On the Western Front, the king of Aleppo received the news from Mosul and was not surprised.

"It's finally time."

The guy slapped the table in the command and laughed.

During this period of time, he and the enemy army on the opposite side went back and forth, although he found an opportunity to bite a few bites of the enemy army, but with the strength in his hands, it was impossible to completely annihilate the enemy.

The Byzantine army on the opposite side still has nearly 30,000 people, although the frontal combat strength is not as good as the Japanese army, and several battles have been taken advantage of by the small Japanese army, but after all, the other side is outnumbered and powerful, as long as it is steady and steady, Wang Degong will not have a very good way to take the other party.

However, the blow during this period of time also made the enemy dare not surround the city of Aleppo anymore, but the whole army retreated directly to another city, Azaz, a hundred miles away, for fear of being attacked by the Japanese army in the city.

In fact, now on the entire Western Front, the two sides of the battle are now evenly matched, and neither can directly do anything to the other.

This kind of confrontation is Wang Degong's least favorite battle.

Now, the tide of the battle has suddenly changed so dramatically, and it is too dramatic to see the opportunity to annihilate the enemy's 100,000 army.

Then, stop the enemy army and prevent the two enemy troops from completing the division, which is what Ma Zhong wants him to do.

Looking at the large military map hanging in the hall, Wang Degong lowered his head and pondered.

Ma Zhong didn't want the enemy to join forces, which was natural, no matter what time it was, 10,000 pigs were always better than 2,000 pigs. Ma Zhong's idea was obviously to eat one of the two enemy forces first. But Wang Degong also has his own ideas.

As a military commander who has been partial to the division all the way, Wang Degong's tactical thinking has always been a bit risky.

In his opinion, since he wants to be completely annihilated, what about simply letting the enemy have all the divisions?

The current situation is not the same as the situation on the battlefield in peacetime.

More enemy troops don't necessarily mean more risk.

In the current situation that Shi Xiu's Dangkou army has cut off the enemy's rear route and the enemy army has chosen the path to flee, it is better to simply let the enemy all gather together, and his own side will follow all the way, constantly harassing and attacking.

At this time, the advantage of one's own small and fine troops can be highlighted.

From here back to Byzantium, it was a thousand miles away, and there were too many opportunities for yourself.

Wang Degong did not believe that the Byzantines could really return home under the harassment and blows of his own way.

The enemy army is so large in numbers that it will crush itself.

There are many, many precedents in the history of warfare that collapsed in such similar circumstances.

Perhaps, then, there will not even be a final battle.

This should be the right way to think at this time. Ma Zhong's idea is too orthodox, although it can't be said wrong, but it is too prudent to pursue safety, and the implementation is not free, which is really not interesting.

This war is now destined to be won by Tianzhu, but it is just a matter of how it should be won.

Compared with the bland and nonsensical victory of Ma Zhong's thinking, Wang Degong wanted to win a complete victory, chase for thousands of miles, and then destroy all the enemy's hopes with one blow at home, this kind of victory was obviously more in line with his Wang Degong's appetite.

And when the time comes, when Constantinople sees with his own eyes that the elite they have hoped for is completely eaten in this way, then it will undoubtedly be more beneficial to the Empire's next attack on Constantinople.

Wouldn't such a victory be better?

Wang Degong made up his mind after a little discussion, decided to do it according to his own ideas, and confidently passed his clever plan back to the original way.

Then he planned to deploy according to his own ideas, anyway, as the commander of the road, he had the power to decide the specific tactics in the face of battle.

A few hours later, two regiments of the city of Aleppo left the city, and after leaving the city, they headed straight east.

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"They're there to stop General Heraclius, it must be!"

When the Song troops in Aleppo were found to be sent back to Azaz by Byzantine spies who were lying in ambush outside the city, Dimites in the city of Azaz shouted.

They had already received news that the rear route had been cut off, and compared to Heraclius' army under Mosul, Dimites' mastery of his own army was obviously inferior to Heraclius's. These days, there have been several commotions in the army. The disorganized composition of the Byzantine army and the disorganization of the Byzantine army came to the fore at this time.

Originally, during this period of time, the whole army suffered defeats in the hands of the Song people, whose strength was far inferior to their own, and their morale was low.

For a few days even Dimites himself felt that he was going to be finished, and in the army, the Bulgarians and Romanians were fighting, the Asians Minors and Serbs were fighting, and as for the Thracians, because they were the main force of the Byzantines, they had long suppressed the other peoples in the country, and at this time they became the object of hatred of all the peoples.

The losses caused by the chaos in the city have even exceeded the losses caused by the previous battles of the Song people.

Even the Templars, who had always claimed to be the hardest and most respectful of appearance, were disheartened in this situation, and seemed to be no different from the Bulgarian barbarians.

The majesty of Dimites' commander had been lost in the previous battles, and he could not control his men at all, and now the battalion generals under him did not even want to look at him as a commander.

The prestige that Dimites had brought from years of war was completely ruined, and he felt that his own men could bring the army to its knees. It's not like he's never seen this situation himself, being in an enemy territory, the back road is cut off, and there is still a mess of sand inside, so it doesn't look like there is hope.

This is still a situation where the army has not yet run out of food, and the military rations accumulated in the army before are still enough to use, so it is chaotic like this.

And you still want to bring this army home? Is this a dream? Dimites felt that he definitely didn't have that ability. It's good that he's able to sustain the situation now. He has done his best personally.

The news from Heraclius brought a ray of light to Dimites in the dark. It also brought hope to this partial division.

If there is anyone in this army who can give hope to man in this desperate situation, to convince him, to have the expectation to follow him, to fight, to save himself, then there is only the great General Heraclius.

This famous general, who has galloped in and around Byzantium in recent decades, won countless battles, and made outstanding achievements, is now the only hope for everyone.