Chapter 144: Six Huge Worms
At the same time that Baibasbahn and Deguzorf were at loggerheads, a tug-of-war was also taking place on the eastern border of Paz. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 This tug-of-war is very different from the tug-of-war in the general sense, it is not characterized by a protracted war of attrition, but rather a tug-of-war between the nerves of the generals on both sides.
Ever since the disgraceful failure of his plan to lure Dadaran, King Trag of Sindra has become depressed: he was originally a man who was content with the status quo, and the reason why he risked his army of half a million to attack the Paz Empire was mainly due to his desire to leave a good name for future generations, and more importantly, because he was seduced by Nisinis and her disciple Yenobi Andarus, who believed that if they did what they had arranged for their magic, Trag believed that if they did what they had arranged, they would achieve a series of victories, then his success and fame are simply something at his fingertips, which prompted him to make up his mind to send troops. Originally, Traag thought that he could take down the acting lord of Bataana Dadalan in one fell swoop, and then quickly disintegrate the fighting spirit of the other party when the Badana army was leaderless, as long as the Badana territory was controlled, then Path's eastern gate would be open to him. That terrible Baibasbahn would not be able to deal with the attacks of the east and west at the same time, and then he could force Paz to sign a treaty in favor of Sindra, who would not need to fight the Paz Empire head-on to sit on the huge benefits of the trade routes. But that's not the case at all. The tragic reality is that Traagher didn't even take the first step before he stumbled - when he sniped Dadaran, the last main assassin did not show up at all, and the operation to encircle Dadaran was in vain, and all the previous arrangements to lure Dadaran were a foolish waste of troops. Coupled with the fact that Bataana's army far exceeded Traag's expectations in both quantity and quality, the Sindra soldiers were beaten to the ground in front of them, and the soldiers' fear of Bataana's army grew day by day. Taken together, Traag did not dare to seek a decisive battle with Bataana's army, which would only completely expose the weakness of the Sindra army to the enemy.
He never appeared in Tragg's presence since, which made Trag more and more suspicious of whether he had been completely deceived by the other party, but unfortunately he could not be confirmed, and he could not get further information. Because he didn't know that Yenobi Andalu had died in the hands of his senior brother Qiu Yi in a barren mountain with no people.
It stands to reason that if the commanders of the first army are aware of the gap between the two sides, then simply withdrawing is a reasonable option. But Tragg couldn't. Because he was the one who sent the troops, if he withdrew his troops without achieving any tangible results, then he would lose face. In the face of the cruel reality, what Tragg needs is actually a step down, as long as there is a military victory, then he will be able to withdraw his troops with peace of mind on the premise of saving face. There was another thing that gave Trag a glimmer of hope, and that was that the most elite unit of the Sindra Army, the Elephant Army, had not yet been put into battle. In the vast mountains of Batain's territory, the devastating assault power of the elephant soldiers could not be used, and only in the open area could they display their strengths. Therefore, Traag's hope was to be able to move his troops into an open field to fight Dadaran and turn the tide of the battle with elephants.
Traag set his sights on the Valle of Bamiyang, the perfect location for a decisive battle against the Batana army. But to get there was to cross more than 400 miles of lofty mountains, and it was even more difficult to bring his troops there intact without being harassed by the Badana army—after all, Dadaran was not a fool, and he would not give up the favorable terrain that he could take advantage of to fight the army of Sindra. It was really difficult to say for Trag, strictly speaking, Tragg was not a first-class military talent, not even second-rate, but in order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to condescend to ask Sindra's generals for advice, and finally, after combining various opinions, he made a plan that seemed ridiculous - he made the entire Sindra army huddle together to form a fortress that was difficult to attack, and then pushed this fortress forward little by little.
This was a reluctant move, for if the march had been carried out in a normal arrangement, the weak Sindra army would have been an excellent target for all the defeats in Dadaran, especially in the mountainous terrain, and the limitations of the terrain alone would have cut the Sindra army into small parts. Using Traag's tactics, an army would have its own friendly troops on both sides of the hillside to support it when passing through a narrow mountain road, but in this way, the two escorts would not only have to conquer the difficult mountains, but also could not get a timely rest, so the speed of the march could be imagined. The speed of action of the Sindra army dropped from the normal thirty miles a day to five miles a day, and even fell to the point of two or three miles a day, and they walked for four months for a distance of more than four hundred miles. The daily consumption of food and grass by hundreds of thousands of troops was a terrible astronomical amount, and the four-month march had tormented the Sindra army to the point of demoralization and misery, but if compared to the troops transporting the food, they were as happy as in heaven. During these long and arduous four months, it can be said that Traag has been very successful in ensuring that there are no difficulties in the supply of military rations, except for the mercy of Dadaran's men.
Faced with the Syndra Army, which moved slowly like a giant worm, Dadaran put on an optimistic look. Of course, in the face of Sindra's huddle action, Dadaran really couldn't find a better way to attack, and since the Sindra army took the initiative to give up the opportunity to act quickly, then for the huge Sindra army, the longer it drags on, the greater the pressure on them to supply, so it won't be long before the Sindra army will have to retreat because of the lack of food. In addition to these two items, there is another reason, and that is that Dadaran sees through Trag's purpose in the valley of Bamiyang.
Since Traag intends to fight him on the flat ground, it means that he is relying on Sindra's glorious elephant troops. As a Prince Sindra, how could Dadaran not know the power of the elephant soldiers? From the reaction of the other party, Dadaran saw that Trag was now in a dilemma, like a grave robber who was so poor that he only had a shovel left but threw it at the grave, and he had put everything he had on the belongings of the cemetery in front of him. If he could break this dream of his head-on, then he would be able to defeat this man spiritually, and Sindra's army of hundreds of thousands would crumble. Therefore, instead of sending troops to attack Sindra's supply lines, Dadaran used the long four months to prepare for a face-to-face confrontation with Traag in the Vale of Bamiyang. And this decision of his led to the famous Battle of Bamiyang.