Chapter 250: The Uninvited Guest on the Iceberg (2)
The border between the Beamon Empire and the Byzantine Empire was mostly located in the central plain of the central part of the Northumbed continent.
Since the central plain is flat and flat, there is no complex terrain that is convenient for the concealment and mobilization of the armies of the two sides. Therefore, the troops stationed on the border between the two sides are naturally easy to fall under the surveillance of the other side.
If one of them tries to sneak up on the other with surprise and stealth, it is almost impossible. Whenever one side of the attack began to massively increase its military presence along the border before the war, the other side would increase accordingly.
Therefore, as long as the war was waged on the central plain, the Beamon Empire and the Byzantine Empire carried out a righteous and bright frontal attack. If the number of soldiers is roughly equal, the weight of the two sides to defeat the other depends on the combat power of their respective soldiers. Orc soldiers have a stronger physique than human soldiers, and human soldiers have better equipment than orc soldiers, so the difference between the individual combat effectiveness of the two soldiers is actually not large. Therefore, unless it is the kind of end of the outbreak of war with the army of the whole country, most of them end miserably after leaving thousands of corpses on the border line, and end up without a problem.
Although there are also examples of the Beamon Empire and the Byzantine Empire breaking through each other's border defenses and fighting deep into each other's territory, such examples are only a few in the history of the two empires' wars for more than 1,000 years.
One of the most famous battles was the frozen battle between the 700,000 male soldiers of the Byzantine Empire 600 years ago, between the Byzantine Empire and Byzantium, north of the Norsenside continent, which belonged to the dwarven territory, and suddenly rushed into the border of the Beamon Empire with a condescending momentum, and fought the Beamon Empire almost annihilated. And this event was also called the "Frozen Change" by later historians.
In this battle, the Beamon Empire, which was caught off guard, was beaten all over its body and almost perished. However, under the desperate resistance of the orc warriors who adopted a policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, they finally drove back the Byzantine soldiers who had invaded the territory on all fronts. Subsequently, the first thing the Beamon Empire did after recovering after decades of recuperation was to raise troops to the frozen plateau to ask for an explanation from the dwarves who had lent the way to the Byzantine Empire. Naturally, the Beamon Empire fought another battle with the dwarves, but in the face of the various powerful weapons made by the skillful dwarves, the Beamon Empire did not get any explanation.
It remains a mystery why the dwarves of the frozen plateau, who had always been impartial and neutral to the Beamon Empire and the Byzantine Empire, would allow the human army to pass through their territory and surprise and succeed in attacking the Beamon orcs.
It's just that hundreds of years after the "Frozen Change", although there were major wars between the Beamon Empire and the Byzantine Empire, the scale of the battles became smaller and smaller. Until the last one or two hundred years, there has been no big war between the two empires.
And with the passage of time, the grudge between the Beamon Empire and the dwarven tribe of the Ice Peak Plateau has long since dissipated without a trace.
Su Luo obviously didn't have that much on his mind. However, seeing the elite divisions of the orc army appear in large numbers in the dwarven territory without warning, he also knew that this was certainly not a good thing.
At this time, the werewolf army had all walked out of the Formation Leaf Forest. As soon as they arrived in the open area, the werewolf soldiers led their wolves and began to line up in the howling snowstorm to count the number of people and organize the appearance of the army. This is clearly a highly disciplined team.
Su Luo roughly estimated the number of werewolf troops, there were about two thousand five hundred, and this werewolf army should be a neatly organized wolf cavalry wing.
A look of surprise suddenly appeared in Su Luo's eyes, and he saw a mount that was not a wolf appear at the forefront of the werewolf ranks.
It was a strange-looking, hideous beast with some canine features. Su Luo thought for a long time before he finally remembered the appearance of the demonic beast in front of him, which seemed to be somewhat similar to the rumored abyssal monster Hellhound.
In front of the monster that resembled a hellhound, a tall young werewolf general with bright armor and a peacock feather helmet on his head took out a military map drawn in sheepskin from his arms, spread it out in his hand, and was looking at it intently. Beside him, surrounded by several lower-ranking werewolf officers, they pointed at the map, as if discussing something. After a while, the werewolf officers' eyes all turned and looked into the misty distance where the sky was full of wind and snow.
The werewolf general slowly put away the sheepskin map, raised his head, and also looked into the unknown distance. After a moment, he saw his right hand swing forward sharply, and the wolf cavalry force continued to advance. Because the snow was too deep, it was inconvenient for the wolf cavalry to ride the wolf in the snow, so they had to lead the wolf to move forward silently in the snowstorm.
Soon, the army of 2,500 men disappeared into the blizzard.
After the werewolf army had left for a while, Suro was sure that there was no one around, and he jumped up from the snow.
Since Hela Village is located in the direction of the disappearance of the werewolf army, Suro's heart can't help but become anxious, and he must inform the people in the village as soon as possible to prevent accidents.
Su Luo quickly turned around, stepped on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and ran to the village of Hela.
However, the anxious Suro was unlucky to meet a hungry snow wolf foraging for food on the way.
When the Snow Wolf opened his bloody mouth to attack Su Luo, Su Luo and the Snow Wolf fought fiercely and finally succeeded in killing the Snow Wolf, his return to Hela Village was delayed, and the news of the arrival of the werewolf army could not be transmitted back to Hela Village in advance. 61
Suro's fears were unfortunately fulfilled.
The alien werewolf army ran into the village of Hela on the way, and the werewolf warriors entered the village. Seeing so many werewolf warriors suddenly appear, the dwarven villagers of Hela Village wisely did not choose to resist. The werewolf warriors drove the dwarven villagers out of their homes and gathered in the square in the center of the village.
A younger werewolf officer looked at the werewolf general, who was not much older than him, and asked, "Captain, are these dwarves ......!" the werewolf officer said as he waved his hand downward and made a "kill" gesture.
Blade frowned slightly.
Soon after the fighting on the northern steppes was settled, all the soldiers of the 3rd Wing of the Blade and Blood Fang Cavalry Regiment were suddenly transferred to the eastern border of the empire by a paper order. The reason for the Imperial Army's transfer of the Third Wing this time was the need to strengthen the defense of the eastern border of the Empire.
It had been a month since Blade had been transferred from the northern steppes to the eastern border, and during that month, he had made several covert observations and discovered that the Byzantine border guards on the other side of the border were lax in armament and loose discipline.
Perhaps the peaceful years of a hundred years without a great war have greatly slackened the Byzantines' wariness of orcs. As a result, Blade, who had only recently been stationed on the eastern border, had a temporary decision to launch a surprise attack on the Byzantine border guards across the border.
It was a plan without the consent of his superiors, and strictly speaking, Blade did not report the news to his superiors at all. Blade apparently believed that a small attack on Byzantium would not cause much of a stir between the orcs and humans, who were already on poor terms.
The Blade's plan for his own assault, like the 'Frozen Change' launched by Byzantium 600 years ago, was to bypass the well-guarded frontal lines of the two countries through the frozen plateau in order to launch a surprise attack.
However, Blade's plan for a surprise attack ran into trouble at this point. He had planned to drive from his station, make a detour of hundreds of kilometers through the frozen plateau, detour behind the camp of the Byzantine border guards on the central plain, and then quickly return to the side of the Bimon Empire after a successful sneak attack.
And one of the most important aspects of this plan is to be secretive, and must not be discovered by others, otherwise his own 2,500 wolf cavalry will be easily killed by the prepared Byzantine border guards. After all, his men and horses were facing an army of 300,000 on the entire western Byzantine defense line.
Blade chose a remote path from the frozen plateau to the southwestern part of the Byzantine Empire. He thought that there was no one on this trail, and it would not be easy for people to find out the whereabouts of the army, but he did not expect that there was a dwarf village on this trail.
Looking at the frightened and trembling dwarven men and women in front of him, the blade suddenly felt like he couldn't harden his heart.
At first, Blade had thought about slaughtering the dwarven village that might leak the whereabouts of the Third Wing. However, when he really faced these ordinary dwarven villagers in front of him, he felt a little unable to do anything in his heart.
The blade longs to stain the glorious banner of the Red Bloodtooth Cavalry Regiment with the blood of the enemy, and longs to wash his beloved sword with the blood of the enemy. If he faced an enemy who was a soldier, he would never be merciful, because he always believed that dying in battle was the best destination and the highest honor that a soldier could obtain. However, civilians are different. Isn't the massacre of unarmed civilians a sign of cowardice?
"Captain, haven't you made a decision yet? Looking at the hesitant blade, the werewolf officer was a little anxious.
To kill? or not to kill?
In the end, the young wolf cavalry wing commander made a decision.
With a grim gaze, the blade glanced at the trembling dwarves in front of him, and commanded his subordinates in a deep voice: "Pull all the men out." ”
There was a commotion in the crowd of dwarves.
The cries of women and children, the shouts of their husbands or fathers' names, instantly resounded over the village of Hela.
Several strong dwarven men were unwilling to be restrained and struggled to resist, but were knocked to the ground by several punches from the werewolf soldiers guarding them.