Chapter 66: The Time to Advance (Part II)

With the midsummer and autumn, the cool cold wind has swept the entire green sea in advance.

After completing the assembly of the Thousand Hordes, relying on the migration of the horseback people of the Great Boi Territory, plus the direct army from the Little Boi Domain, Grand Duke Laszló Varna successfully gathered 100,000 elite hussars, and along the ancient meadows and rivers of the Great Green Sea, he began a large-scale march towards the Great Boi Territory occupied by the centaurs.

In addition, in order not to repeat the mistakes of this march, and to completely exterminate the centaurs in one go, and drive them back to the centaur Gobi, the Duke of Varna specially sent Count Seth Braha back to the Petit Boi territory to mobilize the local vassals.

The Varna family, who had served as Grand Dukes for three consecutive generations, had completely surpassed Jonah, the Great Bowie, and could recruit at least 100,000 horseback men to fight in full mobilization.

In just one week, 100,000 hussars had divided into three routes, successively swept the important pastures in the territory of the Great Bowie, and attracted more nomadic settlements that had been scattered in the previous battles to join, replenishing the logistics and further strengthening the army.

Mighty and mighty, covering the sky and the sun!

Such a large army, in addition to expanding the momentum of the Grand Duke of Varna's march this time, is not all good.

The first is the management of the army - in addition to the 40,000 hussars under the direct jurisdiction, the army of the Grand Duke of Varna is mostly horseback people of the Great Boi, and does not fully obey the orders of the Grand Duke of Boi;

What Laszló Varna was able to do, was to divide them into parts according to the way of hunting, which was also the custom of the Boi, that to hunt was to fight, and to fight was to hunt.

In addition, despite the supply lines provided by the Thousand Tents and Byrne, and the custom of grazing cattle with the Boi army, water was always scarce in the vast prairies.

This is also why in ancient warfare there was a rule of "separate attacks and combined attacks", because if they did not do so, huge armies would die of thirst and starvation, and even because of the dense and poor living conditions, there was a risk of plague.

Of course, all these problems were only minor or even not problems for Grand Duke Varna.

Compared with the rest of the principalities, where there were few perennial wars and mobilized armies were often only a few thousand or one or twenty thousand, the Boi people who fought and hunted all year round had a wealth of experience in large-scale corps, and hundreds of thousands of horseback people came and went at a moment's notice.

In addition to local warfare, Boi in the Old Kingdom often sent tens of thousands of horseback men south to assist Byrne against the dwarves, and in the sixth generation of the empire, Grand Duke Jonah waved his hand and immediately 100,000 hussars went north to expedition Fault Mountain.

The long reign gave the Grand Duke of Varna the prestige over the other dukes, able to withstand the pressure of the lord's rebellion, allowing Boi to follow the example of the imperial military system and reform, building an elite standing army and a large levy army.

In addition, the horseback man is better at fighting than the farmer, and he can even recruit to the scale of three draws!

Therefore, the Grand Duke of Varna was different from the previous Grand Duke of Boy, he was not afraid of the centaurs throwing all their strength into a decisive battle with him, and even hoped that his enemies would be "stupid" enough to take the initiative to send them to the door, and then be served by himself.

Even if the centaur was savage, burly and strong, it could not be the match for the well-trained, well-armed silver-armored horsemen and the large, combat-accustomed Boi hussars.

When the number of people is small, individual bravery may turn the tide of battle, but when the number of troops participating in the battle reaches tens of thousands or even tens of thousands, discipline and training are the odds of victory!

With 40,000 elite standing troops, 60,000 brave hussars, and a steady stream of horseback people who came to take refuge after entering the Great Bow, the Grand Duke of Varna already had more than 100,000 troops under his command.

And when the army led by Xiao Boi in the rear gradually arrives and converges, his army will be no less than 250,000, or even 300,000!

Such a large total force gave Grand Duke Varna enough confidence to annihilate the centaurs in one fell swoop - even if the other side poured out all the forces of the eight centaur banners, it would not be possible to have more than himself.

But in this world, there has never been such a good thing as "all the best".

After the front-line army swept through a few meadows, apart from a few scattered centaur rangers, they encountered almost no enemy, almost no enemy and resistance.

Laszló Varna initially thought it was another trap set by the enemy to let his guard down, but it was only after recapturing and even controlling most of the Great Bowian Territory that he was convinced that this was not the whole set.

Just a month or two ago, the centaur settlements that spread over most of the great green sea disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The world has evaporated?

Of course, the Grand Duke of Varna could not believe such a ridiculous thing, but as for the whereabouts of the centaurs, the horseback people who took refuge from all sides also had different opinions, and the answers given were more bizarre than the other.

Varner even suspects that they don't even know what they're talking about, and that people like to find a reason for something strange, and even if it feels.

But one thing is that the centaurs have indeed withdrawn from the Great Green Sea... And if not to the south, there is only one place to go - their hometown, the Centaur Gobi.

But... Why?

Why did they give up the Great Bowie Territory and the many pastures that they had so hard to take, and if it wasn't for this, then what did they do to start this war?

Is it really as Loren Turin said......

"Maybe they heard about the Grand Duke's military situation, so they fled back to their hometown in fear, thinking that they could grab a handful and run, thinking that we would not chase and kill the Gobi!"

The earl of a little Boi laughed and casually pandered: "It's originally a gang of barbarians, even if you can win once in a while, how dare you really compete head-on with our Boi hussars?!"

In the midst of hearty laughter, the earl's words won the approval of many Boi nobles at once, and the strength of the 100,000-strong army, combined with the smooth march of the past few days, made all the Bois feel a lot more confident.

Even the Boi warriors who had participated in the defense of the Thousand Hordes held the same opinion - if it weren't for the scarcity of troops, how could the fierce Boi be besieged in the city by a mere gang of barbarians?

"Okay! There are no outsiders here, so let's say less flattery. ”

Seeing that his gang was getting more and more outrageous, Laszló Varna, who was frowning, couldn't help but interrupt, and turned his gaze to Harlem Van Ashamai, who had been driven away by himself and rescued by Duke Byrne:

"What do you think, Master Ashamai?"

"Back to the Duke, I have the same opinion as all the adults... There was only a slight surprise. ”

The awe-inspiring Harlevan Ashmai raised his wand, which resembled a warhammer, "There is no doubt that such a large army will be a great shock to the centaurs, and even cause them to give up many territories - these pastures cannot be defended by your army. ”

"However, this is not due to fear, but on the contrary, it is likely to be the strategy of the enemy - you may not agree, but these centaurs also know tactics and strategy. ”

Sensing the contemptuous and even suspicious gazes around him, Master Ashmai emphasized, "I had a conversation with a centaur banner master when I was captured, and I saw with my own eyes how he commanded his own people, not a crowd of throngs!"

"Grand Duke, to you, elite weapons and sheer numbers are not a threat to centaurs, the real threat comes from monsters who know how to think like us humans!"

Speaking of this, Harlem Fan suddenly changed his words, and diluted the heaviness just now in a relaxed tone: "However, your army is so magnificent and strong, no matter how smart the enemy is, it is impossible to change the balance of strength between the two sides. ”

"It can be said that in such a situation, unless the enemy can use large-scale magical power regardless of casualties, there is no chance of victory at all, and this is impossible;

The former centaur has never been a race known for its blood bravery, and unless the latter is an evil god, there is no power in this world that can change a battle!"

"Well, Master, what you said makes a lot of sense. ”