Chapter 181: Collapse of Panya Fortress
In October, when the weather turns cold, the vast land is covered with a layer of hoarfrost, and all kinds of creatures gradually disappear, and only humans continue to do their activities despite the cold.
Jareth sensed the changes that had taken place in the city of Saiha, and although he had not controlled the army, he still had some impressions of the officers in the army.
Since Eliza's departure, there have been many new faces in the army that they have never seen before, and these people have joined the army and occupied the main positions in the army with their outstanding abilities.
Jareth began to analyze, many years ago, Celian fled to Eliza like a lost dog, although Celian was the general of the Crescent Kingdom before, he didn't care about military power at all, and committed himself to serving as a political official to promote the reform of the White Lion Kingdom!
But has the reform succeeded? It seems that the White Lion Kingdom has been fighting all the time, and it has been consuming national strength, although it has accumulated some before, but it has been consumed in battles again and again!
However, Sirian did what he liked and built countless statues for Eliza, so the statues cost a lot of money, and a large part of the national power was once again consumed.
And every time Ian makes a plan, it is accompanied by the consumption of the national strength of the White Lion Kingdom! The most terrifying thing is that Sirian proposed a plan to invade the south, in this plan, it seems to be increasing the territory of the White Lion Kingdom, but this plan is based on infinite conquest, when the White Lion Kingdom takes the entire southern country, it is also the time when the White Lion Kingdom uses up its last strength, and at that time, if the Crescent Moon Kingdom makes a move, then the White Lion Kingdom will become history in an instant!
Combining many factors, Jia Liesi's head seemed to be deeply pierced into the depths of his brain by something, trembling all over, and shivering involuntarily!
The man who was finally the queen on the surface! The man who almost lost his life to protect the queen! Probably a spy! A spy sent by the Crescent King to the White Lion Kingdom! His ultimate goal is to destroy the White Lion Kingdom!
And at that time, where should the Kanon family go? The Kanon family was loyal to the Isis family before, and then the Golden Lion family, could it be that the next master of the Kanon family is the Crescent King? Is that wise and virtuous king? If there is really such a day, the Kanon family can be regarded as a more correct master, I hope that the descendants of the Kanon family can serve the Crescent King well, and continue the glory of the family under the wing of the Crescent King...
Jia Lies turned his head to look at the West, as if he had a hint of curiosity and anticipation for the future!
After months of preparation, Ian arranged all the officers sent by George, and began a new round of reform.
Ian carried out all the decrees that had not been thoroughly reformed before, and relaxed the restrictions on joining the army.
In the past, when Eliza was in charge, most of the arrangements were made by his own people, and Ian broke the old rules, as long as the ability passed, Ian gave him a military position, so that a large number of civilian children emerged in the army and became Ian's loyal supporters.
Ian began to implement all the positive decrees in the White Lion Kingdom, and all the decrees that Eliza did not let go of or dared to implement before, although some nobles did not buy it, but under Ian's iron-blooded purge, all the nobles who dared to question the new policy head-on were all purged.
Ian not only confiscated all the belongings, grain and grass, but also launched a manhunt and massacre, and the strength and strength of all the nobles were devastated.
The nobles began to move south and called Ian the Bloody Butcher.
After obtaining the resources of the nobles, Ian divided the land among the commoners and minor nobles, and expanded the army to increase his own strength, and after accumulating a certain level of strength, Ian began to think about a plan to continue the southern invasion.
In the previous battle with Milou, Ian discovered many weaknesses of Milou's army, but because Eliza couldn't control the army during his time, he didn't want Eliza to propose a corresponding plan, and now Ian himself is in charge, and decided to train his army into a warrior through war, and continue to invade the south, on the one hand, to implement George's will, and on the other hand, Ian thinks that he has a certain strength and can start to take revenge on Milu.
Many years ago, Mi Lu used tricks to get herself out of Meteor City, and this time, she wanted to let Mi Lu know what would happen if she offended a powerful person!
In November, the White Lion Kingdom was regent by Jareth, and Ian led a large number of troops into Meteor City and began preparations for the southern invasion.
Before leaving, Jia Lie asked with deep meaning, "Lord Ian, may I ask if we will always fight against the Giant Elephant Kingdom in the future?"
An eerie glint appeared in Ian's eyes and asked, "Lord Jareth, why do you ask that?"
Jareth leaned close to Ian's ear and whispered, "The Kanon clan will always support the king, even if it is the strongest in the West... β
Ian's eyes flickered for a moment, and after a while, he returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Lord Jia Lisi, Saiha City will be handed over to you, we are all smart people, I believe that everyone's choice will not be wrong... β
After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Ian set out on his journey to the fortress of Panya.
Sky City, Mi Lu got the news that the Meteor City had gathered an army, for Mi Lu, the White Lion Kingdom was able to organize a large army after the big war just now, which made Mi Lu a little surprised, but after the surprise, Mi Lu was not too worried, after all, after the last war, the main force of the White Lion Kingdom suffered serious losses, and this time the assembly of the army was nothing more than a garrison defense, there was no need to make a fuss, but since the other party intended to start a confrontation, then he also sent some people over to shock and deter the White Lion Kingdom.
Milu gathered 100,000 reserve troops and sent them to the fortress of Panya, and promoted Chai Wen-Pashan to be the earl and serve as the main general to defend the fortress.
Guess Wen is a standard nobleman, after arriving at the Panya Fortress, he spent more time on personnel relations and embezzling military salaries, and he was completely indifferent to the defense of the Panya Fortress and the training of the army, and he was not good at all, wasn't the army of the White Lion Kingdom crippled in the previous war?
After Ian came to Meteorite City, he stood on the walls of Meteorite City, and he started his undercover life here many years ago, but now, fate has made him return here again, but now he is a prince in power!
If it weren't for George and Tina's being too powerful, so that Cilian didn't dare to think about it, I'm afraid that he would use the White Lion Kingdom to become a new generation of heroes, this question is probably not clear to Celian himself... As long as there is a British lord like the king, I am afraid that I will not dare to rebel if I give myself 10,000 courages, Sirian drove the trace of strange thoughts out of his mind and began to think carefully about the plan of attacking the fortress of Panya.
Although there are tens of thousands of troops in Meteorite City, if you storm the Peppera Fortress, even if you take the fortress, your army will suffer heavy losses, and this kind of effort is something you can't afford, and the Climbing Fortress has enough food and grass, and it is not suitable for siege.
Then, what is in front of you is to harass the surrounding cities, so that the Peppera Fortress cannot obtain food and grass supplies from the surrounding cities, and its own troops can also properly improve their combat experience in this long-term battle.
A few days later, under the cover of a thin layer of wind and snow, Ian led a large army to raid several small cities, and removed a large amount of baggage from the cities, and the nobles and commoners of several cities began to flock to the fortress of Zooa in large numbers.
As long as the other party doesn't attack the city he defends, then no matter how the other party fights, isn't it just to force himself to go outside to fight?
In the spring of the following year, after a winter of expulsion, a large number of people in the Panya Fortress were forced to the Panya Fortress, although the Panya Fortress had sufficient food, but under the consumption of a large number of people for several months, tension began to appear, after all, the supply in the rear was cut off, so much to eat, drink and play, even more food was eaten.
Chaiwen is very fond of painting, and often invites some aristocratic ladies to come to the house in fancy clothes and paint for the ladies.
On this day, Guess Wen found that the things on his table became simpler, although the amount of food was not large, but he was still very concerned about the delicacy of things, this kind of thing was a blasphemy of Guess Wen's identity, how could the nobles eat simple things?
"Come on, what's going on today? I don't know if there's a guest coming today?
"Lord Earl, there is not enough food to eat during this time, we can only do such things, and in half a month, I am afraid that there will be no such things!"
"What? Fortress Boya has a lot of grain and grass in storage, how can it be in short supply, go! Call the quartermaster to me, and I will ask him if he still wants to do it!"
The quartermaster came to the front of Guess Wen with apprehension, in the face of such a result, the quartermaster had already been prepared, but what could he do? The consumption of the nobles is amazing, originally the food has been eaten for two years, but these nobles are extravagant, and they also have all kinds of pets, just this kind of pet, the food is much better than those civilians, the food in the city is consumed in an instant, if it continues like this, it will be a miracle to be able to hold on for another two months!
Chaiwen stared coldly at the quartermaster and asked, "You dog minion! Tell me honestly, are you embezzling grain? I heard that the grain of Panya Fortress is no problem to eat for five years, why is it that someone is telling me that the grain reserve is insufficient now!"
The quartermaster knew that he couldn't do anything good today, so he could only tell the truth: "Lord Earl, after you came to the fortress of Panya, the cost of food has increased several times, and your servants, maids, singers, and pets have all consumed food greatly, and those nobles and lords from other cities, since they came here, although they have spent money to buy food, but they have consumed a lot, and the grain and grass we have stored cannot supply them for their endless extravagance and waste! β
Guess the pattern is furious, why is this quartermaster still picking his hat on his head!
If it weren't for the special policy of Lord Milou, you commoners would always be commoners, and it would be absolutely impossible for you to be officials, no matter how you are given a chance, you will not grasp it, let me tell you, the Giant Elephant Kingdom is the nobles who have the final say, and you minions will always be miscellaneous! Come on, take his tongue off for me, and then give my hound a meal!"
"Lord Earl, killing me is small, but the problem of food is big! Killing me will not solve any problemγγγγγ Yes..... β
"Hmph, come on, make me a new table of delicious food, it must be exquisite! It must be rich! It must be worthy of the noble lady I have feasted today!"
Half a month later, the food reserves of Panya Fortress were seriously insufficient, most of the civilians ran out of food, and a small number of nobles began to restrict the supply, as long as they were in the mansion of Guess Wen, they could eat a full meal!
A maid was already dizzy with hunger, and when she was serving Chaiwen, she accidentally spilled the tea, and the maid was hungry and afraid, and her eyes were black and she fell to the ground.
Guess Wen snorted, kicked the maid aside, and asked, "I heard that there has been a shortage of food again these days? Who is in charge of this ... Call me!"
One of the guards was hungry and exhausted, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lord Earl, the deputy general is responsible for that ,,,, but the deputy general said that not only is there a shortage of food, but I am afraid that there will be no food in a few days... β
Guess Wen said angrily: "How can this be reasonable! We can eat grain for five years, how can we run out of food! Go and call my lieutenant general! If he also embezzles grain, I will cut him down and feed him to the dogs!"
At this moment, a mutiny is brewing in the fortress of Panya, the nobles used the grain in their hands to attract 30,000 soldiers, ready to storm the granary, seize the remaining grain, at the beginning finally guessed the pattern of 20,000 people, but the behavior of the guess pattern chilled the subordinates, in the end, except for the five thousand men and horses of the deputy general, everyone turned back.
The lieutenant general heard the summons and came to the court.
"I heard that the food in the Panya Fortress has run out?"
"Yes, Lord Earl, we are about to run out of food!"
"Hmph! Five years of food! Just say it's gone! You have embezzled so much... β
"Lord Earl, you say I'm corrupt! You know me... Belch... You guys... Dare to kill me... β
"Someone, chop up the corpse of this slave for me, and tell the whole army that whoever dares to be corrupt again, I will cut him down! Go! Quickly bring me the wine and meat, and go quickly!"
The next day, the nobles captured the city lord's mansion, killed the guess pattern, and killed all the hunting dogs raised by the guess pattern to satisfy their hunger... And after the capture of the granary, everyone was dumbfounded, and the grain reserves could not hold on for even ten days...
The nobles are crazy, since there is no way to live, then fight with the army of the White Lion Kingdom outside the city, as long as they can defeat the other party, they can snatch the other party's food, then there is still a chance of life!
A disorganized army of more than 100,000 rushed out of the city and rushed towards Ian's army.
After a winter of training and tempering, Ian's troops have become very different from before, facing an army of more than 100,000, Ian did not panic, commanding 20,000 light crossbow cavalry to engage in a tug-of-war.
The aristocratic army fell on the way to charge, in the face of flexible light crossbow cavalry, the aristocratic army had no choice, Ian led the newly built White Lion Knights, several times rushed into the army of the aristocratic army, like a tiger harvesting the lives of the other party, the battle lasted until the evening, the aristocratic army was already weak, and was completely lost under the attack of Ian, except for the 40,000 people who fled, the remaining 80,000 people were all killed, and the entire battlefield was like a mountain of blood flowing like Shura hell.
Ian's war horse waded through the blood and water, and came to the front of the Panya Fortress, this majestic and abnormal fortress, so easily taken into his pocket, this battle, is it too easy? . .