Chapter Fifty-Three: Aaronte Attrition
On the twelfth day of the Gorria-Toristine War, while the situation of Romani was improving, Toristine ushered in a decisive battle that would determine the fate of Toristine. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The 50,000 border guards on the western coast of Goria rested overnight on the border of Goria, and the next day crossed the border and marched into Torristin. Losing the 3 defending cities of Tony, Toth, and Tolly, the defenders all withdrew to Aaront in the center of the south. The noble lords of the villages and towns and small cities fled and scattered, without the slightest hindrance, and the 50,000 troops of Goria arrived outside [Atoth] after half a day.
[Aaronte], the largest city in the south, is not inferior in scale to the royal capital, but it does not have the strong walls and sufficient defensive materials of the royal capital. A coalition of 26,000 troops led by Haotian and Alice relied on the city to prepare for defense. Outside of Aaronte, there is no decent city in the south. It can be said that Toristine has no way to retreat, and once it is defeated, it will lose the southern part of Toristine. Even if the coalition forces were completely wiped out here, the Goria army could attack all the way to the royal capital, and then take the royal capital, which lacked troops to defend, and then take down the entire Torlistine.
And Goria participated in the war in Albian, especially entangled with Kermania and invested a huge number of troops, 50,000 of the advance army thrown into Torristine was destroyed, and 10,000 people of a blue eagle corps of the main battle corps were also wiped out, and these 50,000 West Coast border guards were the last force that Goria could mobilize to attack Torristin. Unable to achieve enough victories here, Goria's intention to attack Toristine can be said to have failed.
With such an idea in mind, the West Coast Border Guards commanded an active offensive. After the army rested for a while, the siege was launched, and 50,000 troops flocked to the walls of [Aaronte].
The walls were divided into left and right, with Haotian on the left being given to Alice and her immediate legions, and Toristine on the right and near the city gates. Avoiding the situation of influency in command.
At first, the armies of both sides relied on defensive supplies and repelled the offensive of the first and second waves of the Goria army with minor losses. Then the materials for defending the city were exhausted, and both the rolling stones and the fire oil were used before.
The Goria army did not stop in their assault, and the soldiers climbed the walls and strangled the allied soldiers. At the city gate, many soldiers held a siege mallet and slammed into the iron-clad paulownia gate.
The situation reached a stalemate, with soldiers on both sides fighting fiercely on the walls.
The Magic Knights were scattered throughout the city walls, using magic to support the soldiers. A wave of magic strikes were delivered to the area where the Gorian forces were about to gain foothold, knocking out the soldiers inside, and then the Torristeen soldiers swarmed up and knocked the enemy down. Because of the activity of the Wizard Knights, the Toristine army, which was inferior in strength, had an advantage in the narrow terrain such as the city walls.
On the other hand, the Legion of the Kalmania Alice has been in existence for a short time, with no elites equipped with enchanted armor, no red-robed mages, and no supporting mages. Moreover, the strength of 10,002 is less than that of Toristine, and in just two hours, Alice's army can hardly play a beautiful battle loss ratio by relying on the advantage of the city wall, and the city wall is even more powerless to be held by the Goria army little by little, and then more troops pour in.
Alice, as the commander and also a [Quartet-level] magician, although she can't use the fourth-level magic, but the instantaneous first-level magic [Fireball] combined with the 5-meter-sized immortal bird makes the demon fly back and forth on the city wall to kill people and set fire, and one person and one bird control the one-meter-long city wall, which is difficult for both enemies and enemies to cross.
Having repelled the attack of the third, fourth, and fifth waves of Goria, Goria temporarily retreated and set fire to cook outside the city of [Aaront]. Both Haotian and Alice took a breath, did not order the troops to pursue, leaving a few guards, counting casualties, and the rest also went to eat, and the two commanders got together to communicate.
Alice will tell you the truth, it will be difficult for her side to defend against the next wave. 6 thousand people were lost, about 8 thousand people were eliminated from the opposing side. Haotian estimated that he had lost 5,000 people and eliminated about 9,000 opponents, but the magic knights were all dry up one by one, and I am afraid it would be difficult to contribute in the afternoon.
Alice looked at Haotian with an inquiring gaze.
Haotian didn't hesitate to make a decision.
"Give up [Aaronte]. The remaining troops retreated from the royal capital, relying on the materials of the royal capital's walls, can withstand twice the number of enemies. "Haotian Dao.
"I'm a guest, of course I do. However, giving up [Aaronte] is almost the same as giving up the southern part of Torlistine, and it's really a shame for you to look easy. "Alice.
"The city is lost, and there is a chance to fight back. If the army were to be wiped out here, Toristine would be doomed. Take advantage of the noon rest and let the troops retreat quickly after eating. ”
"Got it. I don't want to die all my army here. ”
The two separated, each returned to the unit, and the general order was delivered.
Although Osman, Wariel, and Lady Karina all strongly opposed the abandonment of southern Torlistine, this time Haotian suppressed their opposition and withdrew his troops from [Aaronte].
So, outside the city was still digesting the middle of the rice. The rest of the coalition forces in the city, except for the 1,000 soldiers who were pretending to walk around the walls, quietly retreated through the back door.
In the afternoon, Goria's remaining 30,000 troops easily captured [Aronte] with only 1,000 men left. 1 out of a thousand people died in 300, the rest chose to surrender. Goria didn't kill him, and kept them in the city's dungeons. After capturing [Aaronte], the Golia West Coast Army did not continue to pursue northward, but consolidated the rear, leaving 10,0003 to sit in [Aaronte], and sent 20,000 to sweep the entire cities and villages in the south of Torlistine, and easily captured the south of Torlistine, which was not a formed army.
The next morning, Haotian and Alice's remaining 17,000 allied troops returned to the Torristeen royal capital. Although An Lieta had some complaints about Haotian's abandonment of the south, she did not delve into it, and still asked Haotian to command the troops to consolidate the defense of the royal capital. Alice and her army of 6,000 are also in the capital, where they will stay to assist in the defense until news arrives from Kelmania. With 10,000 defenders, Goria should not have been able to capture the royal capital in central Torristeen without 50,000 troops.
At this point, the second round of the Toristin-Goria battle came to an end, and Goria occupied about one-third of the territory of the southern part of Torristin.
The fighting in Albion, Romania, and Torristeen has calmed down, and the battles between Kermania and Goria have just begun. If it is said that the conflict between the two countries on the border transfer of troops is a prologue.
Then the 20,000 water demon songs and 20,000 local troops stationed in the port city of [Tilos] in the northwestern part of Romania received Joseph's order to contain the Kailmanian troops in Romania and prevent the Kailmanian Emperor and the Duke of Yanlong from uniting together. The inevitable battle is development.
The commander of the Water Demon Singing Legion could only smile bitterly, although his legion was also the main battle legion, but it had the smallest number of people, and it was mainly used to defend against Romania and transport troops by water. Let him fight with the troops on land, he is really a little weak-hearted. However, King Joseph's orders had to be followed. The navy army and the navy army will not become an army after they go ashore.