Chapter 33: Expanding the War (I)

Rossitin's horses were frantically massing towards the border, as was Yardley. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Due to the tension between the two countries, most of the merchants who originally came from the Kingdom of Roxiting have already returned to China, and most of the rest have been stranded in the lower city.

Most of the people who can travel thousands of miles to come to Xiacheng are big chaebols or businessmen, so they are all worth a lot of money.

However, if the trade route is cut off, they cannot return to the country, which means that they are rootless, and these possessions may naturally become the property of others.

However, fortunately, because Xiacheng is under the rule of the Qin State, whether it is Yardley or the Heavenly Master Palace, it will definitely not be difficult with the Qin State at this time, not even the slightest friction.

These business travelers understand this.

Therefore, in the first time after the Northman Canyon incident, many people immediately approached Chen Ping and asked for asylum.

Chen Ping also kindly assured them that as long as they were in the day, they would be kept safe.

Of course, due to the war, the repeater that Yardley had planned to buy slowly, suddenly became an urgent need.

In particular, the strength of the Luo Xiting Kingdom was already stronger than theirs, and the reason why it was not carried out before was just a consequence of the agreement between the Heavenly Master Hall and the church.

Now, such a big thing has happened, it is difficult to guarantee whether the Heavenly Master Hall can suppress it.

Once the war starts, then they will definitely be at a disadvantage. If the war continues, their losses will be unimaginable.

Therefore, in order to resist Luo Xiting's attack, or even counterattack, they must have those repeaters produced by the Qin people.

However, at this time, the requirements of the lower city side have changed.

Originally, the lower city also received gold and silver, but after that incident, the lower city only received grain, not the gold and silver.

Even, the lower city took the initiative to take out a lot of gold and silver to buy grain.

Vaguely, the upper echelons of the country began to circulate, and those people from the other world may be leaving.

Otherwise, why go to such great lengths to buy food?

Carefully calculated, in the past nearly a year, the grain collected in the lower city is probably enough for two or three hundred thousand people to use for seven or eight years.

However, the lower city did not stop because of this, but continued to buy like crazy.

Even, he did not hesitate to reduce the price of those precious silk and paper in exchange for food.

The armaments of the Ardli Kingdom, the purchase of the Qin army, and the grain that was used to exchange for crossbows, for a while, the entire lower city almost became a big granary.

And the war between the kingdom of Ardley and Rositing finally broke out more than two months later.

Sure enough, just as King Rosea had predicted. Neither the Heavenly Master Hall nor the Church intervened in the war between the two countries because of this.

Even, on the part of the church, did not pay attention to King Rosickine.

This also greatly boosted the confidence of King Rositin. This means that the church acquiesced to what they did, and even had the flavor of implicit support.

Everything was as planned, and the Ardley army's arrangement at the front line was not even able to withstand a month before it was breached.

Nearly 300,000 Luo Xiting troops drove straight in, attacking the city all the way, and it was unstoppable.

In just three months, Rositing had conquered one of the provinces of Yardley.

You must know that although Ardley's national strength is not as good as that of Luo Xiting, it is also the strongest country on this continent except for Luo Xiting.

The loss of nearly one-tenth of the country's land in just three months is unimaginable.

Even King Rositing couldn't believe it.

The summer went to the cold, the winter came, and the weather plummeted by more than ten degrees almost overnight.

However, because of King Rositin's great achievements and all-out advance, the logistics line of the entire army became extremely lengthy.

The Luo Xiting army, which couldn't keep up with the supplies, could only start to rob the clothes of those ordinary people.

However, the general in charge of unifying the army also knew that the king wanted not only land, but also population, and this kind of degrading measure naturally had to be curbed.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the Luo Xiting Army, which is at the forefront of the line, is naturally the most tightly constrained, but it is also the slowest to arrive with supplies.

Under this cold weather, the soldiers had to stop the pace of the original attack.

Morale has also dropped again and again because of this.

Half a month later, just when the commander was about to lose his control, the quilt finally arrived.

However, along with the subdued, there was also a strong counterattack from the Kingdom of Yardley.

At first, the Adrian army, armed with repeaters, had not even had time to go to battle, and the front line had already been defeated.

As a representative of the military of the Addley Empire, Sean immediately decided to give up those lands that were easy to attack and difficult to defend. The strength of the whole line was contracted, and the army of Luo Xiting was lured into the depths.

Subsequently, the heavy logistics really brought huge trouble to the Luo Xiting army.

Using this time, Sean accelerated the deployment of the Yardley Army. Among them, the powerful repeater crossbow is equipped with almost every vanguard unit.

The 20,000-handled repeater crossbow was almost obtained from the Qin people after the Ardli Kingdom used up most of its grain reserves.

This is fortunate because the Qin people are in a hurry to ask for food, otherwise, I am afraid that the price will be several times more expensive.

The number of the Adrian army was small, only half of the Rositing army.

However, compared to the long Rossiting army on the front line, Yardley had the advantage of concentrating his forces.

Moreover, the handle of the crossbow, as soon as the two sides engaged, almost shot the opposite side could not raise their heads.

It was okay when attacking the city, after all, at that time, you had to estimate your own people, and you couldn't use a crossbow very well.

But once the field is fought, then the power of the repeater is revealed. Before the two sides handed over, Luo Xiting's side had already lost a lot of people.

Of course, these people are not the key, the key thing is that when the momentum decreases, morale will naturally decrease. Under the rise and fall, how can there be a reason to be undefeated?

Even if you stick to the city, it's not as easy as you think. After all, most of the cities that Luo Xiting attacked were easy to attack and difficult to defend.

The Adrian Army, even if it does not rely on the power of the crossbow, can be taken.

As a result, the land that Luo Xiting had originally swallowed was spit out almost overnight.

Under the defeat, the 300,000 army was killed and lost its armor. When they retreated back to the Norsman Gorge, there were less than 200,000 people left.

Such a defeat has hardly occurred in the history of Roxiting.

After the news was transmitted back to the royal capital, I heard that the king was so angry that he almost smashed his favorite crystal cup.

The great victory of the Adrian army alleviated the worries of the Ardley king, but also fostered his ambitions.

Why can you only call me, not me?

Relying on the power of the crossbows, the Adrian army immediately ordered the army to drive through the Norsman Gorge and march into the kingdom of Rositin.

This order immediately attracted the joy of many Arderi people.

Since the founding of the country, Ardley has been pressed by the old overlord Rossiting. Now, there is an opportunity for a counteroffensive, how can it not be exciting?

On the contrary, when the news of the Ardleys crossing the Norsman Gorge reached the royal capital, the repercussions were even more violent than those of the Adrians.

Many people immediately clamored that even if they tried their best to kill the last soldier, they would kill all the Yardley pigs.

The war escalated again in an instant.