassment did not mean much to the soldiers of the Elephant Country, and the army formation of the Elephant Kingdom continued to advance.
Eliza looked at the advance of the opposing troops, and there was a cold light in her eyes, did she really think that she had no choice? Or did she despise herself too much because she was a woman? No matter which one it was, the other party underestimated herself, and it was useless for her to have a trump card! Eliza gave a signal to let the light crossbowmen in the army appear and start to fight back.
In fact, the troops of the Colossus have already entered the firing range, and Eliza is waiting for the other party to approach, and then shoot in a wide area, which is also learned in the battle with George, what you want is to catch the other party by surprise.
Nirtey saw a sudden commotion in his troops, with the soldiers falling in rows and the longbowmen lost, the opposing light crossbow cavalry quickly counterattacked, crushing the two infantry phalanxes that had rushed through.
At this station, the Giant Elephant Kingdom lost 30,000 infantry and 5,000 longbow soldiers, and the White Lion Kingdom lost nearly 10,000 cavalry.
Nirtai commanded the troops to retreat in an orderly manner, returned to the station and began to study the tactics of the next day, but Eliza looked at the giant crossbow position of the giant elephant country, and must try to destroy the giant crossbow position, as long as the giant crossbow position is destroyed, then the army of the giant elephant country basically has no power to fight back.
The next day, the giant wolf knight appeared in Nirtey's troops, the number was only about a thousand, but it was an effective deterrent for Eliza's raiding cavalry, the giant wolf knight was too fast to hit, and then was caught up by the giant wolf knight, basically there was no chance of survival.
Eliza lost 3,000 cavalry at this stop, and Nirtey's troops basically had no losses, and seeing that they could not expand the gains, Nirtey ordered the troops to retreat.
The two sides continued to confront each other for more than ten days, but they didn't get any bargains, and at night, Eliza looked at the starry sky and thought of Ian, if he was by his side, maybe the battle would have been over long ago! But where is he now? Eliza found that she suddenly had a trace of attachment to this man, and this feeling was very bad! Did she empathize and don't fall in love? But Leonid was dead, but Ian was a living person, and he was a living person, so why should he make a living person suffer for the sake of a dead person?
When the first rays of morning light were sprinkled in front of Eliza's tent, Eliza held her head and looked at the ground in pain, what was going on, she hadn't even come up with a solution for a night, she wouldn't be defeated if she went on like this, right? No, she couldn't go on like this, she was the king, she was the leader of this war, how could she be so decadent? You must cheer up!
Eliza led the army to confront Niltai again, and Eliza sent Quibink this time to lead five thousand white lion knights to surprise the opponent's giant wolf knight troops, and the giant wolf knight must be defeated.
Quibenk is one of the first diehards to follow Eliza, and all of Eliza's orders will be strictly enforced, but this mission is a bit tricky, the speed of the giant wolf knight is too fast, and the combat power is strong, although there are only a thousand people, but whether his own five thousand people can destroy the other party is unknown.
The battlefield turned into a battlefield between the Giant Wolf Knight and the White Lion Knight, and the two sides scuffled together without any support, and Quibenk used his hand-to-hand combat magic to kill the Giant Wolf Knight first, while the White Lion Knight in the rear also pounced on him with his life.
Nirthai's Giant Wolf Knights were not equipped with long-range weapons, while most of the White Lion Knights carried bows and arrows, and after the scuffle together, the Giant Wolf Knights began to die, and the White Lion Knights exchanged a large number of casualties for victory, and the Giant Wolf Knights were defeated and retreated into the Nirthai formation, while Eliza lost nearly 5,000 of the most elite White Lion Knights.
The next day, Niltai dispatched 20 war elephants, which were the only war elephant troops in Niltai's hands, and although there were only 20 of them, they could destroy the withering and decaying.
Eliza's army was in chaos by 20 war elephants, and Nirthai led his army to cover up in the rear, gradually approaching Eliza's main camp.
Eliza was a little flustered at this time, but she still made the right decision, and Eliza dispatched the most 15,000 white lion knights to concentrate on attacking Niltai's main formation.
Niltai had crossbowmen and longbowmen stop the charge of the opposing cavalry, and the nimble white lion knights, though extremely mobile, struggled to dodge the feathered arrows that rained down on them.
In order to cover Eliza, Quibenk was hit by dozens of arrows, and when he reached Niltai, only 300 cavalry remained.
Nirtey was also a little scared when he saw Eliza kill in front of him, Nirtey had heard of Eliza's prestige before, and when he faced it in person, he knew Eliza's horror, and all the people who stood in front of Eliza were all blasted into ice slag!
In the face of personal life and death and the victory or defeat of the army, Niertai chose to protect himself, and he could recruit again if the army was defeated, but he only had one life, and Niertai left the army and rode away.
Eliza sent a signal, the whole army attacked, the troops in the Falling Star City saw Eliza's victory, and they also went out of the city to support, under the attack on both sides, the Niertai army was defeated, only more than 20,000 people fled, and the rest of the troops were all killed.
In the afterglow of dusk, Eliza looked at Quibenk's corpse, and felt infinite emotion in her heart, since she started her army, most of her cronies have died in battle, and in the end, Quebenk of the heart also died in this battle to cover herself, although she was kind to them back then, and it was normal to fight for herself, but after these people died in battle, their right-hand men were gone, and they did not promote new generals, in the short term, who will lead the troops?
Although the victory was decided, Eliza was not happy at all, when she set out on the expedition, there were 80,000 troops, and now there are only more than 10,000 left, and the proud White Lion Knights are almost completely lost! Eliza dragged her tired body and returned to Saiha City in a depressed mood.