The time is ripe for a counterattack. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Basbar made this judgment after synthesizing all kinds of information.

Due to the voluntary retreat of the Paz army, they were able to hold the Frank army for several whole months. During this time, there were only a few skirmishes between the two sides, and there were no other exchanges of fire. With this period of stalemate, the Paz army has completed basic training, and now it finally has a bargaining chip close to the Frank army, and the next victory or defeat depends on which commander of the two sides can give full play to their own advantages.

Strategically, the Paz Army had a slight advantage, their supply lines were shorter and slightly more numerous; However, in terms of combat ability, Frank is slightly superior, especially the existence of the Knights of the Holy Hammer is a more feared existence. In this case, whoever takes the offensive first will be in a clear disadvantageous position, and the main reason why Baibasbahn feels that the time is ripe for a counterattack is not in the Paz army itself, but in terms of the overall strategic situation.

During these months, Frank made a major strategic mistake by tearing up the alliance with Palci. If the encounter at sea could be explained by accident, Frank should have sent an envoy to mediate immediately after the incident in order to save the relationship. But the point is not Frank's mistake, but Palci's intentions.

It is clear that Palch has no intention of staying out of the war between Paz and Frank, but is suffering from an alliance with both countries and can only be neutral, and now Palch is using this as an excuse to join this war. Although Basbahn is not entirely aware of the real purpose of Palci's involvement, it is clear that the measures taken by Palci so far are very beneficial to Paz.

In just one month, Palci had amassed an army of 70,000 on its western border, and that number continued to grow over time. At the same time, they also sent emissaries to negotiate with Paz, hoping that Baibasbar would allow them to enter the territory of Paz to fight the Franks, and this positive attitude and low diplomatic posture were enough to show that their desire to engage the Franks was completely visceral, and they did not have the slightest covetousness for the land of Pass. Regardless of whether or not Basbahn agreed to their entry into Paz's territory, this force was powerful enough to keep Frank's attention at bay, and that alone was tantamount to helping Paz's army.

Palci's attitude was encouraging, but it also prompted Baibasbahn to strike back as soon as possible, because in terms of Palci's mobilization capacity, they could raise at least more than 200,000 troops, and with a strong navy, they were fully capable of attacking Frank mainland from the sea. If Palch really completes the strategic deployment, then they will no longer ask for their consent as they do now, they are afraid that they will directly copy Frank's lair, and the result will be that the Paz army has tried his best to exhaust the national strength to drag the main force of Frank's army, and it is Palch who has achieved fame and obtained actual benefits. And at that time, I am afraid that the Frankish army will retreat in a hurry, and it will not be easy for the Paz army, which lacks cavalry troops, to pursue the enemy army, which is also an unexplainable result for the Paz people who have suffered from the poison of the Frank army, and the soldiers who are full of revenge. In contrast to these easy victories, Babbasbahn now needs a hearty victory to boost the morale of his army, and in doing so, to explain his strategic retreat.

It was difficult enough to defeat the mighty Frank army in his own territory, and the more difficult thing for Baibasbahn was that after defeating the enemy army, according to the plan made in advance, he would lead the Paz army to counterattack Frank's territory, and then teach Frank a hard lesson, forcing them to sign a contract in their favor before withdrawing their troops, and now with Palch as an ally and competitor, then everything must be done faster than Palch, As a result, it was necessary to put a break from the supply plan that had been drawn up, and the amount of work involved was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. As a result, Basbahn worked almost sleeplessly during this time, making a plan for Frank's battle and revising the supply plan for the expedition.

In order to complete this strategic counterattack, Baibasbar gathered 250,000 troops, which is two-thirds of all the forces he has at hand, it is almost impossible to mobilize such a large number of troops without being discovered by the Frank army, and if such a large number of troops are mobilized, then before the attack, the entire strategic defense line of the Paz army will be in a relatively weak state, if the Frank army perceives this in time and preemptively launches an attack, Then it is possible that the situation will develop in a direction that is extremely unfavorable to the Paz army. Therefore, Basbar dug out a plan - he deliberately showed many signs of mobilization, but in fact he did not gather the 250,000 troops before setting out, but set the real assembly point in the area of Nischel, which was only eighty kilometers from the front line of the Frankish army. The reason why the assembly point was chosen near the village of Nisher was not only because the village had been completely abandoned when the Paz army retreated, but more importantly, because it only took less than two days to attack the Frankish army from here, and there were many options for the direction of the attack. Prior to this, the 250,000 troops of the Paz army were divided into four groups, and if they were attacked by the Frank army at this time, then the Paz army could immediately take a counterattack posture to repel the enemy, and if the Frank army did not react, then the four-way army would quickly assemble to the predetermined area.

This plan was very risky, as there was a risk that these four armies would be the target of each enemy attack before the large army could be assembled. In order to avoid this situation, Baibasbahn carefully set the route and time of the march of the various armies, and the two armies on the left and right flanks were led by himself and the commander of the ten thousand horsemen, Bilyudas, respectively, to cover the rapid advance of the two armies in the middle.

This can be regarded as a helpless move by Basbarn, because if Arantran is still alive, then he can entrust the left and right armies to Alantlan and Billiudas, and lead the middle route army himself. Unfortunately, the deceased is gone, and now he can only trust the abilities of his newly appointed thirty or so captains, who are of course also experienced high-ranking officers, but the trust that Basbarn trusts them is not comparable to that of Arantlan, because in actual combat, they cannot comprehend their intentions like Alantlan, so as to achieve the smooth use of the entire army, as if it were one.

Things went well, and as the army assembled and advanced, no Franks were encountered, as if Dguzolf was completely unaware of the actions of the Paz army. I'm afraid that all the high-ranking officers except Baibasbahn and Billiudas were excited about this phenomenon, but Baibasbahn was not happy, and his knowledge of Deguzorf made him understand that this was not a normal situation, and it seemed that this opponent must have brewed some more powerful tricks waiting for him.

As he expected, the Frank army appeared near the village of Nishel, the scheduled assembly point of the Path army, and it was obvious that the Frank army planned to take advantage of the time difference between the Pas army and launch an attack on the Paz army who had rushed to the village of Nishel first. By the time Baibasbar sensed the enemy's position and intentions, Billiudas's army had already engaged the Franks.