Chapter 427: Strategic Layout

King Leonac rode in a magnificent chariot and rode with great majesty to the outside of William's tent.

The new jihadist did not need to re-establish their camps, because the next offensive would begin as soon as they set out.

The leaders of the Jihadist are not idiots, they are all masters of strategy or battle-hardened, so the plan is very reasonable.

If they hold on, they will encroach on their territory and destroy it, and once the enemy is out of the city to fight, then the opportunity for the jihadist army will come, and they can annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

The re-division of the jihadist army into three routes is to disperse the enemy's army, after all, if they are all gathered, the battle will be very difficult, and it will not necessarily lead to the collapse of the jihadist army at that time.

Therefore, it was best to march in three directions, and the enemy had to divide the already weak forces into three points again to deal with the attack in three directions.

After the arrival of the Holy Army, they happened to pass by the camp of the Norwids, and all the bloody and cruel scenes fell into the eyes of the nobles of the Holy War Army.

The dead head, the half-cut skull thrown everywhere, the arm with only three fingers left, all these mutilated limbs were thrown on the ground without a clue.

They were shocked to see such a tragic situation, surprised that William had destroyed a full 5,000 enemies in such a short time, and were afraid of William's actions and the horror of the scene.

That's what William wanted, because it was winter, so the corpses didn't rot and stink after a while like they did in other seasons.

None of them would decay and produce a plague until spring came, which was why William dared to let them go wild with corpses.

Looking at such a scene, everyone knew that William had done this, and when King Leonac learned about it, he praised it and did not hesitate to say William's bravery and wisdom in front of everyone.

On behalf of the Church, Archbishop Birinsin also said that William was one of the most devout saints and that the Father would bless his pious people.

William's goal was achieved, and his calculations and casualties in battle were not in vain.

The other two jihadist armies also set out, and they were waiting for the agreed date, and the three jihadist armies marched together to put pressure on the enemy.

The soldiers marched again in batches, and after this holy war, they walked a distance that many people could not walk combined.

However, as experienced veterans, they also know that most of the time the battle is just marching and working, not all in the endless battle.

The vast world was snow-white, but in this white world covered in silver, slender dragons suddenly appeared.

This slender black dragon is the marching holy war army, and they march in batches, like long dragons galloping around.

The march was fast, and the Eastern Jihadist had to reach its strategic position on the appointed date.

William was beside the soldiers, who passed him in a neat formation.

"Quick! Hurry up! Keep the formation and don't mess around! We must reach the Cutcherin Valley by the 9th of February! Doing your best! When you return to the territory, I will add another fifteen silver coins to each of you! ”

William also let go of his old roots, this order is not only for his direct soldiers, but also for the armies of the nobles, 20,000 troops, a bounty of fifteen silver coins each, that is, a full 300,000 silver coins.

Not counting the knightly bounty that was at least five or six times that of ordinary soldiers, as well as the pensions of the fallen soldiers, roughly calculated, if all were paid, it would be at least more than 800,000 silver coins, plus the repair of equipment, the rebuilding of equipment, and the grain and grass collected for this expedition, the cost would be at least more than 1.5 million silver coins.

The annual income of 2.4 million silver coins in his territory was only 900,000, and these 900,000 included the maintenance of the orcs, the maintenance of buildings, the salaries of employees, and some other foreign trade expenses.

If he continues to spend like this, I'm afraid he will play with the surplus of two silver coins this year.

If William hadn't let the church feel his sincerity in this holy war, it would have been a loss.

Seven days passed, and on the morning of the 6th of February, William finally arrived with his army at the appointed place of arrangement, the Kechering Valley.

The Kechering Valley is actually a valley, but it is just a small depression, and William is stationed on the hillside next to the depression, and he does not cut down wood to build a camp, but simply builds it, after all, it will soon be attacked.

Since the jihadist army marched separately, the time of the first arrival and the time of the last arrival were checked for two days, and on the second day, the eastern road jihadist army was all assembled.

The inconspicuous valley of Kechering Valley was flooded with a full 110,000 people in an instant, making Kechering Valley very crowded.

It's still a little bit to say that it's 110,000 people, after all, there are a lot of merchants and chicken girls who came with the army, and in addition, there are a lot of small groups of mercenaries, or ruffians and wandering knights gathered outside, and it is roughly estimated that there are at least 20,000 or 30,000 people.

This small valley was crowded with so many people, and in the past two days there have been many conflicts caused by various circumstances.

This inevitably made King Leonac and the nobles a little anxious, but fortunately, the day of the scheduled expedition finally came.

The soldiers finally regrouped and regained their discipline.

William had already detected by the mobility of the light cavalry that there were about 80,000 Norweeds standing in the way of the Jihadist army fifty kilometers away.

However, it is said that it is the daughter of the Jihadist Army, but this kind of behavior is exactly the situation that the Jihadist Army wants to see the most.

Fifty kilometers away, there was an open field, almost a plain, and the Norweed people were stationed in the groves beside the plain.

They were afraid that the Holy War would attack them with the mobility and impact of the knights, so they chose the grove, a place where the cavalry could not play a role.

In the previous life, there was an unwritten saying in the Celestial Empire that the battle of 10,000 people could be won, and the battle of 100,000 people would be victorious!

In other words, a battle of less than 10,000 people can still be won by conspiracy, but more than 10,000 people will not work at all, and all of them will be dignified battles, relying on strength to determine the winner.

At this time, the situation of the Jihadist and the Norvids was like this, the combined number of people on both sides was even more than 200,000, and it was difficult to find even a suitable battlefield, let alone play conspiracy.

Moreover, the war situation in this world is completely different from that of the Celestial Empire, they are more inclined to press all the armies, and then wave out, winning is winning, losing is losing, there are not so many strategic detours and other tactics.